Biblical Distinction Between Sin and Crime

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Biblical Distinctions Between Sin and Crime

First, let’s start with definitions. We learn from the Bible, God’s immutable, inerrant and inspired Word, the definition of sin. 1 John 3:4 declares, “Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.” In other words, any thought, belief, or action that violates God’s Holy Commandments is to be considered sin.

In archery terms, sin is missing the mark. If the arrow does not plunge into the bull’s eye, it misses the mark. Romans 3:23 reminds us, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

In a practical sense, sin is the chain that binds men’s souls. Most know what they are doing is wrong and have even suffered for it, but like slaves, they are bound by sin (Romans 6:16). The Apostle Peter described it like a dog that returns to its vomit or a pig to the mire, so fools return to their folly (2 Peter 2:22).

Unrepentant sin can eventually jade our consciences that God granted us to accuse or excuse our behavior (Romans 2:15). Practice sin long enough and one can sear one’s conscience as with a hot iron (1 Timothy 4:2). It will no longer serve God’s design for the human soul. It will malfunction to the point, where people are deceived to believe good is evil and evil, good (Isaiah 5:20). Cases in point, murdering babies in the womb is good and protecting them from harm is bad. Parading our sin like Sodom is good and protecting the God ordained family is bad.

The last stage of a seared conscience is reprobation. Souls that reach that stage become the walking dead. God turns them over to their depravity and their eternal damnation is sealed (Romans 1:24-32). I would adjure all that read this to consider well your ways and avoid this deplorable condition at all cost.

Lastly, the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23). Jesus taught that we all must be born again to enter or see the Kingdom of God (John 3:3-6). Otherwise, the wrath of God abides on us (John 3:36).

The Biblical equation we must all comprehend is born once, die twice. If born only once, mankind will suffer both a physical and spiritual death (Hell). Born twice, however, and people only die a physical death. Our souls will escape the second death (Revelation 20:14). We will be preserved unto eternal life, where the Bible promises no more tears, suffering, pain, or sorrow (Revelation 21:4).

We came into this world dead to God and alive to sin. Once we are saved and transformed by the Holy Spirit, we become alive to God and in the process of sanctification, we become dead to sin (Titus 3:3-7). Thus, it is commanded to all, “Repent and believe the Gospel. The Kingdom of God is at hand” (Mark 1:15).

Crime

Crime is defined as an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law. Not all sins in the Bible are considered crimes by God. Take for instance, the Tenth Commandment, “Thou shall not covet” (Exodus 20:17).

God does consider covetousness a serious matter. It leads to idolatry (Colossians 3:5). How is this possible? We must remember it was Adam and Eve coveting the authority of God to determine good and evil that led to the Fall. This betrayal has inspired mankind to seek to be a law and god unto ourselves to this very day. As rebellious as that might be, God still does not demand this be a crime made punishable by law.

Covetousness reveals the motivation of a sinful, greedy heart. It is an inordinate, avarice desire for your neighbor’s relations, property and goods. Now, if this leads to theft or murder, then the sinful action would be a crime. Greed maybe considered a possible motive, but the theft or murder would be the actual crime that would be charged against the perpetrator. Civil Government was not established to penalize thoughts, but only to punish criminal behavior.

Thomas Jefferson, our third President stated in his letter to the Danbury Baptist of Connecticut:

Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should “make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

When it comes to the thorny issue of abortion in America, most people, including Christians, have a deep misunderstanding of the nature of this act. Those who support this bloody evil, think it neither a sin nor a crime. They think it is “right” to be celebrated and protected by law. Most Christians have not thought through this national evil Biblically, which has brought national calamity. They may think it is a sin, but not necessarily a crime to be punished by law.

In fact, much of the failed strategy of the pro-life movement is based upon “the second victim” mentality. It is one that places the main perpetrator, in most cases, the mother, as a victim along with the child she murders by hiring an abortionist. Biblically, that is an absurd notion and God will not abide it.

We know for sure abortion is a sin due to the fact, it violates the Sixth Commandment, “Thou shall not kill.” The Hebrew word for kill in the sixth commandment is ratsach, which means “to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder:-put to death, kill, (man-)slay(-er), murder(-er).”

“Thou shalt not kill,” in the Hebrew, translates as, “Thou shalt not murder.” The prohibition is against those who with malice and forethought would take the life of another, thereby forfeiting their own. This signifies the degree to which God holds human life sacred.

There are four forms of killing in the Bible that do not violate the Sixth Commandment and God would not deem these killings as acts of murder. Thus, persons involved with these types of killing would escape the penalty for blood guilt. First, capital crimes, especially murder, deserve capital punishment by lawful civil authority. Numbers 35:31 states, “Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.”

Remember, God gave to civil government the “sword” as the symbol of His authority in the civil realm. This symbol is not a piece of chalk to teach our children in public schools, nor a spoon to feed the poor on the government welfare dole. The sword is an instrument of death, a lawful coercive force ordained by God. The sword of government is to be wielded in justice by executing wrath against evildoers and protecting those who are good in God’s sight (Romans 13:1–4).

The other three forms of killings are accidental death, self-defense or justifiable homicide, and lastly, soldiers performing their lawful duty in a just war. None of these forms of killing does God consider crimes of murder punishable by law.

Much of our American jurisprudence concerning the distinction between killing and murder was based upon this Biblical foundation. The more we move away from God as a nation, however, the more these issues get murky. To the point, people who have defended their homes to protect their families from criminals are now being charged with a crime, whereas before, they would be hailed as heroes.

Abortion would also be considered a grave sin by God when we study His dealings with Israel in the Old Testament. Back then, abortion was known as child sacrifice and the shedding of innocent blood. It was so appalling in the eyes of God, He said, “I did not command or speak, nor did it come into My mind (Jeremiah 19:5). What does it mean when the all-knowing God admits this wicked practice never entered his mind?

I promise you that it is not due to the lack of knowledge. This would violate the omniscience of God. No, I believe this cruel act is so foreign to God’s commandments, character, will, and creative order that He refuses to acknowledge it. In other words, this despicable practice is so far off the charts, so beyond the pale, that God will not dignify it with any sense of rationality. For parents to sacrifice their own children in order to obtain a better life is unthinkable in the mind of God.

Abortion as a Sin and not a Crime

If abortion was just a sin and not a crime, there would still be consequences. None of us escape God. We cannot continue to break God’s law with impunity. Eventually, God’s law breaks us. Jesus warned, “And whoever falls on this stone (Speaking of Himself) will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.” What a man sows, he shall surely reap. God is not mocked (Galatians 6:7, 8). We live in a cause and effect universe. Even the secular world touts the notion of Karma.

George Mason, chief architect to our Bill of Rights once stated, “Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, (only individuals) they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects providence punishes national sins, by national calamities.”

America failed justice and our national creed to the right of liberty by legalizing slavery. If the state is not consistent in matters of justice, the penalty does not disappear. It cost our nation a bloody Civil War. The penalty merely shifted from the guilty parties (Slave Owners) to society at large. National sins and crimes, uncontested by justice, bring national calamities.
Once again, our nation has failed justice and our national creed to the right to life. This is the first and most fundamental right that God demands civil government to protect.

Thomas Jefferson stated, “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.”

Though the church and state may fail in their responsibilities to protect the life of the preborn, God cannot deny Himself (Leviticus 20:1–5). The problem is when God deals with unjust atrocities; He typically responds with a heavy hand. Our nation will answer for every drop of innocent blood that has been shed in this holocaust.

Abortion is not just a Sin, but a Crime

The next question to be answered Biblically is, does God consider abortion to move beyond sin status to the realms of criminality. Unequivocally, it is a resounding YES!

God places no distinction between a baby in the womb to a baby outside of the womb. All human beings are made in the image of God. Equal justice under the law is not just sloganeering, but a sacred principle established by God (Exodus 12:49; Luke 4:4). Our nation has failed this sacred principle, but God will never fail. His throne is built upon justice and righteousness that will never waver or falter (Psalms 89:14).

Exodus 21:22-25 teaches:

If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Notice this case law deals with a woman with child being caught up in a fight between men. The unborn child is included as the primary area of concern legally in the fray. If nothing happens to the child in the womb, there still maybe a financial penalty determined by a judge. If harm follows, however, the punishment must fit the nature of the harm, life for life etc.

This passage of Scripture is known as God’s Lex Talionis of crime and punishment. It is the golden rule applied to justice. If the punishment is less than the crime deserves, it inspires society to commit even more evil (Ecclesiastes 8:11). Unless we understand this principle of injustice, we will never comprehend the wretched condition of this next generation. If the punishment is to severe, however, it turns lawful authorities into despots.

The church must be consistent if our prophetic witness is to be considered credible in our blood stained and perverted nation. We cannot make truth claims like abortion is murder and then in the legal realm do not act like people are committing a crime. Our witness rings hollow.

Abortion is not a healthcare issue that can be resolved by legal technicalities. It is a crime. God calls it murder and it must be penalized by law. Otherwise, God’s demand for justice has not been met and our nation will continue to stagger under blood guilt and all its subsequent evils savaging our nation.

#abortionisacrime
#criminalizeabortion
#abolishabortion

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Special Announcement: Warrior Down and Saint has Gone Home.

Miss Pat arrived in South Africa a couple of weeks ago to fulfill her dying wish to pass on the mission field. A lot of you prayed and helped her to get there. We are in your gratitude.

One hour and half ago, Miss Pat crossed the finish line to enter her eternal reward. Her good works follow her, which are many.

Our family just prayed, shed some tears, and shouted some cheers in honor of this precious handmaiden of the Lord. Good night for now sweet sister. We will see you in the morning.

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Manhood Nugget: Be Angry, but Do Not Sin

OK men, listen up:

Here is another prayerful nugget that could possibly help you, if you have the desire to fulfill God’s mandate for Biblical manhood.

We have to deal with our inherent anger issues. The Apostle Paul taught, “Be angry, but do not sin” (Ephesians 4:26). The first part of this passage is a command that we typically have no problem obeying. Apparently, in some way, God wants us to be angry. It is the second part, however, that most men fail.

As in all things godly, we should love what God loves and hate what God hates. This is the key to His precious anointing that we need resting upon our lives in service to Him and others God has entrusted to our care (Hebrews 1:9).

There is such a thing as righteous indignation in God’s economy. The Lord, Himself, expresses this virtue. I believe this is what the Lord desires in His men when the command is given to “Be angry.”

In 1st Corinthians 16:13, 14, the Apostle Paul follows up, “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love.” God is challenging men to be men. To play a man’s part. To fulfill the role of being a man. Here our anger must be guided by faith, strength (God presupposes strength in the male and calls the woman the weaker vessel), and love.

If these other virtues are not there to temper our “anger management” issues, we will sin. And we will typically sin against the very ones who are near and dear to hearts, our own wives and children.

Most men struggle to grow up emotionally. We tend to be little boys in men’s bodies emotionally. When we face the pressures and stresses of our responsibilities, we seem to think we have permission to unload our frustrations upon our families. It maybe our safe place, but not so much for our wives and children. We must exercise self-control. BTW, self control is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22).

God’s Word commands, “Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered” (1 Peter 3:7). Men, if our prayers are not going higher than our ceiling in our rooms, we may want to check how we are treating our wives.

“Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them” Apparently, God knew the great temptation men would face in marriage would be to become bitter against their wives. The Apostle Paul demanded by the authority of the Holy Ghost to “Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice” (Ephesians 4;31).

When it comes to raising our children, God’s Word teaches, “And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4)

How do we take these lofty admonishments to heart and implement them in our lives as men? Good question. It took sometime, but I learned to separate the demands of life, challenging circumstances, and unpleasant situations from impacting my behavior towards my family.

We must not allow the “tyranny of the urgent” to become a robber of God moments that the Lord meant for our enjoyment and contentment in our families. In saying these things, I’m not saying, there is not a time to raise our voices or to become negligent in disciplining our families. But our righteous goal should be tenderness in relationship with our wives and children in this harsh world.

If we have sinned against them by taking out our frustrations upon them, we should go and humble yourself and confess our sin to them. James 5:16 points the way, “Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed.”

A few times in my life, I had to get down on my knees in front of my children to beg their forgiveness for outbursts of anger, which the Apostle Paul declared to be a work of the flesh (Galatians 5:20). My children disobeyed and they needed discipline. What they did not need was me adding sin by taking challenging issues of the battle outside of the home and unloading it upon them. As men, we desperately need to discern this difference.

Being a godly man, husband, and father is not for the faint of heart. It is extremely demanding, if you intend to do it in a God-honoring way. Sometimes, it is necessary to teach our children, not just by word, but by example what it means to be a godly Christian. It is not a man that is perfect, but a man who is blameless as he seeks to love not just by word only, but by deed and truth (1 John 3:18).

What is the take away from this admonishment today as men? We must consciously separate from our families the daily battles that we face and learn not to take out our frustrations upon them. I hope this helps many men, their wives and children in Jesus’ name!

Keep pressing on to the high call and prize saints!

#biblicalmanhood
#chainthebeast
#godlymen

#selfcontrol

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Interview with Apologia Studios

Premiere: On The Sermon That Changed Everything

Watch this moving and emotional interview with Jeff Durbin, Luke Pierson, and Rusty Thomas. In this video, Jeff and Luke talk with Rusty about the sermon and the film that changed everything for them and led to the amazing things you see in our ministry, today. We hope that you get to see this! It is a very powerful and encouraging video that needs to be seen by everyone.

Posted by Apologia Studios on Friday, August 16, 2019

 

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Holy Hatred

I know the word “hate” conjures strong reaction. On the surface, it appears ungodly. Like it is something to avoid, since “God is love.” Yet, the Bible assures us that our compassionate, loving Savior hates with a holy hatred.

In the case of abortion, God hates the hands that shed innocent blood. There are 6 other abominations that He cannot abide. Proverbs 6:16-19 reveals, “These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift in running to evil,
a false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.”

The older I get, I must confess there is a certain hatred that grows deep within my bosom. Though I love God’s creation and agree with Him that “it is very good,” I hate our fallen condition and what this world in rebellion to God and His loving, just rule does to people made in His image.

The stench of sin, sickness, and death fills my nostrils and how I long to be liberated from this body of death. I hurt inside to witness day after day the depravity of man and the onslaught of the Evil One, who has come to kill, steal, and destroy. I find my self weeping over our wretched condition.

Jesus declared, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:26).

Obviously, the Lord is huge on the importance of family in the spreading of His Kingdom, but an important truth must be communicated. If we are to be faithful disciples of our great King, our love for anything or anyone else in this world, including those who are nearest and dearest to our failing hearts, should appear as hate in comparison to our love for God.

As a flawed Christian man, I was never intoxicated about the thoughts of heaven or spent much time day dreaming about it’s glories. I just wanted to be a good soldier of my Lord to advance His Kingdom in the earth, since that it is the only solution that can end the suffering and the inhumanity of man against man.

I must admit recently, I’m starting to turn my eyes and heart heavenward. I’m beginning to long to be with the “Desire of all nations,” our glorious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! I want to behold Him, to hold Him, if possible. I don’t want this separation anymore. I want to be joined to Him forever with the promise of no more tears, no more sorrow, and no more pain.

Till that time, let us commit to love what God loves and hate what He hates. It is the key to his anointing that destroys the yoke and sets the captives free. Keep pressing on saints to the high call and prize in Jesus’ name!

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#holylove
#holyhatred
#longingforhome

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New Documentary Trailer: Babies Are Still Murdered Here

Here’s the trailer for the new documentary film called Babies Are Still Murdered Here. God powerfully used the first film “Babies Are Murdered Here” to help change the narrative when it came to abortion and birthed many Christians and churches into the battle to end the American holocaust.

This was the First Film that was a Game Changer

Please watch, like, and share this new trailer and then the film when it is released to help spread the word! Let us pray that God would place a double portion of His anointing upon this new work to help break the murder of the preborn, covenant of death, and to defeat the culture of death through the Gospel of the Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

World Premiere of the trailer for #BAMH2! How will we end it?Watch the trailer for the film that the Pr# Li*e Movement is sure to hate. Be a part of it. Show someone the trailer. Then join us.

Posted by Apologia Studios on Sunday, August 4, 2019

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New Booklet Now Available

The debut of our new booklet took place in Milwaukee for our national event, Complete the Work. It is now available to release on social media. If you desire a copy or copies, just send me your address.

I do not charge, but donations are welcomed. I pray this work glorifies the Lord and benefits the work to abolish abortion.

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OSA’s National Event Report

Thank you for your prayers. Operation Save America’s national ministry event, “Complete the Work,” was blessed by the Lord on many levels.
The Holy Spirit equipped the saints for the work of ministry, touched lives, saved souls, and spared baby’s lives in Wisconsin. There were ten confirmed baby saves at the Affiliated death camp. A few more were reported at the local Planned Parenthood child sacrifice center.
Thousands of pieces of Gospel, abolition literature was disseminated throughout Milwaukee. Tens of thousands of cars saw Christian abolition posters on several overpasses. Our message, vision, and mission went forth on TV, radio, and printed media. Over 500 Christians throughout America joined the locals to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, abolish abortion, and offer love, hope, and aid to abortion minded women throughout Milwaukee and Madison, WI.
Saturday, July 13th began with a blessing (Matthew 5:10-12). As Christian families from around the nation piled out of vans, quieted their kids, shouted out greetings, and lugged their suitcases into hotels, ready to share the love and truth of Christ and abolish abortion, “social justice warriors” arrived to “welcome” them to Milwaukee.
Drag Queen Story Hour, feminist Burlesque dancers (strippers), ‘The Daily Show’ co-creator Lizz Winstead, stand-up comedian and “The Young Turks” regular Aida Rodriguez, Al Jazeera Media correspondent Francesca Fiorentini, transgender comedian Jaye McBride, the National Organization for Women, Madison Abortion Defense, Democrat Socialists for America, Indivisible Madison, Showing Up For Racial Justice Milwaukee, One Wisconsin Now, Abortion Access Front, Women’s Medical Fund, Planned Parenthood, witches, feminists, immigration activists, and homosexual activists all converged on Milwaukee to put “out the anti-abortion, racist, homophobic [OSA] #garbagefyre.”
 Billboard From Hades 
Abortion Access Front held a traveling shock fest, Garbage Fyre Festival, designed to disrupt OSA’s weeklong ministry outreach. Wherever Christian families showed up to minister, feminists in bright colored vagina costumes handed out abortifacient pills from black cauldrons, cast spells and blew incense into the face of our children. They wrote out spells in black on the sidewalk were we worshipped; and carried a large white cross dressed as a female “Christ.”
AAF spent tens of thousands of dollars on Google ads, Milwaukee billboards, and giant orange inflatables that looked like garbage pails. They even slandered Christian ministers Pastor Matt Trewhella, Rev. Flip Benham, and Rev. Rusty Thomas as “America’s top influencers in misogyny, homophobia, and anti-choice extremism” because they preach from the Bible.
Pro-aborts Promoting our Message at State Capital in Madison WI. Truth is hate to those who hate the truth!
 
The “intersectional” progressives saw no irony in their targeted abuse of Christians. The posted a meme of a Christian cross and anti-abortion signs BURNING, an effigy of OSA Christians.
Undeterred, Christians blessed those who reviled them and focused on the ministry needs of the cities. The opening session at Zoofari Conference Center in Milwaukee, began with an evening rally and an address from Oklahoma State Senator, Joseph Silk.
Senator Joseph Silk from Oklahoma Addressing our National Event. We met with 3 local legislators in Wisconsin to discuss a bill of abolition right before this rally. Pray!
Senator Silk was the first government official in the history of the United States to introduce a bill of total abolition. We were honored to learn from him and are excited to apply his political wisdom. Operation Save America, National Director, Rev. Rusty Thomas, then set the theme of the week, “Complete the Work.” He gave a powerful sermon from the story of Nehemiah. He admonished the audience to rebuild our broken moral walls and repair the spiritual burned gates of our nation.
Sunday, July 14th, was a special day of corporate worship and national repentance. In the morning, OSA families attended over twenty local churches. They worshiped, fellowshipped with brothers and sisters, spoke with pastors, and handed them a packet of vital resources. The church packet gave a “Macedonian Call” to repent with us and join the movement to abolish abortion in their city and state.
That evening OSA hosted its annual “Solemn Assembly,” a time of self-examination and corporate repentance. Pastor Ante Pavkovic led the service. Pastor Ante, OSA West Coast regional leader, David Graves, and evangelist and OSA Florida leader, Frank Campana spoke on personal, church, and national sins.
Tears and confessions filled the packed-out conference center. God convicted us, pruned us, and sanctified us to minister as faithful ambassadors of Christ. Before we remove the speck from other people’s eyes, it was critical to first remove the plank from our own.
Display Team Setting Up to Minister in Downtown Milwaukee
Monday, July 15th began early. The downtown ministry teams arrived to engage the culture with the hope of Christ. Pastor Dale Sochia set up a powerful display that relates historical atrocities to the abortion holocaust of our day. Christians handed out Gospel tracts, street preached on a sound system, and had many engaging dialogues as people passed by.
Frank Campana and Pastor Ante led ministry outreaches at Planned Parenthood and Affiliated Medical Services abortion mills. OSA Administrative Director and police liaison, Chet Gallagher, and his team set up a prayer tent outside of Affiliated. They spent hours repenting for the sin of abortion, praying for the lost, and our beleaguered nation. They undergirded all our activities with powerful intercession. Reformers and revivalists of old used this prayer model to prepare the way of the Lord to touch and change cities in times past. God knows we desperately need it today.
Cal Zastrow’s “Revival, Mission, and Holiness Team” traveling team ministered in Chicago, headed up the overpass teams, and visited key locations throughout Wisconsin to challenge not only the culture of death, but the political machines that enable the holocaust.
True to our stated vision to invest in the next generation, 125 students took part in the Monday’s opening training session. The class was interactive and humorous. Students acted out pro and con arguments, learned apologetics, a Biblical worldview and practiced effective evangelism.
OSA Assistant Director and evangelist Jason Storms challenged the youth to actively pursue righteousness. Jason gave the example of famous athletes. He reminded the youth to pursue Jesus and to lay aside foolish pursuits. “What you pursue matters…are you willing to take on the yoke of discipleship Jesus offers?” Then he gave the example of famous athletes. An athlete spends thousands of hours studying film, training, adhering to a strict dietary regiment. They apply what they have learned to become the best. He roused the students to study, train, and practice Christ’s teachings and apply Christ’s instructions to become the best Christian they can be for God’s glory.
Following Jason’s presentation, John Michener with Oklahomans United for Life taught apologetics. Michener quoted Colossians 4:5-6, “Walk in wisdom toward outsiders making the best use of time. Let your speech alway be seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to know how you ought to answer each man.”
Students received a workbook and watched a video on reasonable faith. At its conclusion, Michener had everyone stand up, close their eyes, and use a finger to point to true north. When the students opened their eyes, fingers pointed in every direction. Michener pulled out a compass. Without God’s absolute truth, without a moral compass, it is impossible to know “true north.”
Then John taught the “Trot out the Toddler.” This technique exposed pro-abortion inconsistencies when they seek to debate abortion. 1. First Agree. Try to find common ground to begin debate. 2. Apply the person’s argument to a two-year-old. 3. Ask why. “Why can’t she kill a two-year-old? 4. Aha moment. The issue isn’t [fill in the blank] but whether we can kill innocent human beings. If the preborn are human beings, then shouldn’t we protect them just like we protect two-year-olds?
Following lunch at Grace Community Church, OSA ministry teams headed to Cathedral Square Park for the first leg of the afternoon historical tours. At the historic Cathedral Square Park, Pastor Matt Trewhella taught about the Fugitive Slave Act and how Wisconsin defied the federal government to defend the rights of Joshua Glover, a runaway slave.
The news media showed up to watch us give a concise delivery of the message of abolition and interposition. Afterwards, OSA marched throughout the city and proclaimed the gospel to countless passerby’s and drivers. We ended the history tour with bold prayer and worship.
That evening the OSA youth worship band ushered us into the presence of the Lord. Levi and David Sochia performed the offertory song. Afterwards, John Michener addressed the large gathering. Bo Hornick, Valiant Thomas, Josiah Thomas with OSA’s youth outreach, shared the “Answer the Call” mission. They finished out the rally with a passionate invitation to those under twenty-four to “answer the call” and rise up abolish abortion in their lifetime.
During the testimonies that evening, Anne Franczek said that when she arrived at Planned Parenthood at 12:00 PM a couple came out. They told her they were keeping their baby! She said there was also another save earlier in the morning. In addition, Frank Campana spoke to a woman. Anne prayed for the woman and gave the woman her phone number for support. The woman said she would call.
John Michener Training the Youth to Complete the Work
Tuesday July 16th brought more of the same. The youth loved the 9:00-12 PM youth training session with brother John Michener. Students discussed the hard topics- ectopic pregnancies, the case of rape, and life of the mother scenarios. John explained how to answer “bodily rights” or “My Body My Choice” abortion arguments. He reminded the students not to be sidetracked by “straw man” arguments. Instead, argue from the actual position.
In the case of bodily rights arguments, abortion supporters argue from a “sovereign zone” or “right to refuse.” Responding to a Sovereign Zone Argument means ask a clarifying question (Do you mean the preborn are literally part of the woman’s body?). Then ask a question to challenge the sovereign zone (If you believe pregnant woman has a right to do anything with her body, do you think it should be legal to for her to use hard drugs that will cause birth defects?”)
During ministry times that day on the streets, OSA worship band member Anna said, “A young lady, Megan, 6 months pregnant, took some literature.” Terry and his wife, Rory, prayed as Anna “spoke to the lady.” Anna asked the young lady, if she was a Christian and she said she was non-practicing Catholic. According to Anna, “I shared some contradictions with Catholicism according to the Scriptures.”
She asked me what she needed to do to be saved. I asked her if she wanted to put her faith and trust in Jesus. She said she did and asked me to help her. So, I did. I then guided her to the Holy Bible. She said she is going to get a Bible this afternoon and she is going to download the Bible app as well. Praise God! Our presence outside mills and in the streets DOES make a difference!”
This ministry is not just about saving lives, but souls. There is nothing more wonderful than when we see souls transformed and brought into the kingdom of God!
Downtown at the giant Abortion Holocaust display, abortion supporters with the Garbage Fyre Festival tried to disrupt the team’s evangelism. Pastor Joseph Spurgeon read from Proverbs 31 to the die hard feminists until the group disbanded. God’s Word is sharper than a two-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12).
After lunch, OSA showed a video on the history of the Rescue movement in Milwaukee. It was a part of the nationwide movement to rescue preborn babies through peaceful sit-ins outside of abortion mills. 80,000 Christians with OSA (formerly known as Operation Rescue National) were arrested during the Rescue movement.
This made saving preborn babies the largest non-violent civil-disobedience (really, biblical obedience) movement in American history. By way of comparison, 15,000 people were arrested during the Civil Rights Movement. Following the documentary, rescuers from late 1980’s shared testimonies and humorous anecdotes. The young people were captivated by their incredible stories.
Following the history lesson, OSA sent out fourteen teams to the busiest overpasses in the city. Thousands of cars passed beneath large signs and banners proclaiming the humanity of the preborn and the call to ignore Roe vs. Wade, establish justice, and abolish all abortion now. Courts cannot make law!
Tuesday night’s rally session was replaced with a time of food and fellowship at a local park. Five hundred Christians from across the nation shared picnic benches and munched on watermelon, chips, and hearty submarine sandwiches bought by a generous church benefactor.
Wednesday morning brought more ministry throughout Milwaukee. At the prayer tent set up near Affiliated, Charity ministered to a homeless man. The man understood the Gospel but was broken in his spirit. The Lord prompted Charity to ask about his three brothers. He answered that he had three brothers but that one died from an overdose. He felt responsible for his death. The Lord also showed Charity to ask the man about his dog. He broke down and said he no longer had his dog because he was homeless. After sharing his sorrows and being broken before the Lord, he was able to receive ministry.
At Planned Parenthood, one of our ladies, Barbara, had an opportunity to speak to a woman five months pregnant. A car stopped in the driveway to take the literature Barbara offered. The woman eventually left the mill and stopped in the driveway again. The police allowed the car to remain in the driveway for 20 minutes as Barbara applied the evangelism techniques taught by a John Michener. The woman revealed that she is 5 months pregnant. When the two finished speaking, Barbara shared her contact information for follow up help.
Part three of the youth training was entitled Time for Justice. John Michener showed a PowerPoint outlining the differences between “Legal Lies” and “Legal Truth.” In way of example, legal lies include the beliefs that “abortion is constitutional” and that “court opinion determines what is lawful.” In reality, “abortion is unconstitutional” and the Constitution determines what is lawful.” John also shared a PowerPoint on “Strategic Lies” and “Strategic Truth.” Some of these lies include, “we must elect a pro-life president” and “pro-life judges will overturn Roe vs. Wade.” The truth is “abortion has continued under every president and pro-life judges have maintained the status quo.”
After a lunch of Milwaukee brats and sauerkraut, people gathered in the auditorium to hear Rev. Rusty Thomas explain the biblical basis for Rescue and the supernatural miracles that took place as God’s people crossed the line of obedience. Concentration camp survivor and Rescuer, Eva Edl, shared her testimony of survival. She explained it was her suffering and faith in Christ that compelled her to rescue. She had wanted Christians to rescue her when she was a child. Rescue meant she could do for others what she had wished others had done for her in her time of suffering (Matthew 7:12).
After lunch, an OSA “literature drop” team visited the voting district of Wisconsin Speaker of the House Robin Vos. His constituents learned that, despite his campaign promises, the Speaker was undermining every attempt to abolish abortion in Wisconsin.
Washington State Representative Matt Shea spoke during the Wednesday evening rally. He encouraged Christians not to give up on the work of abolition but to stay on the spiritual and political offense. He encouraged the youth to rise up, take on the responsibility of the ministry, and refuse to cower in the face of pressure and discouragement.
Later that night, a young lady named Mariah ministered outside a strip club with other seasoned OSA saints. This was Mariah’s first time ministering with OSA. It changed her life. She met another evangelist talking to a woman who supported abortion. Mariah joined the conversation and shared her own abortion experience. She ministered to the woman from the Word and presented the Gospel of the Kingdom. The woman was touched and wanted a Bible.
Thursday morning brought more ministry outside Planned Parenthood and Affiliated. The youth had a powerful time of prayer and worship outside the front door of Affiliated. The presence of children of all ages, praying and praising, shared OSA’s message better than any sign.
Thursday afternoon, teams converged at the State Capitol in Madison for a time of worship, street ministry, and lobbying. As our worship service was held outside, others entered the Capitol building and lobbied senators and representatives to abolish abortion in Wisconsin. They heard the cry for justice. We pray that they respond with justice and #CompleteTheWork.
Outside the Capitol, people held signs at intersections and offered tracts to folks passing by. At the East entrance, a sound system, worship band, and patch of sidewalk created a venue for our outdoor worship service. Pastor Ante led people in a time of repentance, intercession for Milwaukee, and for our broken, wounded nation. Families knelt in prayer on the sidewalk and on the grassy knoll.
Sadly, people with the Garbage Fyre Festival interrupted OSA’s outdoor worship service by placing their costumed bodies in a “human wall,” blocking families from the pastors and worship band leading the service. Others shouted and chanted to prohibit the practice of our faith. Still others surrounded families who knelt on the grass and mocked CHILDREN as they prayed.
Others twerked in the faces of those worshiping God. A feminist, dressed as a crucified “Christ” with ovaries, dragged a large wooden cross to where Christians knelt in prayer. Written on the cross were the words, “Save Abortion.” The feminist placed the cross above the bowed heads of the Christians as though they were praying to “abortion.” Other feminists joined the religious bigotry by kneeling at the fake cross and mocking the Christians as they prayed to Jesus.
Jesus shined through the darkness. The enemies of God came out to mock God and oppose life. Christian families didn’t cower or back down, but proclaimed the Lordship of Christ and prayed for the lost souls to be reconciled to God.
Thursday night, Chet Gallagher and Cal Zastrow spoke on the doctrines of Interposition and the Lesser Magistrate. Chet shared his incredible testimony of being the first police officer to Rescue, while Cal delivered a passionate plea to pick up our cross, deny ourselves, and follow hard after Jesus.
Friday morning clinic and downtown teams set up. Before lunch, the final youth session concluded with a powerful teaching by a political expert. His tremendous political insights in “How to Win Political Fights” inspired the youth to engage on the political level.
Following lunch, OSA learned Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers declared a state of emergency for the city of Madison. An accidental explosion that a witness called a “minor apocalypse” happened a ½ mile from the Capitol, followed by another at a substation. The Madison Gas and Electric fire, according to eyewitnesses and news reports, caused a “giant, humongous ball of orange” with flames that shot 150 feet in the air, sent large black clouds of smoke into the sky over downtown Madison. 11,600 homes were left without power. No AC, no internet, no refrigeration. Police shut down roads in a two-block radius around both explosions. The Wisconsin National Guard was activated. The state Capitol, the Courthouse, and state agencies were shut down. American Transmission Company, the owner of the electric equipment that exploded, had identified a problem with a component of its equipment a week before the explosion.
Fire Near Capital
This fire happened the day after OSA had a Mount Carmel experience with the false prophets of Baal and Moloch at the State Capital. We did not think it was a coincidence, so we sent out a press release called, “We Serve a God who Answers by Fire!”
OSA’s last evening rally at the Zoofari Conference Center concluded with Assistant Director of OSA, Jason Storms giving the preliminary speech and David presenting the main topic on humility. The ministry event began with a time of repentance (Solemn Assembly) and ended with a sermon on humility. Sandwiched between the two much godly action took place that was blessed by the Lord.
David reminded the audience, “True humility is unconscious of itself. Both pride and humility do not want to be seen, but for different reasons. Humility is a proper estimation of who you are in regard to who God is and what He has done. We are not valuable. We are valued. Humility is the revealed heart of God in Christ Jesus. Humility is winning the battle in ourselves, so we can win the battle outside ourselves, so we can lead others into the battle.”
OSA’s 2019 National Event, “Complete the Work,” ended strong Saturday. Christians gathered outside of Affiliated death camp in Milwaukee for “Word in Warfare.” It was an anointed time of proclaiming the Word of God from the book of Psalms. God’s people stood shoulder to shoulder as they prayed for God to close the mill, abolish abortion and Complete the Work in Jesus’ name!
Next stop:
Thank you for your love, prayers, and support as we press on to advance God’s Kingdom, abolish abortion, and end the American holocaust.
IN KING JESUS’ SERVICE,
Rusty
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We Serve a God Who Answers By Fire

The pro-aborts came to Milwaukee with their Garbage Frye Festival to burn the garbage, which they perceive as OSA and the little ones made in His image. God saw fit to start a fire of His own that has devastated the Wisconsin state government.
Press Release from Operation Save America regarding fire in Madison, Wisconsin:

We Serve a God Who Answers By Fire

 

Reminiscent of the days of Elijah and the false prophets of Baal, Operation Save America and the pro-abort group Garbage Fyre Festival squared off at the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin yesterday, Thursday, July 18th. Madison became the Mount Carmel showdown between good and evil in our day.
Operation Save America provided a 3 fold witness to the Wisconsin state government officials that reside in Madison. First, there was a paid ad in the Capital Times that contained an Open Letter to the Magistrates and Citizens of Wisconsin. This ad called upon them to rise up and break the covenant of death established by Roe vs. Wade that has produced a culture of death savaging our nation.
Second, there was a team established outside the Capital to bear witness to the truth. Signs, literature and the preaching of God’s word went forth, while the Garbage Fyre Festival mocked Christ with vile blasphemies. Third, a lobbying team went to each Wisconsin legislator to remind them of their duty to protect life and stop the shedding of innocent blood defiling and polluting our land.
Is it a coincidence that the day after this prophetic rebuke was delivered to Wisconsin government for sanctioning the murder of innocent babies who are made in the image of God that Madison today declared a state of emergency? Is it mere chance that the very spot of the fire and outage struck at the seat of Wisconsin government, while the rest of the city retained power? Is it happenstance this city is on fire? We, at Operation Save America, think not. We believe there is a direct connection between what happened yesterday and what has taken place today. It is time for others to connect the dots as well.
Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear (Mark 8:18)?
God’s Word warns that the rebellious will dwell in a dry land (Psalm 68:6). Abortion and parading our sin like Sodom means the burning out of man. It means our civilization is nearing the end, lest we repent. The fire in Madison maybe the beginning of woes to afflict our blood stained and perverted land.
Wisconsin magistrates need to tremble before the Lord and do what is right in His sight (Psalm 2:10-12).
We must repent of our national sins, which have brought national calamity upon us. Chief among them are child sacrifice (Abortion) and homosexuality. The church and state may fail to address and defeat these evils, but God cannot deny Himself. Our God is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29).
For more information or interviews contact:
Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas, National Director, Operation Save America
www.OperationSaveAmerica.org
Pastor Matt Trewhella
www.DefyTyrants.com
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Social Justice Warriors Protest OSA

God said, “All they that hate me love death” (Proverbs 8:36b).

The lovers of death are coming.

What do Drag Queen Story Hour, feminist Burlesque dancers (strippers), ‘The Daily Show’ co-creator Lizz Winstead, stand-up comedian and “The Young Turks” regular Aida Rodriguez, Al Jazeera Media correspondent Francesca Fiorentini, transgender comedian Jaye McBride, the National Organization for Women, Madison Abortion Defense, Democrat Socialists for America, Indivisible Madison, Showing Up For Racial Justice Milwaukee, One Wisconsin Now, Abortion Access Front, Women’s Medical Fund, Planned Parenthood, witches, feminists, immigration activists, and homosexual activists have in common?

They’re all planning to protest OSA.

Abortion Access Front is hosting the protest called, “Garbage Fyre Festival.” “Only you can put out [Milwaukee OSA] Garbage Fyres.”

According to organizer Lizz Winstead, the protest is an “intersectional fight.” AAF has ginned up its progressive base. Social justice warriors are arriving NOW.

GFF has spent tens of thousands of dollars on Google ads and Milwaukee billboards. Expect feminists in vagina costumes, transgenders in costume, and giant inflatable garbage pails (No. We’re not kidding).

According to AAF and progressive reporters, OSA is the most influential hate group in America today. OSA is a “Hate fest” “invading Milwaukee” with “vile imagery,” “chants of intolerance” and “target houses of worship” and “relentlessly accost people.”

Winstead tweeted, “Operation Rescue/Operation Save America, the national organization behind…acts of violence are bringing hundreds of their followers to Wisconsin.”

According to the Capital Times, “Abortion Access Front founder and ‘The Daily Show’ co-creator Lizz Winstead believes a visit from Operation Save America should spark the same outrage as a visit from white supremacists would. ‘When it comes down to people who are trying to literally destroy the reproductive rights of half of the population, where are people taking to the streets?’ she said.”

AFF slandered Christian ministers Pastor Matt Trewhella, Rev. Flip Benham, and Rev. Rusty Thomas as “Hateliners.” Meme after meme refers to them as “America’s top influencers in misogyny, homophobia, and anti-choice extremism” simply because they preach from the Bible.

The “intersectional” progressives see no irony in their mass intolerance of Christianity. In fact, GFF made a drinking game out of abortion. A meme on Instagram and Facebook says, “Drink every time [Rev. Thomas] says the word holocaust” for abortion.

A GFF’s post was a “burning man” effigy of OSA. The image was of a Christian cross and anti-abortion signs BURNING.

A burning cross? And Christians with OSA are the intolerant “white supremacists?”

GFF refers to themselves as “[OSA] Garbage Fyre Fighters.”

A GFF Tweet reads, “One week until we’re in #Milwaukee putting out the anti-abortion, racist, homophobic #garbagefyre, and we want YOU to join us.” A GFF post reads, “Put out the garbage Fyre.”

Winstead said her protest is designed to raise abortion funds and help abortion groups “build their own army.”

As Christian families from around the nation pile out of vans, quiet their kids, and lug their suitcases into hotels, ready to share the love of Christ and abolish abortion, social justice warriors are arriving to “welcome” them to Milwaukee.

~ Message from Rev. Rusty Thomas, National Director~

“To those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, OSA’s national event, Complete the Work, just became ground zero in the battle to end the American holocaust. We pray the Lord records His name here, and by the power of His Holy Spirit, bid His people to come. Is there not a cause? (1 Samuel 17:29)”

#AbolishAbortion

#CompleteTheWork

#OSA

OperationSaveAmerica.org

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