Monday May 21, 2012

Write or email the local paper why you think abortion is wrong and a bad choice for society to adopt.

Read Deuteronomy 19:1-7

 

We live in a world where human life is being constantly devalued. Some would even prefer the death of a human being rather than the death of a whale or a tree. On-demand abortion is being pushed and certain professors have even promoted the idea of after birth abortion. Nobody talks about the death of a baby boy or a baby girl. No body mentions infanticide because that’s what these really are. We use euphemisms to dull the pain of what we’re really promoting.

 

But humanity was made in the image of God. We reflect the God who created us. That’s what makes each and every single person valuable and special. Even the baby born in the poorest and driest city in a war torn African nation is special to God. The little baby girl with hideous deformities is special to God. We need to learn to value humans, from the very moment of conception, as much as God does.

 

God hates the devaluation of human life. He hates murder no matter how hard we try to soften the impact by calling it euthanasia or abortion or termination or mercy killing or whatever. God hates murder.

 

For Israel, God provided three cities of refuge so that the person who accidently killed another person would be able to spare his life and not suffer the penalty for murder, namely the death penalty.

 

The church has to stand up and speak up for the value of human dignity and life. It’s time to wake up from our slumber and become proactive in protecting and valuing life. If God’s representatives can’t value life and stand up for its value, who can?

 

Prayer:

¥ Pray that the attempts to pass laws for on-demand abortion and for legalisation of euthanasia will be stopped and that parliament would see the foolishness of introducing such laws. Pray that Christians in parliament will be vocal on these issues. Pray that Christians around the country will stand up, make a noise and support those organisations that are working for good and positive change in these areas.

¥ Pray that we will see laws passed that are moral and just and that protect the lives of innocent people that cannot protect themselves.