The General Election of 2020 is 8 months away and Americans
will have the opportunity to express their freedom by voting for the President of
the United States.
On all sides of the political spectrum the discourse has
been bitter and vitriolic. The most devious and deceptive stratagem is to
question ones Christianity over their choice of candidate – specifically that
of Donald Trump. It has been asked this way:
“If you say you are a Christian, then how can you support a man like Donald Trump for President?”
It is often followed by an itemization of accusations
(unproven and/or assumed) that the President is: a racist, a bigot, a
misogynist, an isolationist, a nationalist, a rapist, an adulterer. The one
thing they never accuse him of is being a ‘politician.’
This question is meant to challenge your conscience and your
right to vote for whom you choose. They want to point out that you have a
hypocritical position in light of their
erroneous view of Christianity.
I’m going to suggest to you what the short answer should be,
but first consider this: what if the alternative candidates to President Trump
endorse a perverse and intolerable ideology which is contrary to Biblical
principles?
The fact is, they indeed do. The Founding Fathers of our
country established a Representative Republic, not a Socialist form of
government. No matter how intriguing Socialist theories may be, the Founders
envisioned a government that served the people by establishing laws (The
Legislature Branch), providing equal justice (The Judicial Branch) and the
freedom to elect a leader (The Executive Branch) – and not a leader who would
impose the will of the government upon the people. The Founders also sought to
allow the citizens the freedom to pursue commerce with little or no
interference from government.
But the perspective of the Liberal Left is a rejection
of what the Founders established for the United States. The mere fact that they
want open border demonstrates their desire to dissolve the United States as a
country. Their denunciation of the status quo is further characterized by their
delight in tearing down historical statues and buildings that have been
dedicated to national heroes (military and civilian). Their endeavors have been
successful in breaking down the very core structures of human relations within
our culture with the normalization of homosexuality, gender bending, same sex
marriage, euthanasia and infanticide. Not to mention their usurping of parental
control over their children and the drive to place the government’s yoke upon
every citizens – from the womb to the tomb. And soon they will develop the
legal means to ostracize those who oppose their agenda, making it illegal to
hold to historical Biblical truth.
These moral assaults are a direct refutation of the Founders
objectives for our country that were based on Biblical norms. The Founders may
not all have been Christians, but they all lived in the sphere of Biblical
norms and standards – something that has become a fading memory in our culture.
It all boils down to this: it is essential that believers
vote according to their conscience and to ignore any intimidation. But when the
choices seem disputable, how do we as Bible believing Christians substantiate voting
our conscience with Scripture?
We need to have the confidence that the apostle Paul had when
he stated before the Roman governor Felix:
“In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men.” (Acts 24:16)
This elicits two questions. First, what exactly is meant by ‘conscience’?
The Greek word used in this passage refers to “that faculty of the soul which
distinguishes between right and wrong and prompts one to choose the former and
avoid the latter.”[1]
Secondly, what is the basis for knowing right and wrong? And
is there a basis for establishing an absolute distinction between right and
wrong? John MacArthur explains further the mechanics of the conscience and the
standard for knowing right and wrong. He states that the conscience is:
The soul’s warning system, which allows human beings to contemplate their motives and actions and make moral evaluations of what is right and wrong. In order to work as God designed it, the conscience must be informed to the highest moral and spiritual level and best standard, which means submitting it to the Holy Spirit through God’s Word.[2]
Knowledge of God’s Word will provide truth, absolute truth,
and the moral standards needed to make rational decisions. To say that you will
choose the “least of the two evils” is truly an over simplification of how one
would ‘vote their conscience.’ All of the facts must be considered and
questioned. A voter will value the candidate who would be the best one to
follow the Constitution and maintain the Founders vision for our country.
So back to the original question: “If you are a Christian,
then how can you support a man like Donald Trump for President?” A good answer should
be this: “O Liberal man, based on your incorrect ‘Biblical’ opinion, you insist
that I shouldn’t vote for Donald Trump. But since your candidate stands for
everything contrary to Biblical norms and standards, then who should I vote
for, no one?”
And this brings us to the Left’s true objective – to shame
you of your choice for president. It is their cunning attempt to suppress your
vote and to nullify your right to stop their agenda of undermining our
Republic.
[1]
Zodhiates, S. (2000). The Complete Word
Study Dictionary: New Testament (electronic ed.). Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers,
G4893 [συνείδησις / suneídēsis]
[2]
MacArthur, J. F., Jr. (2006). The
MacArthur Study Bible: New American Standard Bible. (2 Co 1:12). Nashville,
TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers.
© David M. Rossi 2022
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