{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"The Mistake Many Christians are Making with Trump","description":"Do we, as believers, look to those in power for our hope? Are we guilty - as nonbelievers are - of looking to men and politicians for the solutions in life? God’s Word is clear: we look to one place (the Gospel) for man’s deepest problem (sin). We have a living hope in the Gospel and a responsibility to share it with those who do not.\n\n__\n\n4 prefaces\n\n- this is not to evaluate whether Trump is a good or bad pres\n- this is not intended to advocate for or against Trump\n- the most honest way to evaluate a pres is to give credit when good and criticize when bad\n- this happens on both political sides\n\nThe mistake many Christians are making with Trump is thinking of him or talking about him with this kind of God complex \n- Comparing him to King david\n- The saying of his presidency is like the second coming of God (not indicative of all)\n\nGOD ORDAINS ALL LEADERS FOR HIS SOVEREIGN PURPOSES - BOTH RIGHTEOUS AND EVIL\n\nHab 1:5-6\nIsaiah 45:1-2\nRomans 13:1\n\nWe should view all leaders as ordained by God for His good and righteous purposes and submit to the sovereignty of God\n\nBut this indicates a dangerous trend\n- we are looking to men \n\nEzekiel 23:20\nIsaiah 2:22\n\nNon-believers must look to the state (progressivism)\n\nWe as Christians have a greater hope\n1 Peter 1 - a living hope\nOur hope is in the Gospel","author_name":"Andrew McKinney"}