But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”
-1 samuel 8:19-20
Modern christians were seduced by a fairy tale, urban myth, that says governments love them, care about them and will fight their battles for them.
"But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.
-1 samuel 8:6-8
Modern christians turn their backs on God to follow pop culture media trends and indulge in state worship.
"When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king (government) you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”
-1 samuel 8:18
As it was since the day when God brought the israelites out of egypt, so have modern day christians worshipped false idols and made bad choices.
They are now praying to God to save them from their own bad decisions.
So they can return to making more bad choices, without having learned anything from their mistakes.
Why is it so difficult for people to learn the basics of life?