Christianity, Islam, and Judaism make up some 54% of those professing a belief in a Creator thus granting them the status of being religious. And each of these "religions" are awaiting the end of the time or world as we know it, so their Messiah can rule and reign over the earth. Christianity includes many sects, like Catholic, Protestants, Eastern Orthodox, Pentecostal, Anglican, Mormonism, Evangelicalism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Quakers, and a few others I never heard of; Islam is made up primarily of Sunni and Shiite's but there are other sects within Islam, like the "Nation of Islam" which is made up of primarily a black population.Within each main religion, there are sects that deviate from the other, yet describe themselves as adherents to the main.
Not accounting for the sects, which person who claims to be sent by GOD, are we supposed to believe and follow, and where is the proof, they are divinely sent? Because of "stronger" attachments to ones religion, people "feel" a closeness to God they want others to believe is genuine, making that person so in touch with God, he "must" be sent to do a specific deed for God. Sound familiar?
In Christianity, the Apostles were "sent" by God and the evidence of that was what they actually did. None of their work was to promote themselves, but to promote God and Jesus Christ, who Himself was sent for a purpose and not to promote Himself. His death on the cross, and His resurrection is the basis for the belief Christians have as opposed to Judaism, which does not believe Jesus is the Messiah, yet they both have very strong similarities. The Bible states that the eyes of the Jewish people have been blinded because of their constant disobedience to God, and when the time of the Gentiles is filled, the scales will be removed. Then the similarities will be better understood.
But we still have a problem with Islam and all the other religions because they never unite, or come together. For Islam, their goal is to make everyone a Muslim, or a slave, and not divinely, but out of fear. On the other hand, Christians are always busy trying to teach the idea of God's only begotten Son, to anyone who will listen, and the conversion of those souls can be laid at the feet of Jesus, and not the work of a man or the fear of becoming a slave, and many of those missionaries have died while trying to reach the lost with the teachings of the Bible. None-the-less, there still are those who are so strongly steeped in their beliefs, that they are "trusting" God will protect them as they enter the world of the most debased sinner. They feel they are being "sent" by God to evangelize the lost, with no right to that claim other than their own emotional drive.
Outside of the political arena, it seems those claiming to be sent are confident they are being sent to promote their religion, and they do not show up wearing political clothes or sheep skins: they show up claiming, up-front, their reason for being there; their beliefs; their religion; their hopes they can convince you to believe what they do.
So now we are down to the crux of the matter: does anyone think God is so capable of creating all that is, in its divine intricacies, with details humans are still trying to figure out and understand, and yet need the help of someone to make better legislation? And with what divinity does this person claim he or she acts? Those same people can show you that the Bible they profess to read and practice to follow, tells us God turns the hearts of the King, and it is God who makes a man to do His will (remember Noah, Moses, and Jonah?). Then why should anyone believe that the people of today are "sent" by God?
There is historical evidence that God DID us people to further His plan, but only history can show that to be the case, not the claims of a person being sent to do something for God. God used Moses, Abraham, Job, and many others, who could claim "thus saith the Lord" because prior to Jesus, God spoke to chosen people. After Jesus, by virtue of the Holy Spirit, God no longer has to speak to us; we have His word which tells us how we should live; He doesn't have to "send" someone.
As Christians, we are supposed to live according to the Bible, and that means as politicians we are supposed to enact Godly, Righteous principles. Doing so, does not permit you to claim you were "sent" to do that. But doing so can be evidence that God used you for that purpose. As Christians, we are obligated to live righteous lives, no matter the outcome, because our faith is in God doing His will, not ours. In the end, what will happen will be what God wants to happen. We cannot change that, no matter what we claim or what political party we belong to. GOD can and will change the hearts of the leaders as He sees fit, and only when He sees fit to do so. You might be used by God to accomplish that, but please do not ever claim God "sent you to do this or that". If it is Biblically based, it is what God wants you to do and it can be known by any man who is willing to read what "thus saith the Lord".
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