Our Christian Mandate to End the Murder of the Innocent

Our Christian Mandate to End the Murder of the Innocent

By: Flip Benham

We in the Church of Jesus Christ have comforted ourselves with the foolish belief that, because we disagree with child killing in a nation that has killed more than 40 million children, God's hand of judgment will be stayed. We have the vain hope that God will somehow overlook the shedding of innocent blood if we work hard to elect a new President to fix the problem. God, however, is not mocked. He will not overlook the shedding of innocent blood - not one drop!

No matter who the President of the United States of America is, if there is not a national repentance for shedding the innocent blood of over 40 million children, there remains only the fearful judgments and Judgment of God. Many of His judgments are already physically manifesting themselves in our streets, as murder has become the solution for almost every problem. Aborting the young, euthanizing the old, and murdering anyone in between, "Violence has grown into a rod to punish wickedness…." Ezekiel 7:11. This is God's judgment upon a nation that has turned its back to Him.

"… Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you." Ezekiel 35:6

The blood of Abel cries to the Lord for vengeance. The blood of the babies cries to the Lord for vengeance. If we get what we deserve as a nation, we are dead. The blood of Christ, however, cries to the Lord for forgiveness. Our one and only hope as a nation is that we cry out to God to forgive us for the horrendous sin of child killing. We must repent and tear down the altars where children die, and plead the blood of forgiveness. What presidential candidate will lead us here?

There can never be national repentance until there is first repentance in the Church of Jesus Christ. We evangelicals have been busy pointing our crooked little fingers at everybody else - the wicked abortionist, Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court, et al. - but we have failed to point our finger in the right direction. It is us - God's church. That's right! How can we call a nation to repentance while overlooking our own sin - our silence and cover-up of the shedding of innocent blood?

All of our hard work to elect a new President will not atone for our sin against God and His children. The President cannot possibly make up for our years of silence and cover-up. How can we expect righteousness to reign at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue if it does not first reign in the Church of Jesus Christ? If the election this November and its chaotic aftermath have shown us anything, it is the need for God to hear our prayer, forgive our sin, and bring healing to our land. God's people are the only ones who can bring this about. 2 Chronicles 7:14.