Without the focus on Jesus and His sacrifice, Christianity would be nothing. As it is, it seems to be a game that religious leaders use to play with the minds of people.
Real Christianity is the focus in the heart of each Christian individually. The focus is on the relationship that Jesus has with each person in forgiving them of their sins. Forget all the religious games, and focus on Jesus.
Christainity according to the teachings of Christ comes with an upright behavioural system they call righteousness and holiness.
The bible also instructed Christain to avoid some un-christ like behaviors , so the Christain religion stands on moral grounds of ethics and right .
Christainity is all about moral consciousness or conscience, it cannot be separated. The bible also instructed Christains to avoid worldly or immorality.
What are immoralities in this regard, they are evils done against man and the society. Politics is built on greed, desperation, criminality, murder and plotting or conspiracy, aimed at achieving an aim in society.
So you see why the question is right for Christains to separate the church from politics. Pastor Abel Damina thinks he should not politicize his alter because, his congregation is made up of different party members and people without interest in politics.
The foundational point of Christianity is NOT to stop being immoral or doing evil. This is a secondary point. But it is not the foundational point of Christianity. Why not? Because no obedience produces perfection, or stops all evil.
The thing that stops all evil is the sacrifice that Jesus did on the cross, and the strength He had to arise from death three days later. This work of Jesus stops evil when a person believes it, and believes in Jesus to raise him from death, pure in the sight of God.
Look at the example in Matthew 25:31-46. Jesus speaking:
34“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
When you look at people in life, often sheep and goats look similar. Sometimes some of the goats are much better people than many of the sheep. So, why is it that these good goats would be condeemned, while some of the bad sheep are not condemned? One major reason.
St. Paul says the reason very simply, this way, in Romans 14:23b:
In other words, the sheep who lives an evil life, but does only one good thing in life, gains salvation because he believed in Jesus's forgiveness that Jesus offers to all people. And the goat who does everything good in life except for one bad thing, loses salvation because he doesn't have faith in Jesus to forgive him... as St. Paul said.
Preach and do good. But the only good that is good enough is to believe in Jesus. In your faith in Jesus, attempt to NOT do evil, because for you, your evil gradually destroys your faith in Jesus. If you lose your faith entirely, your punishment will be great for being a bad example, thereby causing others to sin and lose their faith.