“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5 NLT)
Haiti. There are estimates that upwards of 200,000 people have died. It sounds like a lot and it is a lot.
There are estimates that 1.5 million people are now homeless. It sounds like a big number as well, and it is.
But here’s another number: 50 million. That’s approximately how many have died in America since 1973 when the Supreme Court made the decision to make abortion legal. The Supreme Court of the United States of America placed our official stamp of approval as a nation upon the death of the innocent.
That’s a really big number.
Haitian life is of endless value to God, and should be to us as well. But as great as that tragedy is, the greatest one is right under our noses in our homeland, and is approved by the law of the land.
Many words are used to describe unborn life today; “fetus,” “tissue,” “embryo,” etc... All sound so cold and frankly inhuman. But God says "before I formed you I knew you." The word "before" here is very important. God is saying that before He began to create the person who would later come to be known as Jeremiah God knew exactly who He was, and what He planned for Jeremiah to do. In the mind of God, before Jeremiah was even conceived God considered him a person. Even before God spoke the universe into existence God considered Jeremiah a person. The point seems to be very clear. If God considers the unborn life to be a person before he even begins to create that life in the mother’s womb, we should certainly consider him or her a person after that creative process has begun. There are other Scriptural examples that testify to the fact that God considers the unborn child, a human, a person.
Is this not what David echoes in Psalm 139? "For you FORMED my inward parts. You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed...." Human life in the womb, regardless of the circumstances involved is a product of God’s creative work.
Unborn human life is set above the rest of God’s creation because it is made in the very "image of God" Himself. This is what makes the unborn more valuable than snail darters, and spotted owls, and seals.
This vessel that God is forming in the womb is so honorable because it is the only creation of God designed to house the very presence of God Himself. "What know ye not that your bodies are Temples of the Holy Spirit." (1 Corinthians 3:16)
Unborn life is so valuable because it is the object of God’s love. Christ died for the unborn. He died for us before we were ever even a thought in the mind of any man. The same is true of any child yet to be born.
We do not have the ability to play God. Out of the millions of aborted children over the past thirty plus years who knows what great purposes of God, what great potential was snuffed out depriving mankind of great blessing. The unborn child has great God given purpose and potential.
We are called to love life and love others throughout the Scriptures. Therefore we must conclude that the taking of innocent life, within the womb as well as life beyond the womb is wrong and a sin against God, others, and the nation, is not a demonstration of love.
We are supposed to speak out, raise our voices, to protect the innocent!
Proverbs 31:8-9 (NLT) says, “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed (destroyed). Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.”
On Jan. 22, 1973, nine people in black robes said there are only 3 requirements in our country in order to have a legal abortion:
- The baby must still be inside the mother.
- The mother must give permission for the procedure.
- A licensed doctor must do the procedure.
On September 11, 2001, terrorists killed over 3500 people.
On September 12, 2001 4000 lives were extinguished and again on September 13 and 14 and 15. Every day in America there are over 4000 unborn babies whose lives have been taken in what is called pro-choice. 4000 each day, and 1.5 million each year.
On September 11, 2001 the outcry for justice was great, the cry of pain was heard throughout our Nation. Swift and accurate justice was rendered. There are 4000 unborn babies being aborted every day, but we see no weeping, no anger, and no outcry for justice and there seems to be nobody who cares.
What can we do?
1. Be informed.
2. Pray for government officials. Pray for their decisions and their values.
3. Have compassion for the mother and father. God loves them too!
4. Speak out clearly and without apology.
5. Pray for God to have mercy on our country and to bring revival and repentance.
God desires that we would support the sacredness of Life. Even more, He wants to celebrate the life He created here on earth as well as life eternal in heaven. This can only happen as we enter into a close relationship with Him. Today praise God for life.
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