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How does the “born again” testimony or lack of one affect your feelings towards the presidential candidates who are doing their best to say the things that will make you vote for them in ’08? Obama has been the boldest so far in giving his personal testimony yet he wants to keep abortion rights in place, a definite non-Biblical stance. Hillary has a story that involves a driven youth pastor, a missions trip and a life-changing sense of direction. She never gives it on the campaign trail, though; as many Christians wouldn’t believe her and her liberal left-wing friends would no doubt be aghast. Mitt Romney has a great moral resume. He’s a family man who espouses family values, he’s got a beautiful wife and family and is definitely a “church man” – and a Mormon, which disqualifies him for “true Christian” status to many voters. Are we voting for a pastor or are we voting for a president? It’s nice to have a president who lines up with all of our feelings and positions, but it’s probably also impossible at the same time. Our country is made up of so many faiths and religions that although we may all come from the same loaf of bread as far as general morality goes, we are all different in our viewpoints at the same time. It’s always fun to watch candidates for public office morph into chameleons while they’re on the campaign trail. Most of them will say or do anything to be elected, and then they can resort to following their true beliefs once firmly entrenched in office, often to their supporter’s dismay. Over 46% of 55,000 Muslims polled in a recent study (http://pewresearch.org/pubs/483/muslim-americans) said that they are “Muslims first”, not Americans. In the light of recent world events that sounds pretty scary at first, doesn’t it? But what about you? Are you a “Christian first” or an “American first”? If you’re a true Christian there you don’t have to think about it – you’re a Christian first, without hesitation. The President isn’t above God and the Constitution isn’t above the Bible, period. Remember that when you’re listening to these candidates’s proclaimed stances and when you enter the voting booth next year. For me the closer a candidate’s testimony is to what I believe the Bible teaches the greater the chance is that I will vote for him/her. The long term future of our country will be better off if all voters voted like that, I think, rather than voting on the war or the economy or other peripheral issues. If we take care of the core first, won’t the other things fall into place? “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33) Archived Gary's Musing Click Here |
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