A Biblical Response To New Goverment Leadership
With the election coming to an end and a new President, Vice President, Congress, and Senate being declared there are many mixed feelings and views among God’s people and the people of the United States in general.
While there are many people filled with joy over results of the election there are many that I have spoken with that are full of fear and concern.
Everyone has questions and the truth is NO ONE has immediate answers. Time will tell what kind of leaders the people recently elected will be, but there are some very clear answers as to what our Christian response should be to the present situation.
We must apply God’s word to our life and present circumstance whether you voted for or against the present administration, if we’re going to experience God’s best for our selves, family, and nation.
Here are some thoughts and then I’ll share the scriptures.
1. Understand and keep in mind that no political figure will ever be our savior. There will come a day where one claims to be, but here’s a clue… God tells us who he is and that we don’t want to follow him.
2. Understand that God is not Republican or Democrat and when Jesus does return He is not coming back to take sides. He’s coming back to take over. We may live in this country, which I personally love and am a patriot of, but our true citizenship is to God’s Kingdom. This world is not our home.
3. We are not to Fear, but rather have Faith. God calls us to trust him and be of courage both when things go the way we want them and when they don’t. God is Sovereign, which means that while He gives mankind free will, He knows what we will choose and strategizes and orchestrates things in such a way to accomplish His ultimate plans and purposes for His people working around and with the free will of people.
4. We are not to hate, be bitter, or dishonoring to those newly elected to positions of leadership and authority. Even if we completely disagree with the person, even if they act like the devil himself, that does not give us reason or excuse to not act like Christ and obey His commands. We’re expected to honor and obey those in authority over us as long as they do not ask us to disobey Gods commands.
5. We are to pray for those in leadership and for the country and city in which we live that we may live in peace and see prosperity.
6. We are to be the change we want to see. We are not to go into hiding from the lost and immoral world. We are to engage it for the cause of righteousness, freedom to those held captive by the devil, and the advancement of the Kingdom of God. We are meant to be agents of change, catalysts of transformation, not isolated fear mongers who have zero influence or impact on a lost and dark world. We’re meant to be a light. If all the Christians go into hiding how much darker will this world be with no light shining? Don’t sit back and let godless people take over society. Pray and do your part to make sure that as much as possible to keep our freedoms in tact.
7. Have a clear understanding of what God says is the future of the world. Some Christians must be on drugs because they act like everything is going to be peace and prosperity forever. God says differently. As the earth clock winds down things are to go from bad to worse and then along comes the Anti-Christ to declare peace and prosperity to the world and for a season it happens, but all the while freedoms are being undermined and eventually the worst of all times comes.
Here are some scriptures to consider regarding the above thoughts:
1Timothy 2:1-4 1I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— 2for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
1Peter 2:13-17 13Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, 14or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. 15For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men. 16Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. 17Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
Jeremiah 29:7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.
2Timothy 3:1-5, 12-13 1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. 12In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Matthew 24:4-14 4Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,[a]' and will deceive many. 6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of birth pains.
9"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
1Thessalonians 5:1-6 1Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
4But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.
2Thessalonians 2:3-4 3Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for (that day will not come) until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
Revelation 13:5-17 5The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months. 6He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. 7He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. 8All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.
9He who has an ear, let him hear.
10If anyone is to go into captivity,
into captivity he will go.
If anyone is to be killed with the sword,
with the sword he will be killed. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints.
The Beast out of the Earth
11Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. 12He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. 14Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, 17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Revelation 22:12-13 12"Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. 13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
While there are many people filled with joy over results of the election there are many that I have spoken with that are full of fear and concern.
Everyone has questions and the truth is NO ONE has immediate answers. Time will tell what kind of leaders the people recently elected will be, but there are some very clear answers as to what our Christian response should be to the present situation.
We must apply God’s word to our life and present circumstance whether you voted for or against the present administration, if we’re going to experience God’s best for our selves, family, and nation.
Here are some thoughts and then I’ll share the scriptures.
1. Understand and keep in mind that no political figure will ever be our savior. There will come a day where one claims to be, but here’s a clue… God tells us who he is and that we don’t want to follow him.
2. Understand that God is not Republican or Democrat and when Jesus does return He is not coming back to take sides. He’s coming back to take over. We may live in this country, which I personally love and am a patriot of, but our true citizenship is to God’s Kingdom. This world is not our home.
3. We are not to Fear, but rather have Faith. God calls us to trust him and be of courage both when things go the way we want them and when they don’t. God is Sovereign, which means that while He gives mankind free will, He knows what we will choose and strategizes and orchestrates things in such a way to accomplish His ultimate plans and purposes for His people working around and with the free will of people.
4. We are not to hate, be bitter, or dishonoring to those newly elected to positions of leadership and authority. Even if we completely disagree with the person, even if they act like the devil himself, that does not give us reason or excuse to not act like Christ and obey His commands. We’re expected to honor and obey those in authority over us as long as they do not ask us to disobey Gods commands.
5. We are to pray for those in leadership and for the country and city in which we live that we may live in peace and see prosperity.
6. We are to be the change we want to see. We are not to go into hiding from the lost and immoral world. We are to engage it for the cause of righteousness, freedom to those held captive by the devil, and the advancement of the Kingdom of God. We are meant to be agents of change, catalysts of transformation, not isolated fear mongers who have zero influence or impact on a lost and dark world. We’re meant to be a light. If all the Christians go into hiding how much darker will this world be with no light shining? Don’t sit back and let godless people take over society. Pray and do your part to make sure that as much as possible to keep our freedoms in tact.
7. Have a clear understanding of what God says is the future of the world. Some Christians must be on drugs because they act like everything is going to be peace and prosperity forever. God says differently. As the earth clock winds down things are to go from bad to worse and then along comes the Anti-Christ to declare peace and prosperity to the world and for a season it happens, but all the while freedoms are being undermined and eventually the worst of all times comes.
Here are some scriptures to consider regarding the above thoughts:
1Timothy 2:1-4 1I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— 2for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
1Peter 2:13-17 13Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, 14or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. 15For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men. 16Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. 17Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
Jeremiah 29:7 Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.
2Timothy 3:1-5, 12-13 1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. 12In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Matthew 24:4-14 4Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,[a]' and will deceive many. 6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of birth pains.
9"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
1Thessalonians 5:1-6 1Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, 2for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
4But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.
2Thessalonians 2:3-4 3Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for (that day will not come) until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
Revelation 13:5-17 5The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months. 6He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. 7He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. 8All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.
9He who has an ear, let him hear.
10If anyone is to go into captivity,
into captivity he will go.
If anyone is to be killed with the sword,
with the sword he will be killed. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints.
The Beast out of the Earth
11Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. 12He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. 14Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, 17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Revelation 22:12-13 12"Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. 13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
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