A Few Verses For the Politically Active

Go into all the world:

Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations,
Matthew 28:19a

Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:15

And that repentance and remission of sins
should be preached in his name
among all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem.
Luke 24:47

As we have therefore opportunity,
let us do good unto all men,
especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Galatians 6:10

Do not call any person common or unclean:

God hath shewed me
that I should not call
any man
common or unclean.
Acts 10:28b

Do not take part in sin but expose it

And have no fellowship
with the unfruitful works of darkness,
but rather reprove them.
Ephesians 5:11

Christians in the world

Ye are the salt of the earth:
Matthew 5:13

Ye are the light of the world.
Matthew 5:14

Let your light so shine before men,
Matthew 5:16

Eat with sinners.

...many publicans and sinners
came and sat down with him and his disciples.
Matthew 9:10b

Speak and shout

What I tell you in the darkness,
that speak ye in the light:
and what ye hear in the ear,
that preach ye upon the housetops.
Matthew 10:27

Range far and wide

and upon this rock I will build my church;
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Matthew 16:18

Avoid certain people

But now I have written unto you
not to keep company,
if any man that is called a brother
be a fornicator,
or covetous,
or an idolater,
or a railer,
or a drunkard,
or an extortioner;
with such an one no not to eat.
1 Corinthians 5:11

 

Try to keep peace

Blessed are the peacemakers:
Matthew 5:9

Love your enemies but expect persecution

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake
Matthew 5:10

Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you,
and pray for for them that despitefully use you,
and persecute you.
Matthew 5:44

Maintain by

* Staying in the word

the words that I speak unto you,
they are spirit,
and they are life.
John 6:63

* Praying about everything

Pray without ceasing.
1 Thessalonians 5:17

* Praising and thanking God continuously

By him therefore
let us offer the sacrifice of praise
to God continually, that is,
the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Hebrews 13:15

* Seeking His guidance

Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6

* Confessing your sins

If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just
to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9

* Keeping on the move

but this one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Philippians 3:13

* Clinging to Him

Ye shall walk after the Lord your God,
and fear him,
and keep his commandments,
and obey his voice,
and ye shall serve him,
and cleave unto Him.
Deuteronomy 13:4

 

Weapons of political war for Christians

And my speech and my preaching
was not with enticing words of man's wisdom,
but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
1 Corinthians 2:4

For though we walk in the flesh,
we do not war after the flesh:
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,
but mighty through God
to the pulling down of strongholds):
2 Corinthians 10:3-4

Put on the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to stand
against the wiles of the devil.
Ephesians 6:11

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities,
against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Wherefore take unto you
the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to withstand
in the evil day,
and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore,
having your loins girt about with truth,
and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Above all,
taking the shield of faith,
wherewith ye shall be able
to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God:
Praying always with all prayer and supplication
in the Spirit,
and watching thereunto
with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Ephesians 6:12-18


For the word of God is quick,
and powerful,
and sharper than any twoedged sword,
piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit,
and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12