I am so quick to condemn New York, Vermont, and Virginia for such wicked legislation they passed into law or sought to pass into state law so child sacrifice could be practiced in their respective states up through nine months of pregnancy. The reality is we live in a culture of death where many believe they can murder their own children for convenience or for any other reason because they believe they are their own god. I am so quick to judge those politicians and the voters who put them in place, but as Jesus stated, “why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?” (Matthew 7:3).

The word for “log” in the passage is the idea of a 2×8 plank. We are called to examine the plank in our own eye before we seek to take the tiny splinter out of someone else’s. Perhaps we should look at the pre-born holocaust occurring in our fair state before we begin throwing bricks at other states.

Here are the latest statistics on child sacrifice in our state of South Carolina since Roe v Wade was passed by the Supreme Court in 1973:

That is right. Almost a half million babies have been murdered in this state since 1973. And the reality is, it is still legal in this state through the first two trimesters of pregnancy and even in the third trimester in some circumstances. You may be wondering what the statistics are for the Midlands. Almost 30 babies are brutally murdered in Columbia each week at the Planned Parenthood clinic. The reality is the Church is largely silent at this atrocity in our own state.

I wonder how the Church would respond if we knew that 30 three-year olds were to be executed at a nearby pre-school next week. In God’s eyes, what is the difference between these precious pre-born neighbors being poisoned, shredded, or crushed and these precious 3-year olds? If we say we love God, but do not love our neighbors the Lord calls us liars (1 John 4:20).

God very clearly commands us in Exodus 20:13, “You shall not murder.” Murder is taking the life of an image-bearer of God, and He says it is sin. Abortion is a sin, and God calls it murder.

We can look with contempt and disgust at our northern state neighbors. The reality is we have blood on our own hands since this holocaust has been going on for the past 46 years in our own state. We better take the log out of our own eye before we begin judging other states.

I repent before You, my Lord, for my lack of courage, love, and healthy fear of You as I am responsible for the carnage in my own state known as abortion. Forgive me, Lord, for blaming legislators and politicians, when I have done so little to protect these precious pre-born neighbors. Father, I cry out to You, to forgive us for not calling for the immediate abolition of abortion in our state and nation. Enough is enough. Oh, God, have mercy on us in the midst of your wrath. We deserve Your full wrath, but please, oh God, have mercy on us. We are a wicked people. Awaken us to Your warning in Proverbs 24:11-12, “Deliver those who are being taken away to death, and those who are staggering to slaughter, oh hold them back. If you say, ‘See we did not know this.’ Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts? And does He not know it who keeps your soul? And will He not render to man according to his work?”