POLITICS IN THE
CHURCH
I Firmly believe Satan is rejoicing over the political mayhem
in America. PREACHERS, stop the politics! It’s over…. Preach Christ. Deal with
what we have now. It has almost become in vogue for today’s preacher to express
his own political wisdom. God uses governments He does not design them. No
government on this earth is or ever will be what God wants it to be until the Millennium.
Get over it, and preach Christ. Moaning and complaining will not change one
thing. It’s almost as though we are looking at Trump now and saying, “See, I told
you he wasn’t a missionary.” No kidding! Trump is not a Christian minister. He
will not lead us into the Celestial City.
FB pages and personal blogs are over run with the politics
of those calling themselves ministers of Christ. You were never called of God to
preach politics.… PREACH CHRIST. Can people look at what we post today and find
salvation? Or do they only see our political frustrations. Are we no longer
called to let the world see Christ in us? And, “yes” that includes our daily
posts. Show me one Biblical reference that says we are to set up a Christian government
on earth. Do you really believe that the Apostles were happy with their
political environment? Still, they were told to obey those in authority over
them unless that meant openly opposing the will of God. In fact, there is no
mention in the New Testament about setting up any form of government. The only
thing we are told to do is to respect and obey the government we are under.
Could it be that our rantings after the election undermine that government and
become sinful? We are not called to rant and rail against those in authority
over us, but we are called to PREACH CHRIST.
We are wanting our political environment to change and
become frustrated when it doesn’t. Then vote. Every two years we can vote. But
politics will not change, until hearts change. Stop preaching politics and
PREACH CHRIST. We as Christians, and preachers of the Gospel, have gotten
caught up in the trap of trying to make the World act like Christians. We today
are upset because Trump is not acting like a Christian. He is in office. He is
the president. God’s Word tells us (Rom. 13:1ff) to obey the political rulers
we do have. We are not told to constantly rail against them. Do you want to see a
change in government? Do you want a godly leader in the White House? Do you
want to see prayer back in the public schools? Then do it God’s way. Stop
trying to make ungodly politicians act like Christians and start winning the
lost to Christ. Bring a man to Christ and God will change his heart (II Cor.
5:17). And when godly men are voted into political office you will see godly
politicians. We are going about it backward and expecting God to bless. Do what
we were called to do first….PREACH CHRIST.
Look at the energy churches spent on politics over the last
18-24 months. Why? Were we called to any particular political view? Were we
called to convert the liberals to conservatism. Just imagine what could have
happened over this same span of time if we would have obeyed the great commission
with the same conviction and energy. The first century church was persecuted
for their faith. They were literally tortured for believing in Jesus. Yet, not
one time do you see a call to government reform. Instead, there was a concerted
effort to win the lost. Have we gotten backward? Is the cart before the horse?
Look at the crowds we see in the streets on both sides of
issues. Is the problem with their politics? When we read comments on the
internet it is easy to see the vile nature of man in the liberal crowd. The
evil is all but oozing from their hearts with every camera angle we are offered
by the media. But is it any different on the conservative side? Look at the
responses that are given on the internet. The snide responses and mocking
tones, the rejoicing in what seems to be a turning tide (if it truly is we have
yet to learn) reveal a vindictive spirit of revenge. And much of it comes from
those who are called to be missionaries to a lost world. How can we win the
lost to Christ when we are mocking him to his face? We have gotten it backward.
Many of us are trying to win people to conservatism and then attempting to convert
them to Christ. Win a man to Christ and he may well become a conservative. But
a conservative does not necessarily become a Christian. We must do what we were
called to do…. Preach Christ.
To me, our most serious problem in the Church today is
politics. We have been drawn off course. Even in our pews this animosity is
alive and well. Until God rules in our hearts He will not rule in our Country,
Church or even our homes.
Please, clear the politics from your posts and do what we
were called to do…. PREACH CHRIST.
