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Jeremiah Reveals the Hatred of the Seed of the Serpent

‘Just forgive’: Pro-life teen with cancer responds to pro-choice hate

By Carole Novielli |   , 08:29am

Image: Pro-life teen Jeremiah Thomas (Image credit: OSA)

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Jeremiah Thomas is 16, pro-life, and is currently battling cancer. And he is receiving scores of hate messages after he dared to call for the abolition of abortion in Texas as his final wish. Shortly after Live Action News featured Jeremiah’s story, including a video of his phone call to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, he began receiving hate messages from abortion supporters.

Jeremiah told Live Action News, “My wish was to meet with Gov. Gregg Abbott and discuss abolition…. I was just trying to talk to a person in power to persuade him. 60 million babies have been murdered. One-third of my generation…. All I wanted was for abortion to be abolished and preborn babies to be given the same rights all humans deserve.”

But then the hate began. And it is ugly.

Jeremiah’s parents, Rusty and Kendra Thomas, are pro-life activists, and they are accustomed to receiving a certain amount of vitriol. But, as parents of a sick teen, the fact that this hate is directed at Jeremiah has been particularly upsetting.

“How would you feel if someone wished your child dead? Or laughed at his suffering? Or called him ugly as he recovered from the effects of chemo and radiation?” Kendra posted recently. “How would you feel if an army of abortion supporters… flooded your child’s social media account to cyberbully him AS HE DIED?”

Kendra continued, “A meme of someone ‘pulling the plug’ on Jeremiah. A cartoon of him dying in bed. Accusations that he wanted ‘children to be abused and women to die,’ ‘international genocide’ and ‘the legal right to rape everyone.’ Threats of bodily harm.”

Image: Abortion supporters bully kid with cancer because he is pro-life

Abortion supporters bully teen with cancer because he is pro-life

Jeremiah told Live Action News, “Its kind of sickening. I pray for them…What has happened to people to make them think like that?”

Image: Abortion Tweet hates on dying pro-life teen (Image credit: Twitter)

Abortion Tweet hates on dying pro-life teen (Image credit: Twitter)

“I get more offended when they talk about my family. Most of them were personally towards me, some were towards my parents… that I was brainwashed as a kid,” he added. “No matter how far of a pit you are in, God still died on the cross for them and He still loves them.”

Image: Twitter blocks man for bullying prolife teen 2

Twitter blocks man for bullying pro-life teen

 

pro-life teen harassed while fighting cancer

Hate against Jeremiah (Image credit: Twitter)

 

pro-life teen harassed while fighting cancer

Most, but not all, of the comments have been hate-filled.

A rare comment of kindness came from the pro-abortion side, which read, “don’t agree with his view on abortion but i pray for his recovery. he deserves to live healthy.”

Image: Nice comment to dying teen who is prolife Twitter

Nice comment to dying teen who is pro-life (Image credit: Twitter)

Jeremiah’s dad called this another opportunity to show the world what Christianity looks like. “We have this opportunity to bless those who curse us…. I want you to know Jeremiah’s spirits are doing well…. He is responding as a godly young man. We couldn’t be prouder of him.”

Image: Pro-life teen Jeremiah Thomas types letter to his generation

Pro-life teen Jeremiah Thomas types letter to his generation

Jeremiah has a solid conviction about abortion and its impact on his generation. He wrote a letter to his generation, which reads in part:

We have been handed a bill of goods that has completely destroyed us. In our nation, we have chosen death and received the curse…. How bad does it have to get in order for our generation to wake up and realize that we are a long way from home?

My call to you today is to come back to the Father. Leave behind the darkness, deception and despair…. It’s time to wake up and stand against the evil in our day. There’s a battle to fight and souls to save….

“After Jeremiah announced his wish was to abolish abortion, abortion supporters were quick to wish for his death,” his mother said. “After his letter to his generation decrying a culture of death, his generation clamored for his immediate death.”

Image: Kendra and Jeremiah Thomas

Kendra and Jeremiah Thomas

But, Kendra says, “Jesus has given him a special grace to forgive. He tells his siblings, ‘Just forgive. We can’t return evil for evil.’”

Jeremiah told Live Action News that “the most awesome thing for me to see is the response from young people,” to his call. “I get hit up from kids from all states saying they are going out to the abortion clinics, acting like a Christian and loving their neighbors…. I’ve been texting a lot of kids on social media… it’s super awesome.”

Image: Pro-life teen Jeremiah ThomasPro-life teen Jeremiah Thomas

“I could never describe how thankful I am for the prayers and fundraisers to pay for my medial bills,” Jeremiah pointed out. “All over the world, people tell me… how their lives were changed.”

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Interview with Texas Homeschool Magazine

A home-school magazine in Texas, Texas Home School Coalition Home Educator Quarterly, has reached out to us about our family, ministry, and the plight of Jeremiah. Prayerfully, it will give us the opportunity to challenge and inspire home schoolers to not just protect their children against evil, but to go on the offense to defeat evil savaging our nation.
 
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:
 
Question: Please tell us a little about your family.
 
Answer: When I got married to my first wife, Liz, I did not have God’s perspective on the importance of marriage, family, and children. As far as my theology carried me, it was marry or burn. Even though I was a Christian man in full time ministry and thought I was spiritual giant, marriage provided a major reality check. I had a lot of growing up to do in short order.
 
A year after we were married, God began breaking our hearts about the plight of the preborn and the Covenant of death our nation made fueling the American holocaust (Roe vs. Wade). It was there are hearts became convicted about the preciousness of children. As we began to study God’s Word, our worldview dramatically shifted.
 
We began to realize, even as Christians we also had adopted an anti-child mentality. Even though God called them blessings, gifts, and rewards, we were not buying what God was selling. It finally dawned on us how did we expect to defeat the Evil One who was lying and murdering the innocent, when we ourselves were marching to the same spirit of the age as the world. Sadly, we also became keenly aware that the majority of the church had similar views. They clamored for God’s blessings but believed they could do without the blessing of children.
 
In the Old Testament, if a woman was barren that was considered a curse, but a fruitful womb was blessed. Today, most believe quite the opposite. The barren womb is now blessed and a fruitful womb the curse. We repented of that novel idea. Afterwards, God turned on the switch of life and then broke it. We had ten children right in a row, five sons and five daughters.
 
On August 3rd, 2005, my first bride, Liz, went home to be with the Lord. She was 38 years old. Yet, she accomplished more in those years than most could accomplish in 3 lifetimes. Her heritage remains and continues to grow as our family presses on to the high call and prize.
 
To wake up a widower with 10 children to rear on the frontlines of the battle was a punch in the gut that almost knocked the life out of me. Life did not take a vacation because Liz died. The demands of our family increased, and less help was available. There was hardly any time to grieve as some of my children were still babies. Though I tried desperately to get in contact with my feminine side, to everyone’s shock, Daddy was not Mommy. Though I could possibly have remained single for the rest of my days, it was not good for my children to be without a mother.
 
It was there and then that I learned it is doubtless that God can greatly use a man that He has not deeply hurt. In fact, this poem by Barry McGuire became my faithful companion. McGuire wrote, “I walked a mile with pleasure and she chattered all the way. But there was nothing I learned from pleasure when we walked along the way. I walked a mile with sorrow and nothing did sorrow say, but O the things I learned, when I walked with sorrow along the way.”
 
My life was plowed to its core. Thankfully, I had enough spiritual maturity to not shake my fists at the heavens and get mad at God. I had learned it was vain to ask why. We prayed for her healing and He answered. The answer was not what we wanted. He said no. My first wife, as all our family, belongs to the Lord and He took her home to be with Him. Ultimately, she is far more His bride than she was ever mine.
 
One year later after Liz passed, God raised up another beautiful woman, Kendra, to take me on with 10 children. God truly brought beauty from ashes (Isaiah 61:3). She stepped in and God used her mightily to nurture our family back to health. She had twin daughters and that made twelve children. One year later, Kendra and I had our own daughter, Jubilee. We had her when I turned 50, so the name was appropriate. Altogether, we now have thirteen children.
We have 6 children that are married, and the grandkids are multiplying. Seven of our children have been shot out from the bow of family and church and we still have six at home to raise in the fear and admonishment of the Lord.
Question: Please provide a short description of your ministry, including the ways the Lord has been able to use Jeremiah as an active participant recently.
 
Answer: Here is our vision statement:
 
Operation Save America unashamedly takes up the cause of preborn children in the name of Jesus Christ. We employ only biblical principles. The Bible is our foundation; the Cross of Christ is our strategy; the repentance of the Church of Jesus Christ is our ultimate goal. As the Church changes its heart toward preborn children, God Himself will hear from heaven, forgive our sin, and bring healing to our land. We believe that Jesus Christ is the only answer to the abortion holocaust. It is upon our active repentance in the streets of our cities that the Gospel is visibly lived out. We become to the church, to our city, and to our nation living parables which rightly represent God’s heart toward His helpless children.
 
Our ministry leads the church to the exposed areas and the sin centers where the Evil One kills, steals and destroys to lift high the name of Jesus and minister the Gospel of the Kingdom. We storm the gates of hell, knowing they will not prevail against the obedient church of the living God.
 
Question: How has homeschooling shaped your family life and enabled your family to do the things that are important to you?
 
Answer: When God changed our hearts about children, we knew our duty was to home school. From the very beginning we loved, cared, trained, instructed, disciplined, and taught our children at home. Every subject we taught was directly connected to God’s word to root and ground our children in a Biblical worldview.
 
For us, homeschool was not just a viable education option or issue. We also knew from God’s word, it was a jurisdictional issue as well. There is no where in God’s Word where He ordained the state to teach children. And though the church can be a supplement, it is family government that is the primary sphere most responsible when it comes to the education of our offspring (Deuteronomy 6:1-9, 32:46, 47).
 
What we discovered is if you do things God’s way, you get God’s results. This Biblical model of education not only allowed our family to grow and learn together, but it provided a wonderful opportunity to disciple and mentor our children at the gates of hell. We took field trips to abortion mills and other sin centers to minister the Gospel. Our children saw first hand the destructiveness of sin and the glory of God’s redemption. Homeschool allowed our children to go on the offense against evil, instead of always being on defense getting picked off by the spirit of the age.
 
If there is one truth, we could leave other homeschoolers in regards to the previous statements, you can homeschool unto isolation or you can homeschool unto Kingdom impact. Choose the latter.
 
Question: How are your life purposes–ministry, family, etc.–affected by challenging times, such as your family faces now? Phrased a little differently, we often think that challenges and opposition hinder what we’re trying to accomplish with and for the Lord, but I suspect that challenges and even opposition are no surprise to Him and may, in fact, be tools He uses to magnify our work for His glory. Could you speak to that?
 
Answer: When it comes to the plight of our dear son, Jeremiah, we have termed it, “The painful gift.” Our family has taken a roller coaster ride filled with great challenges, mourning, grief, deep sadness, and yet times of great rejoicing.
 
True to His Word, God has taken the feebleness and weakness of Jeremiah’s ailing condition and shown Himself strong (1 Corinthians 1:26-31). Jeremiah’s testimony has literally reached around the world influencing the nations for Christ and His Kingdom. Daily we receive testimonies of salvation, the backslidden coming back home to the Lord and His church, broken relationships between married couples and between parents and prodigal children restored, and more good soldiers of Jesus Christ recruited into the battle for the souls of men, the lives of children, and the future of our beleaguered nation. My default statement for all this is, “Who is sufficient for these things?”
 
Through the plight of Jeremiah, God has answered all our prayers when it comes to our desire to love, serve, and obey Him in fulfilling the Great Commission in our poor fallen world. It is literally above and beyond all that we could ask or imagine. The only prayer that has not been answered fully is what the future holds for our son. To live is Christ and to die is gain (Philippians 1:21)!
 
#jeremiahstrong
#operationsaveamerica
#churcharise
#operationsavespokane
 
www.operationsaveamerica.org
 
 
 
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Jeremiah’s Commitment to Love His Enemies

Update in Jeremiah, Lead Justice to Victory, and upcoming Church Arise: Operation Save Spokane

Posted by Rusty Thomas on Thursday, July 19, 2018

 

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but…

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“Cancer is giving your mom a late term abortion. lmao (laughing my ass off).”

Jeremiah, “You aren’t dead yet? God do your job!”

“See u in hell ugly.”
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How would you feel if someone wished your child dead? Or laughed at his suffering? Or called him ugly as he recovered from the effects of chemo and radiation?
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“He’s an absolute piece of s*** whose getting exactly what he deserves.”

His bone cancer is “natural selection doing its job.”
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How would you feel if someone blamed your child for the osteoblastic osteosarcoma taking his life? Or bullied him with the taunt that he was weak and deserved his disease?
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“Thank god this cancer is terminal. Don’t want someone so oppressive, sexist, and backwards thinking walking around, living, breathing my air.”
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How would you feel if someone told your recently paralyzed child that he didn’t deserve to walk?

Or posted on your child’s Instagram that he was unworthy of breathing air…even as nodules fill his lungs and threaten to bring on a suffocating death that feels like drowning.

How would you feel if an army of abortion supporters, homosexuals, and social justice warriors flooded your child’s social media account to cyberbully him AS HE DIED? ????
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God says “all who hate me love death” (Proverbs 8:36). Jeremiah (16) knew when he announced his dying wish was to abolish abortion there would be backlash. But it didn’t matter.

When Make-A-Wish suggested a “legacy wish” as a possibility, Jeremiah knew his deepest desire was to leave a legacy of life.

Jeremiah’s dying wish was so important to him that when the Governor called him in the hospital, he took the call even though a tumor had broken through his chest and was bleeding continually, he was receiving daily blood transfusions and plasma, and was given weeks to live. Nauseous and exhausted, Jeremiah wouldn’t let his cancer stop him from taking the call. He clutched his sick bag to his chest, wiped his mouth, and appealed to Gov. Abbott to defend the lives of babies.

When Jeremiah posted his “Letter to My Generation” he knew he was opening himself up to personal attacks. He’s seen it happen to the best men in his life. He was willing to be counted among warriors like his dad.

His heart is to minister to his generation and to reform the culture of death. His letter said in part:

“We have grown up in a culture of death, sexual confusion, immorality and fatherlessness. This culture of death I speak of consists of abortion, homosexuality and suicide. One third of our generation has been wiped out due to abortion. Over 25 million people have died as a result of AIDS. Even without AIDS, the life expectancy of a homosexual man or woman is about 33 years shorter than that of a heterosexual. More young people die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, combined.

We have been handed a bill of goods that has completely destroyed us. In our nation, we have chosen death and received the curse.”
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After Jeremiah announced his wish was to abolish abortion abortion supporters were quick to wish for his death. After his letter to his generation decrying a culture of death, his generation clamored for his immediate death. ????

It wasn’t enough that a terminal illness was sapping his life. Or that his oncologists from Mclanes Children’s Hospital sent him home with weeks to live. Or that he was in the care of hospice. His generation wanted his death like they want everything.

Now.
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After Live Action News shared Jeremiah’s dying wish, Twitter piranhas went “hangry.”

A meme of someone “pulling the plug” on Jeremiah. A cartoon of him dying in bed. Accusations that he wanted “children to be abused and women to die,” “international genocide” and “the legal right to rape everyone.” Threats of bodily harm.

Knowing Jeremiah ❤ babies, some threads suggested donations should be made to Planned Parenthood in his name.

Consistent with their ideology, abortion supporters wanted Jeremiah dead because his faith was INCONVENIENT, his beliefs were UNWANTED, and his social media platform to preach against abortion was UNPLANNED.

And they were honest about wanting him dead.
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“Imao. When he’s dead there’s less damage he can do to women and their psyches.”

Cancer “is what he deserves…By condemning abortion he’s saying he doesn’t care about all the women who die from not having abortions…Hope he goes quick and soon.”

When he dies “it will be one less misogynistic f*** to stand outside the clinics and harassing and judging the women seeking safe abortion.”

“I couldn’t be happier then to hear he’ll never have a chance to harass another women.”

“Cancer is about to abort you. lmao (laughing my ass off).”

“God is aborting your ass late term.”

“The universe decided to abort him instead.”

Not everyone tweeted for his death, “The kid preaches outside abortion clinics…I hope he survives so someone can kick hiss ass.”
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Transgenders and supporters of the LGBTQ agenda weren’t any kinder.

Jeremiah supports “a racist, homophobic, misogynistic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, hateful” agenda, therefore “He’s garbage and is suffering as he deserves.”
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Social justice warriors made sure to hate on him too.

A Bernie Sanders supporter didn’t want Jeremiah to miss her comment on his dad’s Operation Save America page so she wished him dead in the Prayers for Jeremiah group too. She took the time to review the prayer page and give it one ⭐ .

Then there was the Green Party supporter that reviewed the prayer page and made sure to bid Jeremiah, “Good riddance.”

The Democrat, communist, satanist (no, I’m not kidding) gave a one star review too, for which we were thankful. Who wants an endorsement from a satanist?
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And then there was the big-boy-bully, Right Wing Watch, who made sure to mention Jeremiah on its webpage. Apparently Jeremiah’s dying wish was dangerous enough to be watched by People for the American Way, a five million dollar left-wing organization located in Washington, DC.

As a “Marxist-Socialist, Secular Buddhist, Pacifist, Humanist” explained on Twitter, Jeremiah is using his terminal illness as a “platform to push a right-wing political agenda.”
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In a sense, they are right. Jeremiah isn’t wasting his cancer. He’s using it to share his faith and to save lives. In addition to his talk with the Governor (now at 500k views); he had a “hospital meeting” with Dan Fisher, gubernatorial candidate from Arkansas; a visit with Rep. Tinderholt; a story in the Daily Mirror, England’s second largest newspaper; an interview with a large anti-abortion publication in Italy; an interview with our local ABC affiliate; a radio interview with Jeff Durbin at Apologia Radio; and an abolitionist documentary film crew (thank you Josh Malone).
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While the world was asking “whose the “disgusting” kid who “could have gone to Disneyland for free but…wasted [his wish]on being a horrible person” Jeremiah was busy serving God.

In between visits from hospice and CNA, Jeremiah was using the last of his energy to love his family, enjoy friends, and preach the Gospel. He was too busy serving the Lord to notice the ugliness.

But his weeping momma noticed. ????

His big brothers noticed too.

His dad noticed long enough to tell Jeremiah’s brothers not think defensive football tackles. We’re Christians and we don’t repay evil. (1 Peter 3:9). We overcome evil by doing good.

It wasn’t until he shared an innocent Instagram picture of himself eating his favorite cereal from his wheelchair that he realized his generation was hating on him.

Let’s just say, his fruit loops brought out the “fruit loops.” Cyberbullies bombarded his Instagram. They targeted him for a social media take down.

Jeremiah spent a few days deleting vile comments. He didn’t talk about it. Didn’t post anything new. Had the cyberbullies been too much for him?

Then I saw his Instagram story.

A picture of Jeremiah praying with the caption “Anyone need prayer?” He opened up his Instagram for prayer requests.

Jeremiah’s response to those who hate him is to bless them. To pray for them.

This is what he told me, “I pity them. To have that much darkness in your heart that you’d want a kid with cancer to die. Makes me wonder what happened to them in their life.
It’s a scary place to be- mentally and spiritually. I pray God would have mercy on them.”
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How can a 16 year old terminal cancer patient forgive those who wish him dead?

Jesus.

Jeremiah can forgive others because he’s been forgiven. He knows he wasn’t the first to be bullied. Jesus was falsely accused. Beaten. Mocked. Spat on.. People didn’t just wish Jesus dead. They crucified him. They buried him in a tomb. But Jesus didn’t stay dead. He rose again on the third day and forgave his bullies.

Jeremiah also knows it doesn’t matter who you are. Whether you’re a strong, handsome state football champion (with a smile that lights up the world). Or a weak, wheelchair bound cancer victim (with a smile that still lights up the world). If you profess Christ as your Lord and Savior, you will be hated.

Jesus said, “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first” (John 15:18). For Jeremiah being hated for the right reasons isn’t bad.

“Feels good to be hated for Christ. Feels like I’m actually doing something.”

#GodsGotThis
#PrayForJeremiah
#RiseUp

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We Should Not Be Fooled Again

There is an old song by the group “The Who” that captures the essence of this insightful article “We won’t get fooled again.”

This is written by my good friend, Pastor Matt Trewhella. Please study to show yourself approved and spread this article far and wide. We should not be fooled again.

Aiding and Abetting a Gross Fiction: How the “We must get our Justices appointed” clamor perpetuates the fiction of ‘judicial supremacy’ upon our nation.

 

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Look What God is Doing in Spokane, WA

Brethren, something of significance is happening in Spokane, WA. God is moving upon His Church to no longer turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the number one evil and injustice savaging our nation.

Churches working in conjunction with Abolition Societies are planning to love their neighbor as themselves, speak for those who cannot speak for themselves, rescue those unjustly sentenced to death, and to be their brother’s keeper.

Here is the latest from brother Jake Eakin giving the call and casting the vision. Those of you from OSA that can make it, I would encourage you to come. God willing, I hope to be there, but, of course, everything hinges on how well Jeremiah Thomas is doing. Love ya and keep pressing on saints to the high call and prize in Jesus’ name!

Jake Eakin stated, “The dates for the Spokane Mission are August 11th and 12th. At least 5 Churches and dozens of Abolitionists are going to descend on Planned Parenthood and then we are going to march en mass through downtown Spokane. We’re expecting hundreds of Christians from the local Church to take part in this mission. Rusty Thomas has said he will try to make it What a blessing that would be. God is stirring His Church.”

Contact Jake for more details and spread the word.

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Jeremiah’s Message Spreads to His Generation

Published on July 4th, 2018 | by Katelyn Brown

Jeremiah Thomas, Age 16: His Dying Wish to End Abortion

If you were granted one wish, what would it be?

Most teenagers can answer this question without a thought: “To visit my favorite sports player, to meet my favorite band, to embark on a dream get away…”

But what happens when a sixteen-year-old state champion football player finds out that his sports injury was a tumor dangerously close to his heart, and he has aggressive bone cancer resistant to any radiation treatment?

He is rushed to the hospital, told his ability to walk is gone, and yet he says, “Then I’ll just preach from my wheelchair.”

When contacted by the Make a Wish Foundation, an organization that arranges experiences (also known as “wishes”) to children fighting for their lives, anything a teenager could desire was accessible at his reach. But he pushed to side every wish for himself, and requested a wish for thousands:

To abolish abortion in his home state of Texas.

He asked to have a meeting arranged with Governor Gregg Abbott, where he could share his aching heart for the unborn and urge for the end of abortion in Texas.

That’s the story of Jeremiah Thomas, a young man defying low expectations and serving God in his suffering.

The Make a Wish Foundation managed to organize a call with Governor Abbott, and Jeremiah was given the opportunity to speak with him.

Confident in tone, Jeremiah knew what to say, his passion for a pro-life generation evident as he shared about his outreach and dying wish over the phone with Governor Abbott.

“For my wish, I wanted to talk with you and discuss a bill of abolition”, Jeremiah said. “A recent poll showed that 68 percent of Texans want abortion abolished, so Sir, you would be representing the demand of Texas if you passed this bill. In conclusion, with this, I want you to treat abortion like an act of murder and should be punished by law.”

Jeremiah turned on the speaker and held up his phone to the camera taping the call.

“Your wish,” Governor Abbot told Jeremiah, “is on the Republican party platform position and that’s what we’re going to be perusing this next legislative session, to outlaw abortion altogether in the state of Texas. And so your wish is granted.”

Jeremiah beamed with joy. Cancer has thrown traumatic obstacles in his path, stealing his dream to play college football and his ability to walk. Even still, God laid a burden on his doorstep and Jeremiah handled it with wisdom. He wanted to do something that left an imprint of impact—-for other people—-while he still can. And he did. What a day it will be when abortion is put to an end in Texas.

As a Gofundme page explains, “Jeremiah is an all-star, state champion. But it was his love for Jesus and the family ministry to abolish abortion that taught him to fight harder.” The page further describes Jeremiah as a “brave young man,” who has no “anger, self-pity or a woe is me attitude.”

He doesn’t know how long he has on this earth. Yet in the time he has here, he chooses to love selflessly, to walk by faith, to speak for the unspoken and to live in the light of eternity—-challenging you and I to do the same.

Will we take him up on the challenge?

“Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.” (1 Peter 4:16)

“Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.” (James 1:12)

For Further Information on Jeremiah Thomas:

Click here to learn more about Jeremiah speaking with Governor Abbott.

Click here to learn more about Jeremiah’s letter to this generation via video.

Click here to learn more about Jeremiah’s letter to this generation via blog.

Click here to learn more about Jeremiah’s story.

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2018 OSA National Event T-Shirts Available Soon

Our new T-Shirts for the OSA National Event this year are available soon! You can place your orders at store.operationsaveamerica.org

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A Three Day Call to Fast and Pray

A call to fast and pray for 3 days. Starting today and ending Wednesday.

Posted by Rusty Thomas on Monday, July 9, 2018

 

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America and the Immigration Crisis

As America wrestles with open border vs “build the wall,” illegal immigration vs legal immigration, and keep families together or separate them, it is important to keep these Biblical truths from Scriptures in mind.

First, God was very particular on how His people treated the alien in their midst. Since Israel was delivered from statist bondage, it was their duty not to duplicate that scenario upon the alien in their midst. God’s word states, “You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates” (Deuteronomy 24:14).

Israel was commanded by God not to repeat the oppression that was committed against them upon the alien. To that extent, Israel’s immigration policy reflected the teaching of Christ, “And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise” (Luke 6:31).

Does that mean God and Scripture supports open borders, illegal immigration, and such? Not so fast, my brethren. As with most Biblical truths, there is a divine tension that we must factor in to “rightly divide the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15)

Entire Old Testament books are devoted to strict immigration policies to protect Israel from neighbors bent on their annihilation. Nehemiah, Ezra, and other books speak at length at the wisdom of rebuilding broken walls, restore burned gates, and set up watchman upon the walls to protect citizens from those who intend harm.

There are some in the church who ignore these passages of Scripture to justify an open border policy. Some actually accuse others of sin if they point out the difference between illegal immigration and legal immigration. Fortunately, God’s Word does not affirm that standard of judgment.

Lastly, and this is extremely important not only for the alien in our midst but for citizens of our land, God warned if nations refused to hearken to His voice and disobeyed His commandments it would have a devastating impact as it pertains to immigration.

In the famous blessing and cursing chapter of the Bible, God warned, “The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower” (Deuteronomy 28:43). This is not based upon any official policy of governments as it pertains to immigration. This pertains to the moral and spiritual makeup of nations.

If our sins have reached heaven, this is one of many devastating consequences that will visit our blood stained and perverted land. It is happening as I write and yet most do not factor this aspect of immigration and its impact upon nations. God is warning that if nations commit abominations, like child sacrifice and parading our sin like Sodom in His sight, the consequence is you get dispossessed as a people.

Is this happening in our midst? You be the judge. The only cure for this aspect of immigration does not come down to a policy. It comes down to a few passages of Scripture. 2 Chronicles 7:14 states, “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

Jeremiah 18:7-10 declares, “The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.”

Lastly, Isaiah warned, “For the nation and kingdom which will not serve you (Christ and His Kingdom) shall perish, And those nations shall be utterly ruined” (Isaiah 60:12).

In light of these admonishments, it is not only important that we have a correct immigration policy, but most critical is that we repent as a people and “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow” (Isaiah 1:16, 17).

To correctly resolve the immigration crisis, justice and righteousness must be restored in the gates of our land. For it is righteousness that exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people (Proverbs 14:34).

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Jeremiah Answers Questions on How to Abolish Abortion in Italy

Pray for the youth of Italy as they asked these questions and Jeremiah responded.
Questions from Universitari Per la Vita
(University students for life)
 
1) At only sixteen you are leading a very important battle, to be the voice of the unborn and to demand the abolition of abortion in the United States. Why do you want abortion to be illegal? Where do you find the strength, in this period of serious illness, to continue to preach and to tell the truth about abortion?
 
Jeremiah’s Response: First, abortion violates the holy commandment of God, “Thou shall not murder.” Second, for America, it violates our national covenant enshrined in our Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Third, it brings the curse of blood guiltiness upon our land to pollute and defile our nation.
 
To put it simply, John 14:15 says “If you love me, obey my commandments.” Mark 12:31 says “The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” If we consider ourselves Christians, we must obey God’s commandments.
 
The preborn are our neighbors so we must love them like ourselves. We must see abortion abolished because it is murder and an abomination in God’s eyes. From these same verses that inform my faith, I find the strength to continue to speak the truth and life of Christ to the culture of death. These babies cannot speak for themselves. It is true love to be the voice of the preborn and defend their lives.
 
For more information check out my Dad’s book, Abortion Violation.
 
2) We saw the video published on YouTube called “Jeremiah’s Call” and we believe that the message you say here is a very powerful message. You said that our generation is fatherless and lawless, a generation who is searching for identity. What is the solution to find again an identity to our generation?
 
Jeremiah’s Response: In my letter, I bring up the parable of the prodigal son to illustrate our generation’s status. I use this parable to show that we must return to the Father and leave behind the darkness, deception and despair. It is time to come back home to our Heavenly Father to regain our identity through Christ our Lord and Savior.
 
The solution to finding our identity and blessing is written straight in the Word. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
 
We will never know who we are or why we exist until we know our Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ.
 
3) Your father is the national director of Operation Rescue/Operation Save America. What is the activity of that association?
 
Jeremiah’s Response: Operation Rescue/ Operation Save America is multi-visional and multi-generational. This ministry stands for more than just life and it affects more than just its own generation. With my father as National Director, I have seen him successfully pass the baton to my generation by sharing the vision and mission and making sure we understand the concept of advancing the kingdom of God in our fallen world.
 
OSA runs to the roar knowing full well this isn’t a battle against flesh and blood but against the powers of darkness. OSA has stood against abortion, homosexuality, Islam, pro-life incrementalism and even the Church when She needed reforming or Biblical correction.
 
Here is the OSA vision statement:
 
Operation Save America unashamedly takes up the cause of preborn children in the name of Jesus Christ. We employ only biblical principles. The Bible is our foundation; the Cross of Christ is our strategy; the repentance of the Church of Jesus Christ is our ultimate goal. As the Church changes its heart toward unborn children, God Himself will hear from heaven, forgive our sin, and bring healing to our land. We believe that Jesus Christ is the only answer to the abortion holocaust. It is upon our active repentance in the streets of our cities that the Gospel is visibly lived out. We become to the church, to our city, and to our nation living parables which rightly represent God’s heart toward His helpless children.
 
To understand more fully the vision and mission of OSA, study this page called “Make the Pledge” campaign. There you will find the doctrines, vision, and mission to end the holocaust in America and prayerfully beyond.
 
 
4) Some days ago you spoked with the Texas’ governor Greg Abbott about your desire to see the abolition of abortion. What did the governor tell you about this point? Which acts do you want to offer to allow all children to born?
 
Jeremiah’s Response: The governor said, “We just had the state Republican Party convention and the one of the most important things that happens there is that the party creates a platform of policy positions and your wish is on there. We are going to pursue the outlawing of abortion all together in the state of Texas so your wish has been granted.”
 
This bill of abolition would establish abortion as an act of murder that would be penalized by law. It would protect the preborn at the moment of conception.
 
5) With an act of incredible compassion, you are using your forces, in this moment of serious illness, to help to end the greatest human rights injustice of this time: abortion. What do you want to say to the people, especially to the youths, that are following you from Italy?
 
Jeremiah’s Response: To the youths of Italy: Keep the faith! God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Know your history! Or history will repeat itself, and not for the better. History has shown that the nations that commit child sacrifice and parade their sin like Sodom burn themselves out. It is imperative for the survival of both of our nations that we seek God first, above all, receive His great salvation through the merits of Jesus Christ, and keep His commandments. This is the only way to secure His blessings and rewards for our future.
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