Time For The Church To Repent….

Amen.

Church, what we see happening today is the result of generations of bad teaching, decisions, and practices where government is concerned - one of which is the practice of dissuading our young people from becoming involved in law and government based on incorrect teaching regarding government and the Christian's place in it.  I cannot tell you how may times during the course of my life I have heard pastors and other Christian leaders tell young people that they have no business as Christians becoming involved in law or government, yet this is CONTRARY to the clear teaching of Romans 13.  Romans 13:1-7 tells us that GOD established and ordained government:

"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. FOR THERE IS NO AUTHORITY EXCEPT FROM GOD, AND THOSE THAT EXIST HAVE BEEN INSTITUTED BY GOD.  THEREFORE WHOEVER RESISTS THE AUTHORITIES RESISTS WHAT GOD HAS APPOINTED, and those who resist will incur judgment.  For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,  for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.  Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience.  For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.  Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed."

So if GOD has established and ordained government, where did we ever get the idea that Christians have no place in it?  

If GOD established and ordained LAW, where did we ever get the idea that Christians have no business practicing it?  

And if GOD established and ordained government and law, how can you expect the UNREGENERATE to fulfill either in accordance with His expectations as laid out in His Word?  

What we witnessed today is the direct result of pulling God's influence out of the political and legal realms by dissuading, even vilifying, our young people the moment they showed interest in serving in either of these two fields.  MORALITY IS LEGISLATED!  EVERY PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT BECOMES LAW IS A REFLECTION OF SOMEONE'S MORAL CODE!  And yet, by dissuading our young people from entering these two fields of endeavor, we removed God's ministers who could "… build up the wall and stand in the breach before [Him] for the land, that [He] should not destroy it…" Ezekiel 22:30.

It is time for the Church to repent.