evil in the sight of the Lord

And he answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
"Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will utterly sweep you away…
…because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and because you have made Israel sin. (1 Kings 21:20-22)

Here is a passage of scripture where Elijah the prophet confronts Ahab, the King of Israel, regarding Ahab’s involvement with the taking of innocent life.
Leaders are called to be accountable for their actions. When they stray from the Word of Truth they lead their people to do the same. In the case of Ahab, we see a leader who has ‘sold himself to do evil’. And this evil evokes a strong response from the Lord – ‘I will bring evil upon you and you will be utterly swept away’.
We have, in our day, leaders who have sold themselves to do evil. Their continued justification for the taking of innocent lives of unborn children in name of ‘choice’ is abhorrent – it is evil. Without God’s grace I fear that we will be utterly swept away…because of the provocation with which we have provoked God to anger