Debunking viral Christian meme claiming God did not save Trump

[Michie]

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is shown covered by U.S. Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt on his life during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

A few days ago, a friend emailed me, asking how to respond to a statement that a family member shared with her. The statement said, “If you believe God intervened to save former President Trump, but didn’t intervene to save the kids in Uvalde or Parkland or Santa Fe or Sandy Hook, then you are worshipping partisan politics, not Jesus.”

It took me about two seconds to respond, as the meme was basically meaningless, without scriptural or even logical significance. What was the big deal?

Subsequently, I learned that the statement came from a viral post on X by Pastor Zach Lambert, at present, boasting 3.7 million views and 196 thousand likes. It was also echoed in an article by Shane Claiborne, a pacifist Christian leader.

The post that Lambert has pinned on his X account states, “In the last 25 years, 40 million Americans have walked away from church. Most of these folks are not rejecting Jesus. They are rejecting the use of Jesus’ name for the purpose of domination and oppression. They aren’t even rejecting the Bible. They are rejecting hateful, harmful, exclusionary ways of reading it.

“I’m convinced that rejection like this doesn’t make them unchristian — it makes them Christlike. Jesus himself famously chastised religious leaders who weaponized Scripture and elevated it above love of neighbor. He repeatedly denounced those who used the Bible to divide rather than unite, incite violence rather than make peace, and exclude rather than include.

“I’m tired of pastors and Christian leaders wielding the Bible like a weapon. We need to do better...”

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Debunking viral Christian meme claiming God did not save Trump

It took me about two seconds to respond, as the meme was basically meaningless, without scriptural or even logical significance What was the big deal

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[Merrill]

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is shown covered by U.S. Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt on his life during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

A few days ago, a friend emailed me, asking how to respond to a statement that a family member shared with her. The statement said, “If you believe God intervened to save former President Trump, but didn’t intervene to save the kids in Uvalde or Parkland or Santa Fe or Sandy Hook, then you are worshipping partisan politics, not Jesus.”

It took me about two seconds to respond, as the meme was basically meaningless, without scriptural or even logical significance. What was the big deal?

Subsequently, I learned that the statement came from a viral post on X by Pastor Zach Lambert, at present, boasting 3.7 million views and 196 thousand likes. It was also echoed in an article by Shane Claiborne, a pacifist Christian leader.

The post that Lambert has pinned on his X account states, “In the last 25 years, 40 million Americans have walked away from church. Most of these folks are not rejecting Jesus. They are rejecting the use of Jesus’ name for the purpose of domination and oppression. They aren’t even rejecting the Bible. They are rejecting hateful, harmful, exclusionary ways of reading it.

“I’m convinced that rejection like this doesn’t make them unchristian — it makes them Christlike. Jesus himself famously chastised religious leaders who weaponized Scripture and elevated it above love of neighbor. He repeatedly denounced those who used the Bible to divide rather than unite, incite violence rather than make peace, and exclude rather than include.

“I’m tired of pastors and Christian leaders wielding the Bible like a weapon. We need to do better...”

Continued below.

Debunking viral Christian meme claiming God did not save Trump

It took me about two seconds to respond, as the meme was basically meaningless, without scriptural or even logical significance What was the big deal

www.christianpost.com

seems like a lot of people are eager to tell us what God did or didn't do, and the reasons why

and all of them are wrong

 

[Michie]

seems like a lot of people are eager to tell us what God did or didn't do, and the reasons why

and all of them are wrong

Lol! True. But people seem to thrive on all this political drama so why not?

 

[Tuur]

Lol! True. But people seem to thrive on all this political drama so why not?

Political drama is one thing; Claiming what God does or does not do without a scriptural basis is quite another.

All things are in God's hands and nothing happens outside of His will. Those who don't want to acknowledge that God spared Trump because they dislike Trump seem to be assuming that this would indicate God is pleased with him. That's something very close to prosperity theology and what Job's friends believed. I don't know God's opinion of Trump. I do know it was His will to spare Trump because He did.

Was it then His will to allow Uvalde to happen? I think we have to say yes, God permitted it to happen. Some are going to find that offensive. That God allows evil at times is something I have a hard time dealing with, and many has been the time I've prayed with a heavy heart "You are God." We don't understand God's will unless He reveals it. There have been times I've prayed "Your will be done" and have been scared of what His will may be, because what faith I have is small.