It is within the realm of possibility that God could call someone to be involved in their earthly nation's government. I am not really taking issue with that. I am concerned with the fact that I see a lot of Christians voicing passion for earthly government at a level that I rarely, if ever, see them voice for the government of God (the Kingdom).dwight92070 wrote:And my point is that, as Christians, we each have our own gift(s)/calling. Some of us may be called, after our 1st love for God, to be passionate about American politics. Thank God that many of our founding fathers who were believers were also passionate about politics, or we may not have enjoyed the freedoms that we have today. In many of their lives, that was their life's calling and work, just as some are called to be farmers or pastors or mailmen, etc. There is no reason why that could not be true today for some Christians as well. However, I agree with you that no Christian is called to be a jerk. God made politics, i.e. it was His idea. Politics is a good thing. It is not a necessary evil.
God ordained the idea of government to provide structure for the fallen world. I don't think that is a far cry from saying it is a necessary evil.