Roe v Wade - Part 2: The Sanctity of Life

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The Sanctity of Life

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Roe v Wade - Part 2: The Sanctity of Life

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The Bible is our source of instruction on the definition of life, and the Bible clearly protects life in the womb. 

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[Darris McNeely] What does the Bible say about the sanctity of human life? This is a big question in the light of the recent Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision on abortion that said that it was a constitutional right, and in June of 2022, the court overturned that saying that there is no constitutional right. Our view, our moral view on such a topic has to be taken from Scripture. In Exodus 20, we have a listing of the ten commandments, and obviously, the commandment that says, "Thou shalt not murder," is the defining law of God on the matter of human life. But further on in Exodus chapter 22, we read something that does bring it down closer to this matter of life in the womb of a mother.

In Exodus 21:22, it says, "If men fight, and hurt a woman with child so that she gives birth prematurely, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman's husband imposes on him and he shall pay as the judge determines." It goes on in verse 23 to say, "But if any harm follows, in other words, if that injury will cause the fetus to be born prematurely with problems and death and to be miscarried, then it says, "If any harm follows you will give life for life." In other words, if there's an injury to the woman, it's considered in this verse then, that child in the womb, that fetus is a life. God's Word defines it as such. And this law then defines it as murder and imposes a penalty. In our parlance today we will call that first-degree murder, nothing less. It is considered murder to take an action that destroys unborn life, and that is the foundational principle from which all other judgments are going to have to be made in this matter from Scripture.

The scourge of abortion has been a form of idolatry in our world today. As you read the reports and all of the discussion about abortion, those from one side list it as a right of a woman over her body and over her health, and we read all kinds of terms that try to mitigate what exactly is taking place. But when humans decide to take a life from the womb of a woman for the sake of convenience or personal right as a matter of liberty, we have to understand that they cross a divide between man and God. And we are taking to ourselves the prerogative that only God has and that is the matter of to decide right and wrong in matters of morality, and especially this matter of life and death. Man puts himself as God in this particular issue, and that becomes a form of idolatry, that for all nations, not only America, will cause the suffering of the judgment of God when that day comes upon the world.

We do rejoice and give thanks in the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. But we know that it's only one issue that the court has decided and it's time to back over now to the states that will not remove abortion from the land of America, it will continue to go on and it will likely continue to be a much-heated debate and discussion. But our world view on this has got to be rooted in what God says and nothing, nothing less than that.

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Comments

  • Tanya Sipp
    I have a question: Pastor McNeely, if the person has been raped the victim has to continue with the trauma until the child is born? I am Pro Life but I'm sure if I myself or my daughter was a victim of rape I will run not walk to an abortion. I got two adults children and during my pregnancy with my children was so intimate and loving. The gratefulness to God for my unborn children was overwhelming. I just can not imagine carrying an unborn child of a rapist. Pregnancy is extremely uncomfortable and LABOR well still can't talk about it and my kids are in the 30s. I can not imagine a person that is victimized everyday during pregnancy (flash backs of the crime, morning sickness, numerous doctors appointments, and every situation uncomfort associated with pregnancy plus labor then keeping the child or adoption). I would be traumatized and bitter. I may feel God has turned his back on me. In the case of rape/incest should a person keep the unborn and carry to term? God bless!
  • tyler
    The person who is raped will indeed carry the trauma of that event for the rest of her life regardless of whether or not she becomes pregnant and or delivers a baby. if she aborts the baby then she has also the trauma of having intentionally ended the life of an innocent human being. that's would be much worse than giving the child up for adoption. your reaction to go and kill that poor baby sounds more like vengeance than mercy. would you also council your daughter to kill her rapist, there would be more justice in that act, but I don't think that it would improve her life. or if the man had other children should she kill them as retribution? obviously not! many children of rape have been adopted and lead good lives, do you begrudge them this and would you tell them that if it had been your choice they should not have gotten the chance? probably not. choose life freind.
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