by
Walter C. Scott Jan. 3, 2012
Jeremiah
1:5—Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you
were born I set you apart.
Psalm
139:13—For you created my inmost being; you knit me
together in my mother's womb.
Here
we are nearing a Presidential election and one of the major points of
contention is once again”abortion”. Right to life verses freedom
of choice. Everyone is of God, as described in the two preceding
verses, and has a right to life. If everything we have is from God
and belongs to God, then a woman's body is not hers to make exclusive
decisions about another life inside her.
John
16:21—A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her
time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish
because of her joy that a child is born into the world.
Isaiah
49:15—Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have
no compassion on the child she has born? Though she may forget, I
will not forget you!
However,
a point I fail to understand is the conservative establishment in
America that stands on less Government, yet wants to abolish abortion
by passing legislation and requiring enforcement of it. Abortion will
undoubtedly go back underground, with all the negative consequences
as before. This doesn't make sense, or solve the problem.
Before
I go any further, I want to state emphatically that I don't support,
and am NOT pro-abortion. I also emphatically don't agree with people
carelessly having babies they don't want, and/or can't support on
their own, without some form of assistance.
Matthew
19:14—Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me,
and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as
these.
Mark
10:14-15 & Luke 18:16-17—Let the little children come
to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such
as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the
Kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.
On
October 31, 2011 the world's population passed 7 billion. What will
be the planet's tipping point? When it can no longer sustain,
support, and replenish itself. Did not God give us this earth and
make us responsible for it by actively being faithful stewards of it
and ourselves? At the current unchecked pace of humanity's growth it
will take all our prayers and God's power and grace to save us from
ourselves.
If
I remember correctly, 25,000 children die of starvation and disease
every day in Africa alone. This is a reflection of our current
stewardship on earth. This also asks the question, would they have
been better off being aborted during the first several weeks after
conception, when death is quick, or should they be born into this
world and suffer the slow, conscious death of disease, malnutrition,
neglect, drug addiction, related physical and mental problems, etc.
day after month after year?” They have no opportunity for education
or proper training or guidance to make for themselves the tools
needed to provide themselves and their families a better life. It is
a repetitive, vicious cycle of misery and hopelessness.
Hebrews
2:14—Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared
in their humanity so that by his death He might destroy the power of
death—that is, the devil.
Matthew
21:16--”Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,
“From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise?”
In
reality, abortion—or not—are only symptoms of the real problem;
not the problem itself. The problem is a world that needs to learn
and practice Christian principles and values. Let the Bible be your
guide. Taking everything to God in prayer and doing as the Spirit
instructs. Be the Good News to a desperate world. Let's bring Heaven
to earth.
Mark16:15-16—He
said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to
all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but
whoever does not believe will be condemned.”
In
Luke 18:18-22, Jesus talked with a wealthy man who kept all the
commandments, but asked Jesus what he still had to do to inherit
eternal life as stated. Jesus said he still lacked one thing—give
all he had to the poor and follow Him. He did not. This illustrates
to me that we need to act decisively and with conviction and
sacrifice in the resolution of a problem or situation. The Bible
states that God knew us all before we were born or formed in the
womb. I know he did; and I also know He was and still is waiting on
us to make an attempt to resolve the real problems so He can bring
about the Real Solution.
Proverbs
22:6—Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is
old he will not turn from it.
2
Corinthians 12:14—After all, children should not have to
save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
It
is the parents' responsibility to instruct their children and be a
righteous example for them to follow. Accept your responsibilities.
It is also every good Christian's duty to help the world's children
whenever acceptable and possible.
1
Corinthians 13:11-12—When I was a child, I talked like a
child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became
a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor
reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know
in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
Job
1:21—Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will
depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of
the Lord be praised.
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