Posted on 09/29/2022 6:11:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
According to James 1:8, A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
Christians must never abdicate biblical responsibilities upon entering the voting booth. While we render to Caesar what is Caesar’s, we must first render to God what is His. God instituted religion and politics; therefore, he has Supreme Authority over both. The Christian who attempts to separate the influence of faith over politics, forgets that Caesar is subject to God as are we.
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." (2 Timothy 1:7)
The biblically minded will not cast votes based on political party preferences, but based on biblical precepts and our commanded interest to spread the gospel and enlarge God’s Kingdom. Unfortunately, many believers have been swayed by the “Separation of Church and State” fallacy. The intent of Jefferson’s Danbury Baptist letter was to assure the Danbury Baptist that the federal government would not infringe on their form of worship.
Thomas Jefferson was not advocating the removal of religion from political thought. He appealed to the Creator and Supreme Judge of the world in the Declaration of Independence; thereby, acknowledging in our country’s founding document, that God’s sovereignty has no limits. No wall can block God. The wall of separation Jefferson spoke of could only block government’s influence on the church, not the church’s influence on government.
Consistency demands that our vote agrees with our voice. We must continue to speak against abortion, transgenderism, sodomy, drag queen story hour and other cultural abnormalities. We must vote for people who refuse to support those abominations. The United States is a representative republic. The politicians we vote for are required to represent our interest.
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I dont know what the exact percentage is, but a sizeable number of Christians are Democrats because they focus more on Democrats attempts to help the poor directly over issues such as abortion or cultural issues.
They vote for Democrats because they truly believe that welfare in all its forms helps. If they didn’t believe that they wouldn’t vote Democrat.
So in the end, the real issue is socialism/communism as always.
Until we can stick a steak through the heart of that failed ideology, we can never come together.
For the most part Christians reflect the rational decent people in America. Opposing them are the neo pagan, decadent hedonists who are the core of the Democratic Party. Make no mistake. This is a war. Whoever wins will determine what happens to the American nation. Face it. There no longer exists a unifying consensus of commonly held core values. The stakes in this war are very high.
Socialism/communism will always be popular as long as people believe they can get something for nothing.
I know not all self-described Conservatives are Christians, but there has been a definite softening of the opposition to homosexuality and abortion by Conservatives (including self-described Christians), including here on FR. I find this trend very worrisome.
Socialism hurts the poor ultimately. So any Christian brothers who vote democrat for this stupid reason need some economic education.
Socialism is not prescribed in the Bible.
I say this often.
There are good people on both sides of the fence.
There are evil people on both sides of the fence.
Reagan was the first to point this out.
Trump tried but the MSM refused to allow it.
Educating Americans while bypassing the MSM and Uniparty is the biggest challenge for the next 20 years.
Socialism hurts the poor ultimately. So any Christian brothers who vote democrat for this stupid reason need some economic education.
Socialism is not prescribed in the Bible.
“Thomas Jefferson was not advocating the removal of religion from political thought.”
Of course he wasn’t! But there is one factor that I seldom see discussed: The British who colonized America were not just fleeing religious persecution - they were sick of this and that religion getting involved in government with subsequent radical changing of laws and “switch persecution” (which is one group formerly persecuted takes power and instantly starts killing their persecutors).
When there’s no such thing as voting, whichever special interest group holds the place of power will apply its own rules and democracy be damned.
Voters should vote according to the tenets of their faith. However, most politicians are not really people of faith. Politics is pretty nasty and as we have seen, evangelistic fervor seldom gets the vote.
And a lot of the time, NO available candidate can be said to be a person of great religious belief. Is it moral to abstain from voting if none of the candidates holds the same beliefs as you? That means you get stuck with the worst candidate every time - and if you don’t vote you can’t complain.
A lot of these Democrats say that they are Catholic. Hag Nancy sought to bolster her pro-abortion stance by saying that she’s a Roman Catholic and has six children. So she supports abortion. Hm.
See what I mean? It’s easy to say you’re something. It’s harder to stand for something.
If a candidate for public office was “perfect” in my eyes, it’s a sure bet he wouldn’t win. The choice is usually “who is the least objectionable.”
All that being said, I really like how many of our Congress critters and candidates are making more of a display of their religious faith. It’s a great trend. But then - on the other hand - Hilldog is quoting the Bible on twatter.
If you don’t know the person, you can never know whether he/she is lying about belief. Sometimes it’s better, in my opinion, to just pick whoever you think will do the best job and pray for the Almighty to help them do the right thing by their job and to change their hearts if faith is lacking.
I think that’s what happened with Donald Trump; he took advice to reassure and support people of faith. He was never a particularly religious person, but his love for the USA (and capitalism) caused him to change and how he really FEELS those words he’s saying. He’s had what I guess you would call an epiphany. That’s really a great thing, to see someone sort of blossom like that - and not only that, he changed America and the world by taking steps that would lead to the striking down of Roe v Wade.
In voting, just like a lot of things, you seldom get exactly what you want and you just do the best you can with Nob’s help.
“I dont know what the exact percentage is, but a sizeable number of Christians are Democrats because they focus more on Democrats attempts to help the poor directly over issues such as abortion or cultural issues.
They vote for Democrats because they truly believe that welfare in all its forms helps. If they didn’t believe that they wouldn’t vote Democrat.
So in the end, the real issue is socialism/communism as always.
Until we can stick a steak through the heart of that failed ideology, we can never come together.”
Yep.
If you think about it, we pretty much invited communism to come and play when we put so much faith in the educational system. Everyone expects for school to be free - and now college is supposed to be free, too. And why aren’t we “helping” poor people by providing free abortions anymore!? IT’S AN OUTRAGE.
I mean, are we supposed to be all right with a little bit of communism? No, it should all be destroyed.
“Destroy Communism” should always be the message - presented very confidently, because it is Gd’s will.
Then they are not Christians no matter what they profess.
God gave each of us a conscience. It’s like the “Standard Equipment” on a car.
The Democrats are very vocal about the evil things they support. Evil Things that even a person who does not read the Bible much naturally understand as evil.
Which means that by voting for the Democrats they know they are supporting Evil.
We cannot honestly support Evil and honestly call ouselves, or in fact, be a Christian.
If a church is growing, you will see a lot of Biden or Hillary bumper stickers in the parking lot.
Because, where do you find the biggest trove of unbelievers, except among Democrats?
When you get saved, some things change immediately. Others change over the next few years. Political identity sometimes changes slowly over time for some people.
What shocks me is to see long time Christians in conservative churches who are still Democrats. Some of that is due to family history, like some southern Democrats. I get it, but I really don’t get it.
Of course people who get their news from CNN/NBC really are clueless.
Article 52 [Religion]
(1) Citizens of the USSR are guaranteed freedom of conscience, that is, the right to profess or not to profess any religion, and to conduct religious worship or atheistic propaganda. Incitement of hostility or hatred on religious grounds is prohibited.
(2) In the USSR, the church is separated from the state, and the school from the church.
-Constitution of the USSR
which is why they are working so hard to censor the internet.
“”Voters should vote according to the tenets of their faith.””
Perhaps some have not learned that this is a part of their faith.
2 John 1
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not [the] doctrine [of Christ], receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is PARTAKER of his evil deeds.
Also Revelation 18:4
Think of abortion, DA’s that release violent felons without bail, and such. If a Christian votes for someone who knowingly advocates these evils, or even just wishes them well, scripture teaches that they, the voter, are (equal) partakers in the evil.
It is unfortunate that so many church groups fail to teach their members some important details about being a Christian.
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