Christians and Politics
Published by H T Paul Davis in Politics · 26 February 2019
One of the astounding things I
have noticed is the numbers of Christians who vote for liberal politicians.
There can only be a few plausible reasons for this problem. The first is simple
ignorance of what political parties believe and the core values in the
political divide. While both democrats and republicans are a bit of a melting
pot trying to bring everyone into the fold, the reality is that there are
differences on the issues that should be most important to Christians. This
concerns more of the social issues and moral issues, rather than economic
issues. Political parties have always been recognized for their differences in
economic issues and almost seem to be about class warfare. The democrats have
primarily been the party of the working people, and the republicans have been
the business owners and upper class. That is no longer true. There are rich and
poor in both parties. Many Christians are normal working people that have
affiliated with the Republican party because of conservative values, not because
we see people in classes. Many democrats that are Christians are there because
the Democratic party always represented working Americans. The problem is that
economic issues should not be the basis for voting. More than anything social
issues and values ought to matter more than anything else. Since the love of
money is the root of all evil, and since Christian treasures should be
heavenly, it is much less important in the overall scheme of things to be
concerned about where our politicians stand on economic issues. It is more
important to know where they stand on social issues. These include how they
stand on values concerning marriage, faith, and righteous laws. No Christian
should ever vote for a candidate that supports a gay agenda of any kind. No Christian
should ever vote for a candidate that supports abortion. No Christian should
ever vote for any candidate that has a belief system that is contrary to the
morals laid out in the Word of God. The Bible states that "righteousness
exalteth a nation" and also declares, "If the foundation be destroyed
what can the righteous do?". Whenever kings or politicians create laws or
uphold acts that are contrary to the Word of God, they are leading the nation
toward destruction. In recent days -- this truth is becoming more obvious as we
have seen more liberals in the judiciary and more ungodliness in the White
House and Congress. While there are some elected leaders that continue to stand
for what is morally right - there continues to be a destruction of the moral
underpinnings in our laws. If law is the schoolmaster that brings us to Christ,
the absence of the law of God as the basis for our own legal system means that
we cannot continue as a Christian nation.