Why Christians Should Be Involved In Government
Writer Author Sylvia Huffnagle
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Because Christians should be pleading the cause of the oppressed:
Isa: 1:17: Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isa: 58:6: Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Jer: 22:3: Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Because The Bible says ungodly men are trouble to the people and the nation:
Prov: 12:7: The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Prov: 28:5: Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Prov: 29:4: The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts (rules for selfish purposes) overthroweth it.
Prov: 29:12: If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Prov: 29:16: When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Christian must object to corrosion and corruption of our government because disobedient and rebellious nations are oppressive and are vulnerable to the enemy:
1kings: 8:33-34: When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: 34: Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
1Kings: 8:35-36: When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: 36: Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
Because God wants to heal the land:
2Chron: 7:14: If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Because Christians are to light and salt:
Matt: 5:15: Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Matt: 5:16: Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matt: 5:13: Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Because Jesus wants us to occupy till He comes:
Lk: 19:12: He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13: And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. (1 to take possession of by settlement or seizure 2 to hold possession of by tenure; specif., a) to dwell in b) to hold (a position or office) 3 to take up or fill up (space, time, etc.) 4 to employ, busy, or engage (oneself, one's attention, mind, etc.)
Sylvia Huffnagle
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