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Abortion
In today’s society with fear of
God waning in human beings, abortions
have become common with no remorse or
compunction even among believers. The
reason as to why believers also don’t
feel "it is wrong to abort" is because
they are not aware of what the word of
God says. Today abortion is legal as per
the civil laws of many countries. Just
because an act is legal according to
civil law, however, does not make it
morally right. We must obey God rather
than men (Acts 5:29). Abortion's
defenders often argue that, if the
mother does not "want" to have the
child, she may abort it. But does a
mother have the right to decide whether
to have a child or not?
The question which every believer should
pose before thinking on abortion is how
does God view abortion?
The purpose of this study is to consider
exactly what the Bible teaches about
abortion.
1) In Exodus 21:22 (GNB) "If some men
are fighting and hurt a pregnant woman
so that she loses her child, but she is
not injured in any other way, the one
who hurt her is to be fined whatever
amount the woman's husband demands,
subject to the approval of the judges.
From this we observe, that the law of
Moses, clearly indicates that any man
who induces an abortion or miscarriage
is to be punished, indicating that God
values life before birth even when the
child is in the womb.
2) The psalmist says -(Psalms 22:9-10)
Yet Thou art He who didst bring me forth
from the womb; Thou didst make me trust
when upon my mother's breasts. Upon Thee
I was cast from birth; Thou hast been my
God from my mother's womb. Psalmist says
that God was his God even when he was in
his mothers womb. If God is your God
even when you are in the womb it means
that God is valuing the foetus in the
womb as a living being, and if God
values anything as a living being then
no one deliberately has the right to
take the life of a living human being .
If one takes the life deliberately then
he is subject to punishment.
3) In Isaiah God reveals that he is the
Lord who formed Jacob from the womb. Now
if God is the one who formed the human
in the womb then what right has anyone
to take the life of the one who God has
formed? - Isaiah 44:2 Thus saith the
LORD that made thee, and formed thee
from the womb, which will help thee;
Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou,
Jesurun, whom I have chosen. The Bible
is full of examples of men and woman who
were chosen by God from the womb.
Unless God considered them as valuable
even during the period of stay in the
womb he would not have chosen them in
the womb. They could have been chosen
after being born from the mothers womb.
Some of the people chosen by God from
the Womb
a. Samson
Judges 13:6 Then the woman came and told
her husband, saying, A man of God came
unto me, and his countenance was like
the countenance of an angel of God, very
terrible: but I asked him not whence he
was, neither told he me his name: Judges
13:7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou
shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now
drink no wine nor strong drink, neither
eat any unclean thing: for the child
shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb
to the day of his death.
b. Isaiah
Isaiah 49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me;
and hearken, ye people, from far; The
LORD hath called me from the womb; from
the bowels of my mother hath he made
mention of my name.
c. David
Psalm 22:10 I was cast upon thee from
the womb: thou art my God from my
mother's belly.
d. Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:4 Then the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying,
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the
belly I knew thee; and before thou
camest forth out of the womb I
sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a
prophet unto the nations.
e. John the
Baptist
Luke 1:15 For he shall be great in the
sight of the Lord, and shall drink
neither wine nor strong drink; and he
shall be filled with the Holy Ghost,
even from his mother's womb.
f. Paul
Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased God,
who separated me from my mother's womb,
and called me by his grace, All of the
above verses tell us God considers us to
be human even before we are born.
Abortion is wrong
Because it is a result of lack of
knowledge and understanding of how God
views a baby in the mothers womb. It is
wrong because it constitutes the
deliberate killing of an innocent human
being created by God with a spirit. We
have to understand that the unborn baby
is a human being, a separate individual
from its mother. Therefore, deliberately
killing it would be just as wrong as
killing any other innocent human being.
This article is not written with the
intent to condemn those who have aborted
their babies or participated in
decisions to do so. It is written to
give an awareness to all believers God’s
view on the baby in a mothers womb.
What should a woman do if she has
aborted a baby and now realizes she did
wrong?
She does not need to spend the rest of
her life with the burden of unforgiven
guilt. The Bible says abortion is wrong,
but it also offers a source of true
forgiveness through the blood of Jesus
Christ. Once we understand that we have
gone wrong and committed an error we
should turn to God and ask him
forgiveness for the act done out of
ignorance and lack of knowledge. God
will forgive if we will come to Him
according to His conditions. Once
forgiveness is asked for after true
repentance the woman should not allow a
spirit of condemnation to keep on
condemning her. She should rest on the
assurance of the word that God has
forgiven her and she is now clean in the
sight of God
1John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus, who
walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit.
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