A Message to Christians Concerning the Upcoming Election

I am addressing this post to those who claim to be followers of Jesus….Christians. If this post does not apply to you, you may know someone to whom it does apply. Please share it with them. I have seen several say that, since the stupid 11 year old tape of Trump using foul language when speaking about women was released, that this is the last straw for them and they cannot, “as a Christian,” vote for such a man! I am going to point out a few things for you to consider, and then end with an eye opening statement that EVERY Christian should KNOW but very few believe, else there would not be so much confusion about for whom to vote. And I am not saying that if you don’t vote for Trump you are not a Christian. I am saying that after reading this, I ask you to search your heart, read the Scriptures to prove if my points come from God’s Word, and then get alone with God…unplug…and ask God to speak to YOU and tell you for whom YOU should vote.

 

So lets look at a few of the men that God used in some of the most memorable and remarkable ways. I am sure that most of you are familiar with Moses. Moses is referred to often throughout the Bible, from his very birth and being spared death as an infant to leading the Hebrews out of captivity in Egypt. And it was to Moses that God chose to give the Ten Commandments. It was Moses to whom God showed Himself, if only from the backside. It was Moses to whom God spoke through the burning bush. I could go on, but the point is, God used Moses in mighty and wonderful ways. But many forget that before God used him, Moses was a murderer! He killed an Egyptian that he felt was mistreating a fellow Hebrew. This was not self-defense. This was an angry murder. Yet, God STILL used this man to save his people and to give US His commandments!

 

There was another man you might remember named David. David killed the mighty giant Goliath and to this day this story is referred to when people speak of the little guy going against the giant in their lives. David wrote psalms that are sung to this day. David was even referred to as a man after God’s own heart! Yet David committed adultery, got a married woman pregnant, and then had the woman’s husband brought back from war so that the husband could sleep with his wife, and they could claim that the baby was the husband’s. But when the man refused to lie with his wife while his fellow soldiers could not sleep with their wives, David was so enraged that he sent the man to the front lines where he was SURE to be killed! David was an adulterer, a deceiver, and a murderer, but God STILL used him!

 

So why would God use such horrible men to fulfill His will? Because these men trusted God, and when confronted with their sins, were truly repentant and asked for God’s forgiveness. And in case you missed it, as soon as the tape of his horrible words was released, Trump owned up to what he had done and apologized, asking that he be forgiven for his own stupidity.

 

But many still say, “I just can’t vote for him. I will vote for someone else and trust God that this other person will win.” It sounds like a wonderful idea, but in our system, unless a third party candidate is doing as well in the polls and is at least as well known as the candidates from the two major parties, there is ZERO chance that the electoral college will elect that person. Therefore, a vote for a thrid party candidate (or a write in vote) is a wasted vote and will assure that Hillary will be president. And trust me, she is COUNTING on all you who plan to vote for a third party to help her win, because she KNOWS that she CANNOT win without the third party votes!

 

So let me make one last statement for you to consider. During the temptation of Christ after He had fasted for 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness, Satan tempted Jesus with food and with His safety…to prove that God would really protect Him if Jesus got hurt. But then there was the third temptation and this one is VERY relevant to us today and in this election, but it is so often overlooked and only mentioned momentarily in a sermon. However, the third temptation explains so many things that people have failed to understand for the 2,000 plus years since the temptation!

 

You see, for the third temptation (in Matthew and Luke, both in the 4th chapter, though only Luke goes into this important detail), we see WHY people like Hitler were allowed to be in power. In the following Scripture, I have added the parenthesis for clarification and all caps to add emphasis to the statement that is crutial. In Luke 4:5-7 (King James Version) “And the devil, taking Him (Jesus) up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto Him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of the them: FOR THAT IS GIVEN UNTO ME; AND TO WHOMSOEVER I WILL I GIVE IT. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.”

 

WHOA!!! That means that it has been given to Satan to put into power whomever he chooses! That would explain many things, wouldn’t it?. But what does that mean to us? First and foremost, though Satan can put in power anyone that he chooses, we MUST remember that he can ONLY act within the will of God. Do you recall that Satan thought that by killing Jesus, he had spoiled God’s plan for our salvation? But the death of Jesus, which lead to His resurrection, actually GAVE us salvation!

 

So what are we to do then? If Satan can put into power whomever he will, why should we even vote? I will explain why. We KNOW that God knows our needs before we even pray. So why should we pray? Prayer is an exercise in faith. God does not need us to tell Him our needs nor is He incapable of providing our needs if we don’t pray. But prayer shows God that we believe Him, we trust Him, and we are obedient to Him be following His instructions to pray. So what does that have to do with us voting. Quite simply, God has given us the opportunity to exercise our faith in His faithfulness by voting. . .an opportunity that most people throughout the history of mankind have not had. Because we were born in an age and live in a country where we have this opportunity, our vote shows God that we trust Him to only allow to be put into power the person who will ultimately bring about His will!

 

So PLEASE, study the Scriptures, get alone with God…unplugged…and seek HIS direction for your vote, remembering that God used men who were NOT perfect, but they WERE the men that GOD had chosen for those very specific situations. Then after praying, studying God’s Word, and listening to what He has to say to you, GO OUT AND VOTE!