Megachurch Pastor Dave Ferguson on how Jesus would choose a president

Jesus showed how He handled politics in three-ways and these are predictive and instructive of how Jesus would have chosen a president, said megachurch pastor Dave Ferguson.

Ferguson said Jesus handled politics three-ways by refusing these three factors: political simplicity, political complacency and political primacy.

When the two of the competing political parties joined together "in an alliance to challenge Jesus," they presented Him with a tricky question that required a yes or no answer.

"Rather than label Himself in any one political position, He acknowledged both sides of arguments and even the gray area of tough topics," said Ferguson on how Jesus refused to get trapped with a simple answer.

He then proceeded to explain why this makes it wrong to assume that Jesus supports only a particular party or candidate.

"We must not do to Jesus what He didn't do to Himself," emphasized Ferguson.

The pastor said Jesus also exemplified how He "weighed in with real wisdom" and so Christian groups must take His example of engaging in political discussions rather than steering clear of them.

Finally, Ferguson reminded his viewers in a political sense, "Your first allegiance is to Him."

He instructed Christians to allow love for God to take precedence over love for one's country and love for others to take precedence over love for oneself. This, Ferguson believes, is how Jesus would base His vote if were He an American of this time.

"If Jesus were American...Jesus would choose with love," he concluded. "He would make a choice that is a clear reflection of His love for God but also His love for His neighbors."

The lead pastor of the multi-site Community Christian Church in Naperville, Il., spoke in a video message "Choose Your President" released Sunday, July 3 that ran almost 18 minutes and featured different political locations in Washington, D.C.

Other personalities also previously weighed in on the hypothetical question of who Jesus would vote for in this season's presidential election.

Norwegian actor of "God's Not Dead" Kevin Sorbo told TMZ that it would probably be Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, "the lesser of two evils," while astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted in March it would be the Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.

"Who would Jesus vote for?" tweeted Tyson. "To him walls, wealth and torture are non-starters, so probably the Jewish New Yorker from Vermont."