Sunday Chat: How Christians Should Vote

Select capable men from all the people—
men who fear God, 
trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—
and appoint them as officials over 
thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 
Exodus 18:21  

When the righteous are in authority 
 the people rejoice; 
 but when the wicked rule, 
the people mourn.
The king by judgment 
 establishes the land but 
 he that receives gifts 
 overthrows it.
If a ruler listens to lies, 
 all his servants are wicked.
Proverbs 29:2, 4, 12

For lack of guidance 
a nation falls, 
but victory is won through 
many advisers. 
Proverbs 11:14 


You must not murder. 
 Exodus 20:33 

Anyone who takes another person’s life 
must be put to death. 
 Leviticus 24:17 

You made all the delicate, 
 inner parts of my body and 
knit me together in my mother’s womb. 
 Psalm 139:13 

 I knew you before I formed you
 in your mother’s womb. 
 Before you were born 
I set you apart and appointed you 
as my prophet to the nations 
Jeremiah 1:5 

 The Lord called me before my birth; 
 from within the womb he called me by name. 
 Isaiah 49:1 

A few days later 
Mary hurried to the hill country of Judea, 
 to the town where Zechariah lived. 
 She entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. 
 At the sound of Mary’s greeting, 
 Elizabeth’s child leaped within her, 
 and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 
 Luke 1:39-41

Children are a gift from the Lord; 
 they are a reward from him. 
 Psalm 127:3

We have borrowed money 
 for the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
we are forcing our sons and daughters 
 to be slaves, and some of our daughters 
 have already been enslaved, 
 but it is not in our power to help it, 
for other men have our fields and our vineyards 
 Nehemiah 5:4-5 

Collect no more taxes than 
the government requires. 
 Luke 3:13


Do not practice homosexuality, 
 having sex with another man 
 as with a woman. 
 It is a detestable sin. 
 Leviticus 18:22 

 The law is for people who are sexually immoral,
 or who practice homosexuality, 
 or are slave traders, liars, promise breakers, 
or who do anything else that contradicts 
the wholesome teaching 
 1 Timothy 1:10 

 If a man practices homosexuality, 
 having sex with another man as with a woman, 
 both men have committed a detestable act. 
 They must both be put to death, 
 for they are guilty of a capital offense. 
 Leviticus 20:13 

 " Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. 
“They record that from the beginning 
 ‘God made them male and female. 
 And he said, “‘This explains why a man leaves 
his father and mother and is joined to his wife, 
 and the two are united into one. 
Matthew 19:4-5 

 Don’t you realize that those who do wrong 
 will not inherit the Kingdom of God? 
 Don’t fool yourselves. 
 Those who indulge in sexual sin, 
 or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes,
 or practice homosexuality 
or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God
 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

“What should we do with these men?” 
 they asked each other. 
 “We can’t deny that they have 
performed a miraculous sign, and everybody in Jerusalem knows about it. 
 But to keep them from spreading their propaganda 
any further, we must warn them not to speak 
to anyone in Jesus’ name again.” 
 So they called the apostles back in and 
commanded them never again to speak or teach in the name of Jesus. 
But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God wants us 
to obey you rather than him? 
 We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.” 
Acts 4:18-20

“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

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