CHRISTIANS IN CHINA HAVE DONE MARVELOUSLY AT TREADING THAT THIN LINE.
In the 1970’s there was a great little pocket book: THE JESUS FAMILY IN COMMUNIST CHINA or some such title.
In it there was a story of a chicken that walked into an illegal prayer group and laid an egg. The chicken happened to belong to the Communist Party Boss for that area. A rather stern and harsh fellow, he was, too. The group quickly tied payment for the egg to the chicken’s leg. The Party Boss was so touched by the act of Christian integrity that he became a believer and protected them for quite some time.
They have become artists at obeying where workable and practicable and Biblical and fiercely disobeying when that is the only Biblical thing to do—and joyfully suffering the consequences when that has befallen them.
That’s a really good point...it’s far worse for Christians in Red China than it is for us, and you say they obey and pray for their leaders?
Ed