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God is not a Republican . . . But He does believe in Liberty and Freedom

April 11, 2009 |  Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

If you are like me, then you have seen over the years cars with a bumper sticker that says “God is not a Republican” or “God is not spelled GOP”.

I want to write about this since I am a Christian first and a Conservative second. What I want to talk about is not the bumper stickers themselves, but they helped to inspire this post. One other inspiration was my Pastor and his most recent series he was teaching us.

Some people have this perception that money is evil and that no one should be wealthy. However, when God talks about money He does not say that money itself is the root of all evil, He says that the LOVE of money is the root of evil (1 Timothy 6:10 NKJV.)

God wants all of us to prosper, it is His will that none should perish (2 Peter 3:9.) What that does not mean is that God guarantees that there will never be any poor people or people that will not perish. God gave us free will to choose the path that is presented to us. Will we go left, or will we go right; we have to choose. God wants us to prosper in all areas of our life; spiritually, in our family life and even financially. What God does not want to see is people use the financial prosperity He blessed them with to cause them to love their money more than their love for Him.

God is inherently against centralized control over peoples lives. If He was for centralization, then He would simply taken away our free will when he created us. Who are we to think that we know better than God that people should not be given free will to pursue life, liberty and happiness?

The founding fathers of our country were incredibly smart to understand that a people are not truly free unless they choose to be free. If people rely on their government to tell them they should be “free”, then they will not be free because they are being controlled. I am not talking about anarchy, just as God has some ground rules for His beloved we also need some ground rules to ensure those choices are not taken away by an individual or group.

So you see God is not a Republican, but He is not a Democrat either. God is an All Mighty Creator, that has a will that none should perish, but have everlasting life. But He gave His children the choice to make. Or, as the Declaration of Independence states – “that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

I love my Pastor and his teachings on how to live a joy filled life. His name is Pastor Jim and our church is about a relationship with the Father through His one Son Jesus Christ. God is apolitical and so for anyone to say that “God is Republican” or “God is Democrat” is putting a limitation on God. Let’s not put a limit on God. It should not be our place to do that. Let’s share what God wants for His children. Which is our free will to seek life, liberty and happiness.

God Bless

American Dad


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  1.    Chat on September 27, 2009 2:10 pm

    Was very nice thank you healthy for your hands

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