The Scourge of Abortion

Amen title of our message tonight folks is the scourge of abortion have on the screen. Matthew 513 you are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned if then good for nothing but be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. One of the benefits of salt is that it is a preservative from corruption and if you're a Christian, you act as a preservative against sin and the culture. At least we hope that we do abortion gender issues homosexuality critical race theory are societies being bombarded with issues that fly in the face with the Bible teaches and at the very least, we as Christians need to ask three questions when evaluating the impact we can have on our culture. The first question is Mike is it my conviction that the Bible reveals the principles by which God will judge mankind is at my conviction that the Bible reveals the principles by which God will judge mankind. Secondly, is it my conviction that the Bible is the template of the guide for the Christian worldview and the guide for evaluating and responding to culture is that what we follow in making our decisions as we interact with the culture of our day. And finally, is it my conviction that I cannot participate in, assist or promote anything contrary to the Bible. Tonight we want to consider just one of these issues. As I said, and that's the growing scourge of abortion special in our country sense 1973 I want to tell you where were going with the message give you the points and then will begin tonight. I'll start with an introductory set of remarks to set the context of abortion in American culture and give you several facts. It astounded may some of them you will know some of them will be new to you all have four points that were going to consider tonight. The first one is the slide from confusion to callousness as to when human life begins. How did we get where we are today. I'm going to share some dreadful information that bodes potentially darker days ahead for unwanted babies, quite frankly, the second thing will consider tonight is the clear declaration Scripture by the creator as to when human life begins and that is conception were going to consider several verses at that point clearly will look at the condemnation of those who caused the death of the unborn and then fourthly, the common grace that grants children and I trust that this will be a challenge to you I know is I studied for this and I read over information. I just felt like I was becoming more and more apathetic. Do I care about abortion yes but what am I doing and toward the end will give you some things that you might consider applying first so we want to give you some introductory remarks that I think will be helpful answers in Genesis defines abortion is this. It's the killing of an unborn child and his or her mother's womb from both of biblical and scientific purpose, perspective, life begins at the moment of fertilization.

Since abortion destroys a human being who is fearfully and wonderfully made in God's image is nothing less than murder.

Listen to this quote from a former abortionist it's pretty jarring quote keeping an emotional distance from our patients is essential to our work. You tell yourself in terms of abortion. I'm just doing a medical procedure. I'm just helping this woman I'm not actually tearing babies apart. He goes on to say, but at the end of even a DNC abortion you have to open the collection sack empty.

It can literally take inventory to make certain that you've got to arms to legs and all the pieces how callused how jarring that is in 2019. The estimated number of human deaths by murder and our nation was 16,425, the year year end. Death penalty report shows that seven states executed 22 murders, 16,425 people were killed only 22 murderers were executed, and ironically in this article that I read says this states across the country will continue to debate capital punishments, fairness, reliability and cost of implementation, we read that again states across the country will continue to debate capital punishments, fairness, reliability, and the cost of them. Implementation now what I want us to do is to compare the numbers of those deserving death.

Because of choices they make with the following facts approximately 889,000 human desk to abortion, Took Pl. in United States in 2019. You have to ask yourself the question, what offense could result in the premeditate killing of a human inside the womb.

What offense could bring that about simply being an unwanted conception of human life. What's a result of abortion, the death of an innocent life and I might add. It's also $1.6 billion in total revenue for Planned Parenthood in 2019 and again were given misinformation with the message in context from 1973 to 2019.

The total number of babies killed in their mother's womb was 64,011,495.

Now bear with me on this, because I'm going to try to share something that I think will be very jarring and insightful. I want to make a statement before I play this and he will repeat it, but I don't want you to miss this for every sound of the BB hitting a tin can. For every one of those sounds that represents 10,000 lives 10,000 lives. We are about to hear the sounds of metal PP striking the side of a tin can. For every BB that strikes it represents 10,000 lives lost in the wars of America's past. The American revolution about you but that's jarring to me that represents. As I said earlier, 64,011,495 babies murdered in the womb.

The first point that we want to consider. Tonight is the slide from can fusion to callousness as to when human life begins and what were doing with these different stages that you see on the screen and I think the bottom one is cut off, but I'll read it to you but this describes a culture of death is no doubt about it. You can see the implantation view. As stated in the 27th edition of Stedman's medical German dictionary conception begins with the implantation of the embryo in the wall of the womb at about eight days, eight days. The embryological view holds that human life begins 12 to 14 days after fertilization the time. After which identical twins would not occur. There's no individuality. Therefore, no humanness, the neuron out neurologic view poses that humanness is attained when the brain has matured to the point that the appropriate neural pathways have been developed.

This is about 26 weeks after fertilization. The ecological view.

Proponents of the ecological view holds that the fetus is human when it reaches the level of maturation when it can exist outside the mother's womb some 20 years ago. The age of viability for premature born fetus was about 28 weeks today is 24 weeks. What is the significance. Thus, in this view man himself to his advances in technology can grant humanness where it didn't previously exist. In other words, doctors and scientists playing God the birthday view the birthday view. Some hold the position that the human life begins only at the point when the baby is born. The last part of that slide. I asked the question, what's next, legalizing partial birth abortion and folks you will not believe what you're going to hear.

I've want to give you some information from a secular publication Des Moines register, December 12, 2018 and I think it's very important that you keep in mind as you listen to these excerpts that since 1981. The science says that life within the womb is a baby, but things have only gotten worse for the unborn. Over the years listen to these excerpts as Harvard University medical school Prof. Michelin Matthews. Ross testified before a 1981 US Senate Judiciary committee quote it's scientifically correct to say that an individual human life begins at conception and that this developing human always is a member of our species in all stages of life. In other words, Matthew Ross was saying a baby is a baby from fertilization to heartbeat the birth yes the baby of five weeks in the womb differs from the newborn, but so does the toddler differ from the team scientifically, we pass through different stages as we grow. But we don't pass from person to nonperson and vice versa. And as I read this. Keep in mind this is a secular newspaper goes on to say at the same time 1981 government hearing Dr. Watson, a Bose of University of Colorado medical school asserted quote the beginning of a single human life is from a biological point of view a simple and straightforward matter.

The beginning is conception this straightforward biological fact should not be distorted to serve sociological, political, or economic goal. After examining the evidence, the Senate subcommittee said the following positions, biologists, and other scientists agree that conception marks the beginning of the life of the human being, a being that is alive and is a member of the human species. There is overwhelming agreement on this point, and countless medical, biological, and scientific writings. Yet, folks.

All we hear on television now is follow the science but they're not doing the 37 years of scientific advancement. Since the subcommittee hearing have only confirmed its findings. Children survive premature birth today at younger and younger ages, demonstrating how arbitrary it is to argue, life doesn't begin until the baby is quote viable.

Today's 3D ultrasounds give us astonishing heartwarming pictures, revealing that the little child in her womb is a baby.

Dr. Bernard Nathanson is the cofounder of the national abortion rights action league. He has personally presided over 60,000 abortions.

This is what he confessed in the film the silent screen and that film was produced in 1984. He said modern technologies have convinced us that beyond question. The unborn child is simply another human being, another member of the human community indistinguishable bow and every way from any of us and that a 2014 panel discussion presented by the national abortion Federation listen to this. Dr. Lisa Harris of Planned Parenthood put it even more plainly, she said.

Mothers are not stupid. They know what's in there. It's violence. It's a person it's killing. That's where we come to.

That's where we come to an some people that I gave quotes in this article worked at abortion clinics.

They basically say we have dehumanize the child in the womb. We ignore the science someone made a suggestion. Why not make a woman who's going to get an abortion do an ultrasound that sounds good, and if it can be done properly it would be effective. I'm sure but the problem is abortions can manipulate the ultrasound to show what they want to folks these pro-abortion people are admitting that human life inside woman is being killed. I want to read to quotes from you and this is really what prompted me to to do this message. These are the final two quotes. This is from a book that I just got it's called the secular creed engaging five contemporary claims in this is going to shock you in 2012 we say that again in 2012. Medical ethicist Alberto Jim Blaney and Francisca Minerva published a paper in the Journal of medical ethics, arguing that quote both fetuses and newborn do not have the same moral status as an actual person, so after birth abortion killing a newborn should be permissible in all the cases where abortion is including cases with a newborn is not disabled. They openly admit that you should be allowed to kill newborn babies. The second one is by a Princeton professor Pete Peter Singer, let me back up and remind you this first quote was in 2012 and they're continuing to kill babies yearly if it digresses to what these people the seeds of these people are planning heaven help us.

Princeton professor Peter Singer said this in Singer's view, a week old baby is not a rational and self-conscious being there many nonhuman animals whose rationality, self-consciousness, awareness, capacity, and so on exceed that of the human baby a week or a month old. Therefore, Singer concludes the life of a newborn baby is of less value than the life of a pig a dog or chimpanzee to translate that under practical terms, eating bacon might be more immoral than infanticide that might be shocking to you and it should be shocking to you but beloved in 2012 we would never dreamed that we were dealing with transgender the way we are today homosexuality the way we are today, etc. etc. etc. they have planted seeds as far back as 2012. And what will the future hold for the born poor unwanted it's it's jarring to me. Now let's look at what Scripture says and quite honestly, I think all of you are going to know what God's position is on this book is going to review it give you some examples. The clear declaration Scripture by the creator as to when human life begins in the key to this is the clear declaration of God and if you would turn to Psalm 139 Psalm 139 will just read a few verses out of that that you're very familiar with the clear declaration Scripture by the creator as to when human life begin God ordains the details of every person's life before he forms him or her in the womb and hear the verses 13 to 16. David is speaking and he says for you formed my inward parts you covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise you for. I'm carefully and wonderfully made marvelous are your works, and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth your eyes saw my substance, yet being uninformed and in your book.

They all were written the day's fashion form when as yet there were none of them and I want you beloved and notice the personal pronouns that David uses for himself. Prior to birth. In other words, he considered himself a person in the womb and indeed he was wicked expositor that it's pretty straightforward, but I do want to read a quote by Spurgeon that I think says it better than I could ever dream of saying it.

Concerning these four, five, versus listen to what Charles Spurgeon said while the vessel was upon the wheel. The Potter sought all and in my book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there were none of them an architect draws his plans and makes out his specification just so did the great mapmaker of our frame right down all our members. In the book of his purposes.

Their form and shape and everything about him were appointed of God long before they had any existent God sauce when we could not be seen. And he wrote about us when there was nothing of us to write about when as yet there were none of our members in existence all those members were before the eye of God in the sketchbook of his foreknowledge and predestination. Amen and amen, the last view of when a baby becomes human is the fertilization the view that we would take the simplest view is based on genetics.

Those who hold this position argue that sense of genetic link unique individual is created at the time of fertilization. Each human life begins at fertilization folks in this view, the terms fertilization and conception are interchangeable. Thus, in this view, life would be said to begin at conception and a bit… The person who takes the word of God seriously realizes that his soon as that baby is conceived as hands-off. It's a human being.

I want to give other examples besides David and I'll read these verses and make a comment or two. You need not turn to them, but I would suggest that you write them down as I think they're good for you to be able to go to these verses. When you're dealing with a Christian who is considering abortion and I want to answer something here. I'm going to point out a couple things in bit later I Jahnke Savage has I put together an infant information sheet from stuff that he gave me and these will be on the usher station some very valuable material, but this little booklet were talking about tiny hands all my heart. This would be an excellent booklet and I intend to make some available for our church.

An excellent booklet for a young girl whose pregnant or a woman who was in her first pregnancy. It goes to each month and shows how the baby develops from conception all the way to birth and I think it's excellent and would highly recommend every one of you. I did get one of these to had to be able to give to a girl who perhaps has become pregnant or a lady married lady who is pregnant for the first time, but we want to look at other examples. First of all, Moses Exodus 411 so the Lord said to him, who is made man's mouth who makes the mute the death. The saying with a blind have night I the Lord in the point were making here folks.

Every life is valuable, just as God ordained an article from answers in Genesis said this.

It's entitled are humans with disabilities facing extinction are humans with disabilities facing extinction. What an appalling truth we legislate to protect endangered animals, but we callously allow the murder of babies in their mother's womb because of the born with a disability. I think many of you are aware that Gov. Cooper vetoed the human life. Nondiscrimination act and that would prohibit abortions because the unborn child, actual or presumed race or sex of the presence or presumed presence of something like down syndrome. It passed the legislature and he vetoed it, and is also at the end of my message tonight.

That's one thing that you can do private that gets overturned and I'll share some other things as well, folks. The bottom line is this. We have we have three wife and I special needs grandsons and love every one of them there an integral part of our family and they are made exactly as God is sovereign God would have to and they're meant for us to embrace as they are and I can say this.

Those three boys in their own way, have been used to touch a lot of lives.

I believe many lives here at beacon. Isaiah 49, five the prophet says, and now the Lord says, who for me from the womb to be his servant just reflects on the fact that Isaiah was formed by God from the womb.

Jeremiah 15 Jeremiah says says this before I formed you in the womb I knew you before you were born I sanctified you, I ordained you a product of the nations.

God chose Jeremiah even before he was conceived or formed in his mother's womb, then God formed Jeremiah and gave him the genetic structure. He wanted them possess this mean Jeremiah was set apart by the Lord and for the Lord even before he knew the Lord in a personal life that's tremendous thought to keep in mind before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and that goes hand in glove. Beloved, with text like Ephesians 1 Ephesians 2 and then John the Baptist Luke 17 but Zacharias and Elizabeth had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years first 13. The angel says your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

Verse 24 now after those days his wife Elizabeth conceived what she can see a baby boy John the Baptist Jesus Matthew 118.

He says this. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows after his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Jesus says in Luke 131 behold, you will conceive in your womb. It said of him, I should say you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son, and you will call his name Jesus. Even our Lord in the womb and then finally Paul. Galatians 115 to 16 a and please the Lord, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through his grace, to reveal his son in me that I might preach him among the Gentiles, beloved the clear declaration of Scripture by the creator as to when human life begins as a conception. There's no way around that.

The third thing that we want to consider sobering thought the condemnation of those who caused the death of the unborn, the condemnation of those who caused the death of the unborn Exodus chapter 21 verses 22 and 23 says if men fight and hurt a woman with child so that she gives birth prematurely. Yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished, according as the woman's husband imposes on and he shall pay as the judges determine Ellison at this he goes on to say, but if any harm follows either to the woman or the unborn child at any harm follows, then you shall give life for life. Verses 22 and 23 are basic to pro-life position on abortion because they indicate that a boarding of a fetus is equivalent to the murder of a child in God's reaction to that is life for life. The guilty party was punished as a murderer. The devaluation of life by mankind is nothing we can look at this and we can think you mean to tell me that there some people are actually considering it would be appropriate to kill a baby outside womb. Listen what second Kings 1717 says of Israel, and it's appalling and I'm sure many of you have read this second Kings 1717 reveals the hardness of the human heart. Israel, God's chosen people because their sons and daughters to pass through the fire and worship of Moloch in abortion. The baby is out of sight. Israel watch their children pass through the fire that is mind-boggling to me talk about the hardness of the human heart. They watch their children pass to the fire to an idle. What about babies were conceived through the horrific sin of rape of the following quote is from life cited life site news and by the way that organization is banned from YouTube. Not a surprise, but they say this. What about the horrific sin of rape does the circumstance of conception determine human worth me say that again does the circumstance of conception determine human were and when you think about it, the answer is no, that which is been conceived as a human being are children who could not control the manner of how they were brought into existence subhuman and inferior to those who were conceived conventionally are we going to assume that abortion is the only solution, and being ignorant of adoption and dozens of others, of couples and line for everyone. Baby someone mentioned may this morning when I was talking about this message tonight that many young people have the attitude I don't want to bring a baby into this world. I want to bring a baby into this world will folks that makes you God.

Little G you decide that you don't want to bring a human being in the world because of the status of the world you going to find out the problem is this. Children are a gift of the Lord, that will be our fourth fourth point in the moment. We have no right to have killed or boarded any child, regardless of the circumstances, regardless of the society in which they were born. Think of the society that Jesus was born into. Think of the society that he came into in John 1621 Jesus said a woman when she's in labor has sorrow because her hour has come, but as soon as she has given birth to the child she along the remembers the anguish for joy that a human being has been born in the world and in this last sobering point that want to consider tonight the common grace the common grace that grants the gifted children. Why do I say the common grace because saved and unsaved delight children. Psalm 127 three. Solomon wrote, behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. The Lord is ordaining the human activities of begetting, conceiving and bearing at the Bible insist it's not human, but divine agency that opens the womb, or indeed closes the for his purposes. Children are not our achievement, but his gift JI Packer put it this way for society is rightly ordered children are regarded not as an encumbrance but as an inheritance in the received not with regret, but as a reward.

Beloved, think of this way, abortion is the willful rejection of God's gift of life. Abortion is the willful rejection of God's gift of life and let me say this, for those dear saints who have not been given the gift of a child, I am for you to offer up a sacrifice of praise to God's sovereign plan for you as hard as that is, those of us who have special needs children and grandchildren and had to choose to embrace the struggles and the opportunities that accompany the sometimes hard providence of God doing so is a means through which God can be glorified and we can be used to encourage others don't take that statement lightly. Whether God does not give you children, or he gives you special needs children. God is God.

He sovereign and he has a purpose for this and if you will bow the hard and the need to that he will use you in ways you never dreamed we've looked at the slide from confusion to callousness as to when human life begins in.

My point in that is they know their killing babies. They've known this since 1981 they know their killing babies and there even propose the legitimacy of killing babies after birth.

The second thing we considered the clear declaration Scripture by the creator as to when human life begins at conception at conception will look thirdly the condemnation of those who caused the death of the unborn God's law is a life or life and then finally we just considered the common grace that grants the life of children.

Abortion is the willful rejection of God's gift. I have found in my own life even though I'm appalled that abortion and I despise it, that I have not done all that I can do and all that I should and I'm going offer five things that you can consider doing in the first two there's no excuse for any of us not doing pray daily that God will have his will be done concerning the protection of the Heideman pray daily that God will have his will be done concerning the protection of the Heideman and that limits federal funding of abortion and you may have to contact your representatives, but at least pray folks listen to this. The Hyde amendment is left out of the president's budget. It is saved over 2.4 million lives and continues to save nearly 60,000 babies a year. The Heideman pray that that gets put into the budget pray daily that God will have his will. Anyone of us can do that and you may want to put a sticker on your computer screen or whatever.

Do whatever it takes to remind yourself all of us can pray. Secondly, pray daily concerning the Supreme Court hearing. They are going to be listening to a case arising from a Mississippi law that bans most abortion after 15 weeks now banning abortions after 15 weeks is not the goal. It isn't the goal, but it's a step in the right direction and I would simply say this. Wars are one a single battle at a time. We want to be instrumental going before the throne of grace, to be used of God to save whatever babies can be saved. So pray daily for the Hyde amendment pray daily for the Supreme Court that they would do that which is right that they would recognize what science has said since 1981 that inside the womb of a woman who is pregnant is a human being. Third, be knowledgeable about what the Bible says about life. So the can interact biblically when you're talking with other Christians about abortion, I mentioned the resource sheet that will have I mentioned this little booklet. If you know a young lady or woman who who is even considering abortion. This will be very very effective in their lives be knowledgeable in folks if all you do is turn Psalm 139 13 to 16 and show that God knew David before he ever was formed.

That's a step in the right direction and you can get the illustrations of the biblical people that I shared with you and the number four get involved with a local ministry that offers help for pregnant women who cannot go it alone, or that pleads with women to take alternatives to abortion, and again we can give you information I want to.

I'm not gonna read this, but this she came from Erwin lutes or and it's a young lady who writes this in Luther is quoting her and she starts out with this. I agree with you 100% about abortion, but I had one. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life. My mom said I had to have an abortion and she goes on how the counselor Planned Parenthood said nobody would want to adopt your baby. She said this probing bit of information she says you Christians you are hurting girls who want their babies.

I didn't have an alternative to having my divorce aborted. I want to say it hurts you. People are against abortion but are you willing to help young girls and women who don't have the money or place to live. Her folks are basically saying get a get an abortion or get out and she sang.

Are you willing to help young girls and women who don't have the money for a place to live. Some of us women and girls are not killers are human to and I can tell you that having an abortion is killing me slowly and Luther says this to his church, let us as a church agree today that we stand with young women facing an unwanted pregnancy, and we say were here for you were here to help you dream of a new reality were here ready to accept, to support to adopt so that we might extend the grace of God.

All the lives of those who need it most. Very probing information from young lady that really didn't see any way out.

It was get the abortion or leave home with no place to go. So get involved with a local ministry by Alamance pregnancy services is is an arm of the rescue mission hearts cry is another one and I will challenge you most of you know John does have it. She's very involved in this stuff until commendable. A great get up with John and he can point you in many directions and then finally consider the adoption of the baby who is allowed to live but was mother will not or cannot raise him or her consider the adoption of a baby who was allowed to live. His mother will not or cannot raise him or her to of our grandson fall in that category and every time I see them nearly every time the thought goes through my mind. Where might those two boys be if they were not him but adopted in our family.

Where might they be my number one. Kudos to their mothers for carrying those boys and having them and kudos to their mothers for putting them up for adoption when they realized they could not care for them.

Consider the adoption of the baby who was allowed to live but whose mother will not or cannot raise him or her folks. As I said at the start. All of you know the Bible's position when it comes to conception.

I'm sure all of you read Psalm 139. My purpose in this message tonight is aimed at myself and each of us if you become apathetic.

Can you have me read what I read out of here about it being more permissible to have a one month old killed and this grotesque statement that the life of a newborn baby is of less value than the life of the pig a dog or chimpanzee translating in the practical terms eating bacon might be more immoral than infanticide that should enrage us. I should get out get us off the couch and at the very least, it should cause us to pray for a sovereign God to intervene. That's close in prayer. Father, I do pray that you take what I've said tonight and Challenger people challenge me Lord help us to understand that many times the unborn have no advocate. They have no crusader to stand in the gap Lord I pray that you would help our church continue to support ministries that reach out to women and father is a benediction. I share with our people and our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God.

Even our father which is loved us and given us an everlasting consolation and good hope to grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word in Jesus name, amen