I received this text late last night from one of the moms I met on the sidewalks of the busiest abortion center in the Southeast. She drove in determined to abort, but stopped long enough to take our Cities4Life information offering hope and help with my name and number on it. She left that day, after looking through the pamphlet (Tiny Hands by Leanne Stevenson). Her baby is alive and well, and this young mother is tired and overwhelmed, but completely transformed by the love of God and love for her baby.
That’s why our teams stand on the sidewalks in the past two weeks of rain and thunder storms, the stifling heat and humidity of summer, the numbing cold of winter. Human life is of priceless value.
A couple of days ago, I met a pastor standing on the sidewalk. He was not there to speak on behalf of the unborn, or to offer the truth of God’s word about the sacred duty of all of us to protect those who are vulnerable...It is not that there is a paucity of such verses. The Bible is filled with them. The Bible uses the same word for the unborn and the born baby. God makes no distinction. Below is a smattering of such verses:
Jeremiah 1:5
“Before 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 139:13-16
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
Genesis 9:6
“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Luke 1:41
And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,
Jeremiah 1:4-5
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before 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.”
Isaiah 49:1
Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.
Proverbs 24:11
Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?
Proverbs 31:8-10
Speak for those who cannot speak; seek justice for all those on the verge of destruction. Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
The pastor was there to “support a congregant” who was standing on the sidewalk trying to prevent us from handing literature to the women, speaking to them and offering our resources that might not only change their minds about abortion but their lives, and the transformative truth of the Gospel. The Pastor told us “abortion is a grey area.”
Really? I am usually not filled with fury on the sidewalk, but this filled me with fury. No wonder women stream into the abortion center confused about God’s clear word on the sanctity of life, the call to protect those who cannot protect themselves, God’s love for humanity from the moment of conception, and the abomination of shedding innocent blood.
This is a plea to every pastor who loves the word of God. Preach from the pulpit the truth about the sacred value of human life. Preach about our call to protect the innocent, the voiceless. Preach about God’s love of of every human being not from birth but from the moment of conception. Until you have stood for a long period of time and heard countless women defend the slaughtering of their own children because “God is a forgiving God...this baby is better off dead anyway...it is not the right time for a baby....” you cannot understand the damage and destruction that ensues from letting any person who loves God think abortion is a “grey area.”
This photo is of the same baby in utero and then a couple of months later.
When did God start loving her?
When did God say it was okay to kill her?
When did God say she had no value?
When did she deserve our protection?
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