Chapter 11: God’s Eternal Character

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judge some people. Who are they? Why shouldn’t they be judged if we are supposed to judge others? The first question concerning judging the sinner is whether they are in the Church. Do they profess to be a believer? Are they claiming to walk with God? That is the starting point of our judging.

If the abortion doctor was a confessing believer in Jesus Christ, then you are required to judge this person with a righteous judgment. Of course, this simply means that you judge this person according to God’s perspective and not your own. Remember that a righteous judgment is from only God’s

righteousness and not what you think is right. Doing that, you would come to the fast conclusion that the abortion doctor was not in God’s will since he is willingly committing murder [sinning] on countless unborn babies in the womb. Therefore, God requires specific action in accordance with His

Word. It means starting by rebuking the doctor and then collectively shunning him [socially isolating him].

Since we are not to live with evil in the Church, it means kicking the

doctor out of the church or excommunicating this person; God would have expected that. Yet this punishment is seldom used today. The Church lives with wicked people inside its midst. Was this abortion doctor a member of some congregation that claims to be with God Almighty? If so, that

congregation, its minister and teachings totally failed God in terms of repentance. It never taught this abortion doctor what was good or evil in the eyes of God, who expects us to cease doing evil. The ability to discern good and evil is seriously diminished in the Church today, because the Laws of

God are no longer taught; this is the time of Christian mythology.

Make no mistake about it. If this abortion doctor had tried to commit baby murder in as little as 35 years ago, U.S. justice would have killed him. Or at the very least, when convicted, he would have spent the rest of his life

in prison. Even in the United States, just 35 years ago, our society had the ability to recognize the “shedding of innocent blood” as being sheer evil.

An eye for an eye and life for a life was the general rule given by God

and we read the punishment for harming any baby still inside the mother’s womb in Exodus. If you thought that the Bible did not speak directly against abortion, you were wrong.