When the Church Becomes the Serpent’s Mouthpiece

Silence Is Not Neutrality

When pastors fear man more than God, the blood of the innocent cries out from under their pews. A church that refuses to speak plainly about abortion has sided with the serpent.

The greatest threat to ending abortion is not the world’s boldness, it’s the church’s timidity. Judgment begins at the household of God (1 Peter 4:17).

Ezekiel was appointed as a watchman over Israel. God told him that if he saw the sword coming and failed to sound the trumpet, the blood of the people would be on his hands (Ezekiel 3:17–19). Many pastors today have chosen silence—and the blood of over 65 million children cries out against them.

The Church’s Silence Is the Serpent’s Voice

Paul warned Timothy to preach the Word “in season and out of season” (2 Timothy 4:1–5). In other words, declare the truth whether it is popular or despised, celebrated or scorned. Yet many pulpits have bowed to cultural respectability. Abortion is dismissed as “too political.” Preaching against it is labeled “divisive.”

But silence is not neutrality. It is an endorsement. A refusal to call abortion what God calls it: murder, does not remove offense; it removes salt and light. It leaves the culture unchallenged and the church compromised.

Jeremiah condemned false prophets who “healed the wound of my people lightly, saying ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace” (Jeremiah 6:14). Our pulpits echo the same message today, soothing consciences rather than sounding alarms. And in doing so, they have become mouthpieces for the serpent, repeating his ancient lie: “You will not surely die.”

Abortion Thrives on Cowardice

The abortion industry does not primarily thrive because of Planned Parenthood, activist judges, or corrupt politicians. It thrives because pulpits have refused to declare the whole counsel of God.

Where were the prophets when Roe v. Wade was decided? Where are they now, as states enshrine abortion-on-demand into law? Why do sermons remain silent while children are led to the slaughter just down the street from our sanctuaries?

The uncomfortable truth is that abortion has been allowed to flourish under the watch of the American church. The world’s boldness has only been possible because of the church’s cowardice.

Judgment Begins With Us

Peter’s warning is sobering: “It is time for judgment to begin at the household of God” (1 Peter 4:17). God will not hold blameless a church that prays for revival while ignoring the blood crying from the ground. He will not bless a people who sing louder to drown out the screams of the innocent.

Revival slogans are meaningless without repentance. Calls for awakening ring hollow if we refuse to confront the national sin in our midst. Abortion is not merely a social issue; it is covenant treason against the King of kings. And He will not be mocked.

The Call to Shepherds

Pastors, you are watchmen. You will give an account. To remain silent about abortion is to allow wolves to devour the flock unchallenged. To minimize it as “political” is to surrender the pulpit to the powers of darkness.

You are called to preach the Word, not a sanitized version, not a “safe” version, not a version that keeps tithers comfortable. Preach Christ as King. Preach His law as binding. Preach His Gospel as the only hope for rebels guilty of bloodshed.

A shepherd who refuses to protect his sheep is no shepherd at all.

The Call to the Church

And it’s not only pastors. Every Christian is called to reject cowardice and compromise. Every church member is responsible for refusing to tolerate pulpits that will not tell the truth.

We must repent of our apathy. We must reject half-measures. We must demand equal protection under the law for every image-bearer from the moment of fertilization. And we must proclaim the blood of Christ as the only hope for a nation under judgment.

The church was never meant to echo the serpent. It was meant to crush his head.

Conclusion

The most dangerous pulpit is not the one that openly preaches heresy. It is the one that whispers partial truths and avoids controversy. That pulpit leaves the serpent’s lie unchallenged and the slaughter of children unopposed.

If the church will not speak, who will?
If the shepherds remain silent, what hope is left for the flock?
If we fear man more than God, whose kingdom are we building?

The blood cries out. The Judge is listening. And judgment begins at the household of God.