Question:

Since the only commission the Lord has given us to do toward the world is to preach the gospel Mark 16:15, does this mean we’re just to stand back and let all the non-Christians hold all the offices? Are we just supposed to sit and watch?

Answer:
Remember God’s in control. “The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men” (Daniel 4:17).

Actually, this isn’t our country, for if we are saved, our citizenship is in heaven (Philippians 3:20).
If we are preaching the gospel as much as we should, we won’t have time for other things. Though we are told to pray “for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty” (1 Timothy 2:1,2). We also are instructed to submit to those in authority (Romans 13:1-3).But we have no instruction to join with the world in its government in this day of grace. Knowing that God is going to judge this world through Christ (Acts 17:31), if we would try to make the world better, it would be like arranging the chairs on the Titanic as it was going down to destruction.