Hunter Biden, Guo Wengui and the persecution of Chinese Christians

 

A lot of Christian conservatives are using the accusations made against Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter as a way to say how unsuitable Biden is as a candidate for president. As many of my friends know I am not voting for either President Trump or Biden, but nevertheless there is something grossly wrong with Christians using this accusation. I will explain.

So first of all The New York Times reporter, Katie Robertson, writing about the  the New York Post story stated, “Coming late in a heated presidential campaign, the article suggested that Joseph R. Biden Jr. had used his position to enrich his son Hunter when he was vice president. The Post based the story on photos and documents the paper said it had taken from the hard drive of a laptop purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden.” Robertson in her article, “New York Post Published Hunter Biden Report Amid Newsroom Doubts,” goes on to explain that Hunter Biden supposedly left a computer at a shop with documents on it suggesting “that the elder Mr. Biden, as vice president, had directed American foreign policy in Ukraine to benefit his son, a former board member of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company.”

Continuing Robertson writes, “The article named two sources: Stephen K. Bannon, the former adviser to President Trump now facing federal fraud charges, who was said to have made the paper aware of the hard drive last month; and Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, who was said to have given the paper “a copy” of the hard drive on Oct. 11.”

Now there are all kinds of reasons to be concerned about this story. But for those Christians using the story there is a far greater reason not to affirm it and it has to do with how we perceive those who applaud and love those who persecute Christians.

Recently World Magazine published an article about a man who is persecuting some Chinese Christians in the United States.  The article, “Pressure campaign targets Chinese pastor in Texas: A Chinese tycoon’s media blitz has forced leading Chinese Christian dissident Bob Fu into hiding”, was written by Mindy Belz. She begins her article:

Protesters remained outside the Midland, Texas, home of Bob Fu 10 days after law enforcement placed Fu and his family in protective custody due to threats. The protesters carry signs claiming the founder of ChinaAid and pastor who once was forced out of China by its Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government is “a CCP spy.” They have refused to tell local media where they are from or whether they are being paid.

As Belz continues she explains that Guo Wengui, a Chinese business man is the one targeting Bob Fu and others.

On Bob Fu’s web site China Aid is a statement by China aid about this persecution. Part of the document states:   

On Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, multiple of his followers instructed by Guo showed up outside Fu’s home in Texas while he was out of town. His family however was inside and are now fortunately under protection by local law enforcement. In response, Guo issued another video where he threatened, “We will send another 100 to 200 comrades to your house tomorrow. We will see how much power you have in the U.S…. We will not start another campaign until we are On. Guo’s followers have surrounded Jianmin’s house in Los Angeles for five days. His wife and two children are too frightened to leave. Also targeted is Pastor Zhang Boli, a Tiananmen leader still on the CCP’s “Most Wanted” list.

Bob Fu and the others mentioned in Guo Wengui’s video are under direct threat by the actions this man. He has mobilized his followers and encouraged violence against those he loosely and deceitfully deems a “CCP spy.

Now enter the two men who are the source for the supposed damaging information on Hunter Biden. They both have ties to Guo Wengui the man persecuting Chinese Christians in the United States. . Bannon was arrested for fraud while on his business partner Wengui’s 35, million dollar yacht. And Giuliani is also connected. In a Daily Beast article, “Chinese Billionaire’s Network Hyped Hunter Biden Dirt Weeks Before Rudy Giuliani” there are tweeted pictures of Wengui and Giuliani hugging and smoking cigars together.

Why would Christians, those who belong to Jesus the very truth, want to use the words of people like Bannon, Giuliani and their companion Wengui who within the confines of the United States would persecute Christians? The Church is becoming too involved with the world via politics.

I believe the word of God is calling for more than ‘thinking about’ when it states:

… whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things (Phil. 4:8).

The words are calling for a life lived within the confines of what is honorable, right, pure, of good repute, excellence and what is worthy of praise. Ralph P. Martin in the Tyndale commentary on Philippians writes, “The present verse is governed by the verb think, logizesthe, which means more than ‘keep in mind’ (Moffatt). It is rather ‘take into account (logos), reflect upon and then allow these things to shape your conduct’.”

Believers cannot uphold the words of worldly and immoral men and at the same time walk within the confines of a life attuned to a lowly, truthful and pure Savior.