“Truth Matters in Our Spiritual Health



“They Shed Innocent Blood!”

Psalm 106:37-38

Intro. – This Sunday is “Sanctity of Human Life Sunday.” It is held on the closest Sunday to the anniversary of the 1973 decision in Roe vs. Wade where a decision made by the US Supreme Court legalized abortion.

What is abortion? It is the modern equivalent of child sacrifice. The births of both Moses and Jesus were accompanied by a massive slaughter of innocent babies. Both the Old and New Testament record widespread infanticide being unleashed in attempts to eradicate the people of God. Let me illustrate the extent of this the most heinous acts taking place right under our watch.

As of December 31, 2018, there have been some 41.9 million abortions performed in the course of this year, Worldometers revealed. By contrast, 8.2 million people died from cancer in 2018, 5 million from smoking, and 1.7 million died of HIV/AIDS. Breitbart TV gave even more disturbing statistics for 2018. They record that there were more deaths from abortion in 2018 than all deaths from cancer, malaria, HIV/AIDS, smoking, alcohol, and traffic accidents COMBINED.

The Alan Guttmacher Institute records that since the 1973 verdict, there have been approximately 46 million abortions a year worldwide or approximately 126,000 abortions a day. According to Focus on the Family, forty four percent of all American women will have an abortion at some point in their lifetime.

The sheer magnitude of this atrocity makes all other human right issues pale in comparison. God’s people opposed Pharaoh’s decree to murder new born boys in Egypt (Exodus 1:15, 22). Just as King Herod sought to kill the babies in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:16), so abortionists are attempting to butcher babies today. The most dangerous place to live in the world is not Syria, Iran or Iraq. The most dangerous place in the world is the womb of a mother. Preborn babies are being murdered in their mothers’ wombs at a greater rate than any other segment of society. The mortality rate for preborn babies varies from one in four to one in three.

The sanctity of human life is an essential principle of God’s Word. The Bible makes clear that life begins at conception (Psalm 139:13-16, Isaiah 44:2; Jeremiah 1:5; Luke 1:41 etc.). The unborn baby is genetically, physiologically and spiritually, a distinct person created in the image of God. At the moment of conception life begins. At three weeks after conception the baby’s heart beat can be detected. Six weeks after conception, the baby has its own life-long brain wave. (note: why then is the presence of this brain wave not accepted as a confirmation of life?). Birth is not a magical act that turns a non human into a person. Birth is simply a change in environment for a life that began many months before. Every abortion stops a beating heart. Every abortion ends a brain wave. Every abortion is the murder of a helpless and innocent human being. The hypocrisy of denouncing the wickedness of those who stood by and allowed Hitler, Stalin and others with their holocausts BUT then turn right around and say the mother HAS A RIGHT TO CHOOSE defies all logic. Pro-choicers are depriving preborn babies the right to life; so, instead of discrimination based upon “race” they are discriminating on the basis of age (note: those of us who are old and those who will be old guess who is next?).

Did you know a teenager without the permission of her parents can have her innocent unborn baby murdered through abortion? The parents do not even need to be informed after the fact. It is also totally illogical that the mother of an illegitimate baby must now obtain the consent of the father before the child can be adopted, but a married mother can have an abortion without her husband’s consent/knowledge. By making the murder of preborn babies legal, easy and taxpayer funded, the “Choice of Termination of Pregnancy” Bill defies all logic.

What ought to concern us more; however, is what does God think! Our text makes crystal clear that God thinks of abortion as “the shedding of innocent blood.” Let’s look at five areas that modern man seeks to use in justifying this shedding of innocent blood.

Purpose: to examine five faulty conclusions the world uses seeking to justify abortion

I Life Began by ACCIDENT

- Illus. – younger brother telling of the time we had convinced him he was an accident. Asked Mom, and she said, “Now, Kenny we love you just as much as we love your brothers and sister.”

A. The Status of Evolution

1. The Doctrine of Darwin is in trouble – theory of evolution is systematically being dismantled

2. Case in point: Head of the French Academy of Science said, “Evolution is a fairy tale for adults.”

B. How the Public Views Evolution

1. 1925 Scopes Trial – Defense attorney Clarence Darrow argued, “…It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one explanation of our origins…

2. Evolution is now entrenched in all public schools… ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) insists that only the theory of evolution be taught! Bigotry seems to have returned has it not?!

C. Let the Bible Speak

1. In the beginning “God” – Genesis 1-11 is fact NOT fable… sets the foundation for rest of Bible.

2. To settle for these attacks begs a thousand scientific questions let alone the reality of God!

a. where did the energy for the “Big Bang” come? What caused the explosion?

b. how could impersonal forces acting by chance construct a universe whose planets rotate with such precision we set our time by them?

c. how can nothing times nobody equal everything?

3. Illus. – Aldous Huxley (author) tells why evolution so readily accepted: “The reason we accept Darwinism even without proof is because we don’t want God to interfere…”

a. there’s the reason modern man seeks to NOT find God – regardless of evidence otherwise!

b. if man remains a “biological accident” then it’s impossible to say whose right or wrong – everyone can do as they see right in their own eyes!

4. Such is an attack on the sanctity of human life and such will destroy us if permitted to persist!

II Man can be GOOD Without FAITH in God

- Illus. (11-17-80) Supreme Court struck down Kentucky law that required posting 10 Commandments in public classrooms. Supreme Court said, “10 Commandments are plainly religious and may induce children to read, meditate, venerate and even to obey them.”

A. Morality and Faith Cannot be Separated

1. Very basis of morals/morality is in the existence of God and faith in Him.

2. To separate one’s faith/convictions in God from morality is asking the impossible!

B. Morality and Faith are Inseparable

1. When Kentucky was forced to remove 10 Commandments, no “moral codes” replaced them…

2. Such results in everyone doing what they FEEL is right in their own eyes.

3. Isaiah 5:20 = judgment comes to those who, “…call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness.”

It’s an attack on the sanctity of human life, man cannot be good without God!

III If It is Legal It is MORAL

- Illus. – war crime trials in Nuremberg, Germany – Hitler’s henchmen argued they’d broken no laws… that Germany’s own legal system permitted the extermination of humans… Adolph Eichmann before his execution said, “I had to obey the laws of war and my flag” in an attempt to justify his actions…

A. Where is the Accountability?

1. The experience at Nuremberg and today’s holocaust in hospitals and abortion clinics bear witness to when governments become accountable to no one = i.e. become law unto themselves.

2. Our nation was founded on the firm belief that she was accountable to God. Certainly, we have drifted from this fundamental mooring in our nation today.

B. Where is the Logic?

1. Illus. – recently protestors at an abortion clinic were charged with slander because they called the doctors/nurses involved with abortion procedures “murder.” Spokesman for the clinic said, “You can’t call someone who isn’t breaking the law a murder.” Sounds like Nuremburg to me!

2. Illus. – May, 1977, at Westminster Community Hospital, CA, a 7 month old baby girl was born after a saline abortion had been performed by Dr. Wm Waddill. A nurse testified Waddill interrupted her efforts to help the baby. A fellow physician testified he had seen Waddill choke the infant. Dr. Ron Cornelson said, “I saw him put his hand on the baby’s neck and push down saying, ‘I can’t find the blank trachea. This baby won’t stop breathing.’” Two juries deadlocked in two separate cases against Dr. Waddill. He contended the infant died of “natural causes.” Got off!

3. When man tries to reason apart from God, all logic gets thrown out…

IV Roles of Men and Women are INTERCHANGEABLE

A. Marriage is Under Attack

1. Sheila Cronan (N.O.W.) “Since marriage constitutes slavery for women, it is clear that the women’s movement must concentrate on attacking this institution. Freedom for women cannot be won without the abolition of marriage.”

2. God said, “It is not good that man be alone…” Marriage is sacred/good… don’t believe otherwise

B. The Home is Under Attack

1. 75% of all moms will soon be working outside the home…

2. I know such is a touchy matter; nevertheless, is there a need for all these moms to be working?...

3. Illus. – Houston, TX conference by N.O.W. called for “federal funding for day care 24/7”

- I’m sorry but such reeks of self-centeredness and abandonment of God’s plan!

4. Men and women are given different roles. God makes this clear in His Word… Accepting and working within these roles best demonstrates one’s respect for God and humanity!

V A Fetus is Not HUMAN

- Illus. – Several yrs. ago a California company fell behind in its rental of a storage cubicle. Men were dispatched to clean and repossess the cubicle. What began as a simple clean-up job turned into a shocking controversy. 17,000 pre-born babies were found floating in formaldehyde-filled containers. The sight of these babies caused the workers to quickly withdrawal while becoming sick. These 17,000 babies were buried three years later. Why? Controversy over whether these babies were “persons.” Those who opposed burial said the containers did not contain “victims” or “corpses;” instead, they contained “pregnancy tissue.” These 17,000 are the murdered “rags” and “puppets” of our generation.

A. God Speaks Clearly

1. Life begins at conception (Psalm 139:15-17; Jeremiah 1:5; Zechariah 2:8; Luke 1:41,44 etc.)

2. Each conceived baby is in fact a person created in the image of God!

B. Abortion Should Not be an Option

1. Ronald Reagan said while President, “We cannot diminish the value of one category of human life – the unborn – without diminishing the value of human life.”

2. The pro-choice crowd speak so eloquently and seemingly noble saying, “The mother deserves a choice…” But what about the unborn child? What about their choice? There is not justifying…!

Conclusion: Our text says, “…they shed innocent blood.” Don’t you see, the battle lines have been drawn? Our wrestle is not with flesh and blood. The source behind abortion is Satan. Do you think he has any compassion, love or mercy to extend to you, me or anybody? His only concern is to take as many with him to hell as he can possibly take.

What then is our concern? I pray you are as concerned about taking as many with you to heaven as you can. Not everyone is going to listen and certainly not everyone is going to heed the call of God’s grace; yet, there are those willing/anxious to hear the GOOD NEWS. Will you be a part of sending forth the GOOD NEWS in this areas through His Church? Will you seek to honor the sanctity of life by being used of God to seek/save lost?

Someone recently wrote, “A hue and cry arose after the 2nd World War because the railroad tracks to Auschwitz were never bombed by the allies, even though they knew that hundreds of thousands of Jews and Slovaks were being transported by them to their deaths. I wonder how future generations will regard (us)… if we do not respond to the holocaust in our own time?”

How can we best respond to today’s holocaust? Accept God’s grace and grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! In other words, live the truth because truth matters!

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