Jesus said to his apostles: "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.” (Mt 10,34-11,1) Christianity is a religion of peace and tolerance, which, however, is empty without faith. "In Europe, even an atheist is a Christian," said Prime Minister József Antall peacefully, but is it possible to maintain the moral and cultural foundations of Europe without a personal, living faith? Can living faith be kept without internal and external struggles?
The question is not theoretical. In fact, the liberal European elite - as an option - accepts cultural Christianity, without faith in God, without fighting for our Christianity as God's children. Jesus declares about himself that he is "meek and lowly in heart", he can be infinitely tender, he bends down to those who suffer, he sympathizes with the pain of others, he can be merciful, but if necessary, he behaves very hard and firmly, like a real man. He never flatters himself, he never praises Herod Antipas, the murderer of John the Baptist. He is extremely perceptive, immediately recognizes the intrigues directed against him and answers the tricky questions with unparalleled wisdom. And above all, he is full of passion: he can love passionately and passionately fights for the truth.
Although many references are made to more than a century of secularization, the Church cannot avoid the public struggle for faith, since many political issues are also moral issues. Examples include the protection of marriage and the family, the service of the nation and the homeland, and the need to limit economic competition. The church cannot remain silent on such issues.
The Church must take up the fight against liberalism very strongly, because today's liberalism is profoundly anti-Christian.
A Christian is always a person who lives for others and serves others, and that is why he always thinks in terms of communities - family, church, nation. Liberals, on the other hand, are individualists, they believe that traditional community frameworks should be abolished because they limit the freedom of the individual. According to them, the individual should only care about himself and should primarily increase his own, individual consumption. The idea of a consumer society is contrary to Christian values: a person who follows Christ does not seek the meaning of his life in the acquisition, possession and consumption of material goods. The Christian man respects the order of nature created by God.
Liberals, on the other hand, say that the order of nature cannot hinder the fulfillment of individual freedom. Liberalism is currently the most anti-Christian ideology, which is also extremely deceptive, much more cunning and harmful than its sweet brother, Marxism. The fact that Jesus "brought a sword" means that such ideologies must be fought against, just as the defenders of the early Christian faith fought against the spiritual attacks of paganism.
Jesus also dealt with the religious-political parties and trends of the time, and often condemned both the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Herodians. He warned his followers against their "leaven", that is, their teaching. Regardless of this, cultural Christianity also preserves the fundamentals that are rooted in the Christian religion: for example, the idea of human dignity, which stems from the belief that all people are in the image of God, such is the requirement to respect women and generally protect the weak, but such also the requirement of the inseparability of law and morality, as well as the consistent rejection of double standards.
Jesus sent a message to the rulers of the world, including those who are trying to achieve global power today. He pointed out that "those who are considered the masters of the world are the ones who are tyrants over the peoples", and he bound his disciples to the soul that this should not be the case among them:
he who wants to be first, must be the servant of all.
Jesus therefore condemned self-serving, tyrannical rule, and indicated the moral purpose of the exercise of power in the service of the subjects.
The resurrected Christ commissioned his apostles to pass on his teaching, and his moral teaching also has political implications. With the death of Christianity, Europe is completely collapsing spiritually and morally. Atheist liberals cannot understand that religion is the basis of everything. The Mohammedans, on the other hand, know this very well and are moving very purposefully towards taking over power in Europe. Christians should definitely prevent this.
Sources: reposzt.hu , mandiner.hu
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