Abortion

I believe God has mandated me to join the ranks of those on the frontlines who boldly confront the propaganda about abortion. Through the years since my own abortion, God has given me insight into the various deceptions undergirding the pro-abortion argument.

The purpose of this message is not condemnation or judgment—if it were, I’d be the first one condemned. But because I understand the driving force behind abortion, I only seek to neutralize and overcome its vicious attack on women, their unborn children, and the institution dearest to God’s heart—the family.

When a woman becomes pregnant, her role as a mother commences, and as a mother, she will generally protect and nurture her child. It contradicts the very nature of a mother to kill her children; so for a woman to willingly allow harm to come to her child, she has to have taken hold of a lie and regarded it as truth. It is called being tricked, duped, hoodwinked, swindled. And this is what satan has done with countless women--he has tricked us into believing lies which have cost us the lives of our unborn babies.

In the garden of Eden, satan attacked the first woman ever created. Did he try to kill her? Even though John 8:44 says that he was a murderer from the beginning, he did not try to kill her the way we would think. What did he do? Let’s look at Genesis 3:13 and see how Eve described what happened when God questioned her about the sin she and Adam committed:

“ And the Lord God said unto the woman, what is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.”

Webster defines beguile as “to mislead by tricking, etc.; deceive.” Eve was tricked, misled, deceived. Satan lusted after the dominion God had given Adam and Eve here on the earth; so his strategy for stealing their dominion commenced with deceiving Eve. It worked. Eve yielded to his deception and Adam yielded to Eve, and both disobeyed God. This disobedience led to their separation from God; and separation from God equals spiritual death. His plot ultimately murdered them spiritually and opened the door to the natural deterioration (or slow death) of their bodies. Satan then achieved the status as “god of this world.” Deception resulted in death.

The same holds true for abortion. Abortion is murder, and in order for this sort of murder to be carried out, it must be saturated with lies. I am reminded of movie scenes in which characters had to complete difficult or painful tasks, and the only way they could pull it off was to first get drunk. Their judgment had to be impaired and their senses numbed in order to carry out the tasks. I also think about scenes in which men who wanted to have their way with women would try to get them drunk first, so they would drop their guards. This is the enemy’s mode of operation. He intoxicates men and women with self-serving lies to numb them and impair their judgment. Then he commits murder. He murders a woman’s baby, he murders her spirit, he murders her self-esteem, he murders her confidence to parent, her murders her ability to trust, he murders relationships, and the list goes on.

Some of the areas which I address are the truth about:

• A woman’s “right to choose”
• The contradiction of being “pro-woman” and “pro-abortion”
• The short-sightedness of the “back alley” abortion pro-choice argument
   for legalizing abortion
• The impact of abortion on violence
• The impact of abortion on the black community.

While I believe this message will affect people of all races, I pray that it permeates the black community. Black women have had 33% of all abortions. This is quite alarming when you consider that blacks as a whole make up less than 13% of the entire population. One reason for this is blacks believe that those who strongly propose abortion as the best option for their “problem pregnancy” have their best interest at heart. While this certainly is not the case, in 2004, this belief became the impetus for the NAACP, the leading organization in the black community, to formally take a pro-choice stance on abortion. Unbelievable. Meanwhile, the growth of the black population is slowing (we are no longer the largest minority in America), and many black women and their families are hurting. My heart yearns for the black community to open its eyes to the toll abortion is taking on its people, families and influence.

I do not claim to have all the answers for abortion-related issues because no one person does. First Corinthians 13:9 says, “For we know in part and we prophesy in part.” What I have received is only part of the message and ministry God wants to release in this season, and I am faithful in declaring and doing what He’s mandated. However, I am certain God has, is, and will continue to impart and stir in the hearts of others effective means of helping women, not just with abortion issues, but in all areas. Something in our society is amiss when a woman feels the only way to survive is to terminate the life of her child. My prayer is for a “real solution” which truly empowers women . . . not strips them of the essence of their womanhood.

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