The True Panic!®

It seems among the class of Americans called *conservative Christians* there are a fair number who decry government-issued stay-at-home orders, chiefly, it seems, for fear of damage to The Economy. . .

Some of these *conservative Christians* even allege a Media and/or Government created Panic!®, that the virus pandemic has not and will not generate enough corpses to warrant the shut down of The Economy.

[Ironically, it is lost upon these *conservative Christians* they are creating their own The Economy Panic!®.  They posit by shutting down The Economy, when the virus runs its course, The Economy will have been so devastated *life in America will never be the same!*  It won't be worth living, we'll all be too poor!  We'll be like those others, in those dirty countries, those others who don't get to live soft lives on credit!  No, we can't shut down The Economy!!  Well, as Jesus truly said: where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.]    

The *conservative Christians* reason: we don't shut down The Economy because of the flu, which kills 30000 - 60000 people every year, so. . .  

Thus, The Economy is definitely of more value than 30000 - 60000 lives.  How many people must die in order to make a shut down of The Economy justifiable?  We have not seen one of the *conservative Christians* offer such a number, we only know that it must be above the 30000 - 60000 flu mark.

In fairness to *conservative Christians,* then, let us be honest and state their position thus:

The Economy is worth x number of lives. . .

Of course, this contradicts the gospel of Jesus (Luke 12:15-21, 15:4, 18:18-25, Matthew 6:24-34, etc., etc.).

A Christian, Jesus tells us, shouldn't worry over The Economy.  That's what infidels do.  If a Christian worries about The Economy just like the infidels do, then how do we distinguish between Christian and infidel?  

Let's always remember about our Lord:

He commanded people to leave The Economy and follow Him in preaching the kingdom of God.  Let the dead bury their dead.  The Economy is not paramount.  The work of God's kingdom is of more value than The Economy.

What is the work of God's Kingdom during a virus pandemic?  Is it to serve The Economy or the sick?

What do we make of these *conservative Christians* and their fear for The Economy? 

Above all, we must always remember these *conservative Christians* are, in reality, only self-proclaimed Christians.  

This is little understood in the United States, where most of the religious folk believe if they declare themselves Christian, they are in fact Christian.

The truth is, we have no proof there is a single Christian on earth. . .  

I also am a self-proclaimed Christian, but I understand my saying it doesn't make it so.    

It is clear from reading the Gospel of John chapter 5 that the Lord Jesus Christ is the *Decider.*  Only those Jesus proclaims to be His sheep are Christians.  Many of our self-proclaimed Christians will be told by Jesus:

I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.

The visible church in America, all those Christians who proclaim themselves Christian, for the most part resemble what we can call the visible church of Jesus' day, and operate in the same spirit.

The visible churches of today and Jesus' day operate within the Material World Orders of their respective days.  As such, they have a degree of influence:

And even more importantly, they make a LOT of money.

The visible churches of today and Jesus' day both seek primarily to increase their influence and bank accounts, and thus when faced with social issues which cause conflict between their supposed faith and their influence/bank account, will always choose influence/bank account.  In other words, they will serve mammon rather than God.

If they serve mammon rather than God, are they not then anti-Christ?

Of course, the anti-Christ spirit was more easily evident in Jesus' day.  Jesus thoroughly criticized the spirit of the visible church of His day (see Matthew 23), and warned the visible church if it did not change its way and follow His way, it would be destroyed (there shall not be left here one stone upon another).  Of course, we know the visible church rejected Jesus, crucified Him, and, given a second chance to repent at the resurrection, refused, and instead OFFERED DENIAL/CONSPIRACY MONGERING:

Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole Him away while we slept. And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

This desperation to hold onto influence and money, to serve mammon, holds true UNTIL THIS DAY.  We see the same denial and conspiracy mongering today in the *conservative Christians* of the visible church in America.

The gospel of Jesus values life over money, but the *conservative Christians* of the visible church of today only preach that gospel when it doesn't threaten its influence or bank account.  It therefore preaches against abortion, but, revealing its true anti-Christ spirit, otherwise supports war and an economy that oppresses far more than it liberates.

Today in the virus crisis, many self-proclaimed conservative Christians tell you the economy is more important than saving life. . .the very sanctity of life they shout about in the case of abortion, they quickly forget if it will cost money or influence.

They will even resort to the same ludicrous conspiracy mongering as in Jesus' day.

In our current virus crisis they will tell you the virus is *just the same as the flu,* that the new virus threat is a hoax being used by sinister anti-Americans to scare Americans into abandoning The Economy, and that they are giving up their *freedom* which they believe derives from *the constitution* and which the same issuing government now wants to take back.

How little they understand. . .

As if freedom is somehow something a government can give. . .

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in My word, then are ye My disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

We cannot claim to know who is a Christian and who is merely a self-proclaimed Christian (which is just a pretty way of saying a servant of sin). . .but we can heed Jesus' advice:

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Judge for yourself the fruit of The Economy Panic!® of the *conservative Christian.*

Ask yourself what does the True Christian have to lose if the American Economy were to fail?  Nothing of any eternal value.  

The self-proclaimed conservative Christian, by bowing to The Economy, seeks to preserve his life in this world. . .

The self-proclaimed conservative Christian sets aside the principles of the gospel preached by Jesus in His sermon on the mount, and pathetically clings to his little America and America's little economy, refusing to seek first the kingdom of God. . .

Thus the foolish self-proclaimed conservative Christian swears by the gold of the temple, and indicts himself as a Laodicean. . .