This would only apply if I was forced by Law to vote like in Brazil. Romans 13 is saying subject yourself to the law of the land. It is saying not to break it's laws. Not voting here in the U.S. is not a crime yet. It might be someday. But I am so thankful to God that I live in a country and time (By God's grace) where I get to say my vote is for Jesus Christ (And nobody else).
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While I am thankful for the freedom of worship here in America, the U.S. has never been a true nation under God like the Israelite nation. There was no such thing as being allowed to worship other gods in Israel besides the one true God. America was never chosen by God or even mentioned within His Word by name (or even hinted at as being a Christian nation). I actually believe the 7th Beast Empire Kingdom is the U.S. Just as Rome, Greece, Medo Persia, Babylon, Assyria, and Egypt were all once great world powers (Under the Beast Kingdoms).
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Not one place in scripture can you justify your position of not voting. Not one.
It is okay with you if obama and his muslims pals, along with anyone in the world that enters this country illegally, does what they wish, when they wish to me. Me, your neighbor whom Christ told you to love as yourself. It is okay with you if Christianity in schools and government is squashed into oblivion. It is okay with you if people, like that texas mayor, demands preachers turn over all their sermons before they preach them, so that she can see if they disagree with her views.
It is okay with you if marijuana is legalized, allowing other drugs to gain a foothold for the same destination. It is okay with you if Christians are forced to serve homosexuals, forced to perform marriages of homosexuals, forced to let homosexuals dictate to them what they want. It is okay with you if islam is taught in schools while the bible is banned. It is okay with you if a kid accidently chews a pop tart into the vague shape of a gun and gets suspended for it.
You can't deny a word I said. If you weren't for all those evil things, you would have voted against them. But no, you remained silent on the sidelines. Watched silently while evil people had their way with your neighbor and his children. You are guilty by implied consent. You are part of the problem.
It is okay with you if obama and his muslims pals, along with anyone in the world that enters this country illegally, does what they wish, when they wish to me. Me, your neighbor whom Christ told you to love as yourself. It is okay with you if Christianity in schools and government is squashed into oblivion. It is okay with you if people, like that texas mayor, demands preachers turn over all their sermons before they preach them, so that she can see if they disagree with her views.
It is okay with you if marijuana is legalized, allowing other drugs to gain a foothold for the same destination. It is okay with you if Christians are forced to serve homosexuals, forced to perform marriages of homosexuals, forced to let homosexuals dictate to them what they want. It is okay with you if islam is taught in schools while the bible is banned. It is okay with you if a kid accidently chews a pop tart into the vague shape of a gun and gets suspended for it.
You can't deny a word I said. If you weren't for all those evil things, you would have voted against them. But no, you remained silent on the sidelines. Watched silently while evil people had their way with your neighbor and his children. You are guilty by implied consent. You are part of the problem.
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Top Ten Reasons Why Christians Should Vote:
1. Voting publicly recognizes that we submit to the authority of the political system in our nation as established by God. Romans 13:1-72. Voting recognizes the equality of all people and their right to speak and be heard. James 2:1
3. Voting is one way that we can obey God's command to seek the good of those around us and our nation as a whole. Philippians 2:3
4. Voting shows that we care deeply about who our leaders are as we are urged to offer prayer and intercession on their behalf. 1 Timothy 2:1,2
5. Voting is a simple yet significant way we can do something about politics in our nation. ‘All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing, Edmund Burke. Psalms 34:14
6. Voting makes a difference in the same way a grain of salt makes a difference, and that is how we are to influence our society for good. Matthew 5:13
7. Voting is a privilege not to be taken for granted. Those of us who reap the benefits of living in a democracy should play a part in upholding democracy.
8. Not voting is a form of voting, as it will influence the outcome. We need to take responsibility for our actions, as well as our lack of actions. I Peter 1:13
9. Voting is part of our stewardship to use all the resources we have been given in ways that honor God; to waste a vote is to squander a gift.
10. Voting is Biblical. Jesus commands us to fulfill our responsibility to the civil authority. Matthew 22:21
The one that gave us Ronald Reagan? The one who guided this nation by the advice of an astrologer?
Isa 47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
Isa 47:14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
Jer 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
Or George Bush? Remember the guy whose economic policies brought us the Great Recession in 2008?
If you think any party or any man can bring good government, then you apparently don't understand the need to pray thusly...
Mat 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Isa 47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
Isa 47:14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
Jer 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
Or George Bush? Remember the guy whose economic policies brought us the Great Recession in 2008?
If you think any party or any man can bring good government, then you apparently don't understand the need to pray thusly...
Mat 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Joh 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Heb 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Heb 11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Heb 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Heb 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Heb 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Heb 11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Heb 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Heb 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.