When I was a kid there was a popular TV game show: “To Tell the Truth.” Three guests would all claim to be the same person (ex. John Doe). A regular panel of four judges would then question each about his occupation to ascertain who was telling the truth. After each judge decided who they thought the actual person was, the host would say, “Will the real John Doe please stand up.” The contestants’ goal was to fool the judges with clever answers so as to convince them that he was the real John Doe.
Many today call themselves “Christians,” but when you press them with issues that are in conflict with the Bible, their answers and actions are aligned with the world’s liberal views. They claim to be Bible-believing Christians, but their allegiance in the voting booth is often party affiliation, racial preference, or conceptual bias. They choose candidates who support abortion and same-sex marriage, even though these are diametrically denounced in the Bible. They support candidates who are willing to sell Israel out to cater to her anti-Semitic Muslim neighbors in spite of their terroristic agenda to wipe Israel off the map.
Will a real Christian abandon the foundation of biblical truths that have made our nation great? Will he silence his God-convicted conscience when it objects to such apostasy? Can he love God and not hate unrighteousness? Can he love the Word of God and not hate moral wickedness? Can he walk in the fear of God and yet succumb to the fear of man? Let us consider the following scenario based on the aforementioned game show:
Q. Mr. Christian, you claim you are the real deal — a Bible-believing Christian who lives according to its Judeo-Christian principles?
A. Yes, I am that Christian.
Q. On Tuesday, November 6, when you go into the voting booth, will you choose a pro-abortion candidate who maintains that a woman’s right to choose infanticide supersedes the right of the unborn to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness?
A. It’s been the law of the land for 40 years. There’s nothing Christians can do about it now.
Q. So it does not bother you that the commandment says, “Thou shall not commit murder”?
A. Well, I didn’t say that. I just don’t think we should let this issue influence our vote, especially when economic issues are the real concern.
Q. So the fact that your tax dollars will pay for abortions does not bother you?
A. Of course it bothers me, but I have no control over what our elected representatives do with my tax dollars.
Q. Then you would not mind if your church or religious organization, or even a public company is forced to pay for contraception and abortions in their medical benefits for employees or be levied with heavy fines?
A. Well, no. I don’t think that should be. I mean, yes, I would mind, but I doubt if it will go that far.
Q. Mr. Christian, would you vote for a candidate who supports same-sex marriage and believes that this is the civil rights issue of this generation?
A. Well, I signed my states petition to put it on the ballot for a vote by the people, and I will vote against legalizing same-sex marriage in my state.
Q. Does this mean that you will not vote for a candidate who supports same-sex marriage?
A. I believe it’s only a matter of time and it will be legal in every state anyway, so again, I think it’s more important to focus on the fiscal problems we’re facing.
Q. Does this mean that you would be accepting if your church, or even a public venue, photographer, etc. refused to participate in a same-sex marriage, and consequently faced steep fines?
A. Absolutely not! Churches, or for that matter, no one should be forced by the government to go against his conscience or religious beliefs!
Q. You appear to feel very strongly about these defining issues. It would appear that you are the real deal— a true Bible-believing Christian.
A. Yes I am!
Q. Does this mean that when you go into the voting booth on November 6, you will cast your vote for a pure conscience or for political charisma?
A. The more I think about it… Maybe I just won’t vote at all.
Q. Wouldn’t that be the same as voting against your conscience?
A. When you put it like that, I guess I only have one choice: I must vote. And I must vote my conscience.
Q. Mr. Christian — You are the real Christian!
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