Biblical Values
Characteristics of a Godly Candidate
Posted by: Kaylan Christopher on November 3, 2008 Biblical Values •
Just one day before we find out who will be leading our country for the next four years, I thought it would be appropriate to make one last push for voting your values. I read a Baptist Press article recently about Pastor Ed Young Jr. and a sermon series he preached called, “Politicked.”
He told his congregation that Scripture is all you need when deciding which candidate to vote for on Election Day. I thought it would be good to share the characteristics these candidates should possess with the readers of this blog:
1) Character: “When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, people groan” (Proverbs 29:2). We must elect righteous leaders and take their private conduct seriously. 2) Conviction: “The wicked flee when no one is pursuing [them], but the righteous are as bold as a lion” (Proverbs 28:1). We must elect a leader who has conviction according to the absolute truth found in God’s Word. 3) Courage: “The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them” (Proverbs 11:3). Courage is behavior, according to Young. We must choose a candidate who knows what is right and isn’t afraid to speak truth into our culture and world. 4) Compassion: “Speak up for those who have no voice, for the justice of all who are dispossessed. Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy” (Proverbs 31:8-9). We must choose a candidate who is a rescuer and defender of those both unborn and alive. 5) Constituency: Young says to look and see who is supporting and opposing each candidate. Then ask yourself, “What do these people stand for? What kind of values do they hold?”
Second Timothy 4:3-4 says this: “For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will accumulate teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new. They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.
We are living in that time. People have chosen to view what is right as wrong and what is wrong as right. They’ve chosen to disregard the Bible as the source of absolute truth. Instead, they’ve decided to pick and choose what they believe from various sources.
It’s “go” time. First, decide to believe only in the truth from God’s Word. Then, go and vote for the candidate that will lead this country accordingly.
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