Just watched a video and read comments on a post. It was a celebrety that was also preaching about following God. he called for a revival and that voting the way God would want you. To protect yoruself because of the possible civil war that is going to happen in a few hours/days. Arm yourself because God said to pick up your weapon and sell your cloak if you did not have a weapon. I started listening becasue I thought it was going the way I thought, toward voting democratic. I was wrong. Although it was never mentioned which way to vote, looking at the comments and his facebook page, it was obvious it was pro-Trump. https://www.facebook.com/watch/moonshinertyler/ the video was titled: 2020 Election and Civil War
I started a response and was going to post it on the page. I could not actually hit send. I am a coward when it comes to being rebuked and honestly, did not want to deal with the push back that would likely happen on that page. I am going to do a response and I'll post it on here as well.
This was my initial response:
Are you serving the Lord? This country is divided. Neither side is for God. You can proof text from the Hebrew Bible (OT) but the NT calls for caring for the hungry, the sick, the poor. Turn the other cheek. Lay down all that you have and follow Jesus. We are called to protect the vulnerable. Jesus was a refugee. Would we recognize Jesus today? Jesus in Luke 6 begins to teach about the ideal way to live. Are we living that way today? Neither party is living out the Christian ideals. One leader is known for violating the commandments given to us and the other has sinned a well. Humans sin. One claims and promotes a religious stance, one quietly lives out those beliefs. One has been served and one serves. One seeks power, one seeks unity. One looks out for some, one looks out for all. I know this won't change anyone's mind. Pride is difficult in that way. Seeing opposition in the other is one way to live. Seeing God in all people is another. This world is living in sin. The world overall is sinful. Humans are sinful. It is dying each day to sin and doing good works because of God's love. God does not run from us. God is always there, waiting on sinful humans to wake up. You don't chase down God. You don't run after God to find favor in God. God is waiting on you. God is there. God is everywhere, working in and through each of us, in all forms, in all places. God is good. We are a country built on separation of church and state. That is one freedom that is fought and died for. Jesus acknowledged the state as an establishment and not of God's Kingdom when he stated "give to Caesar what is his and give to God what is God's." (Mt 22.21) Christian's cannot serve two masters, serve God. Choose according to how God and Jesus would want for the one who treat each other in the ways that Jesus taught.
My official response:
Your message is interesting. As a fellow Christian and sibling in Christ, I will agree to disagree on where God leads me in following what the Bible teaches that Jesus would want me to uphold. Using the beatitudes a a starting place, turning the other cheek, and looking out for the other, that is where I will start. Your message is strong. As a sibling, it is common to disagree. Theology will do that. Debate is often held. Proof-texting certain parts and not taking the whole NT into account with such a strong focus on the OT (Hebrew Bible) is interesting. Blessings to all.
