The Kingdom Jesus Brought

Matthew 3:1–12 NKJV

1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.’ ” 4 Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him 6 and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, 9 and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 10 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

We don’t vote according to personality. We vote according to POLICY! What is the person going to DO!

funding

Expanded number of clinics

indoctrination

lobbying

“As President, Biden will reissue guidance specifying that states cannot refuse Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood and other providers and reverse the Trump Administration’s rule preventing these organizations from obtaining Title X funds."

federal judges

Judges are the ones who strike down restrictions.

In 2016, Indiana’s congress passed a law requiring an ultrasound. Governor Mike Pence signed it into law. A federal judge struck down the law.

Struck down by judge Tanya Walton Pratt, an appointee of Barak Obama

legislation

The Hyde amendment

The Mexico City policy

cabinet members

Including the attorney general

Health & human services secretry

We don’t merely elect a president, we’re electing a cabinet, decades of federal judges, and funding.

Make things illegal REDUCES their frequency.

Every REDUCTION in abortions is a saved life.

It’s racist. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/23/racism-eugenics-margaret-sanger-deserves-no-honors-column/5480192002/

The vast majority of the abortion vendors have set up shop in minority neighborhoods, which can be seen in the scarce statistics available at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Though they are only 13% of the female population, African Americans made up 38% of all abortions tracked in 2016.

In a letter of Dec. 10, 1939, to Clarence Gamble (cited here), she explains the nature of her organization’s outreach to the African-American community: “The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don’t want the word to get out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.”

EVERY TIME an abortion policy is enacted, an innocent child is murdered.

What policy equals that?

Who you vote for will increase the number of abortions.

Here’s a comment from someone online, fighting against prolife people:

do you honestly think that outlawing abortion will stop abortions? Let me help you with that answer...NO! Women have been getting abortions BEFORE Roe v. Wade. Unsafe, sometimes deadly abortions. Can you imagine the desperation a woman is in to do that? Well my friend, I can... A woman in that situation feels or truthfully are in a position of despair and hopelessness...but we don't care about them? Where is the evangelical church in those communities where y'all say has the highest rates of abortions? Where are your Second Chance homes, community centers, your sports programs, your young entrepreneurs programs, your young global citizens programs, your micro loans for small businesses? I'm just saying that there is a more impactful way of preventing abortions...social impact! I can tell you from experience that I had to make that decision...it was agonizing and scary. I had to choose between two roads, to keep the baby and stay on government aid and be labeled a welfare Queen and social stereotype of the Black girl living off of y'alls hard earned tax money...even though I have worked since I was 14 years old. I had to choose to stay in poverty, to be pushed further into poverty with no sight of coming out for the children I already had vs. being called a baby killer and murderer. Any decision I made would be on me, not the protesters at the clinic or the prolifers that call me a leech on society by choosing life. Oh, and lets not go with the "just put the baby up for adoption" argument because the truth is, there are plenty of Black and Brown kids in the foster system that NEVER get adopted...where's that line of good Christian folk that would just love to adopt my baby? I said all of this to you to say that I just can't get with the guilt trip y'all evangelicals love to place on women who choose to be pro choice or have to one day make that choice... y'all are so disconnected from the people of the cause that you don't even get that there are more Godly (love and compassion) and impactful ways to deal with the abortion issue...I just choose that way over your way. Calling these women murderers and horrible people does not help your mission and message, it only makes people see you as aversive and out of touch with their plight.