“The fear of the LORD is the
beginning of knowledge; fools despise Wisdom and instruction.”
Proverbs 1:7
What
is values-based voting? Values-based
voting is simply choosing which issues, or concerns, you care the most about
and voting on a candidate based on those issues. A voter choosing this method of voting stands
in direct contrast to party-based voting, or name-based voting which involve no
work. Sometimes it may take a lot of
work in order to find differences between the candidates, but in this
presidential election that is not the case. On most of the issues there are no
similarities in the approach of the two candidates; they are standing as far
apart as possible. A line from President
Obama’s acceptance speech explains our situation well, “On every issue, the
choice you face won’t just be between two candidates or two parties. It will be
a choice between two different paths for America. A choice between two
fundamentally different visions for the future.”
As
Christians it is our responsibility as the salt of the world, to choose leaders
who hold our views and values. For a
Christian to not vote is a failure to accept their responsibility to choose
Godly Leaders. Please search in your
Bible and find out what God has to say, and then choose the candidate which
most clearly follows those values. The
issues which are most a matter of conscience, morals, and religion are probably
a definition of marriage, homosexuality, and abortion. While some issues surrounding hate crimes,
and equality have moral decisions also.
You can examine the party platforms/positions at their websites.
Do
not take your opportunity to vote lightly.
Examine the issues, pray for direction, and read the Bible to see what
it says on the issues. For a prayer
guide you can download, “40/40 prayer vigil for Spiritual Revival and National
Renewal” from the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberties Commission website (http://erlc.com/) .
There are other resources available on the site also. (The ERLC is the public policy arm of the
Southern Baptist Convention.) We do not
live in the days of the Davidic Covenant, where God blessed the nation if it
had a Godly leader, but our president certainly influences the direction of the
nation and its laws and policies. Let’s
seek to have a God fearing leader.
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