Philippians 3:18-20 ...
18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Timothy 5:5-10 ...
5and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. 6But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. 7For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either. 8If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content. 9But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Many years ago, those who went into “public service” did so for a short time and by doing so only did their civic duty as service to the people. they did not seek a lifetime of power, and all the benefits thereof. They came, they represented and they went home, making way for new blood and new servants of the people. In the manner in which so many have become lifetime politicians, and have stayed for decades, they have become intoxicated by the “power” and forgot what being a servant of the people meant. These same lifetime politicos, with their power and prestige, are not whom *I* would consider Godly men and women.