It has always been my belief....and still is my belief....that politics has no place in the pulpit. I've mentioned this before....the most wonderful preacher of Christ and His glories that I have ever sat before in the pew....would stand at the pulpit in his black preacher's robe....and to his right was the American flag. I am one of those American flag people....it hangs outside our front door....but it has no place in the sanctuary....and that pastor felt the same way. He was never in sync with his session....and he eventually moved on.
OK....that said....it is well past time for pastors to bring up Donald Trump from the pulpit....not in any political sense....but as a warning to all in their congregations that a false prophet has entered in among us....and torn us apart as a wolf in among the sheep. These are the shepherds are they not? Then where are they....and where have they been for the past few years....and why do they continue to refuse to warn us?The answer may be multi-layered....but primarily they are worried that if they so much as cast the slightest dispersion upon this vile man....that dissension will come into the church. Well here's a flash....dissension is already here because of Donald Trump. You can feel it in the mask controversy....and the whole coronavirus controversy as well....both of which are absurdities brought on because Trump hated that virus....because it deprived him of a second term....and you can sense it in America....our America....the supposed God-fearing side....where not a day passes that we are not driven to anger....destroying everything and anyone in our path that does not bow down to that false prophet.
The pastors have to say to their congregations....'leave if you must...vote as you want....but do not bring this man or his machinations into this church....in any way or shape or form....or comments on masks or vaccines or Joe Biden or anything....do that outside of God's church.'
Trump said it again in Iowa a few days ago....'we are one glorious nation under God" What do pastors think about that? They know very well that we are not one glorious nation under anything. Trump told that same rally crowd again that peace and security and prosperity and greatness and pride was coming again. Any thoughts on this pastors? What does the Word of our God say about it?
Pastors....it is only going to get worse. This man is using Joe Biden and socialism and all of the horrors that our culture is falling sway to....to cement his demonic hold over us. What does your personal Bible say about the days before Jesus returns? Anything in there about false prophets and false teachers and false miracles? Would 'Trump crucified' or 'Christ crucified' most describe your congregation? Do you ever preach vigilance and soberness? Yes there may be an extreme winnowing ahead....and it may indeed show up at first as dissension in the church....but are you a shepherd of the sheep....or just a caretaker of the grounds? You say all the time....'trust in God'.....then why do you not trust in His warnings? Is it defense of the gospel...or defense of capitalism that you were called?
