Thoughts about God and ABORTION
by Rick Jenkins, Ed.D. (May 2016)
Why are Christians against abortion? Because they believe that unborn babies are exactly that - unborn babies. In other words, unborn babies are people; they have simply not yet been born. Christians believe that human life begins at conception, not at birth.
There are numerous scripture references that relate to unborn babies having a distinct individuality. The unborn may not yet be outside the womb, but God recognizes them as unique individuals and He has already made plans for many.
- God speaking to Jeremiah: "The word of the Lord came to me saying, 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.'" (Jeremiah 1:4-5, NIV)
- Paul writing to the Galatians: "But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being." (Galatians 1:15-16, NIV)
- Part of a psalm from David: "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." (Psalm 139:13-16, NIV)
- God made us all: "Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?" (Job 31:15, NIV)
And there is also scriptural evidence indicating the sinfulness of killing.
- Part of Jeremiah 7:6, NIV, tells us to ". . .do not shed innocent blood. . ."
- The sixth commandment "You shall not murder." (Exodus 20:13, NIV)
God planned punishment for Ammon for abortion: "This is what the Lord says: For three sins of Ammon, even for four, I will not relent. Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his border." (Amos 1:13, NIV)
God has given us a very clear and easy choice - life is much better than death (and abortion).
"This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live" (Deuteronomy 30:19, NIV)
Hitler killed approximately 6 million Jews in the Holocaust (Auschwitz.dk, July 15, 2015, Retrieved from http://www.auschwitz.dk/Docu/Faq.htm). In comparison, it is estimated that there has been over 58 million abortions in the United States alone since Roe v. Wade in 1973 (http://www.numberofabortions.com/). According to this same website on abortions, Planned Parenthood has killed more unborn babies (6.8 million) since 1970 than Hitler killed Jews.
Mao Zedong of China is believed to have killed 60 million people and is recognized as history's most murderous rulers (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2091670/Hitler-Stalin-The-murderous-regimes-world.html). (Stalin of Russia ranks second with 40 million victims and Hitler is third with 30 million total.) However, this pales in comparison to the over 1.3 billion (with a B) abortions worldwide since 1980. (http://www.numberofabortions.com/)
Let us stop abortion!
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