Can Christians Vote for Liberal Politicians?
by Mihran Kulhanjian
Dear Friends,
Can a Christian vote for a liberal? No, almost never. A Christian supports God and obeys His commands. However, a Christian can and should pray for liberal politicians and governing authorities often; praying that those in authority have revelation of Jesus Christ and are filled with the Holy Spirit and truth. Voting for anyone whose beliefs are contrary to God’s will and supports sin is an affront to God, and God will deal with corrupt leaders as He deals with the godless and God haters and non-repentant sinners.
A Christian should vote for the godliest candidate; one who supports a godly agenda. Does the candidate associate with Christians? Is he or she a true Christian? A candidate who shows up in church once in a while, kisses babies, places his hand on a Bible and tries to quote a Bible verse (incorrectly), is a fraud, pandering and pretending to be righteous in his own little way to steer voters. “You will know them by their fruits” (Matthew: 7:16, 20). Most (perhaps all) politicians, sadly, are not fruitful. The spiritual man with spiritual discernment, given by God through the Holy Spirit knows this. Could you support a candidate that is pro-abortion? Could you support a candidate who has sympathetic socialist, Marxist views? Of course not. What about a candidate who does not support capital punishment? No. A candidate who supports legalized marijuana, same sex marriage, pride parades, and other perversions? Absolutely not. Could you support a candidate known as a liar and manipulator? Of course not! No Christian can support such candidates with these godless character traits and agendas. Only a depraved and perverted mind could accept such filth and lawlessness. Yet, the country is filled with hardened hearts of satanic blindness. Let us pray that those in government and all with debased minds have revelation of Jesus Christ and that they obey His commands and are born again in the spirit.
Know Your Elected Officials
When the time comes to vote, know your candidates well. Where do they stand with God? Do they have peace with God? Do they even understand what it means? Here is your quick check list:
- Does the candidate walk in the light [1 John 1:5-7]
- Does the candidate believe in pro-life 100 percent?
- Does the candidate outwardly talk about Jesus Christ?
- Does the candidate outwardly support and profess the Ten Commandments?
- Does the candidate keep the commandments?
- Does the candidate support liberty and freedom for all? This means equal treatment, not privileged or special treatment for different minority groups?
- Does the candidate show fruits of the Spirit [Galatians 5:22-23]? Love, peace, joy, longsuffering, kindness, faithfulness, goodness, gentleness, and self-control.
- Does the candidate love what God loves, and outwardly confronts the evils that God hates? That is, does the candidate despise what God despises? God hates sin.
- Does the candidate support a limited government and free market society?
- Does the candidate walk in righteousness? [1 John 2:6].
- Does the candidate have a genuine care for others?
- Is the candidate vocal on the evils of liberalism, progressivism, socialism, communism, Marxism and other anti-God agendas?
Summing Up
In the beginning of this article I mentioned that Christians can almost never support a liberal politician. The words almost never is important because sometimes or in many situations candidates are not always cut and dry, Godly or ungodly in appearance and in many cases their beliefs on certain issues are unannounced or diverted. A conservative does not mean the candidate is a God fearing Christian. In fact, roughly 50 percent of conservatives are not Christian [born again]. Many conservatives are conservative in only their business or social views. They believe in small government, anti-socialist programs, hard on drug offenses, including marijuana and other mind altering drugs, and strong on military defense.
A Muslim or Mormon or even a Catholic conservative is not a Christian. Their whole belief system is greatly flawed with perverse, false religious ideas and false doctrine, not to mention a false, imaginary god. So who do we support and cast our vote for? The answer is simple: The best candidate who will represent God and His agenda. However, we cannot support any candidate who is pro-abortion [pro-murder of the innocent], pro-homosexual behavior, pro-socialism [pro-Marxist or communist], pro-transgenderism, careless with money and spending, supporting, doing business with and making alliances with evil and corrupt nations and leaders and anything that is against God and His plan. Jesus came to set us free from the slavery of sin not to be joined in it.