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John 19:1-12 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him. And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe. And said, Hail, King of the Jews and they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you that you may know that I find no fault in him.
Then came Jesus forth wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him and crucify him for I find no fault in him. The Jews answered him, We have a law and by our law, he ought to die because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; And went again unto the judgment hall and saith to Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
Then saith Pilate unto him, speakest thou not unto me? Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee and have power to release thee? Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me except it were given thee from above; therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him but the Jews cried out saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend. Whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
Luke 4:5-7 And the devil, taking him up into a high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, all this power will I give thee and the glory of them; for that is delivered unto me and whomsoever I will I give it, if thou therefore, bow down and worship me, all shall be thine.
Luke 3:22 But Herod the tetrarch being reproved by him (John) for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife and for all the evils which Herod had done. Added yet this above all, that he shut him in prison.
As demonstrated in the confrontation between the devil and Jesus, Satan gives power to whom he wants and the “only” thing he requires is worship, bowing to the law of rebellion. Political leaders are given their positions by being subservient to Satan. This is why America was founded on the idea that people should have the most power over their lives. When we realize that politicians’ main gig is to satisfy their constituents, we can better understand the problems with pure democracy. Politicians will submit to the rants and railings of sinful men. In a democracy the people are greater sinners than the leaders.
Even though the politician can look at the law and knows in his heart that a person is innocent, if the mob that supports him gets violent, then it’s better to cater to the mob than to exact justice. This is where America is today. We have joined the rest of the world in suppressing freedom for the benefit of the evil mob.
The mob always becomes very proficient in crushing dissent. Only a scant few will stand up to this final assault on man’s freedom. What we must remember, and is very hard to swallow, is that this power has been given to them by Satan. We must come to grips with Jesus’s warning. In this world, we will suffer persecution. If the world hated Jesus, it will hate us believers. If we point out wrongdoing by the State, we are the enemies of the state.
We’re always trying to elect someone to “save” us. There is only one Savior but a corrupt man elects corrupt leaders. We’ve accepted Christ as our Savior and like the children of Israel we’ve crossed the river but now find ourselves wandering in the desert for our whole lives. Along our journey, there are a lot of voices questioning our allegiance to a God who defines love differently than the world. The promised land isn’t anywhere on this earth.
So the question is, should we vote if we’re given the opportunity? How do we participate in democracy or should we. I look at it this way. Yes we should, however, we’ve always voted for the “lesser of two evils”. I only support those who most align themselves to the Bible, unashamed to stand with Christ. Will they win? Not usually but sometimes. God knows how you vote. Are you voting for your physical needs or the freedom to preach the gospel? Saving people and nations from their sins is the only thing that’s important. Instead of fishing (voting) for fish (the things of this world) let’s become fishers of men (the only valuable commodity in God’s eyes.