Christians who oppose abortion must make their stand on the highest moral principle—human beings are made in the image of God.
Abraham Lincoln was asked how people could use the Bible to both support and oppose slavery. Lincoln's answered, "The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time." Lincoln's logic is undeniable.
This same logic must be applied to the issue of abortion. Pro-life and pro-choice are opposite viewpoints concerning the value of human life. Both can't be right. Abortion is not a political talking point like taxes or zoning laws. Abortion is fundamentally an issue of morality.
Christians who oppose abortion must make their stand on the highest moral principle—human beings are made in the image of God. To indiscriminately abort a unique human being, created in the image of God, is morally bankrupt. Every human being has value to the Creator as his child. This truth is the basis of all moral concepts.
For Beyond Today, I'm Gary Petty.
