Abortion
I heard a preacher say that abortion is NOT
murder because "personhood does not exist prenatal.”
I was stunned and wondered how he, a Bible teacher, could
much such a NON-bibilical statement.
The Bible teaches that murder is the intentional
killing of an innocent person (cf., Genesis 4:8; Numbers 25:16-20).
And what men call “fetal tissue” in the womb, the Bible calls
“a child,” hence a person. Note the following scripture:
Genesis 25:21-23: “…and Rebekah conceived,
But CHILDREN struggled WITHIN her…there were twins in her
woman.” Children they are, says God, even while prenatal (before
birth).
Men with their words seek to make distinctions
between what is inside and outside the womb. God doesn’t:
“…when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the BABY [John] leaped
in her womb… and the BABY [Jesus] lay IN THE MANGER” (Luke
1:41; 2:16).
Futhermore, God recognizes the value of the
child in the womb to be as important as the child after birth.
In Exodus 21:22-25 God instructed the Israelites that if a
physical assault on a pregnant woman caused premature birth,
the assailant would be punished to the SAME degree of injury
or death of her child.
Even without knowledge of all its gruesome
procedural details, abortion is plainly murder. Because what
is intentionally killed IS an innocent person – in this case,
a child. The prophet Jeremiah said, “My mother would have
been my grave” had he been killed in the womb (20:17,18).
Fortunately, by obedience to the gospel of
Christ there is mercy, forgiveness and peace of mind, which
God will give to those who either received, performed and/or
encouraged abortion (cf., Isaiah 55:6-7; Matthew 11:28-29;
Acts 2:38).
|
