Pastor's Corner

for Sunday Nov 7th
The Christian and civil duty.
We’ve just gone through another election process and some Christians wonder what our role is in the political process. Well, the apostle Paul tells Christians to pray for “kings and all who are in high positions” because God desires “all people to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth”. (1Timothy 2:2-4) Paul reminds us that the preeminent goal of a Christian’s concern in things political is that we will be able to live lives that allow us the freedom and opportunity to preach the gospel and live our lives as Christians without fear and without opposition. This is important because only the gospel has the power to save people and only God can change the human heart. Politicians cannot change people, so our confidence is not in the political system but in God, and the only way for people to be changed is if they are born again by the work of the Holy Spirit. The world is becoming more and more hostile to the preaching of the gospel and we don’t know how much longer we will have the freedom to preach the gospel message so, when we have opportunity to vote men and women into places of authority over us let us choose wisely and prayerfully those who will give us the freedom to preach the gospel. And pray for those in authority that our freedom to live as Christians will not be hindered.
Pastor Don.