WE ARE the Amalekites!

# 204 - Today's Du-votional comes from: 1Sa 15:2,3 "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt. 3 'Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'" (1 Sam 15:2,3) God, in His Sovereignty, has decided that the time has come to “put Amalek to the ban.” This was spoken of back in De 25:19 "Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget.” Why? What was Amalek's crime? Here it is: They had pounced on the Israelites soon after they had left Egypt and attacked the rear ranks, (this is the place of the weary and the defenseless. We read about it in De 25:17 "Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, 18 "how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God. Understand this, attacking the weary and defenseless shows a total lack of the fear of God. Can you lack a fear (reverence) of God and still claim to have saving faith? This total destruction of the Amalekites was to serve as a picture of the end of those who do not fear God. This act of the Amalekites should cause us to wake up in America! For we too have mounted an attack against the weak and defenseless through legalized abortion. Over 54 million defenseless unborn babies have died through legalized abortion since 1973. In this regard, WE ARE the Amalekites, and I'm afraid it's going to get worse for the weak and defenseless as we embrace selective and expedient health care. Do you think God's attitude toward the weak and defenseless has changed? Wake up America! Thankfully, His love for us has not changed either and He will forgive us of our sins if we find and embrace true repentance. God have mercy on us and forgive us in the Name of Jesus. Amen. Remember, beloved, there is no sin that Jesus did not pay for on Calvary.