By Amir Tsarfati
Elections are around the corner.
What a privilege it is to go and vote for a list that best represents my convictions.
None of the political platforms in Israel will ever reflect the full range of my convictions, which are rooted in my Messianic faith. In fact, I don’t think there is any country in the world today where a political party fully and exclusively represents biblical values.
When we consider political platforms, we try to identify the one that is least opposed to our convictions. It may not be perfect, but it may still be better than the rest.
Perfect leadership and perfect government on this earth will only come during the Millennial Kingdom - and even then, many will eventually turn against it!
Sinful people naturally tend to be attracted to platforms that allow them to sin more while feeling less guilty about it - a license to sin, so to speak.
From gender to the family, from borders to the unborn, and from morality to Israel - these are issues that are deeply rooted in God’s Word.
The globalist agenda is so deeply entrenched in the deep state and much of the media that it continues to drip its poison into the minds of those who constantly consume it.
Some people wake up. Many don’t.
Some people rise up. Many don’t.
Some people speak out. Many don’t.
But let’s keep things in their proper perspective.
You will never be held accountable for failing to speak out about politics. Politics does not contain the words of life.
You will, however, give an account for your faithfulness in sharing the truth of the gospel and making your faith known.
For the believer, hell is not waiting as a possible outcome. Our salvation rests in the finished work of Yeshua our Messiah. But as believers, we will stand before Him, and our works will be tested.
“If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.”
1 Corinthians 3:14–15
Don’t you want to stand before Yeshua and receive a reward for faithfully serving Him rather than suffer the loss of reward and be saved “yet so as through fire”?
That is why our greatest calling is not political.
Speak words of life!
Words of truth.
Words of wisdom from above.
Words of comfort and encouragement.
There is hope in this evil world - but that hope is not found in a political party, an election, or a government. It is found in Yeshua our Messiah.
Don’t put your trust in government to give you the hope that only He can give.
Choose life!
Moses wrote that God commanded His people to do exactly that.
Voting is also a choice. So go out and vote. And as you do, ask yourself:
Which platform comes closest to what the Bible teaches me about how I should live, what I should stand for, and what I should do?
But when the election is over, remember: governments come and go, political leaders rise and fall, but the gospel remains the power of God to salvation.
Politics can influence the world you live in. The gospel determines where you will spend eternity.”
Amir Tsarfati is an Israeli Christian speaker, author, and founder of the non-profit organization Behold Israel. This post was published on his blog.