The Sanctity of Life

Life is truly a gift each of us has been given by our Creator.  Read Psalm 139:14, “I will praise You, for I am fearfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.”  Isaiah 44:24.  “Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, And He who formed you from the womb:  I am the Lord, who makes all things, who stretches out the heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;”  NKJV

“The body is a masterpiece of exquisite design.  Beautifully “engineered.”  It is governed by several hundred systems of control – each interacting with and affecting the other.  The brain has 10 billion nerve cells to record what it sees and hears.  Our skin has more than 2 million tiny sweat glands – about 3000 per square inch – all part of the intricate system which keeps the body at an even temperature.  A “pump” in our chest makes the blood travel 168 million miles a day – equivalent of 6720 times around the world!  The lining of the stomach contains 35 million glands secreting juices which aid the process of digestion.”  Ken Birks

Entire books have been written about how incredibly designed the human body is.  Yet millions of lives have been taken during the past 40 years due to the legalization of abortion.  Abortion is the shedding of innocent blood – something the Bible says God hates.  (Proverbs 6:16-17)  “These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:  A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,”  NKJV  Instead of taking life, we should be protecting it.

Abortion is the intentional taking of a life in the womb.  It is not the same thing as a miscarriage or contraception.  While there is no “Thou shalt not have an abortion,” the Bible does reveal God’s will on this matter.  Ezekiel 16:21   “that you have slain My children and offered them up to them by causing them to pass through the fire”   God speaks of us as My children.