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My QA: Why do we vote for government officials? from November 6, 2022, is now available. Look for the word "FEATURED" or the name of the file in Questions Answered.

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My Words of Wisdom Audios are 1-minute radio lessons which are studies from the Bible for our current times. They are broadcast on www.wecoradio.com/ FM 101.3 after the 12 noon news and after the 3pm news. Transcripts are available at Words of Wisdom Radio Transcripts, for lessons 2014 till now. This week’s lessons are:
- 10/31/22     Jesus Shows Us His Way 
- 11/01/22      Limits for Caesar            
- 11/2/22        False Witness Voting         
- 11/3/22        Who Elected Our President?  
- 11/4/22        So Goes the Nation          

Older Words of Wisdom radio minutes from 2014 onwards are found in Words of Wisdom Archive. 

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My Words of Wisdom Audios are 1-minute radio lessons which are studies from the Bible for our current times. They are broadcast on www.wecoradio.com/ FM 101.3 after the 12 noon news and after the 3pm news. Transcripts are available at Words of Wisdom Radio Transcripts, for lessons 2014 till now. This week’s lessons are:
- 10/24/22    Whose Denominations Are They?   
- 10/25/22    Supporting Abortion                       
- 10/26/22    Jesus Is Hope in Resurrection       
- 10/27/22    Jesus Is No Ghost                       
- 10/28/22    Scared? Of What?                      

Older Words of Wisdom radio minutes from 2014 onwards are found in Words of Wisdom Archive. 

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Words of Wisdom Articles are mini articles that have been printed in the Oneida, TN, Independent Herald newspaper since September 2019. “Words of Wisdom” is published online weekly and available on: www.ihoneida.com/words-of-wisdom/ . This week's contribution is Worthless Opinion Polls for May 9, 2022.

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After “the most important election in history,” what have the results really changed? 

Not God: "For I am the LORD, I do not change” (Malachi 3:6). Not Jesus Christ: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). 

Not The Holy Spirit’s Bible: “contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). 

Not the Gospel of Salvation: "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned” (Mark 16:15-16). 

Not God’s Authority Over Government: “For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God” (Romans 13:1). 

Not the church of Christ: “I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).

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QUESTION: “Why does it seem that, no matter what people are voted into office, government(s) never seem to change?”

ANSWER: Because human nature never changes, and the corruption of power appeals to the worst of human nature! This is seen in advance before the Israelites entered the the Promised Land. Moses was given detailed instructions for a king to follow if he was to be given the throne over God’s people: Deuteronomy 17: 14-20: "When you come to the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, 'I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,' you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you;

[1] you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother. [2] But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, 'You shall not return that way again.' [3] Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; [4] nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.    [5] Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites. And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes, that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his  days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel.”

In order, kings were NOT to:

[1] be an alien or foreign-born;

[2] depend on military might and outsiders;

[3] disregard marriage rules;

[4] selfishly prosper financially;

[5] ignore God’s Word!

When God had an earthly kingdom under Moses’ Law, He was very specific about what the king should and shouldn’t do.

That God prophesied the Israelite demand for a king hundreds of years before the fact is proof beyond any doubt God is indeed “omniscient” (all-knowing). God’s prophecy through Moses in Deuteronomy 17 was fulfilled after the period covered by the books of Joshua and Judges. The people did demand their own king (1 Samuel 8:6 (read verses 1-9), and even then God prophesied the kind of king Israel would have (1 Samuel 8:10-22). It seems the nature of those who rule tends to graft, corruption, and greed for power over the people.

In 1 Samuel 8, God predicted the king would: 1) take control over their sons’ lives; 2) use them to grow produce for him and make materiel of war and be in his army; 3) employ their daughters for his bakeries; 4) take the best of people’s wine and oil for his own; 5) take 10% of vineyards and grain for his own government employees; 6) take over the finest workers (both human and animal) for his own; 7) take 10% of their sheep; and 8) make the populace serve him.

AND the people stubbornly insisted on having their king, anyway!

People still demand “self-government” and keep putting in office(s) those who can be (and are!) corrupted by that power! THE SAME DEMAND PRODUCES THE SAME RESULT-EVERY TIME!      

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My commentary #188 on Proverbs 28:2, For Which Leader Do You Vote?, is available in Studies in the book of Proverbs in Commentaries.

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My commentary #188 on Proverbs 28:2, For Which Leader Do You Vote?, is available in Studies in the book of Proverbs in Commentaries.

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My commentary #149 on Proverbs 20:26, True Political Correctness, is available in Studies in the book of Proverbs in Commentaries.

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My commentary #205 on Proverbs 30:24 - 28, Learn From the Little People, is available in Studies on the book of Proverbs in Commentaries.

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