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Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather expose them.
Ephesians 5:12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by
them in secret.
Ephesians 5:13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for
whatever makes manifest is light.
Statistics shared in the movie “Sound of Freedom”
Human trafficking is a 150 billion dollar-a-year business.
The United States is one of the top destinations for human trafficking and is among
the largest consumers of child sex.
There are more humans trapped in slavery today than any other time in history –
including when slavery was legal.
Six million of these slaves are children.
The three main areas of human trafficking are labor, organ harvesting, and sex.
Two million in sex trafficking.
Judges 19:1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel…
Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right
in his own eyes.
Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in
his own eyes.
Judges 19:1 “… there was a certain Levite staying in the remote mountains of Ephraim.
He took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
1 Kings 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines;
and his wives turned away his heart.
Demosthenes was a Greek orator, speech-writer, and politician who lived 400 years BC
” We have concubines for the sake of daily cohabitation and we have wives for the
purpose of having children legitimately and having a faithful caretaker for our household.”
Every 40 seconds, a child goes missing in the U.S.A.; more than 2,000 children a day;
about 500,000 disappear without being reported missing, and for most missing children
their bodies are never found
350,000 unaccompanied children have come across the border since 2021 and
85,000 of them have gone missing.
You can sell a bag of cocaine one time. [But] you can sell a 5-year-old kid, 5 to 10
times a day for 10 years straight every day,”
There are 5 drug agents to every one anti-trafficking agent
Judges 19:2 But his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from
him to her father’s house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there four whole months.
Judges 19:3 Then her husband arose and went after her, to speak kindly to her and
bring her back, having his servant and a couple of donkeys with him. So she brought
him into her father’s house; and when the father of the young woman saw him,
he was glad to meet him.
Judges 19:22 As they were enjoying themselves, suddenly certain men of the city,
perverted men, surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the
master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came to your house,
that we may know him carnally!”
Judges 19:23 But the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them,
No, my brethren! I beg you, do not act so wickedly! Seeing this man has come into
my house, do not commit this outrage.
Judges 19:24 Look, here is my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine; let me bring
them out now. Humble them, and do with them as you please; but to this man do not
do such a vile thing!”
Judges 19:25 But the men would not heed him. So the man took his concubine and
brought her out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until morning;
and when the day began to break, they let her go.
Judges 19:26 Then the woman came as the day was dawning, and fell down at the
door of the man’s house where her master was, till it was light.
Judges 19:27 When her master arose in the morning, and opened the doors of the
house and went out to go his way, there was his concubine, fallen at the door of
the house with her hands on the threshold.
Judges 19:28 And he said to her, “Get up and let us be going.” But there was no answer.
So the man lifted her onto the donkey; and the man got up and went to his place.
Judges 19:29 When he entered his house he took a knife, laid hold of his concubine,
and divided her into twelve pieces, limb by limb, and sent her throughout all the territory
of Israel.
Christine, a survivor who was born into sex slavery in Minnesota, writes these words:
“It is no small achievement to survive sexual slavery. Survivors are split into pieces,
fragmented, broken, filled with despair, pain, rage, and sorrow. We have been hurt
beyond belief. We are silent; we are numb. Our eyes see, our ears hear, but we do
not tell. Our voices are nonexistent, but even if they did exist, who would believe what
we have to say? Who would listen? Who would care? We are dirty, ruined, despised,
the whores of the earth. The men who use us throw us away. We are their garbage
to piss on, to pile up in the corner. We are their property, they own us. The rest of
you turn your backs, avert your eyes, pretend not to see, go on your way. You leave
us to the predators.”
Judges 19:30 And so it was that all who saw it said, “No such deed has been done
or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up from the land of Egypt
until this day. Consider it, confer, and speak up!”
John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
Federal officials said, “The FBI found 200 sex trafficking victims and more than 125
suspects during a two-week child exploitation operation in July.”
A modern sex trafficking victim testified:
“I want you to remember we are not ‘problems,’ we are not animals, we are not
viruses, we are not garbage. We are flesh, skin and bones; we have a heart, and
we have feelings. We are a sister to someone, a daughter, a granddaughter.”
Proverbs 24:11 Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those
stumbling to the slaughter.
Proverbs 24:12 Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.” For God
understands all hearts, and he sees you. He who guards your soul knows you knew.
He will repay all people as their actions deserve
