Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Exhortation and Confrontation

Look how those in the Pro-Life movement have been treated, and labeled all these years, just because they believe in the sanctity of human life, and want it protected. Look how evil men have passed laws to protect their evil practices, while turning those with the proper intentions into criminals. Notice how they turn the tables on the righteous?

Again we see it with the homosexual movement, those who believe in what is right as vilified for belief in God, and his Holy Word. Those of us that feel that homosexual behavior is sinful are made of look like complete loons because of our beliefs, but were we not warned by God in Scripture that this would happen? I remember that Jesus told his people that they would be hated because of him, and not to become disheartened over it, but too endure it for His sake.

Let's be honest here. We are dealing with sinful men in their natural state apart from God and Christ. The Gospel is enmity to them, they see it as death, or chains they don't want to be in. These individuals are driven by Demonic Spirits, they are controlled by them, and this is why they cringe at the mention of Christ, Christianity, and the Bible.

The Pro-Death (abortion) movement is controlled by Satan and his demons. Many directly involved in the abortion industry are directly involved in Satanism, and the occult. They go as far as too view each and every abortion as a child sacrifice to Satan, and that's exactly what they are. Abortion is a spiritual issue that requires and spiritual response.

How many Christians really understand spiritual warfare, and practice it on a regular basis? While demonstrations, and picketing, vigils, etc. are all good things to do, it is real prayer over a long period of time that will bring the abortion industry to it's knees. While passing laws that tighten and restrict access to abortion is a great thing, and educating those in the medical community about the nasty lives of abortionists is a good thing also, they won't effect that dark powers behind the abortion industry.

We should have prayer rooms near every clinic that people can gather in and pray these places closed. We need to pray for the doctors that perform abortions, and well as those who assist him/her, that they might repent, and be saved. Pray does change things, and it is a powerful unseen weapon of mass destruction upon the kingdom of darkness.

Why won't more professing Christians get involved in the abolition movement to abolish abortion? America is a modern day Laodicea. We have grown big, fat, and lazy off the fat of the land so too speak! We are hooked on convenience, and entertainment, and have too have our daily fix of the world, and it's offerings. Many have no spiritual convictions even though they attend Church every week, and I am talking about evangelicals here!

Women who are supposed to be Christians, followers of Christ, and even Pro-Life is some cases still show up at abortion clinics as clients, not as soldiers of Jesus Christ coming to pray and reach out too women heading into the clinics.

Most of us disagree with abortion, think it is hideous, but never go down the street to take a real stand of Jesus, or even seriously pray about this issue. Most so-called Christians are indifferent  and apathetic about the abortion issue. Those of us with passion and fire have a huge task laid out before us to wake up the sleep Church, and get the people involved in the fight.

Human lives are being ended everyday by the thousands while the Church sleeps! Helpless little innocent babies are torn to shreds while we sing praise and worship songs, jump up and down, and clap our hands. The American Church is in the same sinking boat as the German Church was when Hitler was murdering Jews by the thousands.

They could hear the audible cries of the people pleading for help, and see the smoke rising up from the crematories where the bodies were burned after being gassed to death. We may not hear the audible cries, or see the smoke rising up, but nonetheless, they are happening within blocks, or a few miles from our homes, and our Church buildings. Isn't about time that the Church rise up and stand up for the most helpless among us?

It has been said that if masses of professing Christians would become engaged in the abolition of abortion, abortion on demand would cease, clinics would all close, and babies would live. Please join the movement today for the sake of those who cannot speak for themselves.    

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Why Christian Pro-Lifers Need to Get Over Themselves

Stained glass at St John the Baptist's Anglica...
Stained glass at St John the Baptist's Anglican Church http://www.stjohnsashfield.org.au, Ashfield, New South Wales. Illustrates Jesus' description of himself "I am the Good Shepherd" (from the Gospel of John, chapter 10, verse 11). This version of the image shows the detail of his face. The memorial window is also captioned: "To the Glory of God and in Loving Memory of William Wright. Died 6th November, 1932. Aged 70 Yrs." (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Most people who are involved in the Pro-Life/Anti-abortion movement are Christian folks who believe in God, the Bible, and the Right to Life for every individual, whether born, or unborn. These are the same type of people that stood against slavery, and other injustices throughout history where human beings were not treated as human beings, and the law of the land came into direct conflict with the Word of God.

Christians also believe that people are created in the image of God per the book of Genesis, and that because of this, we are created different than the animals, and birds, etc. Human beings have a soul, they are eternal beings, yet the body they spend their lives on earth in, is only a temporary body. They also believe that God has a plan for every person's life, and he knows there name while they are still being formed in their mothers womb.

Most Pro-lifers will agree on these basic things, and most agree that abortion needs to be stopped. What they lack is the physical means to make it happen, mostly because of some schisms between Pro-Life groups. A member of one Pro-Life group made some comments about some others that has caused a great backlash in the movement, now some Pro-Lifers, mainly Catholic's, won't work with this particular group, and the attacks made by Catholic Pro-lifers have not been all that Christian either.

Why I personally understand why this fellow was saying in regards to Catholics is popular among Protestants, and some Evangelicals who disagree with the Catholic Churches teachings, voicing such opinions causes great division among Pro-Lifer's and hurts the overall movement because it weakens and divides people. People who would otherwise stand shoulder to shoulder fighting the evil of abortion.

Why there are differences in doctrine, and church teachings between different groups, but when it comes to ending abortion on demand, those differences must be set aside for the greater cause. Now I do not know if something happened on the street that started this whole mess, but two wrongs don't make a right, and AHA should issue an apology for offending the Catholics.

Why am I adamant about this issue?  First off, it hurts the overall movement be causing necessary division, and secondly it cuts off the line of communication between Catholics, and Evangelicals. If you feel that strongly that Catholics are wrong, and are involved in idolatry, then don't offend them, but show them grace, and kindness, and maybe some of them will come to a saving knowledge of Christ Jesus while your all out on the street ministering.

These people are as much your mission field as any woman walking into an abortion clinic. Would Jesus lash out with unkind words, or would he love them enough to call them to repentance? Jesus always showed love and compassion, except to the religious rulers of His day who continued to question him in hopes of trapping him, so they could take him out and kill him. Jesus always showed the way to the Father in Heaven, and it was always through him. In the same way those who stand up and preach the truth today are maligned by those who are religious, but have no relationship with God through Christ.

We cannot win the war against the slaughter of the unborn if we are divided, because a house divided cannot stand. Pride in fact is a great sin, and it cometh before a fall according to Scripture. There is NO room for egomaniacs on the front lines, we must remain humble before God, and men. Humility is what is needed here, on both sides of this schism.

I absolutely believe in preaching the truth of God's Word. I believe that Repentance in necessary for Salvation. I do not believe that good works, being a good person can get anyone into Heaven, nor can a person buy there way into God's Heaven. All must come though the narrow gate for the sheep, which is Jesus Christ himself. Salvation is by grace through faith, and no one can earn their own way in.

I believe there things because God said these things in His Holy Word! Not because my Church told me I had to believe them. I believe there is but one mediator between God and Man, Jesus Christ is His Name, this comes right out of Scripture Itself. I am sure that AHA believes these same core doctrines straight out of Scripture.

We will NOT apologize however for speaking the truth of God's Word, for confronting those who promote the culture of death, or those who practice it. Nor will we apologize to those who are modern day pharisee's, who try to shut us down because we are Pro-Life. Catholics must realize that those who are Evangelicals have a different approach to confronting the abortion industry. Don't expect myself or any other abolitionist to stand around holding candle, and quietly pray. We are out on the street to confront sin, and preach the Gospel of Christ, and we will not be silent about it.

There will be NO peace or tranquility for those who murder unborn babies, then flush then down the toilet, or grind their remains up in garbage disposals before they wash them into the sewer system! We will work to expose evil so that it can no longer hide in the darkness. This is what God has called us to do, get back to work! DISMISSED!
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