Political Correctness - Healthcare, Taxes & the Gospel

"And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's." - Luk 20:25

There was a time when I actually enjoyed discussing politics with friends, family and coworkers. I became a regular listener of conservative talk shows and the cable news programs. Debates were mostly fun because of the challenge of trying to convince the other person of the positions I shared with others and/or had personally taken.

In the recent years, God has shown me how to redirect political discussions not to the right nor to the left but rather to God. I've found that political discussions - whether with believers or unbelievers - produced no fruit and did not open doors for the Gospel but rather often closed them.

Christ was faced with the same dilemna when the chief priests had sent spies who pretented to be sincere [Luk 20:20-21]. Christ's wisdom was greater than men's wisdom because His purpose was greater than theirs. They purposed to trap Him so that they might deliver to the chief priests what they needed to accuse Him. However, Christ was purposed to give glory to His Father.

Christian, don't get caught up in the cares of this world and troubles of men that lead not to God but rather to man-centered solutions. That is all that politics is - men searching solutions in man rather than God. God has instituted it to govern our sinful souls to create order but has never been the means by which the Gospel is preached. Therefore, render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God what is God's - the souls of men being saved through the preaching of His Word for His glory!