We are going to have this discussion again, and it will probably get heated, again.
I believe a Christian has a responsibility before Christ to vote. Every election. No matter how disagreeable the choice.
Voting is a leadership function, and God WILL hold Christians accountable for the part they play. No use saying you will ‘pray’ for your country if you refuse to exercise the leadership authority God has already bestowed upon you.
Voting is a matter of conscience. Its not just about what benefits you personally, or sticking it to the other side, or your team winning, or who endorsed whom. Voting is a sacred trust, a function of stewardship with the goal of providing the most Godly leadership the United States can have, with the purpose of invoking God’s blessing upon this great nation, which was founded upon His principles.
Decide whom you serve, and man up, and act accordingly.
Decide whom you serve, and man up, and act accordingly.
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Should I vote for someone who claims to know more than the God that I serve?
Very well said.
I agree 1000%!
So...if a Republican said he was a Satanist....that wouldn't be disagreeable???
I agree. Men shed blood for my right to vote. Not voting is a dereliction of duty except where you are forced to vote for a wicked element either way (as in CA's governor's race between Brown and Kashkari, two leftists, one in the Republican party; either way my vote would have been construed as endorsement of it); then my duty as a Christian is to withhold my elemental endorsement, my vote, from that agent.
Voting is a leadership function, and God WILL hold Christians accountable for the part they play.
That is fundamentally why I refused to vote for Romney in 2012. I knew God would hold me accountable if the bastard won. I voted third-party instead as a means to vote to diminish the popular mandate of whichever amoral leftist won, Romney or Obama.
“Voting is a leadership function, and God WILL hold Christians accountable for the part they play.”
Who the heck are you to say what God will do or not do? You are sooo full of crap your eyes are turning brown. You are really into your self aren’t you?
“I believe a Christian has a responsibility before Christ to vote. Every election. No matter how disagreeable the choice.”
Thank you for sharing what is simply your own opinion. As a Christian, I will continue to follow the Scriptures instead.
“Decide whom you serve, and man up, and act accordingly.”
A Christian. And there is nothing whatsoever in the Gospels that could reasonably be interpreted as having a duty to select between two evils.
Jim,
Please see my posts @ #22 & #48 this thread.
We are about to enter another Presidential election cycle, and there will be much heated debate over how to best restore the Republic. With this in mind I would like to clarify the official position of Free Republic on a specific question:
Does a United States citizen have a civic and Christian duty to participate in every election?
I for one would like to know where this forum stands.