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Would Jesus Be Republican or Democrat? America Needs To Know!

This morning I was recalling a debate that I found myself somewhat a part of in two of my classes Junior year. One side offered that Jesus would have been a liberal Democrat. Citing Christ’s love for the poor as proof, this view of Jesus’ liberalism triggered an abruptly inverse assertion that instead He would have been a conservative Republican. I expressly remember being assured of this due to the biblical ”eye for an eye” principal concerning the death penalty and the new testament ”don’t work, don’t eat” principal. A bit overwhelmed by the flawed assertions of both sides, I offered very little to defend either. 

Now with political business at hand concerning the 2012 presidential elections, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about my values and the cores of my beliefs. I’ll be freshly 18 years old when the 2012 elections roll around, and thus able to vote for the first time in my life. Knowing the importance of informed voting, I began to reflect on the type of candidate that Jesus would vote for, or even more accurately; that He Himself would embody. Tonight, I couldn’t help think back to that debate on Jesus’ political ties.

Jesus was not a Republican. Jesus was not a Democrat. Jesus was, is, and forever will be Lord. The problem with Christians and Non-Christians  alike these days, is that they make Jesus into who they want to be instead of making the effort to experience Him for who He truly is. They use Jesus to justify their own imperfections selfishly, instead of the way that only grace and mercy allows. Forgive me for not being politically correct, but I think it’s safe to say that God would condone such assessment. Republicans are interested in wealth and preservation of prosperous stature. Jesus urges to be willing to sell all your materialistic possessions, give to the poor, and follow him. Democrats are interested in personal liberties and expression. Jesus offers that we deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and follow Him. If that’s not enough, the very institutes of political semblance, Pharisees, Jesus detested the most.

Jesus came to condemn the flawed institutes of man,  with their pompous views and inability to see past their own opinions and self preserving beliefs. How Pharisaical it is to think that Jesus would embody the self seeking constraints of the American political system. How dare either group claim Jesus for themselves, molding Him into the cookie cutter image of a perpetually sinful system of American politics. I find myself sickened by the thought of that. Rightfully so am I sickened by the thought of seeking to support a candidate who isn’t averse to this type of egoistic and all be it political game that this world has set up to advance the idea of Democracy. 

America needs leaders who so far defy the mold of humanized politics, that he or she wouldn’t think to adorn themselves with any other name than that of Christ. Christianity; How’s that for a party affiliation? I hold fast to the belief that this world has no reason for existence apart from one; and that’s to bring glory to the creator of it all. We’re so far removed from that agenda as a nation and as a humanity, that it’s no wonder we’re suffering. We place value in things that have no lasting substance, and have departed from recognizing what who we owe our efforts to. We’ve perverted the ideas of liberty, in that liberation is not found through the blood of Christ Jesus as it should be. We’ve confined the principals of freedom, with constraints that only Jesus can offer emancipation from. We’ve diluted the essence of Hope down to the alluring emptiness of a campaign slogan, instead of clinging to the assurance of Hope that we meet at the foot of the cross of Christ. This is a problem. A problem that is mistakenly left to bail-outs, tax fluctuation, foreign relations, and social economics to fix. Instead it should be left in the hands of the King of Kings, who is the source of perfect liberty, true freedom, and limitless hope. A hope adorned in love and peace, permissive of endless mercy and boundless grace. That’s what the American people should be offered. That’s what the world should be offered. 

We don’t need another comprehensive plan to combat an oil crisis or curtail a fiscal crisis. We need men and women who are willing to embrace the call of Christ to serve humbly in love. Men and women who seek God in all they do. We need men and women of Christ. 

I don’t know if this post will ever be read. By anyone. I don’t know if this message will ever be spread. I do know that this train of thought is not popular with believers and non-believers alike, and I guess that’s the whole problem to begin with. People are interested in satisfying themselves, instead of putting forth the effort to seek the direction of God in their lives. What will be done to solve this desperate problem?