Gold and Silver and Bronze…

Posted by Lorren on August 13, 2008

I’ve been watching the Olympics because I like to see the United States win, and it gives me motivation to get some exercise. As I’ve been watching, I’ve been thinking about the participants and the spectators.

China is the largest country on the Earth, but they are also a very lost country. The Chinese government has allowed one sort of Christian church, but they have to be registered, and the government still goes after the underground Christian Church. The state version of the Christian church must have some problems, otherwise, why would the Chinese people risk their lives to meet in underground churches when they could go to a registered church?

I’m happy for the Chinese people. One fifth of the world’s population can be happy for their country, for the wonderful opening ceremony they put together, for their men’s gymnastics team winning the gold, etc. That’s a lot of happy people… but at the same time, I’m concerned for these people.

According to Wikipedia, nobody knows how many Christians are in China. Estimates range from 1% of the population to 10% of the population. Even with the most liberal estimates, that’s a lot of people that don’t see Jesus as their Lord. That’s a lot of people destined for hell.

Without God, winning gold in the Olympics, watching their countrymen win medals, and feeling the pride of hosting the first ever Olympics in the most populous country on Earth, could be as good as it gets. So while I’m happy for their happiness, I’m sad that these people’s joy will be short lived without God.