If one is a Christian then it is possible to be manipulated by much of the politics out there and be blindly fed by news or a particular news media (well one doesn’t have to be a Christian for this to happen but that is what I am addressing in this blog). For a long while I was very much only interested in two policies of any candidate…what is their stance on abortion and what is their stance on homosexuality. I feel I have grown into a different place now and think that if that is my only view then it is irresponsible to say the least. I don’t think that these have as much weight as I gave them before. Before you start casting stones at me let me explain why.

I think that it is a Christian’s responsibility to vote for the candidate with whom their views closely match. I do not however think that it is the government’s responsibility to legislate morality because this is not God’s kingdom.

Many verses concerning these issues came from the Old Testament in which we can read the kingdom of Israel getting laws about the blood of innocents and the stone a man who lies with another man. The problem with adapting them fully into our culture of the kingdom of America is that we are not God’s chosen people (as America – the church however is His chosen people). America has been built on Judeo-Christian morals but has also given opportunity for freedom from those same morals. We cannot have a country of freedom and legislate morality at the same time. Even if we did legislate morality and changed the rules of the country we would be doomed to fail. Just look at the period when alcohol was illegal and yet people still made it and drank it. If we made homosexuality illegal people would still be homosexuals, only in secret.

Our primary purpose should be first getting to know God better. In that He will shows us the abominations that lie within our hearts and change us more into his character. Secondly we should be inviting others to know God as well. Is He not the one who changes hearts and speaks to us to become more like Him?  It is within the relationship with the Almighty that we are in the kingdom of God and within the kingdom of God there will be change.

Just imagine for a moment if more people in America were in this relationship with God. If drinking were wrong Biblically (which I do not think that it is but if it were) then there would be no need to rule against the bar and drinks because we would be seeking after God’s will for our lives.

I think we choose pet sins to lift up over others. If you don’t like homosexuality then you would vote for McCain, yet you wouldn’t even question his divorce?

Seek the Kingdom of God in our lives and encourage others (notice don’t tell others how to do it but encourage them) and America can be changed. Without a relationship with God nothing will be changed even if legislation is.