Daily Devotional for Thursday April 29, 2004

The March for Death

(Exodus 20:13)

This past weekend in our nation's capital, a crowd of over 800,000 people gathered for what was billed as the "March for Women's Lives," that in reality was a march to support the slaughter of innocent babies. These pro-death marches are nothing new. They are attended by the normal host of God-haters, homosexual groups, liberal politicians, and celebrities from the film, television, and music world. What do you expect from people who are lost, who have rejected God, the truth of His Word, and His Son Jesus Christ. They are only doing what those who choose to live their lives in rebellion to God know how to do.

What made me break down in tears this weekend was the involvement of those who claim to know Christ as their Savior, yet fully support the slaughter of innocent babies and join themselves with people who utterly reject the truth of God's Word. There is an organization called the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice ( www.rcrc.org ) that had over 70 "religious organizations" participating in the march for death this past weekend. The RCRC is one of these abominable muti-faith organizations that includes every false religion in the world. Let me say this very clear, if you are part of a church that supports this organization that is clearly straight from the pits of hell, you need to RUN from that church!

Participating in the pro-death march this weekend as part of the RCRC was the women's group from the United Methodist Church. I grew up and was saved in the United Methodist Church and my heart breaks at the unBiblical direction this once great church that has brought millions of people to faith in Christ over the past 200 plus years has taken. My simple question is this, how can ANY church that claims Christ as their head, that claims to stand for the truth of God's Word, be part of an unGodly organization like the RCRC and participate in a march with those who hate God and support the slaughter of innocent babies.

I take what God has called me to do very seriously, and pray over every word I send out each day. In the past year, I challenged anyone that was part of the Episcopal church to leave that church, since the ordination of an unrepentant and practicing homosexual is an abomination to God. To be consistent, today I must ask anyone that is part of the United Methodist Church, or ANY church that supports the slaughter of innocent babies to pray seriously about leaving and finding a church that will be true to God's Word.

My friend, God is NOT going to be mocked! When the church of Jesus Christ compromises the truth of His Word, it ceases to be the church. Theologically, abortion is not even a debatable issue since ALL life comes from God and killing an innocent baby is murder! I encourage you to find out the stance of YOUR church on abortion, and if they call it anything but murder, LEAVE!

This is why God designed sex for a man and woman IN MARRIAGE. If people would obey God, have sex within the bonds of marriage, the abortion issue would cease being an issue. That may sound oversimplistic, but it is true. Can you see how one sin leads right into the next sin? When you choose to rebel against God, have sex outside of marriage, having a baby is a very real possibility. A woman is now faced with the reality of being unmarried and pregnant, and a man with the reality of being unmarried and having the responsibility of a child to support. I am sad to say, that abortion is just not an issue for those who are not marreid. More and more people who ARE married are also choosing to kill their babies.

Are there options? Yes, two of them. ONLY TWO. The first is to have and keep the baby. The second is to have the baby and put the child up for adoption. *ABORTION IS NOT AN OPTION. If you are not married, you have already sinned by having sex outside of marriage, don't compound your sin by murdering your baby!

Let me add as a side note. If you keep the baby, getting married is usually the WORST thing that you can do. It is a lie from hell that this is the "honorable thing." Before you even consider marriage you need to get your walk with the Lord straight, make sure the mother or father of your baby is a Christian and that they get their walk with the Lord on track, and that you both take time to build a spiritual foundation to your relationship.

***To the men. Just because you are not physically having this baby, this does not mean that you can just go on with your life like it didn't happen. If you were man enough to help create this baby, you better be man enough to take responsibility for YOUR CHILD. That means financially, emotionally, and whatever else you can do to help YOUR CHILD grow into a healthy, God-fearing, productive adult. Abandoning your baby makes you worse than an animal!

I am often asked if abortion is acceptable in the case of rape and incest. The answer is NO! Some people think that if you have an abortion and kill the baby that was the result of this horrible act, it makes it easier for the woman to move on with her life. In reality, the opposite is true. What really happens is this. The horror of an abortion is something a woman NEVER forgets.

In having to deal with the memory of the abortion, it also brings back the memory of the violent act that caused the pregnancy. This makes getting beyond the tragic experience that much more difficult. Also, when the life of the mother is at stake this is NOT an abortion, it is a medical procedure. This is not a choice to kill the baby because it is unwanted.

Let me say a word to those men and women that have the scar of abortion in your life. Sadly, I deal daily with hundreds of women AND men that have made this sad choice at some point in their life. Some of them did this 40 years ago and still are dealing the hurt, and pain, and guilt. You can't go back and change what you have done. 1 John 1:9 says that if we confess our sins, God forgives us and cleanses us of all unrighteousness. Trust His Word. The Bible also tells us that God not only forgives our sins, but forgets them. If He forgets, than you need to forget as well. It is satan who reminds you of your past sins to keep you paralyzed from serving God. HE IS A LIAR!!! Now is the time to trust God's Word, and put this behind you once and for all. God still has much for you to do.

I love you and care about you so much. I pray that today one person will read these words that has been thinking of having an abortion. God is speaking to your heart today. He loves you, and He loves that baby living inside of you. Rather than listening to this evil world tell you that it is OK to murder your baby, listen to God who put that life inside of you and let your baby LIVE!

Sadly, in our nation killing an innocent baby is legal. That is a larger issue that we as a nation need to address, change, and repent of. But regardless of what the courts say, God says that killing your baby is murder. That is why reaching the lost for Christ is so very important. When you change hearts, when people come to know Jesus as their Savior, they quit listening to the world and start listening to God. Choosing Jesus is an eternal choice for LIFE!