Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are
not." (Matthew 2:16-18)
March 6th
is the date that Ireland as a nation will yet once again vote whether abortion
of children is to be legal. This question has been dealt with two times in
nation-wide votes already, but each time, the issue never gets settled. So, the
referendum this time seeks to place the protection of the life of the unborn
baby into the Irish Constitution itself.
"The objective of the 25th amendment, entitled Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy, is to resolve the unsatisfactory legal situation regarding abortion that has existed since the X Case judgment in 1992," claimed an Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern.
According
to Matthew 2:16-18
A.
Herod
murdered an entire town’s population of infants
B.
We
Christians know that it was murder, and was wrong – morally wrong – not just
an injustice against humanity
C.
But
today, IRISH people are calling for the murder of infants that are yet unborn,
and calling it “termination,” and “abortion.” The Bible calls it MURDER!
D.
So, What
is the Referendum about?
1.
There is
a pressure to change society on a world-wide scale, and make all of life
“a-moral,” (without any moral basis of right and wrong)
2.
It is
about allowing legalised murder of the unborn in an ever-increasing scope
3.
It’s
about numbing us all to what is really going on
a.
Pro-abortionists
refer to abortion as “interruption” rather than even terminating a
pregnancy.
b.
They talk
of “evacuating the contents of the uterus” or of “removing post conceptive
fertility content.”
c.
They
refer to the unborn baby as “potential human life” when it is obvious that
the life in the womb is both human, and very alive!
d.
They also
use a Latin term, foetus so that people don’t think of a beautify pink
baby that is about to be cut up, or burned with acid!
e.
And then
comes the issues of “women’s rights” and the right to medical
“procedures.”
f.
All of
this makes the question about abortion more and more complex in people’s minds
A.
When Does Life Begin? Let’s listen to the Author of Life – God!
1.
The Bible
uses a wonderful phrase to describe pregnancy (Gen 16:11; 1Sam 4:19). Even in
incest and rape, the unborn baby is said to be a CHILD (Gen 19:36)
2.
Life
begins at conception
a.
There is
no gap between conception of life, and true life, where a person can morally
terminate that pregnancy.
b.
For
convenience:
1)
People
draw a line at birth, when the baby is breathing
2)
Most, who
have seem photographs of babies IN THE WOMB hesitate to allow for abortion if
the baby LOOKS like a baby – they allow it if it is only a few days or weeks
old.
c.
But
according to the Bible, the life of a baby is fully HUMAN (not animal, or an
accident), and to be protected
1)
Elisabeth’s
baby, John the Baptist was not a foetus – he was a SON before birth (Luke
1:36)
2)
John the
Baptist is called a BABY 3 months before his birth (Luke 1:41,44)
3)
John was
a spiritual being BEFORE birth, and the Holy Spirit FILLED him.
4)
God
actively takes part in the growth of the baby in the womb
a)
The Lord
opened her womb and helped her conceive (Gen 29:31,32)
b)
God made
both Job and his servants IN THE WOMB (Job 31:15)
c)
God
formed Jacob “in the womb” (Isa 44:2, 24)
d)
David
praised God for making him in his mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13-16)
e)
In other
words, conception is not by accident, and the organism is not incidental. And
the terminating of the organism is not “treatment!”
d.
God gives
strict rules about what happens when people’s actions bring about an
accidental miscarriage of a baby’s life (Ex 21:22,23)
1)
“If men
strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, …”
a)
If a
woman is hurt by a quarrel between two men, and she goes into labour
2)
“…and
yet no mischief follow:…”
a)
Neither
she nor the baby actually is hurt
b)
She may
be frightened and upset, and have had an early delivery, but not hurt.
3)
“…he
shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him;
and he shall pay as the judges determine.”
a)
To hurt a
woman with child is wicked
b)
The one
responsible for hurting her shall be punished
4)
“And
if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life” (Ex 21:23)
a)
But if
EITHER the woman OR the baby die…
b)
That man
must die! (Ex 21:24,25; 20:13)
1.
God is
sovereign in all things – including the quality of a child’s life
a.
The Nazis
taught that some human life did not deserve to live.
1)
So they
killed off the unwanted, the lame, the retarded, and even disabled veterans of
WWI
2)
From
there, they turned their attitude towards the Polish, and then the Jews
b.
When
people set themselves up as God to determine whether someone’s life is worth
living, they are dethroning God
c.
Moses was
born with a speech impediment, but God said that it was HE that made Moses that
way (Ex 4:11)!
2.
Problem
pregnancies
a.
When the
life of the baby in the womb, threatens the life of the mother
(tubule-pregnancy, etc), then there is just cause to remove the child from the
fallopian tubes, and let him or her die if there is no other way of saving the
baby.
b.
When a
woman is having trouble carrying the baby to full-term, then the mother has to
be given all the medical attention necessary to help her deliver the baby
c.
If a
woman becomes suicidal, the woman must be treated – the baby should be left
alone
3.
Abortionists
a.
Abortionists
are murderers
b.
They need
to go to jail - for the rest of their lives!
c.
There is
no death penalty anymore in Ireland, but if it is ever possible to bring it
back, abortionists should qualify for the death penalty.
A.
Why
a Bible Believer votes in FAVOUR of the referendum – why vote YES? Bible
believing Christians will vote YES in favour because:
1.
The issue is not about the woman's
right, or the unborn's right - it's about "what saith the Scriptures?"
It is a moral issue that God has already spoken clearly about and determined
that abortion is murder.
2.
It is GOD that gives life, from the
moment of conception (John 1:4), and forms the human from the moment of
conception (Psalm 139:14-16).
3.
Jeremiah
1:5 says that God called him, and had a job for him to do when as yet he had not
even been born, but was still in the womb.
4.
John the
Baptist was filled with the Holy Ghost when he was in Elisabeth's womb (Luke
1:15)
5.
The
taking of a human life is wrong, except in self-defence, and only then, when the
situation is one that the person doing the wrong, is intending to kill (Ex
20:13; 21:22,23).
6.
It forces the government to deal with crisis
pregnancies carefully and morally instead of treating them simply with abortion.
Abortion is not a treatment for suicidal patients, even if they HAVE been raped
and become pregnant.
1.
This referendum will restore legal protection to
the unborn child, which had been previously removed by the judgment in the
X-case of 1994. Right now, abortion on demand is becoming more and more feasible
in legislation because there is nothing to stop it from becoming law.
2.
It would force Ireland as a nation to decide to
reduce the already growing abortion rate as its daughters race across the Irish
Channel to England at the rate of 5000 – 7000 a year
3.
This is
our opportunity to LIMIT the murdering of innocent unborn children – can’t
stop it in other countries, but we have the chance to keep it out of here!
4.
Because most every political party is against
the referendum – which means that the probability of it being the right thing
to vote for is all the better!
B.
What if people vote No?
1.
Threat of Suicide will be a valid reason to
murder a baby.
2.
Doctors with moral reasons for not performing
abortion will be forced to murder babies or lose their license to practice.
3.
The right to the use of the morning after pill
will become protected by law. Any woman who wants to have an abortion, will be
entitled to free air fare to the U.K. for the purpose of obtaining an abortion
of their baby – at the tax-payer’s expense. All of society will have blood
on its hands!
4. People will only continue to live ungodly lives trusting that abortion will always be there to “get them out of a fix” if something goes wrong.
Don’t
ignore this opportunity to vote the Biblical choice! Vote
Yes!