\u201cLast election, I voted for so-and-so, but after he was elected, he disappeared. Now he has appeared again asking for votes. How can I vote for him this time?\u201d A friend complained.<\/p>\n
Another said with a righteous air, \u201cIt\u2019s a waste if you don\u2019t take the money. If the candidate gives me money to buy my vote, I\u2019ll take it, but as for my vote, I\u2019ll decide on my own.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yet another said, \u201cThe way I vote, I\u2019ll see who is giving out money. Whoever it is, I won\u2019t vote for him. I hate bribes, we need a clean election!\u201d<\/p>\n
As the GE 14 nears, have you decided on your sacred vote? How do we decide whether our vote is sacred?<\/p>\n
Sacred Vote?<\/span><\/strong> The sacred vote is also a classified vote. It is not influenced by others, it is solely your own decision. Others do not need to know whom you vote for, so it is a classified vote.<\/p>\n The sacred vote is a crucial vote. It is held accountable to God, because the elected can be called God\u2019s servant (Romans 13:4-7). Your vote is crucial, but the ultimate authority belongs to God, because he \u201cchanges times and seasons; he deposes kings and raises up others\u201d (Dan 2:21), God \u201cis sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes\u201d(Dan 4:25b).<\/p>\n Vote for whom?<\/strong><\/span> What about me? I have to pray and ask for the Holy Spirit\u2019s guidance, and to follow the words of the Bible, and vote for the candidate who \u201cacts justly, loves mercy, and walks humbly with God\u201d! As the Bible says, \u201cHe has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.\u201d (Micah 6:8)<\/p>\n Brothers and sisters, in the upcoming election, please use your sacred vote for the one who acts justly, loves mercy, and walks humbly with God.<\/p>\n \u201cLast election, I voted for so-and-so, but after he was elected, he disappeared. Now he has appeared again asking for votes. How can I vote for him this time?\u201d A friend complained. Another said with a righteous air, \u201cIt\u2019s a waste if you don\u2019t take the money. If the candidate gives me money to buy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,193,10],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scaccmm.sarawakmethodist.org\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe sacred vote is a clean vote. It is not influenced by sin. If your vote is bought or bribed, your vote is a dirty vote, it is an unclean vote.<\/p>\n
\nSo whom is your sacred vote for? Is it for the candidate? Or for the party? Or for the coalition? You have to make your own wise decision in front of God, because each person is held accountable to God.<\/p>\nRev Dr Tie King Tai, SCAC President<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"