Bob31

You are right. Guarding our hearts is the Spirit's basic task in His sactifying work in our hearts and minds. I notice that you have Posted a lot of topics on this platform. You appear to be a very thoughtful servant. May God bless you in all that you are doing. Bob

We do it by focusing our thoughts on the "things of the Spirit" rather than the "things of the flesh" (Rom 8:5 and Phil 4:7-8)

Ray, I appreciate your perspective on this issue. I believe that God is ultimately in control of what happens among us human beings. He is apparently willing to let some foolish influential individuals to put other selfish fools into positions of power in various systems of civil order throughout the world, but His willingness to tolerate this foolishness will come to an end when Lord Jesus returns to set up the Kingdom of God on this earth. Some redeemed human souls will be given the blessing to share in Jesus' authority over the residents of this Kingdom, but the civil order will not be democracy or that of a selfish fool. Until then, we may have to suffer under the authority of fools or struggle in civil processes to hamper their foolish efforts to hamper our efforts to establish a fair system of elections for all of the people of these States and particularly for its citizens recognizing that there is no single human authority in place to secure the integrity of this process in our coming election. Thanks to the other members for their positive comments on this issue. May God continue to bless America in our next election. Bob

Ray, thanks for your thoughtful reply to my concern. Since our elections are handled in each state with state elected officials and appointed clerks in charge, I do not see how any critic of election results, particularly in Democratic states, can get appropriate legal officials to be objective in regard to accepting any evidence of fraudulent votes anywhere. I don't think that there is a law in place to prevent non-citizens from being registered to vote and voting in national elections in every state. I believe that God knows how the details of our political system work and where it is manipulated to favor specific "popular" candidates, and He has refrained from exercising His personal will in our elections. I agree with you that we Christians should all vote and continue to pray for our country and our elected authoritative civil agents. The integrity of our voting system is dependent upon the integrity of those who register individuals to vote and then count and report the votes, but there doesn't seem to be anyone in any position of authority to finally confirm the integrity of these voting clerks. and their supervisors. This is what concerns me in this next national election. Bob

enoob57, exactly, but who is in position of authority to stop them? I noticed in the last election that Trump and his lawyers could not even prove that there was any election fraud in most of the places where they questioned the results. Thanks for your comment,

I have come to understand from my study of the Bible and my personal fellowship with the Spirit, that the physical Kingdom of God that Jesus will establish on this earth will be the specific platform for the display of God's glory that was His objective in creating a physical universe with millions of different living creatures, including a male human being, Adam, who was created in His "image".

I do not expect to see a fair election for President in November. I think that the Democrats have registered too many illegal immigrants as voters and put them into key election districts where their votes could create a majority in the Electoral College. I don't see anyone in a position of authority over this national election. What guarantee should I note that this election will be fairly conducted for United States citizens?

Briefly, salvation is God's work of redeeming rebellious humans, who are separated from him because of their sins, back into personal relationships with him through their faith in him and his Son, Jesus. For a more complete explanation of this work see my statement on "God's Work of Redemption" at http://christianityetc.org/redemption.php Books have been written to explain this topic of salvation, so it is extremely difficult to be concise. I hope this helps.