Our Footsteps: The Freedom to Murder Act

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The Freedom to Murder Act

"The first thing I'd do as president is sign the

Freedom of Choice Act. That's the first thing that I'd do."

-- Senator Barack Obama, speaking to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, July 17, 2007

The Freedom of Choice Act, if it becomes law, will certainly make abortions more common and more accepted. The sanctity of life will be trampled even more than it already is in our culture and the resulting devastation will be incalculable.

As Christians, we have a duty to speak for the unborn. It is time to do away with complacency and exercise our own freedom of choice as Moses outlined to his people in Deuteronomy 30. They had a choice between life and prosperity OR death and adversity. "Love the Lord and walk in His ways… keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments that you may live and multiply". Moses goes on to say, "I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So CHOOSE LIFE, that you may live…"

So how do we ‘choose life’, when no one around us shares our values? What is our responsibility? How do we speak for the unborn? Here is a good start:
1). Education ourselves on the abortion issue. Understand what our officials are doing with pro-life and abortion laws. More importantly, understand what God says in His Word about this issue. Be ready, in season and out of season, to share truth with those whom you discuss this issue.
2). Contact your representatives and politely, but firmly, make your case as to why the Freedom of Choice Act will be a disaster for women, for our country, and for the world.
3). Most importantly, pray with fervency and with regularity for the sponsors of the bill and for President-elect Barack Obama (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Pray for their salvation. Pray for a change of mind and a softening of heart when it comes to preserving the lives of the most helpless among us.

If we continue to remain inactive on this issue, have we not made choice that Moses warned against?
May God be pleased to have our leaders overwhelmingly reject this bill.

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