Devotional: How Godly Is Christian Nationalism?

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Christian nationalism is the belief that the United States is defined by Christianity, and that the government should take active steps to keep it that way.

Scholars like Samuel Huntington have made a similar argument: that America is defined by its “Anglo-Protestant” past and that the United States will lose its identity and its freedom if white cultural is not maintained, preserved, and enhanced.

As Christian Nationalism has grown in popularity in Evangelical circles becoming orthodoxy for the Trump campaign and the Republican party. The question is how Godly is Christian Nationalism?

“For there is no respect of persons with God.” Romans 2:11 is Paul’s admonishment to the supremacy claims of the Christians of Jewish ancestry over the Gentiles who had become recent converts to Christ. This reflects the overwhelming evidence that the Bible does not support Christian Nationalism.

People who claim that their nationality or race gives them special favor with God or that United States should give advantage to them are wrong.

People who place their devotion to Jesus on the same level as their devotion to the United States are wrong.

People who view Christian Nationalism as the way to fix what is wrong with the United States are wrong.

Into all this wrongness there is hope. People who are born again know that this earth and this nation are not our home. While our Christian, voices, influences and actions should be part of the public policy debate we have a higher calling.

Colossians 1:13-14 reminds us that God has saved us from the dark kingdom where Satan rules. He has brought us into the kingdom of his Son, whom he loves. 14 God's Son, Jesus, paid the price for our sins and made us free. Yes, God has forgiven us.

The idolatry, racism, and division of Christian Nationalism will not stand. God’s word is the thing that will stand and as it stand Jesus will be there to forgive who were ever foolish enough to believe that Christian Nationalism was Godly.

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