1. Year of the Family

2. “The Bible and Abortion!”
Psalm 139:13-16

3. In the June 22, 1981 edition on page 92, George Will wrote the following: “Abortion is the most frequently performed operation in the United States. One and one-half million abortions were performed in 1980…”

4. Dr. Bernard Nathason MD, was the former director of the world’s largest abortion clinic… After supervising the aborting of over 60,000 pregnancies, he had his thinking changed by viewing a real-life abortion through an ultrasound…

5. to come to a Biblical stand on the matter of abortion
Purpose:
to come to a Biblical stand on the matter of abortion

6. I The WHAT of a Person

7. January 22, 1973, Supreme Court ruled in a case simply known as Roe v Wade. In that decision the following was stated: “The word ‘person’ as used in the 14th amendment, does not include the unborn.”

8. I The WHAT of a Person
A. Only Humans are Persons

9. God is spirit; therefore, God is personal… We are spirit; therefore, we are persons!...

10. I The WHAT of a Person A. Only Humans are Persons
B. The Implications Behind Personhood

11. This is the Bible’s basic rationale for opposing abortion – abortion is deliberately taking innocent human life. It stands condemned by God Himself!

12. II The WHEN of a Person

13. When does a human life begin. When does a fetus received their soul
When does a human life begin? When does a fetus received their soul? At what point does a developing baby become a person? According to the U.S. Supreme Court when does life begin?

14. II The WHEN of a Person
A. The Testimony of Medical Science

15. Is this a “fetus” or is this a person?

16. II The WHEN of a Person A. The Testimony of Medical Science
B. The Testimony of God’s Word

17. Condemns as deeds of the flesh the practice of sorcery or witchcraft…
Galatians 5:20
Condemns as deeds of the flesh the practice of sorcery or witchcraft…

18. farmakeia
(farmakia) where we get our word “pharmacy” = lit. means “witch doctoring by using drugs…”

19. III The WHY of a Person

20. Why did God make man in His own image
Why did God make man in His own image? This answers the purpose of life = choice, the choice of living for or against the God of all. Abortion takes this choice away…

21. III The WHY of a Person
A. Procedures Used
B. Problems Resulting

22. Summary and Conclusion:
The WHAT, WHEN, and WHY of a person answers the matter of the Bible and abortion. May our thinking always be governed by God’s Word and may His people become more and more the conscience of society. Amen and amen!!