Faith and Politics

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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak

A few points:

1) I know a number of good Christians who take Jesus's (and yhe apostles) concern for the poor as a reason to vote for democrats. There are still others who take His hatred of greed to argue against unrestrained capitalism.

Who speaks for God, you or them?

2) Jesus hated fornication. But he didn't petition the Roman government to pass a law criminalizing prostitution. Instead, He invited the prostitutes over for dinner. Christ didn't seem interested all all in politics and Certainly didn't get involved. So how is it okay that we do so 2000 years later and do so in His name?

I'm not against being involved in politics. I think we should ALL vote. This country needs educated voters. We should voice our concern against certain government policies that we don't agree with. We have the right to do so as citizens of the United States. However, I just don't think we should bring it into the church. It is dangerous ground for division among members of the Body. Nothing divides more than politics (I'm exaggerating here a little for emphasis).

If you are against abortion, then voice it! I'm am all for it. But don't bring your political agenda into the church. The brothers and sisters may not want to hear your opinion on this issue. They may be offended. Again, this could cause division.

I have seen brothers and sisters speak some of their political sentiments in the prophecying meetings. I have to say that it stirred up a lot of saints negatively. During the Bush era, many saints were pro-Bush. There were many innuendos in the prophecying to advocate his presidency. There were also prayer meetings to vote him in. Many who were not pro-Bush were very offended.

When we pray publicly, we can pray for the Lord to bring in the president according to His will. But that is as far as I would go in praying for the president publicly. Our prayer should be general here to keep the oneness of the Spirit. To pray for a specific president can be very offensive. If you need to pray for a specific president, then you need to do this privately.