Faith & Politics

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WELCOME FAITH & POLITICS

Proverbs 21:1 “The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.”

THE BIG PICTURE: THEOLOGY & POLITICS

Matthew 28:18 “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me…”

Mark 12:17 “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Romans 13:4 “For [a ruler] is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.”

Jeremiah 29:4-7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.”

1 Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”

ISSUE #1 ECONOMICS

ISSUE #2 IMMIGRATION

Leviticus 19:33-34 “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for your were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”

Leviticus 12:43, 45-49 “And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it… No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it. It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.”

“All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.”

ISSUE #3 LAW ENFORCEMENT & RACIAL DIVISION

Galatians 3:27-29 “For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.”

Romans 13:1-7 “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.”

“For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.”

“Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.”

ISSUE #4 FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Parable of Good Samaritan

ISSUE #5 PERSONHOOD

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUPREME COURT • The Genius of Our U.S. Government

Constitution

Congress

makes

Laws

People

judges

Supreme Court

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUPREME COURT • The Genius of Our U.S. Government • A Crack in our “Checks and Balances”

Constitution + 9 Justices Ideas

Congress

makes

Laws

People

creates over turns

Supreme Court

The Resulting Rulings By The Few • • • • • •

58 million children have been aborted The definition of marriage/sexuality has been refined The influence of God/religion is being excluded from the public square The elimination of God and moral standards from our schools The nullification of restraints on pornography The promotion of international law to interpret our constitution

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUPREME COURT • The Genius of Our U.S. Government • A Crack in our “Checks and Balances” • The Importance of This Election

So, How Do We Decide Who to Vote For?

Q & A Time

Psalm 103:17-19 “But the loving kindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children, To those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them. The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all.”