The
second tenet of Abolitionism is Providential Trust.
Much of the Prolife Movement works according to a pragmatic mindset—claiming to follow what "will bring results", "what the experts recommend", and what they “feel works". Most prolifers have swallowed this pragmatic mindset in one way or another, many without realizing it.
This can be seen in various ways:
- Prolife politicians
creating laws that merely incrementally trim and regulate child
sacrifice (more on this in another post).
- Prolife assurance that
simply being prolife in position—voting for men and women
who are labeled prolife, liking life-affirming memes on Facebook, sharing
those memes on Facebook, giving to pregnancy centers, and supporting
prolife organizations is sufficient to fight abortion. That
THAT is what works.
- Prolife shunning of
those who stand and plead outside of the abortion mills. Saying that,
"Pleading for parents to not abandon their children to death has
never saved a baby! It doesn't work!"
- Prolife dissuasion of
using images of aborted victims in society, of calling abortion
"sin" and "murder", and of bringing the Gospel into
the arena of abortion. Their reasoning: "It doesn't
work to use those ugly graphic images. People will just
turn away from you. Graphic images will actually drive women inside to
abort their baby." "It doesn't work to call
abortion 'sin', or mention the judgment of God, or that Jesus is their
only hope. That could greatly offend a pregnant woman and she will
turn and not listen to you."
This
pragmatic mindset is accepted by most within the Prolife Movement solely
because they are focused on what the "experts" (those who lead
organizations) advise will save the lives of babies, instead of what the God of
all creation proclaims in His word must be done in the face of great
evil.
They, intending to do well, want to do "what works".
Reminds
me of those in Judah in the days of Isaiah, who gave the counsel to go to Egypt
instead of the Lord. "That walk to go down into Egypt, and have
not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and
to trust in the shadow of Egypt!" Isaiah 30:2). (Egypt pictures
the world)
All this while God warned, "Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!" (Isaiah 31:1).
The
Prolife Movement has been fighting abortion this way for decades, and YET, it
is still "legal" and accepted to kill babies in America.
Despite all their pragmatic thinking, this way is NOT working.
Over a million babies are murdered every year inside of law abiding
abortion mills by doctors who are protected by prolife laws. Over a
million! And the culture becomes more calloused (and the church more
complacent) over the daily slaughter of their neighbors while Prolife
Organizations grow. Abortion is more deeply entrenched in our society's
thought and laws because of prolife legislation and propaganda (I will cover
this in greater detail in a future post).
As I have
already stated, abolitionists base their reason for opposing abortion upon
the word and attributes of God, rather than the advice and
reasoning of man.
As abolitionists, we also rely on God's infallible providence not the wisdom of the world, the pragmatism of fallible man, or the platitudes of professionals in how we work against the evil of abortion.
Psalm
20:7-9
7 "Some
trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the
LORD our God."
8 "They
are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright."
9 "Save,
LORD: let the king hear us when we call."
As
abolitionists, my family chooses to put our trust in the providence of
God not the pragmatism of man. We rest in the spiritual means and
methods that God has laid out for us in His word. We look to the living
and true God to lead us, knowing that He is our ever present, all knowing, and
all powerful Guide. He knows what will work!
It is He that is the sovereign LORD of all,
He that
has created and sustained each of us,
He that
has redeemed us from our own wicked sin,
He that
has granted life to these little ones in the womb,
He that
knows the hearts of people and turns hearts toward the children,
He to
whom every one of us will stand before and give account.
Can we not trust Him, "...seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;" (Acts 17:25)?
- It is the power
of God working through His Holy Spirit that changes hearts (Proverbs 21:1;
Zechariah 4:6; John 16:8).
- He has deemed
people to be active participants in this arena (Exodus 3:8-10; Matthew
9:38; John 20:21).
- We are called to
be faithful (I Corinthians 4:2), to walk uprightly (Psalm 84:11; Proverbs
2:7), to speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15), and to trust Him above
our own understanding (Proverbs 3:5-7):
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto
thine own understanding."
"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy
paths."
"Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart
from evil."
We therefore shun doing wrong "that good may come" (Romans 3:8). We reject unjust action, dishonest words, and iniquitous laws which purport to "get what we can." We choose rather to HOLD FAST to righteous, practical means in order to expose the unfruitful works of darkness, warn the wicked, rescue the weak, and effect abolition.
Instead of embracing the compromised methods of people who say we need to do "what works", we obey God and do right, and we happen to believe that when we do, that God's ways do work.
"Duty is ours. Results are God's."
I Chronicles 19:13 "Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight."
So we go forward, crying out, "Watch what our God will do!"
God's work done in God's way will work.
There is
still time to win a battle before the sun goes down.
Abortion must be abolished.
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