Vote or Veto?
Matthew 22:15-22
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vote: a formal indication of a choice between two or more
candidates or courses of action, expressed typically through a
ballot or a show of hands or by voice.
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veto: a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal
made by a law-making body.
When it comes to politics and the Dallas Cowboys…
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We like to complain.
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We like to point how our side is better than another.
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We like to justify our vote, our beliefs, our fanatical reactions.
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We like to hate.
The three best (& biblical!)
actions to take as we go to the
polls on Tuesday…
Pray for our
leaders.
Pray for our leaders.
First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and
thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in
authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and
dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who
desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 Timothy 2:1-4, NASB
The three best (& biblical!)
actions to take as we go to the
polls on Tuesday…
Use your mouth
to speak up and
out.
Use your mouth to speak up and out.
About eight or ten days later Festus returned to Caesarea, and on the
following day he took his seat in court and ordered that Paul be brought
in. When Paul arrived, the Jewish leaders from Jerusalem gathered
around and made many serious accusations they couldn’t prove.
Then Festus, wanting to please the Jews, asked him, “Are you willing to
go to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there?”
But Paul replied, “No! This is the official Roman court, so I ought to be
tried right here. You know very well I am not guilty of harming the Jews. If
I have done something worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die. But if I am
innocent, no one has a right to turn me over to these men to kill me. I
appeal to Caesar!”
Acts 25:6-12, NLT
The three best (& biblical!)
actions to take as we go to the
polls on Tuesday…
Practice the
phrase, “In God
We Trust.”
Practice the phrase, “In God We Trust.”
About That's when the Pharisees plotted a way to trap him into saying
something damaging. They sent their disciples, with a few of Herod's
followers mixed in, to ask, "Teacher, we know you have integrity, teach
the way of God accurately, are indifferent to popular opinion, and don't
pander to your students. So tell us honestly: Is it right to pay taxes to
Caesar or not?"
Jesus knew they were up to no good. He said, "Why are you playing
these games with me? Why are you trying to trap me? Do you have a
coin? Let me see it." They handed him a silver piece.
"This engraving—who does it look like? And whose name is on it?”
They said, "Caesar."
Practice the phrase, “In God We Trust.”
"Then give Caesar what is his, and give God what is his."
The Pharisees were speechless. They went off shaking their heads.
Matthew 22:15-22, theMessage
What action do you need God to help you with as Tuesday comes?
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A heart to pray?
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A mouth to speak up and out?
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A mind that trusts He is still there and is in ultimate control?
#Wethepeople @theBridgeSalem, declare #ourallegiance to
#God and we will #pray, #speakup & #trust as #Hedirects not
as #theworldthinksweshould.
@joeythehutt
Vote or Veto?
by Pastor Joey Lyons