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MY VOTER GULLIBILITY CONFESSION
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RUBIO: PREACHING VS. POLICY
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I really like Rubio and would vote
for him in a heartbeat if I had not already been burned. Sixteen years ago, I voted for a “compassionate
conservative” presidential candidate, simply because he was a born again
Christian. I was unpleasantly surprised with
what I received for my vote…unnecessary war, a recession, and political
blindness in the areas of diversity and environmental concerns.
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I am at heart a compassionate
conservative. Yet, I have come to the
realization, if God could not change the human heart by the force of law,
neither can we. The more we try to do
what only the Holy Spirit can, the worse our society and we become. Our only hope is faith in the life, death,
burial, and resurrection of God's Son, who alone can to transform individuals
and their societies. Unfortunately, when
the church insists on its politically conservative social agenda, as it does, it
accentuates the force of law rather than the power of the Redeemer.
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Jesus could have come, insisting on the
institutionalization of the moral law. Instead,
He came none violently, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, comforting the
poor, and did not even resist those who put Him to death. In so doing, He displayed the character of
His Father in Heaven saying, "But I, when I am lifted up from the earth,
will draw all men, to myself.” When the
church puts its faith in political forces, it automatically diminishes its
reliance on God’s power, and the world knows it…even if we don’t.
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| Rubio Preaching in Iowa, Nov, 30, 2015 |
A faithful preacher lifts up the
cross of Christ. Rubio, in front of the
Christian Broadcasting Network cameras, preached the gospel as well as a professional
preacher. The problem is Rubio is not
running for preacher. He is running for
president. As a Christian voter, I must judge
political candidates according to the policies they promote rather than their faith. I must look for the effect their policies
will have on the outcast, the sick, the needy, as well as the general well-being
of the nation and its diverse population. After voting years ago, for a Christian who preached
the right stuff, I cannot in good conscience cast my ballet for the same old “Christian”
political agenda that caused an inexcusable war, a massive fiscal collapse, and
hastened our planet’s continuing ecological degradation, all done at the
expense of the poor, while benefiting the rich. Saddest of all is our nation’s moral decay,
which we love to blame on our national institutions, but is the direct result
of our faith-transfer from God’s supernatural power (love) to the power of the political
coalition with another agenda of its own.
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In the words of an often misquoted
cliché, “Fool me once shame on you. Fool
me twice, shame on me,” Nevertheless; if any Republican candidate could
reactivate my former gullibility, it would be Rubio. Who knows, if he plays me, as well as that
other Republican right-winger, I might even think about it. After all, “He preached it real good.” …Here is the video to prove it:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v Marco Rubio Presents Gospel to Pastors in Iowa Nov. 30, 2015
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www.youtube.com/watch?v Marco Rubio Presents Gospel to Pastors in Iowa Nov. 30, 2015
