Abortion Stops a Beating Heart...
"...Suffer the Little Children to come unto me,
and forbid them not for of such is the Kingdom
of Heaven." Mark 10: 14-b
There can be no greater crime than that of
deliberately effecting the death of a helpless,
innocent person. (child) One who has never
had opportunity to experience the life inten-
ded by his creator should never be a statistic,
callously ignored by the culture into which he
was to be born. Exodus 20: 13, "Thou shall
not Kill." (See Mark 3:4, Mark 10:19)
The paragraph above simply states facts
causing our nature to rebel each time we hear.
Dare we try to fix responsibility for such acts?
Medical personnel have taken oaths since the
5th century, to preserve and protect life and
well being of those in their care. Words of the
original Hippocratic oath, authored by the
Grecian, Hippocrates, have probably been
lost. It was rewritten and unknown number of
times over the years to fit cultures into which
it was introduced. The 17th century oath, con-
sidered to be close to the original oath reads
in part:
"I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody
who asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion
to this effect. Similarly, I will not give to a
woman an abortive remedy. In purity and holi-
ness I will guard my life and my art..."
The later oath, 1964, written by Louis Lazagna
who was academic dean; School of Medicine at
Tufts University, used by many medical institu-
tions today is, in part, as follows:
"I will respect the privacy of my patients, for
their problems are not disclosed to me that the
world may know. Most especially must I treat
with care in matters of life and death. If it is
given to me to save a life, all thanks. But it may
be within my power to take a life; this awesome
responsibility and awaress of my own frailty.
Above all I must not play at God."
Noting the differences in the wording corre-
sponding to the earlier oath has effected drastic
changes in the practice of this honorable profes-
sion. Without the passing and approval of legis-
lation that make them legal, there would not be
the holocaust we see today. Over a million inno-
cent lives are taken, "legally," annually by medi-
cal professionals with the encouragement of our
government in the name of "Women's Health."
For the full text of the 17th century oath as well
as the contemporary oath, see link at bottom.
Reading "The Gospel According to Moses"
published in 1950, written by the late. W. A.
Criswell, First Baptist Church, Dallas Texas,
opened my mind to the many descendants lost
when one child is taken by abortion. This idea
not referenced in the book, was the seedbed for
the idea. Have you considered how many lives
are lost during the abortion of one child? The
Scripture teaches the descendants of man are
within him during his lifetime. In other words,
when a life is taken, all the seed of that one is
"cut off." Noah was preserved, along with
his seed, from extiinction by the flood of his
day. Noah was the descendant of righteous
Seth, son of the man, Adam. All those outside
the line of Seth, were seed of Cain. They all
perished in the deluge. (Genesis 6)
Next, we come to the part of the prospetive
mothers in each case. One of the most tragic
or memorable instances I personally recall
may be a more or less, typical example of rea-
sons for a young lady to have an abortion. A
very sweet 16 year old among the youth of our
church had a steady beau. She conceived a
child with him, and made commitment to give
birth to the child. Her mother, for whatever
reason, forced her to undergo an abortion,
against her will, compounding the tragedy.
Her parents were members of our assembly,
the mother, in leadership. The light went from
her eyes and she was never the same after the
experience. When she came of age, she mar-
ried the young man. That is last I know of the
story.
Who has the greater sin?
That incident occurred over 30 years ago,
but still has power to sadden me each time I
am reminded of it. Your child deserves to be
born and to fulfill God's plan for his or her
life. Are you not glad your mother did not
choose the "Nuclear" option in your case.
There is plenty of "blame" to go around in
these instances, but our Lord is about second
chances. We must remember; He offers for-
giveness to any who come to him to repent of
any transgression, great or small. We have
a great big God who is not intimidated by the
size of our sin. He does not judge, before the
time, and does not condemn, nor should we.
We must take the message of forgiveness and
God's love to any who may have mucked up
their lives in any way.
Remember, we also require forgiveness from
our Lord on a regular basis, and if we do not
offer forgiveness to others, it is an indication
we do not have that forgiveness in our lives
and are still in our sin. We are guilty, under
the full force of the Law of God.
In Matthew 6:14-15 we read, "For if ye forgive
men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will you Father forgive your
trespasses.
Who are we to hold any ones feet to the fire
when ours are unclean.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/hippocratic-oath-today.html
donporter,sr 11.05.14
"...Suffer the Little Children to come unto me,
and forbid them not for of such is the Kingdom
of Heaven." Mark 10: 14-b
There can be no greater crime than that of
deliberately effecting the death of a helpless,
innocent person. (child) One who has never
had opportunity to experience the life inten-
ded by his creator should never be a statistic,
callously ignored by the culture into which he
was to be born. Exodus 20: 13, "Thou shall
not Kill." (See Mark 3:4, Mark 10:19)
The paragraph above simply states facts
causing our nature to rebel each time we hear.
Dare we try to fix responsibility for such acts?
Medical personnel have taken oaths since the
5th century, to preserve and protect life and
well being of those in their care. Words of the
original Hippocratic oath, authored by the
Grecian, Hippocrates, have probably been
lost. It was rewritten and unknown number of
times over the years to fit cultures into which
it was introduced. The 17th century oath, con-
sidered to be close to the original oath reads
in part:
"I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody
who asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion
to this effect. Similarly, I will not give to a
woman an abortive remedy. In purity and holi-
ness I will guard my life and my art..."
The later oath, 1964, written by Louis Lazagna
who was academic dean; School of Medicine at
Tufts University, used by many medical institu-
tions today is, in part, as follows:
"I will respect the privacy of my patients, for
their problems are not disclosed to me that the
world may know. Most especially must I treat
with care in matters of life and death. If it is
given to me to save a life, all thanks. But it may
be within my power to take a life; this awesome
responsibility and awaress of my own frailty.
Above all I must not play at God."
Noting the differences in the wording corre-
sponding to the earlier oath has effected drastic
changes in the practice of this honorable profes-
sion. Without the passing and approval of legis-
lation that make them legal, there would not be
the holocaust we see today. Over a million inno-
cent lives are taken, "legally," annually by medi-
cal professionals with the encouragement of our
government in the name of "Women's Health."
For the full text of the 17th century oath as well
as the contemporary oath, see link at bottom.
Reading "The Gospel According to Moses"
published in 1950, written by the late. W. A.
Criswell, First Baptist Church, Dallas Texas,
opened my mind to the many descendants lost
when one child is taken by abortion. This idea
not referenced in the book, was the seedbed for
the idea. Have you considered how many lives
are lost during the abortion of one child? The
Scripture teaches the descendants of man are
within him during his lifetime. In other words,
when a life is taken, all the seed of that one is
"cut off." Noah was preserved, along with
his seed, from extiinction by the flood of his
day. Noah was the descendant of righteous
Seth, son of the man, Adam. All those outside
the line of Seth, were seed of Cain. They all
perished in the deluge. (Genesis 6)
Next, we come to the part of the prospetive
mothers in each case. One of the most tragic
or memorable instances I personally recall
may be a more or less, typical example of rea-
sons for a young lady to have an abortion. A
very sweet 16 year old among the youth of our
church had a steady beau. She conceived a
child with him, and made commitment to give
birth to the child. Her mother, for whatever
reason, forced her to undergo an abortion,
against her will, compounding the tragedy.
Her parents were members of our assembly,
the mother, in leadership. The light went from
her eyes and she was never the same after the
experience. When she came of age, she mar-
ried the young man. That is last I know of the
story.
Who has the greater sin?
That incident occurred over 30 years ago,
but still has power to sadden me each time I
am reminded of it. Your child deserves to be
born and to fulfill God's plan for his or her
life. Are you not glad your mother did not
choose the "Nuclear" option in your case.
There is plenty of "blame" to go around in
these instances, but our Lord is about second
chances. We must remember; He offers for-
giveness to any who come to him to repent of
any transgression, great or small. We have
a great big God who is not intimidated by the
size of our sin. He does not judge, before the
time, and does not condemn, nor should we.
We must take the message of forgiveness and
God's love to any who may have mucked up
their lives in any way.
Remember, we also require forgiveness from
our Lord on a regular basis, and if we do not
offer forgiveness to others, it is an indication
we do not have that forgiveness in our lives
and are still in our sin. We are guilty, under
the full force of the Law of God.
In Matthew 6:14-15 we read, "For if ye forgive
men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will you Father forgive your
trespasses.
Who are we to hold any ones feet to the fire
when ours are unclean.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/hippocratic-oath-today.html
donporter,sr 11.05.14
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