Can you give me some general advice when it comes to picking a candidate to be President? I’m young (22) and kind of inexperienced at this. In asking this, of course, I know that everyone may have something that they see personally in a candidate, so I’m not asking for any personal information from you (unless you desire to share it). From a Christian’s perspective, I need general advice. Though the Lord will ultimately pick who gets in office (Daniel 4:17 & Romans 13:1-6), and knowing too that none of the candidates will be perfect, I want to at least look at what the candidates stand for, and pray that they will be as honest as possible (I Timothy 2:1-2). [I emphasized part of the last sentence. ~ Editor]
Hardly anything could be added to this scenario to make it better advice for anyone readying himself to vote for the next president. It is unfathomable that a professing Christian would do his or her part through the electoral process to promote the very sins that God through the New Testament condemns. Aside from the economy, national security, etc. over which there may be lively debate respecting the pros and cons of various presidential candidates, for the conscientious child of God there can be no debate regarding what political parties and their candidates may promote, in direct opposition to what the God of heaven opposes! I cannot imagine a faithful Christian purposefully contributing to the election a political candidate who espouses abortion (“murder” Matthew 19:18), homosexuality (Romans 1:24, 26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9), etc. Essentially, there is a noteworthy conflict between political candidates and God whenever political candidates favor any of the sins that appear in the various New Testament catalogs of sins (Romans 1:29-32; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:19-21; 1 Timothy 1:9-10; Revelation 21:8). “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them” (Ephesians 5:11).
