I just finished watching a video clip of a sermon that Jason Upton gave. In it he said something very powerful that really resonated in my spirit. He said; “I am offended (as a Christian) that they (society) have placed me as a subculture under Republicans. I am not a Republican. I am a Christian. I follow Jesus.”

Why did this resonate with me you ask? It resonated with me because for far to long I have been pigeon-holed, as a Christian, as being a Republican. My views have been decided by a political party that in all actuality has no clue as to what I believe as a Christian. The reality is that as an evangelical Christian every decision I make, every vote I cast, every thing that I do should be done with this one thought in mind. I follow Jesus. I don’t ascribe to a political ideology; my world view is not wrapped up in Republican doctrine and practices. My world view is defined by Jesus Christ and no one else. I ascribe to Him.

We as a church, and as individuals, need to be bold enough, brave enough, to step beyond the label society has given us and begin to be the voice of morality in a society that has none. We as Christian need to step beyond they political realm, I’m not saying Christian can’t be involved in politics (I feel quite the opposite actually) but we must be able to let Jesus dictate our policies and not our political parties dogma. We must begin to allow the Truth to be proclaimed from our lips.

Morality has begun to fade from our society and we can no longer stand by. If we are to see a true change in this country it won’t come from Obama and it won’t come from McCain. It will only come when Jesus is returned to the center of or country. He is the standard to which all our policies must be held up to.

So I challenge you today to evaluate you stances on the issues. Does it line up with Jesus or does it simply line up with you political parties ideology. If it lines up with Jesus then stand fast and let nothing shake you. If it doesn’t then change you stance, run to Jesus adn stand with Him because He is the only one that can turn a nation.