Laying Siege Over the Election:
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Today is Day 5 of 21 Days
Prayer, Fasting and Repentance for Election Day
Our verse to claim for today:
MATTHEW 28:18
It is written: "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth."
Our Topic: The Church Staying out of Politics
Pastors and Priests: Preach A Sermon on Biblical Values Before This Election
Time to Repent!
Cowards are the the first category of those not entering heaven (Revelation 21:8). Judgment begins in the House of God (1 Peter 4:17). Apathy and silence by Pastors and Priests in the face of godless humanism is sinful. God is not mocked. We need to repent personally and nationally for the fact that in recent elections close to 50% of evangelical Christians failed to register and vote. The fault lies in timid pastors and priests, fearing man not God, preaching lukewarm platitudes instead of the Word. The moral decline of our nation compared to earlier generations is directly the result of the apostasy and lukewarmness of many shepherds in the body of Christ who, with exceptions, have stood by silently for generations as Supreme Court decisions and left-wing politicians have eviscerated our Godly roots.
"There is a way that seems right to a man but its end is the way of death." (Proverbs 14:12; 16:25). This election of 2020 is a true spiritual battle of spiritual life and death, an Ephesians 6:12 battle between the spirit of the Living God of Liberty, purchased by Christ by His blood for all of us, and the spirit of anti-Christ, the humanism of a Saul Alinsky or a George Soros -- mentors to many on the left today.
> > > Review the platforms of the two major political parties and the underlying spirit is clear. Just examine the position on life: protection for the child in the womb versus abortion up to birth.
Because this is a spiritual battle as well as a political battle, we are called upon by Scripture to act: "Therefore take take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand." (Ephesians 6:13).
Taking a stand includes voting Biblical principles. "Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. " (Proverbs 14: 34)
Our founders in this nation were bold to preach the Word of God and suggest laws and persons to be followed in legislatures. Election Day sermons were standard fare with our ancestors. The first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Frederick Muhlenberg, having fought in the Revolutionary War, was himself a Lutheran pastor, serving two terms as our Speaker, third in line to the Presidency.
In contrast to some on today's Supreme Court who take an entirely different view, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Jay, later President of the American Bible Society said: "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."
The Risen Christ vomits out lukewarmness. He calls you and me to be zealous to repent. Apathy and failure to vote Biblical values in all elections will eviscerate our Godly roots further. The Risen Christ announces to all in Matthew 28:18 that "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth." That includes the government of nations. This nation was founded on His Miracles.
Pastors and Priests: Follow Wisdom. Preach to your flock an Election Day Sermon, and encourage them to vote Biblical values based on His Word. The blood of our ancestors was not spilled for you and me to be apathetic in the face of evil.
(Submitted by: Pastor Jeff Daly, The National Day of Repentance. http://www.dayofrepentance1.org
Please note:
The Family Research Council, www.frc.org,m also has excellent materials on voting Biblical values.
Our prayer:
O Holy God, we have failed You miserably. You have shown us in Matthew 16:17 that You HAVE given us the "keys to the kingdom," but so many have lost those keys.
Abba Father God, we ask the You forgive these pastors, who are so lost and confused, for not fulfilling this scriptural mandate and exhorting their people to go to the polls and vote, according to Your Biblical values. Forgive us, O Lord, we pray . . .
We now ask for a miracle of divine intervention, for You have written in Your word that You WILL visit men in the night, and show them Your instruction.
We pray You have mercy on the souls who do not vote, and compel them to get to the polls! In Your Name, amen.
Secondary Verse:
JOB 33:15,16 NKJV
"In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men, While slumbering on their beds, 16 Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction."
(Alternate) JOB 33:15,16 (The Message)
""In a dream, for instance, a vision at night,
when men and women are deep in sleep,
fast asleep in their beds-
God opens their ears
and impresses them with warnings
To turn them back from something bad they're planning,
from some reckless choice,
And keep them from an early grave,
from the river of no return."