When I moved to San Antonio I was surprised to see people up in arms over abortion and to see abortion in the front lines again. It was like a trip to the past for me. I guess reversing the so called law that legalized abortion riled some people up. I did not understand why it was being talked about here like an important issue.
I want to surprise you with what I am about to say. Many years ago, before abortion became front page news, an old time Pentecostal preacher told me that human life begins when the baby breathes on it's own. It is alive in the womb, but it is not recorded as alive until it is born.
"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Genesis 2:7
Notice that the man was fully formed and alive biologically. But it was not until the Holy Spirit breathed into the man's nostrils that he became a living soul. The fact that God knows us before we are born does not mean that we are alive. Until we are born.
This is not a battleground to die on. Women who have abortions often feel guilt and the shame for their selfish actions. But, by throwing abortion into their faces, we cause them to not hear the Gospel we want to preach to them.
Women who have abortions can be saved. Aborted babies return to wherever life comes from. But let's not harm our Gospel message by our social message. We can still love the sinner even if we hate their sin.
"But God commends His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Rom. 5:8
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