#ThisIsWhy: Victory Without Repentance

Victory Without Repentance

This is why abortion is still legal victory without repentance as the pro-life community fights against abortion. They like to claim victories along the way. Their idea of victory is usually boiled down to one end.

Let's stop abortions whether it's by overturning the courts or implementing laws that slowly get abortion providers shut down. That's the end goal. Here's the question what good is getting our nation to stop with the action of killing children if in the process their hearts don't get Turned back to God and repentance.

Of course.

The Magistrate’s Role and the Need for Heartfelt Obedience

We should fight for the legislation that preserves the lives of these children and restrains the evil that's been committed against them for almost five Decades. Now, that's the role of the magistrate.

But is God more concerned with external compliance to a law like you shall not murder or does he also want? Obedience from the heart to his commandments. Jesus says that it's not enough to abstain from the act of assault against your neighbor if your thoughts plans and attitudes Aren't also free from violence to Christians are required to do what God originally intended Heartfelt obedience not merely external conformity.

True Obedience and Conviction of Sin

You see true obedience comes from a heart that's right with God. That's what it means to be a Christian. God gives us the ability to keep his commandments and so we want to obey him. The thought of killing our own Children should give us such a deep pain of conviction that we're disgusted by the fact that we even entertained it.

It should drive us to the cross where the true execution has already taken place for sinners even if abortion is outlawed in America tomorrow if it doesn't come as a result of nationwide repentance and an Acknowledgement from all of us that as a nation we've sinned against God.

Repentance as the Only Path to Real Victory

Then it won't be a victory. It'll be a failure a failure to acknowledge the fact that hatred for these children won't be driven out of anybody's heart unless God himself Causes us to see our sin be disgusted by it and finally turn to him as the only one who can heal our land as Christians.

Let's not forget what true victory looks like.