What does the Bible say about Christians and politics/government

Many Christians seem to be of the belief that they should just steer clear of politics because it's such a corrupt issue and perhaps they feel it's not of their concern or business. But like the saying goes, evil prevails when good people do nothing, and I think we now have so many ungodly laws and practices put into place partly because many Christians chose to stay quiet about such issues, like abortion, or prayer and the commandments being taken out of schools. Is it right that Christians should keep quiet about things relating to politics or should we speak out more and take more action?

 

[Bramington]

All you have to do Indigoflower is to go on your knees before the Lord and pray for everyone who is in goverment, who lead the country and America was founded by Gods people to be a light that shines over them and let everyone know that Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords. All done to the glory of God the Father. Yes, there are a lot of things going on. Children in cages, babies being killed inside the womb, murders and all kinds of deseases coming to people. Remember, this are the last days before Jesus comes back to earth to take us all home to heaven. We have to be in prayer. We have to be close to Jesus and then when everything is all over, we shall fly away to glory to be with the Lord forever and ever. Amen

 

[alijahspal]

The U.S. government seperatatd the church from the state because of the influence pastors had on so many voters. Today the Roman government still runs the Vatican.
Look up church and government on you tube, to much information for me to process.
God bless I pray you find the answers to your questions.

 

[Steven Bobb]

The U.S. government seperatatd the church from the state because of the influence pastors had on so many voters. Today the Roman government still runs the Vatican.
Look up church and government on you tube, to much information for me to process.
God bless I pray you find the answers to your questions.

Well, to me, I go by if the politician backs things condemned in the Bible, like gay marriage and abortion,etc. and the other candidate doesn't, I lean towards the one who is more in line with our beliefs.Like in the last election,Hillary Clinton was backing those things,but then it came out she's into necromancy{contacting dead spirits for advice}But what most Christians believe is that you're contacting demons who imitate the dead person to gain the persons trust.{A "familiar spirit."}Hillary Clinton claimed Eleonore Roosevelt was "guiding" her, and she "keeps in contact with her."There';s no way I would vote for someone like that.She also made a statement that Christians need to "give up their beliefs" and move on.Trump, on the other hand, made statements like,"We'll say Merry Christmas instead of happy holidays., and has pastor Paula White advising him and Robert Jefress backing him.So in considering who to vote for, I would say size them both up, and see which one is closer to our causes.Like when Obama said, "that's why they cling to their guns AND THEIR RELIGION."In general, I find that the "right wing" politicians are closer to our values then the others, because the "liberals" are more permissive and have an "anything goes" way of thinking.

 

[natasha2]

All you have to do Indigoflower is to go on your knees before the Lord and pray for everyone who is in goverment, who lead the country and America was founded by Gods people to be a light that shines over them and let everyone know that Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords. All done to the glory of God the Father. Yes, there are a lot of things going on. Children in cages, babies being killed inside the womb, murders and all kinds of deseases coming to people. Remember, this are the last days before Jesus comes back to earth to take us all home to heaven. We have to be in prayer. We have to be close to Jesus and then when everything is all over, we shall fly away to glory to be with the Lord forever and ever. Amen

Forever and ever amen!!

 

[natasha2]

Well, to me, I go by if the politician backs things condemned in the Bible, like gay marriage and abortion,etc. and the other candidate doesn't, I lean towards the one who is more in line with our beliefs.Like in the last election,Hillary Clinton was backing those things,but then it came out she's into necromancy{contacting dead spirits for advice}But what most Christians believe is that you're contacting demons who imitate the dead person to gain the persons trust.{A "familiar spirit."}Hillary Clinton claimed Eleonore Roosevelt was "guiding" her, and she "keeps in contact with her."There';s no way I would vote for someone like that.She also made a statement that Christians need to "give up their beliefs" and move on.Trump, on the other hand, made statements like,"We'll say Merry Christmas instead of happy holidays., and has pastor Paula White advising him and Robert Jefress backing him.So in considering who to vote for, I would say size them both up, and see which one is closer to our causes.Like when Obama said, "that's why they cling to their guns AND THEIR RELIGION."In general, I find that the "right wing" politicians are closer to our values then the others, because the "liberals" are more permissive and have an "anything goes" way of thinking.

In my country, Croatia, the ones that would be "the right one" politicians would be right wing politicians, but in my country, catholics have very strong influence, they preach against abortion, they are for conservative things and family values, but in the same time they hate the other nation and look from the high to other nations and nationalities in our country. Also the sane politicians are conservative, but are so much corrupted and liers and stealers, they had sold all our factories to the foreigners and our country is economicaly drowning. So, we should look not do they support "Bible opinions" but, it is more important, what do they do for our enonomy and prosperity? In my country i would vote for the one who is leading good the economy, sorry....but we should ask God in prayer. Holy spirit knows things in the future. I am disguasted by our right wing of politicians, i would never choose the religion like that. Hypocrites.

 

[Steven Bobb]

In my country, Croatia, the ones that would be "the right one" politicians would be right wing politicians, but in my country, catholics have very strong influence, they preach against abortion, they are for conservative things and family values, but in the same time they hate the other nation and look from the high to other nations and nationalities in our country. Also the sane politicians are conservative, but are so much corrupted and liers and stealers, they had sold all our factories to the foreigners and our country is economicaly drowning. So, we should look not do they support "Bible opinions" but, it is more important, what do they do for our enonomy and prosperity? In my country i would vote for the one who is leading good the economy, sorry....but we should ask God in prayer. Holy spirit knows things in the future. I am disguasted by our right wing of politicians, i would never choose the religion like that. Hypocrites.

I personally would rather lean towards someone who's not as permissive with certain sins, and even backs them,then the other party who backs anything. Here in the states the "left" has went way overboard,and like I say, in our last election, the one in that party was into summoning the dead and the other one was for trying to end religious persecution.So it wasn't hard for me to chose.

 

[SisterMeghan]

All Chrsitians everywhere should remember what God said. It is not by might nor by power but by My Spirit says the Lord of hosts. Zech. 4.6 Kingdoms of the earth shall pass away along with what they did and what they did not do it. The Persian Empire is gone, so is the Egyptian and the Roman empire. So every single government of earth shall pass away. The promise of God to our heart is this. Look unto Me... and live. Want to live forever? Look to Jesus. He is preparing for us a mansion in heaven. That one will last for eternity. Give God all the glory, all the honor and all the praise. This a promise that no one shoul forget.

 

[Terrymarie]

We should all remember the people of Israel wanted a king just as other nations had a king. They did not appreciate they had God Almighty as their King, Leader, Savior. They could not understand how good they had it. So Samuel was given the task of finding them a king and we know from the word of God where that lead the people. We are to pray to God for all elected persons throughout the world for each world leader affects the world outcome. So whether you voted for our leaders or not, it is allowed by God for them to be elected, you are ask only to pray for them not to vote. Human philosophy may inspire to do something but you must be cautious to discern a man's voice. Is that person speaking God's word to get your vote or are they living a [god's] word, remember Jim Jones? Just try as you listen, pray as you listen and work not to be lead astray by a wolf in sheep's clothing. Remember it is man you are dealing with.

 

[natasha2]

We should all remember the people of Israel wanted a king just as other nations had a king. They did not appreciate they had God Almighty as their King, Leader, Savior. They could not understand how good they had it. So Samuel was given the task of finding them a king and we know from the word of God where that lead the people. We are to pray to God for all elected persons throughout the world for each world leader affects the world outcome. So whether you voted for our leaders or not, it is allowed by God for them to be elected, you are ask only to pray for them not to vote. Human philosophy may inspire to do something but you must be cautious to discern a man's voice. Is that person speaking God's word to get your vote or are they living a [god's] word, remember Jim Jones? Just try as you listen, pray as you listen and work not to be lead astray by a wolf in sheep's clothing. Remember it is man you are dealing with.

Amen, i always had opinion like yours. Thanks