Faithful Voting: Aligning Civic Duty with God's Principles

1. "One of the most appalling things right now for me as a believer in Jesus Christ is to watch believers have the same conversation about voting as non-believers have about voting. It's unfortunate that we as believers in Jesus Christ use the same values, the same metrics, the same concerns as non-believers use when it comes to voting. And the elephant in the room is, where does your faith intersect your voting? And before you get uptight, I'm not going to tell you who to vote for. That's not my goal at all. But I do want to give you some criteria that the Bible gives us that should influence our criteria on who we vote for and how we vote." [44:14] (51 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "The reality is there have been lives that have been ruined because of an election their people's reputations that have been permanently marred because of the election my question is where is the gospel where is the focus on his glory as believers in Jesus Christ we shouldn't just focus on can I get my man in office we ought to be asking how does this propagate the gospel of Jesus Christ we ought to be asking how does this lead to the glory of God let me give you a preacher formula whenever you have the gospel fully on display and deployment then you have the glory of God as the centerpiece it's going to lead to the good of all people whenever you have the gospel of Jesus Christ and then you have the glory of God fully employed and fully focused on and the result is the good of God's people." [48:07] (68 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "He says, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. If we are believers in Jesus Christ, then God is at work on the inside trying to do something on the outside. There's an old song that says, I'm working on the inside. Okay, but y 'all don't know that song, do y 'all? We ought to live right. The second thing he says in verses 14 through 16 is that we ought to be light. Say be light. But he didn't say, but light. He said, be light. He said, do all things without grumbling or questioning that you may be blameless and innocent children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation among whom you shine as lights in the world." [49:29] (47 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "Are we shining as lights as believers in Jesus Christ? Are we acquiescing to what everybody else is doing? Our goal has become, well, let's just be just like the world. Let's be just like society. Let's be just like unbelievers. Let's just be just like everybody else in hopes that we can reach them. God's strategy is not to acquiesce and become like everybody else so folks can come to Christ. Why would I want to come to Christ if Christ is just like everybody else? He says, he says, live right, be light, and then he says, fight. Smile at me. Jude chapter 1 verse 3 says, contend for the faith. Contend for the faith." [51:26] (52 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "Number one principle is seek God's kingdom number one principle is seek God's kingdom first first Now, the last I heard, I hadn't heard Trump or Kamala talk about the kingdom of God. Hello. Had her third party talk about the kingdom of God. The earth is the Lord's, the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein. How can you talk about what's in the best interest of humanity and not talk about the king of kings, the kingdom platform, the one who died in your place, the one who sustains you? How can you talk about what's in the best interest of people and not talk about him?" [56:22] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6. "An unjust vote is based upon personality. It's based upon platform. Watch this now. It's based upon popularity. What would happen? What would happen if we took some of the money we spend on these political races and put them in the schools? Put them into public enhancement, public improvement. It baffles me how much money they raise for something that lasts so short. Are we tracking together? They raise billions of dollars that are going to be gone just like that. What if we redirected? They ought to put a cap on how much money you ought to spend. And so, boy, it shouldn't be. It shouldn't be on how much media you can get, but it ought to be on the strength of your policies." [01:06:33] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7. "Consider others before ourselves. Turn to Philippians chapter two, please. Y 'all good? Good. Philippians two. So if there's any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind. Having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. He makes reference to unity. Verse three. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit. But in humility, count others. Be more significant than yourselves that each of you look not only to his own interest, but also to the interest of others." [01:11:09] (55 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8. "We must use scripture as the lens through which we evaluate political issues discerning which are most important in light of God's truth are y 'all with me so you got personalities you got propaganda you've got you've got you've got you've got you've got policies you've got programs the question becomes not if those things are present sometimes not even question about if you are right about a specific issue the question becomes are you taking all the issues as a whole the question becomes are you properly prioritizing the issues what taxes are too high that may be true but so is poverty so it's crime so it's same -sex marriage so so it's stem cell research so it's education so it's education so it's education so it's education so it's education so it's education so it's education so it's education so so so so so is the electric industry well you have all these different issues so the question becomes not if your issue is right not if your issue is legitimate the question becomes how much should you weigh that specific issue." [01:16:16] (81 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)