Vote God's Will by Frances M McCrory Meservy
Back in the early 80s Fay
Fredrick and I were talking about welfare. We heard all the pros and cons about
it and were discussing them. Neither of us had any need for welfare so it was
not personal to us. I don't think we even knew anyone on it at the time.
We finally decided that our taxes that went to welfare was like a tithe. The
tithe was supposed to go to the poor so they would have food and clothing, etc.
We were supposed to give as the Lord led us to the church.
On looking it up in scripture, we further found out that the reason Sodom was
destroyed was because the city had not taken care of the poor who lived among
them.
We tend to think that the churches and others should take care of the poor and
needy (Orphans and widows). But God held a whole city accountable. He held the
government accountable.
After Fay and I had this conversation and Bible study, I have not had bad
feelings about welfare. In fact it makes me sad that others are so down on it.
Yes there are people who abuse it and fraudulently use it; but they are in the
minority. They should be caught and put in jail. But the innocent people who
need it should not be punished for what the bad people do. That would be an
injustice.
We can stand on our moral high ground (anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, and a
few other things) and let the country go down the tubes or we can allow God to
judge people for their choices and we can do what God wants us to do to save our
country.
If you hate someone for their beliefs or opinions or how they vote, then you are
already in trouble with God. He and only He has a right to judge someone. We are
to love and care for each other no matter what. Heck we are even supposed to
love & feed our enemies.
I don't know what God thinks about a lot of things; but I know what He thinks
about a city, state or country taking care of the poor.
Because of this, I must vote Democrat.
We are being hit by
hurricanes, hit by horrible drought, fires are burning out of control, tornadoes
are worse than before and what's not burning is flooding. There are
earthquakes where there have never been any before. Satan has been
unleashed on America. Wake up America and take care of our poor and needy
among us so God can once again bless us.
God bless each of you and God bless America.
Deu 26:12-15 "When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase
in the third year; the year of tithing; and have given it to the Levite, the
stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates
and be filled, "then you shall say before the LORD your God: 'I have removed the
holy tithe from my house, and also have
given them to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow,
according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not
transgressed Your commandments, nor have I forgotten them. 'I have not eaten any
of it when in mourning, nor have I removed any of it for an unclean use, nor
given any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the LORD my God, and
have done according to all that You have commanded me.
'Look down from Your holy habitation,
from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us,
just as You swore to our fathers, "a land flowing with milk and honey."'
Ezek 16:46-50 Your older sister was
Samaria, who lived to the north of you with her daughters; and your younger
sister, who lived to the south of you with her daughters, was Sodom. You not
only walked in their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your
ways you soon became more depraved than they. As surely as I live, declares the
Sovereign LORD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your
daughters have done. Now this was the
sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and
unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty
and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have
seen.
Gen 18:20-21 And the LORD said, "
Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their
sin is very grave, "I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether
according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.
1 Cor 5:4-5 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.