Charles Finney on Voting

"The Church must take right ground in regard to politics. . . . [T]he time has come that Christians must vote for honest men and take consistent ground in politics. . . . Christians have been exceedingly guilty in this matter. But the time has come when they must act differently. . . . God cannot sustain this free and blessed country which we love and pray for unless the Church will take right ground. . . . It seems sometimes as if the foundations of the nation are becoming rotten, and Christians seem to act as if they think God does not see what they do in politics. But I tell you He does see it, and He will bless or curse this nation according to the course [Christians] take [in politics]." [1]

One hundred Forty years later, Finney's words still apply. If you are a Christian, vote like you are a God-fearing, Bible-believing Christian. If you are a Christian, you should not be voting with Satan. As the Word of God states:

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked

or stand in the way of sinners

or sit in the seat of mockers. (Ps 1:1)

Between now and the November elections, I'll occasionally be commenting on the importance of voting for Biblical righteousness. This does not mean that I am promoting a theocratic government. (If you have questions about theocracy, go to Del Tackett's Truth Project blog.)

I'd like to hear your reasonable thoughts on this topic of voting like a Christian.

AL

1 Charles G. Finney, Lectures on Revivals of Religion (New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1868, first published in 1835), Lecture XV, pp. 281-282.