I'm surprised how many Christians I have met who are in support of the legalization of abortion. Some even provide a biblical argument for the killing of these unborn babies. This goes past all my defenses and strikes me right in the heart. How can a Christian possibly support this murder of children? It may be legal, and you may have every right under American law to kill the child inside of your body, but where can I possibly find support in scripture for this doctrine of abortion? The instances of killing children in the Old Testament are called "abominations" (תֹעֲבוֹת in the Hebrew). These kinds of things throughout the Bible are detestable to God, and forever banned from the life of a christian. Just like homosexuality, the killing of children is detestable and forbidden before God. To do תֹעֲבוֹת before God is to do something that goes completely against the nature of God and is wholly abominable. It kills me to see that our society is now taking steps in order to legalize תֹעֲבוֹת and to give its citizens the right to do these things. I honestly don't know how much longer this country can last if it continues in the direction it's going.
We can get all wrapped up in defending our rights as Americans to do this, and to protect the mother and support her rights as a free woman, but there's a problem with getting all worked up about our rights: When we surrendered our lives to Christ and were baptized into his spirit, we surrendered all of our rights and replaced them with Christ's commands. It doesn't matter if we "have the right" to kill our children; God commanded us not to, so we cannot! Why is this so hard to make clear to people today? We are so concerned with "being our own person" that we completely leave God behind! I may may have the judicial right to sue a man after he hits me with his car, but 1 Corinthians 6 speaks specifically against the usage of rights for lawsuits - therefore, I cannot rightfully sue this man even though he may deserve it and even though I may legally able to do so. It doesn't matter what my rights are - Christ vanquished those rights and replaced them with his commands.
When I became a Christian, everything in my old life was refitted with Christ, and I now have to judge everything as to whether it is acceptable in God's covenant. When I look at scripture, there is nothing that supports the killing of children in or out of the womb; I find only scripture supporting the sanctity of human life and the beautiful craftsmanship of God within it. Who am I to counteract this working? As in marriage, I cannot undo what God has joined together. If God has created a child, I cannot undo this. That would be an abomination.
Can we just try to actually practice some humility before God, and accept the fact that we don't have any rights before Him? We are sinners - willful betrayers of God - we don't have any leverage on Him, and we cannot claim any sort of claim to any right. God's grace to us is a gift - not a right. We have absolutely zero reasons for God to forgive us and allow us into His Kingdom. Let's stop arguing for what we deserve and actually work to obey God's commands.
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