It’s amazing how Jesus cuts through things to make them so simple and clear. Jesus tells us how we can know for sure what a candidate is really like and how we can know for sure how they will really rule once they are in office.
You don’t have to listen to any of their speeches. You don’t have to listen to any of their interviews. You don’t have to listen to any of their debates. You don’t have to listen to any of what they say.
Jesus said, ALL you need to know is this (Mat. 7:15-16):
“Beware of the false prophets (politicians), who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.”
“YOU WILL KNOW” … by their fruit, by their actions, by what they do, by what they’ve already done, by how they already voted, by what policies they already supported.
NOT by their speeches. NOT by their talk. NOT by their promises. The Bible says (Prov. 14:15):
“Only simpletons believe everything they hear!”
Only a fool votes based on what a candidate says. Jesus didn’t tell you who to vote for, but He told you how to be smart - knowing for sure who you’re really voting for. Don’t listen to what a candidate says - only know what they did or accomplished when in office.
And I am NOT writing here to tell you who to vote for either. I’m only saying how to be smart - listen to Jesus.
Now you lived four years under the Trump administration and now you’ve lived almost four years under the Biden/Harris administration. Which time was best? Which had better policy results? Internationally, border, health, education, economy, interest, inflation, crime, etc.?
And if you’re a Christian, you should know who was more or less biblical. Less biblical - don’t vote for that person, no matter what either candidate may now say about themselves or each other. More biblical? Vote for that person. Not the one who sounds more biblical. “The false prophets (politicians), who come to you in sheep’s clothing” often look and sound more biblical - like sheep. That’s why Jesus said that.
But if you’re really not sure who was, and therefore would be, more or less biblical, and thereby who God would have you vote for, read what God Himself mandated for His moral Law and see who you think embraces it more. It was originally written in the Old Testament in the book of Deuteronomy - God’s Ten Commandments, Statutes, and Judgments… and in the New Testament Jesus also confirming it for today (Mat. 5:17-19), as well as the Apostle Paul, who summarizes some of it here (1Tim. 1:8-10):
“Now we know that God’s Law is good when it is used lawfully. For God’s Law was not intended for people who do what is right. It is for people who are lawless and rebels, who are ungodly and sinful, who consider nothing sacred and defile what is holy, who strike their father or mother or commit other murders. God’s Law is for people who are sexually immoral, or who practice homosexuality, or are slave traders, liars, promise breakers, or who do anything else that contradicts sound doctrine.”
Now you don’t need to waste your time any longer listening to either candidate, unless you want to see who lies in saying something different than what they have already proven for four years.
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Your actions speak so loud I can't hear what you say.” In other words, what you’ve already done made so much noise I can’t hear you… and no, I won’t listen to all your words anymore, when I have already had four years of living proof, living under your leadership.
What Jesus said is the only thing that matters:
“You will know them by their fruits.”
