Should the priest be political?

Donald Trump’s second inauguration ceremony is not surprising, leading to nests of activities and controversy. We had controversial amnesty, controversial gestures, and we even had a controversial controversial by the Bishops of the Bishop, Marian Bade.

In her preaching, Baddy spoke to the new president, especially, and asked the immigration and his new administration to “be mercy” to the LGBT community. The sermon was criticized by the right wing that it was excessively political, but was praised by the left wing for courage.

On the other side of the political coin, Calvin Robinson has begun to give a license to work as a priest of the Catholic Church of the British Church, after copying Eron Musk’s “Salute Nazis” gestures. I did it.

Obligation to speak the truth

Is it wise or a Bible that a church leader has a political stance? It is possible to find an example of the Old Testament, especially the prophet. Give God’s words directly to the prophet, the king and the authority.

In contrast, Jesus himself was very interested in politics (“My kingdom is not in this world”) is very interested in bringing healing and salvation to everyone. did.

So, what model should men and women in modern churches continue?

Did the Bishop Badish act as the Old Testament Prophet when you ask President Trump to embody the mercy Christian virtue? Did you have Calvin Robinson? Is John MacArthur acting as a prophet when he wrote a public letter that blamed Gavin New Sam, Governor of California?

perhaps.

Divided church

The difference from that time is that, for better or worse, we live in a democratic society. In the Old Testament, the only person needed for the prophet to persuade to bring social or religious changes was the king.

Today, the “king” is a kind of avatar for half of the population. Attacking him is attacking them. Even worse, in a society, which is more and more split, the “other man” is a concrete of evil (so as their supporters).

This effectively means that if the priest politically, they will immediately alleviate half of the congregation.

The church intends to become a “one body” of Christ. It is not the case that the Democratic Party, the Republican church, the labor church and the Tory Church are.

There is no doubt that church leaders must feel that they are sometimes under pressure to comment on political issues. In some sense, they are in a situation where they do not win. Comments and you are interfering with political issues with “not your concern”. Don’t comment, and you’re not “relevant.”

Probably the wise course is to preach the gospel message and draw your own conclusions. There is no harm to acknowledge that Christians have significant political issues, but identifying God’s views on Blegjit and trying to preach, the tax rate and international issues are excessive. Maybe.