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Jesus warned, “You will recognize them by their fruits” (Matthew 7:16). And the fruits of your chosen leader are plain: adultery, fraud, cruelty, and contempt for the weak. Yet you call him God’s man. The prophet Isaiah said, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20).

Understand this clearly: I am not singling out individuals. I am not calling out just a few bad actors. I am condemning the church in its entirety—an institution that has traded holiness for power, discipleship for politics, mercy for cruelty. Like the prophets of old who stood against Israel as a whole, this word is a rebuke to the house of God, not just a handful of people.

To excuse wickedness because it comes wrapped in your party’s colors is to trade righteousness for idolatry. You have not exalted Christ—you have enthroned a counterfeit.

II. Hypocrisy Exposed

You condemn the murder of Charlie Kirk—and you are right to condemn it. For Scripture says plainly, “You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13). Every life bears the image of God, and every act of murder is evil.

But in the same breath, many of you call for the death penalty for his killer. Do you not hear the hypocrisy? Jesus warned, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also” (Matthew 5:38–39). He calls His disciples not to vengeance, but to radical mercy.  He says, “Vengeance is mine”.

You claim to be “pro-life,” yet your commitment to life stops the moment justice becomes inconvenient. You preach forgiveness for your political idol but demand blood for your political enemies. You exalt a rapist as God’s chosen but condemn a sinner without offering the same grace.

James warns, “Judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment” (James 2:13). By your selective outrage, you reveal that you do not value life—you value power. You are not motivated by the justice of God but by the politics of retribution.

III. Romans 13 Misused: Loyalty to Law, Not a Man

MAGA preachers love to quote Romans 13:1—“Let every person be subject to the governing authorities.” But you twist this into a command for blind loyalty to a president. That is not what Paul meant, nor is it how authority works in America.

In Rome, Caesar embodied the state. In America, the Constitution is the supreme law (Article VI). The president is not the ruler of rulers—he is a servant of that higher standard. Every official swears an oath to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.”

To obey Romans 13 in the U.S. means respecting the constitutional order, not kneeling before a man. To criticize a president who breaks his oath is not rebellion—it is obedience to lawful authority.

IV. The Witness of Scripture: Rulers Are Accountable

Psalm 82 shows God standing in judgment over rulers who failed in their duty:

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” (Psalm 82:2–4)

The rulers in this psalm were not atheists—they believed in God. Yet they used their authority to protect the wicked and crush the innocent. And God’s verdict was severe: “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.” (Psalm 82:6–7)

This is a mirror for our day. Many in the church have sanctified rulers who embody injustice—men who mock the weak, exalt greed, and boast in their sin. You cover their corruption with pious language and call it “God’s plan.” But Scripture is unflinching: authority that abandons justice is no authority at all. It is rebellion against God.

Kings of Israel: Judgment Without Exception

The Bible is filled with examples of kings judged for corruption:

• Saul: Lost his throne for disobedience and pride (1 Samuel 15).
• Ahab: Condemned for idolatry and murder, with dogs lapping up his blood (1 Kings 21:19).
• Uzziah: Struck with leprosy for arrogantly usurping the priesthood (2 Chronicles 26:16–21).
• Nebuchadnezzar: Humiliated and made to live like an animal until he acknowledged God’s sovereignty (Daniel 4:31–33).

Not one of them was excused because of “good policies.” Not one of them was spared because of temporary prosperity. Their corruption destroyed them. And the prophets who confronted them did not flinch.

The Church’s Complicity

Yet today’s church excuses what God condemns. You defend fraud, adultery, cruelty, and lies because you like a leader’s tax plan, his rhetoric, his promises of power. You have become court prophets—like those who flattered Ahab before battle—crying “Victory!” while judgment loomed (1 Kings 22).

By doing so, you have made yourselves enemies of the very God you claim to serve. For Scripture says: “Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right.” (Isaiah 10:1–2)

God’s Standard Is Unchanging

Romans 13 reminds us that rulers are “God’s servants for your good.” (Romans 13:4) But when rulers abandon the good and embrace wickedness, they cease to be servants of God and instead become servants of Satan. And those who defend them in the name of Christ align themselves not with heaven but with hell.

Make no mistake: if you stand beside corruption, you will fall with it. God has never spared nations that protect wicked rulers, nor has He excused His people when they sanctified injustice. “Like men you shall die, and fall like any prince.” (Psalm 82:7)

V. Selective Outrage and Hardened Hearts

You rage when your leader’s ear is grazed, yet shrug when 40,000 Americans die each year from gun violence. You howl over tampons in bathrooms, yet ignore the cries of women violated by power. You chant “pro-life” while protecting a man convicted of sexual abuse.

This is not righteousness. It is hypocrisy.

A. Outrage for the Powerful, Silence for the Vulnerable

• You marched in outrage when your political leader faced indictment, but you shrugged when children were shot in their classrooms.
• You wept over property damage in riots, but were unmoved by the murder of George Floyd with a knee pressed to his neck.
• You demanded justice for the storming of your Capitol, yet excused the storming of a woman’s dignity by the hands of your “chosen” leader.

Jesus said: “Whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.” (Matthew 25:45). By your silence, you reveal that you do not value life—you value power.

B. “Pro-Life” Without Life Beyond the Womb

You boast of being “pro-life,” but your defense of life ends at birth. You fight to save the unborn, but not the poor mother left unsupported, the Black man targeted by unjust policing, or the immigrant child in cages at the border. The prophet Isaiah condemned such empty religion: “Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me… cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression.” (Isaiah 1:13, 16–17).

C. Outrage Over Symbols, Not Substance

• You are outraged by kneeling during the anthem but not by systemic racism.
• You are outraged by books in libraries but not by children going hungry.
• You are outraged by drag queens but not by predators in pulpits.
• You are outraged by transgender bathrooms but not by a president boasting of sexual assault.

This is why Isaiah’s words ring true: “This people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me.” (Isaiah 29:13).

D. Hardened Hearts

Like Pharaoh, you have hardened your hearts. God sent plague after plague to awaken Pharaoh, but he refused to repent until destruction consumed him (Exodus 7–12). In the same way, you ignore mass shootings, racial injustice, corruption, and abuse. You feel outrage only when your own tribe suffers. That is not the heart of Christ—that is the heart of Pharaoh.

E. The Weight of Hypocrisy

Jesus condemned this spirit in the Pharisees: “You tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.” (Matthew 23:23).

You tithe politics and slogans, but you neglect justice, mercy, and truth. And by doing so, you expose yourselves not as followers of Christ, but as hypocrites who love the shadow of religion more than the substance of faith.

VI. The Golden Calf of MAGA

Israel once bowed before a golden calf, calling it their deliverer (Exodus 32:4). Today you have fashioned your own calf, not of gold but of flesh and slogans. You bow to Trump as though he were God’s anointed. But Jesus said, “No one can serve two masters” (Matthew 6:24).

A. Loyalty to Man Above Christ

You proclaim Christ with your lips while placing loyalty to a man above Him. You wave your flags in the sanctuary and chant your slogans in the pews, but your heart is given to an idol. This is no different than Israel crying out to Yahweh at the temple while secretly running after Baal. Scripture calls such worship an abomination. “This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.” (Matthew 15:8).

You cannot praise God on Sunday while mocking your neighbor on Monday. You cannot declare Jesus your King while treating a politician as your savior. Christ alone bore your sins; no president, no party, no nation ever hung on a cross for you.

B. The Everlasting Love of Christ vs. the Temporary Power of Men

Christ’s reign is eternal: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8). His love is everlasting: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” (Jeremiah 31:3). Earthly rulers rise and fall, but His kingdom endures forever (Daniel 2:44).

Yet you have traded the eternal love of Christ for the temporary promises of politicians. You celebrate the fleeting power of a man instead of the enduring mercy of the Savior.

C. The Call to Share Christ’s Love

The evidence of true discipleship is not political triumph but love: “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:35). The everlasting love of Christ was never meant to be hoarded, but shared—through compassion for the poor, mercy for the sinner, and kindness even to enemies.

But where is this love in you? Instead of love, you broadcast hatred. Instead of compassion, you mock the broken. Instead of mercy, you demand vengeance. In doing so, you deny Christ before the world.

D. The Contrast of Two Allegiances

• To Christ: allegiance marked by humility, service, sacrifice, and love.
• To man: allegiance marked by pride, cruelty, self-preservation, and hate.

You cannot hold both. “Choose this day whom you will serve.” (Joshua 24:15). Will you bow before a man who divides and destroys, or will you bow before the Lamb who was slain, whose blood purchased people for God from every tribe, language, and nation (Revelation 5:9)?

VII. America’s False Christianity

You boast of a “Christian nation,” yet the nation’s foundation was built on stolen land and enslaved bodies. White men prayed in pews while hanging Black men from trees. They quoted Scripture while branding human beings like cattle. They sang hymns while tearing children from their mothers. This is not the faith of Christ—it is a blasphemy dressed in religious language.

God said, “I hate, I despise your feasts… But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” (Amos 5:21, 24). What you call “Christian America” has been, from its birth, a nation that honored God with its lips while its heart was far from Him.

A. Not a Christian Nation, but a Refuge

The Constitution does not once name Jesus Christ. The First Amendment forbids the establishment of any religion. The founders built not a church-state but a refuge from one. They knew too well the tyranny of state religion, where kings crowned themselves God’s messengers. America was never a covenant nation like Israel. It was never a New Jerusalem. It was an experiment in human governance—flawed, fractured, and filled with compromise.

And yet you preach as though the stars and stripes were stitched by angels. You confuse freedom of religion with the favor of God. But Christ does not sanctify nations—He sanctifies hearts. He does not redeem governments—He redeems souls.

B. The Blood in the Soil

• This land was taken from Indigenous peoples through genocide and broken treaties.
• This wealth was built on the backs of enslaved Africans, bought and sold in the shadow of steeples.
• This “Christian nation” banned Black believers from white churches, denied them communion, and barred them from pulpits.
• Even after emancipation, the church often defended segregation, lynching, and systemic injustice, weaponizing the Bible against the very ones Christ called us to defend.

Can such a history be called “Christian”? Or is it what Jesus condemned: “Woe to you… for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed.” (Luke 11:47).

C. Christianity Weaponized

The faith of Jesus—who came to “proclaim good news to the poor… liberty to the captives… and to set at liberty those who are oppressed” (Luke 4:18)—was twisted into a weapon of oppression. Instead of being salt and light, American Christianity became a cloak for power, patriarchy, and white supremacy.

It is the same spirit that today waves the Bible while justifying cruelty to immigrants, hatred of minorities, and exploitation of the weak. It is not new—it is the same false Christianity that blessed slave ships, sanctified segregation, and draped crosses with flags.

D. The Kingdom Not of This World

Jesus declared, “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36). Yet you preach as though America were God’s chosen nation, as though the Constitution were holy writ. You have blurred the line between Caesar and Christ, between the sword of government and the cross of salvation.

This is the great lie of American Christianity: it does not worship Christ crucified, but Christ nationalized. It does not kneel at the cross, but at the ballot box. It does not exalt the Lamb, but the eagle. And in doing so, it commits idolatry of the highest order.

VIII. The Pharisees of Our Day

Jesus rebuked the Pharisees: “This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me” (Matthew 15:8). That is the white evangelical church today. You rightfully preach against abortion and homosexuality while excusing adultery, rape, cruelty, and greed of your dearest leader. You honor Christ with words but betray Him in deeds.

A. Abortion in Its Proper Context

Yes—abortion is evil. It is the destruction of life made in the image of God. Scripture teaches that God knew us before we were formed in the womb (Jeremiah 1:5) and that children are His heritage (Psalm 127:3). To take innocent life is sin, and the church is right to grieve over it.

But here is the hypocrisy: you raise your voice against abortion, yet you fall silent at every other form of violence against life. You ignore systemic racism, poverty, gun violence, abuse, and war—all of which destroy lives made in God’s image.  You declare yourself “pro-life” yet cheer policies that demean immigrants, strip healthcare from the poor, and glorify instruments of death. This is not a consistent ethic of life—it is selective outrage masquerading as righteousness.

Jesus condemned the Pharisees for tithing the smallest herbs while neglecting the weightier matters of the law: “justice and mercy and faithfulness” (Matthew 23:23). In the same way, you fixate on one issue while excusing leaders who trample justice, mock mercy, and despise faithfulness.

B. Sexual Morality Without Personal Holiness

You rage about the sins of others—drag queens, trans people, same-sex couples—yet excuse the sins of your own. Your leader boasted of sexual assault, cheated on his wives, and used women like disposable objects. And you looked the other way.

Paul wrote: “For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?” (1 Corinthians 5:12). The world does not stumble because sinners sin—the world stumbles because the church covers sin inside its own camp.

C. A Religion of Outrage, Not Obedience

Like the Pharisees, you love to draw lines in the sand, to condemn others publicly, to stand in the marketplace praying loudly. But when it comes to humility, compassion, forgiveness, and service—the marks of true discipleship—you are silent. Your faith has become a weapon, not a witness.

You wield the Bible like a club to strike your enemies but never like a lamp to search your own heart (Psalm 119:105). You proclaim “family values” while defending lawlessness. You preach “morality” while applauding cruelty. This is not the way of Christ—it is the way of hypocrisy.

IX. The Christian Duty: Accountability, Not Blind Allegiance

Christians are not called to blind loyalty, but to faithfulness to Christ above all else. Scripture warns: “Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation” (Psalm 146:3). Our duty is to test every leader, every policy, every movement against the unchanging Word of God.

A. Accountability Is a Command, Not a Choice

Proverbs 31:8–9 commands: “Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.” Silence in the face of injustice is complicity. To remain quiet when leaders abuse power is to share in their sin.

B. Prophets as Models of Confrontation

God’s people have always confronted corrupt rulers:

• Nathan to David: “You are the man!” (2 Samuel 12:7)
• Elijah to Ahab: exposing greed and idolatry (1 Kings 21)
• John the Baptist to Herod: condemning immorality even unto death (Mark 6:17–18)

These prophets did not flatter kings—they confronted them. To support a corrupt ruler while claiming Christ is to stand against the prophets and against God Himself.

C. Corruption Breaks Authority’s Legitimacy

Romans 13 teaches rulers are God’s servants “for your good” (Romans 13:4). When leaders abandon justice, they forfeit legitimacy. Psalm 82 condemns rulers who protect the wicked instead of the weak. To support them is to stand against God’s justice.

D. The Danger of Supporting the Wicked

Isaiah 5:23 warns against those “who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!” To defend corrupt leaders for the sake of policies is not neutrality—it is participation in their injustice. Paul warns, “Do not be partners with them” (Ephesians 5:7).

E. The Duty to Call Out, Not Cover Up

Ephesians 5:11 commands: “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.” Christians must not cover corruption with silence or justify it with politics. To support corruption is to deny Christ. To call it out is to honor Him.

X. A Call to Repentance

Thus says the Lord: “Return to me, and I will return to you” (Malachi 3:7). The door of mercy is not yet shut. The judgment of God is certain, but so is His compassion for the contrite. This critique is not written for your destruction, but for your salvation.

A. Turn from Idolatry

You have bowed before the golden calf of politics. You have worshiped a man and called him savior. But Christ alone is Lord. “You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve” (Matthew 4:10). Cast down your idols. Tear down your banners. Lift high only the cross of Christ.

B. Return to the Love of Christ

Jesus said, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35). Yet your witness has been hatred, cruelty, and division. Repent, and return to the love that covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8). His love is everlasting, unchanging, and sufficient for every sinner who bows before Him.

C. Bear Fruits in Keeping With Repentance

John the Baptist thundered, “Bear fruit in keeping with repentance” (Luke 3:8). Repentance is not lip service—it is a change of life. Let your repentance be seen in justice for the oppressed, mercy for the sinner, and humility before God.

• Defend the weak instead of flattering the strong.
• Stand with the poor instead of exalting the rich.
• Proclaim the gospel of Christ instead of the gospel of America.

D. The Warning of Christ

Jesus said, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Many will say, “Did we not vote in Your name? Did we not pass laws in Your name?” And He will declare, “I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness” (Matthew 7:23).

Do not be found among them. Repent while there is still time.

E. The Hope of the Kingdom

For the kingdom of Christ is not built by ballots or banners, but by the blood of the Lamb. “For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come” (Hebrews 13:14). That city is not Washington, D.C. It is the New Jerusalem, whose King is Jesus, whose law is love, and whose foundation is righteousness.

Therefore repent, O church. Return to your first love (Revelation 2:4). Remember the cross, where Christ died for sinners and rose in victory. Abandon the false gospel of nationalism and embrace again the gospel of Jesus Christ, who alone is Lord, who alone saves, and who alone is worthy of your allegiance.  Woe to you o’ church if you fail to fallow in the footsteps of Christ.