Fundamental Principles
For those who say there’s no place for the Bible in national issues—they’ve got a lot of history to deny!
There’s no question that the Bible speaks to personal faith, to family, and to parenting. But it also speaks to community life, civil governments—and yes, national issues.
Critics say, it was never the intention of our founding fathers to bring the Bible into national issues. Well I beg to differ!
The fundamental principles of our founding fathers and the documents they produced—are rooted in biblical truth.
What do you suppose they quoted the most when they wrote?
The Bible.
And the second most quoted document?
It was those quoting other people who were quoting the Bible!
Make no mistake, the founding fathers understood biblical principles.
And . . . so should we!
There’s more on being well versed>>
Don’t Be Afraid to Speak Out
One leader told me recently that pastors should only “preach Jesus.” I had a couple of questions to ask him!
“Are you suggesting William Wilberforce—who gave so much to fighting slavery—was wrong? Are you telling me Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who laid down his life for truth during World War 2 Germany, was wrong?”
If the Bible really does have answers, why be afraid to speak out on these issues? In an attempt to remain neutral, pastors who’re afraid they might be identified with a political party, stay silent on critical social issues.
We’re not beholden to a political party.
But that shouldn’t keep us from speaking out strongly—biblically—on the issues.
And working and voting for candidates that deserve our support.
Our hope is not in a political party—it is in God and His truths!
No Peaceful Co-Existence with Evil
What are we to do? It’s a question I’ve heard often in this politically-correct environment!
First and foremost, we can’t allow ourselves to be intimidated into doing nothing and saying nothing.
The very nature of spiritual warfare is that there is no peaceful co-existence.
This means we’re responsible to call evil for what it is.
We have a moral duty to bear witness to the truth—both the Good News and the bad news. There’s forgiveness and transformation in Christ to all who believe on Him, but there’s also a day of wrath to come for all outside of Him.
Our confidence is the power of the Truth of Christ’s Word—so we the church simply need His boldness and perseverance to hold it forth—to speak truth in love. To be biblically correct!
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Transcendent Truth
There’s no major issue of our world about which God’s Word does not provide the most basic and transcendent truths!
Most Christians readily understand the application of biblical truths to personal emotions, ambitions, fears and desires, or to family life.
But when it comes to the “political”—we recoil—most often with the much-abused phrase—“separation of church and state.”
. . . as if God has no interest in government.
Yet it was God who first thought of government and even described it as being on the *shoulder of His incarnated Son.
When one mentions “the government”—particularly pastors—we begin running!
This creates great delight in the Evil One.
But a Sovereign King—a fully-in-charge King—doesn’t yield any ground to the Evil One.
And He never intended for us to do so either!
Be Well Versed: Who Gets to Choose?
Supreme Court choices! Why is it so critical in this election year?
When you analyze the problems that have gone on in our culture in recent years, it’s not primarily what Congress has done, one of the branches of our government. When you understand what has been going on that’s anti-scriptural, sometimes it’s coming out of the White House admittedly.
But if you really want to look at long-term, horrifically negative, anti-biblical impact on our nation, it’s coming from the Supreme Court.
Oh not all the Justices. Some of them are godly and highly competent, and they honor the Constitution.
I’m speaking about what has oftentimes been the majority of about five of them who not only discredit the Constitution, but see themselves supreme over God. And as a result violate what God has established on the earth. This election can make a difference!
Be Well Versed: A Biblically Enlightened Electorate
A biblically-ignorant electorate will elect to office others like themselves—and that has catastrophic results!
Let me just be candid. A silent pulpit produces a silent pew.
A silent pew will go into the voting booth and not know how to vote Christianly or to think and act like Jesus.
The call upon every pastor is not to be more political, it’s to be more biblical, to articulate what it is that the Scriptures actually say to the political and social issues of our day.
Inform people and they begin to live it out, they begin to share with others and even when they go into the voting booth—which by the way is a very Christianly act—they vote in a way that Jesus would be honored because they are scripturally grounded on every political and social issue. That’s the call today!
