With elections fast approaching, there are many issues that are important to Christians that are at stake. While there is no perfect candidate, there are candidates that are more in line with God’s teaching.
One of the most important issues to Christians at every election is the value and sacredness of human life. On the topic of abortion we must consider if the fetus or unborn child is a human being, and if so, is it acceptable to God to kill the unborn life?
To answer this question we can look at Genesis 25: 21-22, “…and Rebekah his (Isaac’s) wife conceived. And the Children struggled together within her…” This shows that Rebekah’s unborn twins, Jacob and Esau, are referred to as children, not anything else. This shows that unborn children are not simply disposable pieces of tissue; they are sacred human life that is not to be discarded.
Regardless of what you may think of the Iraq war, the fact is that we are there. What would God have us do now? Would He have us leave now? Would he have us remain in Iraq for years to come? What of our responsibility to help to bring hope and light into the darkness and suffering in Iraq? How are Christians to reach out to a primarily Muslim nation that has been ravaged by war? Both candidates have very different perspectives on the Iraq war and we mush closely examine their views to see if they are in lined with what we believe God would wish to happen.
No matter who wins the election, we as Christians have been commanded to submit ourselves to the governing authorities (Romans 13) and pray for our leaders (I Timothy 2:1-2). Know that in all things, Christians are to love others as ourselves and do what is right. In this, we humbly follow Him while we act justly, all the time loving mercy.
We must pray over the elections and our future leaders. Recently came across some Christian T-Shirts that read Pray, Vote, Pray and I thought that was very appropriate for these turbulent times.