Faith and the president

When the Bible says to work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, every Christian should be mindful of this and every Christian should pause, with a lot of self-reflection, before daring to say someone is not a Christian. Ana Marie is right that the President need not publicly defend his faith. It is between him and God.

But I also take 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 at its word that Christians need to hold each other accountable. “Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. ‘Purge the evil person from among you.'” We all like sheep have gone astray. We all fall short of the glory of God. But ultimately we know Christians by their love of Christ and it is reflected in the world. When a Christian in the church does turn against the church, the church must act. It should be for the person’s local church to act, but to my knowledge the President has none.

What I see of the President reflected in the world is a man who used his faith as a lie to claim he opposed gay marriage when he really did not; who spoke out in favor of allowing abortionists to kill children who survive abortions; who has actively promoted abortion in his Presidency; who has publicly used the courts to curtail the free exercise of religion paring it down to a right to worship; who, when he thought he was off the record, mocked Christians bitterly clinging to guns and religion, etc., etc., etc.

In fact, that ultimately is it. The President, when he thought he was off the record and in the advancement of his political agenda, has been no friend to the church and its orthodox teachings. He trots out religion publicly as a political tool to help himself, not others.