Interview with Noah Edmonds: Abortion

In this episode of The Feminine Glory Podcast, Esther and Lydia interview their brother Noah on the topic of abortion. They discuss the duty that Christians have to speak truth on this topic as well as the duty to be involved in the public sphere in general. Noah gives a course of action for residents of their state in particular in order to give bill HB 441 the chance to be heard and voted upon.

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I would like to draw your attention to a very dark and grand

evil that corrupts our nation. An evil that will, without fail, go down

in American history as an act of barbarism and horror. When I

name this evil, you will not be shocked. This abomination has

been going on for fifty years. The evil I am speaking of is –

abortion or as Christians should call it child sacrifice.

This practice is a too well-known fact in American culture. It

has become such a norm in our society that we are almost used

to it. However, why do I bring it up? We all know the debate; we

all know that abortion is a sin. Yet, I bring this up to you, the

Church, for two reasons.

First, is that I had the great gift of hearing Jeff Durbin speak

a few weeks ago. The talk was specifically about the battle to

abolish abortion here in Georgia. You might be familiar with the

hearing that the abolition bill for abortion, HB 441, got last year.

There was no vote on the bill, yet it did start the conversation to

abolish abortion here in Georgia. The details that Jeff gave were

actually quite encouraging. He explained that the debate could

continue when our state Representatives reconvene starting in

January. Moreover, it was explained that 25% of our state

Representatives are in support of HB 441. This is a huge blessing

that must not be taken for granted. The bottom line is that in the

state of Georgia we have a possibility to abolish abortion and

save the lives of thousands of babies. However, Jeff also

communicated that it is up to us to continue the debate as

Christians. All of this information leads to the second reason for

bringing all of this information to your attention.

Brothers and sisters, we are the Church of the Living God!

We serve the King of this world. This advent season we are

reminded of the greatest landing that trumps the legendary D-day

landing. The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. All of which ended

with the shedding blood of Christ on the cross.

With all this in mind remember that we are sons and

daughters of the King. We are the children of the King! He rules

this world! Therefore, He has given us His Church our marching

orders.

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in Heaven and on earth

has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy

Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And

behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Matthew 28:18-20

Christ has commanded his disciples to go and disciple the nations

teaching them to observe ALL that He has commanded. Because

all authority has been given to Him. It is the Church’s

responsibility to teach the nations what His decrees are.

Moreover, He has told us what He thinks about child sacrifice.

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying. “Say to the people of Israel, Any one of

the people of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who gives any

of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the

land shall stone him with stones. I myself will set my face against that man

and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of

his children to Molech, to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my

holy name." Leviticus 20:1-3

"They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons; they poured

out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they

sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

Thus they became unclean by their acts and played the whore in their

deeds. Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he

abhorred his heritage." Psalm 106:37-40

America is stained with the blood of the innocent. We as

Americans have killed so many innocent babies. The death toll is

worse than Hitler’s Holocaust. It says in Genesis 4:10, “And the

Lord said, ‘What have you done? The voice of your brother’s

blood is crying to me from the ground.’” We as Americans have to

ask the same question, “What have we done?” The blood of sixty-

five million innocent babies is crying out. For we have sacrificed

our children on the alter of our own evil sinful pleasures. Sadly, all

of this evil is done in our own backyard.

We as Christians are the light of the world. Christ has given

us the message that the world is waiting for and the message that

the world is hungry for. Therefore, it is our responsibility to

communicate to the world what an evil abortion is this coming

new year. It says this in Psalm 24:10, “Rescue those who are

being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to

the slaughter.”

This also means that we need to communicate to our

Representatives what their God given responsibilities are. For our

civil leaders are a direct instrument of God and He has a direct

purpose for them that is found in Romans 13. For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger

who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Romans 13:5

We can clearly see that God established the governing rulers to

keep and establish justice. He also warns those same rulers that

pervert justice. Isaiah writes a clear warning to rulers who take

advantage of the fatherless.

"Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep

writing oppression, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor

of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they

may make the fatherless their prey! What will you do on the day of

punishment, in the ruin that will come from afar? To whom will you flee for

help, and where will you leave your wealth? Nothing remains but to crouch

among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger has not

turned away, and his hand is stretched out still." Isaiah 10:1-4

Isaiah makes it clear and says, “Woe to those who decree

iniquitous decrees.” Our civil rulers have for too long made

iniquitous decrees, and they have made the fatherless there pray.

This is one of many reasons why we are seeing God’s judgment

on our land. Because our leaders are not protecting these

innocent children.

This is why God’s people need to proclaim the truth in the

public square. If we believe that Christ Jesus is King and we do.

Then it is our responsibility to proclaim that to our rulers. If we

genuinely believe in what we pray every Sunday saying, “Our

Father in Heaven hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come,

your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.” If we honestly

believe that His Kingdom is on earth, then we must act in such a

way that proclaims who is the real King of the world.

We as Christians have a theology that has hands and feet.

What an opportunity to flex this muscle with the fight against

abortion here in Georgia. Edmund Burke said, “The only thing

necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing –

Take Action.” Indeed, it is time for Christ Church to act. Not only

because it is right but because this is a matter of life and death.

--Noah Edmonds