Jesus Didn't Come to Make Any Nation Great
When we begin to think he did, the result is idolatry
Here’s an excerpt from a helpful article by Casey McCall:
If a return to some imagined ideal of American greatness is your ultimate goal, you too may find yourself willing to overlook evil on the way to getting there. You too could subjugate Christ as a means to a greater end.
The question “What is ultimate?” has already been answered for those of us who follow Christ. It’s not the greatness of our nation or any nation, for Christ’s kingdom is not of this world (John 8:36). To be clear, we should all want to see our nation thrive, and we should work to form convictions about what needs to happen to get there and commit ourselves to working toward fulfillment of those convictions. But national greatness is never ultimate for people who will one day toss our earthly crowns at the feet of Christ (Revelation 4:10-11). When political interests become ultimate, Christ gets subjugated into something less than Lord and his church becomes compromised. In other words, when national greatness is our highest goal, we’re no longer following Christ and our values no longer match his. Subjugating the Lord of the universe to paltry political goals forfeits the faith once for all delivered to the saints.
Our ultimate goal is not to make America great again but to worship and proclaim the One whose greatness supersedes all competitors.
As I’ve heard Tony Evans say on numerous occasions, “Jesus didn’t come to take sides; he came to take over.”
Read the rest of the article here: “Jesus Didn’t Come to Make Any Nation Great.”