On one Sunday, I saw someone playing a super-loud hymn and begging for money in the middle of the road before the church service, which caused a buildup of traffic. As eight or nine hundred people poured out of the church building after a service, their electric bicycles, tricycles, and cars made not so spacious roads even more congested. Besides, believers would have mercy on the beggar and give money, which even could cause a road hazard.
So, I walked up to the beggar and said to him, "Please don't be in the middle of the road. There are many people now and this could cause congestion and danger." He looked unhappy, refusing to move. He had one of his legs curled up on the small flatbed, and the other leg like a powerful paddle taking him to beg along the street. He became even more unpleasant, stared at me maliciously, and reluctantly moved to the roadside.
In the following week, I met him twice in the city, as the voice of hymns was especially harsh resounding through the whole street. Maybe this was because he found that Christians were more caring than ordinary people according to his begging experience.
Some believers would say, "I don't care if he uses hymns to win the sympathy of believers. I just do good deeds. He cheated but he will pay the account to God in the future. "
Christianity means love, but love is not used to encourage greed, deception, unearned gains, or the way to gain on the piety of others! Besides, he is not a godly man. He just begged before the church service, without worshipping God in the church which was only a few feet away. Instead, he waited until the serice was over to play hymns and pretend to be miserable for begging purposes.
As public morals are declining, to beg for money, some pretended to be disabled, some used children to win sympathy, and some formed begging groups. Now the government manages to prevent these people from begging in certain areas and along the street. We should not undermine government management and encourage their behavior. Playing hymns to beg along the street is not an act of preaching the gospel, but it destroys the image that the church strives to establish in society. This begging behavior makes people who are already biased against Christianity more disgusted. Some unbelievers would not care whether they really believe in Jesus or not. They would define Christians as a group of parasites who are greedy, do not work, and beg for a living instead.
Others would worry that people really in need would not get help if we do not give them a hand. Don't worry! Even for those who are particularly in a time of difficulty, the social welfare from the government would get a monthly living allowance to the disabled, so that they could at least get their necessities. As long as they are not completely paralyzed and unable to take care of themselves, most disabled people can make a living with the help of the Disabled Persons' Federation and other institutions. In our daily life, we would prefer to help solve the urgent need, instead of continuing to help the poor, as in the end, we would have to work for a living by ourselves.
- Translated by Oliver Zuo
礼拜天看到有人播放着超大音量的赞美诗，在教堂大门口的路中间乞讨，造成交通不畅。因为散会后有八九百人涌出教堂，有电瓶车、三轮车、轿车，让本就不宽敞的道路更显拥堵，还有信徒同情停下来给钱，更会造成拥堵，甚至可能造成擦碰。
我便走到乞讨者面前跟他说：“请你不要在路中间，现在人多，会造成拥堵还可能会有危险。”他一脸不悦，也不动。他一条腿蜷在小平板车上，一条腿强劲有力，就是这条腿像船桨一样带他沿街乞讨。他加大不悦，恶狠狠地盯着我，不情愿地移到路边乞讨。
接下来一个礼拜中，又在城里遇到他两次，因为诗歌的声音响彻整条街，尤其刺耳。也许在他乞讨的过程中发现，信耶稣的人比普通社会人更有爱心。
也有信徒说：“我不管他是不是利用赞美诗来博取信徒的同情，我只管行善，他骗是他骗。将来他要向神交账。”为。
基督教讲爱，并不是让我们的爱助长人的贪婪、欺骗、不劳而获，以别人的敬虔为自己得利的门路！况且他并不是敬虔的人，他只是在教堂门口乞讨，却不到近在咫尺的教堂敬拜神，而是等到散会的时间，播放赞美诗，卖惨乞讨。
世风越下，有人专门装残疾乞讨，有人利用孩子乞讨，还有乞讨集团。现在政府也管理，不让这些人定点或沿街乞讨。我们不应该破坏政府管理，助长他们的行为。对于播放赞美诗沿街乞讨，并不是传福音的行为，反而破坏了教会在社会上努力树立的形象。这种乞讨行为让本就对基督教有偏见的人更加反感基督教。有些不信的人并不管他是不是真信耶稣，他们会一竿子定义基督徒是一群贪婪、不劳动、以乞讨为生的寄生虫。
也有人担心，如果不帮会不会让真正有需要的人得不到帮助？不要担心！哪怕就是特别困难的人，现在社会福利好，政府会按月给残疾人生活补助，不能致富，至少解决温饱问题。只要不是全瘫，不能自理，大多数残疾人可以在残联等机构的帮助下谋一份生计。生活中，我们帮急不帮穷，可以帮忙解了燃眉之急，最后还是要自己劳动谋生。
抵制利用赞美诗在教堂前的乞讨行为
On one Sunday, I saw someone playing a super-loud hymn and begging for money in the middle of the road before the church service, which caused a buildup of traffic. As eight or nine hundred people poured out of the church building after a service, their electric bicycles, tricycles, and cars made not so spacious roads even more congested. Besides, believers would have mercy on the beggar and give money, which even could cause a road hazard.
So, I walked up to the beggar and said to him, "Please don't be in the middle of the road. There are many people now and this could cause congestion and danger." He looked unhappy, refusing to move. He had one of his legs curled up on the small flatbed, and the other leg like a powerful paddle taking him to beg along the street. He became even more unpleasant, stared at me maliciously, and reluctantly moved to the roadside.
In the following week, I met him twice in the city, as the voice of hymns was especially harsh resounding through the whole street. Maybe this was because he found that Christians were more caring than ordinary people according to his begging experience.
Some believers would say, "I don't care if he uses hymns to win the sympathy of believers. I just do good deeds. He cheated but he will pay the account to God in the future. "
Christianity means love, but love is not used to encourage greed, deception, unearned gains, or the way to gain on the piety of others! Besides, he is not a godly man. He just begged before the church service, without worshipping God in the church which was only a few feet away. Instead, he waited until the serice was over to play hymns and pretend to be miserable for begging purposes.
As public morals are declining, to beg for money, some pretended to be disabled, some used children to win sympathy, and some formed begging groups. Now the government manages to prevent these people from begging in certain areas and along the street. We should not undermine government management and encourage their behavior. Playing hymns to beg along the street is not an act of preaching the gospel, but it destroys the image that the church strives to establish in society. This begging behavior makes people who are already biased against Christianity more disgusted. Some unbelievers would not care whether they really believe in Jesus or not. They would define Christians as a group of parasites who are greedy, do not work, and beg for a living instead.
Others would worry that people really in need would not get help if we do not give them a hand. Don't worry! Even for those who are particularly in a time of difficulty, the social welfare from the government would get a monthly living allowance to the disabled, so that they could at least get their necessities. As long as they are not completely paralyzed and unable to take care of themselves, most disabled people can make a living with the help of the Disabled Persons' Federation and other institutions. In our daily life, we would prefer to help solve the urgent need, instead of continuing to help the poor, as in the end, we would have to work for a living by ourselves.
- Translated by Oliver Zuo
Let Us Resist Begging for Money Before Churches
