It's my privilege to introduce to you Reverend Rusty Thomas. What were you doing in 1988? Now, some of you are going to say, well, I wasn't even born in 1988. What were you doing, though, in 1988? Our brother was on the front lines at the abortion mills, our modern child sacrifice centers, pleading with moms not to murder their babies, standing in the gap, interposing in hopes that that evil industry would be shut down. Because of that, he was arrested over 50 times, sustained injuries, personal, financial, otherwise, to his own life. He's spoken about this, he's written about this, he headed up Operation Save America, Operation Rescue, for the longest. He's just stepped down from his leadership role in that, but make no mistake, he's not sitting in a rocking chair. He's written a wonderful book, Biblical Strategies to Abolish Abortion. His reason to be here today in these next few days is he and I are working on some projects coming out of that. When you've been doing what he's been doing for the cause of Christ for as long as he's been doing it, when you come into his presence, the best thing you can do is be quiet, listen, learn. He has a lot to teach us. He has sweat in this and blood in this and pain in this. So when we arranged the dates for him to come, I said, you've got to preach to Bethel. We need to hear it again. And as he's preaching, I want you to pray for our Representative Mark Van Curen, who's had the boldness, Brother Norman mentioned, to introduce to the Oklahoma House a bill of abolition that will be resisted. He will be assailed. For the first time, though, we have a bill coming out of the House that's significant. And it calls abortion murder, calls for it to be put in the Homicide Code of Oklahoma, and calls the woman and anyone who participates in it a murderer, which is where the battle has got to go. So, brother, we're glad you're here. We pray that you will come and Have liberty to preach the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. Challenge us. We can take it. We can take it. Exhort us. Rebuke us. Encourage us so that we will get increasingly involved in the battle. And our repentance, our fruitful repentance, will be seen by God. And he will answer our prayers and let us see abortion abolished in our lives. Come and preach, brother. Well, before you leave, Brother Bill, we have shipped out, just on our own printing company, probably close to 2,500 books. And a lot of pastors and magistrates are ordering this book, which is very encouraging. But this book is the one that was officially published by Covenant Books, the one you helped me to secure. And so this is the first fruits of the labor, brother. And I want to dedicate this to you, the church, and the church library. Amen. Thank you so much. Amen. Amen. You may not remember, You may not remember, but last year we had a discussion, and our pastoral ministries team, really surprising me and shaming me, said, let's put the money forward to get this book published. This is the fruit of it. It's a blockbuster. If he's a four-star general in this battle, this is the field manual to bring down abortion. Thank you for this. We'll put it in our library. You are very welcome, brother. Well, good morning, church. It's not just a joy, but really an honor to be back with you. I believe the last time we were here, you graciously hosted our national event. And I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart how hospitable you were to the saints here engaged in this battle. So I appreciate Brother Bill and this church very, very much. when we were in the office preparing, I just was recalling certain things. When I first met your pastor, it was at an abolitionist conference a few years ago. And I remember him coming to the pulpit and basically repenting, saying, I'm no longer a pro-lifer, but now I'm an abolitionist. And then he said, just know this for a surety, reinforcements are coming. And true to his word, it has happened. And I just want you to know as an individual engaged in this battle, I was literally brought to tears just thinking about it, that as I'm sitting there, Being in this battle since 1988, there's certain things that you long for, right? Certain things that you pray for, and one of them was to hear the words coming from a pastor. So just picture, if you will, some like weary soul in the middle of a desert for about three and a half decades, and all of a sudden this like living, sparkling, refreshing water just cascade over your soul. That was the impact that your pastor had upon me personally. God began something there. And in God's providence, there's been this partnership with your pastor in this church that has just produced incredible fruit in this battle, very much encouraged by it. And as he said, one of the reasons why I'm here is not only to preach and teach this morning, but see, It is your pastor in this church that not only came alongside to help to be a paraclete, but he is so determined to get this vision, mission, and message out to a larger audience that your church helped us to get this officially published by a Christian publishing company. And by the way, Just that alone, we have taken territory in this battle. The book, Biblical Strategies to Abolish Abortion, is the first abolitionist book to be published by an official Christian publishing company that has worldwide distribution. Pretty amazing stuff. Yeah, amen. That's pretty significant. And when it was published just a few days ago, that book shot up to number three in all the books concerning abortion and birth control. Number three. I'm like stupefied. I'm astounded. Because see, one of my struggles in this battle is, you know, I got banned from the churches. You know, don't confuse us with the truth, you know. And so, you know, and so here I am writing these books, right. It finally dawns on me, well, if the church doesn't want me in their pulpit, what makes me think they're going to, you know, want my books? You know what I mean? But God is turning things around. And so, you know, one of the other reasons why I'm here is because your pastor, you know, he's a kind of a strategy guy, you know, and we were sitting down discussing kind of like, where do we go from here? And it was his suggestion that we produce a study guide for the book, and as I told Pastor Bill, I'm turning that project over to Pastor Bill and this church. See, my heart, brothers and sisters, is to bless the overall network and movement to abolish abortion, but those that I partner with, those that are engaged in this battle with me, I want to see them blessed as well. So, Pastor Bill and those of you here that are going to be working on that project, this study guide belongs to you to do as the Lord leads. We're also putting together a video series. Again, the idea of your pastor. And so what we're doing right now is getting prominent pastors all over the nation that are going to take a chapter of the book, and we're going to do a video series on the book. And once it's all together, we're going to get it packaged, and again, two-fold vision and mission here, to bless the overall movement, and then to bless the churches, the ministries, the pastors, and the groups with that video series. So they're going to take it, and prayerfully get the message out far and wide and still benefit personally by that effort. And then lastly, we're hoping to do an audio version of the book. And just be praying for these projects, brothers and sisters, because obviously we want to get this vision, mission, and message out to a larger audience. We want to get it out into the churches. And we want it to have impact on those who may have good motives in the pro-life movement, but our strategies have failed. And we do have to come to grips with that. And so this is part of the Macedonian call, right? Come on, church. Repent with us. Help us fight this battle God's way. Amen. And that is the heart of what we're trying to accomplish here. So praise be to God. So what I thought that would best serve us all today is I'm going to go through the book chapter by chapter. Now that doesn't mean we're going to be here for 24 hours. Okay. What I'm trying to do is just like highlight certain truths, certain principles, so that you come away with an overall sort of kind of taste and understanding of what we're trying to accomplish here. And I want you to know, brothers and sisters, now this book is probably guaranteed to offend all in some way. What I mean by that, I do take on the Catholic Church and their failures. I take on the evangelical church and our failures. I take on the pro-life movement and also bring correction to those who call themselves abolitionists. So it's a sort of a equal opportunity offense book. But my heart is, as much as lies within me, to get this movement on the solid rock of Jesus Christ in the order of God so that God would see our efforts and bless them. Amen? And so that's the purpose of the book. So I'm going to begin with the introduction. Do we have that opening slide there? I don't know if we have it or not. Oh, there it is. OK, so this is how the book is introduced. There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. And so in the introduction, I'm pointing out this dilemma. And it not only impacts, obviously, the pro-aborts who are in agreement. You know, the Bible tells us those that hate God, what? They love death. And so death becomes the solution to our economic and moral problems, right? Okay, so obviously that is so true when it comes to the pro-abortion side, but this is what we also must understand. This is also true of the pro-life movement. There's a way that seems right, but the consequence is still death. And so what I point out in the book is that both groups struggles with this, but it's just in different degrees. But the bottom line, both groups have the same foundation, the same premises, adopt the same tactics, and use similar language. Again, just two different degrees. So here's the church led by the pro-life movement going on the enemy's turf using his tactics and expecting to beat him at his own game. That has been a fool's errand. And it has brought disastrous results to our nation, 49 years and counting. And so what's the premise of the introduction? Time. to get off the pro-life hamster wheel that's been bottlenecked by the Supreme Court and let's fight this battle God's way. Can I get an amen? All right, so the first chapter, it deals with the importance of foundations. How many know there's one foundation that God has laid that is true? And it's the only foundation. It's a person. Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. But the Apostle Paul also warned us, be careful how you build from that foundation. And this we have not done, especially as it pertains to this particular battle. So much of the pro-life movement, you must understand, is not built upon the solid rock of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Okay, you know the teaching of Christ in Matthew 7, where He deals specifically with foundations. And so what's the truth that He communicates to us? Well, none of us escape storms. escape getting beat upon or pummeled in this life, right? We're going to suffer for two reasons. We're going to suffer for doing what's wrong as a consequence of our sin, and we're going to suffer for doing what's right. But God says if you suffer as a Christian, his spirit and his glory rests upon you. There is such a thing called redemptive suffering, and it's very important in this battle. It's just a part of it, brothers and sisters. But here's the problem. The pro-life movement has built much of this movement on sinking sand. And what do I mean by that? Well, they're saying the source, the premises why they're fighting this battle to defend the life of these children, it's based upon science. You ever hear of scientism? Have you heard lately, follow the science? Where has that led us? Oh my gosh, this is an idol that needs to be toppled. Seriously. You know, follow Fauci and the science. I am science, I am. Hmm, where have we heard that before? I am. You're an idol that needs to come crashing down in Jesus' name. So it's science, philosophy, and human right arguments. So the pro-life movement will speak in hushed tones the name of Jesus, but has no problem shouting from the rooftops, Gandhi, or another human philosopher. So obviously this is a huge problem, brothers and sisters, because how can we, as God's people, deny the Lord in this public battle, dilute his truth, ignore his commandments, and then expect he's going to bless our efforts? I got news for you. God ain't lost his mind. And one of the huge problems is we are not aligned with God in this battle. We're not seeing it his way, and we're not fighting it his way. Most of what we have done for so long is on sinking sand. And what did Jesus warn? It's doomed for failure. It will fail. It will fall. But if you hear my words and you apply it in your life, yes, you will be pummeled. Yes, the storm will come. But when the smoke clears, you're still going to be standing. Amen. Praise be to God. Amen. Second chapter deals with the order of God. Everybody say, the order of God. Okay, and this is one of the passages I quote. Love this passage. Named my son Micah after it. Micah 6, 8. You know it? He has shown you, old man, what is good and what does the Lord require of you. Listen. But to do what? To do justly. To love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Now understand this, brothers and sisters, when it comes to God's economy and dealing with the affairs of men, His order is extremely important. And we've got to recognize this. You remember when Christ came to the earth, One of the first things he did with the Pharisees is to confront them with this Micah mandate. He said, you're doing all this other stuff, all this religious stuff, and you're tithing and all this kind of stuff, but you're neglecting the more weightier matters of the law to do justly. To love mercy, to walk faithfully with your God. And so what I do is I take that order and I hold that up in light of the American church today. Because I understand this. When you listen to the pro-life movement, they're saying CPCs are leading the charge in this battle. Well, what are CPCs known for? They're known for mercy ministries. Mercy ministries. And how many know that's legit before God? We need that. We do. There is something about Christian charity that is demanded by us by God. He who serves leads. But here's the thing, brothers and sisters, when you look at God's order, there are certain things that are to lead and there are certain things that are to follow. Like even when it comes to mercy, in Psalm chapter 23, what does it say about goodness and mercy? Is it going to lead me or is it going to follow me? Goodness and mercy shall follow Me it's sort of like signs and wonders brothers and sisters Jesus said it's a wicked generation that seeks signs But the Bible also says that signs and wonders will follow the faithful preaching of the gospel of the kingdom there are certain things that are designed to follow and there are certain things designed to lead and right now what we are leading with is not establishing justice but it is dispensing mercy so listen to me how does God know his people are walking humbly before him they got this order right they first established justice so that God's mercy may be dispensed. This is what proves we are truly walking humbly before God. Chapter three, governments of God. That's the third chapter. By the way, pray for Pastor Bill, because isn't that the one you're going to take on? Well, he's got one of the chapters. This is critically important. One of the things that I encourage, especially young men that I train in this battle, young man, you've got to think biblically, you've got to think principally, you've got to think governmentally, you've got to think jurisdictionally. Because you're going to walk through moral dilemmas in this life, and you better have something that's a guidepost, that you can hold it up to you, to give you wisdom to negotiate through life. Okay, so what I point out in this chapter on the governments of God that God for his glory and our benefit established four main governments self-government family government church government and civil government and what I point out is the government that is most responsible when it comes to the welfare of that child in the womb is not the church. We don't carry a sword, neither are we a ministry of justice. The church is to be concerned about the spiritual welfare of men, while the state is to be concerned about the physical welfare of men. So I do call upon the church in that chapter, hey, we gotta regain our prophetic voice. You know, throughout the scriptures, what happens when the civil government goes awry? What did God do? He sent prophets to them. Hey! Do you know that Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords? Notice that he said he was King of pastors or Lord of bishops. The book of Revelation says he's the ruler of the kings of the earth. In Psalm chapter 2, when he talks about this messianic kingdom being established in the earth, he concludes with sending a warning to the kings and the rulers of the earth you better bow down you better kiss the sun you better obey him because if you don't he has a rod and yeah he's gonna bust you up welcome to the united states of america because the rod is upon us to this very thing and so I call upon the church in this chapter hey you got to regain your prophetic voice we got to provide the moral conscience to the state we got to meet with our magistrates and they understand what their duty is as a magistrate under God and that is to restrain evil Protect innocent life Stop the shedding of innocent blood But we know by Roe versus Wade our government betrayed their sacred trust and now they're defending the indefensible And so, though we didn't start this fight, this battle has come to us, church, and we have a duty before God to disciple and mentor the magistrate to make sure they get this right before God, because they will stand before Him to give account for the discharge of their duty. Understand that. None of us escaped God. All right, chapter 4, separation of church and state. How are we doing on time? We're doing okay on time? Sort of? Okay. This guy, at least this side is going, kill him! Then they go, keep going, keep going. All right. So, chapter four. Separation of church and state. How many's heard that before? Let me tell you how that's wield by the enemies of the Lord. Whenever we assert ourselves into the political realm, the cry comes forth, separation of church state and they do it for one reason they want to muzzle thus saith the Lord in the public square now there's a lot to this but the point of the chapter I'm trying to make brothers and sisters is to understand when they say we don't want Christians involved in the political realm because we don't want them to legislate their morality and shove it down our throats there there there is some major misunderstandings with that I'm just gonna tell you Every law, every bill that's passed in the United States has a religious and moral basis to it. Because every law says this, this is what our citizens ought to do, and this is what we want our citizens not to do. Every law. So in other words, every law has a religious foundation, and has a morality that becomes the basis for that law. And so understand this, like what gave us Roe versus Wade? What religion gave us Roe versus Wade? It's called secular humanism. That's what Roe versus Wade, that's the religious basis of Roe versus Wade. And they are saying by that law, this is actually moral. They ought to be able to murder their babies in their womb. And as citizens, you ought not to complain about it. This is legal. Well, it may be legal in the eyes of men, but it's unlawful in the eyes of Almighty God. Amen. So understand that truth, brothers and sisters. All law has a religious and moral basis to it. The only question is whose religion and whose morality is being established by law. Critically important. Chapter five, upon this rock. Is there any water up here, brother? Oh. Don't you hate it when the preacher is able to drink and you're not? How many are still with me here? A few. Okay, upon this rock. You know the chapter in Matthew 16. Jesus is going to Caesarea Philippi. He accomplishes two things there, brothers and sisters. He reveals himself to the world that he is the Christ, the Son of the living God, that he is the promised one, he is the Messiah, to undo the curse of the fall and restore us back into correct relationship with our Creator. Amen? Now, you've got, you know, how many here are involved in real estate? Anybody? Okay. Well, from what they tell me, all the real estate agents I ever talked to, there's three things you got to know. Location, location, and location. Understand where Jesus revealed himself, and the calling, and the role, and the function of his church. That's where he said I will build my church And the gates of hell will not prevail against it what most Christians do not understand Why he chose that location and what was there at that location? He was literally standing on a rock underneath that rock was a cave that the pagans believed was the gateway to the underworld. This is where all the debauched, idolatrous, pagan practices was taking place. They were doing the unspeakable at Caesarea Philippi. And what I'm telling you, brothers and sisters, it's not a coincidence that that is the place he reveals himself to the world and lets the world know what business the church is going to be about. The gates of hell will not prevail against the church. And that was the epicenter of the gates of hell, where he proclaimed it. So critically important to our understanding, brothers and sisters. And understand, there is this aspect when it comes to child sacrifice and the shedding of innocent blood. As Christians, we know there's an eternal abode called hell. We know that that's the eternal prison of God for all that reject the gracious pardon of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We understand that, but I am telling you biblically there is hell upon earth. Well, where might that be? Where the altars of Moloch, where the altars of Baal are set up. The Bible and Jeremiah, when God sends the prophet Jeremiah to smash that pot at that altar of Moloch, they called that place Gehenna. That's one of the terms for hell, and that's the Gehenna that Jesus preached when he was walking amongst us. So literally, there's an eternal abode called hell, and then there is a hell on earth that is the place of child sacrifice, the shedding of innocent blood. And may I remind you of the words, the promise of my Lord and your Lord, build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it." So why have the gates prevailed against us? We've been missing in action. We've been AWOL. And by silent consent, we're allowing this evil to savage our nation and our children. And that's where you and I must repent, brothers and sisters. This is not the church's first rodeo. Amen? What institution in history ended human sacrifice? What institution on this earth ended slavery? What institution on earth ended atrocities? One institution. I will build my church. And the gates of hell will not prevail against us. Brothers and sisters, We gotta come back to an understanding who we are and how God expects us to roll in this earth. Amen? And once we do, look out, all heaven's coming down and all heck is gonna break loose, amen? But we will conquer this evil in Jesus' mighty name, amen? Praise God. All right, chapter six. I went a little long on that, I'm so sorry. Chapter six is on Roe versus Wade. Everybody say Roe versus Wade. And what I do there, is I chronicle the 49-year failure of the political strategy of the pro-life movement. And what I point out, and this is a history most people don't know, you need to get the book, but most people don't understand. See, we view the Republicans as the party of life, and we view the Democrats as the party of death. How many kind of hold that view? I mean, yeah. But what we don't know about this sordid history, it was the court in 1973 that was packed by Republicans. It was the Republicans that voted in favor of Roe versus Wade. There was only two that dissented in that opinion, and one was a Democrat. That's how we got Roe v. Wade, through the Republican Party. And if you recall that history, any time the court had an opportunity to correct itself and overturn Roe v. Wade, guess what party sustained Roe v. Wade? It wasn't the Democrats. It was the Republicans. So what's the strategy of the pro-life movement? Hey, we need to elect pro-life senators and houses. And we need to elect a pro-life president. And then he'll appoint pro-life justices and poof. Roe versus Wade, gone. Well, we've been on that treadmill for 49 years. How's that working for the kids? It's a failed political strategy. Now, we know there's a case gonna come up, and by the way, they may, they may finally overturn Roe versus Wade, I don't know. If they're typical Republicans, they're gonna sustain it. If they have the moral courage and the political will to overturn it, great, but you know what the dirty little secret is? When they overturn Roe versus Wade, guess what? Every state that has implemented pro-life incremental bills Abortion has been established in their state statute See that's the dirty little secret that the pro-life movement doesn't want you to know Because every time they do a pro-life incremental bill it does two things it strengthens roe vs. Wade in that tyranny over our nation and abortion into the state and records it in the state statute. So even when Roe versus Wade is overturned, every state will have abortion, much due to pro-life incremental bills. We gotta understand that, okay? Chapter seven, I'm winding down here. Real quickly, it's on this term. Incrementalism and what I show in this chapter that there is an incrementalism that God will not put his approval upon He will not bless nor will he approve But there is an incremental Aspect to this that God will do once he finds a people standing four square on his truth and I use the Exodus I use Moses dealings with Pharaoh And then how God brought them into the land little by little So it's what I'm trying to point out is the church cannot plan Incrementalism what God demands of us is to stand on his truth and believe in his promises and once he finds a people like that then he himself will work through his church and Incrementally bring us the victory understand this the first state that crosses the line and obeys God That's an incremental step, but it is a victory that comes by God to his people who stand unashamedly on the gospel of his kingdom Y'all got that? Chapter eight, the doctrine of interposition. How many's ever heard of the doctrine of interposition? All right, takes three elements, amen? You gotta have an oppressor, you gotta have a victim, and you gotta have those that are willing to stand in the gap between the oppressor and the victim to rescue the victim from harm. And I lay out this case biblically. I lay out this case historically. Clued that chapter with the greatest interposition of all. Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who saw all of us up against a threefold enemy that was dedicated to our destruction and our demise, and that is our own sinful nature, Satan and his demons, and illegitimate world system that is rebellion against God's just and loving rule. All that was aligned against us, and we were helpless to defeat them. And God steps in, He interposes, and He rescues us. And that's why we, as God's people, follow in His footsteps to rescue others. Amen? We were talking, you know, in the room. He's left us footsteps to follow in. Amen? So critically important. Chapter 9, The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrate. You all read that book by Pastor Matt Chuella? If you haven't, I really encourage you to get it. So critically important in these days. But the essence of this doctrine is this. When a higher-ranking authority issues lawless decrees, Immoral and unconstitutional public policy or law it is the duty of the lesser magistrate to resist and oppose them To say no to the bully in the sandbox Okay, so critically important why is that important because that's something that is in our Our founding, it's part of our American DNA. We were established as a federalism, brothers and sisters, and that means there's different levels of government and different branches of government. Why did our founding fathers go to such lengths to give us that kind of government? Well, they were Christians. Most of them were Christians. They understood the basic nature of men. We're sinful. We're tyrants by nature. So they wanted a lot of checks and balances. Right? To reign. I'm telling you, they knew government was a necessary evil. They understood that. Man has to be governed. But there's also this longing to be free. So how do we negotiate through that? Well, checks and balances. And so whenever any other branch of government or level of government starts to play the tyrant, it behooves the other levels and branches to reign them in. This we have not done. And so when Roe versus Wade, that opinion was given to our national disgrace and shame. Not one governor, not one legislator, not one sheriff, not one chief of police, not one dog catcher said, no, sir, that will never happen. Happened under my jurisdiction that is insane The Supreme Court is telling this nation that one group of people now has permission to murder Another group of people and they're calling this law that we should obey. Are you insane? But we did it we managed to do it And we wonder why our nation is rapidly declining All right Chapter 10 I'm coming in for the landing. I only got a few more chapters to go. Three, I think. Short-term and long-term strategies. Basically what that says, church, we got a two-fold responsibility in response to this Holocaust. A, we got to have a short-term strategy, which means the salt comes out from under the shaker, the life from under the bushel. We go into this culture of death. We engage at the death camps. We exercise our weapons of warfare that are not carnal, amen? And we engage, and we bring the gospel of the kingdom, and we provide a way of escape for these parents that are being deceived, and these children that are being led to slaughter, right? That's the short-term strategy. Amen? But here's the thing. As abolitionists, we know ultimately the state is responsible and we're looking for them to outlaw. But here's the problem. A law changed five years from now holds no hope for that child scheduled to die today. Amen? And this is why we have to engage, brothers and sisters. Amen? These people are being lied to. You've got to look, where has their sin led them? Whereas they're actually contemplating murdering their own son and daughter. How deep in darkness must you be? And what's the answer to that? The gospel of the kingdom. How can they hear? How can they know without a preacher? Hello? I mean seriously, what an opportunity to minister, save lives, spare souls. What an awesome deal. But most churches don't have the vision for that. And so they're literally ignoring an exposed area where this enemy has come to kill, steal, and destroy, and we're not engaging them to set the captives free. So we gotta have a short-term strategy, and then we gotta have a long-term strategy, and that is the mission to the magistrate. That's where we develop this relationship with our magistrates. And we're pacing with them, and we bring them along, and we disciple them, and we mentor them, and we train them so they understand what your duty is. And if it comes to the point they will not do their duty, listen, I may love you, I'll pray for you, but you're done here. You need to find another vocation. Because we're not playing the religious game anymore. We're not playing the political game anymore. We are tired of pro-life politicians checking their box. Oh, I got the pro-life vote. And then the pro-life groups raise their money, have their fundraisers, they take pictures together, the magistrate and the pro-life leader, they take pictures, smile, victory in Jesus' name. Meanwhile, everybody gets what they want, except the true victim. In this crime, that is the pre-born. And I'm telling you, that unholy alliance needs to be broken up in Jesus' name. And we gotta do this God's way. So critically important. Amen? Next chapter, openings that must be shut. I'm dealing with the exception clauses. Rape, incest, life of the mother. That was the openings that gave us Roe vs. Wade. They have to be dealt with biblically. Biblically. And I lay out the case why those openings must be shut. That's chapter 11. Chapter 12, biblical distinctions between sin and crime. How many know all sin is not a crime? But there are sins that are crime. Most of the pro-life movement believes it is a sin that needs to be repented of. but they don't believe it's a crime that needs to be penalized by law. That is a grave error, biblically. And again, one of the problems with the pro-life movement, they use the same language as the pro-aborts, it's a healthcare issue. But in the pro-life cause, we're trying to resolve it by legal technicalities. You gotta broaden your stairwell. to reach code. And they think by doing that, they're going to chip away and win by attrition. I'm going to tell you something. We could get every death camp in Oklahoma shut down today. We would still be guilty before God for blood guiltiness. And why is that? Because God demands justice. He demands justice. He doesn't see this as a healthcare issue. He views it as a crime and it must be penalized by law. Otherwise his demand for justice has not been met and we're still guilty of blood guiltiness. So critically important. Last chapter. You can say amen or oh me, but we're definitely coming in here. The last chapter deals with the five elements that must be placed if we're going to call this a clean bill of abolition. There are five truths, five things we must understand if it's going to be considered a true bill of abolition. And here are the five things. First and foremost, man is made in the image of God. End of argument right there. Why was the church the institution that God used to end atrocities? We knew a couple of things. Jesus is Lord, and man is made in the image of God. And that's what fueled our commitment to stand in the gap, to end atrocities. We understood that. I don't know what's happened to the American church. I feel like, like we're like Lion King, like we're, we're sort of in a Kuna, a Tata land. And we, like, we got to get a vision of Mufasa, you know? We got to get a vision of our Heavenly Father, you know? Simba, like, you, you've forgotten me. You, you, you've forgotten who you are. You are more than what you've become. And that is us, brothers and sisters. We are more than what we become. Man is made in the image of God. Amen? Abortion is a crime of murder that must be reflected in the homicide code of state statutes. Why? Because that's how God sees it. And that's what he demands. And here's where people want to accuse us, like we hate the sinner, or we hate women, or stuff like that. Nonsense! Nonsense! Do you know, religiously, we could be forgiven of sins and still, you know, go through a court trial for criminal actions? Well, what's the church supposed to do? Well, the church is supposed to do what she is called to do. which is to reach sinners, to bring them to repentance, and the acknowledgement of the truth, whereby their souls may be saved. It's a ministry of mercy, but the state is called to do what they're called to do, and that is to minister justice, to punish the evildoer as God has defined evil, and protect those who are good in God's sight as God has defined good. Amen, so this is critically important because they want to you know what the church in the pro-life movement they're literally pitting the justice of God against the mercy of God and Let me tell you You're doing violence to the character of God in his scriptures They are virtues that come from the same Lord and they are not in conflict with him. I They are in complete harmony with his will in the earth. All right. Number three, there must be penalties for the mother or any other party complicit with homicide. I wish I had more time to explain that. Read it in the book. inner position, number four, by the lesser magistrate against the unlawful royal opinion must be explicitly stated. Here's the thing, brothers and sisters, that every abolitionist bill must have. As we get it into the Homicide Code, at the end of that bill, we are telling the federal beast, All other courts, once this bill is passed in our state, we will not answer to any court. It's not gonna happen. So, you know, you can fuss and fight and beat your chest, but you're done here, and we're not answering to you. so critically important. Why is that? Because it's through the courts that this monster was unleashed. And here's the principle we have to understand. When the courts ignore the Constitution, the states ignore the court. That's the truth. That's the reality of it, brothers and sisters. And that's why I encourage local magistrates, you've got to understand You think that if you resist this tyranny, you're the lawbreaker. No, they've already broken the law. They're the lawless ones. You have to uphold the law. And by the way, when the government becomes lawless and the lawbreaker, that doesn't give you and I permission to become lawbreakers. We uphold the law, because we're law keepers. So when that conflict comes, what is our duty? We must obey God rather than men. And it's our turn now, brothers and sisters, quite frankly. All right, so conclude the matter. What are we seeking here? This is the conclusion of the book. What are we seeking? Equal justice, right? And equal protection under the law. Again, we got to have a biblical worldview here, brothers and sisters. Does God put difference between the pre-born child in the womb and the born child of the womb? Does he? You study your Hebrew and Greek, right? You understand the same word for the baby outside of the womb is the same word for the baby in the womb. God puts no distinction between them. Well, who has put that distinction between them? Our government, the courts, the pro-life movement, and the church, led astray by the pro-life movement. What are we seeking here? We're seeking consistency. We want to be involved in something that passes God's truth test. Okay? People think, well, if you passed that law, what are you saying, man? You just want women to suffer the death penalty. You mean old Christian abolitionists. You're so heartless. You have no mercy. You have no compassion. Brothers and sisters, in our justice system, we don't put serial killers to death. Are you kidding me? Our purpose here is prevention is better than a cure. We're just seeking consistency with the Lord, even with our own founding documents, the Declaration, the Constitution, right to life, right to liberty. Hello? Where did that come from? Came from Christianity. We're just seeking to be consistent. Amen, nothing more, nothing less. And brothers and sisters, if you and I would do this and live this out, perhaps then God would look upon our efforts and bless them. And we could literally see what God has done in history, in redemptive history. end this atrocity. Now I don't know, Brother Bill, I have two prayers from God that I've asked before he closes my eyes here. I want to see at least one state cross the line and abolish this thing, and I'd like to see maybe my great-grandchild God's will be done. Amen, sons. Well, God bless you and thank you so much for having me here today. If you don't have a copy of the book, you can go on Amazon. If you could write a good review and a five star, what that does, it increases the value of the book and gets it out to other folks that desperately need, especially the pro-life movement in the church. Amen. God bless you. Thank you, saints.