A Response to vote for a Pro-Choice candidate for president!

Dear Pro-Choice voter,
Just wanted to respond to your e-mail to vote, specifically for Barrack Obama. I do not like to argue politics and therefore I will not engage in any policy that any candidate endorses or doesn't endorse (except-right to life). What america needs most of all is the gospel of the lord Jesus Christ. Man by nature seeks to find peace and happiness in what this perishing world has to offer. But there is only one thing that can satisfy and truly fill the heart of unconverted man and that is the life saving gospel of Him (Jesus) who shed His precious blood to reconciled us to God even when where yet still his ardent enemies!!
Moreover, there is one thing that I cannot support (abortion). Anyone who professes to be a real genuine follower of Jesus Christ cannot support, if he or she believes the scriptures to be the inerrant, infallible word of the one True and living God!
John 14:21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him."

Abortion is the greatest and most horrific thing that takes place upon this earth. And I will not vote for any one who would allow and even promote abortion, that is (image bearers- babies!) to be ripped from there mothers womb and murdered in cold blood! We live in a day when this is called good and sadly because of the darkness and depravity of mans heart this is not even and issue. Hear the word of God upon this reality,
Isaiah 5:20 20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
One predominate characteristic of a christian is the reality that a christian is one who lives and breaths the word of God, for it is the only book that is able to make one to understand what the whole of life is about!

2 Timothy 3:15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

God's word is inherently sufficient to meet our every need and specifically any matter of judgment. God's word speaks very cleary upon what God thinks of abortion (murder). Here are a few verses.

Proverbs 24:11-12 11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. 12 If you say, "Behold, we did not know this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?

Proverbs 6:16-17 16 These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: 17 A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,

This verse alone is enough to break our hearts when we consider the heinous murder of abortion!
Psalm 139:13-17 13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. 17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
May Him who is the author of all life be merciful to a generation who calls good evil and evil good. May God be pleased to work in the heart this nation, for we do not deserve His mercy, we whole heartedly deserve His wrath, May God send forth His gospel to save the depraved hearts of these United States and any who would call upon His precious son for the good of there never dying soul.
It will be my earnest prayer that God through the power of the gospel will open your eyes to see what is the real issues this nation faces and it isn't political it's Spiritual!!! For the glory of His Holy name!!!!!

NKJ Psalm 107:8 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!


Made Willing In The Day Of His Power!
Casey Kirkman



Please read this article by John Piper!! Investigating dog life in Minnesota has solidified my decision to vote against those who endorse the right to abortion. So then what is my response to the charge of being a one-issue voter? No endorsement of any single issue qualifies a person to hold public office. Being pro-life does not make a person a good governor, mayor, or president. But there are numerous single issues that disqualify a person from public office. For example, any candidate who endorsed bribery as a form of government efficiency would be disqualified, no matter what his party or platform was. Or a person who endorsed corporate fraud (say under $50 million) would be disqualified no matter what else he endorsed. Or a person who said that no black people could hold office—on that single issue alone he would be unfit for office. Or a person who said that rape is only a misdemeanor—that single issue would end his political career. These examples could go on and on. Everybody knows a single issue that for them would disqualify a candidate for office.
It's the same with marriage. No one quality makes a good wife or husband, but some qualities would make a person unacceptable. For example, back when I was thinking about getting married, not liking cats would not have disqualified a woman as my wife, but not liking people would. Drinking coffee would not, but drinking whiskey would. Kissing dogs wouldn't, but kissing the mailman would. And so on. Being a single-issue fiancé does not mean that only one issue matters. It means that some issues may matter enough to break off the relationship. So it is with politics. You have to decide what those issues are for you. What do you think disqualifies a person from holding public office? I believe that the endorsement of the right to kill unborn children disqualifies a person from any position of public office. It's simply the same as saying that the endorsement of racism, fraud, or bribery would disqualify him—except that child-killing is more serious than those.
When we bought our dog at the Humane Society, I picked up a brochure on the laws of Minnesota concerning animals. Statute 343.2, subdivision 1 says, "No person shall . . . unjustifiably injure, maim, mutilate or kill any animal." Subdivision 7 says, "No person shall willfully instigate or in any way further any act of cruelty to any animal." The penalty: "A person who fails to comply with any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor."
Now this set me to pondering the rights of the unborn. An eight-week-old human fetus has a beating heart, an EKG, brain waves, thumb-sucking, pain sensitivity, finger-grasping, and genetic humanity, but under our present laws is not a human person with rights under the 14th Amendment, which says that "no state shall deprive any person of life . . . without due process of law." Well, I wondered, if the unborn do not qualify as persons, it seems that they could at least qualify as animals, say a dog, or at least a cat. Could we not at least charge abortion clinics with cruelty to animals under Statute 343.2, subdivision 7? Why is it legal to "maim, mutilate and kill" a pain-sensitive unborn human being but not an animal?
These reflections have confirmed my conviction never to vote for a person who endorses such an evil—even if he could balance the budget tomorrow and end all taxation.
* * * This article is from A Godward Life, Book I: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life by John Piper (Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 1997), pp. 279-280. Used with permission.

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