How to vote (and just live) as Christian
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God is God
God is God
He is the God who reveals Himself
He is the God who reveals Himself
He is the God who is judge
He is the God who is judge
The Psalmist loves His Law
Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end.
Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
He is the God who is the executioner
He is the God who is the executioner
“There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.”—By the mere pleasure of God, I mean his sovereign pleasure, his arbitrary will... The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow. The glittering sword is whet, and held over them, and the pit hath opened its mouth under them.
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
He is YOUR God
He is YOUR God
“Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
NT Church’s role in govt
NT Church’s role in govt
When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!”
Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,
Zealot MAY have been a political affiliation
Jesus shunned such things because He did not come to set up na earthly Kingdom. His enemy was wasn and death; the Devil himself.
So it is NO surprise that we find no direct teaching for the NT church to seek state recognition, nor control
The Christian Life
The Christian Life
v9 - Care for the less fortunate
Ruth benefitted from this
v11 - 12 Respect for ownership and reputation
v13-14 Fair treatment for employees & accommodations for disabled
v15-16 injustice
Mob Justice is not justice
Much of what is called social justice is not social justice
Much of what happens in our courts isn’t just
v17-18 This is heart work, and is at the bottom of it all
It needs to be the heart of believers to have already let go of an offence before apology is rendered.
If we would but live peaceful lives, seeking justice and harmony, we would be living out the witness of who we profess to be. This should affect the way we act, converse, and even vote.