America’s death dealing disconnect

Michael Vick was back in the news as he was released from Federal Prison

last week to spend the remaining few months of his sentence on home

confinement. In December 2008, former Atlanta Falcon QB and NFL superstar

Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in Federal Prison for dog fighting.

While he broke the law and is being held accountable for his actions, I

couldn't help but to think of the many abortion doctors in this nation who

go to work every day, slaughter innocent babies, and go home at night to

their families without ever being held accountable for their actions.

Today's Devotional is a sobering look at where we are as a nation and a

people.


In the United States, the life of a dog is worth more than the life of a

human being! The nation was riveted and closely followed the story of NFL

superstar quarterback Michael Vick in 2008. It came to light that Vick

financed and was an active participant in running a dog fighting enterprise.

Fighting dogs is illegal in all 50 states. Additionally, hundreds of

thousands of dollars were illegally gambled on these dog fights, and what

has enraged most people, was the inhumane treatment of these animals

including killing them in numerous brutal ways. Vick was not only been

linked to financing this dog fighting operation, but gambling on the fights

and personally killing several of the dogs who didn't perform well.


Today, I want to bring a whole new perspective to the Michael Vick story

that you won't hear on the news or read about in the papers. In the United

States in the year 2009, it is illegal to kill a dog but legal to kill a

baby! Let me say that one more time since I want this FACT to really sink

in. In the United States in the year 2009, it is illegal to kill a dog, but

legal to kill a baby! WOW! Does that put the whole Vick story in a different

light and show just how spiritually bankrupt we are as a nation? Want more?

Michael Vick went to prison for 23 months for killing dogs, yet every single

day all over this nation, "doctors" are slaughtering 4,000 babies and going

home to their families at the end of the day.


Michael Vick has been kicked out of the NFL and went to Federal prison for

killing dogs, but the "doctors" who are paid very well to kill over 4,000

babies EVERY SINGLE DAY in this nation are free!


Another aspect of the Vick case that I have watched closely is the

across-the-board outrage by people regarding what he did to these dogs. You

will be hard pressed to find anyone who even tries to support, let alone,

condone what Vick did. It has virtually been a universal response of

condemnation for what he did to these dogs. What baffles me is where is that

same universal condemnation over the fact we kill 4,000 babies in this

nation every day? How can the masses get so riled up over the inhumane

treatment and killing of a handful of dogs, yet sit back in silence as every

24 hours another 4,000 babies are slaughtered?


Here is an interesting side note that can't go unnoticed. PETA, the ultra

liberal People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, was front and center in

calling for Vick's hide and exploited the Vick story to raise millions of

dollars for their cause. The hypocrisy is that the vast percentage of people

who follow and support PETA also support a woman's right to kill her baby.

So you have this animal rights advocacy group who takes every opportunity to

bully and intimidate people who have anything to do with animals, all the

way from how cows and chickens are slaughtered to the way animals are killed

by fast food restaurants to the killing of animals to make fur coats,

leading the charge against Vick for fighting and killing dogs, yet this same

group supports the killing of babies!

The real story of the sad and sickening Michael Vick dog fighting/killing

tragedy is that in this nation we clearly put more value on the life of an

animal than we do a human. It is clear that the life of a dog is more

important to society than the life of a baby. This is the only conclusion

you can draw since it is illegal to kill dogs but not babies, and someone

like Vick who is found guilty of killing dogs is going to prison while the

"doctors" who kill babies live in freedom. Society has determined that the

life of a dog is more important than the life of a baby.

This is so critical since now it is easy to understand why we are in the

spiritual abyss we find ourselves in. The Absolute Truth of the Bible has

been replaced by "every man doing what is right in their own eyes." You see,

it is no longer God our Creator who determines Truth, each person is

deciding that for themselves. That is why people now accept homosexual

relationships that God clearly calls a sin, redefining what God said

marriage and the family were to be, all of the false gods of the world, and

every other form of rebellion to God and His Word that you can name. When

men determine what truth is, that is how you end up with the mass outraged

over the death of a few dogs, yet no response at all to the daily slaughter

of 4,000 babies!

In nearly 10 years, all of the

warnings I have been sharing with you are coming to pass. I remember getting

emails telling me I was paranoid, the things I shared would never happen,

yet here we are in May of 2009 and this nation is in spiritual freefall. I

see a very small window that could allow us to reclaim this great nation for

Christ, but with each passing day that window gets smaller.

The nation has turned to the false gods of the world, the man-made idols,

and has chosen to live in complete rebellion to God and the Truth of His

Word. Most of Christendom has retreated behind the four walls of the church

into the "Christian trough" where they have virtually no impact on the world

at large. We have relegated ourselves to what amounts to a modern day leper

colony. Christians have become the 21st century lepers. We are treated like

outcasts. Despite having the power of Almighty God, we have chosen to hide

in our Christian subculture while the world we live in is sinning its way

into obliteration with souls dying and going to hell on conveyor belts!

Nothing more exemplifies this than the Vick case. Let me clearly state that

I believe those who treat animals in an inhumane way should be punished. Dog

fighting is a barbaric sport that should be against the law. Those who kill

dogs for sport should be prosecuted. I don't feel sorry for Michael Vick at

all and whatever he got he deserves.


However, the point I want you to understand today is that as heinous and

horrible as Vick's actions were, the disconnect comes when heinous and

horrible acts on a human being are not only legal, but supported by millions

of people. Many of the same people who have gone ballistic about what Vick

did to a few dogs, go equally ballistic if you talk about outlawing the

killing of babies.

If you ever needed a reminder regarding the depth of spiritual decay in this

country, the Michael Vick case is that reminder. The reality is that in this

country, the life of a dog is more precious than the life of a baby! God

have mercy on us all.