Who would Jesus vote for? Who is God’s candidate for president? Obviously God’s a Republican, right?

There are a lot of questions every time an election rolls around, and I know that we have all heard the three posed above.

 Not only have we heard them, but we have also heard a lot of very bold people answer them with confidence. However, in this case, bold does not equal correct — and here’s why:

You do not fit God into a box. Maybe a better way to phrase it is, we don’t align God to ourselves; rather, we align ourselves with God. This is speaking of course to people who believe in God, specifically, Christians.

Joshua 5:13 gives us a great example of how this is true. Joshua, on the way to battle, gets confronted by an Angel of the Lord. Josh proceeds to ask whose side is he on.

The angel says “neither,” and Josh falls flat on his face.

Now, I’m sorry about the Sunday school lesson, but that is Biblical evidence that can relate directly back to whether God is a Republican or not. The answer is of course NO. Don’t try to box God into a category. He’s a bit bigger than all of us, and it makes us think God is something he’s not.

So, now that we know that God’s not a Republican, we can move onto who Christians are supposed to vote for: Anyone you dang well please.

Despite what many bold pastors say, you don’t go to hell if you don’t vote for Mike Huckabee. Maybe you just get a smaller ruby on your crown in heaven — I don’t know — but what I do know is that there is no God-endorsed candidate.

Yes, this even extends across the aisle to Obama, who it’s safe to say is not the Anti-Christ. This is a major problem with Christians come election time — we think that if we vote for the most Christian candidate, a magical spell will fall over America, under which we magically become moral and adhere to God’s law, and this is not true.

Biblical evidence for this falls in 2 Kings 2. Josiah was a man who did good in the eyes of the Lord, and would be the equivalent to a Huckabee of modern times.

He tore down shrines, set up temples, and even made the people observe Passover. Once he had passed away, Johoiakim took over and the country went right back into the same immoral practices of before.

What this means is that even if we have a president in the White House who seeks God, it still wouldn’t change the heart of the nation. Sure, he can promote laws that are in accordance with God’s law, but it doesn’t mean a thing if the people following don’t mean it.

While yes, it would be great if the American president had personal salvation, it does not mean the whole nation will.

So Christians, what issues should we vote for, then? Well, anything we darn well please. While abortion and gay marriage are usually the ones most commonly associated with us, we don’t have to vote based on these issues.

I, for example, want someone fiscally responsible in office, who keeps taxes low and doesn’t hamstring business with hoops to jump through.

Those are some of the reasons I supported Romney, a Mormon, and feel it is perfectly fine to support him.

Religion and government can, in fact, be separate.

Christians, don’t ever feel obligated to vote for someone just because you heard that the candidate was the one God would want you to vote for. Vote for anyone you would like — but maybe stay away if their name is Lucifer Beelzebub or something. That might actually be the Anti-Christ.