Pro-Choice is Pro-Murder, Even if the Government Lets You

I want you to watch the following video before reading my blog post:



The preceding video was from an actual abortion of a 12 week fetus. I don't know how any one can watch this video and tell me that is not a human being. My heart broke after seeing this baby, who was in the womb sucking it's thumb at the time, was murdered. You can actually see the baby "scream" for it's life. Not only is it murder, it is cruel and unusual punishment. The baby in the womb was ripped apart by a suction device and the head was crushed once the body was torn away from it.

"Pro-Choice" should be called what it is- "Pro-Abortion," or better yet, "Pro-Murder." A lot of people are "Pro-Choice" and see nothing wrong with this. They say it is a "woman's right" to have an abortion. The fact that this child was conceived was no fault of its own. A lot of people may say this is a matter of the law, and since the law allows it, it is OK. I want to discuss that.

Romans 13 tells us to submit to authorities. Romans 13:1 says, "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God." I am not denying the fact that government has been instituted by God, but as my pastor said in a sermon on Romans 13, there are both godly and ungodly government. A government that endorses murder is definitely not a godly government.

What would you say of the Nazi Germany government? They endorsed and executed the murders of millions of Jews and others.

I have linked Planned Parenthood to Nazi Germany before and have taken heat for it. I posted this status on my Facebook profile after attending the Komen Race For the Cure in Cleveland with my cross: "20,000 people saw the cross yesterday at Komen Race for the Cure. Supporting Komen (who gives money to Planned Parenthood) is like supporting Nazi Germany for their revitalization of the German economy in the 1930's." I stand by that comparison.

I do have an issue with Planned Parenthood. Others have pointed out to me that Planned Parenthood provides other services besides abortions. Yes, that is true. Hitler also revitalized the German economy and put many people back to work and made Germany into a military powerhouse. Should Hitler be commended for that?

This argument reminds me of witnessing to people who think their good deeds outweigh their bad deeds and that will earn them their salvation. In light of the above example, do you see how faulty that argument is? A lot of people say Planned Parenthood does a lot of good. Some will say that about Hitler, also.

A government should govern according to God's Word. That includes making laws that prohibit the murder of unborn babies. That being said, obviously not all the laws instituted by a government (and subsequent rights granted by) comply with God's will. Just because the government gives you the right to fornicate outside of marriage and have an abortion doesn't make it right.

A prime example is Roe Vs. Wade (which legalized abortion). You may say, "I don't believe in God- don't push your agenda on me." It doesn't matter- God exists, whether or not you want to believe it. That doesn't change the fact that you will ultimately face Him on Judgment Day and stand accountable to Him.

You may say a woman has a right to her own body. To this I say everything we have has been given to us by God. You don't have a "right" to do whatever you want. You may think you do, but you don't. All your actions should bring honor, praise and glory to the Lord.

There are a lot of "rights" given to me by this country that contradict God's laws. Fornication (a major reason abortions are taking place) is a prime example. Again, you may say you don't believe in God and don't push my agenda on you. It doesn't matter- He still exists.

You may say that this baby will be born unwanted. That is not the baby's fault- that is a result of your sinful nature to break God's laws. The Bible calls us to repent of our sins and place our trust in Jesus Christ. Had you been practicing repentance as the Bible calls us to, you wouldn't have been in the situation to begin with.

Jeremiah 1:5 says, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you." Even if you have had an abortion, God wants you to repent and trust in Jesus as His Savior. Jesus said in Luke 5:32, "I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."

We are all sinners and have broken God's laws. We have all told lies, stolen, used the Lord's name in vain, looked with lust (which Jesus says is adultery in the heart), hated one another (which Jesus says is murder in the heart) and we will all stand guilty before God on Judgment Day and He would rightly sentence us to Hell for all of eternity- but God loved you so much that He sent His One and only Son into this world to die on the cross for your sins, your transgressions. Jesus paid the penalty for your sins in His life's blood. The Bible tells us we must repent of our sins and place our trust in Jesus to be saved. If you haven't done that, I plead with you, please make today the day you do.


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Komen Race For the Cure - Over 20,000 people

Today, I went to Downtown Cleveland for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. The University Hospitals' website says more than 20,000 people participated this year.

The race started at 9:15 AM and I found a spot along the race course on Lakeside near East 9th. I was met by an early comment of "Inappropriate!" Granted, this is a race for breast cancer, but the Gospel is more important than that. This is from the Komen Website:

"Breast cancer is the most common cancer to affect women. In 2009, it is estimated that there will be approximately 192,370 new cases of invasive breast cancer diagnosed in the United States, along with 62,280 new cases of non-invasive breast cancer. An estimated 40,170 women will die from breast cancer this year. It is estimated that 1,910 men will be diagnosed and 440 men will die of breast cancer during 2009."

Did you know Komen supports Planned Parenthood, which provides abortions? Looking back, I am wondering if I should have had a sign against this, also. Planned Parenthood performed 305,000 abortions in 2008. Abortion is murder. That dwarfs the 40,000 who will die of breast cancer. Again, I am not discounting breast cancer as a disease, but this is inexcusable.




150,000 people die everyday, and the majority of them are going to Hell. Why is that statistic not published more widely and why don't we have "Races For Heaven" like we have "Races For the Cure?"

I am not discounting the battle against breast cancer, but Jesus Christ is more important than that. Today, I had an opportunity to reach around 20,000 people today. I was not going to let this opportunity pass by.

I just stood silent as the entire race passed me by- and there were a ton of people in it, as expected. A few people told me they were ready, but no more than a dozen or two at most, I would say. I gave out one tract to someone who passed by and inquired about the cross. A few others asked what the Scripture verse was and I told them.

A few people thought my sign was a mile marker for 1.15 miles (it says "Mark 1:15). Afterward, I realized I was in between the mile 1 and mile 2 markers. I attended handed out tracts at the Komen Race for the Cure in Columbus earlier this year- it was my first major tracting experience. I handed out about 400 tracts to the estimated 40,000 participants. That was 1% of the participants. I feel the cross being visible to the entire race participants is far more effective.

I noticed a man with a camera directly across from me on Lakeside with his camera lens pointed right at me twice during the race. I do not know if he was a part of the media or not, but I was hoping he was and would come over and ask me about the cross. If a picture gets published somewhere of the cross- that's just more people that would be able to see it! No one needs to know about who I am, just as long as they see the cross. A few people also stopped to take a picture of the cross.

As you can see in the first picture, I added a dowel rod to the base of my cross so I could hoist it up in the air an extra 2 feet. The wind picked up shortly after the race participants starting coming by me, so I was limited to by how high I could hold the cross with my hands without it blowing away. Below is a picture someone took of me from inside the race as they passed by.



I did not take my cross around the area where the vendors were set up before the race, nor did I stay after the race to display my cross. The cross had already been seen and I didn't want to get into any verbal confrontations.

Again, I am not discounting the fight for breast cancer, but everyone needs the Gospel. I would venture to think some of the people who saw me today have seen me around town before with my cross. Perhaps they will see me in the future and remember me. My hope is that they will and that they will inquire about the cross and I can witness to them.

When I returned home, I ran into my new neighbor and found out that he attended a church in the same denomination as my church. He saw my cross and asked if I was a pastor. Not assuming the he was saved, I went through the law and gospel quickly and gave him the parachute analogy- being on an airplane that is about to crash and having a parachute that can save you. Merely "believing" in the parachute won't save you- you have to strap on the parachute and jump from the plane. In the same sense, we need to strap on the Lord Jesus and jump from our sinful lifestyle.

I am trying to make it my habit to witness to people who even say or they appear to be saved, just to make sure.

I know Scripture says, "For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few" (Matthew 7:14), and “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness'" (Matthew 7:21-23).

I gave out 2 tracts today - 1 at the race and 1 to my neighbor.