good post,
when you vote you are voting for the party, you are promoting what they stand for. Do you really believe the president works alone, no he submits to his political party (not the people like they are suppose to).
Your vote does not matter. Both parties are under the control of the banks, large corporations, the elite, the UN and Satan.
As Jesus warns His people in Rev. 18, He warns His children again today, get out of the evil government world systems.
Jesus: "Come away from her (Babylon, America, the UN), my people.
Do not take part in her sins,
or you will be punished with her." Rev. 18
surrender only what is do by law, but do not support its wicked ways, and when you cast that vote, you are of the world, not the Spirit.
While I would agree that both parties are part of the world sytem, I don't believe that this abrogates our civic responsibities. When one party campaigns on a platform that specifically is opposed to righteousness as declared by God's word and the other party makes a claim to support specific righteous legislation in direct opposition to the latter, (e.g. The legitimazation of same sex marriage, the public funding of abortion, the criminalization of religious speech, etc.) I think that we have a clear obligation to cast a vote for the sake of righteousness and a good conscience toward God. I'm not suggesting that such a party is any more righteous in its nature than another, but our vote is the only power given us in making such a choice for righteousness' sake. I don't advocate Political activism in the name of Christ, but participation in government is certainly considered a civic responsibility at least as much as paying taxes is. If you do pay taxes, then you should be concerned about how they are spent, and you should use what means are available to you in the attempt to have them used in a righteous manner. We have a vote. We have a voice. Anyone that posts here can obviously write a cogent statement, so why not write a letter or note to a senator or congressman, or even to the president? As Christians we have an obligation to share the Truth (in love) with our fellow men, our neighbors and our society. When politics is a venue for public opinion, we should be sharing our opinion as well (regardless of how we might be received and typically this would be not very well.) For those who know to do good and do not do it, that is sin. I have no authority to make laws, but I do have a vote that can influence their passage and their repeal, so shouldn't I use that vote to express my faith?
The real facts are, that you're actually pointing to those of the "synagogue of Satan", and not to the American people in general. I flat REFUSE to take the blame of THEIR atrocities THAT SMALL GROUP OF EVIL WORKERS of the "synagogue of Satan" have done in the U.S., and in all nations. And that goes for all ... of Christ's faithful in America and elsewhere, and even the unbelievers who are not guilty of those things but still have good works.
One of the main Messages in God's Word is about the false "workers of iniquity" which are here on earth to serve their father, the Devil. Some of his servants on earth have publically declared their abject love of wickedness (like Aleister Crowley). On the lower end of the scale are the deceived caught up in their various occult orders, not aware how they are used for devilish aims. It's the secret socities that have caused the world situation we are in today, and those societies are not established in just one or a couple of locations, but in all nations.
Hi Veteran,
Grace and peace to you brother.
I'm not suggesting that you own the sins of the nation (our own are more than enough to deal with.) I love the country of my birth, it's the only home that I've ever known. I served in the military out of a desire to serve the nation of my birth and don't regret it for a moment. Looking back, I'm not sure that taking the oath was the wisest thing to do, but I was only 25 at the time, unsaved and unsure about what was true or real. Now I see myself as having duel citizenship, in the world and in the kingdom of our Lord, and the King takes precedence over all allegiances.
There is a common saying that "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" and the scripture tells us that "there is a way that seems right to a man, but that way leads to death." Unredeemed men, even those that may at some time receive Jesus Christ as their savior, commonly do evil things believing that what they're doing is right. I assure you that during our bloody civil war there were men on both sides of the Mason/Dixon line that were thoroughly convinced that their cause was just and righteous, whatever the cause they believed in actually was. The carnal mind just doesn't work the same way as the spiritual mind, and the spiritual mind must be trained in righteousness through the study and application of God's word.
Just this afternoon, on my drive home from work, I heard a young man, a professing Christian, asking advice of a local Christian talk show host, about a difficult situation at home. Apparently he and his wife had involved themselves in the affairs of another married couple and were instrumental in seeing that other couple seperated (possibly divorced) by lending support to one or the other of that other pair, even to the point of providing "temporary lodging" to the estranged wife. Now, as if this meddling wasn't bad enough, this fellow on the phone stated openly that he'd become dissatisfied with his own wife and went so far as to tell her so, comparing her with this other woman they'd taken into their home and creating emotional attachments to another man's wife. I'm reasonably sure that this couple believed that they were somehow doing a good thing by encouraging a divorce rather than a reconciliation, and by bringing a second adult woman into their home, but I'm also reasonably sure that they remain biblically ignorant of God's will and spiritually immature (if spiritual at all.)
In my own experience I was saved while going through something similar (and certainly of a more sinful nature), yet at that time I managed to convince myself that I was doing the "right thing." The heart is deceitfully wicked. My love for the Lord is a compulsion with me and this because I know that I never deserved salvation. I feel sorry for those who believe that they deserve it and I'm also reasonably sure that such haven't actually received it. Whether or not that last statement is true, I am certain that we are born as creatures under a sentence of death, and that this sentence is only lifted when we receive Jesus Christ as our own, submitting to Him and accepting His righteousness as sufficient for our lack of it.
The founders of our nation displayed the wisdom to base our system of law and governance upon a balance between our freedoms and the requirements of a righteous God. The fact that men pervert the law to their own ends should come as no surprise to those who understand the nature of sin, or the sin nature (having been born to it.) I just believe that it remains foolish to put your trust in men, even those who profess righteousness, when Jesus Christ alone is worthy of our trust.