10/23/2024
As Election Day approaches, I would like to directly speak to Christians who feel compelled to vote in a direction of “pro-life” and other ideologies they feel a particular political party upholds.
It is a fundamental truth of our faith, that God Himself granted unto humans the freedom of choice. A powerful declaration clearly articulating the very sanctity of what it is to be human.
God holds no political affiliation, but he does make it clear that freedom of choice is the foundation of his greatest creation— us!
By stripping others of their abilities to make choices about their own unique lives directly conflicts with God’s will for us all.
To align ourselves with the will of God means to defend freedom of choice for all. It means to stand up for the oppressed and marginalized as Jesus often did, without judgement and condemnation; but with compassion and empathy.
You see, to allow freedom to others is not to strip you of your own. Regardless of whether your own choices or ideals align with others in this country is not for you to weaponize, hyperbolize, or justify your own bias.
Understand that defending freedom and choice for others does not mean a misalignment of your faith, but a defense of the very fabric in which it was sown.
Fighting for equality is not an acknowledgment of any personal wrongdoings.
Fighting for choice is not an admittance of its application in your own life.
Defending people of other faiths, races, and ideals does not mean turning your back on your own.
It’s a defense of God’s will— freedom of choice. Choices that are meant for the individual and not choices meant to be inflicted upon one another.
Galatians 5:1: "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery”
Moses 3:17: "Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee
1 Corinthians 6:12: "I have the right to do anything—but not everything is beneficial. I have the right to do anything—but I will not be mastered by anything"
Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.”
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