Choose Life
Seth Gruber has been called to deliver a message on behalf of unborn children. In ancient times pagans sacrificed their babies on the altar of their pagan god Molech. They thought that these “postpartum abortions” would appease their heathen god and avoid his wrath though the sacrifice of innocent lives. In every generation 2 Corinthians 4:4 rings true: “In whom the god of this world (the devil) hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”
Today in America we’ve aborted over 60 million unborn babies upon the altar of so-called “women’s choice and women’s rights.” The adversary calls good evil and evil good. God always honors life, not death. The pro abortion movement frames the issue as “pro choice.” However the choice is between life and death. All human life is sacred for Jesus Christ said, “The thief (the devil) came not but for to steal, Kill, and destroy. I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.” In the pro choice debate the choice is simple: choose life.
Eugene Cho said at a recent conference, “I think abortion should remain legal.” He made this statement at an evangelical convention and yet there was no outcry in favor of saving the lives of the unborn. The moral justification of abortion is equivalent to the moral justification of slavery before the Civil War…that one person had the so-called “right” to own another person as property. How can Christians respond in the spiritual battle to save the innocent lives of the unborn?
Pro-life advocates have no unified message and no unified movement. However, the pro-abortion movement has a government funded unified message from Planned Parenthood. The head of Planned Parenthood said, “Our organization is dedicated to the core mission of providing access to abortion for all women.” The governor of NY said that he would make sure his state introduced legislation to enshrine Roe v Wade as state law, and that every woman would have the legal right to abortion on demand. In contrast one legislator introduced a bill to define late term abortion as the killing of an innocent human being. There were only three legislators who voted in favor of this bill.
Pro lifers claim that abortion is wrong because it violates ethical ideals….that all life is sacred and worthy of honor and value. On the other hand, Pro abortionists think that there is no ethical ideal, but that ethics are relative to the value of the individual. They think that it may be wrong for you but it’s right for me. However, some things are objectively wrong. It’s always wrong to take an innocent life. Some truths are absolute. As Christians we must remember Jesus’ words: Sanctify them with thy word, thy word is truth.
The United States needs to repent for its sin as a nation for having embraced abortion as a right. What men and cultures define as human rights are often godly wrongs.
As a parent, if your young son asked you the question, “can I kill this?” your logical response to his question would be, “what are you asking about killing?” If it’s a cockroach, the answer would be “yes.” However if he’s talking about his little sister, obviously the answer would be “No.” The question is, “what is it that you’re asking for permission to kill?”
The science of embryology teaches that the unborn child is a distinct, living, and whole human being from the moment of conception. Distinct means that the unborn’s life is separate from the mother’s life. The argument that women chant “My body, my life,” is erroneous according to embryology. The unborn child has separate and distinct DNA from the mother from the moment of fertilization. Whole means that from conception, every unborn child has everything they need to realize their full growth and biological development. The science of embryology shows that an embryo is an individual human being distinct from his or her mother. Who we were prior to birth is the same potential person we were after birth.
Ethics is different from science. To understand “right and wrong” we need to understand why an unborn human life is as valuable before birth as after birth. The ethical and moral reasons for valuing the unborn are summarized by the acronym “SLED”. What are the differences between the born and the unborn? S stands for size. Even though the unborn are objectively smaller than the born, neither is morally less valuable. L stands for the level of development. Obviously the unborn is less developed but not less valuable. E stands for environment. The unborn lives in a different environment, its mother’s womb. However, physical location has no bearing on an individual’s worth as a human being. D stands for degree of dependency. Even though the unborn are dependent on their mothers, they are no less valuable than newborn babies who are also dependent on their parents for the necessities of life including nurture, food, shelter and clothing.
Each of the above arguments are ethical reasons for the equal value of the individual both before and after birth. The case for life is simple. It only becomes difficult when we are indoctrinated and confused by the world’s philosophies. If the culture doesn’t teach us to protect babies from being killed in the womb, then we need to educate the culture that pro life is the ethical and moral stance. Today there are more people working full time to kill babies than to save them. This is because killing the unborn is profitable and there are vested interests in funding the abortion industry.
However, we can be ambassadors to advocate for the innocent unborn. Seth Gruber’s ministry is Life Training Institute. This ministry is dedicated to delivering the message that the only ethical, moral, and scientifically objective choice in the pro-choice debate is this: choose life. To support their ministry or to subscribe to their news letter their website is www.prolifetraining.com.
Our exhortation is to beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit after the rudiments of the world and not after Christ. In the fight against evil, we must engage the spiritual battle. The battle has been taken to us by the adversary. As spiritual warriors, the battle is for the hearts and minds of men and women. At the end of the battle, the choice is simple: Choose truth over compromise and life over death.
And as we fight the good fight, may we ever live to the praise of the glory of His grace!
Your brother in Christ,
Michael