With the elections just around the corner, there are issues that are critical to the core values of Christians that are at stake. Unfortunately, there are no perfect candidates; however, we must find and vote for the candidates whose viewpoints are more in line with God’s teaching.
A critical issue to Christians at every election is the value of human life and how sacred it is in the eyes of the Lord. When it comes to abortion we must ask if what at stake which is a fetus or unborn child is to be considered a human being, and if so, is it acceptable to God to kill the unborn life?
To find the answer to this question we can look at Genesis 25: 21-22, “…and Rebekah his (Isaac’s) wife conceived. And the Children struggled together within her…” This shows that Rebekah’s unborn twins, Jacob and Esau, are referred to as children, not anything else. This scripture tells us that unborn children are not simply disposable pieces of tissue; clearly this shows us that this young human life is not to be discarded.
No matter what you think of why or how we ended up in Iraq, the fact is that we are there. We must ask what God would have us do now. Would He have us leave now? Would he have us stay in Iraq for years to come? What is our responsibility in regards to bringing hope and light into the darkness and suffering in Iraq? How are Christians to reach out to a primarily Muslim nation that has been ravaged by war? Both candidates have very different perspectives on the Iraq war and we mush closely examine their views to see if they are in lined with what we believe God would wish to happen.
Regardless of who wins the election, we as Christians are commanded to submit ourselves to the governing authorities (Romans 13) and pray for our leaders (I Timothy 2:1-2). Know that in all things, Christians are to love others as ourselves and do what is right. In this, we humbly follow Him while we act justly, all the time loving mercy.
We are compelled to pray over the elections and for our future leaders. I recently read a Christian T-Shirt that read Pray, Vote, Pray and I thought about how very appropriate that phrase was for these turbulent times.

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