Christians and Politics
I know that in a way, Daniel was a politician, so was Joseph but in my country, Christians are afraid to go into politics because they believe it will get them 'corrupted'. There are some Christians who want to go into politics and one of them sought my advise, what do you think i should tell the person.Should he go ahead so that he can make a change or should he back-off to be on the safer-side.
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Permalink Reply by Oluyemisi Soetan on -
Thank you very much and God bless you, you are very right,but then how would we as Christians ever make a change.
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Permalink Reply by Dan Rodriguez on
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The characters mentioned in the bible, like Joseph. I always thought that though his predicament put him in prison, God elevated him to an official status. Whether he knew politics or not, The ruling king appointed him over all the rest of his political members of Egypt. To be second in command does mean political status, though biblically it doesn't quite relate to politics, it is an event that God used to place Joseph in a position that saved his Father and brethren. He took a political position. Maybe not the politics we know today, yet, the wisdom he recieved from God placed him in this position. Though he was brought out of his cell to tell the king what he dreamed and then interpret it to fortell coming events.
Because of this, politics does play a role with those whose God is Jehovah, cause all the answers that politics asks can be found in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He knows the future and the end of all circumstances, and because Pharoah accepted Joseph's interpretation, Egypt was saved from the famine he dreamt.
What if Joseph refused to allow God to guide him cause of fear of being in the wrong arena? Egypt would have felt the 7 years of famine, and Jacob and his sons would starve not being able to find food.
God's ways supercedes all political preferences, that is why America fought the British, because the real purpose of coming to America was freedom from the Queen of England, which is the 'state'. The pilgrim's wanted to serve God and pray and congregate together without being arrested and burned alive for teaching outside the 'state's church rules, which was a little catholic. Pilgrim's being protestants or protestor's of the teachings of Roman Catholism.
That is where America's forefathers recomended the "separation of church and state". Not the way they've twisted the interpretation today of what the separation of church and state was supposed to have meant. State being separated from the belief of God as we know Him. But have accepted the interpretation from a secular view for the interpretation of the separation of church and state. Christianity throughout history always took a political stance, that is the reason why Rome fell. Because of the conversion of the people into christianity, politically the people wasn't for the Roman government. Persecution started, with throwing christians to the lions, etc.
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Christianity never failed in politics, Abraham Lincoln prayed during the civil war, if we read about him we will find he always read the bible, because of his political stance he stood up for the slaves to inherit what is rightly given to all men by God, freedom.
Now our successors may not all been the christians they have proclained themselves to be, like Obama. He claimed to be a christian, but is he? So politicians know the truth about the conviction of being a christian to use it for better political clout. (or a vote)
Constatine, claimed christianity cause he saw Rome broken and wanted the people to stick together or else Rome be ruling a land with empty houses, if Rome conquered all the christians, so he claimed to have seen a vision and professed christianity eversince. This is how the catholic church in Rome started. For political status the people was accepting.
Dan Rodriguez said:The characters mentioned in the bible, like Joseph. I always thought that though his predicament put him in prison, God elevated him to an official status. Whether he knew politics or not, The ruling king appointed him over all the rest of his political members of Egypt. To be second in command does mean political status, though biblically it doesn't quite relate to politics, it is an event that God used to place Joseph in a position that saved his Father and brethren. He took a political position. Maybe not the politics we know today, yet, the wisdom he recieved from God placed him in this position. Though he was brought out of his cell to tell the king what he dreamed and then interpret it to fortell coming events.
Because of this, politics does play a role with those whose God is Jehovah, cause all the answers that politics asks can be found in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He knows the future and the end of all circumstances, and because Pharoah accepted Joseph's interpretation, Egypt was saved from the famine he dreamt.
What if Joseph refused to allow God to guide him cause of fear of being in the wrong arena? Egypt would have felt the 7 years of famine, and Jacob and his sons would starve not being able to find food.
God's ways supercedes all political preferences, that is why America fought the British, because the real purpose of coming to America was freedom from the Queen of England, which is the 'state'. The pilgrim's wanted to serve God and pray and congregate together without being arrested and burned alive for teaching outside the 'state's church rules, which was a little catholic. Pilgrim's being protestants or protestor's of the teachings of Roman Catholism.
That is where America's forefathers recomended the "separation of church and state". Not the way they've twisted the interpretation today of what the separation of church and state was supposed to have meant. State being separated from the belief of God as we know Him. But have accepted the interpretation from a secular view for the interpretation of the separation of church and state. Christianity throughout history always took a political stance, that is the reason why Rome fell. Because of the conversion of the people into christianity, politically the people wasn't for the Roman government. Persecution started, with throwing christians to the lions, etc.
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So I say to your friend, go for it, in the power of the Holy Spirit, cause if he goes on his own knowledge, he will succum to all mens failures in politics. And he will adhere to others directions and not God's.
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Permalink Reply by Oluyemisi Soetan on
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I understand you alot, but If he goes for it, what is the probability that he won't end up like other politicians who claimed Christ and fell.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Zomok on -
Christians had better get involved in politics as well as other fields of society (see my recent blog and audio). Its a good thing the framers of the American Constitution were predominately Christians and did not abdicate responsibility to others. I would tell them to get involved but try hard to stick to principles of liberty....
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Permalink Reply by Steve Zomok on
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This is an issue that does not lie hidden very long. It is paramount that we get involved. Below I added a link to one of my videos found on several sites..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVWX24wKwr8
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Permalink Reply by Oluyemisi Soetan on
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Thank you all very much. Wherever we are, whatever we do, we should always remember..." In God we trust, in wisdom we move, in love we grow, with guidance we choose, blindly we forge ahead with nothing more than a promise and that's what makes us Christians.
Some Christians might go into politics out of their own selfish ambitions, now those I'm not sure if they'd stand, but their also some who God leads into the "power house", those I know God will keep.
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