Posted on 11/06/2016 1:13:50 PM PST by CHRISTIAN DIARIST
I went to the polls yesterday, casting an early vote against Hillary Clinton. It really was little more than a symbolic vote inasmuch as I reside in California, where Madam Clinton enjoys a 20-point lead, according to a Field Poll released last week.
Indeed, if the Whore of Babylon herself was the Democrat Party’s presidential nominee, she’d very likely win the not-so-Golden State’s 55 electoral votes on Tuesday.
That is why this Christ follower trembles for his country, in the words of Thomas Jefferson. Because I believe a Hillary Clinton presidency will move America even further away from God than it is today.
Though Madam Clinton is a professed Methodist, her views are in opposition to the United Methodist Church.
For instance, she thinks homosexuality acceptable in the eyes of God. Yet, the United Methodist Church declares: “The practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching.” She also thinks the Almighty is okay with abortion. But the United Methodist Church disapproves of abortion because of its “belief in the sanctity of unborn human life.”
Little wonder, then, that 43 percent of Americans perceive that Madam Clinton is not truly religious, according to a January 2016 Pew Poll. It was avowed “Christians” like her that the Book of James admonished: “Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”
So how should Christ followers respond if, heaven forbid, Hillary Clinton is elected president on Tuesday? What does God expect of those of us who are doers of the word, and not hearers only?
We should accept that Madam Clinton is our new commander-in-chief.
Indeed, Romans 13:1-2 declares, unequivocally:
“Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.”
That’s not to say that Christ followers must submit to government dictates that clearly contravene God’s law. No, in such cases, we are to stand up for our faith.
Like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego the three Hebrew men who, according to the book of Daniel, refused to bow down before the image of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar. The king threw them in a fiery furnace, but God miraculously delivered them from harm.
As it happened, Nebuchadnezzar later heard a voice from heaven, which told the Babylonian king what was decreed for him: His royal authority was taken from him. He was driven insane to the point that he was as a wild animal, eating grass like an ox.
Only after the passage of time did he sufficiently recover his sanity to acknowledge that the Most High was sovereign over all kingdoms on earth, giving them to whomsoever He wished.
Well, I do not know to whom God, in His perfect wisdom, has chosen to be the next president of the United States.
I pray that it’s not Hillary Clinton. But, if it is, this Christ follower is going to trust in the Lord – who is infallible – and lean not on my own understanding.
“a wicked prince is the Lord’s scourge to punish the sins of the people” — John Calvin
God would like to bless us with good leaders. But I’m not sure we deserve such a blessing. We will soon see if God will let the wicked rule over us for a longer time or not.
Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth rise up
and the rulers band together
against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
3 “Let us break their chains
and throw off their shackles.”
4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord scoffs at them.
I doubt he likes Satan worship and Spirit cooking.
You wrote this because of despair, because you are surrounded by California evil.
At least understand that.
I am thinking, contrary to Old Testament that God sees us as individuals and does neither collective reward or punishment. Each of us, I believe, will be judged on our deeds, our thoughts, what I say each Sunday, what I have done and what I have failed to do. Jesus said IIRC “ MY kingdom is not of this Earth.” And no, I don’t believe in Divine Right of a President Trump or whoever any more than a Divine Right of a Louis XIV
God will always use people for His Will.
Voting for sick, demented, and diabolical abortionists will have it’s consequences.
Psalm 37:1-2
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Proverbs 3:31-32
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
And specifically for Hillary voters:
Isaiah 41:24
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Yes According to, just for one, the bishop of the Long Island, that’s New York, diocese, the candidate who will bring our country deeper into the evil mire of abortion is not to be voted for by anyone interested in gaining heaven
My sister writes to me that the bishops of Pennsylvania issued a four-page insert for the Sunday bulletin that says nothing that needed to be said about voting.
Archbishop Chaput said it is “blasphemous” to say that God prefers one party over another. This is idiotic, when one party is in favor of ripping babies to pieces and sucking out their brains.
I’m not Catholic but a friend who is says their priest gave a homily 2 weeks ago in which he told the congregation that voting for Hillary is a sin. I thought that was pretty bold, but it was for the reason you gave, her support for abortion. And he is right.
http://www.oann.com/priests-urge-pro-life-voters-turn-election-day/
Priests Urge Pro-life Voters to Turn out on Election Day
God is always merciful and if enough people are on their knees praying for mercy and a chance to repent, God will grant us additional mercy. The question is, are people just fed up with their personal misfortunes caused by godless globalists or do they understand that we've fallen so far because we've abandoned God?
IMHo, Billy Graham was right, either this nation has to be punished or He owes Sodom an apology and that was long before we had the blood of sixty million innocent infants on our hands. But then, I'm an optimist, when someone says, "it can't get any worse", I reply, "Oh yes it can".
JMHo
In the book of kings, God warned about putting men in charge of men. The people did not heed the advice and got themselves a king.
With that in mind, God would have no candidate preference.
He may however say “I told you so!”
God will give us the leaders we deserve as a nation. If he wants to punish us, we get an Obama or a Hillary.
This is what allowed me to justify Obama’s last win when that freak Hurricane came up right before the election and allowed him to look presidential. The fat bozo Christy hugging him on the beach didn’t help much.
We got the bad leader that God wanted us to have. Hopefully, he will have mercy on us during this election.
If you think God determines electoral outcomes, why bother voting?
God doesn’t have a preference...
He has a decision.
I think God has preferences and opinions about everything we do.
He has a perfect will, and a permissive will. He lets us make bad decisions. Can you imagine if He interrupted us everytime we were going to make a bad decision? Some people couldnt go two seconds without getting stopped.
Thats why it all gets sorted out in the end.
When God removed Ahab and Jezebel from power, judgement fell on the whole country because... the whole country was complicit.
Before, we could pretend not to know their crimes. We can’t pretend to not know them anymore. If knowing, we elect them anyway, judgement falls on the country as a whole.
And us, who do not support them? Pray, be where God puts you, and be the anchor that holds your family together.
“Can you imagine if He interrupted us everytime we were going to make a bad decision?”
I kinda wish He would’ve. ;)
That priest, Jonathan Morris, was on Fox this morning speaking about Trump vs Clinton and Catholics. For the life of me, I couldn’t tell where he was coming from.
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