SWORD OF THE SPIRIT                                                                                               1118

“Cleanse the Land”

When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations…And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you. – Deuteronomy 18:9-12

When the Lord led His people into the Promised Land He empowered and equipped them with weapons of war to bring His judgment upon the people there for their abominable practices.

Today, God sends His people, the church – the Body of Christ into the land to cleanse it also. Only now our weapons are not swords and spears but rather, prayer and our vote at the polls.

Traditionally, over 40% of professing evangelical Christians have not voted at all. This is unconscionable. This election year is probably the most critical election I have voted in for the past 50 years. The entire Body of Christ must turn out to vote.

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? – Micah 6:8

God’s Word has told us what is right and wrong, moral and immoral. God requires us then to do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with Him.

Voting is an act of justice. We must not look for a charismatic personality to vote for. We are not electing royalty or an idol. We are to vote based upon the issues and where the political party stands on these issues. We bring God’s judgment upon the abominable practices with our vote.

You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. – Leviticus 18:21

Voting is an act of love. The most dangerous place in America is the womb. Our nation has legalized, funded and promoted the murder of innocent babies – even full term. Our vote for those who stand for life is an act of love.

We the people are blessed to live in a constitutional democracy. We the people are the authority and yes, God’s Word instructs us to obey the authorities over us. However, when that authority seeks to enslave us and force us to accept what God considers to be an abomination, then we are to exercise our authority with our vote.

We the people are inclusive of all beliefs and cultures. As Evangelical Christians we share the authority of our vote with those who do not share our faith in God. Are we being good stewards of this nation that God has blessed us with if we sit back and abdicate our responsibility to vote in accordance with God’s Holy moral principles?

‘My vote won’t matter’, you say. Then why do you recycle that one plastic bottle to ‘save the planet’? Your vote, my vote, our collective votes matter greatly when we see ourselves as the Body of Christ – not just an individual.

if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. – 2 Chronicles 7:14

VOTE! It’s an act of love and justice. Vote to cleanse our land.