The senior pastor of the fastest-growing and largest Chinese-church in America said at a special men’s conference to get ready to embrace the golden era that God has prepared for the Chinese people.
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| At the River of Life Christian Church Men's Conference, Rev. Liu Tong gave an analysis of the changes that have taken place within the Chinese world in the last two decades and described how God has been preparing the Chinese all the while. | ||
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On Jan. 30th, River of Life Christian Church Senior Pastor Rev. Liu Tong gave an analysis of the changes that have taken place within the Chinese world in the last two decades and described how God has been preparing the Chinese all the while.
Looking at the overall situation in the Chinese world, Liu said that three recent world events have brought about much good.
In 1988, Taiwan’s former president Chiang Ching-Kuo died, which loosened the centrifugal forces of the Kuomintang, the ruling party then, so a new political era opened up in Taiwan, where freedom in politics brought freedom of expression and thoughts to the entire society.
In 1989, the Tiananmen Incident shocked the western world. Since then, Western countries have been pressuring China on its human rights problems. Looking from a different angle, Liu said, China has been searching for social stability and economic growth ever since then.
Yet another major event of influence was the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, which symbolized the complete dissolve of Soviet Unions’ communist power and the opening of the freedom of thoughts.
Passing through the above changes, Chinese world today, China, in particular, have made giant strides in economics and all aspects of civilization; as a result, the international community have been focusing in on this land with enormous potentials.
In 1982, John Naisbitt, an American author and public speak in the area of future studies, authored a #1 New York Times bestseller titled Megatrends. He has recently authored another book titled China’s Megatrends, in which he gave an analysis to China’s changes and her future.
Liu went over the eight reasons that Naisbitt attributed to China’s current growth:
1. The liberalization of thoughts; 2. “China’s Own Democracy” – connecting the top to bottom and bottom to top; 3. Planting trees around the land so the forest to freely grow within; 4. Crossing the river while touching the stones; 5. Liberalization of Arts and Academics; 6. Entering world stage; 7. Creating a new “China Dream”; 8. Stepping onto a creative path.
Of these eight reasons for China’s growth, Liu brought out the importance of the so-called “China’s Own Democracy.” This type of connection between top to bottom and vice versa originated from China’s traditional value systems, which the West cannot understand. The West emphasize on individualism, where people can without much restraint disconnect from their families and the society.
On the contrary, no one in traditional Chinese society can rebel against the orders of the rulers and the father, and it is under such values that China’s own form of democracy exists. This democratic method that is centered on this type of moral ethics has provided China’s society a stable background for her rapid development of the economy, society, and civilization.
When reflecting more on Capitalism and Socialism in recent years, Liu said that he reached a conclusion and that was neither of these two political systems are absolutely good or evil. The fundamental question is “Where does the authority of man come from?”
mike kingsley
February 23, 2010
www.mikekingsley.org
mike kingsley
February 23, 2010
i trully agree that china is at the stage of bringing revival to the world. as a pastor from a nation that has suffered the last two decades under evil regimes and How God changed that . i believe china s cry has touched heaven, i commend pastor lui my friend for the powerful word for his great nation and the world. am excited to see this greatest awakening of millions of christians from china reach the world for jesus. in africa its happening right now .thank you pastor Lui.