“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10
As my life shortens, I realize that I have not finished everything that God has planned for me. If I had finished God’s plans for me, he would have taken me home! Since he hasn’t, apparently there are some last words I should say, some last work for me to complete, some last things I need to do, some last advice I could give, and even some thoughts I should be thinking as my life closes.
Last week I wrote you about one of the “works” I want to complete—that is to send thousands of Bible commentaries to Africa.
This week, it’s “advice” about the upcoming election. Obviously, we all need to vote in this mid-term election. Not to vote is to give non-qualified candidates the chance to determine our political future. Therefore, we Christians need to make our voices heard. That’s the first thing.
But who we vote for should be extremely important to Christians. Because I am a pretty simple person, I narrow my decision on which candidates to vote for to those who stand for the two issues that the Bible speaks about quite clearly—the issue of abortion and the issue of homosexuality. Both of these moral issues will be on the ballot because all the candidates have made a stand on them one way or another. If you do not know what individual candidates believe about abortion or same-sex marriage, it is important to find out before you go to the polls. That’s not to say that the economy is not important, or the problem at our southern border, or school choice. But the Bible doesn’t speak to those things. If we are honest, we admit that we cast our ballot about those less important issues depending on how they affect us personally at the time. Not so the issues of abortion and homosexuality. These reflect not only our worldview but our religious beliefs. It separates Christians from non-Christians. It separates those who know what the Bible says and want to obey it from those who either don’t know what the Bible says or don’t want to obey it.
Christians must vote for candidates who are against abortion, because abortion is murder, plain and simple. Exodus 20:13; Matthew 5:21; Romans 13:9; James 2:11
Christians must vote for candidates who are against same-sex marriage because sex between two people of the same gender is homosexuality, plain and simple. 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1Timothy 1:10; Romans 1:18-32.
My prayer is that we Christians will not be distracted by non-moral issues such as inflation and immigration that come and go and then forget the moral issues that count for eternity. If God thought murder and homosexuality were important enough for him to condemn in his Book, then we should be wise enough to vote on God’s side.
As for me, I will make sure I find out what each candidate thinks regarding abortion and any LGBTQ+ issues. I will vote in person as early as possible. And I will thank God that I live in a country where I can still vote.
These are the same two issues that determine my vote. "The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom," the Bible says. We have a society who rejects God totally, therefore they don't even have the smallest beginning of wisdom. How then, can they run a country or educate our children? If God's people do not wake up and pray and vote, there is no hope for US.
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