1. By all means, Christians are meant to be engaged in the political process. Through the prophet Micah, God continues to tell His people, "To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." But our hope is in the God revealed in Jesus alone. #Election2020
2. Remember Psalm 146:3-7: "Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing...
3. (Psalm 146:3-7, cont'd.) "Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God.He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them—he remains faithful forever...
4. (Psalm 146:3-7, cont'd.) "He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry."
I vote in elections for people to handle the housekeeping chores that are necessary for governments to do in a fallen world in which not everyone loves their neighbor:...
I vote in elections for people to handle the housekeeping chores that are necessary for governments to do in a fallen world in which not everyone loves their neighbor:...
5. Things like national security, justice, health care, the postal service, law enforcement, Social Security, Medicare, protecting the environment, fostering equality of opportunity, protecting freedom of speech, of religion, of association, tax collection, food and drug...
6. ...testing, the regulation of commerce, and standards for health care and pharmaceuticals.
God establishes the coercive powers of governments to force people who do not voluntarily accede to His loving rule over their lives through Jesus Christ to do what's right.
God establishes the coercive powers of governments to force people who do not voluntarily accede to His loving rule over their lives through Jesus Christ to do what's right.
7. It's important stuff. But it's not the most important stuff. The most important is this: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life...
8. " For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him...
9. "Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son." (Jesus, in John 3:16-18)
That's what's most important and nothing, not even #Election2020, even comes close!
That's what's most important and nothing, not even #Election2020, even comes close!
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