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Originally Posted by zeek
Here is a sample of the LCM teaching on politics and the church:
According to Nee the Bible teaches that it is wrong for a Christian to hold political office. So, professing Christians should not run for or hold public office or work for the government. The business of government should be left to unbelievers.
I worked for the State of Florida for 37 years. It never occurred to me that I was acting unchristian. How about that?
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I think you are asking the wrong question, no doubt due to Nee having the wrong perspective.
The question I would ask is "should a person holding a political office be a professing Christian?" The NT says clearly that God desires all men to be saved and come to the full knowledge of Jesus Christ.
There is no NT teaching that people in government should not be Christians, or that Christians should not work in the government.
Instead there is the observation that not many of these people are professing Christians.