@keepitrealoriginal No True Believer supports abortion. But that doesn't obligate us to vote for anyone. For what it's worth, there are unbelievers who don't believe in abortion.
@@keepitrealoriginal I won't either but I feed single homeless women who sleep outside on benches because there is no shelter for them and they are all rape victims and the church does nothing to help so I don't condemn a single homeless women for aborting a baby in the first trimester
Somewhere I read... "..that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men." And, "..my kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight.." And in another place "Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above.." And again, "No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life..." Etc., etc. etc....
Really? If you are suggesting that Jesus was telling us to not get involved in the matters of this world, then why did Jesus give us the Great Commission to preach the Gospel to the whole world? Why do that or anything helpful to love our neighbors? Just forget them and be separate, right? It is amazing to me how people use the Bible to justify inaction while this world falls apart and evil men run for office with a vision for silencing Christians, calling the Bible "hate" and wishing to outlaw our freedom to fulfill the Great Commission, and with desires to hurt children with irreversible destructive lifestyle choices without any parental knowledge. Elections have consequences that affect us all.
@@faithonfireministries Brian, you're missing the point once again and you're just grasping at straws... Also, taking the Gospel into all the world is totally different than getting wrapped up in the things of this world. Brother, please slow down and meditate on the verses above and just let go of politics.
No, I am not grasping at straws. You simply want to hear what you want to hear and nothing else, even when it is plain as day in Scripture that we are told by God to be good stewards of what He has given us. Paul certainly had no problem mentioning his Roman Citizenship in Acts 16 and 22 when it served to keep him out of jail and able to have his cause heard openly. Why didn't he just accept being jailed and beaten and his citizenship rights violated? According to you Paul was wrong and should have done nothing. Fact is that you and other Christians still live in a society full of people and we of all people as Christians are to be good stewards to one another. Responsibility to others when we can have a positive impact is part of loving your neighbor as yourself. For instance, if many people in your neighborhood didn't like you so they were gong to vote for the HOA to put something right in front of your house that kills it value and hurts you financially, then you'd wake up and get involved with "worldly" matters real quick, wouldn't you? And if appealed to your friends in the neighborhood to vote in your favor and they said they won't vote at all to stop what evil people are trying to do to you because that is being worldly and they rather not get involved, you'd find out real quick they weren't real friends to begin with. Your inaction when done collectively by enough Christians fails to show any concern for your fellow man, including your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ who have the discernment to go vote.
@@faithonfireministries Brian that's literally still exactly what you're doing... and no I more than likely wouldn't get involved if something like that happened, that's what I'm trying to tell you, as believers we're supposed to live differently and not conduct ourselves like the rest of the world... hence, being set apart or sanctified.
So true Brian. I’m conservative even though I don’t really like talking about politics and am tired of it, I still will stand for what the Bible values.
Mustafa, I think you know the answer to your own question. There is usually a clear distinction between candidates. Some stand more for Biblical values while others stand more for worldly values. We are not electing our next pastor or Bible study teacher, but a public official, so strict adherence to our denominational views should not be cause to eliminate our support for a good candidate. And let me add this thought here beyond what I said in my video... If there is no distinction at all and the candidates are purely for worldly value and have no redeeming Christian values at all, then not voting seems appropriate. Admittedly, I didn't take that situation into account while recording this video regarding Independence Day because that practically is never the case here in the USA.
@@faithonfireministries there is a newscast on here titled "12-Year-Old Discovers All U.S. Presidents Are Direct Descendants of King John Of England." Plus all presidents, and most govonors, senators, etc are all in secret societies like the freemasons. They all have taken oaths to you know who.
@@faithonfireministriesthis is not true as if you vote you vote for the political parties policies if all the main political choices have unbiblical ideas like in the U.K. then you cannot vote for parties with Christian values you can vote by spoiling the vote or vote for a small party who is Christian if you are blessed to have such a choice
But most parties do not stand for Christian values? If I was in America I would vote republican but in the U.K. our choices are very poor in comparison
I never used to vote...I was filled with scoffing, disdain, and apathy towards all politicians here in the UK. And towards our royal family. Then I became a born again Christian 2 years ago...and everything changed , I read 1peter 2 "Respect Authority " and it opened my heart , i saw my king in a new light, with love and respect for him and our nation and the sacrifices so many have made to give me the right to vote..and I began to pray for our politicians instead of cursing at them or mocking them. I decided to vote in our recent election for reform uk. I may not agree with everything politicians do and say... but the bible is very, very clear ,respect Authority and love our brothers and sisters, regardless.
@@steviesvideos319 None of what you just said has anything to do with the Kingdom of God. You are ignoring scripture. 2nd Timothy chapter 2-verse 4. People create their own gospel to support their fleshly reasoning! Proverbs chapter 3 verse 5. The Kingdom of God is not of this world. Born-again believers represent the Kingdom of God, not any earthly Government. Jesus declared that either we are with Him or against. Can't serve two masters.
I listened to your short on how to find peace. It really blessed me while I am going through various hard trials. Thank you. You are a blessing to the body of Christ. God bless you
Amen, silence and doing nothing has not 1 ounce of love in it! Much much harder to speak truth in love and to let our voices be heard not like crazies like Fred Phelps (who by the way) was a 5 point calvinist of course number of points don't matter! Thank you for speaking truth and Happy Independence day!!!🌻
Robert Kennedy Jr is a Christian a true Christian that has never cheated on his wife yes because of the tragedy in his life he turned to Heroin but over came his addiction through Jesus Christ and yes that is the man
@@desireehelms8012 You know something we don't? Unless you know him personally, you cannot really know if he is a true Christian and if he has never cheated on his wife. Chances are, you are, based on your comment and your previous ones, you are delusional like most Americans. He identifies himself as a liberal catholic. He himself admitted that he was sexually rambuctious even in his 40s to explain feeling up the babysitter. He's married a third time to a divorcee herself. I cannot say for sure if he is a Christian or not but look at the evidence. But he's probably a better candidate than Biden or Trump.
Woe to the pastors who feed themselves and not the sheep. For as long as I have been if the faith, voting and doing what I should, in the world around me, I just always knew that it was right. But then again, my mom helped show me a living relationship in Jesus, rather then a theological relationship with any denomination or book written by man.
@@dominiclapinta8537 yes yes that is what is happening in my city they are very rich and they do nothing for the single homeless women in my city Steven Furtick has a church in uptown Charlotte and when I asked him for help I got turned down
It's also wrong for pastors to tell people that they have an obligation to vote. I didn't vote for 16 years because I didn't care for any of the candidates and was pretty cynical of the whole process. I had Christians lecture me on how I was wrong for not voting, but what they were really saying was that I should have voted for their candidate. It was like the South Park episode where Stan didn't want to vote.
I am not voting for any one who is wicked many Christians are deceived into the worship of Donald Trump who is a convicted rapist. So I agree with Pastors who discourage voting for the wicked but no voting at all I don't agree with that
I believe this is a personal choice which no one should tell us what or what not to do. Years ago, I voted for a famous president because he seemed like a nice, church going man with a devoted family and was against abortion…instant vote. However, during his term…I won’t discuss who he was and what incident occurred…but he was considered to be very involved in it…I got so upset that this happened, as I felt fooled. I did vote again for another man who became president and at work a rebellious unbeliever questioned me how could I vote for such a man with me being a Christian. I shared he was for bringing Christian’s, our rights back and against abortion, though being not very political, I didn’t know his full views on abortion, which I should have done before I voted. Now we have it come again. Due to my commitment to my own conscience, I cannot vote for due to my abortion beliefs, which they are being compromised by this one candidate. The Word says if it’s a sin to your brother, then so be it…I apologize for not quoting the verse correctly, but 1 of my closest friends, a true believer, got upset with me several years ago and he said by me not voting, I gave a vote to the other candidate. I kept silent…but I felt convicted if I had voted for this person due to it was a sin for me. And I believe based on The Word, God decides who will be in charge wherever, whatever…not man. John the Baptist said nothing is given man except by God. Another point to ponder…no where in the New Testament did any believer get into politics, else did the disciples while Stephen watched him getting stoned to death…shout anything or run to officials to complain or where do you ever see Paul or anyone else voice their political stance. Paul did share he was Roman citizen, but that was so he could have his right to speak, rather then silence him. Jesus Himself stood in front of Pilate and easily could have said whatever He wanted and He did. My kingdom is not of this world and we know the government is upon His shoulders. We as believers have to personally chose what we do at every turn. I don’t have all the answers to such a questionable debate. But my trust is in The Lord God who controls the whole universe….period. Thank you for allowing me to share. Much love and blessings to all of you and those in your hearts, ✝❤🛐🙌🐑👏🏼⚓🗡🛡🐏🇺🇸🇮🇱❤ Maranatha, Amen!!!
Okay, I hear you, but regarding your reference to Paul and others not speaking out on politics. They lived under the Roman Empire. They had no say or vote in who was Emperor much less who was Roman governor over a region. And like you pointed out Paul did use his Roman citizenship to take advantage of his right to be heard and speak openly. So, today one of the ways we use that right as US citizens is to have our voice not only heard, but count, at the ballot box.
That is not an appropriate application of that passage and a false accusation on top of that. That was God's warning Israel not to appoint a King like others. But after the fact they wanted it so, God anointed Saul as their King, followed by David and Solomon, both kings who wrote Scripture. God's warning was right evident by all the evil kings that would lead Israel into darkness that followed recorded in Scripture, but God allowed it and God never instructed them to do away with that system of Kings. In fact, Jesus is King of kings and Lord of Lords who will reign forever and ever as a King over all the earth. In the meantime, the USA is NOT ruled by a king, but by presidents, senators, congress, legislators at the national level, state level, county and districts. Some of them will not bow to Jesus, the King of kings. We need to vote in people who will, or at least are the strongest supporters of the citizens who do.
@@faithonfireministries Factually, all governments are the same; People controlling other people though the use and or threats of physical violence. The only difference is the level of control exerted by the controllers upon the controlled. Arguing about how a 'constitutional republic' is better than a 'democracy' or which is better than a 'monarchy' is silly. The only moral question comes down to 'Does anybody have a right to control anyone else against their will?'
As an Australian, and after watching the debate …. After laughing …. I must confess I’m staggered that with all the millions of Americans in the world, the best you have are those 2 ?
@@mick9371 its theater. politicians are actors. they are no different than ventriloquist dummies. Congressman Massie just said a few weeks ago that every politician he knows in congress has a babysitter from AIPAC that tells them exactly how to vote on all legislation.
You asked for thoughts, so here goes: 1. Jesus said in John 18:36 "my kingdom is not of this world" and goes on to explain that if it was, then his followers would be fighting to rescue Him. His approach to the authoritarian and overbearing government of the day was not revolution, anarchy, or even influence. The disciples carried on in this vein; the only time they had run-ins with the government it was not to protect their brothers or legislate morality, but merely to acknowledge that they were told not to preach Jesus but they were going to do it anyway. The apostles taught us to pray for authority and honor them (1 Timothy 2:1-2; 1 Peter 2:17) but never to participate in government or lobby for change. 2. You make a heavy assumption that "voting" is even legitimate. After years of recounts and dead names showing up on ballots, I am surprised that anyone still has faith in such a flawed and corrupt system. "Be not conformed to this world" includes entertainment, systems of government, and anything else that spiritual Babylon conjures up. 3. (related to 1) "Democracy" is unbiblical. In the OT, God established theocratic government until His people wanted a king. He warned them against that through Samuel, but they eventually got their wish. Then in the NT, we live under a theocracy again (or possibly termed a monarchy with Jesus Christ as King). The idea of "democracy" came from the pagan Greeks (it's actually the name of a goddess) and is found to be promoted nowhere in the Bible. In Psalm 82, God judges the authorities over the nations for not fulfilling their responsibilities. This shows us that those in authority are not to be governed "by the people, for the people" but by God alone, who establishes them (Romans 13:1) 4. The people of God are not to seek justice through the halls of government against each other, but through the administration of the church (1 Corinthians 6). The church represents the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, not the USA or any other country. 5. The United States of America was founded in rebellion. This is equivalent with witchcraft (1 Samuel 15:23). Were the people of the colonies oppressed? Sure - but if their rebellion was justified, how much more the oppressed Christians under Nero (and others)? Yet they were never told to revolt but to honor the king. The obvious roots in Freemasonry (Luciferianism) throughout the group called the "founding fathers" shows that from the beginning, the organization of this country was a mixture of paganism and proto-JudeoChristian morals, not unlike the Roman Catholic Church. It was never a nation under the One True God - Jesus Christ.
6. I forgot one - how is support of legislated morality, under the idea of loving others, any different than the "7 Mountain Mandate" taught by those in the New Apostolic Reformation? In this worldview, we are to manifest the Kingdom of God on earth now through controlling media, education, government, etc in order to pave the way for the return of Christ.
On your first comment, it is easy to quote some Bible verses out of context to justify inaction, but unfortunately inaction does result in the enemy gaining more and more ground here to take away our freedom to preach the Bible. Many want it outlawed as hate speech. Jesus's Kingdom is not of this world. Yes He said that, but He also said to go preach the Gospel all over the world to everyone. So, clearly Jesus is concerned about the living in this fallen world. As far as legitimacy. I know if you don't vote, that is legitimately one less vote from a Christian. Democracy is not unbiblical and is better than any alternative until Christ returns and reigns. The reason being led by Jesus Christ is great, but no man should be in charge and single handedly make every rule should be obvious over history. Without checks and balances to one's power, greed and corruption and evil of man is off the charts! We will never have to worry about that with a perfect Holy and righteous God and Savior who reigns perfectly. On your 4th comment, that verse reference you are talking about is unrelated to government. It is about two Christians, one having sinned against the other, finding the solution and justice to their problem from within the church, not in secular courts of law. What does that have to do with laws enacted by elected officials that may outlaw churches, call the Bible hate speech, and worse regarding Christians? 5th comment. The presence of wicked men, false teachers, etc. in our country's past in no way indicates this nation was not founded by Godly and Biblical principals. That is a fact. There are selfish unsaved wicked people in your local church, no doubt. Should we shut down the church because of them? No. God blessed this nation and it went from nothing to a massively blessed superpower in the world in record time. 6th comment about the 7 mountain mandate and NAR is a ridiculous association to make against me. I am premillennial, so I believe in the literal return of Christ for a literal 1000 year reign of Christ, not a postmillennial Christian Nationalist. It is simply very evident that we have distinct choices before our eyes every election about the vision and direction politicians say they want to take this country. The contrast between the opposing candidates is only rarely not seen. Usually it is stark and obvious which one will support Biblical principals and religious freedom and which one is against Christians and wants to normalize sinful acts. Proverbs 14: 34 says, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people." Happy Independence Day!
Brother, I have to disagree with you here... even some supposed "Christians" vote liberal but even those that vote Republican don't know who these people are really that they're voting for. We're simply told to pray for those that govern over us but nowhere does it say in Scripture (that I've seen) that we're supposed to vote for those in charge.
I didn't say vote for those in charge. Sometimes somebody new who has not been in charge is the best choice. All I said summarized is that commandment of Jesus to love thy neighbor includes the reality that our participation or lack of participation in the political process has ramifications that affect others, including our children. This is a simple concept that is undeniable.
@@faithonfireministries The head of the church of England used the same scripture to persuade christians into taking the satanic vaccine. America and Britaiin are under judgement and that will continue no matter who is voted in unless our nations repent and end the genocide of the unborn. It's polling day here in the UK and I won't be voting because it's all just a pantomime. They have already selected who is going to win. Democracy is just an illustion. Plus parties never stick to their manifestos because they are not who's really in charge so you do not know what you a voting for. And none of the parties will stop abortion. I cannot vote for evil.
Sorry, I meant voting to determine who's in charge... but yeah it seems like you're really reaching with this one Brian. The title itself is opinionated and simply not biblical, at the end of the day the person in charge of things is God and with all of the talk of elections being rigged it wouldn't surprise me and thus it wouldn't matter if you voted or not anyways... if believers do vote though obviously republican would be the only logical choice, which I'm sure you'd agree with.
Debbe, that is not analogous to what I am saying. My video has nothing to do with abusing Scripture to enforce tyranny, but exactly the opposite of that, meant to prevent tyranny. Love thy neighbor as thyself like any Scripture can be taken out of context but that does not mean my use and explanation of it is wrong. When it comes to voting it is easily demonstrated that when Christians don't vote, tyrants come to power and those Christians cared so little for their neighbors that they selfishly didn't vote against the tyrants and enemies of freedom. So, the fact that some people have misapplied that verse to control the masses does not negate a person like me applying it correctly and speaking of the negative outcomes to our freedom and ability to openly preach the Gospel and protect our children against perverts if Christians don't vote and just continue to hand victories over to those who want to call good evil and evil good.
I also wouldn’t leave a church if the pastor said don’t vote if none of the candidate pool is part of a party which supports Christian values which is most of the political parties
Most people I know who speak about Christian values when speaking on salvation and how to be saved, will almost always backload works into the gospel. 99% of the time.
@BloodofChrist-jx8te no. I think Brian gets this one wrong. In fact, this particular issue about how Christians need to vote and engage more in the country's affairs so to speak, is why I don't listen to pastors any longer on UA-cam.
Well then it should go beyond voting. We should be attendung town halls, getting involved in campaigns, maybe going door to door, memorizing parts or maybe all of the constitution and bill of rights, and what about encouraging military service for our children? After all, those who've secured freedom for us today did all those things. They must have been following the commandments. I haven't done any of the above which means I must not love the Lord with all my mind, soul, and strength and my neighbor as myself.
Elections have real results that impact your neighbors, and there is an enemy within our country who is very active and engaged in eroding all of our (your) freedoms and handing them over to a "State" that will place great limits and control over your life, and label the Bible "hate" and persecute Christians. Why are you trying to justify sitting by and doing nothing and allowing that agenda to become reality? Why sit by and allow wicked people to rule the day and indoctrinate our children into destructive life altering decisions without parental knowledge? Don't be ignorant to think inaction doesn't have repercussions on others. It does! And collectively, inaction of many will allow evil to prevail and become law. Many families have had children who grew up without a dad because he died fighting for our freedom in this country. We owe it to them and their children to fight at the ballot box to maintain what their loved ones died for. And not surprisingly, you exaggerated my message in a sad attempt to justify your inaction by including a lot of extra activities I never mentioned in my video. It does not require all that to simply be informed as to what candidates stand for and then go vote for the one who best upholds Biblical values. Only in rare instances are there opposing candidates that offer no distinct difference between their visions for the future.
@faithonfireministries so only the "evil" liberals are seduced by principalities and powers and by the rulers of the darkness of this world? So let's vote them out and install a new group of tyrants who maybe won't turn our little boys into girls...no, instead, they'll just steal more of your money and get you to work four jobs instead of three to keep a roof over your head. At least then I wont have to look at the rainbow flag over my state capital......while Im working 90 hours a week I guess. So much better. You sound like the typical pro Trump/ pro Fox News/ I love Dick Cheney "pastors" who love to leaven the gospel for 364 days a year with their..."Faith without works is dead" nonsense and "even the demons believe" nonsense...then once the 4th of July comes, they suddenly love Jefferson, Adam's, and Washington who never even understood the gospel nor believed that Jesus Christ was God come in the flesh. Oh but you love the "true freedom" they secured for you. I know this is your channel but please, either preach the gospel and lead me to the pasture or .preach the constitution and the bill of rights. No mixture please. I'm out.
Everyone is evil in your eyes. Gotcha. If more Christians were like you, we'd have no freedom left, no churches open and no ability to preach the Gospel freely in this country to the lost who need to hear it. You are a very unwise person, totally lacking in any discernment whatsoever.
@faithonfireministries you said we as Christians aren't loving our neighbors if we're not out voting in elections....and I lack discernment????? I saw your neighbor lying in the street after being beaten and robbed by thieves. Did you go and pick him up, bind up his wounds, take him over to the inn and pay the inn keeper to take care of him till you return? No, you didn't. You passed him by on the way to the voting booth like a decent, flag waving patriot. Don't talk about loving your neighbor when Christ set the standard which you and I can never measure up to. Go make your videos.
Let's see now... elections impact our lives and if Christians stay home then eventually the Bible, churches and Christianity will be outlawed as hate speech. So, yes I say Christians not voting are definitely NOT loving their neighbor as themselves, but have a pride filled "holy their thou" selfish attitude. And your counter to this is to suggest we should do nothing because of your ill-advised interpretation of the Good Samaritan story? Yes, I believe Jesus is the "Good Samaritan" in his parable. But wow! You take that to mean we can't live up to His example, so we should do nothing and speak nothing about doing good for our neighbors because of any that would not measure up to Jesus. What a take away from that parable? I've never heard such nonsense! So, yes I stand by my assessment of your comments. You lack discernment.
Brian, you are incredibly gifted and knowledgeable, and I have learned much from your ministry. Yet I must say that you dropped the ball on this one. You're basing your conclusion on your own intellect. The scriptures that you mentioned do not address any of the issues that you mentioned. You eisogeted your interpretation into those two precious commandments. The world is evil and will always be evil no matter how anyone votes. That's why God will destroy it. Our calling as believers is to be lights in this world. We are witnesses of Christ in word and deed. We are not called to change the world or make it a better place, but to Love God with all our hearts minds and souls and Love our neighbors as ourselves in that people will see our lights and desire Christ for themselves. Galatians chapter 1 verse 4. 2nd Timothy chapter 2-verse 4 gives us an understanding of God's purpose and His purpose for us. We bring our children up in the Lord. The world can't teach us or our children spiritual things. Jesus meant what He said when He said that His Kingdom is not this world, and in John chapter 17, He said that His disciples are not of the world. It's not a sin to vote, and it is not a sin not to vote. It is a sin to base your core beliefs on anything that is contrary to what the bible teaches. To true believers, there is no such thing as a lesser evil. Evil is evil! God takes care of His own. Obey the laws of the land, yet be ye separate, for you are called out for the purposes of God, not any worldly society! Food for thought. I stand to be corrected!⁵⁶
One must consider what it means to love God and love your neighbor. Is it not eisegeting the text to do that, and apply that in what is easily measurable ways. This country would look very different if since 30 years ago Christians were not sitting at home thinking they are so great and righteous for not getting involved and voting. Their inaction had negative consequences we live with today. Elections have real measurable results that impact others. There is evil within that will run for office, and those who will go vote for evil. They want to get your kids to make destructive decisions, mess up their minds, undermine their Christian parent's values, call the Bible "hate" and persecute Christians for expressing their faith. They are so evil they want to convince kids to make life altering irreversible decisions without any parental involvement or knowledge. To sit by, not be informed on the vision for candidates and not voting is to allow that evil to prevail. There is a simple way to love and serve our neighbors well. Learn the positions of candidates. Go vote for the ones who best upholds Biblical values and if you don't win a given election, at least you did your part. If you do win, then you stood against evil and thwarted it, a blessing to everyone around you. And if you want to justify not doing that because of separating ourselves from a worldly place and Jesus' Kingdom is not of this world, as you pointed out, then why do anything else here that is good to love and serve the Lord and others? Why do ministry at all in a worldly place? That should be obvious. We do it as a servant of Jesus and to bring His light into a dark world, introducing people to the Savior, even though His Kingdom is not of this world. If enough Christians remain inactive in the political process, then our right to share the Gospel with our neighbors will eventually be outlawed. To sit by and allow that... how is that loving our neighbor? That is what people do who have no regard for their neighbors, not caring for them at all. And that evil I mentioned... that is the direction of this country. We can all do something very simple to prevent that. Go vote for the candidate that upholds Biblical values. There is usually one! Maybe not in every instance but that would be very rare. I've been voting since the Presidential election of 1992 and every time at both the national, state and local level, there always seemed to be opposing candidates that painted a very distinctly different vision for the future they want bring about.
@faithonfireministries I see your point clearly. As I said, you are gifted in presenting your assessment of the Gospel. I think we both agree that we as believers are ambassadors of Christ, and of course, we desire to uplift Him in this present world. Yet I respectfully agree to disagree on your methology. However I still see you as a Bother in Christ. I am also looking forward to more of your ministry.
The Bible does not say that your pastor can't talk about the public sins of a nation and a Christian's proper response to them. Candidates are flawed, and the Bible doesn't tell you who to vote for, but voting for people who support flagrant wickedness is a serious thing.
@@faithonfireministries oh I see he’s a Pentecostal preacher he has the large Ephesus on holiness however he doesn’t like legalism sometimes he’s mistaken has one
This is a message that needs to be preached more. Thanks Brian! Pastors always like to say "render to Ceasar that which is Caesars' Not that they do of course, but here in America We The People are Caesar. God blessed the citizens of the USA with liberty and prosperity and self governance. What a rotten reaction to such a wonderful gift, a gift that most people will never know, to refuse to play your patriotic part by at least voting for the best candidates possible.
How did Jesus determine what was owed to Ceasar? By whose image was inscribed on the currency. Whose image is on the $1 bill, our foundational unit of money? The all-seeing eye at the top of the pyramid, a clear reference to Egypt and paganism. The democratic system is a farce, a deception intended to keep the masses in line while those at the top of the pyramid continue to rule the nation as they see fit while they worship their false gods.
Hi Brian, alot of people think that Daniel 2:21 is legit. Alot of people think that God picks leaders even till today. I don't think that is true. Please elaborate on this 😊
@@mustaffa1611 And Shemu'el told את all the words of Yahuah unto the people that asked of him a king. And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. SHEMU'EL RI'SHON 8:10-15.
Brian, I don't mean to sound critical of you, and especially I don't want to sound "holier than thou", but regarding your comment near the end, "...some idiot pastor...", I often used the word, "idiot" in the past, but I began to feel very convicted, especially in light of Matthew 5:22, "but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire." I pretty much have eliminated words such as 'fool', 'idiot', 'moron' from my vocabulary, and especially when referring to someone I consider to be a brother/sister in Christ. If the Holy Spirit is indwelling an individual, I have a big problem calling that person a 'fool' when their hearts are being directed by Him. Well, that's just me, and I'm not trying to impose my thinking on you or anyone else. But just some food for thought. And I fully understand why you use that word, when you cannot fathom a person's thinking/logic. I also shake my head in disbelief at times over how someone, especially a believer, can think a certain way. I'm not at all saying that thought process is wrong. Just that using those types of words to describe that individual is going to far, for me personally.
You said saying idiot is the same as saying fool. Okay, but when we quote God's Word in Psalm 14 or 53 we are calling people fools who don't believe in God because that is precisely what the Scripture says. So, clearly there is a manner in which it is appropriate to use the word fool, or one like it such as idiot. The verse I think you are referencing is Matthew 22: 5 and it begins (in the KJV) by saying those who are angry with a brother *without a cause* is in danger of judgement. In modern bibles it drops the "without a cause" part as though just being angry is a sin despite the Bible also speaking of a righteous anger, so they corrupted that text. Then the verse continues in relationship to that sort of wrong and unrighteous anger and warns about acting out on that by calling a brother raca (worthless) or fool (idiot). Then the next verses clearly indicate this is regarding an interaction with a specific person and has nothing to do about using these words in a general way such as in Psalm 14 and 53 towards people of certain misguided belief that opposes God. So, yes you are right it would be playing it safe to never call anybody worthless or fool or idiot and I am not against you or anyone with that conviction. However, I don't believe that verse is relevant to how I used "idiot" in this video. I think "idiot" and "unqualified" are appropriate words to describe the type of person in the role of pastor who exhibits zero understanding of one of the most basic and simple and clear commandments of Jesus (love thy neighbor). They encourage Christians not to vote and yet how could they be so careless and ignorant to the fact that Christians not voting helps to result in electing leaders who will push new laws that directly come back to affect each one of us and our children negatively?
Who are you going to vote for? I am not going to vote on sound bite information. The whole system is corrupt. Tell me; would Jesus vote in America’s elections if He were on earth today? If so, who would he vote for? If I owned property and was raising a family I would vote locally where I have opportunity to do more in-depth due diligence on the candidates.
I do own property and am raising a family in Orlando, Florida. This is why I understand that election results do in fact impact all of us for good or for worse. Inaction by Christians curses other Christians. I am lucky to live in a state with a great governor who protects families, is a Christian and legislates accordingly. Things could have been drastically different over the last 5 years though. In Ron DeSantis' re-election he won by a staggering 20% lead which is practically unheard of. However, Floridians had 4 years to see him in action. In his first election when not many people knew about him he almost tied the opposition, but barely winning and that clown he barely beat was a democrat with a total different vision for the future of Florida and later revealed as a drug addict. Certainly, there were some Christians in Florida that didn't vote. Imagine if more Christians didn't vote and the other guy won? When the pandemic hit, rather than our kids staying in school and rather than businesses closed like democrats and blue states wanted for so long, DeSantis kept it all going in Florida including going to church. That other guy who lost the election to him would have certainly followed the democrat lead and shut down everything for a long time, destroying lives and small businesses and that includes closing down Christian churches. In all this, can you explain to me how Christians not voting is not harmful to their neighbors?
@@faithonfireministries BTW, I am encouraged by your commentary on Calvinism. I am currently attending a reformed Baptist church where recently the Pastor has been pushing the Reformed agenda beyond passionately. Before I leave the church I want to present to Him a written refutation of the “ doctrines of grace “. Between us two. I’m not trying to stir up dissension in the assembly.
Couple things. Elections and your church situation. 1. Elections: In the upcoming election there will be local, state and federal people to vote for. I recommend spending some time to know the positions and vision of the candidates and voting for the ones that best uphold Biblical values and our continued freedom to express them, and will not be for indoctrinating our kids into wicked lifestyles choices. We must also remember we are not voting for a pastor or a person to win the award of best Christian in 2024. You can leave a church with a bad pastor but it is much harder if not impossible to leave being under the law of wicked political leaders who take away our rights and take our money via taxes and spends it to financially support people choosing evil decisions and on curricula that indoctrinate our kids. And we must not get greedy and think we need all or nothing in a candidate. The left is patient to vote for candidates that inch forward their progressive leftist agenda against Godliness over time and over many elections. We must be willing to vote for those who inch our way back in the direction of Godliness. And we must not get cynical and think our vote is wasted. I hear that a lot, but get over it. Just go vote anyway. I think the other side likes Christians being cynical and not voting against them, and I also think they track those with a history of not voting and they insert election ballots voting in their names. If that is happening in your area, one way to stop the cycle of being used by them is to start voting in each election. 2. Your church situation. I mean this in all due respect... Don't waste your time trying to convince a Reformed pastor that he is doctrinally wrong. He is not just a cult member but a cult leader. Just find another church. Here is what could happen because it has happened many times before to others in your position. No matter how nicely and privately it is presented you will become his enemy and a threat to his position. He will want you to leave anyway and not be a "troublemaker." He will likely hold meetings with people you know behind your back and paint you as a sinful heretic that needs to repent and short of that they should have nothing to do with you. He may engage in "church discipline" and rebuke you before the entire church and ask you to leave. I've seen this and heard testimonies of this far too many times. Just leave. Most of the time reformed pastors are narcissists. Their theology attracts such people.
In rare cases that may be true, so I'd agree. In almost every instance in the USA that is not the case and there is a clear distinction between one candidate upholding Godly values and another candidate that upholds worldly destructive values.
So when a pastor leavens the gospel with law and works for salvation or how to be pleasing to God after you're saved, that's ok....you can stay at that church. But if he's telling you to not vote then you should leave. Really? I bet if the pastor was telling the congregation to vote for Trump, then it would be ok in your book wouldn't it?
I agree with you that Pastors should not tell the flock NOT to vote. But……. Also they should not tell us WHO to vote for either. I say this because the vast majority of Church leaders in the US are Republican leaning and now in particular Trump supporting and urge the flock to also vote that way and say it is the righteous thing to do. Now with that said…. I am a biblical believer in Jesus Christ alone faith alone !!! I also agree with God on what sin is. However. I view both political parties as evil and corrupt on so many levels. I like the Republicans on law and order and religious freedom. But I can’t stand them on their BS on unfair tax laws and many other issues. I like the border security issue they stand on as well but often then not they use that as a wedge issue. The Democrats usually protect social security and Medicare while the Republicans want to privatize the profits and publisize the losses. My mom is dependent on those programs that she paid into from her working years. I very much have disdain for the woke social issues that most Democrats support. But…….. my salvation is not based on me voting for Republicans simply because they are pro life or anti Gay marriage!!! So it works both ways. I am saved because a Jesus is my savior regardless of who i vote for even if that political person is not a Christian or not in alignment with my moral convictions.
Voting is an act of violence. Everything govt does is by force/compulsory. A tax is money taken by force. It is theft. War is murder. Police murder people all the time over for nonviolent victimless offenses. Your words and brian's words are cult speak.
The line about Democrats protect Medicare and Social Security has aged into one of the longest lived political lies ever. To paraphrase Joeef Goebbels, head of Nazi propaganda dept, people will believe a BIG LIE far sooner than a small one. No Republican in their right mind would ever dare face the rage by trying to mess with SS and Medicare. The media were screeching like demons in holy water in 1981 'Reagan is going to do away with SS". This media screeching was totally false but the Dems and their media minions kept their daily rants to keep the ignorant fired up over a Big Lie.
I do think we have an obligation to do whatever we can to better the interests of society, and that would mean to vote in most cases. However, I think we have to be very careful about whom we support. If we look at politics through the lens of Scripture, we should not be voting for someone who routinely violates the 7th Commandment by committing adultery, or the 9th Commandment by bearing false witness against others. A president leads by example as well as by directive, and we don't want to destroy public morality by supporting someone who himself is wicked and immoral. In some cases we may need to vote for a third party candidate whose character and conduct accords with our beliefs. And Brian, I would be careful about accusing someone with whom you disagree as "proud" and "selfish." Do you really know their motives?
This is not about electing our next pastor or Bible teacher. Political elections have an impact on all of us and our future regardless of the personal character of the candidates. Their positions and ideology will last long beyond their time in office and their impact will affect our future and our children positively or negatively. We need to vote for people who will retain our freedom of speech and not call the Bible and the preaching of it hate speech. We need to vote for people who don't want to make a social experiment out of our children and try to remove the influence and involvement of parents. When Christians don't vote, we will get more and more of all the negative results our parent's could not foresee even happening in America that we face today. It will only get far worse than even today unless Christians get involved in politics and vote.
@@faithonfireministries The biggest problem facing America today is the breakdown of public morality, and the disintegration of the family structure. And what we need is not a dishonest and immoral politician, but an outpouring of the Holy Spirit to change hearts and lives. As the first and greatest commandment makes clear, our primary goal is to glorify God and advance His kingdom. I should also mention that our current situation is not the result of a bunch of corrupt politicians in Washington, but a process of secularization that has been going on throughout the Western world since the French Enlightenment. The educational system and press are thoroughly secularized (essentially atheistic). What we really need is a major spiritual Awakening, and that can only come when we get on our knees and ask God to pour out HIs Spirit, especially on our pastors.
Mustaffa, what are you saying? If a person votes at all that since taxes and war exist then somehow we are contributing to this? No! Case in point... Let's say there are two candidates, one for lowering taxes and staying out of wars, and the other for higher taxes and never saw a war they didn't want to get involved in. Not voting for the first candidate is by default supporting the second candidate, higher taxes and war. By the way, Christians can learn from the patience and tactics of leftist liberals. Their extreme leftists on their side always support the most left candidate but ultimately will settle for any leftist candidate and they will vote. They are willing to be patient and inch forward (called progressivism) rather than wanting all or nothing for their cause. Christians are often impatient and unwilling to inch forward to their cause, but only want all or nothing. They want a pristine angel and devout Christian running for office or they don't vote. That is stupid and is curse that affects the rest of us (their neighbors). They choose to do nothing, not vote and they help hand victories to the left which keeps progressing forward, inch by inch over time and further away from Biblical principals, as they erode our society, our wealth, our values, and calling the Bible hate speech and canceling the voice of the opposition.
I will not support abortion.
@keepitrealoriginal No True Believer supports abortion. But that doesn't obligate us to vote for anyone. For what it's worth, there are unbelievers who don't believe in abortion.
I agree. It is very hard to support killing of humans.
@@keepitrealoriginal I won't either but I feed single homeless women who sleep outside on benches because there is no shelter for them and they are all rape victims and the church does nothing to help so I don't condemn a single homeless women for aborting a baby in the first trimester
Somewhere I read...
"..that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men."
And, "..my kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight.."
And in another place "Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above.."
And again, "No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life..."
Etc., etc. etc....
Well said!🙏👍
Really? If you are suggesting that Jesus was telling us to not get involved in the matters of this world, then why did Jesus give us the Great Commission to preach the Gospel to the whole world? Why do that or anything helpful to love our neighbors? Just forget them and be separate, right? It is amazing to me how people use the Bible to justify inaction while this world falls apart and evil men run for office with a vision for silencing Christians, calling the Bible "hate" and wishing to outlaw our freedom to fulfill the Great Commission, and with desires to hurt children with irreversible destructive lifestyle choices without any parental knowledge. Elections have consequences that affect us all.
@@faithonfireministries Brian, you're missing the point once again and you're just grasping at straws...
Also, taking the Gospel into all the world is totally different than getting wrapped up in the things of this world.
Brother, please slow down and meditate on the verses above and just let go of politics.
No, I am not grasping at straws. You simply want to hear what you want to hear and nothing else, even when it is plain as day in Scripture that we are told by God to be good stewards of what He has given us. Paul certainly had no problem mentioning his Roman Citizenship in Acts 16 and 22 when it served to keep him out of jail and able to have his cause heard openly. Why didn't he just accept being jailed and beaten and his citizenship rights violated? According to you Paul was wrong and should have done nothing.
Fact is that you and other Christians still live in a society full of people and we of all people as Christians are to be good stewards to one another. Responsibility to others when we can have a positive impact is part of loving your neighbor as yourself.
For instance, if many people in your neighborhood didn't like you so they were gong to vote for the HOA to put something right in front of your house that kills it value and hurts you financially, then you'd wake up and get involved with "worldly" matters real quick, wouldn't you? And if appealed to your friends in the neighborhood to vote in your favor and they said they won't vote at all to stop what evil people are trying to do to you because that is being worldly and they rather not get involved, you'd find out real quick they weren't real friends to begin with.
Your inaction when done collectively by enough Christians fails to show any concern for your fellow man, including your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ who have the discernment to go vote.
@@faithonfireministries Brian that's literally still exactly what you're doing... and no I more than likely wouldn't get involved if something like that happened, that's what I'm trying to tell you, as believers we're supposed to live differently and not conduct ourselves like the rest of the world... hence, being set apart or sanctified.
My Pastor doesn't tell us who to Vote for but he does encourage us to Vote.
Good.
So true Brian. I’m conservative even though I don’t really like talking about politics and am tired of it, I still will stand for what the Bible values.
Then who does one vote for to vote for 'Bible values' ?
Mustafa, I think you know the answer to your own question. There is usually a clear distinction between candidates. Some stand more for Biblical values while others stand more for worldly values. We are not electing our next pastor or Bible study teacher, but a public official, so strict adherence to our denominational views should not be cause to eliminate our support for a good candidate. And let me add this thought here beyond what I said in my video... If there is no distinction at all and the candidates are purely for worldly value and have no redeeming Christian values at all, then not voting seems appropriate. Admittedly, I didn't take that situation into account while recording this video regarding Independence Day because that practically is never the case here in the USA.
@@faithonfireministries there is a newscast on here titled "12-Year-Old Discovers All U.S. Presidents Are Direct Descendants of King John Of England." Plus all presidents, and most govonors, senators, etc are all in secret societies like the freemasons. They all have taken oaths to you know who.
@@faithonfireministriesthis is not true as if you vote you vote for the political parties policies if all the main political choices have unbiblical ideas like in the U.K. then you cannot vote for parties with Christian values you can vote by spoiling the vote or vote for a small party who is Christian if you are blessed to have such a choice
Amen, you are speaking the truth. Also search your heart and vote for the party that stands up for Christian values.
But most parties do not stand for Christian values?
If I was in America I would vote republican but in the U.K. our choices are very poor in comparison
@@rayhoskins4478 Donald Trump doesn't and neither does Joe Biden
I never used to vote...I was filled with scoffing, disdain, and apathy towards all politicians here in the UK. And towards our royal family. Then I became a born again Christian 2 years ago...and everything changed , I read 1peter 2 "Respect Authority " and it opened my heart , i saw my king in a new light, with love and respect for him and our nation and the sacrifices so many have made to give me the right to vote..and I began to pray for our politicians instead of cursing at them or mocking them. I decided to vote in our recent election for reform uk. I may not agree with everything politicians do and say... but the bible is very, very clear ,respect Authority and love our brothers and sisters, regardless.
@@steviesvideos319 None of what you just said has anything to do with the Kingdom of God. You are ignoring scripture. 2nd Timothy chapter 2-verse 4. People create their own gospel to support their fleshly reasoning! Proverbs chapter 3 verse 5. The Kingdom of God is not of this world. Born-again believers represent the Kingdom of God, not any earthly Government. Jesus declared that either we are with Him or against. Can't serve two masters.
I listened to your short on how to find peace. It really blessed me while I am going through various hard trials. Thank you. You are a blessing to the body of Christ. God bless you
@@DK-zl8rw yes I was once held captive in a basement of a cinder block building and listening to the word and listening to his music brings peace.
Amen, silence and doing nothing has not 1 ounce of love in it! Much much harder to speak truth in love and to let our voices be heard not like crazies like Fred Phelps (who by the way) was a 5 point calvinist of course number of points don't matter! Thank you for speaking truth and Happy Independence day!!!🌻
evil is on both sides,
That's right. Christians should vote but it is not sin if they do not. Faith should be the determining factor.
Robert Kennedy Jr is a Christian a true Christian that has never cheated on his wife yes because of the tragedy in his life he turned to Heroin but over came his addiction through Jesus Christ and yes that is the man
@@desireehelms8012 You know something we don't? Unless you know him personally, you cannot really know if he is a true Christian and if he has never cheated on his wife. Chances are, you are, based on your comment and your previous ones, you are delusional like most Americans. He identifies himself as a liberal catholic. He himself admitted that he was sexually rambuctious even in his 40s to explain feeling up the babysitter. He's married a third time to a divorcee herself. I cannot say for sure if he is a Christian or not but look at the evidence. But he's probably a better candidate than Biden or Trump.
Woe to the pastors who feed themselves and not the sheep. For as long as I have been if the faith, voting and doing what I should, in the world around me, I just always knew that it was right. But then again, my mom helped show me a living relationship in Jesus, rather then a theological relationship with any denomination or book written by man.
@@dominiclapinta8537 yes yes that is what is happening in my city they are very rich and they do nothing for the single homeless women in my city
Steven Furtick has a church in uptown Charlotte and when I asked him for help I got turned down
It's also wrong for pastors to tell people that they have an obligation to vote. I didn't vote for 16 years because I didn't care for any of the candidates and was pretty cynical of the whole process. I had Christians lecture me on how I was wrong for not voting, but what they were really saying was that I should have voted for their candidate. It was like the South Park episode where Stan didn't want to vote.
I am not voting for any one who is wicked many Christians are deceived into the worship of Donald Trump who is a convicted rapist. So I agree with Pastors who discourage voting for the wicked but no voting at all I don't agree with that
But yes I protest the voting for any wicked and all wicked candidates I am not voting for Donald Trump and I am not Voting for Joe Biden a pedophile
Jesus did not run for office. yet he is my king. I could care less about the worldly politics most get caught up in
I believe this is a personal choice which no one should tell us what or what not to do. Years ago, I voted for a famous president because he seemed like a nice, church going man with a devoted family and was against abortion…instant vote. However, during his term…I won’t discuss who he was and what incident occurred…but he was considered to be very involved in it…I got so upset that this happened, as I felt fooled. I did vote again for another man who became president and at work a rebellious unbeliever questioned me how could I vote for such a man with me being a Christian. I shared he was for bringing Christian’s, our rights back and against abortion, though being not very political, I didn’t know his full views on abortion, which I should have done before I voted. Now we have it come again. Due to my commitment to my own conscience, I cannot vote for due to my abortion beliefs, which they are being compromised by this one candidate. The Word says if it’s a sin to your brother, then so be it…I apologize for not quoting the verse correctly, but 1 of my closest friends, a true believer, got upset with me several years ago and he said by me not voting, I gave a vote to the other candidate. I kept silent…but I felt convicted if I had voted for this person due to it was a sin for me. And I believe based on The Word, God decides who will be in charge wherever, whatever…not man. John the Baptist said nothing is given man except by God. Another point to ponder…no where in the New Testament did any believer get into politics, else did the disciples while Stephen watched him getting stoned to death…shout anything or run to officials to complain or where do you ever see Paul or anyone else voice their political stance. Paul did share he was Roman citizen, but that was so he could have his right to speak, rather then silence him. Jesus Himself stood in front of Pilate and easily could have said whatever He wanted and He did. My kingdom is not of this world and we know the government is upon His shoulders. We as believers have to personally chose what we do at every turn. I don’t have all the answers to such a questionable debate. But my trust is in The Lord God who controls the whole universe….period. Thank you for allowing me to share. Much love and blessings to all of you and those in your hearts, ✝❤🛐🙌🐑👏🏼⚓🗡🛡🐏🇺🇸🇮🇱❤ Maranatha, Amen!!!
Okay, I hear you, but regarding your reference to Paul and others not speaking out on politics. They lived under the Roman Empire. They had no say or vote in who was Emperor much less who was Roman governor over a region. And like you pointed out Paul did use his Roman citizenship to take advantage of his right to be heard and speak openly. So, today one of the ways we use that right as US citizens is to have our voice not only heard, but count, at the ballot box.
This is how to say you've never read 1 Samuel 8.10-22 without ever saying you've never read it.
That is not an appropriate application of that passage and a false accusation on top of that. That was God's warning Israel not to appoint a King like others. But after the fact they wanted it so, God anointed Saul as their King, followed by David and Solomon, both kings who wrote Scripture. God's warning was right evident by all the evil kings that would lead Israel into darkness that followed recorded in Scripture, but God allowed it and God never instructed them to do away with that system of Kings. In fact, Jesus is King of kings and Lord of Lords who will reign forever and ever as a King over all the earth. In the meantime, the USA is NOT ruled by a king, but by presidents, senators, congress, legislators at the national level, state level, county and districts. Some of them will not bow to Jesus, the King of kings. We need to vote in people who will, or at least are the strongest supporters of the citizens who do.
@@faithonfireministries Factually, all governments are the same; People controlling other people though the use and or threats of physical violence. The only difference is the level of control exerted by the controllers upon the controlled.
Arguing about how a 'constitutional republic' is better than a 'democracy' or which is better than a 'monarchy' is silly.
The only moral question comes down to 'Does anybody have a right to control anyone else against their will?'
As an Australian, and after watching the debate …. After laughing …. I must confess I’m staggered that with all the millions of Americans in the world, the best you have are those 2 ?
@@mick9371 its theater. politicians are actors. they are no different than ventriloquist dummies. Congressman Massie just said a few weeks ago that every politician he knows in congress has a babysitter from AIPAC that tells them exactly how to vote on all legislation.
@mustaffa1611 Thanks Much! I read it, and it was very informative and applicable to our current issues involving politics!🙏👍
You asked for thoughts, so here goes:
1. Jesus said in John 18:36 "my kingdom is not of this world" and goes on to explain that if it was, then his followers would be fighting to rescue Him. His approach to the authoritarian and overbearing government of the day was not revolution, anarchy, or even influence. The disciples carried on in this vein; the only time they had run-ins with the government it was not to protect their brothers or legislate morality, but merely to acknowledge that they were told not to preach Jesus but they were going to do it anyway. The apostles taught us to pray for authority and honor them (1 Timothy 2:1-2; 1 Peter 2:17) but never to participate in government or lobby for change.
2. You make a heavy assumption that "voting" is even legitimate. After years of recounts and dead names showing up on ballots, I am surprised that anyone still has faith in such a flawed and corrupt system. "Be not conformed to this world" includes entertainment, systems of government, and anything else that spiritual Babylon conjures up.
3. (related to 1) "Democracy" is unbiblical. In the OT, God established theocratic government until His people wanted a king. He warned them against that through Samuel, but they eventually got their wish. Then in the NT, we live under a theocracy again (or possibly termed a monarchy with Jesus Christ as King). The idea of "democracy" came from the pagan Greeks (it's actually the name of a goddess) and is found to be promoted nowhere in the Bible.
In Psalm 82, God judges the authorities over the nations for not fulfilling their responsibilities. This shows us that those in authority are not to be governed "by the people, for the people" but by God alone, who establishes them (Romans 13:1)
4. The people of God are not to seek justice through the halls of government against each other, but through the administration of the church (1 Corinthians 6). The church represents the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, not the USA or any other country.
5. The United States of America was founded in rebellion. This is equivalent with witchcraft (1 Samuel 15:23). Were the people of the colonies oppressed? Sure - but if their rebellion was justified, how much more the oppressed Christians under Nero (and others)? Yet they were never told to revolt but to honor the king. The obvious roots in Freemasonry (Luciferianism) throughout the group called the "founding fathers" shows that from the beginning, the organization of this country was a mixture of paganism and proto-JudeoChristian morals, not unlike the Roman Catholic Church. It was never a nation under the One True God - Jesus Christ.
6. I forgot one - how is support of legislated morality, under the idea of loving others, any different than the "7 Mountain Mandate" taught by those in the New Apostolic Reformation? In this worldview, we are to manifest the Kingdom of God on earth now through controlling media, education, government, etc in order to pave the way for the return of Christ.
On your first comment, it is easy to quote some Bible verses out of context to justify inaction, but unfortunately inaction does result in the enemy gaining more and more ground here to take away our freedom to preach the Bible. Many want it outlawed as hate speech. Jesus's Kingdom is not of this world. Yes He said that, but He also said to go preach the Gospel all over the world to everyone. So, clearly Jesus is concerned about the living in this fallen world.
As far as legitimacy. I know if you don't vote, that is legitimately one less vote from a Christian.
Democracy is not unbiblical and is better than any alternative until Christ returns and reigns. The reason being led by Jesus Christ is great, but no man should be in charge and single handedly make every rule should be obvious over history. Without checks and balances to one's power, greed and corruption and evil of man is off the charts! We will never have to worry about that with a perfect Holy and righteous God and Savior who reigns perfectly.
On your 4th comment, that verse reference you are talking about is unrelated to government. It is about two Christians, one having sinned against the other, finding the solution and justice to their problem from within the church, not in secular courts of law. What does that have to do with laws enacted by elected officials that may outlaw churches, call the Bible hate speech, and worse regarding Christians?
5th comment. The presence of wicked men, false teachers, etc. in our country's past in no way indicates this nation was not founded by Godly and Biblical principals. That is a fact. There are selfish unsaved wicked people in your local church, no doubt. Should we shut down the church because of them? No. God blessed this nation and it went from nothing to a massively blessed superpower in the world in record time.
6th comment about the 7 mountain mandate and NAR is a ridiculous association to make against me. I am premillennial, so I believe in the literal return of Christ for a literal 1000 year reign of Christ, not a postmillennial Christian Nationalist. It is simply very evident that we have distinct choices before our eyes every election about the vision and direction politicians say they want to take this country. The contrast between the opposing candidates is only rarely not seen. Usually it is stark and obvious which one will support Biblical principals and religious freedom and which one is against Christians and wants to normalize sinful acts.
Proverbs 14: 34 says, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people."
Happy Independence Day!
Amen, brother!
I've gone to Christian churches my entire life. I'm in my 50s and never heard a pastor tell anyone that. Be blessed, my friend
Be grateful for that. There are pastors who do teach that though.
Neither have I
most pastors tell us to vote but most have too much faith in the government
Brother, I have to disagree with you here... even some supposed "Christians" vote liberal but even those that vote Republican don't know who these people are really that they're voting for.
We're simply told to pray for those that govern over us but nowhere does it say in Scripture (that I've seen) that we're supposed to vote for those in charge.
I didn't say vote for those in charge. Sometimes somebody new who has not been in charge is the best choice. All I said summarized is that commandment of Jesus to love thy neighbor includes the reality that our participation or lack of participation in the political process has ramifications that affect others, including our children. This is a simple concept that is undeniable.
@@faithonfireministries The head of the church of England used the same scripture to persuade christians into taking the satanic vaccine. America and Britaiin are under judgement and that will continue no matter who is voted in unless our nations repent and end the genocide of the unborn. It's polling day here in the UK and I won't be voting because it's all just a pantomime. They have already selected who is going to win. Democracy is just an illustion. Plus parties never stick to their manifestos because they are not who's really in charge so you do not know what you a voting for. And none of the parties will stop abortion. I cannot vote for evil.
Sorry, I meant voting to determine who's in charge... but yeah it seems like you're really reaching with this one Brian.
The title itself is opinionated and simply not biblical, at the end of the day the person in charge of things is God and with all of the talk of elections being rigged it wouldn't surprise me and thus it wouldn't matter if you voted or not anyways... if believers do vote though obviously republican would be the only logical choice, which I'm sure you'd agree with.
Debbe, that is not analogous to what I am saying. My video has nothing to do with abusing Scripture to enforce tyranny, but exactly the opposite of that, meant to prevent tyranny. Love thy neighbor as thyself like any Scripture can be taken out of context but that does not mean my use and explanation of it is wrong. When it comes to voting it is easily demonstrated that when Christians don't vote, tyrants come to power and those Christians cared so little for their neighbors that they selfishly didn't vote against the tyrants and enemies of freedom.
So, the fact that some people have misapplied that verse to control the masses does not negate a person like me applying it correctly and speaking of the negative outcomes to our freedom and ability to openly preach the Gospel and protect our children against perverts if Christians don't vote and just continue to hand victories over to those who want to call good evil and evil good.
I agree in the fact that we should not vote for the Wicked period republican or democrate
YES!
I also wouldn’t leave a church if the pastor said don’t vote if none of the candidate pool is part of a party which supports Christian values which is most of the political parties
Most people I know who speak about Christian values when speaking on salvation and how to be saved, will almost always backload works into the gospel. 99% of the time.
@@danielrutigliano7938 this is true also
Do you agree with the video?
@BloodofChrist-jx8te no. I think Brian gets this one wrong. In fact, this particular issue about how Christians need to vote and engage more in the country's affairs so to speak, is why I don't listen to pastors any longer on UA-cam.
Well then it should go beyond voting. We should be attendung town halls, getting involved in campaigns, maybe going door to door, memorizing parts or maybe all of the constitution and bill of rights, and what about encouraging military service for our children? After all, those who've secured freedom for us today did all those things. They must have been following the commandments.
I haven't done any of the above which means I must not love the Lord with all my mind, soul, and strength and my neighbor as myself.
Elections have real results that impact your neighbors, and there is an enemy within our country who is very active and engaged in eroding all of our (your) freedoms and handing them over to a "State" that will place great limits and control over your life, and label the Bible "hate" and persecute Christians. Why are you trying to justify sitting by and doing nothing and allowing that agenda to become reality? Why sit by and allow wicked people to rule the day and indoctrinate our children into destructive life altering decisions without parental knowledge?
Don't be ignorant to think inaction doesn't have repercussions on others. It does! And collectively, inaction of many will allow evil to prevail and become law. Many families have had children who grew up without a dad because he died fighting for our freedom in this country. We owe it to them and their children to fight at the ballot box to maintain what their loved ones died for.
And not surprisingly, you exaggerated my message in a sad attempt to justify your inaction by including a lot of extra activities I never mentioned in my video. It does not require all that to simply be informed as to what candidates stand for and then go vote for the one who best upholds Biblical values. Only in rare instances are there opposing candidates that offer no distinct difference between their visions for the future.
@faithonfireministries so only the "evil" liberals are seduced by principalities and powers and by the rulers of the darkness of this world? So let's vote them out and install a new group of tyrants who maybe won't turn our little boys into girls...no, instead, they'll just steal more of your money and get you to work four jobs instead of three to keep a roof over your head. At least then I wont have to look at the rainbow flag over my state capital......while Im working 90 hours a week I guess. So much better.
You sound like the typical pro Trump/ pro Fox News/ I love Dick Cheney "pastors" who love to leaven the gospel for 364 days a year with their..."Faith without works is dead" nonsense and "even the demons believe" nonsense...then once the 4th of July comes, they suddenly love Jefferson, Adam's, and Washington who never even understood the gospel nor believed that Jesus Christ was God come in the flesh.
Oh but you love the "true freedom" they secured for you.
I know this is your channel but please, either preach the gospel and lead me to the pasture or .preach the constitution and the bill of rights. No mixture please.
I'm out.
Everyone is evil in your eyes. Gotcha. If more Christians were like you, we'd have no freedom left, no churches open and no ability to preach the Gospel freely in this country to the lost who need to hear it. You are a very unwise person, totally lacking in any discernment whatsoever.
@faithonfireministries you said we as Christians aren't loving our neighbors if we're not out voting in elections....and I lack discernment?????
I saw your neighbor lying in the street after being beaten and robbed by thieves. Did you go and pick him up, bind up his wounds, take him over to the inn and pay the inn keeper to take care of him till you return? No, you didn't. You passed him by on the way to the voting booth like a decent, flag waving patriot.
Don't talk about loving your neighbor when Christ set the standard which you and I can never measure up to.
Go make your videos.
Let's see now... elections impact our lives and if Christians stay home then eventually the Bible, churches and Christianity will be outlawed as hate speech. So, yes I say Christians not voting are definitely NOT loving their neighbor as themselves, but have a pride filled "holy their thou" selfish attitude. And your counter to this is to suggest we should do nothing because of your ill-advised interpretation of the Good Samaritan story? Yes, I believe Jesus is the "Good Samaritan" in his parable. But wow! You take that to mean we can't live up to His example, so we should do nothing and speak nothing about doing good for our neighbors because of any that would not measure up to Jesus. What a take away from that parable? I've never heard such nonsense! So, yes I stand by my assessment of your comments. You lack discernment.
Yes, by all means vote if you have a party that stands for Christian values. It's hard to find where i live in Canada.
When is a believer going to be given eternal life and salvation? Do believers have it now or will they get it later?
Believers have eternal life right now. Jesus said whoever believes in him has eternal life, not will have eternal life. John 6:47
I don't know about you but I've got mine right now
My question to you is…what or who are you believing in?
@@Imsaved777
Believe in Yahusha Ha'Mashiach.
Brian, you are incredibly gifted and knowledgeable, and I have learned much from your ministry. Yet I must say that you dropped the ball on this one. You're basing your conclusion on your own intellect. The scriptures that you mentioned do not address any of the issues that you mentioned. You eisogeted your interpretation into those two precious commandments. The world is evil and will always be evil no matter how anyone votes. That's why God will destroy it. Our calling as believers is to be lights in this world. We are witnesses of Christ in word and deed. We are not called to change the world or make it a better place, but to Love God with all our hearts minds and souls and Love our neighbors as ourselves in that people will see our lights and desire Christ for themselves. Galatians chapter 1 verse 4. 2nd Timothy chapter 2-verse 4 gives us an understanding of God's purpose and His purpose for us. We bring our children up in the Lord. The world can't teach us or our children spiritual things. Jesus meant what He said when He said that His Kingdom is not this world, and in John chapter 17, He said that His disciples are not of the world. It's not a sin to vote, and it is not a sin not to vote. It is a sin to base your core beliefs on anything that is contrary to what the bible teaches. To true believers, there is no such thing as a lesser evil. Evil is evil! God takes care of His own. Obey the laws of the land, yet be ye separate, for you are called out for the purposes of God, not any worldly society! Food for thought. I stand to be corrected!⁵⁶
One must consider what it means to love God and love your neighbor. Is it not eisegeting the text to do that, and apply that in what is easily measurable ways. This country would look very different if since 30 years ago Christians were not sitting at home thinking they are so great and righteous for not getting involved and voting. Their inaction had negative consequences we live with today. Elections have real measurable results that impact others. There is evil within that will run for office, and those who will go vote for evil. They want to get your kids to make destructive decisions, mess up their minds, undermine their Christian parent's values, call the Bible "hate" and persecute Christians for expressing their faith. They are so evil they want to convince kids to make life altering irreversible decisions without any parental involvement or knowledge. To sit by, not be informed on the vision for candidates and not voting is to allow that evil to prevail. There is a simple way to love and serve our neighbors well. Learn the positions of candidates. Go vote for the ones who best upholds Biblical values and if you don't win a given election, at least you did your part. If you do win, then you stood against evil and thwarted it, a blessing to everyone around you.
And if you want to justify not doing that because of separating ourselves from a worldly place and Jesus' Kingdom is not of this world, as you pointed out, then why do anything else here that is good to love and serve the Lord and others? Why do ministry at all in a worldly place? That should be obvious. We do it as a servant of Jesus and to bring His light into a dark world, introducing people to the Savior, even though His Kingdom is not of this world.
If enough Christians remain inactive in the political process, then our right to share the Gospel with our neighbors will eventually be outlawed. To sit by and allow that... how is that loving our neighbor? That is what people do who have no regard for their neighbors, not caring for them at all. And that evil I mentioned... that is the direction of this country. We can all do something very simple to prevent that. Go vote for the candidate that upholds Biblical values. There is usually one! Maybe not in every instance but that would be very rare. I've been voting since the Presidential election of 1992 and every time at both the national, state and local level, there always seemed to be opposing candidates that painted a very distinctly different vision for the future they want bring about.
@faithonfireministries I see your point clearly. As I said, you are gifted in presenting your assessment of the Gospel. I think we both agree that we as believers are ambassadors of Christ, and of course, we desire to uplift Him in this present world. Yet I respectfully agree to disagree on your methology. However I still see you as a Bother in Christ. I am also looking forward to more of your ministry.
Fair enough. God bless you!
@@faithonfireministries Thanks!🙏👍❤️
The Bible does not say that your pastor can't talk about the public sins of a nation and a Christian's proper response to them. Candidates are flawed, and the Bible doesn't tell you who to vote for, but voting for people who support flagrant wickedness is a serious thing.
What if all candidates do that?
Are you talking about Loran Livingston? And what he said about the Trump Bible?
Nope, don't even know who he is. This is a topic on the back on my mind for many years now. Just thought 4th of July was a good time to discuss it.
@@faithonfireministries oh I see he’s a Pentecostal preacher he has the large Ephesus on holiness however he doesn’t like legalism sometimes he’s mistaken has one
This is a message that needs to be preached more. Thanks Brian! Pastors always like to say "render to Ceasar that which is Caesars' Not that they do of course, but here in America We The People are Caesar. God blessed the citizens of the USA with liberty and prosperity and self governance. What a rotten reaction to such a wonderful gift, a gift that most people will never know, to refuse to play your patriotic part by at least voting for the best candidates possible.
How did Jesus determine what was owed to Ceasar? By whose image was inscribed on the currency. Whose image is on the $1 bill, our foundational unit of money? The all-seeing eye at the top of the pyramid, a clear reference to Egypt and paganism. The democratic system is a farce, a deception intended to keep the masses in line while those at the top of the pyramid continue to rule the nation as they see fit while they worship their false gods.
Hi Brian, alot of people think that Daniel 2:21 is legit. Alot of people think that God picks leaders even till today. I don't think that is true. Please elaborate on this 😊
Are you a continuationist?
The words of Yahusha Ha'Mashiach are always true.
you might want to read 1 Samuel 8.10-22
@@mustaffa1611 And Shemu'el told את all the words of Yahuah unto the people that asked of him a king. And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. SHEMU'EL RI'SHON 8:10-15.
Brian, I don't mean to sound critical of you, and especially I don't want to sound "holier than thou", but regarding your comment near the end, "...some idiot pastor...", I often used the word, "idiot" in the past, but I began to feel very convicted, especially in light of Matthew 5:22, "but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire."
I pretty much have eliminated words such as 'fool', 'idiot', 'moron' from my vocabulary, and especially when referring to someone I consider to be a brother/sister in Christ. If the Holy Spirit is indwelling an individual, I have a big problem calling that person a 'fool' when their hearts are being directed by Him. Well, that's just me, and I'm not trying to impose my thinking on you or anyone else. But just some food for thought.
And I fully understand why you use that word, when you cannot fathom a person's thinking/logic. I also shake my head in disbelief at times over how someone, especially a believer, can think a certain way. I'm not at all saying that thought process is wrong. Just that using those types of words to describe that individual is going to far, for me personally.
You said saying idiot is the same as saying fool. Okay, but when we quote God's Word in Psalm 14 or 53 we are calling people fools who don't believe in God because that is precisely what the Scripture says. So, clearly there is a manner in which it is appropriate to use the word fool, or one like it such as idiot. The verse I think you are referencing is Matthew 22: 5 and it begins (in the KJV) by saying those who are angry with a brother *without a cause* is in danger of judgement. In modern bibles it drops the "without a cause" part as though just being angry is a sin despite the Bible also speaking of a righteous anger, so they corrupted that text.
Then the verse continues in relationship to that sort of wrong and unrighteous anger and warns about acting out on that by calling a brother raca (worthless) or fool (idiot). Then the next verses clearly indicate this is regarding an interaction with a specific person and has nothing to do about using these words in a general way such as in Psalm 14 and 53 towards people of certain misguided belief that opposes God.
So, yes you are right it would be playing it safe to never call anybody worthless or fool or idiot and I am not against you or anyone with that conviction. However, I don't believe that verse is relevant to how I used "idiot" in this video. I think "idiot" and "unqualified" are appropriate words to describe the type of person in the role of pastor who exhibits zero understanding of one of the most basic and simple and clear commandments of Jesus (love thy neighbor). They encourage Christians not to vote and yet how could they be so careless and ignorant to the fact that Christians not voting helps to result in electing leaders who will push new laws that directly come back to affect each one of us and our children negatively?
Who are you going to vote for? I am not going to vote on sound bite information. The whole system is corrupt. Tell me; would Jesus vote in America’s elections if He were on earth today? If so, who would he vote for? If I owned property and was raising a family I would vote locally where I have opportunity to do more in-depth due diligence on the candidates.
I do own property and am raising a family in Orlando, Florida. This is why I understand that election results do in fact impact all of us for good or for worse. Inaction by Christians curses other Christians. I am lucky to live in a state with a great governor who protects families, is a Christian and legislates accordingly. Things could have been drastically different over the last 5 years though. In Ron DeSantis' re-election he won by a staggering 20% lead which is practically unheard of. However, Floridians had 4 years to see him in action. In his first election when not many people knew about him he almost tied the opposition, but barely winning and that clown he barely beat was a democrat with a total different vision for the future of Florida and later revealed as a drug addict. Certainly, there were some Christians in Florida that didn't vote. Imagine if more Christians didn't vote and the other guy won?
When the pandemic hit, rather than our kids staying in school and rather than businesses closed like democrats and blue states wanted for so long, DeSantis kept it all going in Florida including going to church. That other guy who lost the election to him would have certainly followed the democrat lead and shut down everything for a long time, destroying lives and small businesses and that includes closing down Christian churches.
In all this, can you explain to me how Christians not voting is not harmful to their neighbors?
@@faithonfireministries How would you have me vote in the upcoming Presidential election?
@@faithonfireministries BTW, I am encouraged by your commentary on Calvinism. I am currently attending a reformed Baptist church where recently the Pastor has been pushing the Reformed agenda beyond passionately. Before I leave the church I want to present to Him a written refutation of the “ doctrines of grace “. Between us two. I’m not trying to stir up dissension in the assembly.
Couple things. Elections and your church situation. 1. Elections: In the upcoming election there will be local, state and federal people to vote for. I recommend spending some time to know the positions and vision of the candidates and voting for the ones that best uphold Biblical values and our continued freedom to express them, and will not be for indoctrinating our kids into wicked lifestyles choices. We must also remember we are not voting for a pastor or a person to win the award of best Christian in 2024. You can leave a church with a bad pastor but it is much harder if not impossible to leave being under the law of wicked political leaders who take away our rights and take our money via taxes and spends it to financially support people choosing evil decisions and on curricula that indoctrinate our kids.
And we must not get greedy and think we need all or nothing in a candidate. The left is patient to vote for candidates that inch forward their progressive leftist agenda against Godliness over time and over many elections. We must be willing to vote for those who inch our way back in the direction of Godliness. And we must not get cynical and think our vote is wasted. I hear that a lot, but get over it. Just go vote anyway. I think the other side likes Christians being cynical and not voting against them, and I also think they track those with a history of not voting and they insert election ballots voting in their names. If that is happening in your area, one way to stop the cycle of being used by them is to start voting in each election.
2. Your church situation. I mean this in all due respect... Don't waste your time trying to convince a Reformed pastor that he is doctrinally wrong. He is not just a cult member but a cult leader. Just find another church. Here is what could happen because it has happened many times before to others in your position. No matter how nicely and privately it is presented you will become his enemy and a threat to his position. He will want you to leave anyway and not be a "troublemaker." He will likely hold meetings with people you know behind your back and paint you as a sinful heretic that needs to repent and short of that they should have nothing to do with you. He may engage in "church discipline" and rebuke you before the entire church and ask you to leave. I've seen this and heard testimonies of this far too many times. Just leave. Most of the time reformed pastors are narcissists. Their theology attracts such people.
@@faithonfireministries Points received and thank you for your advice regarding my church situation.
Someone once said “Of two evils vote neither.”
In rare cases that may be true, so I'd agree. In almost every instance in the USA that is not the case and there is a clear distinction between one candidate upholding Godly values and another candidate that upholds worldly destructive values.
Exactly you can spoil the vote
As if you're any more righteous!
So when a pastor leavens the gospel with law and works for salvation or how to be pleasing to God after you're saved, that's ok....you can stay at that church.
But if he's telling you to not vote then you should leave. Really?
I bet if the pastor was telling the congregation to vote for Trump, then it would be ok in your book wouldn't it?
You surely are putting words in my mouth I never said.
I agree with you that Pastors should not tell the flock NOT to vote. But……. Also they should not tell us WHO to vote for either. I say this because the vast majority of Church leaders in the US are Republican leaning and now in particular Trump supporting and urge the flock to also vote that way and say it is the righteous thing to do. Now with that said…. I am a biblical believer in Jesus Christ alone faith alone !!! I also agree with God on what sin is. However. I view both political parties as evil and corrupt on so many levels. I like the Republicans on law and order and religious freedom. But I can’t stand them on their BS on unfair tax laws and many other issues. I like the border security issue they stand on as well but often then not they use that as a wedge issue. The Democrats usually protect social security and Medicare while the Republicans want to privatize the profits and publisize the losses. My mom is dependent on those programs that she paid into from her working years. I very much have disdain for the woke social issues that most Democrats support. But…….. my salvation is not based on me voting for Republicans simply because they are pro life or anti Gay marriage!!! So it works both ways. I am saved because a Jesus is my savior regardless of who i vote for even if that political person is not a Christian or not in alignment with my moral convictions.
Voting is an act of violence. Everything govt does is by force/compulsory. A tax is money taken by force. It is theft. War is murder. Police murder people all the time over for nonviolent victimless offenses. Your words and brian's words are cult speak.
The line about Democrats protect Medicare and Social Security has aged into one of the longest lived political lies ever. To paraphrase Joeef Goebbels, head of Nazi propaganda dept, people will believe a BIG LIE far sooner than a small one. No Republican in their right mind would ever dare face the rage by trying to mess with SS and Medicare. The media were screeching like demons in holy water in 1981 'Reagan is going to do away with SS". This media screeching was totally false but the Dems and their media minions kept their daily rants to keep the ignorant fired up over a Big Lie.
I do think we have an obligation to do whatever we can to better the interests of society, and that would mean to vote in most cases. However, I think we have to be very careful about whom we support. If we look at politics through the lens of Scripture, we should not be voting for someone who routinely violates the 7th Commandment by committing adultery, or the 9th Commandment by bearing false witness against others. A president leads by example as well as by directive, and we don't want to destroy public morality by supporting someone who himself is wicked and immoral. In some cases we may need to vote for a third party candidate whose character and conduct accords with our beliefs.
And Brian, I would be careful about accusing someone with whom you disagree as "proud" and "selfish." Do you really know their motives?
This is not about electing our next pastor or Bible teacher. Political elections have an impact on all of us and our future regardless of the personal character of the candidates. Their positions and ideology will last long beyond their time in office and their impact will affect our future and our children positively or negatively. We need to vote for people who will retain our freedom of speech and not call the Bible and the preaching of it hate speech. We need to vote for people who don't want to make a social experiment out of our children and try to remove the influence and involvement of parents. When Christians don't vote, we will get more and more of all the negative results our parent's could not foresee even happening in America that we face today. It will only get far worse than even today unless Christians get involved in politics and vote.
@@faithonfireministries The biggest problem facing America today is the breakdown of public morality, and the disintegration of the family structure. And what we need is not a dishonest and immoral politician, but an outpouring of the Holy Spirit to change hearts and lives. As the first and greatest commandment makes clear, our primary goal is to glorify God and advance His kingdom.
I should also mention that our current situation is not the result of a bunch of corrupt politicians in Washington, but a process of secularization that has been going on throughout the Western world since the French Enlightenment. The educational system and press are thoroughly secularized (essentially atheistic).
What we really need is a major spiritual Awakening, and that can only come when we get on our knees and ask God to pour out HIs Spirit, especially on our pastors.
@@robertwheeler1158 don't forget that taxes are theft and war is murder. those are some commandments also.
Mustaffa, what are you saying? If a person votes at all that since taxes and war exist then somehow we are contributing to this? No! Case in point... Let's say there are two candidates, one for lowering taxes and staying out of wars, and the other for higher taxes and never saw a war they didn't want to get involved in. Not voting for the first candidate is by default supporting the second candidate, higher taxes and war.
By the way, Christians can learn from the patience and tactics of leftist liberals. Their extreme leftists on their side always support the most left candidate but ultimately will settle for any leftist candidate and they will vote. They are willing to be patient and inch forward (called progressivism) rather than wanting all or nothing for their cause. Christians are often impatient and unwilling to inch forward to their cause, but only want all or nothing. They want a pristine angel and devout Christian running for office or they don't vote. That is stupid and is curse that affects the rest of us (their neighbors). They choose to do nothing, not vote and they help hand victories to the left which keeps progressing forward, inch by inch over time and further away from Biblical principals, as they erode our society, our wealth, our values, and calling the Bible hate speech and canceling the voice of the opposition.