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Who Will Sweep Trump to Victory? Christians? Or Not?
At the last count, many Christians plan to sit out the election. Hopefully, they have changed their minds.
Why is this? This is strictly opinion, but I believe they are judging … let’s face it … they judge Donald Trump on strict moral standards and not the other side. There seems to be a one-sided concern with Donald Trump.
I think they are using standards for church leadership. We are not voting for a church leader. We are voting for someone who with proven ability to lead the nation.
And if we are going to talk about standards, how many church leaders get a 100% in all things? How well do any of us get a 100% in all things? Is Donald Trump judged as a scapegoat for general shortcomings of people considering him?
I Timothy 3:3 This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Titus 1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
4 To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
In this parable that Jesus talks about a steward who do not have the best of ethics. But Jesus ends it with this…”the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light”.
Luke 16:1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
5 So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
When it comes to this election, or any election, there is never any perfect candidate. But of the choices, there is one that is better qualified for the job. This is a job of leading a nation, not a Sunday school teacher position.
It’s not even possible for me to go back and find links and references for the basis of this opinion below. But I have seen where church leaders are encouraging flocks to vote for the better candidate.
I’ve seen where people, working people who want to take care of their families, understand that Trump is the better choice. They don’t judge this by an spiritual metrics: he simply can function well in leading a nation, getting along with foreign leaders, and not starting wars.
Even Muslims will vote for Trump; that article is listed below.
When Jesus was on earth, the Pharisees said he operated through the devil; the Pharisees also participated in Jesus’s crucifixion.
Matthew 12:22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
Matthew 26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
The height of irony is the best phrase I can come up with, and that is an understated phrase, if what sweeps Trump to victory are non-Christians and Muslims who vote for Trump (who is for religious freedom) while Christians stay home.
Or you might call it a ironic twist of fate.
Christians are praying. But they must also vote. Faith without works is dead (James 2:26).
Read more from TheGatewayPundit below.
Here’s another article from TheGatewayPundit on this.
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Waking Up
Matthew 13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
You cannot enjoy all the blessings of God under communism. While it is possible to walk in the gifts of the Spirit, you still live in a country. To enjoy the blessings of God you need to be in a country that values the rights given by God, not the government. It is possible to experience the gifts of the Spirit but struggle with other blessings due to not voting for the correct government when you could have. Is the will of the Father for communism to reign in the United States? If not, then vote.
I heard it said recently that 30 million Christians did not vote in the 2020 election. It is known at this point that in order to win in a system where voter fraud occurs, as happens in the United States, that everyone needs to vote and overwhelm the system where they are pumping in fraud votes … illegals, the dead, the dog, phantom illegal ballots, etc.. It is not enough that Trump is popular. You might think that because enough people show up for his rallies, they’ll probably vote for him, so why does my vote matter? It matters because in a season of fraud, there have to be far more votes than usual. Plus, this is not just about a President. He needs Senators, Representatives, and judges that are all not communist. Local leaders should not be communists. Vote for people to stand and work with him. If you don’t like him, he’s better than the alternative.
In any case, if Christians stay home and end up with a communist government, they may end up saying to the Lord the words above …. “Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?”
Walking in the gifts of the spirit is not a substitute for voting for righteous government. In heaven, that may be enough, but here on earth, where we still are, we have to dance the two step … pray and vote.
The gifts and callings of God are without repentance. But the prayer life of a person is not a substitute for righteous government.
It is a scourge that eschatology has been preached in a way that people feel justified in withdrawing from civic responsibilities simply because they have knowledge of the Second Coming of Christ. Jesus is coming. That is a fact.
However, until Jesus is here, the mandate was given in Genesis to “have dominion” and that has never ceased. Psalm 91 gives dominion over serpents, scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy … those demonic forces behind corrupt government. In addition to all that, after the cross, after the redemptive work Jesus did through his life, death, burial and resurrection, authority in the name of Jesus was given to those who are believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and have confessed him as Lord. Yet prayer is not enough. We must walk the talk and walk to the voting booth and vote.
The Revolutionary War in the United States was fought so that, among other things, those who wanted to do so would have freedom of religion and speech and expand the kingdom of God. Eschatology was not the preaching in the vogue during the Revolutionary War. Something out of the book of Joshua might be a more likely sermon. In any case, the current popular version of preaching, which I question as I did my own math, has had the effect of causing some Christians to withdraw from civic responsibilities. By their fruits ye shall know them. Has this been good fruit?
In the end, I don’t really care how you do the math. I do care if you vote. Your vote affects the world that I will live in. I’m blessed, but I don’t want to live under communism. Believe what you want, but don’t let that keep you from voting for righteousness and against communism. It is not true that one person’s actions have no effect on another person.
I Corinthians 12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Matthew 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
It is not important to me to convert the minds of people on eschatology other than convince them they need to vote. Believe eschatology as you wish, but vote.
The nation needs your vote for righteousness. Vote for the most righteous candidates you can find.
Mark 12:14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar’s.
17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.
Romans 13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
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