Commentary: Voting & Choosing Are the Same

by Guy C LaMar

When the LORD God (the family of God, which now consists of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ) admonishes us to choose wise leaders──that is voting.

Voting and choosing are the exact same thing.

I, myself, am an extremely patriotic Right-wing Christian Conservative.

Yet, too many within our Lord Jesus Christ’s Church have completely disconnected themselves from the very government that leads their own lives!

If the LORD God places leaders in office, then we are to respect those leaders. The LORD God knows what is right and wrong──and They are looking at us as to how we will react to what is right and wrong! Whether it be good or evil that is in office.

Brethren, we are to stand up and stand with what is good and right.

It is truth that we are not to conform to this world as true Christians (Romans 12:2; John 15:19; Revelation 18:4). Meaning that this world is full of hypocrisy, vile, evil, and corruption.

However──that has nothing to do with choosing who we believe is the best leader for our own lives as we live in this nation.

The leaders we choose are going to rule over our lives based on their political policies──and this is why it’s extremely important to choose the correct leader for our lives as we live in this nation.

If, as true Christians, we just let everyone run over us, then we are nothing more than worthless cowards.

In this world, we must fight for what is right and stand up for what is right!

The LORD God desires a strong “good soldier of Jesus Christ” ──not a weak and “do nothing” person.

I personally always believed that the numerous splinter churches have been exceedingly wrong in their doctrine of not voting. This doctrine is not of God’s living word – the Holy Bible! I have heard all the arguments──and I do not agree with one of them. It’s just simply their ideology.

After all, our leaders in this world are going to be the very ones who rule over how we live in this nation. If we, as true Christians, are not going to help choose right leaders──leaders that better reflect God’s Way──then we are just setting ourselves up for additional tribulations.

We have to live in this present evil age (cf. John 17:15). It is not conforming to this world by standing up for what is right.

If we, as true Christians, support and stand by a leader who will allow us freedom──then we are making a bold statement concerning our position to the world.

Sadly, some use certain Scriptural passages to try and prove that Christians should not vote── it is “against God” they claim. Yet, they do not study and observe the absolute historical context of what is actually being said. Thus they make Scripture say something that it does not say.

The LORD God’s living immutable word is full of examples of God’s people standing up for a nation. It is full of examples of God’s people being warriors!

And, Christ’s Body – His living Church – should be a glowing example of how His begotten people conduct themselves in this life. The example is there and this example expounds!

Sadly, there are far too many pusillanimous cowards hiding under the umbrella of so-called Christianity! They are nothing more than weak sniveling cowards.

A great many people have made modern Christianity into a religion of compromising pansies.

Truly, the LORD our God tells us to select wise leaders──

“’ Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.’” – Deuteronomy 1:13.

Surely, the LORD God is watching and observing just who you will support and vote for──or if you do at all. Along with the reasons why you support and vote for that leader. It glaringly shows your personal character.

As an example: I vote in every election──and I vote on a moral basis. Because I am making a bold statement that this is the leader with whom I support and stand──based upon true Christian moral standards. I desire to show the LORD God that I am supporting and choosing a leader that best represents good moral character.

And if the person that I voted for wins──good. And if the person that I voted for loses──then surely the LORD God has Their reasons. After all, God’s will be done – cf. Matthew 6:9-10.

But, the LORD our God notes who we support and who we vote for!

And again, we are not conforming to this world because we vote! That is simply hogswallop, taught by people who simply don’t want to vote!

We, brethren, have to live in this world, and this world’s leaders will have a strong bearing on our lives. Their political policies will rule over our lifestyles. And, if we do not have a hand in choosing the right leaders, then we are just simply allowing evil to take control of our lives──without any effort to fight and stop someone who certainly has no reflection whatsoever of God’s Way.

It's a lot like──a person who was shipwrecked and is now floating in a raft on a turbulent sea. The person is praying to God to send help. A rescue helicopter arrives to pick him up, but he refuses to get on board because he says that he’s waiting on God. The rescue helicopter leaves, and sadly he drowns and dies. At his very next moment of consciousness, he is before the LORD God in judgment──and he asks God, “Why didn’t You save me!?” And God replies, “I tried. I sent you a rescue helicopter──but you refused to board.”

That is how it is when true Christians either refuse or simply will not take the time to choose the right leadership. Our future in this world will be based upon what our leaders politically will allow. If you’re just going to sit around on your hands and do nothing──don’t be surprised when you no longer have the freedom to worship God in assembly (as an example).

Personally, I despise liberalism──and will never be friends with it.

A quick checklist of what the LORD God wants us to do is found in Micah──

“He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God.” – Micah 6:8.

Acting justly means that we live with the proper sense of right and wrong and deal honestly and fairly with those around us. Our Lord Jesus says to us, “’ Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.’” – John 7:24. And we walk humbly with our God by always seeking His will, blessing, and approval on our life’s decisions. The LORD God does not become merely a part of our lives──the LORD God is our life! – Galatians 2:20.

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