On Monday one of my other colleagues at The Christian Post, Alex Murashko, wrote a story on Internet evangelist Bill Keller’s campaign to get Christians to write in “Jesus” for president this year. That is certainly an insult to our Lord and Savior.
I discovered that Alex was writing the story during our early morning intranet chat between reporters and editors. I immediately responded to Alex by writing the following sentence:
“Why would Jesus want to be President of the United States? He is already God over the entire Universe.”
Here is the link to the story.
My friend thought my quote would be perfect for his story and wanted to know if he had my permission to use it. But Alex and I knew he couldn’t since I am a fellow editor/reporter and it’s not good journalism to get a quote from a colleague sitting next to you (well, not literally because I am in Tennessee and Alex lives in California).
Keller tries to make the point that Christians should not vote for either President Obama or his GOP opponent Mitt Romney.
That is not an issue I’m going to tackle here because I don’t necessarily agree with his premise or how he defends his point. But seriously, why would Christians want to nominate or elect Jesus as our nations president?
Jesus is our Lord, our God, and is part of the Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit that is explained in the Bible.
Plus, Jesus is perfect and without sin so I would not want to expose him to Washington, D.C.
If Jesus rejected the concept that he was a Messiah who was sent by God to overthrow the Roman Empire, then why should we expect him to return to America to help us overhaul our financial or healthcare system? He already provides the answer to both of those problems in scripture.
As Christians we are called to worship God and to go out into the world and spread the good news. Therefore, we need to keep Jesus where he should be and that is foremost in our hearts and minds and our Lord and Savior.
As for politics, Christians should vote for the person they believe is best qualified to lead our nation during these turbulent times. Whoever you feel that may be.
Paul, thanks for your thoughts on this subject!Jesus is HOPE you can believe in! — Alex
Thank you Alex. As I observed when I was in Haiti a few weeks after the earthquake, we all need to have HOPE in some form. Keep up the great work and look forward to reading more of your articles.
I really don’t believe the balloting of ‘Jesus’ is to be taken literally. I highly doubt the Christians who vote ‘Jesus’ are that ignorant to think our Lord would accept such a position. I see it more as statement, or declaration that our Lord and Savior should be center of our lives, and that we are not be conformed to the things of this world be it politics, or other earthly pleasures.