2024 Election - How Shall We Then Vote
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for Kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior.
1 Timothy 2:1-3
Introduction
The 2024 Presidential election is upon us here in America. This is obvious, not only to those in the United States, but also to the entire world. So here we are, at a national election where the next four years of our nation’s trajectory and history will be altered one way or the other. It is interesting that during every Presidential election we hear pundits saying that this is the most important election of our lifetime, or that the future of America and the world depends on this election. Usually, I find those types of comments distasteful. Afterall, I understand – to a fair degree – how politics works and how government is structured. I embrace the law of lesser magistrates and believe that the law of subsidiarity is alive and well within the nation, and my hope is not in princes. Despite all this, elections are not unimportant or something to ignore.
Since 2016 things in this land have changed, and they have changed dramatically and not for the better. More and more, eyes are on the president and the presidential administration to do and be what they were never intended to be. More and more the president is called upon to make decisions that will affect the daily lives of every American. More and more the highest office is called upon to be for the smallest man. More and more fairness, equity, social justice, and the like are on the front page of the candidate’s agenda, rather than law, order, or strong boarders. It seems that the degree to which actual constitutional responsibilities are on an agenda is the degree to which a candidate seeks to pander to the bitter clingers they wish to sway.
But this year is different. This year it seems to me that there may actually be some substance behind calling this election the most important election in a century, or in our lifetime, or that it carries with it existential consequences. This year, I am convinced that these claims bear merit, and that everyone, including – and most importantly – Christians, must take heed and act as God calls us to act in his word, and to act to secure the best possible future for ourselves, our families, our churches, and to the degree we are able, our nation.
The Christians Obligation
The question of whether Christians are obligated to vote at all has always been a matter of debate. Over the centuries in America, men have been on both sides of the issue and have lauded the bible to support their position and claims. So, what we’re doing here is nothing new, but we do want to be a people who are deeply considerate of the matters at hand and consider whether we have an obligation – when afforded one – to direct the course of our nation for the glory of Christ by a vote.
To that end it is important that we discuss one of the oldest denominations in the Nation: The Covenanters. In the history of our nation, the Covenanters have played a pivotal role despite their relative obscurity.[1] As a matter of fact, due to their experience with the British government, the Covenanters at one time in America completely abstained from voting and encouraged their parishioners to do the same. Church discipline was even a consequence because of the belief that voting violated the first commandment. Explaining this, Reverend Thomas H. Acheson, D.D. said,
He is the true patriot who refuses to identify himself with any evil in his country’s life, and when some future historian shall write the history of the United States, he will trace a golden thread back to those who in these days were willing, even at the price of criticism and scorn, to stay out of the government because Jesus Christ was left out.[2]
In other words, the position of the Covenanters was that the absence of the explicit reference to Jesus Christ in federal government documents and structure made them unworthy of the participation of Christians. Now, despite my disagreement with this position, it is principled. Since Rev. Acheson’s sentiments, however, the Covenanters position has changed. In our day, this is merely one possible option, but now there is considerable advocacy for participating in the political process and voting as the other. For example, the Reformed Presbyterian Testimony 23.15 exhorts the Covenanters to use their God-given voting privileges for God’s glory and to seek to exert political influence as they are able, to the extent that one can remain loyal to Christ. Additionally, in the September/October edition of the Reformed Presbyterian Witness the Covenanters say, “Christians have a moral duty to participate in such ballot initiatives according to scriptural principles, even if they cannot support any of the candidates listed on the ballot.” While this sentiment advocates for voting for an unlisted third party (a position I am not in agreement with) the point is well made: Christians must vote.
Reverend Thomas H. Acheson, D.D. supports this claim handily (even if he didn’t mean it this way) when he says,
If [America] were an absolute monarchy, each man’s responsibility would, except in a general sense, be small. If it were a limited monarchy, each citizen’s responsibility would be greater, but less than it now is. Ours is a republican form of government, a democracy, and therefore the people rule, or are supposed to do so…yet theoretically, and more or less in practice, the people rule, and therefore the responsibility rests upon the people, upon the voter.[3]
What does this all mean? It means that even those places in Christianity where there was at one time staunch opposition to participation in the political process, there is now an acknowledgement that voting is a Christian duty and honors Christ. Jesus tells us that “To whom much is given, from him much will be required” (Luke 12:48). Among other things, this shows that Christians have a duty to pursue righteousness to the same extent that we have been blessed by God. Far from being able to sit on our laurels after receiving freely from our Heavenly Father, we are called upon to take that free gift and pour our sweat, blood, and tears in cheerful exuberance as we bring that gift to the nations.
The Nature of The Vote
Voting is not American. (dramatic pause)
It’s not. Really. Its Presbyterian……I mean, biblical.
We see “voting” in Exodus 18:21. Here Moses commands Israel to “look for [select] able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.” We see this principle of “voting” again in Acts 6:3 when the first deacons were being chosen. “Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.” This concept of voting is carried into the church courts even till this day. On the floor of Presbyteries nationwide there is debate and voting on all sorts of matters. This is not because America has influenced the church, but rather because the bible teaches that this is an effective and appropriate way to come to decisions – through the wisdom of the electorate. America simply employed what Presbyterians had already been doing on a national level.
In America today, however, it seems Christians either think too little about their vote or they think far too highly of it. They may think uncritically and simply vote for the republican ticket or they would be overly and unhelpfully scrupulous and imagine their vote to be something like the last drop of a magical life-saving elixir. In my view, neither of these approaches are appropriate for a Christian. On the one hand, it is necessary that Christians examine everything they do in light of God’s word. Votes aren’t neutral and therefore Christians shouldn’t be cavalier about who they support to rule a nation, state, county, township, city, school board, etc. Votes, however, are also not sacraments and it is not necessary that they be treated as such. On this matter, Douglas Wilson writes,
Then there is the perfectionist, the one who believes that because we should all vote our consciences, and because the Bible requires us to keep our consciences unsullied, this means that we must abstain from voting for any impure candidate or party. Voting is thought of in quasi-sacramental or even sacramental terms, and as we all know, sacraments are not to be entered into thoughtlessly or with any deliberate known sin in our lives. Voting for a compromised candidate, one with known sin in his life, would itself be an instance of such compromise. Thus, the person thinking this way either stays home, or writes in a candidate, or votes for a third-party that is splintered enough to be suitably pure.[4]
Wilson is not looking on this particular practice favorably, mind you. He goes on to say that all perfectionists misconstrue what a vote actually is - in other words, they treat it like a sacrament. But votes aren’t holy gems through which the Spirit of God operates, but, rather they are tools to be utilized by Christians for the glory of God and to accomplish his ends. All candidates are sinful, and if not knowing about a candidate’s sin makes you feel better about voting for him, then you must learn more about the depravity of the heart.
Consequently, when a Christian votes he is using a tool, much like a hammer, or keyboard, or stove top, to accomplish something that will bring God glory. The important question to consider then, is what brings God glory when it comes to those who rule in civil governments?
God’s Desire For Rulers
Immediately, the keen and clever reader will say something like, “well Nick, you said it yourself in quoting Exodus 18:21. God wants men who fear God, are trustworthy, and hate a bribe. Case closed.”
Not so fast, Haus.
Generally speaking, in our day people have an awfully difficult time making appropriate distinctions. Far too often people see any similarity in matters and immediately equate them without critical inquiry. “Israel voted for people,” they’ll say, “using a particular standard, we’re also voting for people, therefore we must use the same standard they used.” But it simply, isn’t that simple. That would be like saying rain drops and atomic bombs are the same because they both fall from the sky. Please.
At the time Moses gave this directive to Israel, he was a theocracy – a nation ruled by God and his law only. Israel had no king or rulers over them, it was God and God only working through his servant Moses. Now, to be fair, I would love it if this were still the case (WCF 19.4-5), but sadly that’s not the world we live in. If we’re using the bible properly, then, and you want to use Israel’s standard, then I extend to you a warm welcome to Christian Nationalism and theonomy, but I digress. In other words, Moses’ standard is the ideal. It is what we should expect the standard to be were we living in a vibrant Christian nation. However, we are no longer living in a Christian nation where the body politic believes in Christ and is willing only to elect men who are wholly submitted to his Kingship.
So, as the scriptures continue to move forward and time rolls on, we come to the New Testament, where the church is dispersed over the whole world, theocracy hasn’t existed for thousands of years (except in the hearts of the church), and Christians must learn how to live in pagan cultures. And in this setting, we are given principles and directives for the kind of leaders that Christians should be looking for, and what we should desire them to do.
In the first place, Paul says, “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for Kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior” (1 Timothy 2:1-3). Far from God saying that a ruler must be a Christian and hold to all our individual scruples, God tells us that we should want rulers who will allow us to “lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.” As Christians, then, we should be asking ourselves, who will be better at providing this life for me, my family, and the church? This means who will take less of my money? Who will make it easier for me to purchase food for my family? Who will make it more affordable to buy a bigger home? Who will be more willing to allow me to give my children a Christian education? Who will be more positive toward the church? Who will be more friendly toward Christian ethics? Who will be better at protecting my land? Who will have more Christians working in the administration? Who will provide better conditions for me to leave an inheritance for my children’s children? These and many others are the kind of considerations that Christians must be thinking of. These all matter, and they matter a great deal.
In the second place, Paul says, “[R]ulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is a servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer” (Romans 13:3-4). In other words, how willing is the ruler to punish the evil that is within your midst? In the American context, will the ruler protect our sovereign boarders from drugs, cartels, and traffickers? Will the ruler protect the rights of those who are trying to save babies’ lives at abortion mills, or will the ruler put them in prison? Will the ruler allow the disgusting evil of transgenderism infiltrate sports, bathrooms, hospitals, schools, etc., or will the ruler openly renounce it and seek its demise? Will the ruler steal your money through inflation and taxation, or will the ruler improve economic conditions? Will the ruler take away ownership of wealth and wealth building tools or will the ruler allow you to succeed to the level you are willing to work? Will the ruler judge based on the color of your skin, ethnicity, and gender identity, or will the ruler judge based on merit? These too, and many other criminal matters should be of substantial consideration for Christians when it comes to voting.
Lastly, notice, in these passages God does not tell us that the ruler must fear God or be righteous, and yet these are prescriptions for the kinds of rulers we should desire, not descriptions of what Paul experienced. God is, in other words, telling the church the kind of leaders Christians should be willing to consider. And these considerations become all the more pressing in a governmental system where we have a say in who our next ruler is, via voting.
Single Issue Voters
As noted above, the Covenanters testify that voting is a Christian duty and a moral obligation. They, as well as the scripture show us that voting is biblical and the duty of faithful Christians. But there is still a problem – those pesky larger-than-life issues (or so we suppose). I say single issue, but in reality, there is more than one issue, such as abortion, same-sex marriage, and transgenderism, for instance. A Christian might refuse to vote for a person who, despite having commendable policies otherwise, does not share a biblical view of abortion, same-sex marriage, or transgenderism, or all three. This is the “single issue” voter. This is the voter who will look at two candidates for office, concede that one is better for the country, his family’s economic well-being, the peace of the church, and the security of the nation, and yet because he isn’t an abolitionist on abortion or isn’t going to make a national ban on homosexual marriage, he simply cannot bring himself to vote for him.
While I respect the conscience of these brothers and sisters, it makes them the weaker, and for this I do not despise them, but I offer the following so they may mature into the fullness of Christ.
I do not think this is a biblically consistent, wise, or faithful approach to the problems we face. For all these examples we’ll consider abortion as emblematic. It must be stated at the front, that all Christians are abolitionists. One simply cannot claim to be a Christian and be anything but for the complete and utter destruction of abortion as well as the most severe penalties for all parties involved or complicit in abortion – including the mother. Thinking otherwise means you are either not a Christian or you are in sin and must repent. Nevertheless, when considering a vote – which is a tool – we must think more broadly than whether this candidate shares our view on abortion or not – there is more at stake.
Consider a scenario where one candidate is pro-abortion until the point of birth and is unwilling to allow Christians any religious objections to performing abortions. This candidate will also increase taxes, take away your right to defend yourself, school your children, and will open the boarders of your country wide and make you pay for their well-being through taxation. Imagine this same candidate would allow a baby to die alone and cold after a botched abortion and will throw Christians who protest abortion in prison. And the other candidate is not pro-life or an abolitionist but refuses to make abortion a focal point in the campaign like the first candidate. It’s a non-issue in other words. He won’t make any law for or against (which, to be fair, is not righteous). This same candidate, however, will make life decidedly more affordable, won’t care more for illegal aliens than natural born American babies, and won’t throw Christians trying to save lives at abortion mills in prison.
Single issue voters will not vote for the second candidate.
The singular problem with this way of thinking is that it places one’s own family and familial obligations far lower than biblically allowable. In other words, when a husband and father is in a position to do good for his family – to care for them – and he refuses to do so because his conscience is so pricked, he is showing that he cares little for his family, and that his conscience is not rightly informed. Our Lord tells us that “anyone who does not provide for his relatives, and especially the members of his household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever” (1 Timothy 5:8). In other words, when someone says, “I simply cannot vote for someone who is not against abortion (or any other issues that goes against his conscience)” and yet that candidate will be far better for your family, he has placed the needs of other people’s children above the needs of his own children. This is the same reason you don’t spank other people’s kids, and it’s the same reason when you buy groceries you are careful to get what your family needs only. Sure, you may be generous and be willing to be kind and offer some food to people starving and have some friends and neighbors over for meals, but there will always come a point where if it were between your own children starving and children external to your family, you will either choose your own children, or you will be sinning against the Lord, and will have denied the faith altogether, which makes you a pagan. There is simply no other option. Refusing to vote appropriately, then, because of “principles” or “your conscience” means your own family has fallen down the ladder of importance.
To be fair, one may respond and say “I agree that the candidate may make life more difficult, but many of us will still be able to feed, house, educate, etc. our children and the church will carry on.” This is, of course, true. Nothing can stop the Christ’s Church, not even the gates of hell. However, this is not what we should be aiming for - just getting by or not pursuing the best course at all times. We should be pursuing what the Lord desires for us to have, namely peace, dignity, quietness, and godliness in our lives, and as Paul says, this requires good leadership. But someone may respond still by saying, “okay, but certainly there are other tools that can be used to combat these issues, the vote is not the only tool available.” This, too, is correct. However, as a Christian, husband (or wife), and father (or mother) you are a craftsman given skill from the Lord (Exodus 31:3-5). This means you have a work-bench full of tools at your disposal to be used in the proper way and as the occasion calls. True, the vote is not the only tool, but it is a tool that is given proper application periodically, and in this case, every four years. So, as skilled craftsman we shouldn’t use a flat head to chisel wood, and we shouldn’t use a jigsaw when a chisel is required. We must avail ourselves to all the appropriate tools needed at the time when the application requires them. On November 5th, 2024, your tool, “the vote,” will need to be used with precision as you build for the future of the Kingdom.
A Glaring Hypocrisy
When dealing with these issues, there are at least two glaring hypocrisies or inconsistencies that must be observed and settled with. And as James White is fond of saying, inconsistency is the marker of a failed argument, and when they are observed we must be willing to go back to God’s word and reevaluate our thinking.
In the first place, those who say they cannot vote for this or that candidate because of this or that issues, even though one candidate would be eminently more advantageous for your family and the church, fail the test of consistency because they use other services rendered by non-Christians without hesitation. When was the last time you needed a plumber, a doctor, or a car mechanic? If you live in Pennsylvania, you need a mechanic at least once a year to get that yearly mechanical and even possibly emissions vehicle inspection. Since this is the case, when was the last time you ensured that your mechanic was a bible-believing Christian holding your same position on abortion? When your child was discovered to have Lyme’s disease, did you make sure you found the doctor who was anti-abortion before you got the antibiotics that would fix that sickness? Or when your child broke his wrist playing with his friends, and you had to take him to the emergency room, were you ready to refuse service if the on-call physician was pro-abortion? During the winter when your old 1940’s rusted pipes froze on Sunday, and you needed them replaced ASAP did you make sure the plumber was a Christian and shared your view on abortion? Or did you make sure you went to a Christian hardware store to get the parts needed for the repair? I could go on, but you get the point.
The answer is, no. No, you didn’t make sure these people shared your beliefs. You didn’t do this, because these people are tools. They have a job to do, they are good at their jobs, and that is literally all you care about. Your kid needs his wrist fixed, you need to get your car inspected at a fair price, you need your pipes fixed yesterday, and you don’t care who does it as long as they are competent and won’t make your life worse. We could also think of several other different tools: ice cream shops, pizza places, tire repair, car dealership, gas stations, employers, the list could go on and on.
Second, there are the financial transactions we make nearly every single day with very little consideration for what the company is doing with our dollars. First, it must be acknowledged, that if you have purchased something from Amazon, Target, Walmart, Nike, etc., then your dollars have contributed to abortion, gay stuff, LGBTQ stuff, and much more. If you use Google or Apple products then your information has been used to make money to fund the democratic campaign for Joe Biden and then Kamala Harris, and you gave permission for them to use it. Being unwilling to vote for a candidate who doesn’t share your view on abortion, while still shopping on Amazon is … hypocrisy. Doing one without doing the other makes you no better than a virtue-signaling leftist.
For the record there is a crucial point to make here, that will naturally carry over to how we think about our vote. There is a relative separation we have from the moral or immoral choices these companies make with our dollars after we spend them. In other words, when you buy from Amazon, you know they are going to fund unbiblical endeavors, yet you buy from them anyway because you are not the one using those dollars to fund abortion. When you go to your local grocery store to buy food for your family, you know they are going to celebrate pride month in June or support LGBTQ efforts, and yet you spend your money there anyway, because you are not morally responsible for them using your dollars to celebrate LGBTQ stuff. When you buy a house, you are allowed to buy from lesbians without being culpable for their lescapades.This is, again, because your money is a tool, that you use for the glory of God, the well-being of your family, and the building of the Kingdom, and you need food. For instance, in Luke 22:36 Jesus says to his disciples, “…let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.” This is a passage that highlights the reality of monetary transactions. Jesus doesn’t say “make sure you buy a sword from a Christian blacksmith.” Jesus is concerned only that they have a way to protect themselves, not that they be so scrupulous that they cannot buy something from someone who doesn’t love Jesus. This is because as Christians we need tools for Kingdom work, and it is absolutely absurd to stunt Kingdom building for the sake of an unrealistic pursuit of purity. We just need good swords.
Similarly, the president is a tool. We are “hiring” someone to do a job, and we need someone competent.
The Sovereignty of God
Anytime someone argues the way that I am, there is likely to be a worn and trite comment made, “Oh I guess you’re just trusting in princes now, huh?” This is a tired squabble because it fails so quickly once brought under even a dimmed warm-glow light.
This is an argument accusing one of trusting in other things rather than God for their safety, health, prosperity, etc. But one must only ask, when you buy a car do you look for one with air bags? When you go to sleep at night do you lock your doors? When you buy pork do you cook it before eating? Do you carry a weapon with you when you go places with your family? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, I must ask, are you trusting in chariots, horses, or princes? No, of course, you’re not. You are trusting in the Lord your God, and then using the means at your disposal which are the fulfillment of his promises.
Case and point. God is sovereign in all things, and yet he commands that husbands and wives be fruitful and multiply, yet babies can’t be made until a man puts the moves on his wife, whispers sweet nothings, and they play some Marvin Gaye. God works through means, in other words.
Some Other Considerations
Abstaining (Third Party Vote)
What happens when we abstain from voting or vote third party? Here is what Roberts Rules says are 6 reasons to abstain from a vote:
1. Conflict of Interest
A conflict of interest exists when a member serves to benefit from certain actions or decisions they make as a member of the board. Such a situation could cloud a member’s judgment when voting and harm the nonprofit.
2. Fear of Having a Lone or Minority Opinion
Being the odd person out is hard when all other members share differing opinions. Peer pressure and groupthink can cause a board member to vote the same as other members even when they want to oppose an issue.
3. Disagreeing with Other Group Members
A member may have openly or forcefully disagreed with another member during meetings causing them to be at odds with one or board members. By abstaining from a vote, a member may avoid creating additional discord within the board.
4. Internal Conflict on an Issue
Each person’s culture and experiences help them to form opinions about issues. Facts, along with varying opinions sometimes sways a member’s opinion which may cause an internal conflict with other issues in their lives. Also, members may be on the fence about an issue causing uncertainty about making a responsible vote.
5. Lack of Sufficient Information
A members may feel he hasn’t done his due diligence on researching a matter he’s been asked to vote on. A member who requests delaying a vote on an issue until he has received further information could be overruled by the rest of the board.
6. Lack of Focus on Group Activities
Members have various reasons for wanting to serve with others, and some of them may have to do with personal reasons such as boosting resumes, gaining experience, etc. Despite the reasons members must have the time and willingness to engage in meetings and other activities.
To summarize, the reasons for abstention are fear, ignorance, or dereliction of duties, and each of these reasons is sinful.
Fear: Proverbs 29:25 “The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe.”
Ignorance: Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.”
Dereliction of duties: 1Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”
Therefore, we have no liberty to abstain from doing that which is a moral obligation upon us. And because it is the duty of Christians to build God’s Kingdom on this earth, we are therefore obliged to overcome the evil of this world through our vote. And it should go without saying, that abstaining from voting or voting for someone that has absolutely no chance of winning (third party) is effectively the exact same thing. In other words, the man or woman consigning themselves to this action knows (or should know) that the effect of his abstention or write-in is the same as if he voted on the prevailing side.
The Democratic Party is Culturally Suicidal
The Democratic party has made elaborate efforts to conceal what they actually believe and what they actually want to accomplish were they to win on November 5th. For those of us with eyes in our head and the Lord’s Spirit in our hearts, we can see clearly what they are doing, and we despise it, because they despise Christ. David says, “do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?” (Psalm 139:21). There is also a distinct difference between those who are respectful of God, even if they do not love him (Acts 13:50, 17:4,7, 18:7), and those who are malicious and deliberate in their hatred of him – that is the democratic party. The democratic party is not only absent-minded of the Lord, but they are also pure and outright detesters of God who wish to extinguish any mention of his name in America. And although I am no betting man, I would bet that should Harris win, what we’ve seen so far would only be scratching the surface.
The democratic party wants your sons to remove their penis’s and your daughters to grow beards and cut off their breasts. They want men to emasculate themselves, and women to welcome beatings from testosterone filled arms. They want little children to read porn in libraries, and the elderly and the sad to kill themselves to remove their “burden” from other people. The democratic party is the epitome of what “evil” is. Not to mention they sacrifice God’s babies on the altar of human autonomy and women’s liberation.
This is a party that no Christian can vote for through direct vote, abstention, or third party without being in sin. Real sin. The kind that sends people to hell without repentance.
The Pro-Life Movement
Even though there are some Christians who would accuse to the pro-life movement of having a less than Christian identity due to their slow incremental approach toward total abolition, the Democratic Party would, nevertheless, snuff this movement out in its entirety. The Democratic Party wants a federal abortion law permitting abortion till the point of birth (at least). This is a sacrament of their paganism and they want the right and freedom to worship!
For all the hatred of Donald Trump, and the vilification of his current position on abortion, there has not been a single president that has done more for the Pro-life cause since the passing of Roe V. Wade in 1973. Kamala Harris would do everything in her power to overturn this and write it into federal law.
Regarding the pro-life issue, in recent days the foolish PCA ordained minister and professor emeritus of biblical studies at Geneva College of the RPCNA in Beaver Falls, PA, Byron G. Curtis, has released a shocking letter in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette[5], where he discussed his reasons for voting for Kamala Harris. In his letter he makes an argument based on a speculation of how national events may transpire. He states that he is fully aware that if Kamala wins, she will attempt to sign into law a federal right to “reproductive freedom.” Curtis admits that he knows that this is a euphemism for unfettered elective abortion. He says, however, that when Kamal does this “she will likely fail, for to enact it she shall need majorities in both the Senate and House of Representatives. If she should gain that unlikely double majority, the resulting law would face instant litigation from conservative-majority states, be thrown to the Supreme Court, and very likely lose. To avert that loss, Ms. Harris may intend to expand the nine-judge Supreme Court well beyond that number and nominate pro-legal-abortion judges to fill the new vacancies. That endeavor likewise seems doomed.” It should be noted that Curtis places a lot of hope in sheer chance, placing unearned trust in the hands of a supreme court in which Chief Justice Roberts agreed with the left on the 2015 Obergefell decision and justice Gorsuch agreed with the three leftist judges in the Bostock case of 2020. It’s a big risk, in other words. Nevertheless, he continues by showing his anger with Trump saying, “Mr. Trump has promised to oppose a federal anti-abortion law.” So, one person will actively pursue elective abortion nationwide, the other has said he won’t make a nation ban, but the only reason her national abortion legalization might be stifled is because of Trumps supreme court picks that kicked it back to the states in the first place. Trump is therefore being condemned and lauded in one breathe, and yet Curtis is so deviant and twisted of mind that he is unable to see this.
This is an example of how twisted biblically illiterate Christians are in our day, and how absolutely wicked and destructive a Harris administration would be for our nation.
Kamala – A Woman
What also seems to have escaped the notice of many Christians is the fact that Kamal Harris does not possess, how shall we say, a twig and berries. She is a she, not a he, and God has said explicitly that women take the helm of leadership in a nation as an unmistakable sign of judgement from God upon them. Isaiah 3:12 says, “My people—infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your guides mislead you and they have swallowed up the course of your paths.”
It is, therefore, flagrant sin for any Christian to vote for Kamala Harris on its face. And Christians can vote for Kamala Harris one of three ways, either by direct vote, abstention, or third party write in.
It should go without saying that Christians should not be desirous for the judgement of God to fall on their nation, because they should desire to be obedient to his every word.
Conclusion
It is entirely possible that someone, somewhere, someday, may use things that I have said here to try to embarrass me by saying that I’m trying to bind the conscience of Christians, or that I am unloving, or that I am preaching politics and not the Gospel, or that I am any number of different things.
We are living in a polarized world, and we are also living in a polarized church. However, what we must come to grips with is the reality that the culture and the world are downstream of the church. Everything that happens outside the church is because of what happens inside the church. If the state of the world is in turmoil, then we have no one else to blame but the church – ourselves, and particularly our preachers. God has declared “I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished” and because of the church’s rebellion God says, “I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of hosts” (Jeremiah 25:29). As the church goes, so goes the world.
The church has been divided by the cunning message of the world. We have been made to believe that being nice is the greatest virtue, that we need to qualify difficult things the bible says, that we need to be apologetic for parts of God’s word, that what people do I their own bedrooms is no big deal, that neutrality exists, that love is love, that Christians can never make a difference unless the world accepts us, that love is what the world says love is rather than what the bible says it is, etc., We need to start being the church and not an appendage of the corrupt culture, and in regard to voting it means thinking about what the Lord requires of you as a Christian in terms of your priorities. If you’re a man you are called to love God, then your wife, then your children, then your church. If you’re a woman your called to love God, then your husband, then your children, then your church. A vote for Kamala either by direct vote, abstention, or third-party vote destroys your ability to maintain your priorities in a biblically appropriate way because her leadership will prohibit a peaceful, quiet, godly, and dignified life. Trump on the other hand has already been seen in action. America has hired him before, and he did his job satisfactorily. A vote for him will fulfill biblical requirements and offer the church the life God requires her to pray for and pursue.
Of course, we trust God, and if he decrees that Kamal should win so that America can be brought to her knees, this does not mean that the church should fail to do the godly and proper thing, and it also doesn’t mean we don’t have anything to learn. The church must vote against Kamala and that can only be done one way, and coming to this conclusion is not agonizing as some pietists claim. We need to stop being an incompetent and indolent bunch, like Israel of old. We need to stop apologizing for being Christians, and we need to start playing for keeps.
I said what I said.
Soli Deo Gloria
[1] Read the book Founding Sins to learn more about this denomination and the toughness with which they have served Christ and pursued his Kingly reign over the nation.
[2] Why Covenanters Do Not Vote. REV. THOMAS H. ACHESON, D. D.
[3] Why Covenanters Do Not Vote. REV. THOMAS H. ACHESON, D. D.
[4] https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/books/why-your-vote-is-no-sacrament.html
[5] https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/guest-columns/2024/11/02/trump-harris-republican-shame-byron-curtis-abortion-prolife/stories/202411010010?fbclid=IwY2xjawGUuABleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZM4Xh8JtOCt3Sr1zPy9AhahuwwX3BGe_NGMGw4kCntkYjOmrtVrJui1NA_aem_oDaRcAdaydn7UlKeN8d4Zg
