Praying for Wicked Leaders

A pastor I knew many years ago once told me that a wicked nation chooses wicked leaders after its own heart. How then, when we consider the biblical exhortation to pray for and submit to our leaders, (Hebrews 13:17, Titus 3, 1Peter 2:13-17) can we support political leaders today who promote sexual perversion, abortion, sexual immorality and euthansia?

The answer is simple: Even politicians are human beings in need of redemption from sin through God's grace that manifested in Jesus Christ's death on Calvary's cross for all sin and his resurrection from the dead. Certainly, some politicians such as Barack Obama claim to be Christians, but their actions speak louder than their words. Or, as Christ stated: "By their fruit you will recognize them." (Matthew 7:20)

Barack Obama fails the test of a true Christian by his actions. Yes, he is arrogant and condescending toward bible-believing Christians who he has often mocked throughout his political life. And yet Obama is no worse a sinner than anyone else who has ever walked on this earth. It was Richard Wurmbrand, perhaps the greatest Christian missionary of the 20th century who admitted that he trembled at the thought of the eternal destiny of unbelievers, whether they were pagans, agnostics, arrogant politicians, atheists or false Christians.

If we truly understand the horror of hell, then we'll tremble at the thought of Barack Obama's eternal destiny. And rather than criticize or curse him, we need to pray for him that God's ultimate truth in Christ's crucifixion for his sins on the cross will penetrate his heart and save his soul.