Christians seem to be quietly concerned and perhaps even indignant, but by the overwhelming lack of vocal leadership they seem content to let is pass and let the secularists figure it out. Where are the Christian institutions, organizations, and denominations speaking publicly and on the record for truth? Why are they not speaking out against and actively working against the massive fraud and soft totalitarianism in their nation?

Scenario 1. When the pandemic hysteria first hit in March 2020 Christians went into overdrive studying and researching to try and understand the data. When it became clear to most Christians that there wasn’t a pandemic but there was an hysteria, most Christians did not actively protest (i.e., rebel) or lead their unsaved fellow citizens in standing against this usurpation of power.

In this first instance, by usurpation I mean that the government would not allow its citizens to fulfill their creation-ordained duty and right to work or would not allow Christ’s church to fulfill its duty and privilege to congregationally sing, which is a commanded element of worship.

Scenario 2. When the election fraud hysteria broke in November, on election night, Christians went into overdrive studying and researching to try and understand the data. When it became clear that there wasn’t an hysteria but an actual election fraud, most Christians did not actively protest (i.e., rebel) or lead their unsaved fellow citizens in standing against this usurpation of power.

In this second instance, by usurpation I mean two distinct things. First, that state officials made or agreed to changes that violated the constitution of the United States. For example, allowing mail-in ballots without proper vetting that resulted in historically low rejection rates. Second, that enemies of our republic—perhaps foreign and certainly domestic—took possession of votes without a legal claim. Literally, the election and its results have been “seized” or usurped.

I am purposefully using the word usurpation and not abuse of power. In the words of Thomas Paine, “All delegated power is trust, and all assumed power is usurpation.” We the People of these United States of America did not delegate to the government the ability to violate God’s creation ordinance, the regulative principle of worship, or subvert the integrity of the election process through, for example, a compromised chain of custody. This is a usurpation of power not simply an abuse of power.

James Madison wrote, “In expounding the Constitution, it is as essential as it is obvious, that the distinction should be kept in view, between the usurpation and the abuse of a power. That a Tariff for the encouragement of Manufactures may be abused by its excess, by its partiality, or by a noxious selection of its objects, is certain. But so may the exercise of every constitutional power. . . . And the abuse cannot be regarded as a breach of the fundamental compact, till it reaches a degree of oppression, so iniquitous and intolerable as to justify civil war, or disunion.”

But what does all this have to do with the title of this essay, Where are the Christians?

In both scenarios Christians seem to be quietly concerned and perhaps even indignant, but by the overwhelming lack of vocal leadership they seem content to let is pass and let the secularists figure it out. Where are the Christian institutions, organizations, and denominations speaking publicly and on the record for truth? Why are they not speaking out against and actively working against the massive fraud and soft totalitarianism in their nation? Wouldn’t we do so if it was the Republicans and not Democrats that were benefitting from fraud? I would hope so!

Christians may not fear the virus or the Great Reset or the Equality Act but this is no reason to put our heads in the sand espousing radical two-kingdom theology. Christians are salt and light and must lead through the darkness and preserve to prevent rottenness. True, we are Christians first and not Americans first, but we cannot abdicate our kingdom prerogative to, at the very least, promote and foster common grace. Will we let those without eyes to see and ears to hear lead us along as we hope for the best?

Some Christians have claimed that this might be God’s judgment on our nation, but they can’t see that this might be a judgment on the church. Where are the Christians?

Ray M. Sanchez is a Ruling Elder in Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Fresno, CA; he is also a faculty member at a local community college.