Can a believer get involved with politics? (Part 6).

[Leonardo Von]

Can a believer get involved with politics? (Part 6).

Continuing to answer the questions.

Someone can question: “if in the government there is only Ha-Satan’s servants, the oppression will be so big and no follower of Christ will bear with this.”.

Well, since the Adam sinned until now, always Ha-Satan had his representatives in the power. Hence he said:

•    Luk 4:5,6 -> “And the devil led him into a high mountain and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And he said to him: To thee will I give all this power and the glory of them. For to me they are delivered: and to whom I will, I give them.”.

Nonetheless, despite this, even with terrible and cruel tyrants like Hitler, Genghis Khan, Mao Tse-tung, etc., as well as all the rulers of the ancient Roman Empire, the humanity arrived until here. And, by the way, the more Jesus’ church was persecuted, the more she grew in purity, holiness and number.

Furthermore, although Ha-Satan is in control of the world, everything only comes about with the permission of the Creator and He never allows us to be tempted beyond our strengths:

•    1Co 10:13 -> “Let no temptation take hold on you, but such as is human. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able: but will make also with temptation issue, that you may be able to bear it.”.

He detains the control of the heart of all kings:

•    Pro 21:1 -> “The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.”.

If we stay in the way of life (Jesus Christ), everything will cooperation to our good (Rom 8:28):

•    Pro 16:4 -> “The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.”.

Someone can ask: “but there is no place in the Holy Scripture prohibiting us to get involved in politics.”.

Jesus’ followers only can do what they saw their Master doing (such as Jesus only did what He saw the Father to do):

•    Joh 5:19 -> “So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.”.
•    Joh 8:38 -> “I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”.
•    Joh 10:37 -> If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;”. 

Once Jesus couldn’t do anything by Himself, but only pursuant to what He saw and heard from the Father, who are us to think that we can invent something? Peter and John were clear: we need to follow Jesus’ example, live and walk like Him:

•    1Pe 2:21 -> “For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you *an example*, so that you might follow in his steps.”.
•    1Jn 2:6 -> “whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.”.
•    Eph 5:1  -> “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.”.

As we can see, we are enjoined to imitate the Creator. Those who tried to invent a way to glorify the Creator paid dearly for this. For instance:

•    Lev 10:1 -> “Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, *which he had not commanded them*. And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.”

So, have a good day being content in being like your Master (Jesus). Don’t try to be better than Him: 

•    Mat 10:24,25 -> “ “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.”.

Tomorrow we will keep on answering the questions.