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James R. Roby, Pastor
ABORTION
Ten
Bible Reasons Why It Is Wrong
Prior to the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision of 1973, about
500,000 illegal abortions were occurring per year. By 1975, over 1,000,000
babies were being aborted in the
Ninety-three percent of the abortions in
There are four basic types of abortion being performed in
First, there's the suction type abortion. This is where the
unborn child is literally vacuumed from the mother's womb during the early
stages of pregnancy.
The currette-type
abortion is where the child is cut from the mother's womb with a spoon-like
object.
A third type is similar to a Caesarean operation. The baby is
surgically removed from the mother and allowed to suffocate, because the
child's lungs aren't developed.
The fourth type of abortion is the Salt Brine technique. With
this method, the unborn child is literally "pickled" to death by the
injection of a strong salt solution. A few days after the
injection the child is still born.
There is currently much debate about partial-birth abortions. This is
where a child is partially delivered, then stabbed in the skull to have his or
her brains sucked out.
There is also much talk about the RU-486 abortion pill from
Abortion Is An
Act of Murder
In reference to pregnant women, the term "with child" occurs
twenty-six times in the Bible. The term "with fetus" never occurs
once.
In Luke chapter one, verses 36 and 41, we are told that Elisabeth conceived
a "son" and that the "babe" leaped in her womb. God does
not say that a "fetus" leaped in her womb! He says THE BABE leaped.
This is the exact same word that God uses to describe Christ in the manger
AFTER He is born (Luke 2:12, 16). In God eyes, an unborn babe and a newborn
babe are the same. They are both living human beings!
Dear reader, please answer a question: What is an "infant?"
Get the answer in your mind and keep it there for a moment. Do you have it?
Okay, please consider Job 3:16: "Or as an
hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light." Did
you see that? Job referred to unborn children as INFANTS. Not fetuses! Not
masses of tissue! INFANTS! In God's eyes, an unborn child is a living human
baby. God never says once that an unborn child is anything less than a human
being.
David said in Psalm 51:5, "Behold, I was shapen
in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me." He did not say
that a fetus was shapen in iniquity and conceived in
iniquity. David, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, said that
HE was conceived. David, not a blob of tissue, was conceived.
The same is the case in Psalm 139:13-16:
"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."
Who was in the womb? David! A literal and living person.
The Bible never uses anything less than human terms to describe the unborn.
Notice that in Jeremiah 1:5 we are told that God KNEW Jeremiah:"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."
To further confirm the fact that God views the unborn child as a person,
please consider Exodus 21:22-23:
"If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit
depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished,
according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the
judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then
thou shalt give life for life,"
If the woman has a premature birth and the child lives ("no mischief
follows"), then there's no death penalty. However, if the child dies
(or the woman dies) God says the death penalty applies: "thou shalt
give life for life." Why would God require the death penalty if He
didn't consider the unborn child to be a human being?
Friend, like it or not, God says that life begins at conception, and the
unborn child is a human being.
But the Bible isn't alone in declaring this truth. Science also declares
that an unborn child is just as much an independent human being as you. The
original human cell consists of 46 chromosomes, 23 from each parent. At no
point during pregnancy does the mother contribute any new cells to the child.
The original cell divides itself and multiplies to provide development and
growth for the child. Scientifically speaking, the child is just as independent
at six months before birth as he will be six months after birth. Yes,
the mother does provide nourishment to the unborn child, but she also provides
nourishment to the newborn child!
At two weeks pregnancy, the "fetus" can move alone. By four weeks
the child has limbs, muscle tissue, a heart and heartbeat. Ears, eyes, and
small hands are visible by the fifth week. The child responds to touch
sensations by the sixth or seventh week. At eight weeks, the baby sometimes
tries to take a breath when removed from the mother. At twelve weeks, the child
will often struggle for life two or three hours when removed from the mother.
Friend, abortion is wrong because abortion is MURDER!
Abortion Involves the
Shedding of Innocent Blood
Proverbs 6:16-17 says that God HATES those
who shed innocent blood! Deuteronomy 27:25 says, "Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay
an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen."
Who could possibly be more innocent than an
unborn baby?! Yet, our society has become so wicked that it condones the
slaying of 1.5 million innocent children every year. The Bible says that God
HATES people who do this.
Abortion Is A Violation of the Golden Rule
In Matthew 7:12, the Lord Jesus Christ said,
"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do
ye even so to them: for this is the law and the
prophets."
Would it be your desire to suffer and die
while someone traps you in a cage and literally tears your arms and legs from
your body?
Abortion is a violation of the golden rule.
Abortion Attempts To
Destroy A Work of God
"I know that, whatsoever God doeth,
it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor
any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before
him." (Ecc. 3:14)
God is eternal, so His work is also eternal.
Abortion is an attempt to do away with unwanted people--an attempt to make a
liar out of God by bringing an end to His work. However, Jesus said you can
destroy a person's BODY, but not their SOUL (Mat. 10:28). Parent, if you've had
an abortion, your aborted child is in Heaven right now, because you only
destroyed the body!
Abortion Often Brings
Shame, Heartache, and Deep Regret
After his sin with Bathsheba, King David
confessed these words to God: "For I acknowledge my transgressions: and
my sin is ever before me." (Psa. 51:3) David
was living under constant conviction and regret for what he had done. He
couldn't get away from it!
Most women who decide to have an abortion
spend the rest of their lives regretting it. Are you thinking about an
abortion? I challenge you to visit with some woman who have
had abortions. Ask them if they would do it again. Ask them if they have any
regrets.
In the book, The Christian and Social
Issues, by Tom Wallace, a reference is made to a full page Washington Post
ad, dated June 13, 1983. A lady who had undergone a saline abortion six months
earlier describes the mental torments that she now suffers every day. She
speaks of her "...everyday hell of never hearing a baby cry without
crying within myself; counting days to see how old the baby would have been;
wondering what contributions my baby would have made to our desperate society;
and wondering if there will ever be another chance for motherhood."
Of the abortion itself, the lady recalls, "...sitting
in a crowded waiting room studying each others fearful, anxious faces...signing
death certificates for what is very much alive within you...seeing crying women
given tranquilizers and sent home to recuperate and try to forget."
Abortion is wrong because it brings shame,
heartache, and deep regret.
Abortion Disannuls A Plan of God
If God allows a child to be conceived, then
God obviously has a plan for that child. Mary's parents didn't know that she'd
give birth to the Savior of the world, but she did. God has a plan for unborn
children (Jer. 1:5; Lk.
1:13-17; Gen. 4:25; Jud. 13:3-5), so to abort an unborn child is to stop a plan
of God.
Abortion De-values Human
Life
God created man to be the highest form of
life on earth (Gen. 1:26-28). Human life is very precious to God. In fact, it
is so precious that God Himself instituted the Death Penalty for anyone who
takes the life of another (Exo. 21:12; Num. 35). God
places great value on human life!
However, abortion promotes the message that
life is NOT so valuable, and that man can do as he pleases with it. How long
will it be before our nation decides that the killing of elderly people and
sick people is justifiable? Why stop there? How long will it be before it
becomes lawful to kill Bible believers who refuse to conform to the world
system? It won't be as long as you may think (Rev. 13:16-18; Rev. 20:4).
Abortion devalues human life, and it pushes our nation a step closer to that
wicked day when it becomes lawful to murder innocent people.
Abortion Shows A Lack of Natural Affection
Paul tells us in 2 Timothy 3:3 that the last
days will be characterized by people who lack "natural affection."
I believe the pro-abortion movement is a
perfect example of this. It is NATURAL to conceive a child, grow to love that
child, take care of the child during pregnancy, give birth to the child, and
then raise the child with the best care possible. That's the natural process
that God has ordained. It is NOT natural to kill the child! To commit such an
act is to show a lack of natural affection, which is sin.
Abortion Encourages Sin
"Because sentence against an evil
work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully
set in them to do evil." (Ecc. 8:11)
Why will 1,500,000 women have abortions this
year? Largely because it has become popular. It is no
longer illegal, and it is no longer considered a shameful sin by our society.
Every time a woman has an abortion she helps society to become more comfortable
with it. She's advertising it! By her example, she's encouraging others to
commit the same sin, and other sins as well. The convenience of abortion will
only lead to an increase of other sins such as adultery and fornication.
Friend, abortion is wrong because abortion encourages sin!
Abortion Shows A Lack of Faith
Romans 14:23 says, "...for
whatsoever is not of faith is sin." Hebrews 11:6 tells us that without
faith it is IMPOSSIBLE to please God.
To have an abortion is to take matters into
your own hands, rather than to trust God to work things out. This
shows a lack of faith in God, which the Bible labels as SIN.
A desperate woman says, "I can't afford
to have a child. I'm not ready for this." Lady, you need to start trusting
God and claiming His promises. You need to STOP trying to run your own life for
a change and START trusting God. You don't need an abortion, for such will only
INCREASE your troubles. The devil has you thinking that abortion is the answer,
that it will take care of everything, and you're very close to giving in to his
subtle temptation. If you do, you'll regret it forever, and God will hold you
accountable! Why not turn your life over to the Lord Jesus Christ right now?
Why not make Him the Lord of your life and trust Him to work things out for
you?
You Can Be Saved Right Now!
Jesus Christ came into this world to lay
down His sinless life for YOU--to pay for your sins, because you couldn't.
Jesus is your only hope for salvation. Only by receiving Him as your Savior can
you enter the gates of Heaven. There is no other way.
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way,
the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me." (John
14:6)
"Neither is there salvation in any
other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we
must be saved." (Acts 4:12)
The Lord Jesus Christ has come and PAID for
your sins by shedding His own Blood on
"But God commendeth
his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath
through him."
Jesus PAID your way to
Heaven for you! By receiving Him as your Savior, you will be receiving God's
ONLY means of Salvation for you. Are you willing to forsake YOUR righteousness
and receive Jesus Christ as your Savior, your ONLY HOPE for Salvation? Romans
10:13 says, "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved." Romans 10:9 says, "That if
thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved." Are you willing to forsake your own righteousness,
and trust Jesus Christ alone? He will save you just as He promised. Why not
receive Him today and trust Him to give you a better way of life?
