Why I urge true Christians to involve in politics and also partake in voting

Why I urge true Christians to involve in politics and also partake in voting. Executive, from my polytechnic year, I have always involved myself in politics within the institution, from voting to be voted as a NACOS Federal Polytechnic Ekowe Chapter President. I was and I am so radical with politics and voting. I am a businessman, industrialist, investor, and a Christian.

If you look the Bible very well, God started involving into politics because He knew that a leader is what determines the future of the people. In the human body, it is where the head thinks of going, that the legs will follow. So same in politics. Nigerians must have a good view of politics and partner in voting. I am not a politician and I can never be a politician, but politicians are coming out of my hands. Yes, I have and will continue to be father to politicians — and those in other fields of life.

God appointed Saul as king over Israel, David was appointed as king over Israel — and these are government, and we know that government are formed out of politics. Whether church politics, society politics, corporate politics, family politics — government; you can name it. We always get it wrong, before the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles in the upper room, Acts 1 of the Bible, told us that, when you move down to verse 23-26. 

Executive, you will see that they prayed, and cast lots. Which in other terms, they prayed and voted. But now, Christians will just be praying and to go and vote, they will be saying "our vote doesn't count". Really, then why pray! Prayer without action is superstition. We must act. We must do the right thing. Even the Bible told us that we should not only votes, we should involve ourselves into politics and be voted for. Christianity is a lifestyle and a call to divinity. Christianity is a man made religion; so we should not let man made religion to separate us as a nation. God is not a Muslim, God is not a Christian, God is not a Jewish. God is I AM.

The first time the name Christian was issued was in Antioch, and it was man made given name, meaning 'Christ Like'. Let me dive a little more further. I have studied from Histories of man and from the Bible, and I will spill a little. The Catholic is man made, the Anglican is man made, the Pentecostal is man made, the Baptist is man made, the Methodist is man made, the Para ministry is man made.

Okay, there are many. Now tell me which denomination that Jesus Christ, my Lord and your Lord — belongs. Which denomination? None. So why the fighting? I am a Muslim, I am a Christian, I am a Jewish. God is too big to be contained in human made religion, God is too big to be incorporated in man's religion. All religions or religious groups or denominations — are man made. 

We must know and follow the truth. We must not shy away from the truth. Let one person pray, then let all make their requests known to God. That's what the Bible said. Is God deaf? That three people, five people, everyone will be praying at the same time for a meeting or association or gathering. That's the way of the Baal, let us not be like the Pharisees. Praying that the people will know that we are praying.

Adonay is not religious, Jesus Christ never came to fix religion — He came to fix relationship with man and God. I am the way, the truth and the life — not this is the religion. A Muslim prays and God answers, a Jewish prays and God answers, a Buddhist prays and God answers, a Christian prays and God answers. So what are you telling me? Why is God answering them? Even Jesus Christ told us that God sent rain to fall on everyone including that man that is praying to his idol. But the only way to eternity according to the knowledge of the truth, is through Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ is the only way to eternity, to long life and escape from destruction and torment. Jesus Christ never said, if other prays God will not hear and answer. When it comes to national issue and affairs, we have to understand that we are one, and we must involve to protect our Christian faith or else like U.S President Donald John Trump said, we (Christians) will lose it. So it is not about a Muslim president or Christian president. It is about Christian lawmakers and Christian national ministers in the presidential cabinet of the nation.

Joseph was a prime minister in Egypt, Daniel was among the lawmakers in Babylon, these are secular nations that does not worship HaShem. They don't know Adonay, but they progress and these men (Joseph and Daniel) kept their faith alive without being taken from them. Yes, Christian must be president, as we have cases in the Bible that lovers of God became kings. But when the Christian according to the national affairs is not given the position to go for president during a political shift, they should hold ministers and lawmakers to 30% or 47% — I am talking on the basis of Nigeria; because the Muslims have higher amounts in our nation today.

The Bible is been abused and misused. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. Not religion, not Christianity. It is your relationship with Jesus Christ that secures you eternity, not your involvement in religion. History have proven these, you can go and do your research. Not everything you hear from the pulpit, you carry it without fact checking with God's Word. Apostle Paul share about his love for the Christian of Berea.

Executive, your words and deeds, is what makes a character. Character is when your words marries with your actions. We must follow the Christians of Berea. We must liken unto them. Character is when what you say and what you do aligns. The Holy Scriptures is the only good book. Read your Bible and pray often daily. Match what you hear with the Word, like the Christian of Berea.

We must warn ourselves as people who believe in God. We must warn ourselves as Christians in knowledge of the truth. You cannot be proclaimer of God, who you do not see, if you do not love your brothers and sisters who you see. Then you are pretending, and pretenders have their paths at the end. One person to pray in the parliament, in a meeting where we have many from different religions there. Islam have a human founder, so what are we saying.

I have Muslim and Jewish in my circle of associates and friends and neighbours. I am a Christian by faith not by birth into a Christian family. My Christian faith is a personal decision that was activated in January 2025 (my redemption year 2025). Before then I have been studying deeply into religion, and spent days in Jewish home to learn from them, spend days with some Muslim scholars to learn from them, spend days with Christian scholars to learn from them. I saw their points in their faith. I said to myself, I am a non-denominational Christian by the Christian faith. 

So you see, I have thorough knowledge and education of the faith, I have chosen for myself and my generations to come; I have drafted out weekly family rituals to be observed by me and my generations forever by God's grace, to know more and strengthen our Christian faith as one big family. Which I have already started by myself. Character is a serious business. Sad! We have allow man made religion to divide us. God is one. Man can never understand God, God is too big to be incorporated in man's religion. Executive.

© Didi-Omah Augustine Chinazaekpere 

(Founder, The Organisation DIDI-OMAH)