God Will Give Us Leaders After Our Own Hearts
R.C. Sproul on Christians and Politics, Part Twelve
“The primary issues in the presidential elections of today are involvement with the Middle East, terrorism, and the economy. Abortion is way down at the bottom of the list. Personally, I could not sleep if I ever cast a ballot for a candidate who supported abortion on demand. That trumps every other ethical issue of our time. I plead with you as Christians that when you walk into the voting booth, don’t leave your Christianity in the parking lot. Let your mind be informed by the Word of God. I have been studying theology all my life, and if I know anything about the character of God, I know that God hates abortion. There are other ways to deal with unwanted pregnancies than the physical destruction of the unborn. So I hope you vote your conscience, not your vested interest or your pocketbook. I hope you will vote for righteousness and justice as your conscience is informed by the Word of God. Until or unless we do that, God will give us leaders after our own hearts, which is a scary thing.”
R.C. Sproul, Acts: An Expositional Commentary (Sanford: Ligonier Ministries, 2019), 226.
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Christians and Politics: Biblical Insights from R.C. Sproul
The Church Militant Has Become the Church Impotent
Politicians Are Ministers of God
Jesus Spoke to the Cultural and Political Issues of His Day
Tax Exemption is the Sword Held Over the Church
Voting for Government to Take Other’s Property by Force
Subsidies for Private Enterprise: Immoral and Unethical
What Brings National Destruction
Legalized Theft
The Holocaust of Abortion