I Chose Life, Not Death!.

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10/17/2008

WHAT’S YOUR CHOICE?

 “I Choose Life! Don’t You?”


15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; 16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

        17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. (Deut 30.15-18)


15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve;(Josh 24:15)

       We come together to worship and celebrate…and yet my heart is very heavy, because I am commanded by the Lord to preach to you a message that not only have I never preached, but since I have been saved these 36 years, I have never heard it preached! “I Choose to Live, Not to Die!”

       I share the burden of Ezekiel in 33 chapter, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.(Ezek 33:7-9)


A. Today America, home of the free, it runs red with the blood of the murder of millions of babies. Since 1973, 42.1 million innocent babies have been murdered  by ABORTION, that is more than the combined populations of NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, Houston, KC, 42.1 million counting, at the rate of 2 million a year, or 4,100 per day!

B. By the time, your leave church over 300 babies will be murdered, and by the time you go to work tomorrow, over 4,100 more innocent people will be submitted to capital punishment, by ABORTION., Who will be their to defend them? They will have no trial before they are executed. They will have no defense attorney, and will not be granted the basic rights of even a serial killer/ prisoner or terrorist against the United States. They will not hear, “if you can not afford an attorney, then one will be appointed.”

 Not only will they not be treated humanely, they will not be afforded the basic anesthetics used by every veterinarian in the world, but they will die a torturous death, ripped apart by forceps and injected with toxins. A “seal” in Alaska or a cat or a dog on the streets of Daytona will have more rights than an unborn baby. If you “miss treat” a dog or a cat, your will be charged with “in humane” treatment of an animal, your will be fined, sent to jail and risk imprisonment, just ask Michel Vick!

         1. Of the 4,100 baby’s killed their only crime was that they lived in the womb, unable to defend themselves. Of those 4,100 killed 4 out of every 10, or 39%,  will be Afro-Americans, when Afro-Americans only compose only, 1 out of 10, or 15% of society,

II. Certainly there are women in church who have had abortions prior to being saved and some even after they were saved, “for such were some of us.”  The purpose of this message is anything but to laden you w/ more guilt, but rather to “stop the slaughter of innocent babies!”  The Bible says, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”  Jesus said,Let him without sin cast the first stone!” Sister and brother, you’ve confessed it, forsaken it, and just like my sins, and all your other sins, Jesus’ “blood has washed it white as snow!” What can wash away my sin, Nothing but the blood of Jesus!
           a. Perhaps the greatest man in the OT was Moses/NT was Paul…
…what do they have in common? Both committed murder prior to being saved. Thank God today for the powerful blood of Jesus that cleanses us of
ALL sin!

A. This is not at all a comfortable topic to speak…or to listen to. In fact I have been saved for for over 36 years, and I have never heard a sermon in church  or even on TV. I only heard one Bible class on this subject, last year, by “yours truly!” When I was asked, “what was the number one killer among young Afro-Americans?”  (1,700 Afro-Amrican babies are slaughtered everyday).

    You would think that any atrocity where 4,000 innocent lives are murdered every day or 1.2 million babies killed a year, the church would be in an uproar! Maybe they realize that this subject is so controversial that if it was preached that half of their congregation would leave.

     In the  Iraq War after 5 years, the death toll of 4,311 American soldier brought protest and an out cry, “bring our soldiers home!” But TODAY we speak on behalf of the innocent, helpless, unborn w/ hopes of saving lives!

B. Several years ago a man walked along a beach at low tide. A great storm had come and had left the beach covered w/ starfish…out of their element. They were dying. And there were hundreds of thousands of them. The man began picking them up one by one, casting them into the ocean that they might live.

        Another man came along and asked what he was doing? He said I’m trying to save these starfish. The man laughed, “there are too many of them. You couldn’t possibly make a difference.” He looked at the one in his hand and said, “Ask this little starfish. I can make a difference to this one.” If we can save just one child, we can make a difference!

III. Who are the contributors to this atrocity?

A. Supreme court justices to voted in favor of Roe vs. Wade, 1973
Social planners like Planned Parenthood who every day advise and encourage young ladies to seek abortions. Greedy physicians who put the almighty dollar ahead of their “Hippocritic oath” to preserve life at all costs, getting rich off of their chambers of death.

Willing fathers and mothers who, sometimes ignorantly, some times intentionally, lay conscience aside and allow the “god of selfishness” to reigh supreme

B.. If these people just mentioned do not confess and repent…I submit to you that Pharaoh in the OT and King Herod in the NT, “Sodom and Gomorrah” on judgment day, will rise up in judgment against us. Hitler will have to stand in line behind these people before receiving his sentence.


1. On Jan. 22, 1973, nine men in black robes Supreme court justices to voted in favor of Roe vs. Wade, 1973, said there are only 3 requirements in our country in order to have a legal abortion:

1) The baby must still be inside the mother.
2) The mother must submit to the procedure.
3) A licensed doctor must officiate.
       It’s not only legal to kill a baby, it’s easy as a same day, out-patient procedure…what’s wrong with this picture?

IV.  TYPES OF ABORTION
.A. Early Birth Abortion – where the baby is given a series of toxic chemicals to kill it. Then there is

B. Partial-birth abortion, (All but the babies’ head is delivered. And as the nurse holds still the wiggling body of the mostly delivered child, the doctor inserts a pair of surgical scissors into the back of the neck, then opens the scissors to crush the brain and spinal connection.). Last year the President Bush and Congress passed a bill banning “partial birth abortion.” Not because it is wrong to kill a baby, but because when they saw the film they said it was “in human” torture!
C. Late Term Abortion. It’s legal in the U.S. to have an abortion even in the 9th month of pregnancy, and even if the mother is in labor! All that is necessary is for 1 licensed physician to reason that in his opinion the health of the mother is at stake. (Not life of the mother…health)

The court describes what they mean by the “health” of the mother this way: “The medical judgment concerning the mother’s health may be exercised in the physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman’s age.”
           This means she can have an abortion if she feels that having a baby could stress her out. Or, if childcare would tax her mental health. Whose mental health has not been taxed by childcare? Or, if the stigma of an out-of-wedlock pregnancy would distress her socially.
D. After-Birth Abortion, if a baby survives  a failed abortion, they can still kill the baby up to 6 hrs post delivery.  Only 3 Senators in the state of Illinois have the distinction of voting in favor of POST-ABORTION murder,  one of them will be the next President of the U.S.

            The Senator from Illinois, said, that he was in favor of Pro-Choice because if his daughters got pregnant he did not want his daughters to be punished by having a baby! (Does that mean that getting pregnant with a child is a punishment?)

           In fact the Senator from Illinois said, “ the first thing he will do when he becomes President will be to a Federal UNIVERSAL PRO-CHOICE LAW, (effectively eliminating all restrictions of aborting in the U.S. and the 2nd thing he will use every resource of the office of the President, to pass a Federal Law giving Homosexuals FULL EQUALITY in the Whitehouse and Marriage!

            When asked by Rick Warren, the pastor of Saddleback church, point blank, “When does life began?” He answered, “that is a very complicated answer, the answered, with a chuckle, that is above my “pay grade!” When his opponent was asked the same question, he said, “life begins at the moment of conception!”

IV. The Double Standard:  

A. 1) We all have heard about the girl who a few years ago left the prom, gave birth to her baby into a toilet, and then returned to the dance. She was arrested for murder, as she should have been…but wait a minute. Wasn’t she told it was ok? After all, she could have taken care of that an hour earlier at a clinic and it would have been fine!
          2. Or, you probably heard about the father, who, when handed his newborn son, threw him against the wall of the delivery room, killing him. He was arrested for murder, as he should have been. But wait…it would’ve been ok just minutes before to let a doctor kill it. 3. Mr. Peterson who killed his wife, who was six months pregnant and charged and found guilty of “double homicide!”
            3.Recently a mother drowned all 5 of her children, why did she go to jail? Do you see the double standard?

           4. Scott Peterson was found guilty of killing his girlfriend who was 6 weeks pregnant. He is not serving 2 life term sentences for “double homicide”

B. Dr. Adrian Rogers, much admired man in the ministry…who had opportunity a few years ago to testify before the Senate on this matter. After telling the Senators what the Bible says about abortion, a woman approached him outside the chamber, and she was mad. She was a “deaconness” in a church in D.C., and a lawyer. That’s 2 strikes against her so far! She put her hands on her hips and said, “You don’t understand. You are a man and you cannot possibly understand the distress a woman goes thru during an unwanted pregnancy.”
          Dr. Rogers said calmly, “Let me get this straight…you are saying that if someone distresses you, it’s ok to kill  them out? Because lady, you’re distressing me right now.” She began backing up away from him. He said, “If I tried to put my hands around your neck and press with my thumbs, at least you could cry out, at least you could run. Who will cry out for the innocent unborn?”

Ill.— What Does the Bible says about life in the womb:
1) Exodus 20:13, “13 Thou shalt not kill (murder)!
2) Jer. 1:5—“Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee. And before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
God knows that baby in the womb, and even has a mapped-out plan for it’s life.
3) Jer 32:35, 35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination,

 

4) Luke 1:41-- when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

5) Lu 17:2 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.


IV. 5 Reasons why Pro-Choice is no choice:

1. Innocence Factor Prov. 6:17 says God hates the shedding of innocent blood. An interesting study in the Bible is that of how innocent blood cries out to God.

Ps 106:38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.


Abel’s blood cried out to God when Cain killed him.

*Revelation, .

Rev 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?


a) The victim in an abortion ranks as the most innocent victim ever sentenced to death.


b) It’s time to form a conviction about this matter of abortion. Is it the shedding of innocent blood, which God hates, or not? Joshua, said, “Choose you this day whom you will serve? You can’t ride the fence on this one.

2. The Golden Rule Factordo unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Any mothers who wouldn’t mind her body being dismembered?
Any doctors who wouldn’t mind being locked into a chamber filled w/ corrosive fluid, left to convulse ‘til death?
Any judge or abortion clinic owner who wouldn’t mind being ripped apart w/ a powerful machine?

If you don’t want it to happen to you, then I suggest you not do it to anyone that is 1/20th your size, who cannot defend themselves.

3. The Human Instinct Factor—even if you don’t know what the Bible says about abortion, it is contrary to every fiber of how human beings are built.
Rom. 1 speaks about the lowest of the low in society…those who have no “natural affection.”
Few instincts are stronger than the mothering instinct…which has brought many women to the place of being willing to die for their baby, rather than put them to death.

4. The Selfishness Factor—the pro-abortion crowd always argues about cases of rape, incest, and the mother’s life. All 3 of those put together acct. for only 2% of abortions. 98% are based in selfishness.
If you’d like to talk about that 2% I say fine, I’ll have that conversation w/ you, but first, let’s deal w/ the other 98%!

Most of that 2% involves cases of health of the mother. Not rape, nor incest!
b) The circumstances which surround the conception of a child do not determine the value of that child.

c) For this reason I proclaim before you that if you want to be PRO-CHOICE, go ahead, choose!!!

1.       Choose not to hop into bed with him, or, choose to adopt it out to loving parents, in any case, choose wisely…choose life!

5. The Freedom Factor—the pro-abortion crowd yells and screams about freedom of choice. It’s my body…it’s a matter of women’s rights!

a) Put it down in big letters: WHAT ABOUT THE BABY’S BODY?
IT’S TIME WE STAND UP FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS, UNBORN WOMEN, THAT IS! AND UNBORN MEN!
I imagine an aborted baby in heaven asking God, how could she do that? After all, it MY BODY!

It’s your body, so put cocaine into it! If you get caught, you’re going to jail.
Your body, yes. In a civilized society, NO.

It’s your body, so sell it out by means of prostitution. If you get caught, you’re going to jail.
Your body, yes. In a civilized society, NO.

It’s your body, if a man kills and woman and she is pregnant, he is charged with “double murder!”

Let’s say I pull out a hatchet and here before you begin chopping off my fingers. I hope some of you would stop me.
But it’s my body!

Your body, yes. In a civilized society, NO.

We take people like that and put them in a straight jacket and rubber room!
No one has total freedom to do w/ their own body whatever they want

V. What to do:

1. Be informed. We can’t bury our heads in the sand. Ignorance is bliss, right? Well, ignoring the issue doesn’t make it go away. There’s no better platform from which to proclaim this message than church, by the way. ( The Christian Abolitionist, William Rutherform, declared that Slavery was wrong! Dr. Martin Luther King, Baptist preacher declared that Segregation was Wrong!) Where is the church today?
2. PRAY…& REPENT!  For the shedding of innocent blood! Ask God to forgive us, our nation and the church! “If my people who are called by my name would pray and turn from their wicked ways, then….hear and HEAL the land!”  for a constitutional amendment to overturn Roe v. Wade.
     a) We need more compassion for the unwed mother. Yes, we’ll preach against pre-marital sex. Once the mistake is made, she needs unconditional love  right here w/in these walls!
     b) Pray for God to have mercy on America, and to give us space to repent…and to bring national revival.
You’d think Sept. 11 would have brought revival and repentance…it has not. Church attendance did go up briefly, but did you know it is now down from the rate before 9/11. Did you know that giving is down drastically since 9/11

3. STAND. Speak out clearly w/out apology. Is. 58:1—“Cry aloud, spare not! Lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression!”

a) Don’t be fooled by slick talking politicians, no matter what color their skin, “Let God be True and every man a liar.”

It is better to obey God, than man!” Will you take a stand for God?

b) Ask yourself one simple question, “who or how would Jesus vote?”

5. Joshua said, “who will you serve, Choose life and prosperity or choose death and destruction/wrath

A. Come now to this Altar let us PRAY!
Judgment is coming, and if God waits much longer he’ll owe an apology to Sodom and Gomorrah!

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