My Believing brothers with whom I associate will often discuss with me these questions, and we usually come up without answers, but here are the questions: — why do so many Christians not vote? And, why do so many vote against the party that stands far and above the other party for righteousness?

Well, one day, while I was reading on another blogger’s site, I ran across a comment from one person who posted as Annie. I don’t know Annie, I don’t know her last name or if Annie is truly her first name for that matter, and 1 don’t really want to know; but what she had to say may have an impact on the answers to our questions. I’ll use only a sample excerpt here:

ANNIE commented: “For some of us in the body of Christ, the Spirit of God raises a strong witness against listening to Rush Limbaugh (now deceased), Glen Beck, and the conservative Fox News talking heads. For what we have experienced first-hand has been what God wrote to us as wisdom …. walk with the wise …. make no friendship with an angry man, lest you learn his ways …. if you perceive foolishness in the mouth of a man, then go from his presence. What we have experienced in our friendships, in our local assemblies ….????? The reactions of Christians are without restraint, without the spirit of God’s gentleness, meekness or wisdom …. and out of the mouths words are spouted in a common tone …. just like the talking head that these brethren spend three-plus hours a day taking in, drinking of the spirit that is talking through these ungodly, or should I say unChristlike, communicators.

Annie wrote a good deal more than this. She wrote many paragraphs. And even though I am blocked from posting on the site on which she made her comment, blocked for the reason that I have been post-Trib in my first few comments there; but, still I just had to reply to Annie. Here is that reply:

Annie, if I were allowed to post on Terry’s site, here is what I would ask of you. First how have you gained such discern-ability to judge the Limbaugh’s and Beck’s without listening to them? Secondly, if you are so separated from others views of the world that you do not become informed by those, who can sometimes see something happening that you cannot or won’t see; then can you really make such judgment. These men are men who stand against abortion, against child sex trafficking; against rioting, and the taking of our freedom of ideas away by canceling our speech, which to us is the only way to reasonably deal with evil. It is that “nonviolent freedom”, which grants us the right for the spreading of this gospel of our Lord and savior; which is also these days an unwanted: often considered to be hate speech by the world. If you can’t appreciate these who fight these evils with words; then how do you determine where to place your vote?

Unfortunately for or because of those like yourself, we also see very few pulpits broadcast the horrors of these acts of violence against women, children and believers in Christ. But they teach love as their main dulled out form of information today.

Thirdly, do you vote? — I ask this because many Christians today do not. I would be interested if you do?

It is understood from scripture that God often uses men who do not know Him to accomplish His purposes. You and I are the ones charged with being discerning of what is the truth of our times. Jesus seemed to ignore the “spirit of God’s gentleness”, of which you speak, when addressing the Pharisees of His time, who did not understand their own times. Being uninformed about these things does not make us aware enough to cast a wise vote.

Perhaps if you had told us of the news sources that you do rely on; then some of my questions would not have been necessary. Or maybe I would have had others. Though I can agree with some of what you have stated on Terry’s blog, still some of it seems judgmental against persons, whom you probably don’t even know, and certainly don’t understand. If you do know them and their hearts then I apologize. But remember every fruit that one produces is not spotless or blemished. The fruit ultimately determines the good or bad tree, but all fruit must be culled including my fruit and yours. Jesus may just have been a bit less calm and peaceful — certainly less loving than you think when He said to the Pharisees of His day:

John 8:44 You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies. (NET)

These were my comments to Annie, and they would be the same to you, if you do not inform yourself and vote for righteousness as much as you can for our land. Lies and liars reveal themselves, because the fruit is rotten.

Well at least I tried with Annie, but again was blocked. You can block me also. It’s your choice, or at least it is your choice yet today. But what about tomorrow. Will we be left with a choice tomorrow? I say allow all speech, because the fruit of the speech will determine the ultimate quality of the speaker.