Friday, January 11, 2013

Planned Parenthood in 2011


Every Christian who is concerned about the ungodliness of abortion was dismayed by a report released last Tuesday. Planned Parenthood Federation of America reported that they performed 333,964 abortions in 2011. Simple math reveals that the number of abortions performed equates to one abortion every 94 seconds.

The Bible does not make a distinction in prenatal and postnatal life as does man. In Jeremiah 1:5, God relates the fact that Jeremiah was chosen for his great prophetic work before he was ever born. In Isaiah 49:1, 5, Isaiah is speaking of the Messiah. He was called by name before He was formed in the womb. David was regarded by God as a human being even as he was being “curiously wrought” in the womb (Psalm 139:13-16). John leaped in his mother’s womb when his mother greeted Mary (Luke 1:41, 44).

The biblical position is that life begins at conception (Genesis 25:21-22; Numbers 12:12; Ruth 1:11; Job 3:3, 16; Hosea 12:3). Pregnancy is referred to as being “with child” seven times in the New Testament (Matthew 1:18, 23; 24:19; Mark 13:17; Luke 21:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Revelation 12:2). “Fetus” is simply a stage of development (e.g., infant, child, adolescent, adult). It is dishonest to pretend it is “less than human.”

Jeremiah, David and everyone is treated by God as human life in the mother. Therefore, the beginning of life is the direct result of human procreation and the indirect result of divine creation from nothing. Make no mistake: the implication is clear. Abortion is murder, and as horrible as school shootings are, we need to put them in perspective as to what happens every second in this country.

Kyle Campbell

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