AMERICA'S NATIONAL SCANDAL

AMERICA’S NATIONAL SCANDAL

Since 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the decision in Roe v. Wade, there have been well over 54 million abortions. It’s a national travesty and tragedy that so many American citizens (and those of other nations) opt to use abortion as a form of birth control. In truth, it is a genocide – one that has destroyed the lives of innocent babies of every ethnicity, culture, creed and potential.

Many call it ‘the woman’s right to choose.’ Heaven knows it by a very different name, ‘murder.’ (Exodus 20:13)

Let’s be honest. Would you consider abortion in the following situations?
1. A preacher and wife are very poor. They already have 14 children. Now she’s pregnant with #15 – though they're living in tremendous poverty.
2. The father is sick and the mother has tuberculosis. They have had 4 children. The first is blind, the second is dead, the third is deaf and the fourth has tuberculosis. She is pregnant again.
3. A white man raped a 13-year-old black girl and she gets pregnant.
4. A teenage girl is pregnant, but she isn’t married. Her fiancé is upset because he’s not the father.

If you had made the decision to end these pregnancies, in the first case, you would have terminated John Wesley, one of the great evangelists in the 19th century. In the second case, you would have terminated Ludwig Beethoven, one of the most prolific composers of all time. In the third case, you would have terminated Ethel Waters, the legendary blues and gospel singer. And in the fourth case, you would have terminated Jesus. Think about it.

Nevertheless, it is important to note a very good and gracious truth. Whenever God condemns, He always offers the opportunity for repentance and restoration. Listen carefully; listen with your spirit. This devotional is not designed to hurt any persons who have made such decisions in their past. Put simply, that isn’t God’s way, and that is never my intention. Here’s the good news. In the case of any and every sin, “If we confess our sins [TO GOD], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (I John 1:9)

My friends, if you have fallen, get to a loving God…and get right…and get up! (Proverbs 24:16 – John 3:16-17)

One of my favorite hymns says it all so well:

Come, every soul by sin oppressed, There’s mercy with the Lord; And He will surely give you rest By trusting in His Word. Only trust Him!  Only trust Him! Only trust Him now! He will save you!  He will save you! He will save you now! Remember this. As a so-called “Christian nation,” and as loving and compassionate family members, it is incumbent upon all of us (from this day forward) to THINK and PRAY and AVOID making any decisions with such dire consequences in time and in eternity.  Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!