Some sins are more heinous than others. Neglecting any aspect of the Moral Law is sinful, but neglecting the duty to defend helpless children, as millions are being slaughtered, is an 
especially heinous sin. Bowing to an injustice of this magnitude encourages submission to an untold number of lesser atrocities. Tolerating this form and number of murders also sets a 
precedent for submitting to more heinous types, and even larger numbers of murders. If your right to defend your own child may be removed by the government, there is no right that may not be similarly removed by the state. These aggravators, as well as many others, make neglecting 
the defensive duties of the Moral Law (as they apply to the unborn) an extremely heinous sin in 
the sight of God.  

The magnitude of this sin should be held in sharp contrast to the virtue and wisdom of maintaining the defensive duties of the Moral Law. Just as neglecting this duty enables the cycle 
of sin, misery, and death to continue and accelerate, so upholding the duty to defend the unborn breaks this cycle and produces extraordinary results. Upholding this duty brings an entirely new perspective to the abortion controversy, and unleashes previously neglected potential. Affirming this aspect of the Moral Law enables us to connect it to all the other truths and duties of the Bible. This lays the basis for a comprehensive understanding of the problem, and for prescribing an effective remedy. It also opens people's eyes to the necessity of immediate and effective action—as required by God’s law—and their former neglect of this obligation. This duty 
provides strategic insight for directing people's efforts to defend the unborn in an effective manner, and ignites people to make the sacrifices necessary to stop abortion.

Affirming this duty also provides an adequate rationale for calling people to the degree of commitment that is consistent with the extremity of the situation. Since the Moral Law requires some people to lay down their lives in defense of others, including the unborn, how much more should those not called to make this supreme sacrifice determine to devote themselves to serving God in this compelling cause? Legal abortion will only end when people become willing to make the sacrifices necessary to stop it. The Moral Law requires the sacrifices necessary to stop it. Thus, it is imperative that people repent of neglecting this aspect of the Moral Law, and rather assert it with great zeal and devotion. Nothing moves people to action like the duties of God’s word that require that action.  

The more we love the Lord, the greater will be our affection for His word, including the defensive duties required by the Sixth Commandment. David, in Psalm 119:97, cried out, “Oh, how I love Thy law! It is my meditation all the day.” His affection for God’s law certainly 
included the duty to defend innocent people. We should have a similar fervor for this neglected but essential aspect of God’s word. As believers meditate on this aspect of God’s law, as it 
applies to the plight of the unborn, His Spirit will give us great ardor for proclaiming and maintaining this duty throughout the world.  

What those who favor abortion need to fear, and what those who oppose abortion need to promote, is a God-given zeal for protecting the unborn. The immoral passion that drives the pro￾abortion movement—to indulge their lusts and abort the unborn—must be overcome by an even greater and godly passion for defending these children. This desire needs to be fanned into flames, purified by the entire Bible, and directed toward God (He is the ultimate source and object of our fervor for protecting those made in His image). As we learn to sustain and spread this zeal, it will illumine the world with the blazing brilliance of the glory of God.