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“Why should a standard be expected from a civic leader since no one is perfect?”

There are 4 minimum expectations or standards that are presented in the Scripture for civic leadership. There are actually three locations for these qualifications (Exodus 18:21; Deuteronomy 1:13, 16:18-20) in much the same way there are two locations for elder qualifications for the church. These are not standards (necessarily) for salvation status, but would obviously be most easily demonstrated in a regenerate person. In much the same way the character qualifications of an elder (I Timothy 3, Titus 1) do not necessarily define a nascent Christian, however they certainly provide a maturity standard which demonstrates the reality of salvation and a life a sanctification.

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“Are we not always selecting the lesser of 2 evils since there is none righteous and everyone sins?” (Romans 3:10, 23)

Before we can get to the biblical standard of life for the civic official it’s important to tackle the question of exactly how much unrighteousness might disqualify a civic leader from serving. How much sin is too much sin? And since we are all “sinners”, is the standard even valid?

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The E18 principle of selecting civic leaders has been rejected by numerous Christian conservative activists on the basis of, “it was a suggestion to Moses to run an Israelite theocracy and not a binding principle for a constitutional republic.”

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“For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?”
Romans‬ ‭7‬:‭22‬-‭24‬ ‭NASB

“knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

There is a tension of both doctrine and practice which confuses and potentially deceives believers. It swirls around the question of, “Just how free from sin can a believer actually live?” The above two Scripture passages illustrate this tension. As human beings we understand all too well the inclination to sin. It is doctrinal truth 101. We are born dead in our trespasses and sin. We are radically stained by Adam’s fall.

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