Christian Responsibilty

Regardless of your ideologies, I have found that there is truly ONE important factor we all need to see.

Do you believe in the presence and power of God or the complete absence of God.  Do you believe that God is in control of the world or do you believe that man is in control of the world?

We see these quite clearly in the issues of abortion, public education and the debate over the separation of church and state.

The concepts and ideals of Christianity are interwoven with our thoughts of government.  One must be very careful though, to ensure that we are talking about our God given human rights, or our man given civil rights.

Scripture does tell us that God sets government in place, whether good or bad.  Christians in the Bible have disobeyed government when they believed government was requiring them to do something that violated their faith

Christians need to be sure that if they decide disobedience to government is warranted, that they be sure the basis really is the faith and not some other reason.  And, of course, if the disobedience is for the faith, then they must be prepared to pay the consequences as Paul and others did in the New Testament.  God calls on Christians to obey their government the vast majority of the time--- unless the issue is important enough for the faith to pay the consequences.  In America, however, the government is by the people, so in this type of government, the people are expected to change the government when they do not like what government is doing, not to disobey it.  Those who make our laws in America are elected by the people.  If we do not like what they are doing, we need to elect others who will be more consistent with our American Christian heritage.  This gives us an advantage over the New Testament Christians who had no say in who ruled over them. 

We, as Christians and citizens of America must stand up for our Lord Jesus Christ and remember His words, given to us in Matthew 10:11-22 about our journey and expression of His peace.

These words, I also believe, need to remain in the forefront of our mind.

Mat 10:32   Then everyone who shall confess Me before men, I will confess him before My Father who is in Heaven.    

Mat 10:33   But whoever shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in Heaven.

Believe in what God has given to us, show courage in proclaiming His name.   If we do not like what they are doing, we need to elect others who will be more consistent with our American Christian heritage. 

Will you remain an ostrich, with your head buried, or will you speak out?