Psalm 119 says "blessed are we if we keep His precepts and statutes. .. Then I shall not be ashamed... With my whole heart have I sought Thee, let me not wonder from Your commandments..." I really want to type the whole Psalm but we can read it in meditation. It is a wonderful Word of us keeping the Word of the Lord above anything, any other thought and any other ideas as good as they may be.
David was a man who delighted in God's Law and asked of God to preserve him so that he can enjoy keeping His Law.
I see Californians panicking in light of the political elections coming up in a few a couple of weeks. The answer is always in God's Word. I know politicians may despise us as well as other Christians who can't think Biblically because they spend more time listening to media, polls, other "good ideas or solitions or reasonings" than like David, submerging and embracing and upholding the Law of God, His Holy Word. Fear cannot drive us to decide on who to vote for. I have spoken to Christians who have embraced pragmatic solutions out of fear to justify their choice at the Ballot box. Nonetheless, the Bible offers definitive answers to these questions. Irretionality is everywhere and people have looked at their own wisdom and believed a political party out of popularity.
Our actions must be guided by the Bible--the only authority to Christians and nations. I know one thing, although evil prevail and the gates of hell seem so close to us, they will never prevail.
I fear for those who say they're Christians, yet compromise Biblical values and God's Law while voting. We must never forget what He has spoken. We must not be afraid. Though we're few, we're His Remament that will not compromise, stand alone and be faithful to His Word, that we may not be ashamed like David wrote. May we turn our eyes to Jesus and find our answers in His Holy Word.
Some of the arguments going around out there: "He doesn't stand a chance", "Not Christian, but kind of conservetive," "The lesser of two evils".
Would you vote for a Mormon, a Budhist, a Muslim or a Hindu? They have some similar values as Christians? Absolutely not. That is erroneous thinking. That will bring us under rulership of a pagan god, not a Christian nation that America was founded on but a pluralistic nation. Christians have believed that at
any cost or compromise we can be a Christian nation again. This is simply a big lie for the father of lies. King David certainly would not agree with that.
Although our Constitution is not a perfect document, it was nonetheless written based on Biblical principals and acknoledging the Almighty God to be above any man, magistrate and the God of this nation.
Another argument, "Well God can use anybody in office". Yes, God used a muderer Pharoah to show who was God, but we don't vote for him. God's sovereingty over ungody rulers is not a vindication for us to support such kind of rulers. God is merciful and providential. He has absolute control. This cannot be our logic.
I fear the greatest evil that can happen to California this November second is not that either Jerry Brown or Meg Whitman become Governor but that God's Church have lost conscience of His Holy Word as our Authority. Soon Christians will be more and more will be lowering their standards and even the remnanent give in to this kind of logic. This is a far more evil than having pagans sitting in our government seats. Will our conscience be clear before the Lord? Will we care about what God says? Not, who is elected. And I do care who gets elected. That's the second reason I'm writing this post. Proverbs says, as we experience, when the righteous rule the people rejoice.
We can't endorse a polical party more that God's Law because it is our comfort when things get tough. We run to His standards, not flee from them.
The religious view of our Governor and all magistrates matters a lot. This is about a religious worldview not about conservetive values. There is a God who is concerned about the affairs of men.
Others might say, "you say you voted for this, but you really voted for that" because you're throwing away your vote. Does this logic stand the test of Scripture? Or, "the most important thing at the end of the day is to stop this candidate from being elected, at all costs". Is that Biblical?
California will be safe if the church has a clear conscience before God, more than who is elected. For the Church is meant to rule through prayer. Though I do pray God would give us a righteous governor but we can't be caught up in fear.
We make judgments by God's Biblical standards, not by what we feel, or what we think. So, we must ask when choosing our candidates, "What does the Bible say?" There are no perfect candidates, because they're all men, and man is sinful in nature.
Before any further, I would like to say that I was saddened after our primary elections, because the Church had an opportunity to elect a righteous man who fear God, who would have governed according to His Law and be a servant of God as the Bible says and lastly interpret the Constitution as it is, and because the Church was so divided and threw God's Word out the window, we missed this blessing. He was no perfect man, his stands and all issues I didn't agree on, but he feared God. You can pray for someone like him to hear God's direction and you can discuss what does the Bible say on those issues and he would listen and humble himself, hopefully. Now, Elections are just around the corner, but I believe, God will now make a fine line between those who will like David follow Him wholeheartedy and not compromise and those who will again make the same mistake embracing popularity or man's reasoning. Just as we missed a righteous ruler as a President, we did already as a California Governor. And now I pray we can learn this lesson once and for all.
Again, no man is perfect, but must be qualified. Just as the church elder, not perfect, must be qualified. The Bible gives these qualifications. If our only choices is a dear lady who supports abortion and homosexual couples to adopt children, and a total liberal, the answer is: none of the above. For God says that the children are dearest and closest to His heart. No candidate who does not have God's view on this is worthy of the righteous Christian vote. We have this privilege, this gift in America to be a part of politics by our vote. Our system should be a self-government as our founding fathers established it to be.
Thus, when we're to cast our vote to elect a minister of God's Law as Romans 14 clearly addresses. God is the Law giver over this nation and any pagan nation as well. We're bound by Christ's rules as His ambassadors, as His representatives. We're to come back to the Lord one day and have a clear conscience that we represented Him well. We're represent His Kingdom and will be accountable to Him in all we do. Let us stand with integrity before our sons and daughters even the way we vote.
Thank you God that I am an American, as my secondary citizenship. For in the millenium may we be worthy of discipling nations.
To find out who we are voting for this 2010 elections, click here:
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We know Matthew 25, Jesus' words about the end of the age. We do expect earthquakes, wars, pestilence and persecution. The book of Revelations has a theme of "he who has ears, let him hear" and "he who perseveres 'till the end". We need a listening ear and persevere through these hard times. Therefore, these things are real, are coming, they are no surprise to us. We believe in miracles and the angelic activity in the midst of trouble, but we must be ready even for martyrdom. I can't imagine that but if the Lord chooses me to be a martyr, He will give me the grace for it in that time.
