Often, if we were to take time to reflect, we might come to
realize that we are much like work horses of days gone by, going through life
with “blinders” obscuring our peripheral vision. And even if what we can see
clearly, right in our line of vision is true, what is hidden by those blinders is
also a part of reality.
That might be an apt description of how I have been viewing
the issue of abortion with respect to Christianity. That this barbaric
practice is the deliberate taking of the life of a child is so self-evident
that, among those who claim Christianity, I have subconsciously viewed support for
abortion as a red flag indicating a false profession. But now, due to the blinders
momentarily slipping out of position, it has come to my attention that there
are some genuine Christians who are on the other side of this issue.
That does not mean that the truth which is right out there
is broad daylight (i.e. that abortion is murder), is any less true. It means that someone is mistaken. Deceived. Misled. But I trust that any Christian who
mistakenly views abortion rights as anything other than the “right” of a woman to
have her baby murdered, will surely bow to what God’s word says on the matter
once they read it.
Exhibit A. Exodus
21:22-23 “When
men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out,
but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's
husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. But
if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life”
And no, if you find yourself suddenly grasping at straws,
this “life for life” is not speaking of the mother’s life. That was already covered earlier, with the
same penalty: “Whoever
strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.” (Exodus 21:12)
Just to be clear, God’s law tells us that “You shall not murder.” (Exodus
20:13). God gives the penalty for murder
as death. He gives the same death
penalty for causing the death of an unborn child. Given that, can you really
justify, from the Bible, the taking of the life of an unborn child? If so, let’s hear it chapter and verse. If not, then I call on you to repent. But on the other hand, if you cannot justify
abortion Biblically, and you still will not repent, then maybe those blinders I
had on were not really obscuring anything after all.