Economics is an important part of a nation, and deals with many aspects of the nation itself. As, the world and specifically the USA come out from the shutdowns due to the Coronavirus, both President Trump and Senator Biden are focused on the economy. Each of their policies are detailed about making the economy better, with more and better jobs, better pay, and equal pay and benefits for all. Here is a quote from a 60 Minutes interview by President Trump and his interviewer Lesley Stahl:
Lesley Stahl: I asked you what's the priority? I mean, those are all the good things--
President Donald Trump: The priority now--
Lesley Stahl: --what do you have to solve?
President Donald Trump: --is to get back to normal. Get back to where we were. To have the economy rage and be great with jobs and everybody be happy. And that's where we're going, and that's--
Lesley Stahl: And--
President Donald Trump: --where we're heading.
From this interview you can clearly see where our nation is heading, full on economic expansion. Money is good, and so is international trade, but to focus on these is selfish because there has not been any focus on God. In page 102 of Jerry Bridges's book Respectable Sins, he deals with how the sin of selfishness is presented in only interested in ones own interest, not for the care and love of others. While he is talking about disobedience from person to person, this comes from worshipping self rather than God, and making idol of yourself (Exodus 20:3-7).
The main objective every person and government officials should be to glorify and obey God (Deuteronomy 17; Psalm 72). The glorification of God, is that governing officials should be Christians, who have been born again, and who are growing in faith and repentance towards God in Christ. Then, the obedience to God is that these officials are establishing God's Law as the law of the USA, seek to promote the Kingdom of Christ through providing and protecting the church from false religions and teachers, punishing those in opposition to Biblical Christianity, removing false religions from this nation, punishing those who break God's Law, in righteous justice (Matthew 28:19; Psalm 2; Romans 13:1-7; Deuteronomy 17:14-20).
Thus, when we select who the President of the USA should be, we should make sure that they are going to honor God, and not seek for themselves or any other individual or religion, only true Biblical Christianity. If you want to learn more about what the right President and every civil government official must be like click the links below.
https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=8414143510 - The Sermon by Pastor Adam M. Kuehner
https://media-cloud.sermonaudio.com/text/8414143510.pdf - The PDF of the Sermon
Works Cited
Daily Mail. “TRUMP’S 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW: THE FULL TRANSCRIPT.” Mail Online, 26 Oct. 2020, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/fb-8879335/TRUMPS-60-MINUTES-INTERVIEW-TRANSCRIPT.html.
Kuehner, Adam. “Christ-Centered Voting.” SermonAudio, 3 Aug. 2014, www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=8414143510.
Kuehner, Adam. “Christ Centered Voting- PDF.” Sermonaudio, 3 Aug. 2014, media-cloud.sermonaudio.com/text/8414143510.pdf.
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