The following is an excerpt from a devotional entitled “Day by Day with the Persecuted Church.” This particular reflection is from Andrés Noriega, a Cuban pastor. He’s describing the political atmosphere in Cuba – in the 90’s I assume; the book was published in 1995. By all reports not much has changed in the last two decades.
What’s striking in Noriega’s narrative are the similarities between what he was witnessing then, and what we see in post-Christian America today ~
We live in a time where materialism is defended, where being an atheist is normal, and being a Christian abnormal.
Many people criticize our faith saying it is a remnant of the past, of colonialism and exploitation. They conclude that the Church is for the weak, a shelter for the defeated.
According to their philosophy our faith is a failure and the Christian race will soon become extinct – to make place for a new perfect society.
Communism nevertheless, has lost its grip. They are the ones that have failed. The new, perfect society turned out to be an utopia. The Church, on the other side, has grown. The weak Christians turned out to be so strong that all atheistic teaching could not destroy them. The so-called faint-hearted, turned out to be people full of hope, joy and power.
Today’s society is in a bad shape, while the Church of Jesus Christ awaits the return of the King of kings – Jesus our Lord.
Trust in the name of the Lord our God and stand firm with us.
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