1 Samuel 10:19 KJV
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
Christians in America may be dangerously close if not already guilty of this very sin. We have become so engrossed in our political system, so focused on who is or isn't in office that we have stopped truly trusting the Lord and have become, in some cases, more of a political action committee than a lighthouse of the Gospel.
There is certainly a place for government. God has instituted it for its specific purpose. And I am not saying that Christians cannot nor should not be involved in either government or politics. But I am concerned when we place any sort of faith in that government or in its leaders. Our participation is mere responsibility. It has little or nothing to do with influencing God's plan on the earth. God is doing as He pleases and He is placing in authority whom He chooses for the specific purpose of the times.
Our faith must be fixed upon the Lord. We must obey Scripture and pray for those in authority. We may, as God enables and leads, involve ourselves in the process of our government. But then we need to place our faith in Christ alone.
No leader or government system is to replace our devotion to the Lord.
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
Christians in America may be dangerously close if not already guilty of this very sin. We have become so engrossed in our political system, so focused on who is or isn't in office that we have stopped truly trusting the Lord and have become, in some cases, more of a political action committee than a lighthouse of the Gospel.
There is certainly a place for government. God has instituted it for its specific purpose. And I am not saying that Christians cannot nor should not be involved in either government or politics. But I am concerned when we place any sort of faith in that government or in its leaders. Our participation is mere responsibility. It has little or nothing to do with influencing God's plan on the earth. God is doing as He pleases and He is placing in authority whom He chooses for the specific purpose of the times.
Our faith must be fixed upon the Lord. We must obey Scripture and pray for those in authority. We may, as God enables and leads, involve ourselves in the process of our government. But then we need to place our faith in Christ alone.
No leader or government system is to replace our devotion to the Lord.
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