Confronting the Political Powers

Christians must confront the political powers. We must also work with God to transform culture. However, the timing is important. Christians cannot have much influence on the political culture, while they are a minority. If we try, then we just end up attempting to impose Christianity on those who hate it. Trying to change the political sphere in a pagan nation is pointless. This is the time for speaking prophetically.

However, if we are successful in preaching the gospel, we might just get to a place where most people have accepted the gospel. We should then be in a position to transform the political culture, if we know God's will for the political sphere. We should be doing some serious study of scripture, so that we will be ready if and when that time comes.

The problem is that Christians generally go straight to Marx or Mises for guidance, instead of to the scriptures. Others go to the NT, but do not find a Christian political/social theory there, so they assumes that none exists. I believe that we will need to do some serious study of the OT, including the law, before we will get the political creed that is true to the NT. Fortunately, we have plenty of time.