Introduction
Psalm 139:13-14Demonstrate the love of Jesus
Matthew 22:39 – Love your neighbor!Mark 8:2-3 – Jesus had compassion for the people.Mark 6:34John 8:31-36 – Jesus came to set us free from sin.Stand on God’s word
Luke 1:39-44 – The baby leaped in her womb for joy!Luke 2:12, 16 – The word for “baby” here is the same as for the unborn baby in Luke 1:39-44.Luke 1:57, 36 – The same word for “son” is used before and after birth. The same language goes all the way back to conception.Exodus 21:22-25 – The Old Covenant law for injury to a pregnant woman on her unborn child. This is Old Covenant law, but the truth and God’s thinking behind it still stands.Genesis 25:26; 38:27-30Jeremiah 1:5; Psalm 139:13-14Genesis 9:6 – Murder is sin, but capital punishment is permitted.Abortion is murder of an innocent life and therefore sin.“You shouldn’t tell others what they ought to not do.”
Why not?Matthew 28:18-20 – It was not wrong for the apostles to go out teaching God’s message.Acts 8:3-4II Timothy 4:1-5; 2:2This is logically inconsistent! You can’t tell people they shouldn’t tell others what not to do, because you are doing that same thing yourself!“My body, my choice.”
Our bodies belong to God! We can make choices, but ultimately we are accountable to God.Romans 6:11-13Romans 12:1-2 – We are to be living sacrifices to God.