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GOD, THE BIBLE AND ABORTION Most militant atheists do not value human life. The evidence is found in the fact that they are some of the most ardent supporters of abortion. True Christians (and a great many other believers) give great value to human life from conception until death. They know that God is the author of life and dare not place themselves in His position to decide if a newly conceived life should live or die. What follows are some key scriptures that make God's will evident in this regard.
Killing the innocent finds it's origins in Satan. It is he that gave birth to the attitudes of arrogance that lead to taking away innocent lives. It is also he that hates human beings and would love to destroy every single one of them. It is the view of this author that atheists and others who support abortion are doing Satan's work.44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. (John 8:44) God, on the other hand, values and protects life. Though he has the prerogative to end any life that He has made, no one else has the wisdom, or the right, to decide which human will live or die. To protect human life from arbitrary decisions to kill, God has, therefore, "commanded" that humans do not murder. “You shall not murder." (Exodus 20:13) Life in the womb was to be precious and to be protected. The seriousness of harming an unborn is shown in the next passage where we see that harm to an unborn was to be consequenced firmly, even if unpremeditated. 22 “If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. (Exodus 21:22) If the taking of human life was premeditated, the consequence would have been the death penalty. Moreover you shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. (Numbers 35:31) Life is a great gift. God gives children as blessings. This is the message that the scriptures emphasize continually. And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you: he will also bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, thy corn, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your kine, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which he swore unto your fathers to give you. (Deuteronomy 7:13) Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. (Psalm 127:3) Thus says the LORD that made you, and formed you from the womb, which will help you; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and you, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. (Isaiah 44:2) David understood that the formation of a baby in the mother's womb is God's greatest act of creation. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. (Psalm 139:13-16) Spontaneous abortion can be a curse which God has the prerogative of giving, if he deems appropriate. Give them, O LORD: what wilt you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. (Hosea 9:14) God is sovereign. God alone determines what is right and what is wrong. taking His place is a statement of great arrogance. The created must submit to the Creator not dare to stand in His place. Nay but, O man, who art you that replies against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus? (Romans 9:20) Unless repented of, murderers have only one thing to look forward to: eternal punishment. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Revelation 21:8) THE BIBLE ASSURES ANYONE WHO REPENTS OF ANY SIN THAT THE WRONG WILL BE FORGIVEN -- AND THAT INCLUDES ABORTION. "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." (Isaiah 1:18) Something to think about: "That which has been conceived and lives in the mother's womb from conception on is referred to by God as a "child," a "son," an "infant," a "baby," a "man-child," etc. The woman in whose womb it lives is a "mother." No human being anywhere in the Bible is identified by terms that are more distinctly human than these terms. God makes no distinction between born and unborn life. He uses exactly the same terms for both, therefore we should view them as having the same nature." James L. Melton, Abortion: Ten Bible Reasons Why It Is Wrong <http://www.bible.ca/s-Abortion.htm> (23 January, 2009). "Family...This, the very most important asset of any nation, is being dismantled before our eyes. This year in America, abortionists will destroy 1.3-million future families-- future moms and dads and future scientists, teachers, leaders, and workers. A significant part of our next generation will be dismembered, their bloody, mangled bodies placed in plastic bags to be incinerated. In the process, 1.3-million women-- the moms of these aborted babies-- will be left grieving, experiencing strong loss and guilt; many will become estranged from God and their own families, seeking emotional relief in sexual promiscuity and substance abuse. Raymond Finney, M.D., Abortion and the Bible. <http://www.abortion-and-bible.com/> (23 January, 2009). "No group of people is in more serious danger than the boys and girls in the womb." Frank A. Pavone, The Bible's Teaching Against Abortion. <http://www.priestsforlife.org/brochures/thebible.html> (23 January, 2009). _________________________________ RELATED WEB SITES
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