"When Christians face two clearly immoral options, we
cannot rationalize a vote for immorality or injustice
just because we deem the alternative to be worse. The
Bible tells us we will be held accountable not only for
the evil deeds we do but also when we "give approval
to those who practice them" (Rom. 1:32).
This side of the New Jerusalem, we will never hav
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/march-web-only/should-christians-vote-for-lesser-of-two-evils.html
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Saturday, March 5, 2016
Reminder:WE'RE NOT ELECTING A FUTURE SAINT NOR A PRIEST:"Should Christians Vote for the Lesser of Two Evil... ""| Christianity Today
I KEEP READING OP-EDS re the ETHICS OF DETERMINING WHO IS A MORE "CHRISTIAN" CANDIDATE,but when it comes down to it,it seems that the government is NOT where we should look for,nor expect to find, a future saint,or potential priest or pastor. In fact,the verse he quotes below (Rom1.32) I would be willing to bet,without doing an exegesis first, that it pertains to fellow Christians (ie don't approve of fellow Christians sinfulness). Not that we should applaud the sinfulness of non-Christians,but if they are not in the Spirit,they are barely more than living by biological instinct,combined with social mores to keep most "in check",albeit nonetheless,if not in the Spirit,one is in the flesh. And let's face it,most world leaders are in the flesh,even if they may talk about the Bible & faith for the sake of getting elected to keep some Christians happy. Fact is,we probably won't find a great president who is also a great Christian (altho Reagan came pretty close,or did an Oscars-worthy job of convincing us so). In fact,we may be better off simply acknowledging we need the best person "in the flesh" as president. We need a person who,despite not being saint-worthy,maybe not even saved by Christ,can still make the best judgment & discernments. In fact, a strong Christian may be so ambivalent about using any kind of military action that might kill civilians or even not live up to "turn the other cheek" that they would leave the country in danger. Better to have the wrath of God on a person who isn't conflicted by Biblical mandates rather than on a future saint in the white house who can't make any decisive military decision due to his fear of God. As such,even if our president does some dirty deeds,our hands our clean as Christians (and that is NOT to say we should encourage such dirty deeds,God forbid! Its just being a realist that the things "of the world" may be better off in the hands of people "of the world" while us Christians remain "in but not Of the world" .