Our country calls itself Christian because it was established by Christians using
Christian
principles. Mr. King, Jr. said that we cannot be truly Christian
people so long as we flaunt the central teachings of Jesus:
brotherly love and the Golden Rule. He also said, "Even though I
have never had an abrupt conversion experience, religion has
been real to me and closely knitted to life. In fact the two
cannot be separated; religion for me is life."None of this saves a person, including Martin Luther King, Jr.
He preached a social gospel, that is, one that concentrates on the things of this earth, equating earthly goals with spiritual messages. That's all he did. He accomplished more than many white folks in spreading the social gospel of "peace on earth and goodwill to men."
Jesus said he did not come to bring peace to the earth, but a sword. The sword has indeed taken many Christian lives. The sword took Mr. King's life also, but that doesn't prove he was persecuted for Christ's sake. The man who killed him was a hate-filled person attempting to thwart integration. He did not kill Mr. King because he preached the gospel of Jesus Christ, but for some other, social-political cause.
Many well-meaning persons are confused about the message of Christianity. They celebrate Christmas in the crass greed of consumerism, thinking this has something to do with Christ, then three weeks later they celebrate Mr. King's birthday, thinking this has something to do with Christ.
Mr. King was an intelligent man. He felt that the Bible was useful for spreading his message of anti-racism, and that the Christian religion was a good vector for his agenda. Due to his intellectualism, he felt that he could separate the message of the gospel from its main purpose, that is, to preach Jesus Christ crucified for the world's sins. His was a legalistic message, proclaiming that those who believe in God should keep the law, the law as appended by Martin Luther King Jr. Although he rightly condemned the smug church who said nothing, the smug church later adopted him and his methods for their agenda. Such is the religion of the lost.
The preaching of the message of the cross is foolishness to Gentiles, Paul said. So Mr. King, like thousands before him and thousands after him, twisted the message to suit his social reform agenda. This does not save anyone from the eternal fires of hell, but only distracts from the truth that every man, white or black, deserves the judgment of God.
Mr. King's gospel is very prevalent today, so he did a good job at his appointed role. Minds have been brainwashed into buying his sentimental views of Christ, because to say otherwise somehow links them to racism and/or hate speech. We who speak out against error, including the ambiguous message of Martin Luther King Jr., are accused of many un-provable crimes. So, the false gospels have done a good job at turning white into black and black into white, thinking this is the way to unity. But the redeemed of the Lord have no unity with this earth, whether they be Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Latino or a hundred other races of men.
We believe that on this earth is lots of hate and prejudice. We seek to deliver men from the sin that causes this, not because we want the earth, but because we want heaven. When we die, we want to see our brothers, white or black, together with our Lord Jesus Christ.
Mr. King had this to say the day before he died: "As you know, if I were standing at the beginning of time, with the possibility of general and panoramic view of the whole human history up to now, and the Almighty said to me, 'Martin Luther King, which age would you like to live in?' I would take my mental flight by Egypt through, or rather across the Red Sea, through the wilderness on toward the promised land. And in spite of its magnificence, I wouldn't stop there. I would move on by Greece and take my mind to Mount Olympus and I would see Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Euripides and Aristophanes assembled around the Parthenon as they discussed eternal issues of reality."
His mind did not embrace the faith of Jesus Christ except in a very philosophical way. He loved the Greek mind and remained steadfast with that testimony until his death. We, as fellow Gentiles, need to repent of the intellectualism that hides in pride. God has a far greater intellect than we can imagine. Even though Mr. King did not think highly of fundamentalists because of their dogged adherence to the Bible, they have a much greater chance of inheriting eternal life than Plato, Socrates and all the Greeks on Mars Hill.
- Chris Simonson
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