Lord, Save Us From Some of These Christian Politicians

By Rutledge Etheridge - Posted at Gentle Reformation:

It makes me so sad to see Evangelicals heaping praise upon Donald Trump and abusing the Bible to do so. “You will know them by their fruits” (Matthew 7) has to be one of the most misused texts of Scripture in our day. Politicians and their supporters use it to tell Christians to look past the commandment-breaking past of their choice for President, as if Jesus taught that doing some benevolent things was sufficient proof of authentic faith.

The Lord Jesus, honoring the structure and content of the ten commandments, placed the command to love the true and living God with all that we are before the command to love our neighbor as ourselves (Matthew 22:37-40). The Savior, unlike many who claim him as Lord during election season, never severs the second table of the law from the first, nor therefore should Christian voters do so as we seek proof of a politician’s claim to be a Christian.

Read more...