By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn
It is amazing that God would have to institute a commandment that would tell a man not to shed innocent blood for profit. It tells us much about who we are, that we would need to be told.
There is something worth noting in our culture. If you walk into a Planned Parenthood, you need cash. If you walk into a Crisis Pregnancy center, you don’t. In fact, they won’t take your cash if you have it. Abortion is an industry. Take the profit away, and the industry (like any other industry) will dry up. When you take the money away, what is left? It is here that love becomes apparent.
We looked at the nature of false witness several weeks ago. False witness and murder go together. Speaking of the devil, Jesus said “He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there s no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for his is a liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44).