Evangelicals And Donald Trump

Many evangelicals are supporting Donald Trump.  So who are evangelicals?  They are conservative Protestants, the Bible believing Christians.  Some of the Trump support seems to be from the prosperity preachers but some of it is from mainstream evangelicals such as Jerry Falwell Jr., Robert Jeffress, and Pat Robertson.  They have said that Trump inspires them and he will save the country.  They contend that the usual political issues do not matter during this election cycle.  Quite frankly evangelical support for Trump is baffling and stunning.  

So what about Donald Trump's Christian claims?  He says he is a Presbyterian who admired Norman Vincent Peale, a liberal positive thinker who was no evangelical.  Mr. Trump runs casinos (his were the first to have strippers), he has bragged about sleeping with married women, and has even made weird statements about his own daughter. Trump is just as immoral as Bill Clinton, yet evangelicals who were outraged by Clinton give Trump a pass.  Trump is also extremely profane and vulgar.  He routinely disparages and demeans women and he even mocks disabled people.  He is full of greed, a lover of money, a lover of self, and power hungry.   Trump is a bully who tries to destroy all who disagree with him.  He always slanders and belittles his opponents showing little love and respect for others.  

In his own words Donald Trump says that he has never asked for forgiveness or seen the need to do so.  He considers himself basically a good person who has done the best he can.  The truth is that none are righteous and all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:10,23).  Trump does not acknowledge that he is a sinner in need of forgiveness.  He seem to have little understanding of Christianity itself.  All true Christians realize they are sinners facing God's wrath and need forgiveness.  They also know that salvation is found in Christ alone.  Going by Trump's own words and actions he should be regarded as an unbeliever.  The church he belongs to should exercise church discipline and remove him until he repents (See 1 Corinthians 5).  Allowing people like Donald Trump to use the label "Christian" makes a mockery of Christianity.  

There are similarities between Donald Trump and the prosperity preachers.  They both love money, fame, and power.  They also deceive people and lead them astray.  They both make huge promises to people that they cannot fulfill.  Both seem to have a special ability to make things right for people but of course they really do not.  Both of them receive blind allegiance from their followers.  

The Trump disciples are like mindless zombies who are under his spell.  They give him blind allegiance and are led by pure emotion.  They have rejected all reason and logic.  They believe anything he says, after all they get the truth from "the Donald".  How often has Trump denied something he has previously said?  He constantly spreads falsehood about all who disagree with him.  In reality Trump is not trustworthy and he is as dishonest as Hillary Clinton.  

The Trump disciples remind me of the Obama supporters who thought he was a savior.  The Trump disciples have an absolute devotion to him which borders on idolatry.  This is very frightening for our country and it brings about the wrath of God.  

Could evangelical support for Donald Trump be the fruit of a weak modern church?  Does it speak to the sad state of the modern evangelical movement?  Unfortunately the average Christian knows little theology and does not have a Biblical worldview.  Modern evangelicalism has been said to be a mile wide and an inch deep.  There is little serious thought from modern evangelicals and they are led by emotionalism.  But what about someone like Robert Jeffress?  He is usually reliable, definitely knows theology, and has a Biblical worldview.  It is hard to understand but perhaps Dr. Jeffress has allowed desperation and emotion to cloud his judgment.  

Evangelicals of all people should know that Trump is not their savior.  He will not save our country because he cannot save our country.  No politician can save 
us.  Our real problems are not political but are moral and spiritual.  Evangelicals supporting Trump should be ashamed of themselves.  The only hope for saving our country is turning to Jesus, not Donald Trump or any other politician.