Sometimes it is obvious Satan has a horse in the race!

The interaction between Planned Parenthood (planned Non-Parenthood seems more appropriate) and the Susan G, Komen Foundation this week should make it obvious that Satan is real! Consider the reality of the situation - one charity decides to stop giving money to another charity, either because of a government investigation or because of pressure from pro-life groups, we can't be sure which.

Whatever the motivation for Komen pulling back support from Planned Parenthood, the public, media and political outcry against Komen has been unprecedented. Komen is tiny compared to Planned Parenthood, they are a separate entity with the right to support who they wish and they have a different focus for their charity, so, why such outrage? If it was Planned Parenthood who was choosing not to support Komen, would  their be such a backlash? I think not, it seems plain that when it comes to those issues where moral absolutes are in question (abortion, gay rights, etc.) the voices against those absolutes are the loudest.

Imagine politicians, like Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who volunteered to make up Planned Parenthood's losses out of his own pocket, and other influential people joining hands, emptying their wallets and shouting - "not one less baby will be killed on our watch" or "we support baby killing and all who don't are evil haters"!

Consider some of the other real evil in the world: where is the outrage against child sex slavery, genocide or starvation? I propose a simple answer.

Satan does not want people getting outraged about these truly evil things, our silence on them suits his purposes perfectly. However, when it comes to abortion, Satan has a horse in the race and he cheers on his cause and stirs up his followers to do the same. Outside of Jesus Christ, we are all Satan's followers and are capable of believing and embracing incredible lies, even to the point of cheering on the killing of innocent children.

I am not advocating the movie, but in Batman The Dark Knight, there is a quote by Batman's friend/butler Alfred regarding the Joker and his motives for doing evil - "some men just want to watch the world burn"! Satan wants to watch the world burn and calling evil good and good evil is a sure way to help us destroy ourselves, as he watches and laughs. Jesus Christ will be victorious and we, his children, will share in His glorious victory, but we need not be ignorant of Satan's schemes either.

1 Pet. 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 10 But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 11 To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. (NKJV)

 "Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.Used by permission. All rights reserved."