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A Christian Election Season Primer

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Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! - Isaiah 5: 20 (ESV)

The Bible teaches us that God decides who leads all nations. Even if we just come down to his permissive will, we must realize this simple truth. God is not surprised when someone gets elected. He does not need our help either. He is God and He is on the throne. He is completely sovereign and completely in control. How arrogantly do some Christian operatives behave.

When discussing these matters it would be remiss to not address the results of the modern day political obsession and the church. The result is we collectively take our eyes off of Jesus. The modern church is so externally focused to begin with. Revival cannot happen in the world beloved. It cannot happen in this country. It has to happen within the church. The Bible says if the people called by my name will repent then the land will be healed. Remember we were not meant to be a part of this world. We were meant to witness to a greater world that waits for all. When we spend so much time externally focused it is the Gospel that suffers. We want the church to unite around a flawed, unsaved man or woman, who has spent their life in rebellion to God and is promising us the world?

This is not to say that as Christians we should not vote. There are secular responsibilities we have and everything we do should be informed by our faith. It is in the defense of the evil vote that Christians stumble. It is in inferring or accusing others of somehow sinning by casting a vote different than their opinion that they do cause others to stumble. We just fail to realize that none are righteous. Not one according to the Bible. All evil will be brought into the light. I remember in the late 1990s there was the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. I remember the collective moral outrage by politicians trying to claim the Christian high road. Fast forward to today and we find the three main "righteous" accusers have proven to be two serial adulterers and one child molester. That is what happens when we seek righteousness in man. That is what happens when we place our trust in princes.

So we come to what the key verses teach us beloved. Many Christians and Christian leaders expend a great deal of energy in the defense of their favorite candidate or their perceived party of righteousness but we are not to trust in any man. Indeed, princes themselves are not to be trusted when we have the Lord our God. Not only are we to trust in God over man but we are to take refuge in God. We are to hide ourselves in Him. He is our fortress, our buckler and our never ending source of protection. We also pretend to believe in the sovereignty of God yet act as if He needs our help every four years. As mentioned, the Bible assures us that God decides who the kings and rulers of this world are. Nothing surprises God. He will use all things and all men in power to further His own will. Even Alexander the Great is but a mere footnote in history while God will continue forever. At his height of power, Alexander was the most powerful man on earth and had conquered the known world. Legend says he wept when he saw there was nothing left to conquer. Yet for all of the relative greatness of Alexander the Great he lived only 33 years on this earth. We are all subject to the great equalizer; death. The question is not what chair we have on the Titanic but if we know where we are going when she finally sinks.

That's the point for us as believers. It is not to try and make a carnal nation into a Christian nation. It is not to establish a theocracy. The Bible does not charge us with that. It is not to take over the seven mountains of contemporary culture. It is not to set up Joel's End Time Army. These are all horribly false teachings that distract us from the one thing we are supposed to be representing and that is the Gospel. Beloved, trust me. The ship is going down. I have read the ending of the story. God is not going to change His mind. We are all on the Titanic. We have already struck the iceberg. Is the moral decay in this country real? You better believe it! That is the end result of sin and a rebellious people. Is it anymore sinful or offensive though than what is happening in the church? No, it is not. So every four years the world turns to men and princes to try and rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic. One promises cheaper chairs. Another promises sturdier chairs filled with faux righteousness. Another promises to get those who have two chairs to share. Another promises to build a wall around your chair. And we line up behind one of these and pretend that they are God's choice. The truth is that God is not in the chair business beloved. He is in the life boat business.

Because God knows the ship is going down and the state of the chairs on the deck will not save anyone. Only the state of the life boat will. The politicians are all saying the same thing in different ways. "Sit down, and I will fix your chair." The Gospel however implores you to get up and move to the life boat while you still can. You can find safety there. You can find peace there. You can take refuge there but time is running out. So vote this year but do not cling to it as if it has any power to save anything or change anything eternally. Vote because it is a civic responsibility. Then get back to the Gospel and direct people to the life boat. The clock is ticking.

Reverend Anthony Wade -- April 30, 2016

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