A Contentment that Leads to Death

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Not all contentment is good, you know? There is a contentment that leads to death. That contentment is what I’ll call practical pro-choice’ism.

This is different from intellectual pro-choice’sim, which is the conscious rejection of the sanctity of human life because one has been convinced by a pro-choice argument.

Practical pro-choice’ism is different however, in that a person can be avowedly pro-life in their theology and doctrine, and yet still be practically pro-choice in their personal lives. And I am ashamed to say that chances are there are quite a lot of these people sitting next to you in the pew on Sunday morning, and you may even be one of them yourself.

If someone evaluated you over the past year, and asked you to demonstrate by your life, that you are pro-life - could you point to anything? Would your pro-life confession hinge upon one candidate that you voted for last November? Would it be based upon one sermon you heard on a “sanctity of life Sunday” in January?

The point here is that no matter how intellectually opposed to abortion you are, if that conviction never makes it to your heart and soul, and hands and feet — then you are testifying to the world that in fact you are practically pro-choice no matter what your voter registration card says.

There is a contentment that leads to death, and that contentment is doing nothing for the cause of Life.

Bring the Word of God to bear on your conscience today, and ask the Lord to deliver you from your deadly apathy.

“Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.” - Pro 18:9

There is work to be done brothers and sisters, and it has been laid at your feet, and brought to your doorstep.

What will your life testify of today?

‘BH

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