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 was
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.
In His love and
service,
Your friend and
brother in
Christ,
Bill Keller
If I can help
you in any way
you can contact
me through my
personal email
at:
bkeller@liveprayer.com