James C. Johnson, Guest columnist Published 7:00 a.m. CT Jan. 19, 2020

January represents the sad anniversary of the 1973 Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. In 1984 President Ronald Reagan made a proclamation regarding the observation of Sanctity of Human Life Sunday which is to be observed on the closest Sunday to the original Jan. 22 date of Roe v Wade.

With that Sunday coming up, I want to remind readers that Abortion in America is still socially sanctioned, sovereignly offensive, and spiritually sinful.

James C. Johnson(Photo: Submitted)

Did you know there's one abortion every 27 seconds in America?That's 1.2 million babies annually. And because of Roe v Wade, all of this abortion is socially sanctioned.

The abortion advocates rationale is to explain that what is growing in a females womb is just a collection of cells, a biological sequence or just human tissue.

Yet, According toMayoClinic.org, just three weeks after conception the baby's brain, spinal cord, heart and other organs begin to form. In six weeks, arms and legs are growing longer, and fingers have begun to form. At 10 weeks, fingernails are growing and a baby's face has a profile.

In spite of these facts, it is socially sanctioned to insert a tool or take a pill and end a babys life.

Secondly, the Bible explains that abortion is sovereignly offensive. Abortion is an offense and an affront to the Supreme Ruler, the sovereign Creator God. Psalm 139:13-17 records for us that human beings are fearfully and wonderfullymade. Genesis1:25-27 explains that God makes man in His image.

Understanding that we are created in the image of God, to abort an innocent life is sin not just because its an offense to that specific human life, but also because its an offense to the image of God. There is a personhood and an eternal soul that exists in humans. The Sovereign God is offended by any society that socially sanctions aborting a human life.

Latest news: Florida Senate moves closer to approving new abortion restriction

Abortion ban bill: Rep. Mike Hill files fetal heartbeat abortion ban bill that removes all medical exceptions

Finally, abortion is spiritually sinful, every time. Some people take a situational ethics approach to abortion. They believe abortion isnt sinful if a baby in the womb has Down Syndrome. According to research reviewed by Dr. Brian Skotko, 92% of all women who receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down Syndrome choose to terminate their pregnancies.

In John 9 there is an explanation of a man who was born blind. Jesus disciples asked Him, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. The point that Jesus made is we are all fearfully and wonderfully made, no matter our disabilities.

Some take a situational ethics approach to babies conceived by rape and believe in that situation, it is not sinful to abort a baby.

If you believe that, let me ask you, Is that which is conceived through rape a child or not?

Would you murder a child outside of a womb because they were conceived by rape? - of course not!Then why murder a child inside the womb because they were conceived by rape.

How should we treat a child who reminds us of a terrible experience? With murder or mercy?What if the rapist was caught?Would we allow the woman to murder him in order to have emotional relief?No! Then why allow her to murder her child instead.

The majority of the 1.2 million babies aborted annually in America were not aborted because of an extreme situation, but because of the inconvenience of parenthood. In any situation, putting a baby up for adoption is always a better choice than abortion.

Abortion is socially sanctioned, sovereignly offensive and spiritually sinful. Yet, the powerful gospel is the loving answer for the sinful problem of abortion. Scripture is uncompromisingly against the sin of abortion, but thankfully it is compassionate towards sinners. Anyone who turns from sin and to Christ can receive much-needed forgiveness.

James C. Johnsonis the pastor of NorthStone Baptist Churchin Pensacola. You offer him your feedback at northstonepastor@gmail.com.

Autoplay

Show Thumbnails

Show Captions

Read or Share this story: https://www.pnj.com/story/opinion/2020/01/19/abortion-socially-sanctioned-spiritually-sinful-guestview/4488233002/

Excerpt from:

Abortion is socially sanctioned, sovereignly offensive and spiritually sinful | Guestview - Pensacola News Journal