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The Living Waters Podcast

Ep. 67 - Should Christians Even Get Involved in Politics?

The Living Waters Podcast

Living Waters

Prolife, Witnessing, Faith, Gospel, Evangelism, Jesus, Salvation, Creation, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Theology, Christianity, Apologetics, Spirituality

4.93K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In today's politically charged climate, the guys have noticed that Christians are often confused and split on how to engage with politics. What is the proper role of the Christian in the political space? The foundational truth the guys want to convey is that God wants us involved in the public square - and this includes politics! And in the US, we not only have the responsibility to be involved, but the privilege of easily accessible ways of doing so. Voting is one way...

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So, guys, my question to you is, what would you say to the person who has that kind of

0:09.4

perspective of God is sovereign and he's going to do whatever he does?

0:13.7

So therefore, we don't need to be a part of the process, right?

0:16.8

God just works things out and it doesn't matter.

0:20.2

We don't need to be more.

0:21.2

We need to focus on the gospel only and just forget about it.

0:25.0

Well, why would you focus on the gospel only if God does everything?

0:28.0

Just stay in bed.

0:29.7

Yeah, it's the means by which God uses to accomplish his will, right?

0:32.8

So, why am I going to pray?

0:34.0

Well, prayer is the vehicle that God uses to move his hand oftentimes, right?

0:38.2

So, God oftentimes will work supernaturally in a very natural realm that he has set up

0:43.4

people and circumstances and situations in order to accomplish his will.

0:48.1

Yeah.

0:49.1

It's interesting to me that people will use that fallback argument in different contexts.

0:55.6

So when, for example, if somebody might say, well, I'm not going to worry about racism

1:02.5

just preach the gospel.

1:04.6

But then they talk about abortion and they don't say just preach the gospel.

1:08.8

They are advocates to stop abortion meals from doing what they do, right?

1:12.7

So the point that I want to make here is that we are all commanded to one preach the

1:16.9

gospel.

1:17.9

But the other thing that God commanded us to do is to go into the world and bring his

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