Actually, the "my people" mentioned has to mean the Israelites at the time, but the "My people" also refers to all of the Believers in the Messiah. I, not any true Christian would ever say that being an American makes one a Christian. That would be foolish. We have not said that in the past, nor do we say it now.
And "my people" still means Israel to this day. Now I never said that all Americans are Christians, just that we freely have the choice to be. I am one also.
... I believe we can be honest in all of our practices. As a Parole Officer for 21 years, I discovered that the truth never hindered any of my investigations.
However, God will not keep this nation under the protection that He has if Christians resort to lies in order to bring conviction upon the enemy. We must still walk "With" God if we want to be under His care and protection. Otherwise we then become the enemy. Tactics do not have to change morally, just in technology, or methods that are morally upright.
No please re-examine...Cases of national security requires counter-intelligence, spies, lies, and propaganda, none of which are illegal, but ALL are immoral, and quite unchristian-like for behavior. We have whole sections of government whos sole job is to lie.
There are black operations that include espionage, even killing. These tactics are for the good of our nation and are quite necessary.
Further...How can a Christian kill another Christian, or of any other faith human being, knowing that the victim will be damned for eternity without Jesus in their life? Yet many Christians are in the military. (BTW you do support the socalized military don't you?)
The bible clearly states about the glory of heaven as "there shall be no liars there"
What are we to do? Separate church and state? Yes. That is exactly what we did.
I think we are saying just about the same thing, agreeing, but using different words. The Schipture I used concerning "My people" mentioned those "who are called by My name." That is an automatic inclusion of Christians in the family because that same wording is used in the New Testiment.
We agree that certain things are immoral, and Christians should not be doing them. I am not sure that we agree that Christians do have a place in the governmental leadership of the nation. Certainly we are instructed to pray for our Government, and I would hope that is a powerful part all Christians play. We are instructed to render unto "Caesar..." So, our money does enter into the mix. I believe we might need to realize that everything we have belongs to God, so what really is Caesar's? However, it is not immoral to pay taxes.
There are a lot of issues within the political/religion arena. We will not find concrete solutions as to what is right or wrong in every area. That is why we trust in and follow the Holy Spirit in our lives. He is out hope for direction and wisdom.
As for me and my house, God is the God of our home, and we will follow Him.
A side note:
Even today as I was teaching a student, something came up in Economics class that caused me to to have to give God His rightful place in the discussion. He does have a rightful place there. The student was pleased that I was transparent. I believe we must allow the Spirit to work in and through us when He is seeking to do so. Does that belong in government? Wrong question, the right question is Does government have a controlling role in what God is doing?