SHOULD CHRISTIANS VOTE?&SHOULD CHRISTIANS BE INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT
"IT IS NOT GOD'S WILL - IF IT IS NOT GOD'S WORD!"
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Deuteronomy 1:13
Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.
Exodus 18:21
But select from all the people some capable, honest men who fear God and hate bribes. Appoint them as leaders over groups of one thousand, one hundred, fifty, and ten.
Esther 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, ... thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Proverbs 11:11Upright citizens are good for a city and make it prosper....
Matthew 10:16Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
Proverbs 29:2When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.
1 Samuel 8:18When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you in that day.
Proverbs 29:16When the wicked are in authority, sin flourishes ...
2 Samuel 23:3“He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.”
Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.
Matthew 5:13-14, 16 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden…Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Leviticus 25:10 “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants.”
Luke 20:22-25 “Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test Me? Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” They answered and said, “Caesars.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesars, and to God the things that are Gods.”
Luke 2:1, 3-5At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire. ... All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census. And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David’s ancient home. He took with him Mary, his fiancée, who was now obviously pregnant.
Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness makes a nation great, but sin diminishes any people.