Faith and Fellowship: Rev. Aaron Long

Opinion: What does a Christian to Do with Politics

Well, the election is over.  Some people are happy, some upset, some, I would argue most people don’t care enough to care.  Most people today are just worried about the price of groceries in the store and gas at the pump.  Through all of this I have been thinking about what the Christian response to all of this is.

There will be some of you that say a Christian can’t be a democrat because of abortion and the lgbt issues.  There are others of you that will say a Christian cant be a republican because of the ICE and immigration issues.  I am of the opinion that you are all wrong.  Now, we all know what opinions are and what they are full of but since I am writing this piece I am going to share mine anyway.

The Christian must hold to a biblical world view which is short is this:  God created everything that exists from nothing and it was good.  Because of the sin of Adam and Eve all of creation is fallen, broken and sin and death have entered the world and corrupted the whole thing.  God so loved His creation though that He sent His only begotten Son into the world that whosoever believes in Him will be saved.  All of creation is being redeemed by Christ and the Christians and sanctified by the Holy Spirit.  There will be a day that Christ will return and restore creation back to its original state and every tear shall be wiped away.

This biblical worldview means that a Christians perspective on politics is that in our political views and functions we should not be focuses on the donkey, nor should we be focused on the elephant bt instead we should be focused on Christ.  We should have the bible first inn the way we see political issues, not political philosophy of either the right or the left.  Our morality should conform to a biblical standard, not to any worldly political standard. 

We should be out in the world working for Christ, not for political parties.  We should be sharing the gospel and telling people about Jesus.  We should be going to church, praying, reading our bibles, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, walking with each other and loving our neighbor.

Sometimes that love is about saying hard things to people they don’t want to hear, because the words nice and love are completely different and the modern society doesn’t get that.  A lot of times to be loving isn’t nice and to be nice isn’t loving. 

If all the supposed people who claim to be “Christian” would put their faith before their finances, before their political affiliation the world in which we live would be a much better place.

I know what the election results were Tuesday and I know what some of the responses I might get to this article will be, but it doesn’t change the fact that no matter who is in office next year the church needs to wake up.  We are neither hot nor cold and we are coming to a point where Christ will spit us out of His mouth.

I am not saying not to vote, you should.  I am not saying don’t belong to a political party, that’s your choice.  I am saying that your opinions and mine for that matter don’t matter eternally, only what God has said.  We need to get out there, into the world and be the Christians Christ has made us.  We need to make a real difference, not by votes on paper, but in lives changed and transformed for Christ.