Immediatism — dealing with sin fully and now — is the biblical pattern; gradual toleration is not

§ 1 The argument

Scripture's pattern for dealing with sin is decisive and immediate, not gradual. Christ says if your hand causes you to sin, 'cut it off' (Matt. 5:29-30) — total, urgent, final, not phased reduction. The narrative paradigms confirm it: Moses refuses Pharaoh's staged 'increments' and demands full release ('not a hoof shall be left behind,' Ex. 10:26); Saul's partial obedience is called rebellion (1 Sam. 15). Applied to abortion, immediatism means calling for total and immediate abolition now, every year, until it passes — not pursuing increments that legalize some abortion as the goal.

§ 2 Supporting points

• The biblical way to fight a besetting sin is to cut it off, not to reduce it by degrees (Matt. 5:29-30).
• Moses rejects Pharaoh's escalating 'increments' (leave the children / leave the animals) as traps.
• Saul's partial, people-pleasing obedience is judged as rebellion (1 Sam. 15:22-23).
• Immediatism is about what you call for (total abolition), not how long it takes to achieve it.

§ 3 Discussion questions

1. In personal sanctification, does anyone counsel reducing a sin gradually as the goal? Why apply a different logic to abortion law?
2. What increments did Pharaoh offer Moses, and why did Moses refuse each one?

§ 4 Related

§ 5 References

The case here rests on the cited scriptures; see Related below.