Is "Saving Babies" the Standard? If Not, What Is?

Many Christians have followed the ProLife strategy of opposing preborn child sacrifice by supporting the passing of legislation that regulates abortion.  

Abolitionists shine light on these bills as being iniquitous decrees (Isaiah 10:1-2), and call on our brothers and sisters to "cease to do evil," and "learn to do well" (Isaiah 1).  We do not want the Church to oppose evil in a way that God calls evil.

The major justification from ProLife Christians is that these bills save some babies, and that makes it okay to implement the practice.  

"Save the Babies" becomes the mantra.  It is the focus, the end all.  If some babies may be saved, it makes the legislation "a worthy effort" to be applauded.

Now I am all for saving babies.  That is why I am often found at the gates of death, pleading for their lives, and calling parents to deliver their children, not destroy them.  But is that the final Standard for the laws that we push? 

We could ask, do these laws really save babies?  

Much could be written to expose that the vast majority of ProLife bills do not as a matter of course actually save babies from murder.  They merely lay rules about how, when, where, why, and by whom, babies can be murdered.  Contrary to common belief by most people in the pew and in the pulpit, the claim that so many babies are delivered by those regulatory bills is grossly overestimated.  But that is not the topic for this post. 

Then what is the question in this post?  "Is Saving Babies the Standard?"

I want to point out that whether a bill may save some babies is not the Standard for whether we support this tactic.  

We are Christians.  

We are image-bearers of the living God of the Bible.  

We are made for His glory.  The goal and chief end of man is the glory of God.

We are not necessarily supposed to simply embrace what is projected to do some good, what looks likely to succeed, or even save some lives.

We are to obey the words of our King.  Our engagement must be "according to the Scriptures."

So "what saith the Scripture?"

God commands that we use just weights, measures, and balances.  He condemns compromise and injustice:

Proverbs 11:1 "A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight."  

Proverbs 16:11 "A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work."

Proverbs 20:23 "Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good."  

Notice He does not say to use false scales in order to the advantage of some and disenfranchise others.  He doesn't say it is okay to make slightly less unequal balances.  The scales of justice are to be equal.

God commands that we not bear false witness in judgment. Exodus 23:1,7 "Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness...Keep thee far from a false matter..."  We are to be men of truth.  God does not say to enact laws that neglect to speak the truth or treat things as what they are.  Regulatory laws do not call abortion murder, do not treat the preborn like the humans they are, and do not treat their homicide as the murder it is.  They treat it like healthcare, thus make a law that is a schoolmaster of falsehood, teaching the public that it is healthcare.

God does not say to pervert justice in order to save some, even if everyone else seems to think it is a good idea.  Exodus 23:2-3,6-7 "Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:  Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause...Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.  Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked."

God commands magistrates to protect the innocent and defenseless. Jeremiah 22:3 "Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place."  He does not say to compromise judgment, or to tell oppressors that they have until this age that they can spoil their young prey.  He doesn't say to do wrong a little less at a time.  He doesn't say to give approval to make rules so that violence to the vulnerable has to be done in a well-lit room with clean tools.  He doesn't say to permit the shedding of innocent blood as long as the one hiring the kill has had a chance to view the picture of the victim first, or had twenty-four hours to think it over. 

God commands us to not be partial.  It is not the Lord who says to make partial laws that protect some people and permit the murder of others, stripping justice from them, and giving immunity and impunity to their killers.  In fact, He condemns that behavior in judgment. Proverbs 17:15 "He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD."

See it in His statutes. Deuteronomy 16:19-20 "Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.  That which is altogether just shalt thou follow..."

See it in His sagacious statements.  Proverbs 24:23 "These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment."

See it in Himself. Romans 2:11 "For there is no respect of person with God."

See it in the Standard for His saints. James 2:1,4,8-9 "My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. ...Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? ...If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:  But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors."

It is not He who says, "...let us do evil that good may come" (Romans 3:8).  Instead, He says, "...overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:221).

He doesn't say, Proving what is projected to save some, but denies due process and equal protection to others.  He does not say, "Proving what is acceptable unto the professionals, the practitioners, the politicians, the party, or the populace."  

He says, "Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord" (Ephesians 5:10).  We must obey Him, and trust Him for the results.  Jesus is King, and we follow His word. And we believe that when we as the Church reprove that which is partial, when we cease to approve iniquitous measures, when we prove and pursue just and true laws that glorify the King, in His Providence, babies WILL BE SAVED.

Sometimes I wear a shirt that says, "Save Babies...Ask me how."  There are many things that can be done towards saving the innocent from murder, but the how must be according to the Scriptures, to the glory of the Lord.

Abortion must be abolished, not regulated.

Astounding Advice - What Would YOU Say to That?

One morning I met a gentlemen in his 80's.  As a man half his age I asked him what words of wisdom he would share with me that I might learn something.

I was astounded by his answer: "Just do what you want.  Whatever feels good to you, go ahead and do it."

Wow!  That was not what I was expecting.  

I told him how that could possibly work in some limited areas, but there are a lot of scenarios in which that advice is downright destructive.

He was quiet.  Then, "Are you married?"

Me: "Yes."

"For how long?"

Me: "11 years."

"Well, I was married for 25 years, and then my wife ran off with all but $75 of my money."

I responded gently feeling like this was a great opportunity to speak truth in regard to his previous advice. "That is terrible," I said, "But then again, she was just doing what she wanted, wasn't she?  She was doing what felt good to her at the time."

He was quiet.

I went on.  "Often when we do what we want to do, go the way we want to go without, it will affect others in a harmful way.  And when going our own way is in violation of God Law and design, it is sin."

He still said nothing.  So I kept talking.

"The Bible tells us that all of us have done that, like sheep we have all gone astray and have turned every one to his own way.  That is called iniquity.  The Bible also tells us that, 'There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.'  We deserve death and Hell."

 I continued.

"That is why I have turned from going my own way, and have trusted alone on the One Who laid down His life to save me.  Jesus Christ paid the price for my sin with His own blood, and then rose again.  The Bible tells us that in the Garden, the Son said to the Father, 'Not My will, but Thine be done'.  He has saved me, and He guides the way I live now."  

The older gentleman was not too talkative after that.  Just a few more summing up words, and then the conversation was over.  Please pray that man will be turned from the way that leads to destruction to Jesus Christ, Who is "the Way, the Truth, and the Life".

And abortion must be abolished.

The Reality about Roe and Dobbs

Fifty years ago today, the Supreme Court handed down Roe v. Wade.  For nearly 5 decades, it was treated by both proaborts and prolifers as the law of the land. In actuality is was the lie of the land.

The murder of our preborn neighbors was never in the Constitution.  The 1973 decision was an iniquitous decree, violating the US Constitution and the Higher Law of God.  No court has the authority to say that murder of a people group is okay.  The Triune God of the Bible is the Author of life, and the Judge over all, and thus He alone has the jurisdiction to say when life is to be taken away.  And He says in Jeremiah 22:3 to “Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.”  Jesus reiterated while He walked among us, “Thou shalt do no murder.” 

The Roe v. Wade decision violated the Constitution also.  The US Supreme Court took a supposed "right to privacy" to mean that murder of your own children can happen in the privacy of the womb.  It was not a law, for courts do not make laws.  They render opinions, and when an opinion violates the Constitution and the Higher Law of the Creator, it is without constitutional authority and ought to be ignored.  For the last 50 years, babies didn’t die because of Roe v. Wade.  Many tens of millions of babies were murdered because states bowed to Roe v. Wade. 

On Friday, June 24^th of 2023, the Supreme Court itself officially recognized the egregious error that it made.  They admitted the ruling almost 50 years ago was unconstitutional, and have returned the question to the states.  Here in Dobbs we find another error in judgment, a half correction:

The US Supreme Court was right to say that abortion is not a right in the Constitution.  BUT…

The US Supreme Court was wrong to then allow the states to deprive humans of the right to life if they so choose.  Just as the federal courts did not have a right to say abortion is a “right”, the states do not have a right to do so either—they have the duty to criminalize homicide.

With that in mind, consider that in 2019, the Kansas Supreme Court took the right to the "pursuit of happiness" in the state Constitution and said it included the pursuit of homicide.  This violates both the right “to life” and “equal justice” recognized in general to humans in the Kansas Constitution.  Thus, Bleeding Kansas, with its iniquitous court opinion, has fabricated its own state “Roe”, called “Hodes and Nauser v. Schmidt”.  Both courts, the US Supreme Court in 1973 and the Kansas Supreme Court in 2019, were dead wrong—both fallacious, both vain and iniquitous.

The Hodes case is unconstitutional and as Kansans we ought to ignore it, as we should have ignored Roe. What was national should now strike closer to home for the God-fearing people of the Sunflower State. We must defy Hodes and follow the Constitution and the Higher Law of God, even if the courts will not. As Elders our prayer since Friday has been, “Lord, may Your people, who refused to ignore Roe, do justly now that they can no longer use it as an excuse.” Our God commands that, “That which is altogether just shalt thou follow”. We must call for justice and plead for truth.

We must reject compromise, and demand of our legislators that, 

“Abortion must be abolished.”

Whose Side Are You On?

"The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things" (Proverbs 15:28).

This tweet is just a single example of the kind of evil that gushes from the heart of the soul in rebellion against the God Who made him.  We live in a society filled to the brim with not only hearts full of wickedness, but a people who celebrate, laugh at, or shrug off such trash being spewed out on the internet instead of seeking to curb it.  We live in a generation that hates God and loves death. 

I recognize and mourn over the reprobate nature of this tweet and pray that the Lord would give the author repentance to the acknowledgement of the truth.  I pray that she will be brought from death unto life everlasting through faith in Jesus Christ alone.

But there something else that grieves me.  And that's what my post is about. 

Here is the awful truth: If this woman would actually do such a thing she is proposing, she would face no prosecution!  That pierces my heart and should yours as well.  Every single state in our Union, including every acclaimed ProLife state, proports that woman who kill their preborn children are victims.  Every single Prolife legislation that has ever been put forth or passed has secured language to this end. And every ProLife leader and organization has done their due diligence to educate the church and inform elected officials that mothers who kill their babies at home (through mail order abortions—which is very mush on the rise) or hire an assassin to do the job at an abortion mill, should be immune to prosecution!

Even in cases of partial birth abortion, in which there may be some penalty for the abortionist, the mother who hired the abortionist faces no penalties.

This is the fruit of being ProLife but not Biblical.  The ProLife doctrine, that mothers should never be prosecuted, is how we ended up with Roe v. Wade in the first place. The Texas statute that was the reason for the Roe v Wade court case claimed that children in the womb were protected by the 14th amendment, and yet the same statute did not give them equal protection by treating abortion like murder.  Mothers who hired doctors to kill their children were completely free from any charges.  Due to that partiality in judgment, the Supreme Court cited their inconsistency and stated that the preborn were not persons under the law with the same protections and far more than 60 million children have been murdered under color of law because of it.  Abominable.

Looking at Isaiah chapter 59, we see the evil of bloodshed and injustice in a society.  Scriptures states that truth is fallen in the street (v.14), and people make haste to shed innocent blood (v.7), and people are found crying out to God to deliver and to save in such an evil day.

God responds, saying that He is able to hear and save (v.1)—but that He will not hear, nor bless and deliver (v.2), because those coming to Him are lifting hands defiled with blood themselves (v.3). 

He points out that they gone their own way (iniquity), and have been using falsehood, trusting vain measures, to deal with the problem.  What they haven't done is call for justice and plead for truth (v.3-4).  

How can we expect God to bless our own Nation when even those who are against the bloodshed refuse to treat it like murder? How can we expect God to deliver such a culture of death when the "champions of the innocent" hatch iniquitous decrees, compromising (and thus collaborating) with homicide—treating abortion like healthcare.  Is the ProLife movement raising bloody hands to ask God to bless their efforts?

As intensely grieved as I am over this tweet the Scripture states plainly that, "wickedness proceedeth from the wicked" (I Samuel 24:13).

I am more horrified at the way that we as the Christian community have been taught to permit this atrocity under color of law.  This is one of the reasons why I will not be a part of the ProLife establishment and call myself an abolitionist instead.

Let it not be said of Christians in this generation, "None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth" (Isaiah 59:4).

Christian, whose side are you on?  I implore you to leave the ProLife ideology and practice.  Stop giving money to ProLife organizations who refuse to be Biblical and instead openly promote falsehood and partiality in giving justice to the preborn.  

Want to know where to begin?  Watch this documentary and go to God's word for direction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPu59scsBA8&t=362s

Abortion must be abolished.