mysteries of life? Or can the word
―creation‖ describe the process? As a
scientific society we often overlook what is
really going on.
Sometimes in the abortion debate I
think we get so carried up in the mechanics
of it — the fertilized egg, blastocyst,
embryo and so on — that we miss the
beauty of what is actually happening.
Sometimes we‘re like the parents of that
little child who sees angels in the clouds,
but we have to deny it and logically
rationalize why the clouds look the way
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they do.
The point is, we lose the mystery when
we get into our head too much instead of
our heart. It was the brilliant scientist
Albert Einstein who once wrote, ―There are
two ways to live your life — one is as
though nothing is a miracle, the other is as
though everything is a miracle.‖
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He went
on to say, ―The most beautiful thing we can
experience is the mysterious. It is the
source of all true art and all science. He to
whom this emotion is a stranger, who can
no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt
in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are
closed.‖
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Are you seeing through closed eyes?
Understanding life is not
equal to creating it
nderstanding — or presuming to
understand — life, is not equal to
creating it. It‘s obvious that we
aren‘t the watchmaker, but for some
people, that doesn‘t click. Dr. Bernard
Nathanson — a former abortionist — hit
the nail on the head when he said, ―We
think
we can create life in the laboratory
(actually all we do is bring the component
pieces into contact with each other and
measure the miracle) and therefore we
think we can take life on an equally
rational and empirical basis.‖
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Some people believe that they can create
and take life. They reckon they‘re above
God‘s laws. They say, if God created
everything in His image (true) then they
are too (true). So they reason that being
created in His image means they can make
up their own rules and creations since they
are made after His pattern and He is a
creator (false). Hey, don‘t get me wrong —
I love to hear of us as the offspring of God
and not miserable sinners. But being a child
of God does not equal authorization to
create and destroy life at whim.
Our bodies belong to God
Do you not know that your body is a
temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you,
whom you have received from God? You
are not your own.
—1 Corinthians 6:19
his is my personal opinion: I believe
that our bodies belong to God. I
believe the unborn child belongs to
God. Everything is His. We have it, on
loan. When people say, ―Keep your laws off
our bodies,‖ I think they forget that the
unborn child is not a part of a woman‘s
body (see
Reason #25
). Hypothetically,
even if the child was, we are all creations of
God and under his Laws. Our bodies and
our children‘s bodies are given to us but
they are still God‘s. Having a body does not
mean it is ours to misuse. Just because you
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could do something doesn‘t mean you
should.
Our body is the temple of God (1 Cor.
6:19), and through us and our children God
abides in the world. When you think about
it, if we are God‘s temple, then that means
God lives in our body. Therefore, when
that body is killed through abortion, it‘s
like we prevent a little bit of God from
living. We stop God from lighting up that
person‘s life. We stop Him from exerting
His presence through that life. We interfere
with His glorious work on earth. We are
the candle and He is the light. Can the
flame shine without the candle?
Children are not possessions
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's
longing for itself.
They came through you but not from you,
and though they are with you yet they
belong not to you.
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—Kahlil Gibran, "On Children‖
ome people seem to think that
children are property or something to
brag about or show off as an
accessory. I believe that we are meant to be
supervisors of our children, not masters.
We don‘t possess our children before or
after they are born. I like this mother‘s
perspective, ―I feel my kids are not really
my possessions. God lends them to me and I
take care of them.‖
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Another book,
Zen
Meditations on Being a Mother,
put the
same idea in different words, ―Our children
are not ours; we merely have custody of
them until they are fully grown.‖
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Kind of
like the idea, you give them roots, then give
them wings.
You were created wonderfully
and fearfully
o if you didn‘t create you,
who did
?
Enjoy this selection of Bible verses on
the theme of ‗fearfully (that means
awesomely) and wonderfully made.‘
This is what the Lord says — your
Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I
am the Lord, who has made all things…
—Isaiah 44:24
Know that the L
ORD
, He is God; It is He
who has made us, and not we ourselves; We
are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
—Psalm 100:3
Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you made me trust in you even at my
mother's breast. From birth I was cast upon
you; from my mother's womb you have
been my God.
—Psalms 22:9-10
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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
A simple commandment
Thou Shalt Not Kill.
—Exodus 20:13 (KJV), 6
th
Commandment
here is a popular bumper sticker that
says, ―What part of ‗Thou Shalt Not
Kill‘ don‘t you understand?‖ For
many people, taking an innocent life is
pretty clear cut. Exodus 23:7 says,
…do not put an innocent or honest
person to death, for I will not acquit the
guilty.
A similar verse in Psalms 106: 37-38, 40
says,
They sacrificed their sons and their
daughters to demons. They shed innocent
blood, the blood of their sons and
daughters, whom they sacrificed to the
idols of Canaan, and the land was
desecrated by their blood… Therefore the
L
ORD
was angry with his people and
abhorred his inheritance.
Is the shedding of innocent blood in
abortion any different? (And yes, at 3
weeks your little sprout of a baby is
beginning to pump primitive blood cells).
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We are especially called not to kill the
innocent, and how more innocent can you
get than an unborn baby? Personally, I
think if it‘s part of the 10 Commandments
that God gave to Moses as 10 rules for
living, then it‘s pretty clear. God does not
want us to kill. Some people like to
interpret the commandment as against
murder, to clarify that you could kill to
defend your life. But the only self-defense
going in pregnancy is a baby fighting for its
life.
No human law can sanitize abortion,
nor can they change God‘s eternal laws. In
Jesus‘ time King Herod‘s soldiers killed all
the babies, while today it‘s the abortionists
that are doing the dirty work. Some people
prefer to split hairs and say, well, the actual
word abortion is not mentioned anywhere
in the Bible, so how do we really know God
is against it? The same way that we know
that
child
abuse,
pornography and
terrorism are wrong, and they aren‘t
mentioned either.
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As we do to little children, we
do to Jesus
o further answer how we know that
abortion is against God‘s will, let‘s
consider two facts: children hold a
special place in God‘s heart, and whoever
welcomes them will count as the same
treatment towards Jesus.
God values little children and protects
them:
At that time the disciples came to Jesus
and asked, ―Who is the greatest in the
kingdom of heaven?‖ He called a little child
and had him stand among them. And he
said: ―I tell you the truth, unless you change
and become like little children, you will
never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Therefore, whoever humbles himself like
this child is the greatest in the kingdom of
heaven. And whoever welcomes a little
child like this in my name welcomes me.
But if anyone causes one of these little ones
who believe in me to sin, it would be better
for him to have a large millstone hung
around his neck and to be drowned in the
depths of the sea. Woe to the world because
of the things that cause people to sin! Such
things must come, but woe to the man
through whom they come! ...See that you
do not look down on one of these little
ones. For I tell you that their angels in
heaven always see the face of my Father in
heaven.‖
—Matt 18:1-7, 10
If we welcome a little child, we
welcome Jesus:
Whoever welcomes one of these little
children in my name welcomes me; and
whoever welcomes me does not welcome
me but the one who sent me.
—Mark 9:37
Also turn to
Reason #43: Do to others as
you would have them do to you
If abortion is wrong, then why
does God allow it?
od is Pro-Life, being the source and
sustainer of Life but get this, God is
also Pro-Choice! God gave us the
option to choose between good and evil,
right and wrong, left and right.
Life is a series of choices — choices that
we make every day in all that we do. With
such total freedom comes responsibility, of
course. Bible verses tell us that we are held
accountable for our thoughts, words and
deeds. Each action has a consequence, and
with consequences we learn what is right
and what is wrong. (For more on
consequences see
Reason #28: God will
forgive, but there are still consequences.
)
In that way it is no contradiction that
God is both Pro-Life and Pro-Choice. We
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can make any choice that we want but we
are always accountable. God is Life and
wants us to have life and to celebrate it
every day and for all eternity. As God‘s
children, God wanted us to follow Him
lovingly because we chose to and not
because we were forced to. In order to
make that happen, God had to give us
choice, and choice means that you can go
down the right-handed path or you can go
down the left-handed path. It doesn‘t mean
that both paths will lead to the same future,
but it does mean that you can choose to
follow God or not. It‘s your choice.
Same with abortion. You can choose to
preserve life or to take it away. It‘s your
choice, and the consequences, either way,
will eventually teach you if you made a
wise choice. God does not want to force
you to do the right thing, whatever that is,
because that would be making you a
zombie — but you are a free person.
Reason #56
―Let God be God‖
Reason #57
Why should God
bless America when
we kill His children?
Abortion is making America
spiritually vulnerable
Asking God to bless America when we
neither repent nor resolve to stop
murdering our unborn young is asking just
a bit much. God is all merciful, but God is
not stupid.
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—The Flaming Torch, Christian newsletter
ollowing September 11th there was
an renewal of patriotic feeling in
America as we sang God Bless
America, displayed our flag proudly and
proclaimed freely, ―God Bless America!‖
While I hope God will bless America, I
don‘t know that we understand what we‘re
saying.
Blessings and protection come when we
keep God‘s commandments. For example,
the Ten Commandments forbid killing and
the Bible speaks about the ―shedding
innocent blood‖ (Jer. 22:17) and warns that
―Since you did not hate bloodshed,
bloodshed will pursue you.‖ (Ez. 35:6). I
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realize that not everyone follows the Bible
or even believes that the unborn child is
intended to be protected, but I would like
to remind you that there is indeed blood
that comes out of that abortion machine
and that that fetus is indeed innocent.
"God will bless America, when America
returns to God." So goes one bumper sticker
I saw. The question is, should we be asking,
―God bless America‖ or ―America bless
God‖?
Sometimes I feel that many so-called
Christians are like those in this quote,
professing to be a follower of Christ yet
only following His commands when it suits
them: ―The Lord says: ‗These people come
near to me with their mouth and honor me
with their lips, but their hearts are far from
me...‘― (Is. 29:13)
What happens when we ignore God‘s
laws?
―When you spread out your hands in
prayer, I will hide my eyes from you; even
if you offer many prayers, I will not listen.
Your hands are full of blood.‖ (Is. 1:15)
You see, it‘s not enough to request God‘s
blessing; we have to be right with Him and
His laws. God
WANTS
to bless us, but like a
wise parent He‘s not going to approve of
our human misbehavior just because we
want Him to. Blessing us for sinning would
be giving us the impression that we have no
need to turn away from our sin.
Can we expect the Almighty to favor
America when we don‘t even follow His
own laws? It‘s a dark day for America
when, like Herod, the leaders who
represent America sanction and subsidize
such killing. These are children sent from
God. And we are asking Him to bless us in
this endeavor? How can we expect God to
bless us when we kick Him out of our
schools, courthouses, public places and
popular culture?
Quotable Quote
―Americans
Born to Be Free.
If Only They Were Free to Be Born.‖
—Anonymous bumper sticker
A nation, or a civilization, can be judged
by how it treats its littlest and most
vulnerable members. I firmly believe that
any civilization that kills their young will
degenerate into killing others. It will not be
long till that civilization falls apart. No
civilization can hold together while
justifying the killing of persons at one age
but not another. Mother Teresa put it this
way, ―If a mother can kill her own child,
what is there to prevent you and me from
killing one another?‖
History is complete with the records of
civilization after civilization that are no
longer flourishing today. Why aren‘t they?
Whether that ultimate destruction came
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from natural disasters, defeat in war or
from the breakdown of society, I personally
believe it is because they first collapsed into
immorality.
America the Great. The land of the free
and home of the brave. Have we forgotten
who has delivered and protected us? (Ps.
78:41,42) It was Thomas Jefferson who once
penned, ―Indeed I tremble for my country
when I reflect that God is just; that His
justice cannot sleep forever.‖
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Will God
withdraw His hand from America? Has God
already done so? Is America‘s time running
out? America, I weep for you!
Yet God does not rejoice in the death of
those who do evil, nor does he desire it.
Instead he desires that we should turn from
our evil ways and live! (Ez. 33.11)
When we look at the problems in our
land, it‘s not because God turned away
from us but we turned away from him. So
what can we do?
We need to take a stand for what is
right. We need to become right with God:
―If my people, who are called by my name,
will humble themselves and pray and seek
my face and turn from their wicked ways,
then will I hear from heaven and will
forgive their sin and will heal their land.‖
(2 Chr. 7:14)
Perhaps we should institute a day of
national repentance, a day of prayer, even
as the allies, during the desperate hours of
the war, called upon the entire nation to
petition the Almighty for heavenly
intercession. And what should our prayer
be but ―God forgive America‖?
Reason #57
―Why should God bless this land
when we disobey Him?‖
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Reason #58
Saving the planet
starts with ending
abortion
Justice for all
We must not allow ourselves to become
like the system we oppose.
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—Desmond Tutu, bishop
re you concerned about what is
going on in the world? Do you fire
up with a passion when you hear
about injustice? Or perhaps turn an ear
when you hear about Superman fighting for
"truth, justice and the American way"?
(Where
is
that guy when you need him!)
Today I call for you to turn your attention
to what is THE civil rights movement of
the 21
st
Century — the fight for the right
life of the unborn.
History has discriminated against Jews
for their race, Blacks for their color and the
Unborn, for their prematurity. It‘s time it
stopped. Remember the saying, ―Everyone
who supported slavery was free. Everyone
who supports abortion was born. That's
how oppression works." It‘s true. Whatever
the situation, the ―little people‖ are always
the ones misused. In this case, the unborn
child is discriminated against because he is
dependent on his mother‘s body for
continued support.
No one who is aborted can ever live to
have a voice. Who will speak up for them?
Join us in what will become the greatest
triumph in human rights in our lives.
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This will go down in history. Our Pledge of
Allegiance affirms America as one nation
under God, with liberty and justice for all.
Help restore that Justice for ALL
Americans, not just the privileged! Let‘s
stomp out this discrimination! Life is a
fundamental right that all deserve to
experience.
End war
When the power of love overcomes the
love of power the world will know peace.
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