Against the Grain // What is A Christian’s Role in Politics? // Jason King // October 13, 2024

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Against the Grain // What is A Christian’s Role in Politics?

Proverbs 14:34 (ESV)

“Righteousness exalts a nation,

but sin is a reproach to any people.”

John 12:31-32 (ESV)
“Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

Revelation 1:5a,6 (NKJV)
"Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth.

To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”

Psalms 24:1 (NIV)

“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it”

A Christian responsibility when it comes to politics.

1. Pray first.

1 Timothy 2:1-6 (NIV)
“I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people.”

2. Vote for the candidate who will support more policies that align with Christian biblical values.

Proverbs 14:34 (ESV)

“Righteousness exalts a nation,

but sin is a reproach to any people.”

3. Discuss politics from your Christian biblical worldview.

“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer