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The Church of Wishes

 


In Turkey, a country that is predominately Muslim, there is a Church of Wishes where women qho are Christian, Muslim, and Secular line up to get the rite the Church does and are given a key to wear that they return when their wish comes true. Well most people have their wish come true, even those not of the Christian faith. Muslim women even said in interviews on BBC that they like the church because they accept them. I feel that this is an amazing way Christ is effecting a nation that is lead by a President, Recep Endogen, who has been declaring he wants the blood of Christians to flow in a holy war. That God The Trinity is calling enemies of His church because we all were all enemies of Him at one point, “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son Jesus Christ, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.” (Romans 5:10). I mean the guy who killed Christians, Saul, became Christ’s most ardent apostle and wrote two thirds of the New Testament!


Some may find a problem with this, that is it is transactional and can give people a wrong Prosperity Doctrine approach to Christianity. Those are good concerns, but if this wish making comes true, it proves its the God of us Christians who has done it. I believe this is a witness, that in a nation where preaching the gospel is illegal or censored heavily at least, this is how Jesus our Lord God is speaking to people, answering there keys with His Open Door. 


We can become too narrow in our allowance of how Jesus will try to reach people so that they may know Him and believe. Remember the words of the apostle, “It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.  The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains. But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.” (Philippians 1:15-18). This wish approach may seem unusual to us or not sit right in our Protestant sensibilities, but remember what Jesus said, “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for whoever is not against us is for us. Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.” (Mark 9:38-41). The Eastern Church of Wishes declares Christ is The Wish Answerer, and so in same way they will not speak ill of our Lord, but witness in a way we cannot. Amen. 


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