As 2021 draws to a close we approach the end of a second year of the Pandemic. We are also entering another election year as a divided and polarized Nation. The Church needs to remember that none of this has anything to do with the Gospel. I believe that taking part in the political process by voting and having respectful, civil discussions is our right but that has nothing to do with the Gospel either.
Micah Bales, who is the pastor at Friends Church Berkeley in California said the following after the 2020 election:
"Our allegiance is not to the rulers and parties and causes of this age. We are the sons and daughters of God. We are brothers and sisters by adoption to our precious, crucified savior, Jesus. Our calling and mission is to do the works that Jesus did, as he empowers us by the Holy Spirit: Heal the sick, raise the dead, liberate the captive, and speak good news to the poor."
You can follow Micah over on his blog at MicahBales.com and you can find his complete sermon here The Kingdom of God Was Never on the Ballot.
And He [Jesus] was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah.
And when He had opened the book,
He found the place where it was written:
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the
poor;
He has sent Me to
heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the
captives
And recovery of sight to the
blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
(Luke 4:18-19)
Peace, Love and Light!
Kevin (Cloud)
