The Struggle for Life

Robert Moffat, that great missionary to the jungles of Africa, was born on December 21, 1795.
 
His aging preacher, whom the church was voting to oust, had complained that they’d seen no visible results in the year, but, of course, no one noticed wee Bobby Moffat as he came forward. They didn't consider that four-year-old boy’s altar prayer an important decision, but that wee Bobby Moffat became the great missionary to the jungles of Africa, clearing the way for the gospel of Jesus Christ. Wee Bobby Moffat became the father-in-law to David Livingston. Wow, that wee boy was important.
 
Life is important. Every. Baby. Is. Important.
 
Herod was a baby killer. Today, most liberals, have that in common with Herod. They are present-day baby killers with their pro-death legislation and tax-payer funded abortions. In Hell, the rich man lifted up his eyes in torment wanting Father Abraham to allow Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool his tormented tongue. In like manner, in Hell, those who forsake the truth of the Gospel and repentance and kill babies today will hear the cries of the unborn, “Mama, murdered me!”
 
“Mama, murdered me.” That may sound harsh, but a literal, eternal punishment in Hell is much more. If they do not get saved and repent of their wicked, vile, hellish murder of babies, they will lift up their eyes in torment. They will cry out along with the rich man. Government and doctors have teamed up to lie and murder Truth. Do not be deceived. Death will come to everyone and judgment is real.
 
“Away in a Manger,” “Silent Night,” and “O Holy Night.” All picture the cradle as a quiet, reverent, peaceful scene; yet, we know the violence and murder conducted by wicked Herod from the cradle to the cross. Satan would attempt to stop God's redemption plan, the preaching of Jesus, and the preaching of the cross. The preaching of His right as Lord of our lives has been resisted from the time of the cradle. Yet, Emmanuel, God with us is God's gift to us. How can we resist God's love, grace, and mercy? Yet, it has violently been resisted by selfish, sinful men.

John Wesley on December 23rd was kicked out of the church, so he went to the cemetery and preached that sermon using his father's tombstone as a pulpit. John Wesley said, “Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven on earth.”
 
That dedication, that truth-telling is just what the world does not want - dying to self versus living for self, loving the world versus in love with the world, serving the Master, the Lord Jesus Christ, versus being a master of servants. This is that struggle to give Him control from the cradle to the cross. We must crown Him Lord of all human flesh at the weakness of this flesh.
 
However, it is impossible for us, on our own, to give Him control of our life. Only the transforming power of God can change a mortal soul into a redeemed soul. Those who live a life of self and sin and contradiction to Scripture cannot lay claim to salvation by Jesus, for it is whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord.
 

Life is not a struggle when in His control.