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A lot of Democrats have criticized Republicans, particularly those of the conservative religious variety, for supporting Trump, namely because our president’s personal life hasn’t always been consistent with Christ-like conduct.
So . . . if God really considers the unborn to be humans, and therefore it is murder to kill them . . . Jesus might say let the one without sin cast the first stone at Donald.
And if liberals really care about people > how many children are now feeding on the example of smokers so these children will grow up feeling it is cool to smoke . . . so then they could die in torture because of cancer and the American system can be loaded down with the medical bills which will be payed by taxpayers? If, then, liberals really care about having healthy and happy lives and unnecessary taxes, why not obviously promote not smoking so we give our young people this good example?
So, I would say, what most people might say is not the point.
Trump has divorced and remarried multiple times.
And Jesus forgave people, right while they were hating and torturing and murdering Jesus who is God's own Son. So, is our forgiving up-to-date? What does Jesus say will happen if we do not forgive?
For that matter, if we tell wrong people they are ok, this means we are not forgiving them and doing what we can to help them get with God, instead. If we say wrong people don't need forgiveness, this is discrimination against certain ones who need forgiveness like we all do! That is a hate crime, to discriminate against certain wrong people, by saying they are ok and don't need forgiveness > so, again, Jesus might say let the one without sin cast the first stone.
And I must not get self-righteous, for that matter, about people who in fact themselves are hypocritical; but love and care in prayer to bless any and all people, with hope for anyone > love
"hopes all things" (in 1 Corinthians 13:7).
The pay-out rates show that the house always wins,
What else is new, in business for a profit?
The casinos have to pay their workers and pay property taxes and insurance plus taxes, as well as make a profit. The money they let out is the actual product, and a product costs so much of what you pay to get it.
I don't know how much of a percentage of groceries is the cost of actual product, compared with the cost of profit, insurance, utilities, wages, promotions, and taxes. But the cost of actual grocery product is like to the payback people get in a casino > you pay for the grocery product which is worth less than what you pay, and gamblers pay for the payback which is less than they total they pay
So . . . for any product, you could be paying for wages, insurance, utilities, promotion, and taxes, whether you buy money from a casino or food from a grocery store.
So, for me, an interesting question is do you pay a higher percentage to buy casino money, or a higher percentage to buy groceries?? And, for that matter, if you go to a movie or football game or yoga class . . . what percentage are you paying for actual product, versus profit and other items?
people who want to “get rich quick”
"But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition." (1 Timothy 6:9)
The actual gambling isn't the real enemy, but the
"desire" is the problem. All a person needs, to get in such deep trouble, is the
"desire". There is no need to actually get rich or even to gamble a cent; just desiring to be rich can bring someone into major trouble inside oneself.
all have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory.
This does not excuse any of us to keep on going wrong. Because if we have trusted in Jesus, we are guaranteed how our Father corrects us > Hebrews 12:4-14. And now, then, we can be an example of how God is correcting us, including telling others how I am being corrected of looking the wrong way at women and self-righteously looking down on politicians who keep being a horrible example of how to relate and communicate . . . potentially helping to ruin children from knowing how to relate in love.
So, even if a public figure's example is anti-love . . . still I need to obey how Jesus has us loving any and all people, and praying with hope
for any wrong politician > love
"hopes all things" (in 1 Corinthians 13:7). But will God have me vote for someone whose public example is obviously anti-love and can help destroy children?? God
"will judge the secrets of men", our Apostle Paul does say in Romans 2:16; so we will answer for the real reason why we justify voting for the ones we vote for.
And Paul is very clear how a person qualified to lead meets certain qualifications > 1 Timothy 3:1-4 >
"nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock." (1 Peter 5:3)
So, a person who is a Christian will lead by example, including how to communicate and relate in love, caring about any and all people, possibly being an example of God's way of prayer by calling for prayer for any and all people, because this is what a child of God is told to do >
"first of all" > 1 Timothy 2:1-4); this includes loving and having hope for our enemies . . . and loving other countries as ourself.
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Would you vote for a politician with questionable morality but who also perfectly represented your political views and social values?
Jesus says,
"'He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.'" (Luke 16:10)
So, going by this, I would say Jesus means you can't be immoral or a Satanic example or ok with killing unborn Americans and at the same time have the character to take care of over three hundred million people the right way, including with the right example.
But . . . yes . . . God can use . . . anyone for His good, no matter what the person's character. We can read and feed on how God used a pagan leader, in Genesis 37-50. And we have Romans 13:1-7.
So . . . trust God to choose whom He will use.
