Chairman's Message - The Other Meltdown
By Rev. Eu Hong Seng
Now that the euphoria over Barrack Obama's election is somewhat over, many are beginning to realise that it's not the colour of one's skin but the colour of one's heart that really matters.
The Americans seem to have missed the point that the morality of the nation is more important than the economy of the nation. Obama is known to be pro-choice, pro-gay, pro-anti prayers in institutions and is blatantly tearing down the moral safeguards in the US. The ramifications are sure to be felt in other parts of the world.
Already a division of the European Union that deals with gay rights has demanded that all foreign aid to Nigeria be suspended after the Nigerian government voted not to recognise homosexual "marriage."1
No doubt the financial meltdown is the major concern worldwide, but very close at the heels of the global crisis is the other more sinister and damning meltdown - the moral meltdown.
Without doubt, the tsunami will hit our shores … but it's not going to be just one. It will definitely be a double whammy - the financial and moral meltdown simultaneously!
Signs of the moral meltdown are already on our horizon, for instance:
- Growing disrespect for legitimate authorities (e.g. hijacking of a state government);
- Rise of radicalism (e.g. the recent needless protest over the teaching of Math and Science in English and the proposed further restriction on the use of 'Allah' in all states);
- Blurring of moral boundaries (more nude pictures coming?);
- Little Napoleons getting away without even a smack on the wrist (how did 70,000 Bangladeshis get their visas to enter the country when the Government is trying to solve the growing unemployment problem?);
- Slowness in prosecuting abuse of power and wrongful parties (e.g. Kugan's death mystery and the clearly "unlawful invasion" of Parliament to chide a veteran wheelchair-bound opposition MP);
- Numbness to the cries of the poor and needy;
- Silence of the majority of MPs over the abuse of ISA (Malaysia is the only country that has arrested a reporter under ISA for her safety); and
- The clear lack of political will to track conveniently missing witnesses.
If ever there was a time to apply 2 Chronicles 7:14 2, it is TODAY.
The phrase "If My people will" commit themselves to the fourfold requirements - 1) "humble themselves", 2) "pray" (not just attend prayer conferences where celebrity Christianity is endorsed), 3) "seek My face" and 4) "turn from their wicked ways" - then there's hope for the country.
When was the last time we admitted that the church (yours and mine) is 'wicked'?
We can be so pharisaical and obsessed with how bad 'they' and things are that we, like so many, miss the point that it is our wickedness and not their 'badness' that God is going to deal with first.
There has not been much "Nehustan shouting" (2 Kings 18:4) in our churches and we are definitely not passionate about what He is passionate about. Materialism and worldliness have distorted our testimony. And there is no wickedness?
The apostle John pointedly traces the root of much of the sickness of our world today to the "lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life" (1 John 2:15-16).
And with the crisis looming ever greater round the corner, we rush to educate ourselves concerning the impending problems, attend seminars to upgrade our leadership skills and glean the "needed tactics" to deal with the crisis and perchance save ourselves and the Church from the woes that will hit our shores.
We are looking for sophisticated answers - while ignoring the basic root problems.
The Church struggles to be prophetic because we do not realise that God wants to say the simple things. It would have been easier and more profound if He had told us to say something about the unexplainable strength of the US dollar, the 10 reasons for the collapse of leading banks or the inner workings of the Illuminati3.
If all the Old and New Testament prophets were alive today, what would they say to us? No doubt it will be "repent," "pray," "seek My face," and "turn from your wicked ways."
These signs are hanging at the doorposts of our churches. They cry out to us to take heed, so that our land can be healed.
He who has an ear to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Footnotes
1 Article entitled "Nigeria favors traditional marriage, loses funding" by Charlie Butts in OneNewsNow dated 2/1/2009
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV): "if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land."
3 The Illuminati is a secret organisation of the most powerful and influential elite in the world. They go back for centuries and maintain the same bloodlines. They set up the council on foreign relations, the bilderberg group and the tri-lateral commission. These three groups all meet to plan the fate of the world. (www.urbandictionary.com)
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