Defintely Not Democracy

Many Christians are getting involved in the political process to try and accomplish God’s purposes, but they will not succeed, because all political institutions are rooted in humanism. For example the United States constitution begins with the words, “We the People…… do ordain and establish this Constitution” This is a declaration that the people will decide their own laws and is a blatant rejection of God’s law.. A system for producing human laws, no matter how carefully designed, cannot produce the justice of God.

Christians have tended to recommend democracy as a political solution, but there is no biblical reason for this enthusiasm. People power leads to oppression because the crowd is usually wrong.

Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd (Ex 23:2).

We should be careful about recommending a system that does not have God’s approval. Just as a thorn bush cannot produce apples, a system where man establishes the laws, can never advance the Government of God.