Vote The Bible

Today, I want to read from the book of Proverbs chapter 29, as I share with you the message, "Vote The Bible". With election season upon us, many of us are sorting through the list of candidates trying to determine who we will vote for. Many of us are looking at the issues at hand. Abortion, same sex marriage, and other political matters. Some of you are registered Republican, some Democrat. Most of you will vote for the candidate the represents your political party. Some of you may jump ship and vote for the other party. But if you really want to know how to vote in our local and national elections, there is only one true way to cast your vote and that is vote the bible.

Many of us have heard the phrase and wonder how we go about doing that. It's simple really. Do not vote for anyone who stands or supports anything the bible is clearly against. Proverbs 6:16-19 says, 

16 These six things the Lord hates,

Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:

17 A proud look,

A lying tongue,

Hands that shed innocent blood,

18 A heart that devises wicked plans,

Feet that are swift in running to evil,

19 A false witness who speaks lies,

And one who sows discord among brethren.

The bible is crystal clear about the issues at hand this election. As it pertains to abortion, "The Lord hates hands that shed innocent blood." My friend, there is no blood on the face of this earth that is more innocent than that of an unborn baby in the womb of its mother!

Many people argue that life doesn't begin until X amount of weeks. The bible proves you dead wrong on that issue as well! Psalms 139:16, "For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb."

Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you;

I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

Life begins at conception. Not so many weeks after, and certainly not once the child is born. Doctors have confirmed that before birth, a child has a heartbeat, a DNA separate from its mother, eyes, ears, lungs, legs. They eat, they sleep, they move, all of this proves beyond a doubt that the child is in fact a life separate from its mother long before its born!

The main argument against that fact among the world is there should be an exception when it comes to rape and incest. Even if the pregnancy endangers the life of the mother. James Robinson is a well-known evangelist that can be seen on Christian television all over the world. He was conceived through rape. I heard another evangelist give his testimony about how he was conceived through and extra marital affair that his mother had. She tried to abort the pregnancy 3 times before he was born! And she failed every time. He went on to testify that it wasn't until he was born, and she heard his cries that she reached out to him and welcomed her son into the world.

Statistics show that less than 2-3% of abortions in America are performed because of rape, incest, or danger to the life of the mother. In other words, more than 95% of all abortions performed in America are performed out of the vain, self-centered, selfish sin filled actions of the mother! In some cases, the mother is forced into abortion by family or the child's father citing they are not ready for a child or a grandchild. Shame on those families!

Politicians want to argue that it is the constitutional right of the mother to terminate her pregnancy if she so chooses. Many of the protestors rallying to make abortion legal and covered under healthcare love to shout, "My body! My choice!" Really? What would you say if I told you the bible proves you wrong about even that?

1 Corinthians 6:19-20, "Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s."

The bible says you are bought with a price. What price? The price Jesus paid on the cross for your sins and mine. The Blood of Christ bought us out of the very hands of death itself! And with that purchase, we belong to God. He paid the price for our redemption! And yet, He still gives us free will. The free will to choose whether we will accept His Son and go to Heaven when we leave this world or if we'll reject Him and burn in Hell forever. So, no. It is not your body. It's God's body. And He has spoken in His Word that we are not to shed innocent blood.