So, I am giving fair warning to anyone that reads this: I am going to take you on my spiritual journey through the world of politics. What I mean by this is that I have decided to let you in on the struggles that I have dealt with as I have tried to follow Christ and be involved in politics. You will travel with me as I examine subjects from a Biblical perspective and mesh that in with some common sense along the way. I will look at things such as the role of government, is "social justice" biblical, is there any point which a people can rebel against their government, is the Constitution Biblical, what should the role of women be in government, and important issues of our day. I will also take a break from this every once in a while to address something I feel warrants a blog post. You will also hear me talk about Sarah Palin on my blog quiet often. I really like her and I think she has a lot to offer the world of politics. You don't have to agree with me, I am perfectly ok with that. You also don't have to agree with my conclusions on issues and that is okay, just be sure that you know that you can back it up biblically.
I also want to take this time to just say that people need to be wary of things going on in our political world but also in society in general. I have seen alot of conservatives try to convince the media that they are just as intellectual as the far-left. As a conservative, we will never be seen as equals on the intellectual scale because in the eyes of the far-left, if we were equal with them, we would have come to the same conclusions as them and we would now be far-left idealists. In Proverbs we find that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. This is important because it is when we truly know God and fear Him, not in a way that we are afraid, but more in a way that we respect and are in awe of Him and all of His powers and, yes, in some ways are afraid, afraid of His judgement. The beginning premise must be the Lord. Therefore, when we stick with what the Bible says about specific issues, we will more than likely never be viewed as the intellectuals of the world. In Matthew, Jesus says, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children." In 1 Corinthians it states, "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty"
If you are looking for approval from the world for being a conservative and strictly sticking to the things that are taught in the Bible, you will be looking for a long time. While we may have many degrees in an educational sense, we will never be viewed as intellectual. Like I said, in order for us to be viewed as intellectuals in the world's eyes, we would have to abandon everything that is taught in the Bible. The Bible lifts up the individual and gives us the power to make good choices and bad choices. Jesus taught us to take responsibility for ourselves and to look out for the less fortunate. The problem comes in when we start to examine how we are expected to take care of the less fortunate and I will be examining that in later posts. I hope you will come on my journey with me.
