To Whom Do the Children Really Belong?

While Tuesdays are not normally killing days at the local pit, it is still good to go and preach the Word of God to the workers. Many cling to a false doctrine, that He is so loving that He will never punish them. To the organized church's shame few from the pulpit bother with offering the truth in church, much less outside a death pit. So, when I give them the appropriate Scriptures, they are often surprised that they even exist. Today's word centered around the fact that God not only know these children before they are born, He knows them before they are even in the womb.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. -- Jer 1:5 

Here, God is speaking directly to Jeremiah. Jeremiah was not comfortable with the idea of being God's messenger. He protested that he was inadequate. So, God told him that He had prepared him before he was even conceived.

For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. -- Jud 13:5

Samson's mother could not conceive. So, she prayed fervently and an angel intervened. She went from being childless to bearing one of the great heroes of ancient time because God made it to be so. John the Baptist's parents experienced the same type of blessing, and, of course, we were told who the LORD would be long, long before He was conceived.

This is the God of the Bible. He gives to us, but there is a purpose in His giving. We are not to abuse or disrespect, let alone kill. He is the masterful Maker. We are merely the created. He has given us children as gifts, but He never intended for us to be so unappreciative as to kill them. 

Thou shalt not kill. -- Exo 20:13

and

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. -- Exo 23:7

When God commanded us not to kill, the children were included in His protection. Knowing how duplicitous we can be He clarified His intent just three chapters later. Given that the children are exactly where He placed them, they have done nothing to deserve the death penalty. They are innocent. Those that kill them are "wicked", and will not find justification without the complete reversal of their behavior. In other words, if you have chosen to slaughter innocent children, God considers you so wicked that any professed repentance must be proven out by your actions. You must not only cease to kill. You must be vocal and active in trying to end child sacrifice yourself.

For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers shall be justified. -- Rom 2:13

Blessings,

Betty