In Christian circles, political liberalism is considered a major—if not the major—source of our social problems.
But the problem (ultimately) is not with liberals, but with those of us who profess Christ as Lord. We are supposed to set the standard by being a light to the world (Matt. 5:14), and this entails acknowledging that Jesus is Lord over all things (Matt. 28:18), and living according to, and teaching, the law of God (Matt. 5:17-20; Deut. 4:5-8).
But instead, many professing Christians let the world set the standard for them.
In the political realm, many if not most Christians reject the idea that civil government should officially recognize Jesus as the King of Kings, and the only true God. This is because they embrace political polytheism; they hold to a pluralistic philosophy of the state.
Political pluralism and polytheism both blasphemously base civil law on the notion that all gods are equal, and thereby all laws—whether moral or immoral—are equal.
Thus, in agreeing with non-Christians that our legal system should be based on the views of many religions (i.e., agreeing with the will of the people and not the will of God), there is a sinful desire to be like the other nations (like in 1 Sam. 8:5, 20)—in this case, like non-Christian Americans.
But in the civil realm (as with all realms), prioritizing the will of the people over God is a rejection of God:
“Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah and said to him, ‘Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.’ But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, ‘Give us a king to judge us.’ And Samuel prayed to the LORD. And the LORD said to Samuel, ‘Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.’” (1 Samuel 8:4-7)
