Christians and Politics

One thing we know for sure about politics in the next century is that Jesus Christ will still be Lord over all authorities on earth and that we are to be thinking about Christian political responsibility. We need to understand God's ways for political understanding, for an understanding that will allow us to become more faithful witnesses in politics to the God who rules the world through Jesus Christ. Our political challenge as Christians is to learn how to exercise our earthly political responsibilities in obedience to Christ. When the distinction is drawn between "Christians" and the "world" politics; we discuss all political aspects including economics, science, technology, and media that are part of "the world." Voting on issues such as capital punishment, abortion, prohibition, censorship, and many other ethical questions would be affected. I do believe very much in being a responsible Christian citizen. As good testimony to outsiders, Christians can work with non-Christians (& government) in attempting to promote justice and civic peace because it is good for all people, not just Christians (Galatians 6:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:15).

To me, any attempt to legislate against all sin would produce a totalitarian state. History has proven that evil people will use religious or secular reasons to obtain power to perpetrate their own agenda. Christians probably understand this principle as well or even better than the general population, since we believe that the Bible is correct in claiming that all people are sinners and have a tendency to be self-centered. It is hard for Christians to strive for and to legislate humanitarian values while at the same time refraining from advocating the enactment of specifically Christian values. As a "community", we all are to seek to live with everyone. Christians are involved in politics because they want their interests represented whenever new legislation is considered. Their primary concern is that they don't want to be forced to compromise their moral values due to politically-correct legislation. Christians are involved in the political process in the United States while at the same, Christians do NOT want to initiate any kind of religious theocracy. Christians just want their rights protected so that they are not required to participate in a society that can compromise their Christian moral values.