the issue is not really "How would Jesus vote" but "how would He have us vote". Christ came at at time that is very foreign to how our society is. We have a complex series of laws and all crimes are considered crimes against the government. In Christ's day, the laws were pretty simple (from the government's point of view) and laws were often executed by the local citizenry who did not have a say in what were the laws. These came from higher authority.
Since Christians are to obey laws that do not violate God's Laws, and given we live in a culture that allows us to have in-put into what is the law, our guide in supporting or rejecting a law IS God's Law.
For example, God's Law says that man should not kill man without a Biblical cause, however a life is allowed to be forfeited under certain circumstances (such as murdering someone for personal gain). There are also some pretty specific criteria for evidence and circumstance.
So, if a Christian is to support the death penalty (which is the right of any nation), we also need to insist that this be done based on the Biblical rules for evidence.
For other policies, such as national health care, we Christians are called to help the poor and sick and needy, but we are also called to provide that ourselves, not require this of others through taxation or involuntary donation.
As a Christian, I need to turn off our ideological filter and put on our Biblical filter when it comes to public policy and voting and political issues. We should not be aligned with one party or another, but instead make sure we are living a life worthy of the calling of God.
holito8
Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:56 am
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http://www.newsmax.com/kessler/obama_wright_farrakhan/2008/01/14/64332.html
Article: Obama's Minister Honored Farrakhan
some excerts
The title of Obama’s bestseller “The Audacity of Hope” comes from one of Wright’s sermons. Wright is one of the first people Obama thanked after his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004.
For a Jan. 21, 2007 story in the Chicago Tribune, Obama said that Wright keeps his priorities straight and his moral compass calibrated.
“What I value most about Pastor Wright is not his day-to-day political advice,” Obama told the paper. “He’s much more of a sounding board for me to make sure that I am speaking truthfully about what I believe is possible and that I’m not losing myself in some of the hype and hoopla and stress that’s involved in national politics.”
What does the bible say:
A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened....For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrifieced for us.
Therefore let us keep the feast not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
BooGieONdown
Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:15 pm
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well, the bible gives you a good idea on what Jesus was about...lol. i mean do you really need to wonder how Jesus feels about abortion, gay marriage, no care for the bretheren and etc. i see it a candidate morals and views cinflicts with God's word and you are a christain how can you possibly vote for that person. you may need to self evaluate
anniefourjesus
Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:52 am
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Jesus would not vote at all, HE is not political! HE is The KING of a BETTER Kingdom! Praise GOD!!!
Jesus loves all of mankind and HE died for the sin of the world, and on the third day HE rose again, and ALL Authority is given to JESUS CHRIST! There is no Authority but GOD and what HE allows!
I am in this world, but I am not of this world, as I have chosen Jesus Christ, and Him crucified and I acknowledge HIM as LORD!!!
I pray for those in leadership positions and those in authority over me that God allows; but GOD is in CHARGE not men!
Thanks be to GOD! Have a blessed day!
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Since Christians are to obey laws that do not violate God's Laws, and given we live in a culture that allows us to have in-put into what is the law, our guide in supporting or rejecting a law IS God's Law.
For example, God's Law says that man should not kill man without a Biblical cause, however a life is allowed to be forfeited under certain circumstances (such as murdering someone for personal gain). There are also some pretty specific criteria for evidence and circumstance.
So, if a Christian is to support the death penalty (which is the right of any nation), we also need to insist that this be done based on the Biblical rules for evidence.
For other policies, such as national health care, we Christians are called to help the poor and sick and needy, but we are also called to provide that ourselves, not require this of others through taxation or involuntary donation.
As a Christian, I need to turn off our ideological filter and put on our Biblical filter when it comes to public policy and voting and political issues. We should not be aligned with one party or another, but instead make sure we are living a life worthy of the calling of God.