KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Vote
THIS PAST WEEK, on June 16 the, a major religious body in the United States, at their national convention, voted against two proposals that expressed opposition to all same sex unions...
My response to such an action is two-fold:
. First, how much presumption does it take to vote against a biblical truth? Who does man think he is, voting against the edicts and pronouncements of God? Do people think majority rules when it comes to God's revelation? Do people really think they can "vote God out of office" by reaching a majority decision against God and His platform as set forth in Scripture? Apparently so.
. And second, how much presumption does it take to vote, for or against, any biblical matter? Why would anyone be "voting" on any biblical or moral issue? Has not God already spoken? Does not Scripture already "thoroughly furnish" us with answers to doctrinal and moral matters (2 Tim. 3:16-17)? Is truth determined by a vote? Let God be true and every man a liar. Friends, no vote needs to be taken, rather people need to open the Bible!
Apparently, people need to be reminded that truth is not what we make it, but what God stated. Morality is not determined by a vote, but by the revelation of God. Rather than "voting," wouldn't people be better off just obeying the word of God? (Steve Higginbotham)
KneEmail: "Do not follow a multitude to do evil" (Exod. 23:2).