Do your job: get involved in choosing representation by God’s standards, and VOTE! Robert. Good thing he can’t run again…yea!! Absolutely. Thank you for letting me respond, and God bless. XII, pp. Jefferson certainly had a mixed Christian life. We're not salespeople, but we depend on donations averaging $14.76 and fewer than 1% of readers give. Although they were in a monarchial form of government that was ratified by God, they were no longer choosing kings by God’s guidelines. In President Obama I see a loving church going family man as I saw with Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush. 12 Most Inspiring Leadership Lessons from Bible Characters The Bible has been around for thousands of years. The Same GOD of Abraham, and Moses. This is the true picture painted from the nation of Israel in the Bible. All true God servants dream dreams and see visions but this is not always so with Godly political leaders leading nations. Though David was a prophet (Acts 2:30), God could send Prophet Nathan to him. I have heard some say Absolum may have resembled the 1st political type of person in the Bible , I see other’s comments , and realize you learn from them , or they do cause you to investigate their comments . Christian Quotes, This is a man who argued that because Jesus never spoke against gay marriage and abortion, that made it Biblical. Pro ALL life. Learn more about Pamela at Christianity Every Day. He was instrumental as paper currency was introduced in 1957. Recently, and including in his last year in his short 4-year presidency, he said, “I have been struck, personally and in my experience as President, by the human and moral values which Americans as a people share with Islam. We are all commanded by Him to faith, compassion, and justice” (in a post from “Relations With Islamic Nations Statement by the President. Did we forget Who GOD is!? Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot; that's great! He also adoped “In God We Trust” as the USA Motto in 1957. Hello Phyllis. And, these other presidents all supported life as they were pro-life and not pro-abortion as past President Obama was and still is. The fact that they want to take IN GOD WE TRUST off of our money and we the people don’t have any say so in it. This is a man who essentially claimed Paul didn’t fully understand homosexuality, so his comments against it were ill informed. So sorry I did not list all of your favorites. God is in control and can do anything He wants, which includes letting us do stupid things. Did we forget Who GOD is!? Is it your place to determine who is or isn’t a Christian? See same sex marriage – sodomy, abortion – murder, discrimination, an eye for an eye – retaliation, etc. It is for this reason Solomon lost direction, had many concubines, built altars for other gods and worshipped their gods. See why the spirit of God departs and how to know if He has departed. Every time he says anything against Christianity I get sick in my stomach. He took no part in worldly governments, and urged his followers to do the same. Eisenhower was the president who pushed to have the “under God” added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954. com, [1] Williams, Michael L., Silenced in the Schoolhouse: How Biblical illiteracy in our schools is destroying America” (Michael L. Williams, Wisdom4Today, Publisher, 2008). First Timothy 2:1-2 “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, So we can see that God set the government of our world to be ruled by people over us and people under us. (not one of the good ones either). However true Christians bear fruit and their Christianity can be seen clearly by others (Matt 3:7-9; Mat 7:16-23). Since I am the author of this article I take full responsibility for what I have shared here. Thomas Jefferson’s passion was for liberty. But as it is, my Kingdom is not from this source.” Jesus said in prayer to his Father in John 17:14 – “I have given your word to them, but the world has hated them, because they are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the world.” Jesus would have been the best king ever of a worldly government. Their individual sins are between them and God. As I sit here writing, we as a community and a nation are in the middle of choosing the leaders who will guide our city, our county and our nation for the next two to four years. You have sparked the minds for the reader and I thank you for your influence… I pray that God the Father will continue to bless you and your family…. He reformed the income tax code in 1986 allowing lower income people to avoid exorbitant taxes. It seems, US is now part of the mission field. Our Christianity is between us and God. Jesus is My LORD, and He is My Saviour. Stay in our Heavenly Father’s Word every day. Moses was chosen by GOD to lead the people of Israel to the promised land, what he had at his disposal was the old long wooden stick. God tells us in the Bible that, “…the powers that be ARE ORDAINED OF GOD” Best known as the first President of the United States, George Washington has a well documented life as an adult but not much has been written about his childhood.