| -Caveat Lector-
By Debbie
O'Hara While the recent election results
were certainly no surprise, they were very disappointing to those like me who
have prayed that American Christians would arise from their slumber. The fault
for returning the same
socialist sovereignty destroying President, Congress and Senate to office,
who are not only intentionally destroying the economy
and moral fabric of our own country but making us hated by the rest of the
world, lies at the feet of Christians. As Christ's representatives in the world,
if we don't feel obligated to stand against the tide of evil, who will? There
are tens of millions of people in
There have been numerous columns
written by myself and others that address Christians who support putting
evildoers into office that they think might do "less evil" than the next guy.
The purpose of this column is not to address the unbiblical stand of the
"lessers" again, but to address those who feel that "worldly" politics is not
the proper place for a Christian at all. The tens of millions of Christian men
and women in From all around the country I get
e-mail from godly men and women who say that Christians should not vote or have
anything to do with "worldly politics" because we can't serve "two masters" and
"human government is evil". But is involving ourselves in government policy
really serving two masters and is human government intrinsically evil? While
certainly many people who respond in such a manner are sincere, well-meaning
Christian brothers and sisters, they are terribly misguided and cannot back up
their claims biblically. Scripture must always be our final
authority on any matter if one is to truly be called a Christian. When the whole
of Scripture is taken together and in context (as ALL of Scripture is given for
our edification), the Christian should feel duty bound to represent the cause of
Christ in ALL of life. This includes the Divine institution of human government,
for God Himself did in fact ordain it. While it is man's fall into sin
that made human government necessary, human government is not in itself an
"evil" institution. While I can understand how a non-Christian might view human
government as intrinsically evil, a Christian certainly cannot accept that view.
Human government is an institution ordained of God (Romans 13:1) As God is not
the author of evil, the institution of government itself cannot be evil.
Government is to be the "minister of God to us for good." (Romans 13:4). If
government is not good perhaps it is because the "good" refuse to participate
and so we get the government that we deserve. It is God who raises kings up and
puts them down. In these Because of our ignorance we are
proving ourselves unworthy of this unique gift of self-government that God has
bestowed upon us. We have neglected our individual moral duty to insure that
those who represent us are of godly character, the very foundation of political
freedom! We are reaping the consequences of our grievous sin in that we are
losing our political freedom as we see a steady increase of
In response to my last column I
received an e-mail that stated, "It never fails to astonish me when a Christian
brother or sister begins to argue worldly politics." What? Our duty is to bring
glory to God in all that we do. Our silence in the face of government
perpetrated evils cannot possibly be of service to our Lord. How can we bring
Him glory when we call the government sanction of the murder of tens of millions
of innocent pre-born babies "politics" and refuse to be involved? Especially
when our Lord has given us the rare privilege of deciding who our
representatives will be? This has nothing to do with serving two masters, but
with serving one Master who would expect us to protect the little children that
He loves so dearly. It is often pointed out to me that
Jesus and His apostles were not involved in the political process and therefore
we must not be. It is said that we are not citizens of this world but are
"foreigners in a foreign land". But why can't we claim
In plotting together, the
Herodians and the Pharisees (Matthew The power that government receives
from God is fiduciary. Government has been given authority to do good for us and
to wield the sword to punish evildoers. They have no authority to work outside
the laws of God any more than you or I have. In our system of self-government,
we have a moral obligation to voice our opposition to all that is against the
laws of God. To voice no opposition against evil leaders is to grant them
omnipotence and to put them in God's place. Whether we are supporting evildoers
actively or passively, we are just as much partakers in their sins.
Our entire culture has been
politicized so as to silence Christians who have been propagandized into
thinking that they don't belong in the political arena. We are in a spiritual
battle being played out on a political battlefield. What will you do when the
Bible is outlawed? It can't be far away when speaking out against homosexuality
is becoming a "hate crime". At what point will you decide to stand up as a
servant of God rather than bowing as a servant of human government?
It is not the Christians that are
involved in the political process that are serving two masters, but those who
are not. Those who do not involve themselves in our country's process of
self-government have themselves placed human government above reproach and
therefore have put them in God's place. Ignorance is not bliss, it is sin.
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…" (Hosea 4:6). God's people have
an obligation to understand the biblical responsibilities given to each of the
three Divinely created institutions - family, human
government and church. Human government was given very few, though extremely
important duties. Government's main function, which is to protect innocent human
life, has been largely ignored while even many Christians have begged government
to usurp numerous responsibilities God mandated to the church and family. Many
don't want to handle the expenses involved in taking care of their own family's
needs, or to look out for the welfare of their fellowman, they want government
to do it. Christians as much as the secularists look to human government to
solve every human need. There is no greater proof than with the Christian vote
returning a big government, liberal spender to the White House who gives only
lip service to protecting innocent life. While the elections are over and
our sinful neglect has returned many undeserving men and women to positions of
power, it is not too late to educate ourselves and to make our voices heard. It
might be too late though in the next few months if this anti-American President
gets the "Free Trade Area of the
"If the Christians of America
could be persuaded to vote God and a clean ticket, it would bring about a moral
revolution that would be incalculable beneficent. It would save the country - a
country whose Christians have betrayed it and are destroying it…Christianity… is
on trial now. And nothing important is on trial except Christianity."
Mark Twain, from Collier's magazine, © 2004 Debbie O'Hara - All
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