Separation of Church and Vote

Some Christians would say, “It is our part to obey government, not to challenge it.” They point to Romans 13:1, which says, “Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.” Those who use this as a self-imposed excuse for sepraration of Church and State have not taken into account that we live in a nation unique in all of history. As Abraham Lincoln put it in his address at Gettysburg, we have a “government of the people, by the people, and for the people.” If this verse in Romans applies to our time and our country, then we ARE the government, and thus we are appointed to this authority by God. The officials are merely our minions. That means that for an American Christian not to be engaged in his government affairs is to abdicate an appointment from God.

Are you prepared to vote?

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