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NASB | 1 John 3:17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 3:17 But whoever has the world's goods (adequate resources), and sees his brother in need, but has no compassion for him, how does the love of God live in him? |
Subject: Are silent protests scriptural? |
Bible Note: Dear Bows: I must confess that I simply don't know whether these protestors' claims of being ordained by God to protest abortion in the manner that they are going about it are, as they claim, valid and reliable. It may be so. I can tell you this. God has spoken: You shall not murder. And I can also tell you that I believe there is nothing whatever wrong in using our influence as citizens to elect godly men and women to the elective offices in our land who are committed in turn to appoint godly judges who will interpret the Constitution instead of rewrite it. ..... Abortion is horrid! In the United States alone, abortion has terminated the lives of 46 million pre-born babies since January 22, 1973, the date of the U. S. Supreme Court's infamous Roe v. Wade ruling. One baby has been killed every 24 seconds over the course of these 32 years since the Roe v. Wade ruling. For every two babies born, one is surgically aborted. Butchered. Slaughtered. Murdered in cold blood. ..... And yet, in the face of this, we stand by silently and even have the stupid audacity to print on our coins, "In God We Trust" and to use the phrase "One nation under God" in our pledge of allegiance to the flag. Surely this blatant and superlative example of the magnitude of our national hypocrisy must reach the gates of heaven with an indescribably foul stench that offends the nostrils of the Holy God. --Hank |