I had the chance to spend an afternoon with Bangon Pilipinas Presidential candidate Brother Eddie Villanueva last weekend. I’ll write an exhaustive piece on the topics we covered such as the RH Bill, Separation of Church and State, etc. on a separate entry in Blog Watch. This post will be a little more personal and will center around the question that I’ve been wanting to ask him for the longest time. Was it God’s will that Bro. Eddie lost in 2004 and what is God’s will for the 2010 elections? Pretty tough question right?
This was his answer. I might have missed a few words here and there since I don’t have a video copy of the event (was just transcribing) but I’ll try to double check after Noemi uploads it on Youtube.
God is not a dictator. The perfect will of god cannot happen without the partnership and obedience of god’s own people. God does not wish a single soul to be perish in hell but all should come to repentance or else they will go to hell. He respects free will. Blessings through obedience, curses through disobedience.
This made me really think about voting and my personal spirituality. I decided to go to the Bible to look for answers and this is the verse that comes closest to talking about what God wants in a leader:
14 When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” 15 be sure to appoint over you the king the LORD your God chooses. He must be from among your own brothers. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not a brother Israelite. 16 The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the LORD has told you, “You are not to go back that way again.” 17 He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold. 18 When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the priests, who are Levites. 19 It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the LORD his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees 20 and not consider himself better than his brothers and turn from the law to the right or to the left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel. (Deuteronomy 17:14-20)
It’s not just a voting for who YOU want, it’s voting WHO God wants
Based on the bible, the elections is not just a simple casting of votes. It’s a deep spiritual obligation not just to our country, but also to our God. You know what’s funny? If you check at the past two presidents and you try to match them up to the standards set in the bible then you know we’ve failed miserably in electing our leaders.
I am not saying, on any account, that Brother Eddie Villanueva is God’s chosen candidate or that it was God’s will that Bro. Eddie should have won in 2004. What I am saying is that we should really pray, research, and carefully choose who we will vote for in the upcoming 2010 elections. It is our obligation not just to the country, but to our conscience and to our God that we pick the right candidate based on his standards.
At the end of the day, don’t look to surveys, campaign materials, advice from the taxi driver, or “randomness”, to pick your candidate. All of these things are worldly and they can easily be manipulated and rigged. You cannot trust these kinds of things when you are deciding on who to vote. The mentality of “Iboboto ko na lang si X kasi yung gusto ko naman na si Y walang pag-asa eh.” is just crap. If the candidate doesn’t measure up to God’s standards, don’t vote for him or her.
What will happen if we don’t vote for the right person? It’s also in the bible!
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. (Proverbs 29:2)
A challenge for you, dear reader
And that, my friends, is my challenge for you. Don’t treat your vote lightly. It’s not something that you just write down on a piece of paper and regret later on. Remember to pray for who you will vote for and don’t just rely on the campaign materials that you see on media and even from what your friends say. What’s important is that you pick a candidate who is righteous, otherwise we will all mourn for the next 6 years.
Again, let me say that this is not an endorsement whatsoever of Bro. Eddie, it’s just a reminder that we should all hold our candidates to a higher standard and that we should really vote according to our conscience and God’s will.
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Anin na Taon, walang Kurapsyon..?
1. Unahin ni Bro. Eddie ang imbistigasyon sa CIBAC party list…esp. sa kanyang anak na si Joel. Sino ang recipient ng kanyang “pork barrel.” Isa sa mayamang congressman sa pilipinas.
2. QTV(former, ZOE TV) and JIL colleges founadation at marami pang negosyo…Pag-aari ba yan JIL church or foundation or Villanueva family…
3. Unahin ni Bro. eddie ang kanyang sariling bakuran..
4.Pakisama nya na rin si Mayor Junjun…
Bro.A…how did u know naman? sounded as may galit ka o inggit sa villanuevas…patunayan mo mga sinasabi mo.
basahin mong mabuti ang blog ng author kung sino sa mga presidentiables ang karapatdapat na maluklok sa Malakanyang. hope hindi ka katulad ng mga pariseo. member ka ba ng anong church BRO. A. i want to know you.
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to eddie fans:
Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
eto pa regarding the failed prophesies:
Deuteronomy 18:22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word
does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the
prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him
regarding quiboloy:
Galatians 1:7-9 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But
even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we
have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.
regarding sa pagtakbo niya:
Acts 6:2,4 And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up
preaching the word of God to serve tables. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
My PRAYER:
May God Demonstrate His power this coming 2010 ELECTION…
May God make a way…:
…may He make a way for BRO.Eddie to be choose by majority of the Filipino.
…may He make a way for the majority of the voting Filipino to see and know who is Bro.Eddie…
May God gives His REVENGE for many of the God fearing Filipino who are victims of the 2004 election injustices for REVENGE is mine says the Lord…
May God defend His servants and save from the hand of the enemies….
May God make a way…
Dalangin ko na ang Diyos ang gumawa ng kaparaanan upang ang mga kaaway ng kanyang mga anak ay mapahiya at kilabutan sa magiging resulta ng eleksiyon… the Victory of Bro.Eddie as the 15th Philippine President..
Dalangin ko na hadlangan ng Diyos ang mga mandaraya at mga kasalukuyang gumagawa ng pandaraya sa pamamagitan ng pagkukundisyon ng isipan ng mga Pilipino…
NAIS kong masaksihan ang pagliligtas na gagawin ng Diyos sa kanyang mga anak… dito sa Pilipinas…..
HALLELLUIA…..
Amen sa HUSTISYA ng Diyos…
Amen sa PAGLILIGTAS NG DIYOS…
Amen sa PGHIHIGANTI NG DIYOS para sa kanyang mga anak at mga Pilipino na biktima ng kawalan ng katarungan….
A M E N …..
Very well written Carlo. Thank for spending time on this topic which our country badly needs right now. We have seen them all, from the wise to the crooked. Let us all pray for righteous leadership this coming May 2010.
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kuya CarLo,
Thnx for the Blog.. pLs aLLow me to repost your bLog sa Facebook…. =)
Peace!
Gbwus!