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Life
Introduction
Dichotomy of Stance:
Pro-Life - The child in the womb is a person and therefore abortion is murder and morally wrong.
Pro-Choice - The decision to have an abortion should be up to the mother.
It is her body and therefore her choice.
Dichotomy of Opposition:
Pro-Life - Abortion advocates devalue the life of the unborn child because they only focus on the life of the mother.
Pro-Choice - Anti-abortion advocates devalue the life of the mother because they only focus on the life of the fetus.
(Pro-birth)
Does the Bible speak to and support the pro-life stance?
Is the Church guilty of being Pro-birth?
Does the Bible speak to and support the pro-life stance?
Psalm 139/
worship psalm
highlights the personal relationship that God has with the author.
God SEARCHED him
personally observed and examined
knows the uniqueness of him
God has KNOWN him
highlights the personal relationship God has with him
(understood) is the glory of God vs the sinfulness of man … and still God chooses a relationship.
Psalm 139 is a worship song about God’s relationship with man.
When did this relationship start?
God: You formed, you knitted
We know the Bible declares God general creative work.
(Gen 1-3)
This psalm declares God’s Personal involvement in a MY creation.
Ps 139:13 points to our personhood.
o When God created he set man above all His creation
o God created man in HIS image.
§ There is a uniqueness about man
o When Noah came off the ark and worshipped God
Every other living thing is food except man…man is special.
In fact: there will be punishment for shedding harming another person.
When does God acknowledge me as a person?
A huge point in the abortion debate, “When is the child a person who deserves protection?
Christian response: The child is not simply a “fetus it’s a person and deserves protection.
Where does that position comes from?
“in my mother’s womb”
Scripture recognizes and describes God’s relationship existing IN THE MOTHER’S WOMB.
Therefore, scripture recognizes personhood as existing IN THE MOTHER’S WOMB.
At what stage of development does the fetus become a person?
“Unformed substance”
God knew us when we were yet unformed
This extends personhood to (at least) the moment of conception.
From the moment of conception every person has equal value.
What if you know there is a problem?
Problem with the health of the child.
Problem with the condition of the mother.
They are not questioning value here; they are asking about the quality of life.
Since the child is a person:
Christian view is fundamentally different.
The child is already a person at conception..
It’s not, “What life will the child have.”
To kill a person because of a disability we know is wrong.
We call it murder, infanticide, eugenics …
How do we measure the quality of life?
Every person I personally known that has a child with a disability
I was/ am scared that I don’t know what I am doing....BUT
My child is a blessing.
I never knew how much they would bless us.
Taught me how to love, patience, true value
My own families experience with a special needs child.
Man’s understanding of personal value is flawed.
So, if you want to understand the value of a person (born or unborn), you need to see them as God sees them.
This would become part of the Mosaic Law:
“Though shalt not commit murder”
“Eye for an Eye and tooth for a tooth” etc.
Is the Church guilty of being Pro-birth?
Sometimes YES!
I believe issue of abortion it settled but that doesn’t mean it easy.
What if a fetus is not viable?
What if the mother was raped?
What if the mother’s life is in danger by the pregnancy?
These are not hypothetical questions.
How should we (the church) respond to the issue of abortion?
1. Speak light in darkness
2. “Love they neighbor.”
Speak the truth in love.
We don’t act like we love them … We love them.
Strive to be a beacon of hope not hate.
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