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Voting

Oct 27, 2004 Print This Post

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Thanks to Steve for this good article by John Piper on voting even when you are disillusioned.

Here’s the summary:

Now, if you are dissatisfied today the way I am, why vote? The answer is that if you don�t, you are guilty of the very oversimplification you condemn. There is no escape from responsibility by pointing out the imperfections of leaders. That is the only kind of leaders there will ever be. Our calling in this world is not to wait for the arrival of the perfect, but to pick our way through the thicket of flaws. We would be arrogant to put ourselves above this fray and say, �A curse on both your houses.�

The Lord Jesus does not give us this luxury of disengagement. He says, �Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar�s, and to God the things that are God�s� (Matthew 22:21). Caesar�even pagan Caesar�has his claim on our lives. Why? Because God Almighty, whom we serve above all men, made human governments his way of running the world. �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� (Romans 13:1). In a democratic republic like ours that means at least: VOTE.