Four Biblical Keys to Voting Bible Verses on Voting
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How is a Christian to Vote? Exodus 18:21
Four Biblical Keys to Voting
Bible Verses on Voting 2 Chronicles 19:2, Psalm 1:1, Exodus 18:21, 2 Samuel 23:3, Mark 12:30, 2 Corinthians 6:14‐18, 1 Corinthians 1‐5, Exodus 20:2‐3, Luke 22:26, Psalm 125:3, Deuteronomy 8:19‐20, Galatians 1:9
• 2 Chronicles 19:2 “Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.” • Psalms 1:1 “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. {ungodly: or, wicked}” • Exodus 18:21 “Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers.”
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• 2 Samuel 23:3 “He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.” • Luke 22:26‐27 “But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.” • Psalms 125:3 “For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.”
“When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers, ‘just [righteous] men who will rule in the fear of God.’ The preservation of government depends on the faithful discharge of this Duty; if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office,
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the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the Laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizen will be violated or disregarded. If government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine Commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the Laws.” Noah Webster, “the Schoolmaster of the Republic”
“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is their duty – as well as privilege and interest – of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” John Jay, First Supreme Court Chief Justice
Which candidate best fulfills God’s standard? 2 Samuel 23:3 “The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.” Exodus 18:21 “Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.”
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Four Biblical Keys to Voting
Key Number One Rules in the fear of God “Fears and acknowledges God” Understand: God Controls the Economy, Not a Person or the Government Do you want a prospering economy, strong families, freedom and national security? The Holy Bible and our Founding Fathers teach that these blessings are the fruit of the USA obeying God – (Deuteronomy 28) Part of obeying God is choosing God fearing leaders ‐ (Galatians 6:7, Leviticus 26, 2 Chronicles 7:13‐14).
Jesus Christ “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things (economy) shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 Jesus also tells us that it is the non‐believer who seeks after the economy and material possessions, but doesn’t seek God (Matthew 6:31‐33).
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Our Founding Fathers built the USA on the foundation of the Holy Bible knowing: “Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is the reproach of any people.” Proverbs 14:34 “… recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.” Abraham Lincoln
To rule in the Fear of God is to uphold the Laws of God
James Madison: “ We’ve staked our future on our ability to follow the Ten Commandments with all of our heart. We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We’ve staked the future of all our political institutions upon our capacity…to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.”
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John Hancock: “We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!”
Benjamin Franklin: “ God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel”
Key Number Two “…select from all the people able men…” • • • • • • • • • •
Qualified men Capable men Proven men Wise men Strong men Men of conviction Men of compassion Humble men Men with a servants spirit Men with leadership qualities
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Key Number Three “Men of truth” • • • • • • •
Men who love the truth Men who seek the truth Men who speak the truth Men who can be trusted Reliable men Faithful men Men who are true to the Constitution
Few people know that 52 of the 55 framers of the Constitution were avowed Christians.
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"The moral principles and precepts contained in the scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible."
The Founding Fathers got most of their ideas about government from people such as William Blackstone, who got most of their ideas from the Bible.
In 1844, the U.S. Supreme Court studied the subject of the nation’s spiritual roots and concluded, "Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based on and must embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind." The Court cited 87 different historical and legal precedents from the Founding Fathers, the Congresses and the state governments.
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At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, James Madison proposed the plan to divide the central government into three branches. He discovered this model of government from the Word of God, as he read Isaiah 33:22 “For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king”
“For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king” (Isaiah 33:22)
Key Number Four “Men who hate covetousness” Men who hate unjust gain Men who refuse bribes Men who can not be bought Men who will not be corrupted Men who will not pervert judgment and justice for personal gain • Men who can not be influenced by special interest groups • Men who did not desire power and authority but see themselves as public servants
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We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor.
Four Biblical Keys to Voting
Which candidate best fulfills God’s standard?
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How is a Christian to Vote? Exodus 18:21
Four Biblical Keys to Voting
Bible Verses on Voting 2 Chronicles 19:2, Psalm 1:1, Exodus 18:21, 2 Samuel 23:3, Mark 12:30, 2 Corinthians 6:14‐18, 1 Corinthians 1‐5, Exodus 20:2‐3, Luke 22:26, Psalm 125:3, Deuteronomy 8:19‐20, Galatians 1:9
• 2 Chronicles 19:2 “Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.” • Psalms 1:1 “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. {ungodly: or, wicked}” • Exodus 18:21 “Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers.”
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• 2 Samuel 23:3 “He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.” • Luke 22:26‐27 “But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.” • Psalms 125:3 “For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.”
“When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers, ‘just [righteous] men who will rule in the fear of God.’ The preservation of government depends on the faithful discharge of this Duty; if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office,
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the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the Laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizen will be violated or disregarded. If government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine Commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the Laws.” Noah Webster, “the Schoolmaster of the Republic”
“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is their duty – as well as privilege and interest – of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” John Jay, First Supreme Court Chief Justice
Which candidate best fulfills God’s standard? 2 Samuel 23:3 “The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.” Exodus 18:21 “Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.”
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Four Biblical Keys to Voting
Key Number One Rules in the fear of God “Fears and acknowledges God” Understand: God Controls the Economy, Not a Person or the Government Do you want a prospering economy, strong families, freedom and national security? The Holy Bible and our Founding Fathers teach that these blessings are the fruit of the USA obeying God – (Deuteronomy 28) Part of obeying God is choosing God fearing leaders ‐ (Galatians 6:7, Leviticus 26, 2 Chronicles 7:13‐14).
Jesus Christ “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things (economy) shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 Jesus also tells us that it is the non‐believer who seeks after the economy and material possessions, but doesn’t seek God (Matthew 6:31‐33).
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Our Founding Fathers built the USA on the foundation of the Holy Bible knowing: “Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is the reproach of any people.” Proverbs 14:34 “… recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.” Abraham Lincoln
To rule in the Fear of God is to uphold the Laws of God
James Madison: “ We’ve staked our future on our ability to follow the Ten Commandments with all of our heart. We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We’ve staked the future of all our political institutions upon our capacity…to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.”
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John Hancock: “We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!”
Benjamin Franklin: “ God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel”
Key Number Two “…select from all the people able men…” • • • • • • • • • •
Qualified men Capable men Proven men Wise men Strong men Men of conviction Men of compassion Humble men Men with a servants spirit Men with leadership qualities
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Key Number Three “Men of truth” • • • • • • •
Men who love the truth Men who seek the truth Men who speak the truth Men who can be trusted Reliable men Faithful men Men who are true to the Constitution
Few people know that 52 of the 55 framers of the Constitution were avowed Christians.
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"The moral principles and precepts contained in the scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible."
The Founding Fathers got most of their ideas about government from people such as William Blackstone, who got most of their ideas from the Bible.
In 1844, the U.S. Supreme Court studied the subject of the nation’s spiritual roots and concluded, "Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based on and must embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind." The Court cited 87 different historical and legal precedents from the Founding Fathers, the Congresses and the state governments.
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At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, James Madison proposed the plan to divide the central government into three branches. He discovered this model of government from the Word of God, as he read Isaiah 33:22 “For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king”
“For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king” (Isaiah 33:22)
Key Number Four “Men who hate covetousness” Men who hate unjust gain Men who refuse bribes Men who can not be bought Men who will not be corrupted Men who will not pervert judgment and justice for personal gain • Men who can not be influenced by special interest groups • Men who did not desire power and authority but see themselves as public servants
• • • • •
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We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor.
Four Biblical Keys to Voting
Which candidate best fulfills God’s standard?
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