Abortion Is Morally Wrong

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Leviticus 17

11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: ...


Abortion is morally wrong

because it is morally wrong to murder a person

made in the image and likeness of God

(Gen. 9:5-6; Ex. 20:13; 21:12, 14, 22-23; 23:7; Lev. 24:17; Num. 35:31; De. 5:17; 27:25).


From the moment of conception,

an unborn baby is a distinct person made in the image and likeness of God.

God forms a person in the womb, not a non-person.

(Job 10:8-12; 31:15; 34:19; Ps. 139:12-19; Is. 49:1,5; Jer. 1;5).

David was a person from the moment of his conception (Ps. 51:5).

Job was a person from the moment of his conception (Job 3:3).

John the Baptist was a person while in his mother's womb.

(Luke. 1:13-17, 39-44)

The Lord Jesus Christ was a person while in Mary's womb (Mt. 1:18-25).

God calls some people to His future service while they are yet in the womb. (Isa. 49:1,5; Jer. 1:5; Lk. 1:13-17; Gal. 1:15-16)


In the New Testament, the same Greek word ("brephos")

is used to describe an unborn baby inside the womb

as is used to describe a person outside the womb.

(Lk. 1:41,44; 2:12,16; 18:15; Acts 7:19; 17:28-29; II Tim. 3:15; I Pet. 2:2)

Abortion may be legal according to man's laws,

but it is still cold-blooded murder according to God's law.

God hates "hands that shed innocent blood" (Pr. 6:17).


So must we.


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