Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Election Results: African Americans, Action, and Abortion

The results are in, and it is time to respond. The question is; how should we respond?

We should respond by praying for Senator Obama and opposing him at every turn on issues that are clearly a violation of Scripture. It is possible to do both at the same time and to be Christ-like throughout. We must be salt and light and trust in our Sovereign Lord.

Ninety-seven percent of African-Americans voted for Senator Obama. Many of these voters are our brothers and sisters in Christ. I want to encourage every brown-skinned follower of Christ to use their well-deserved political clout to tell Obama that they will not stand idly by while he appoints judges who will not respect the lives of the unborn. Tell him that you will not support him in 2012 or his colleagues in Congress in 2010 if he removes protections for the unborn or signs the Freedom of Choice Act. He has to listen. Without your vote, he would not be our president-elect. For the sake of the millions of lives on the line, please do not be silent.

We may disagree on economic policy, but we should not disagree on the issue of life if we have been saved by the same Lord Jesus Christ who is life and the light of men.