10/20/2024
A sincere gentleman privately responded to one of my posts. I am maintaining his privacy, but here is my answer to his questions: Thank you for taking the time to reach out to me personally. I will do my best to address your issues. Let me begin at your end, [The question] “I wonder if the church, especially the Black church, is so focused on Black issues that we’re not considering the full scope of the ramifications of which party will best seek to pursue interests that might delay God’s judgment on this nation’s unrighteousness-especially with the rate at which America spills innocent blood by way of abortion.”
[My Answer] There is no question that Proverbs 14:34 teaches that “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.” It is also true that the church must be careful to always promote, exalt, and remain fiercely devoted to the “faith once-for-all delivered to the saints. The problem though with your query is in two areas. 1. The flawed (in my opinion) assertion that Republicans are ‘pursuing interests that might delay God’s judgment on this nation’s unrighteousness’. In a phrase, they are not. What they are doing is playing the Christian right to secure its voting bloc.
If “Righteousness” is in fact the attribute to be pursued, Republicans are the last ones to be consulted. Why? Because their duplicity is palpable. They don’t care about righteousness only power. If, for instance, they had a real interest in preserving “life…” as in the life of the unborn, why then are they not as passionate about ‘preserving’ the life of the already living like the hundreds of Black men and young men who are systematically murdered by racist/privileged white cops (hard to dignify them by using the label police officers)? They don’t care and that lack of care is so obvious!!
They make all kinds of noise about the “southern border” but if border security was their real passion, they would be vigilant to protect the “Northern and Eastern” borders. But they’re not, and why? Because mostly White people come across those borders. The hideous attack against the Southern border is because non-white people are crossing there. They lie, especially their chief spokesperson, claiming that they (the ones crossing over) are rapists, murderers, and the like. The facts are quite different.
The actual statistics are 1. Border crossings are down dramatically under the Biden administration. [Sidebar] Why isn’t anyone holding #45 accountable for the big lie. He was supposed to build the wall, and Mexico was going to pay for it [he promised]. #45 neither built the wall, (most of what was worked on was wall already in existence) nor did Mexico pay anything. That’s one of my major irritations with #45’ers: They conveniently forget his actual track record and presidential performance. Has anyone not considered that One Million Americans died of Covid under his watch or more accurately lack of watching, while he touted injecting bleach into patients as a therapy? 2. Does Mexico supply lots of Drugs to this country. Yes, but that trade would stop immediately were it not for the unbridled support that trade receives from the white power structure!
One other point on this drug matters. The congress constructed a bipartisan bill for border security that was hailed as a major breakthrough. #45 told the very Republicans who had agreed to the bill to block it and why? Because it would be bad for his candidacy as Democrats would have something to celebrate. How ugly is that? This observation I’ll use to address point #1. “The president, while a vital leader in the country, doesn’t drive legislation.” #45’s non-legislative actions have altered the judiciary, as he has appointed sycophants whose allegiance to the law is small compared to their allegiances to #45.
2. While clearly not a great pick for Black interests, could it be that the Republican slate is the best available option for Kingdom ethics on things that are most central to Apostolic doctrine - including the sanctity of life and the nature of human creation and God’s design, vs. the advancing effort to desensitize culture and children on gender identities beyond male and female? Ans – Let’s be clear American Politics are not now nor have they been for centuries, religious, certainly not Christian or anything like it. Remember the very tenets of the republic clearly delineate the separation of Church and State. It is a false assertion that Republicans are the best available option for “Kingdom” ethics on things that are most central to the Apostolic Doctrine. Here’s my defense – 1. The Christian Right gobbles up the hints of the anti-abortion/ anti-gay agenda. But it’s phony!!
If Apostolic Doctrine (would you allow me to use the word Holiness) was the focus of attention what about all the other egregious sins the Republicans and their henchman #45 commit consistently? Why doesn’t that behavior offend Apostolic sensibilities? They lie, cheat, steal, are misogynistic, racist, white privileged, unholy, and unthankful, why isn’t that exasperating to Apostolic sensibilities? #45 boasts of “grabbing women’s genitalia” and has affairs on his wives (plural) mind you, and children out of wedlock, but the Christian right is so willing to ignore those peccadillos all because he claims to be against abortion. Give me a break. And, while I’m on the Christian piece, the news seized upon the staged Prayer of Christian leaders who laid hands on #45. But why isn’t the Christian right incensed by the credible report that after the prayer session, behind closed doors, #45 castigated those very leaders as losers!!
Let’s pause for a moment to consider a Bible episode in Acts 16. The statements by the damsel were technically accurate “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” No one can deny that the words are accurate. So what was Paul’s reaction to hearing those words? “Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.” I suspect that “Apostolics” would be much better served if they exercised their spiritual gifts and rebuked this hypocrisy rather than endorsing it – going so far as to claim that #45 is “God’s servant and has been sent by God…”. Give me a break!
It is the job of Apostolics and Christians in general, to passionately with singleness of purpose, to promote, preach, teach, and live the Gospel of Grace, and to live in holiness letting our lights shine. We as people vote not as our Christian duty but to exercise our Civic duties, responsibilities, and rights. If our focus is Spiritual then we mirror the sentiments of Jesus who said, “My Kingdom is not of this world, else would my servants fight.” Instead, we vote as our civic duty that it might be well with us. #45 has consistently demonstrated a complete lack of honor, integrity, and duty, and instead, he’s proven to be chaotic, a pathological liar, self-centered, white-privileged, racist, and pure evil.
I cannot in good conscience vote for and/or support such evil, and neither should you.
