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the religious and the political 
class every step of the way. And then finally the church needs 
to herald the gospel. The church needs to preach the 
blood of Jesus Christ, his son, that cleanses us from all sin. See, at times when we gather 
together and persons find themselves in a situation like this, they 
may reflect on the past, they may reflect upon bad decisions 
that they made in their youth, they may reflect upon previous 
horrors that they committed, but understand this. The psalmist 
said, if thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, who 
could stand? but there is forgiveness with 
thee that thou mayest be feared. There is hope in the blood of 
Jesus. There is redemption in the blood 
of Jesus. There is forgiveness in the person 
of our Lord Jesus. If you have sinned this sin, 
if you have participated in this sin, if you have sinned in other 
sins, if you have hated people in your hearts without any warrant, 
you have not done what God has said relative to the sixth commandment. 
There is hope in our blessed Savior. Scripture says, if we 
confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us and to 
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Brethren, I think where the law 
is preached, the gospel comes on its heels to bring the balm 
of Gilead to those needy sinners that have been bruised, broken, 
and battered by that law to understand that there is hope to be had 
in the person and in the work of our Lord Jesus Christ. And 
everyone, the Bible is clear, everyone who comes to me, Jesus 
says, I will in no wise cast out. He says, come to me all 
you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. That 
last great day of the feast in John's gospel, he says, if any 
man thirsts, let him come and drink. Peter, on the day of Pentecost, 
he is preaching to Jerusalem's sinners. He tells them their 
number one sin, him you crucified by lawless hands. And yet he's 
able to say to them, repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus 
Christ for the remission of sins. So when we bring that law to 
bear upon sinners concerning this revolting practice of abortion, 
let us be there with the gospel of free and sovereign grace to 
tell sinners there is hope, there is life, there is