I have never sought to use the pastorate as a platform for the advancement of American politics.  I will not do so now. But I must state emphatically that I have never been more aware of the importance of an election than the one coming this November.  I do believe that each of us as Christians are to strive to act as salt and light [Matt 5:13-14] as we participate in elections the out- comes of which can either further or hinder our culture toward those moral principles set forth within God’s Word. Especially within a democracy, believers should exercise their freedom and responsibility to vote for candidates who are competent, will serve as strong and wise leaders, and who are people who will seek to uphold the moral values revealed within Scripture.

For unbelievers who have not Christ [The Rock], how unsettling conditions in our world must be. They are without Christ and without hope. On the other hand, Christians rest securely on the knowledge of what the Lord authoritatively declares in Ps 103:19 - “The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, and His sovereignty rules over all.”

Believers have the security of knowing that history is in God’s hands, that God causes all things to work together for good, Rom. 8:28, that we are the objects of His beloved care, Ps 23:1, and, that no matter what happens in our wobbly world, we will enjoy forever the blessedness of our great eternal salvation with Christ in heaven, Jn 10:27-30. But unbelievers especially those residing in our Country have much cause for alarm. In their spiritual darkness, certainly they have no fear of what may be imminent, the wrath of a longsuffering but holy God, Rom 3:18.

Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Roe v. Wade thirty-six years ago this coming January, parents have murdered their own helpless children at the rate of between one to two million [in our Nation alone] children per year using the most barbaric methods to do so. Their doctors perform these killings because Presidents nominate judges who do not recognize that murder is not a choice in our Country. God’s mercy and patience toward us has been startling. But there will likely be an end to out Creator’s striving. God has generously blessed our nation, and therefore He likely will hold our Nation especially accountable, Lk 12:48.

God is the Creator of man; woman is His handiwork. God is the author and authority over the institution of marriage. And yet political forces within our Country increasingly endeavor to sanction the marriage of homosexuals, the adoption of children by homosexual “parents”, and there is now a growing threat that Christians may be prohibited from preaching even within God’s own sanctuaries what the Lord declares clearly in 1 Cor 6:9-10 - that anyone who practices the sin of homosexuality will by judged for their sin and blocked entrance into God’s eternal kingdom in heaven. Like all sinners, they will abide forever in the lake of fire unless they repent finding forgiveness through faith alone in Christ, Rev 19:20:11-15.

• Make sure that you are registered to vote in the next election.

• Become informed as much as you can on the issues at stake in this election. We must follow the command of God’s Word in 1 Thess 5:21, “But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;”

• And by all means make sure that you vote in the upcoming election.  

Scripture indicates that all governing authorities are established by God and the Lord commands His children to submit to and to honor those whom the Lord raises up to govern over us. [See Rom 13:1-2 and 1 Peter 2:17.] Certainly the clear exception is where ruling authorities command us to do something contrary to God’s Word. This is illustrated when Jewish authorities command the Apostles to stop proclaiming Christ in Jerusalem. Scripture records their response in Acts 5:27-29 – “But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.”