It’s astonishing how reflective the message of 2 Timothy 4:3-4 is to the times we’re living in. It reads, “For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.” Or even how we see the warning of Isaiah 5:20 played out all around us, which states, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”

Whether it’s the issue of abortion, LGBT ideology, illegal immigration, election integrity, or something else, this theme of masking evil as some type of good is a prominent plague in our society. In fact, an underdiscussed region of this is the field of euthanasia, also referred to as assisted suicide. This practice, akin to abortion, is about as paradoxical as it gets. It’s intentional death at the hands of doctors, which is itself mind-boggling. Aren’t these people supposed to be saving lives? How is it that many of them have become the leading voices who essentially proclaim, whether you’re disabled or not even born yet, “You’re better off dead”? This is no hypothetical situation, and we needn’t look any further than Canada’s Dr. Ellen Wiebe.

“I love my job,” Dr. Wiebe said enthusiastically, practically grinning from ear to ear. “This is the very best work I’ve ever done.” One might assume, upon hearing such a statement wrapped in beaming joy, that Wiebe was a doctor who’s made her life work about saving lives, delivering babies, and helping people heal and live more comfortably. Interestingly, she’ll be the first to say that she has “delivered over a thousand babies” and taken care of families. But for Wiebe, “the best work” she has “ever done” in terms of personal fulfillment is to kill people — both babies and adults.

These shocking truths came to light in an interview Dr. Wiebe was a part of with Liz Carr, a disabled woman who has used her voice to fight against euthanasia. Carr sat down with Wiebe as part of her “Better Off Dead?” documentary, and it’s a good thing she did. At least now we can see what these euthanasia “doctors” are really about.

In addition to performing countless abortions, Wiebe has put 400 people to death through assisted suicide in a handful of years. She claimed that to be eligible for assisted dying, one would have to be “suffering unbearably.” However, she also stated that “the number one reason” people want to end their own lives “is autonomy” and “control.” People “desperately want control,” Wiebe contended, and the ability to choose to “skip the last two days of their life.”

According to Wiebe, the people who come to her are “so grateful” that they could call her in the morning and then schedule their death for later in the evening of that same day. When considering such a request, Wiebe confessed that all these people “really needed was some more drugs.” But she happily admitted that if they want her life-ending drugs, she’ll gladly provide.

Toward the end of the interview, she addressed Carr directly: “So, Liz, right now you love life and you want to live. But there’s lots of nasty illnesses you might get,” she said before laughing hysterically. “And if you got terminal cancer and you were having to deal with chemotherapy and radiation, wouldn’t you be thrilled if you had the choice to say, ‘I’ll go this far and no further’?”

It’s interesting to see how many of those supporting euthanasia, be it Dr. Wiebe or Philip Nitschke of Exit International, will frequently paint death as something to look forward to — a “thrilling” experience to be had. They’ll promote it as the cure for suffering and the solution to various problems. But as The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh pointed out, “Death is not medicine.” Wiebe admitted, from what she’s experienced, that the number one reason people choose euthanasia is not because they’re suffering but because they want control. And that alone is worth addressing.

You see, “The difference between a euthanasia doctor and a real doctor,” Walsh emphasized, “is the difference between a firefighter and an arsonist, between a bank teller and a bank robber.” His commentary is helpful because it puts a spotlight on the irrational nature of deeming death as health care — whether it’s euthanasia or abortion. Borrowing language from Walsh, imagine the paradox of living in a world where you want to start a fire and you call a firefighter to do the job. Imagine wanting to commit a crime and calling a police officer to help you out. As Walsh rightly points out, euthanasia and abortion take a field of so-called doctors, who we expect to save lives, and turns them into people who end them. It’s utterly oxymoronic.

At the end of the day, euthanasia is not about medicine. Abortion is not about medicine. To be a doctor, your goal should be to save people. To be a doctor, you should want to deliver babies, not destroy them. You should want to help adults live more comfortably, not hurl them into an irreversible decision. Anne Frank, a Jew who spent most of her life hiding from Nazis, once said, “What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t even happened yet.”

Do you understand just how serious it is to intentionally take someone’s life? Many of the most beautiful testimonies are born out of suffering. Some of the happiest people are the ones who never gave up. Some of the world’s most influential figures are the ones whose parents chose life. Some of the most important and impactful stories come from the adults who lived to tell them. If nothing else, I refuse to believe these “doctors” who make a living out of killing people actually care about anyone when they laugh as they talk about human suffering. I refuse to believe they have even an ounce of good intentions when they offer no other alternatives. Death is what they market, death is what they do, and death is all they know.

In a world plagued by the voices that call evil good and good evil, it’s time to set the record straight. Christian, I’m talking to you. We’re called to promote life. Not just life in general, but the Author of life. The One who conquered death. The One who made this promise to those who believe in Him: “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death” (John 8:51). We’re called to proclaim the King who will, one day soon, personally wipe away each of our tears and abolish suffering forever.

If you’re in Christ, the only message you have to offer is that of salvation — that of eternal life. The only way, the only truth, and the only life is found in Christ. Euthanasia is no cure for suffering and abortion is no act of mercy. We can’t afford to sit back and let this culture of death continue to take over. We can’t continue to allow people to think their only option is death. We know that’s not true, and we must be the ones to say so and to say it boldly.