| There is a Christian worldview that says politics will | | | | an institution ordained by God but put me in it and |
| bring us safety and security in our lives; that politics will | | | | things are going to go wrong. I believe government is |
| be able to make us or keep us as a Christian nation; | | | | ordained by God, also; but, put men in it and things are |
| that politics are the manifestation of 'thy kingdom | | | | going to go wrong with a whole lot of people. |
| come thy will be done' | | | | Now don't get me wrong. I vote all the time (twice if I |
| There is another Christian worldview that says politics | | | | can get away with it!) because I believe how our |
| are not a necessary part of a Christian's life; that | | | | political process and the way our government is set up |
| politics cannot do anything for us as Believers; that | | | | is truly one of the best in the world. Our governmental |
| God will provide us with everything we need so we do | | | | model has provided for much religious freedom and |
| not need to do anything. | | | | the liberty to pursue spirituality. However, even at its |
| Both extremes are wrong. Not because they are | | | | best government is a man-made system in order to |
| extremes but just because they both give the believer | | | | keep the wickedness of the sin nature of man from |
| a false sense of intellectual and emotional safety: the | | | | destroying everything that is good. |
| first a safety of involvement and the second a safety | | | | It is just that the representation we receive through the |
| of being disengaged. The first removes God from the | | | | process of politics is not nearly as important or life |
| equation and the second removes us from the | | | | changing as the representation before God that we |
| equation; both of which are incorrect responses to | | | | receive thru our beloved Jesus. The radical reality is |
| politics. | | | | that politics can not bring eternal life, cannot heal |
| If I read my Bible correctly I am to be fully engaged in | | | | wounded people, and cannot bring His kingdom to pass |
| praying for and participating in the issues of my | | | | here on earth...only the Spirit can do that. |
| government BUT I am not to rely on them to bring me | | | | I love the One Who freed me. I serve a Mighty |
| what only God is meant to bring me. To ignore the | | | | Creator. I love the One Who loves me. I am on my |
| benefits of good, honest political effort is to be blinded | | | | Father's side. My agenda is His agenda. I love the One |
| to the many benefits that we live with today because | | | | Who is called my Comforter. I love the One Who died |
| of strong and Godly Christians being involved in our | | | | for me. |
| country's politics. | | | | To make This One a political marketing tool is a |
| The flip side of God's word is that any man made | | | | perversion. To take this Mighty Creator and Gracious |
| entity EVEN WHEN GIVEN BY GOD is flawed and | | | | Father and whittle Him down into a little wooden thing |
| unable to provide me with what I long for. Marriage is | | | | called politics seems like a horrendous insult to Him. |