“Is God a conservative”?

A few days back, Ms. Stephany Bailey of North Little Rock, Arkansas posed this very question to readers of “Voices”.  “Voices” is the Editorial section of Little Rock, Arkansas’s newspaper, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.  So, what do you think?

Don’t be too hasty in expressing your opinion.  Take time to think this through carefully.  Don’t assume that you know my response to the question.  My belief is irrelevant.  What is your personal belief?  Well……………..time’s up.  Do you have your answer?  Is God a conservative?

I have my answer.  My answer is not necessarily the correct one.  It’s just my personal belief.  Please keep in mind that the Almighty has not selected me as a spokesman for God.  That being the case, I’m not being the mouthpiece of God here.  I do, however, have an answer.  An answer that is exactly that.  My answer.  You may agree, or disagree.  It matters not that you side with me.  It does matter, I think, that you have an answer that is suitable to God.

In formulating my answer, I used the only resources available to me.  Those resources are: my brain; my senses; my personal knowledge; the English language; an English language dictionary; an English language translation of God’s Holy Bible; and most importantly, my ability to reason.  Please excuse my repeated reference to the English language.  I’m afraid that is a weakness of mine.  I’m sorry that my prejudice for the English language is on display.  I’m not very highly educated, I guess.  Frail as I am, and as much as I hate to admit it, English is the only language that I speak with any comfort and that I have any understanding of.  Even if I were fluent in several languages, I’m afraid that under pressure, I would resort to English.  So, with the help of Noah Webster’s Dictionary, please allow me to explain.

Webster states the word conservative is an adjective meaning having the tendency or power to preserve.  Conservative may also be used as a noun meaning that which preserves, or one opposed to hasty changes in political, religious, or civil institutions of the country.

In the New International translation of the Biblical book of Malachi, chapter 3, verse 6 we find the very God that Ms. Bailey refers to speaking to the Israelites saying, “I the Lord do not change”.  Ms. Bailey also refers to examples of right living provided us by Christ.   Since most Christians believe Jesus is fully man and fully God, I would like to  continue in the New International Translation of the Bible.  Moving from the Old Testament into  the New Testament, we find the Apostle Paul reminding us in the book of Hebrews, chapter 13, verse 8, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever”.  Just a few pages forward brings us to the book of James, chapter 1, verse 17, “every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows”.

So my answer is yes, I believe God is beyond a shadow of a doubt both conservative, and a conservative because God never changes, and because God’s expectations for us never change.  God’s being (a) conservative, however, doesn’t mean that God is a liberal.  God’s being (a) conservative doesn’t mean that God is a Republican.  Don’t assume that if God isn’t a Republican, than God must be a Democrat.  God is neither.  In fact, do some research of your own.  Review God’s feelings when the Jews asked God to allow them to be governed by an earthly king just like their neighbors.  Was God’s answer that of a conservative or that of a liberal?

Absolute Truth and Freedom!!!!!