To vote is a moral and religious virtue that we are blessed to have the opportunity to do so. It is moral and religious to use the liberty we have wisely and to vote for people/laws that will defend the 1st Amendment especially. Which allows Christians to preach to the lost and freely as they choose to do.
The Bible has a lot to say about government. Good and bad examples. God wanted His people to govern themselves as Moses had designed an ancient constitutional republic where the 2 tablets, the 10 commandments set the foundation for the Mosiac law. Then Moses received wise advice from his father in law to delegate his authority out to others who were upright men.
Where the people could go to their chosen representative who would either handle it or go to Moses on their behalf.
The liberty to choose takes great responsibility. Choose wisely and the Biblical values can be portrayed to others within the governments reach. Choose unwisely and the secular heart that most often leans towards wickedness will promote the morality of self and love of self.
It can be the difference between night and day or liberty to love God vs death for loving God as this image below so powerfully represents.
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Render to Caesars what is Caesars Jesus once said. The Christian is to be involved in their civil duties. Not to promote injustice but to support justice. Rome didn't convert to Christianity by not being involved. Even Paul tried to influence some top Roman officials. Paul was using his Roman citizenship in order to promote the gospel and it worked. He was sent to Rome as a prisoner where who knows how many people was affected by his teachings. Those teachings influenced the people of the culture and those people would influence others until that virtue and morality trickles into government. Mary and Joseph participated the the census. Jesus told his disciples to pay their taxes. Why pay taxes if your money went to people of evil? Well it could very well helped the people of good just as the soldier that Jesus met.
"The centurion was one the most unlikely persons to amaze Jesus. He was a Gentile. Doubtless he had a pagan upbringing. He was a Roman, stationed in Palestine to subject the Jews to the Emperor's rule. He was a man of war. He achieved the rank of centurion by distinguishing himself above others in the brutal Roman martial arts. Not exactly the résumé you'd expect for becoming one of the Bible's great heroes of faith."
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-centurion-faith-that-made-jesus-marvel
Now why did this man get such high praise from Jesus? Didn't Jesus know the line of work this man was involved in within the government? Why didn't Jesus get on to him about his line of work? Possibly because God often sends people of light into the darkest of places.
If we love our neighbors, we should equally do our part to protect their rights especially when we have the privilege to do so with out having to watch their rights taken, imprisoned, beaten, or killed.
This is why liberty carries so much weight and has been protected through centuries of the fallen who gave their life for their neighbors. There is no greater love than that.
"According to George Barna in his book, The Second Coming of the Church, the number of Christians that registered to vote in a poll taken in 1997 was 83% as compared to 79% of non-Christians. Then, in a more recent report, regarding Christians who vote,
WallBuilders.com reported that from 1992 to 2000 there was a 40% total decrease in Christians who voted. They also reported that out of the 60 million evangelicals in America in 2000 only 15 million voted and that some 24 million (40%) evangelicals were not even registered to vote.
If we have complaints about those in leadership that are immoral and the new laws that have been passed that are offensive and anti-Biblical; we might lay the complaint at the steps of the church.
What about our responsibility as good citizens? Are you registered to vote? Will you take the time to study the voting records and lifestyles of candidates? Which candidates most closely follow Bible standards? Will you set apart some time to pray about who would make the best leader? Will you take time to study the propositions? How will voting “for” or “against” an issue affect God’s plans for humanity? Then, most importantly…
WILL YOU VOTE?"
https://bibleresources.org/voting/