Paying for Citizenship
Politicians on the island of Malta saw a market among wealthy foreigners who wanted to immigrate to Europe. So, they decided to sell Maltese citizenship for $872,000. That citizenship would give them access to all 28 nations of the EU. When we were in Romania, I think it would have been worth at least $8,720 to buy Romanian citizenship. It would have made it a lot easier to stay there and evangelize.
The parliament of Malta passed their “citizenship for sale” bill and the president signed it into law. But critics don’t like the idea. Politicians argue that they could bring in about $40 million in revenue. If Malta could bring in that amount, how much could America bring in with such a scheme? We might be able to pay off our $17 trillion!
As Christians, we understand we are members of God’s kingdom. Our citizenship is in heaven (Philippians 3:20). Philippi was a Roman colony, settled by army veterans and others. Their responsibility as colonizers was to promote Roman culture. As Christians, we are strangers and pilgrims among the colony of humanity. It is our responsibility to promote Christ’s culture.
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In that same letter, Paul writes: “Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel” (1:27). Those words – “let your manner of life” – contains the concept, “live as a citizen.” How do we live as a citizen? Paul defines that through the participle, “standing firm” and then elaborates on what it means to “stand firm:” in one spirit, with one mind, striving side by side (as athletes on the same team) for the faith of the gospel. One. One. One. There is absolutely no room in the Scriptures for denominationalism. Be united. Teach the same thing.
We are citizens of the kingdom of God. Let us conduct ourselves as such.
–Paul Holland
