The gift of Life

Regardless to whether some people within the Christian community are OK with legalized abortion for one reason or the other, the all-important question we ought to ask – “Is God OK with legalized abortion? Is God glorified in abortion?” As Christians, we are to stand in the side of what is right account to God’s word. God instituted the civil government whose principal task and regards is to protect, maintain and sustain the sanctity of human life. In Scripture (Exodus 20:13), the sixth commandment – “Murder not” is specifically directed to murder in cold-blood or killing with passionate rage, or with impunity. The sixth commandment is specifically directed to taking of life unjustly or unlawfully, reason being that taking life unlawfully and unjustly violates Gods sovereignty and robs God of his glory.

Proven in the Bible (Proverbs 6:16-17), murder is an absolute abomination to the Lord. God is seriously against hands that shed innocent blood. The Bible makes it clear that the blood of the innocent cries out to God (Genesis 4:10). David said of the Lord, “Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, everyone them, the days that were appointed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” Psalm 139:16. For us Christians, life is gift and a mystery. God is the one who gives life and He alone can take away life and this is why abortion, euthanasia, infanticide have created a culture of unlawful death of breaking of God’s sixth commandment. And once we legalise a culture of death, there is no stopping.

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SeekingGloryOnThisJourney said:

Do you think birth control counts? Just curious, it’s been an extremely controversial topic

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In this world of sexual emancipation, many young women end up with unplanned pregnancy, and from there opt for an abortion. Easier access to effective contraception would likely decrease the need for abortion. Without conception, there is no life. While birth control prevent the natural order of conception taking place, it does NOT count as the same as killing a child.

SeekingGloryOnThisJourney said:

Thanks! That was a straight to the point answer I’ve been looking for

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Oops! I've just realised I missed out an important word in my reply, "NOT" Hence, I've re-edited my reply to be clear, sorry. Birth control is NOT the same as abortion. Using effective contraceptive is NOT murder if there is no conception to begin with.
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SPF said:

I'm not saying that I disagree with you, but can you provide some support for this claim?

I typically stay out of the legal area of abortion discussion and focus more on the moral, but as this topic is about the legal issues and your position, I'll ask a few questions if you don't mind.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, as I do not want to misrepresent any of your positions. But it sounds like you're saying this:

1. Morally valuable human beings exist at conception.
2. The law should protect morally valuable human beings.
3. The law should protect human beings from the moment of conception.

If this accurately represents your position, how far do you think we take this? Should we make it illegal for women to drink alcohol during pregnancy? As a foster parent, I can tell you that I would rather have a crack-baby than an alcohol-baby.

Should we make it a legal obligation for women to take pre-natal vitamins? To regularly see an OB?

There are laws in place that protect our youth once they're born, but what about the unborn? Seems to me that if you're going to make the case from a legal position that abortion should be illegal, that there are other laws that ought to follow that to then protect the unborn.

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The Old Testament teaches that God established the Government after the flood (Gen. 9:6).

Government by definition is a system of rule by which a state, community and so forth is governed. Government–whether it is socialistic, communistic, oligarchy, plutarchy, democracy, monarchy, and so forth – is FORCE. Government is FORCE, and it exists under God as a force to restrain evil. God instituted the government whose principal task and regards is to restrain evil, and to maintain, uphold, sustain, and protect the sanctity of human life and of property

Romans 13 makes it clear that the primary task of government authorities is to protect its citizens. Civil governments act as God’s agents of justice, and are to act on behalf of the good of all people (Rom. 13:4). The essential role and purpose of government is to exercise justice. Based on the truth of the dignity of every human being, justice means to give each person that which is due and is expressed negatively and positively.

Back in the book of Exodus, God called Moses to establish cities of refuge. In Exodus 21, Numbers 35, Deuteronomy 19, and Joshua 20 why would God stress the importance of building these cities of refuge 4 times in the scripture? Answer: Because God wanted to stress the sanctity of human life; God wanted to impress upon them the value that they must place on every life; God wanted to emphasize the seriousness of taken another's life even if it is by accident. As you start to see some local government officials refuse to protect their citizens, then you know we are in deep trouble.

Here's the background to Joshua 20. The law requires life for life. When somebody deliberately takes someone else’s life, that life also must be forfeited. But according to the law of God, if a person unintentionally commit manslaughter that person however should not die.

God told Joshua to build 6 cities of refuge throughout the land of Israel (Three on each side of the river Jordan). They were to be cities in which a man who committed unintentional manslaughter would run and find refuge. But that's not all: The road to these cities of refuge must be in excellent condition; the crossroad to these cities of refuge must be well signed posted and well-marked; the direction to the city of refuge must be very clear with signs that says “Refuge.” There were runners along the road who were posted in order to guide the fugitive to the nearest city of refuge. These runners were to help the fugitives to run into the gates of the city of refuge, and when the fugitive arrives, he/she would present their case to the city elders who formed the court of the city of refuge. The court will then make a provisional decision, a snap decision to give him an asylum until the time for a proper trial is set. And if the manslayer is acquitted of pre-meditated murder, then he/she must live inside the city of refuge until the high priest had died…

The point behind banning abortion is to safe a human life. The existence of life is greater than quality of life. Drinking alcohol is surely a dangerous thing to do during pregnancy, and a real mother would want to protect her child in everyway. So I think on this point, it would be better to support women with pregnancies so to avoid them making any kind of choice that would lead to them harming themselves or their babies intentionally or unintentionally.