Many evangelicals are voting for Donald Trump. I’m floored. Maybe I shouldn’t be. Maybe I should say many professed evangelicals are voting for Trump. I don’t know. It stumps me.
I get the anger thing. But how can Christians vote for a man who claims to be one, but whose life bears rotten fruit? For example, he’s bragged about his many affairs—“beautiful, famous, successful, married — I’ve had them all, secretly, the world’s biggest names.” And he boldly claims he has no need to ask for forgiveness.
Several times I’ve heard him say we should use American military power to kill terrorists’ families. He’s flip-flopped about racism—denouncing white supremacists, evading the issue and re-tweeting white supremacist propaganda. Where does he stand? Who knows?
From a biblical perspective, he’s disqualified, as I see it. First, repeatedly through the books of Kings, Israel’s and Judah’s kings of Israel and Judah are evaluated by whether they “did right in the eyes of the Lord” or “did evil in the eyes of the Lord.” God is not merely a word a candidate uses to attract evangelicals. God is the Judge who will evaluate Donald Trump (and his presidency if he wins) on the basis of righteousness, not on an economic deal in which we get even with China. Why are so many evangelicals forgetting that?
Second, Proverbs 14:34 says, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.” Can we trust Mr. Trump to do what is right or simply do what wins? I’m afraid his anger and his petulant reactions to negative criticism prove he’s all about winning at any cost. What is right doesn’t seem to be a consideration.
Third, in Romans 1:29-32 Paul lists the consequences of being given over to a depraved mind for refusing to acknowledge God.
“They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.”
I’m not being “holier-than-thou.” I’m suggesting this is a Spirit-inspired commentary on Mr. Trump and those who “approve of [him]”. Skim through the text above and see how many descriptions fit him.
I suggest we all should consider these thoughts before we vote. And pray that the person God wants will sit in the Oval Office to lead this nation. We are sliding downward morally and spiritually. Do we really think Donald Trump would be the kind of president to use his “bully pulpit” to slow that slide?
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