THE SILENT SERMON (A blog dedicated to the life and sacrifice of Martyr, Charlie Kirk)

THE SILENT SERMON

In the Chinese cultural revolution back in the 60’s 1000’s of Chinese were being killed and persecuted for converting to Christianity, for simply turning from a life of hate to a life of love.

Chinese Cultural Revolution

During this time of intense persecution Chinese believers were forced to hold their church services underground in caves and at secret locations and it was at one of these secret meetings where now famous Chinese preacher Watchman Nee knew there was a government spy in the meeting and he preached a famous sermon which has come to be called the “THE SILENT SERMON.”

Watchman Nee was reported to have raised a glass of water, took a sip from it, and then SMASHED it to the floor where he then stomped on it with his heel shattering the glass even further into thousands of pieces. He then silently walked out of the meeting. The metaphor was well understood by the Chinese Christians that the more they were persecuted and killed the more the good news of Jesus would spread like the shards of glass from that cup splintering into thousands of pieces.

I think of the “THE SILENT SERMON” as I process the brutal assassination of my Christian brother and American patriot Charlie Kirk, which also happened on the eve of one of the darkest anniversary’s in America’s history, 9/11. I can’t help but to be heavy hearted and feel the same pain, angst, confusion, and fear that I felt when I was walking up my high school steps and heard that a plane had flown into the twin towers and we rushed into one our classrooms and flipped the TV on just in time to watch the second plane fly into the second tower. It was as if I was watching a movie and in some weird way this wasn’t really real. I felt this same feeling when I, against my bettter judgement, saw the brutality and finality of the violence committed against my brother in Christ Charlie Kirk, in front of his wife and kids. It was as if I was watching a terrible AI video and someone was going to come out and say it was all a hoax.

But it was not fake. It is real and my heart breaks for his wife and kids who will now have to grow up without a loving, dedicated husband and father who was not a hate monger as he is trying to be twisted into by others also operating in the anti-Christ spirit. The same enemy that thinks it can stomp out Christianity by killing believers in the Congo, in China, is the same enemy we have just witnessed firsthand in America.

As I have been processing this tragic event of the assassination, wresting through tears, thinking about my own family and wondering if I should lend a thought, a voice to the pile of condolences I realized that it’s not about me and my voice, but it’s simply about standing up for what’s right no matter the cost and that is what has inspired me about Charlie. He was brave, and died doing what he was called to do. And what he was doing was right. He did it out of love, no matter the cost, and so should we.

Satan wants to steal, kill, and destroy but Jesus famous words recorded in Matthew 16:25 were: “If anyone wants to keep his life safe, he will lose it. If anyone gives up his life because of Me, he will save it.”

Thank you Charlie for giving your life and being an example of what true Christianity looks like. You were taken too young, but your testimony will live on forever and continue to inspire thousands of “pieces of glass” to know Jesus more fully — I am one of those inspired and challenged by your sacrifice to continue to fight the good fight like you did.

Well done Charlie.