Cultural Triage – Abortion

Cultural Triage: Abortion

Theme: our cultural missteps originate in rejecting the Creator or the created order.

13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:13-16 (ESV)

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Theme: our cultural missteps originate in rejecting the Creator or the created order.

1. We must remember God has an intimate over human (139:1-16). 

1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. Psalm 139:1-4 (ESV)

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2. We must remember that God the beginning and ending of (139:13-16). 

13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:13-16 (ESV)

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3. We must remember that evil is siding with (139:19-22).

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Truths from Science and Scripture:

• It is a scientific fact that life begins at conception.
• Every human being, whether born or unborn, possesses equal dignity.
• An unborn human is not a “potential” human but a full human at a lesser stage of development.
• Scripture prohibits the unlawful taking of innocent life, which necessarily includes abortion.
• Christians are called to defend the unborn against cultural forces that would destroy them.
• Unfortunate or difficult circumstances do not justify taking the life of an unborn child.
• Jesus offers the same forgiveness for abortion that He does for any other sin.

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A child, even an unplanned one, is not a problem to be sorted out but a gift to be cherished!