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NASB | Exodus 21:23 "But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 21:23 "But if there is any further injury, then you shall require [as a penalty] life for life, |
Subject: When is abortion right? |
Bible Note: "Life is present from the moment of conception onward" Scripture evidence: (All Scripture Quotations are taken from the NIV) # 1 Psalm 22:10: "10 From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God." This is the Messianic refference to Christ yet it is clear that the Palmist did not know he was uttering prophecy about the Christ. He reffers to himself whtn he says that even from his mothers womb God knew him. I know though we need more scriptual evidence: #2 Psalm 139: " 13For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. ... 16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. From the context the palmist is speaking of God Soveriegn foreknowledge, he says in verse 13 that God formed him when he was a "fetus" in the womb. Why would God be concerned about forming a "fetus" if "it" is not really a life? Coincidentally the word "fetus" is the Latin for "unborn LIVING child" (emphasis mine)He says in the following verse that his "frame was not hidden" from God when he was made. The thought from this verse flows into next God saw his unformed body or "fetus" when he was being woven together. He ends by saying God had a plan for him before he was born. #3 Isaiah 44:2 and 24, 49:5: both use (in reference to the LORD) the phrase "he who formed you in the womb" #4 Jeremiah 1:5: God tells the prophet "5... Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." How could God apoint a "fetus" if a "fetus" is not a life? If it is true that a "fetus" is not a life, than God would think so too, and I don't think he would appoint something that is not alive to be a prophet. The vere would read "(after you were born)... I appointed you to be a prophet." #5 Jeremiah 20:17: After Jeremiah was arrested an beaten up and put in stocks he is lamenting or rather wining to THE LORD about his hard life a prophet. He curses his father for bringing the news that he was born. And gives his reason: " 17 For he did not KILL me in the womb, with my mother as my grave, her womb enlarged forever. 18 Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?"(Emphasis mine) *Note he complains that God did not "KILL" him in his mothers womb. How could God "KILL" somthing that is not alive? #6 Hosea 12:3: The Holy Spirit phrophesies through the prophet that even in the womb Jacob grasped his brother heal. It is stunning that even our very nature and character is manifested in the womb. Here are some from the New Testament: #7 Luke 1:41: When the pregnant Mary greets Martha the unborn John the baptist leaps in his mothers womb. #8 The Incarnation account: "This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit." *NOTE it says she was "found to be with child" in other words pregnate. It was a miracle yet it doesn not say she was "found to be with a ("fetus" or a "potential life") What was in her womb was a "child" not the modern accepted term of "fetus". Life is present from the moment of conception onward. We need to have a biblical veiw of doctrine to go along with our sistematic veiw. In other words, you cannot just use one verse to form a dogma but as a rule of thumb we need the totalility of scripture before we can take a stand on anything. If this does not convince you than just pray about it. Nothin like prayer to answer those hard question we have. The Holy Spirit will guide you. Hope this helps you. God bless... "In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things love." |