The Massacre of the Innocents

Dennis Tuuri

Outline: Matthew 2:16-18 The Massacre of the Innocents Sermon Notes for Anti-abortion Day of the Lord , January 20, 2008 by Pastor Dennis R. Tuuri I. The Occasion 35 th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade; Exodus 21:22-25 Ps. 139:13-15; Prov. 8:34-36; Mark 9 Practical Atheism in Zephaniah and America Zpeh. 1:12 II. The Response - The Two Seed Warfare and the Prayers of the Church - Rev. 16:12-16 Gen. 3:15 The Warfare Begins Rev. 16:12-16 The 6 th Bowl Unleashes Kings From the East via a Dry River to Fight The Frog-Demon Army Rev. 7:2,3 (Matt. 24:27) Jesus is the King From the East Restraining His Spirit For A Time Rev. 16:15 Now He Comes! (Arm of the Lord Isaiah 51:9,17; 52:1: Arm of the Lord, Jerusalem , Zion ) Rev. 9:13-21 The 6 th Trumpet Unleashes An Effectual Army of Prayer (See Also Zechariah 2:6 in Context) Liturgical Warfare at the Mount of Assembly (Armageddon) Acts 12:5 Peter Delivered From Prison and Death Through Prayer Warfare Rev. 6:9,10 The Saints Pour Forth Imprecatory Prayers The Old World Is Judged and Removed via Prayer New Testament Basis for Imprecatory Prayers Rev. 2:6; Rev. 6:9,10; Gal. 1:7-9; 5:12 ; 2 Tim. 4:14; 2 Th. 1:6; Rev. 19:11-21; Rom. 12:19 ; Heb. 10:30; Mk. 3:5 w/Rev. 6:16; Mk. 11:12-17; Jn 3:36; Matt. 18:34, 35; 22:7; Luke 12:46; 19:27; Heb. 2:2,3; Col. 3:25; Rom. 2:5-11 III. The Text Matt. 2; Ps. 97:3,10; 2 Chr. 19:2 IV. The Suicide of the West V. The Church and Practical Theism/Optimism Be Fruitful and Multiply! VI. The Church as Watchman Ezekiel 33 A. Obligations to the Victims - Acts 10:4 Prov. 24:11,12 The PRC and rescuing those being led away to the slaughter Assurance of Forgiveness - Psalm 103:12, Isaiah 43:25, 1 Cor. 6:9-11 B. Obligations to Warn the Culture Psalm 10; The Lords Prayer C. Obligations to Warn Rulers in the Church and State Ps. 82; Rom. 12:19-13:5 Warning - Psalm 82 and the Implications of Exodus 22:28 for Rulers v. 1 Judges are Gods v. 2 They Shall Be Judged Accordingly vv. 3,4 They Are To Defend the Unborn v. 5 Sometimes They Dont, With Devastating Results vv. 6,7 God Will Judge Them v. 8 The Imprecatory Prayer VII. Gods Faithfulness and Optimism 1990 1 in 3 aborted; 2007 1 in 5 aborted (25% Reduction) Notes for Young Hearers 1. Since 1973, many babies have been ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. 2. This is because our ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ have sinned. 3. One reason is people dont believe God ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ today. 4. They dont obey His ___ ___ ___ ___ any more. 5. God says we are an army of ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. 6. When we pray in church, things ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. 7. We are to pray that God will ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ murderers. 8. Wicked King ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ tried to ___ ___ ___ ___ baby Jesus. 9. To do this, he killed other ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. 10. Christians should have ___ ___ ___ ___ of babies. 11. God will ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ and protect us. 12. We should also ___ ___ ___ ___ moms that are tempted. 13. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Prentice is helping moms and unborn babies. 14. You can help her by ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ and working. 15. We can also help by ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ our culture. 16. We should warn ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ and pastors. 17. ___ ___ ___ ___ babies are being saved each year. 18. We should have ___ ___ ___ in all our thoughts. 19 Gods ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ is growing