Herod was influential in politics and religion. & from Jesus birth til death, he sought to kill Jesus & stop his ministry. Politics will always try to stop Christ's teachings because Christ taught humility, but politics require self promotion & exaltation. In politics the rules are 1. Get in Power, 2. Stay in Power, & 3. Increase your power. In a system made up of selfish ambition, the will of God can never be carried out. Pastors should avoid standing with political figures because of this. We should pray for them, but never get in bed with them. We should stand for what we believe, but never try to influence others to put their hope in ambitious men. But because the church has mirrored the world by electing mediators to speak to God for them, we see no harm in casting our hope in secular politicians. We have gone against the warnings of Jesus Christ himself because we have adopted the idea that our salvation must come from a political leader. But we have forgotten that our salvation was already granted to us by the true king of kings! Psa. 103:2 God's true prophets NEVER preach politics, but rather influence men to change their policies. But now, preachers are encouraging voting for this party or that party as if the right man in office will change things to better suit the believer. NOT.
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...Mods can one of you please move this to HL 
