My Kingdom Is Not of This World
33 So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” 35 Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” 36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” 37 Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” 38 Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”
Pilate asked a great question. What is truth?? The answer is that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
No one enters the kingdom of Heaven except through Jesus Christ. As Jesus told Nicodemus-
You Must Be Born Again
3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus[a] by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again[b] he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?”5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.[c] 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You[d] must be born again.’ 8 The wind[e]blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you[f] do not receive our testimony.12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[g] 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.[h]
For God So Loved the World
16 “For God so loved the world,[i] that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
So most of us who support the election of Donald Trump to another term are not promoting him as our religious leader. He is running for President of the United States, a nation that guarantees religious freedom. He does not have to pass a religious test, but we are interested in what he proposes to accomplish through another four years of presiding, God willing. He has promised to support the continuation of our Judaeo-Christian heritage, as opposed to the God hating communist movement that has possessed the Democratic Party.
His promotion of America first is national politics, a recognition that nations are important, and each nation is to look out for their own affairs, while being fair to others. He is getting us out of dangerous world empire meddling which had caused us so much grief and treasure in the last twenty years.
Yes, the Kingdom of Heaven is about all being united in Jesus Christ, and our showing love and concern to all. But Unitarianism has no place in the Kingdom of Heaven. All who are faithful in Jesus Christ have membership in the Eternal Kingdom. All who refuse faith in Jesus are condemning themselves to Hell. So we persuade all to come to Jesus, and to His Eternal Kingdom.
It would be good for you to personally consider whether a respect for our traditional values is of more value than allowing the imposition of Godless communist revolution. Study history. Our nation has been the source of many blessings to others because of our Christian heritage. Godless communism has brought destruction to every people where it has been instituted by revolution. It should be plain to all that we are faced with making a choice between Christian values and Godless communism.
Please ask Jesus to help you decide how you should vote in the upcoming Presidential election.
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