Hypocrisy

Exodus 20:7

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

"The Bible is full of stories about people who are called to be leaders in unusual ways. Today, I believe that I am being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive conservative message will rise to the top of the field. With this in mind, I will suspend my campaign immediately." Scott Walker

Governor Walker exited the race because the resources to fund his elaborate organization were running out.  When he dropped to almost zero in the polls, his donors abandoned ship.

“called to be leaders in unusual ways?” Really Governor, stop.

Matthew 19:9

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”1

 “I can't put my name on a license that doesn't represent what God ordained marriage to be," Kim Davis

Mrs. Davis however, did put her name on a marriage license and marriage certificate 4 times for herself. Just as many people have from the beginning of time.

The Bible was not written after she joined her current church. She did not live in a vacuum.  Most of us have heard the teachings of the Bible.  And so Exodus 20:7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain" also applies to her.

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

“Let’s be clear—there is a Christian thing and there’s a government thing … Helping the poor and aiding the homeless and the helpless is indeed the duty of the church. But the duty of the government is to protect us—not provide for us.” Mike Huckabee

There is a plethora of comments and actions demonizing the poor and the homeless. There are towns across this country that have passed laws not to aid the poor and the homeless, but to make them too uncomfortable to stay.

Places where the homeless are arrested for sleeping on a bench, where being covered by a blanket or feeding the hungry in a public place is against the law.

This in a country where flouting Christianity is the flavor of the day.

However the words that are forgotten are these:

1 John 3:17-18 - But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.