Christ is Savior for all God’s people, of course! However, I was just making the point that God’s mercy and forgiveness of sin does not remove the consequence of that sin. David was forgiven, but the consequence of what he did had terrible results in his family and in the manner in which God’s covenant promise was fulfilled. Mr. Prager overlooked that in his article.
As far as this truth’s application to our political situation, we should not be fooled. A man who breaks his vow to his most intimate companion for his own pleasure, will also be more likely to break the vow to his country for the same reason. If you read the history of the founding of this country, you’ll find that this was a common belief among men for picking their leaders. Adulterers were held in very low esteem until just recently.
Saul remained King of Israel until he died in battle. It was his descendants who were removed from inheriting the throne. This is exactly what eventually happened to Solomon’s line. God was merciful to David because of his repentance. However God’s eventual judgment was carried out later in history. But please note NONE of these men received their thrones AFTER committing their sins.
If anything is clear from these narratives it is that is definitely an error to suppose that sexual and spiritual sins have no consequence in politics or a person’s ability to hold political office.