{"id":1734,"date":"2010-07-21T12:13:07","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T12:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2010-07-21T12:13:07","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T12:13:07","slug":"how-godly-was-chinese-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=1734","title":{"rendered":"How Godly was Chinese History?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nAfter reading an
\narticle<\/a>, related to the famous Chinese evangelist 遠志明, of whom I have commented
\nbefore, I am once again sadden.\n<\/p>\n

\n老子 的 道可道非常道；基督 的 道 乃道可道是常道。
\n若如此，老子豈能接受基督？\n<\/p>\n

\nOf course, I am not saying Lao Zi had been
\nreprobated for I do not know since it is not revealed. Yet, I have no problem believing anyone outside of Abraham's line was eternally damned, despite how virtuous these Chinese sages were. For this reason, of God's sovereign predestination and not of men's moral, I dare to preach to just any non-believers and not just some virtuous "慕道友", a term I am usually reluctant to use.\n<\/p>\n

\nThese group of chinese evangelicals have been
\nmanipulating historical facts to attract more Chinese. I have no problem
\nwith the method of preaching using some "unclear" elements that have
\nalready existed in the culture, as Paul did at Areopagus, however, what
\nPaul did, he truly knew what he was saying; As for these bunch of lazy
\nchinese smarty pants who should have studied theology more thoroughly
\ninstead of preaching, how much conviction they have at what they claim?\n<\/p>\n

\nTheir
\nfamous "船" linking to Noah's ark as the reason for the creation of that
\ncharacter has obviously been proven flawed. What's next?\n<\/p>\n

\nI do
\nbelieve all nations carry with them some knowledge of God throughout the
\nEarth during the Babel split. But to claim facts without thorough
\nstudy...hmmm...isn't that the Pharisees' mistake? Even the Catholics?\n<\/p>\n

\nConsequently, one would dare decide on other's salvation over
\nGod's gracious election:\n<\/p>\n

\n"他[遠志明]說已故的華人牧者林道亮曾在講道大膽地說：老子孔子孟子莊子都得救
\n了，因爲他們都是渴慕神的，只是那時耶穌沒有來，若來他們一定認他是主。"\n<\/p>\n

\nThe approach of Gospel
\ntowards Chinese should be a direct revelation of the righteousness in
\nthe Bible and not some other lights from another source, which could be
\nclose but yet so far. Hence when dealing with the possibility of
\nequating non-Biblical lights, one is responsibily for pointing out the
\nshortcomings of those "demi" lights. Because it is clear that just as
\nJesus wasn't African or Chinese, God's chosen nation towards
\nrighteousness was Abraham's. And should we examine true virtue of
\nancient Chinese culture, we should examine it through the eyes of the
\nAbrahamic covenant. With the line of Abraham as the ONLY right ruler, we
\ncan therefore discern the imperfection that exists in the highest
\nvirtue of any other cultures, including the Jews, even Chinese.\n<\/p>\n

\nOn
\nthe Chinese culture, I would agree that for some mysterious reason, the
\nChinese had been seeking after true righteousness more than any other
\ncultures. I'm sure 遠志明 would like to bring up the term "general
\nrevelation" in this case, which the Reformed theologians use to categorize
\nGod's blessings into two: General and Special. But in order to smudge the
\nline between one's moral virtue and God's sovereign election, I'm sure
\nMr. Yuan would say those terms are just "theological" mumbo jumbos.\n<\/p>\n

\nI
\nwill not make any further fantasies in order to attract the Chinese to the
\nGospel by devaluing the necessity of "foreign" preachers. Motivating
\nthe Chinese christians to be independent from foreign aids is
\ncommendable, but not at the cost of Romans 10:14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After reading an article, related to the famous Chinese evangelist 遠志明, of whom I have commented before, I am once again sadden. 老子 的 道可道非常道；基督 的 道 乃道可道是常道。 若如此，老子豈能接受基督？ Of course, I am not saying Lao Zi had been reprobated … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}