What is Abortion? Does it have consequences?
Can you abort?
First, it is a man's and woman's responsibility to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies. The Bible speaks clearly DO NOT have a sexual relationship BEFORE marriage. THIS is forbidden by God. This is a failure of self-control. The degree of divorce is higher among people who have a sexual relationship before marriage.
In Brazil, contraceptives are free for couples who do not wish to have more children, so there is no need for an abortion. Think about it, a lot of people are looking for a child to adopt. In case you become pregnant and do not want the child or in case of sexual violence, the best option is to give your child up for adoption.
God thinks life is very important and He commanded in the 10 commandments not to kill.
Life begins with cell division when the seed enters the ovule. Division proves life. In countries where abortion is allowed for up to 9 months, this is ridiculous. There is a law that says it is a crime to kill a person, but an 8-month-old fetus lives normally. And now there's another law that says this is not murder. For God it is!
I would like to be serious with you, with abortion you give satan and demons a break. You bond with them!
If you had an abortion, you need to confess this (2nd degree) sin and repent. You need to ask God for forgiveness and in the name of Lord Jesus Christ break ALL CONNECTION with satan and demons. This is a very serious thing! This is no joke or exaggeration!
Best to do this together with Christian adults in faith.
THE BIBLE'S VIEW ON ABORTION EXPLAINED
The Bible clearly teaches that abortion is wrong. This doctrine comes in many forms and for many reasons. Some people point out that the word "abortion" is not in the Bible and that is true. However, teaching about abortion is present in it. This is the case with many doctrines. The word "Trinity" is not in the Bible, but the Trinity teaching is there. Anyway, anyone who wants to deny the doctrine of abortion will deny it, even if the word would be there.
Let us take a look at some of the Biblical reasons why abortion, the willful killing of a child in the womb, is very wrong.
1. The Bible teaches that human life is different
Human life is different from other kinds of life because humans are made in the image of God.
The stories of the creation of man and woman in Genesis (Genesis 1:26-31; 2:4-25) tell us: "God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them" (Genesis 1:27).
The word CREATE is used three times here, with particular emphasis on the culmination of the entire process of God creating the world and everything in it. It gives man and woman 'mastery' over everything else in the visible world.
Even original sin does not take away the image of God in man. The letter of James refers to this image and says that we must not, therefore, speak ill of one another. "With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so." (James 3:9-10).
The image of God! This is what it means to be human! We are not just a bunch of cells randomly scrambled by impersonal forces. Rather, we truly reflect an eternal God, who knew us before we existed and who deliberately called us into existence.
At the heart of the tragedy called abortion is the question raised in Psalm 8:4-6:
What is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him? Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor. Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet.
That is the key. God not only created us, but also values us in doing so. The Bible tells us of a God who overflows with love for us, so much so that he became one of us and even died for us, even though we still insult Him (see Romans 5, 6-8).
With all that in mind, can we say: "You can throw people away like a car that is more trouble than it is worth?" God does not make messes. If you believe the Bible, you have to believe that human life is sacred, more sacred than we ever imagined!
2. The Bible teaches that children are a blessing
God commanded our first parents to "Be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:28). Why? Because God Himself is fertile. Love always overflows into life. When the first mother gave birth to the first child, she cried out, "Eve conceived and gave birth to a man with the help of the Lord" (Genesis 4:1). The Lord's help is essential because He is the ruler of human life and the source of it. Parents work with God to produce life. Since this whole process is under God's rule, it is a sin to break it. The prophet Amos condemns the Ammonites "for ripping open their wombs in Gilead" (Amos 1:13).
"Lo, sons are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward" (Psalm 127:3).
3. The Bible teaches that the child in the womb is a human child
And who even has a relationship with the Lord. The phrase "conceived and bore" is used repeatedly (see Genesis 4, 1:17) and the individual has the same identity before and after birth. "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me," says the repentant psalmist in Psalm 51:5. The same word for child is used before and after birth (brephos, meaning "son," is used in Luke 1:41 and Luke 18:15.)
God knows the unborn child. Psalm 139:13 and 15
"For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb....my bones were not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret"
God helps and calls the fetus. Psalms 22:9-10
"Yet thou art he who took me from the womb; thou didst keep me safe upon my mother's breasts. Upon thee was I cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God."
"God ... who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace" (The apostle Paul to Galatians 1:15).
4. Scripture repeatedly condemns the death of innocents
This follows from everything seen so far. God's own finger writes the command "Thou shalt not kill" (Exodus 20:13, Deuteronomy 5:17) in stone, and Christ reaffirms it (Matthew 19:18 - note He mentions this command first). The book of Revelation states that (unrepentant) murderers cannot enter the kingdom of heaven (Revelation 22:15).
The murder of children is mainly condemned by God through the prophets. In the land that God gave his people to occupy, foreign nations used to sacrifice their children in the fire. God told His people not to participate in this sin. However, they did as Psalm 106 narrates: "They mingled with the nations and taught their works... They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, which they sacrificed from the idols of Canaan, with which they defiled the land with bloodshed" (Psalm 106:35, 37-38).
This sin of child sacrifice is actually cited as one of the main reasons why the kingdom of Israel was destroyed by the Assyrians and the people taken into captivity. "And they burned their sons and their daughters as offerings, and used divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger." (2 Kings 17:17) .
It is important to know that this practice was a religious ritual. Killing children cannot be tolerated even for the sake of "freedom of religion". Today this ritual is normal in the Church of Satan.
5. The Bible teaches that God is a God of justice
An act of justice is defending the helpless, defending those who are too weak to defend themselves. In the prophecy of the Messiah, Psalm 72 says, "Righteousness shall flourish in his days...for he will save the poor when he cries, and the oppressed when he has none to help" (Psalm 72:7. righteousness (1 Corinthians 1:30) because He delivered us from sin and death when we had no one to help us (see Romans 5:6, Ephesians 2:4-5).
When God shows justice to His people, He expects His people to show justice to one another. "Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful." (Luke 6:36). "Go, and do likewise" (Luke 10:37). Whatever you want men to do to you, do to them" (Matthew 7:12). "Love one another" (John 15:17).
Abortion is the opposite of this teaching. It is a deprivation of justice. It is an annihilation of the helpless rather than their salvation. If God's people do not intervene to save those whose lives are under attack, then people are not pleasing and worshiping Him.
>God says through Isaiah 1:13-17
Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of assemblies...I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me, I am weary of bearing them. When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood. Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.
In fact, those who worship God but support abortion fall into the same contradiction as the ancient people of God and need to hear the same message.
6. Life conquers death
This is one of the most basic themes of Scripture. Life's victory is foretold in the promise that the serpent's head, through which death entered the world, would be crushed (cf. Genesis 3:15).
Isaiah promised, "He will destroy death forever" (Isaiah 25:8). At the scene of the first crime, the soil opened 'its mouth' to drink Abel's blood. In place of life's ultimate victory, it is death itself that will be swallowed up in victory. "Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?... But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord." (1 Corinthians 15:54-57).
Abortion is death. Christ came to conquer death and therefore abortion. "I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly" (John 10:10).
The final outcome of the struggle for life is already determined by the resurrection of Christ. We do not just work for victory; we work from victory. With joy we take hold of a victory that has already been won and we proclaim, celebrate and serve it until He returns to bring it to its fullness. "Death will be no more" (Revelation 21:4). "Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!" (Revelation 22:20).
What does the Bible say about pregnancy?
Psalm 139:13-16For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are thy works! Thou knowest me right well; my frame was not hidden from thee, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth. Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
God not only creates human life, but He is also intimately involved in its work. This is affirmed when the Bible speaks of God knowing specific people in the womb. For example:
Genesis 25:22-24
And the children (Jacob and Esau) together within her; and she said, "If it is thus, why do I live?" So she went to inquire of the Lord. And the Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples, born of you, shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger." When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. The first came forth red, all his body like a hairy mantle; so they called his name Esau.
Jeremiah 1:5Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
Psalm 139:16Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
Matthew 1:19-20And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit".
Luke 1:15
For he will be great before the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
Galatians 1:15But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace.