No, The Bible Doesn’t Say You Should Vote For Roy Moore Just Because God Uses Bad People To Do Good Things

On Tuesday, The Federalist’s Denise C. McAllister released an article that set the internet afire. Her premise: God might want you to vote for a bad man in order to achieve a good thing. Why? Because God has used bad men to accomplish good things before. This isn’t a new argument; it was made by pastors with regard to voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 election, and it’s being used now to justify voting for Roy Moore, despite credible allegations of sexual molestation of underage girls.

The article is well-written, but it makes one crucial mistake: we are not God. Yes, God can use bad people to accomplish His goals; in fact, he does so routinely throughout the Bible, and openly informs His prophets of that fact. But that’s because God is omniscient. His question isn’t our question. When we say that God used David — a man who committed murder and adultery — to create a dynasty, that’s a question of why God would choose to do so. Our question is whether it would be okay to act like David if it meant accomplishing David’s goals. And the answer is no, since David repents.