Godly Counsel

A young Christian man had been nominated for a public office. Before accepting the nomination he wrote to a respected brother in the Lord for counsel.
The reply was soon forthcoming: "A dead man does not vote, nor does he receive votes.”
Believers are pronounced dead:
To self (Gal. 5:24);
To sin (Rom. 6:2, 11);
To the law (Rom. 7:4);
To the world (Gal. 6:14);
To religion (Col. 2:20-23).