Christians, as described by the Lord Jesus Christ, are the salt and light of this dark world. They bring good news to those with no hope.

Although tough times, challenges, and suffering are an inescapable in this fallen world, the Scriptures command believers to give thanks to God in all circumstances, pray without ceasing, and not be anxious (1 Thessalonians 5:16–18).

Some of our most common challenges include sickness, financial difficulties, persecution, unjust government, and social unrest and disharmony.

Sometimes, natural forces bring danger to life and property. Be it stormy weather during the Apostle Paul’s sea travel, or modern day droughts arising from inadequate rainfall, there remains a potential to face challenges from changes in our environment.

In the 20^th century, these challenges from environmental factors have been more visible to us as human settlements began expanding to all corners of the earth.

By the turn of the 21^st century, environmentalism had become a worldwide movement with its own philosophy, one that hardly resembles the Biblical way of life or Biblical doctrines on our relationship to nature.

One such extreme, cult-like movement is the climate-change movement with its claims that the world faces a climate crisis.

Now, we all know it is important to heed to the warnings from science and act appropriately to save lives from danger. But the climate-change movement has hardly adopted empirical scientific methodology. Instead, creates hysteria based on predictions about future climate that rest not on empirical observation but on the hypotheses woven into computer climate models.

Further, in order to push the climate agenda among the masses, the movement’s strategists have adopted the “appeal to emotion” approach. Youth have been used as a tool to promote emotional panic among children and adults worldwide.

Sadly, these tactics are also distinctly anti-biblical. Consider the words of Greta Thunberg, a youth climate strike leader, for example: “I want you to panic.” “We will not forgive you.” “You all come to us young people for hope, how dare you!” “I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful.”

These quotes are not cherry-picking. They represent Greta’s overarching theme during the past few months. In her defence, she has been misled into believing she has no hope for the future, and her speeches are likely written for her by someone else.

But that doesn’t do away with the fact that her advisors and the strategists of the global climate movement have adopted a very dark, hopeless, and antibiblical approach to lure the masses into subscribing to their fear-mongering about future states of climate.

Sadly, Christian leaders who support the climate movement and Greta’s speeches never address the dangers of the church falling into the hopelessness, unforgiveness, and hate that they preach.

The climate strike is a uniquely hopeless and lifeless movement, sending millions of students into eco-hysteria.

We should be able to forgive our enemies, be thankful and give thanks to God in all circumstances, and not be anxious. We must also be hope-filled individuals, trusting in God. We should not play to the tunes of climate propaganda and lose our minds in the hopeless, hatred-driven climate movement. 

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