SERIES TEXT: Hosea 4:6 NKJV
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. —Hosea 4:6 NKJV
DESTROYED (Hebrew) – to be dumb or silent (to not speak); to fail or perish; be brought to silence
KNOWLEDGE (Hebrew) – perception, discernment, understanding, wisdom; to discern and to recognize
My people are failing because they have been brought to silence from a (or because of), a lack of discernment and an ability to recognize, understand and see with their spiritual eyes the season and time they are living in.” —Hosea 4:6
TODAY’S TEXT: Jeremiah 1:4-5 NIV
The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “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.” —Jeremiah 1:4-5 NIV
Christians need to know what the Bible says concerning LIFE!
God’s Word clearly reveals and states that He values pre-born life.
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! —Psalms 139:13-17 NLT
Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord. The Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.” —Genesis 25:21-23 NIV
From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God. —Psalms 22:10 NIV
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. —Luke 1:39-44 NIV
Old Testament scripture actually places a greater emphasis on the protection of life for a pregnant women than for others in society.
If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life. —Exodus 21:22-23 NIV
From the moment of conception, life begins!
The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “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.” —Jeremiah 1:4-5 NIV
Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die; save them as they stagger to their death. Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.” For God understands all hearts, and he sees you. He who guards your soul knows you knew. He will repay all people as their actions deserve. —Proverbs 24:11-12 NLT
Rescue the perishing; don’t hesitate to step in and help. If you say, “Hey, that’s none of my business,” will that get you off the hook? Someone is watching you closely, you know — Someone not impressed with weak excuses. —Proverbs 24:11-12 MSG
According to science, the earliest human embryo is biologically alive. It fulfills all 4 of the “Scientific Criteria” needed to establish biological life:
1) Metabolism
2) Growth
3) Reaction to stimuli
4) Reproduction
All the genetic material that is needed to fully define and mature this human being is already present from the point of conception:
18 days after conception a baby’s heart begins to beat with its own blood
28 days from conception a baby has eyes and ears
At 42 days the baby has brain waves
At 10 weeks babies can feel pain and even have developed tiny fingernails
Abortion IS NOT a “Political” subject… this is a “Biblical” subject!
If we are as intelligent as we say we are… why are we ignoring science that proves there is LIFE in the womb?
Famous people who are products of rape:
1) Eartha Kitt – Actress/Singer/Dancer
2) Jesse Jackson – Civil Rights Activist
3) Kelly Wright – former “Fox & Friends” co-anchor
4) Janet Sheen – actor Martin Sheen’s wife of 50+ years
5) Valerie Gatto – 2014 Miss Pennsylvania
6) James Robison – evangelist / host of Life Today Program, Founder of Life Outreach International
The fathers shall not be put to death for [the sins of] their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; [only] for his own sin shall anyone be put to death. —Deuteronomy 24:16 AMP
There are 2 Key Moral Standards that must be recognized in order to protect human life:
1 - The 6th Commandment of the 10 Commandments: Exodus 20:13
You shall not commit murder. —Exodus 20:13 AMP
2 - Psalms 139:13
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. —Psalms 139:13 NLT
Jesus said in John 10:10, “I have come to give you life… abundant life.”
Jesus said of satan in John 10:10, “The thief comes only to kill, steal and destroy.”
What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. —Genesis 4:10 NIV
Abel’s blood was innocent.
This is what the Lord says – “He who made you, who formed you in the womb and who will help you…” —Isaiah 44:2 NIV