Two words probably best describe the subject of abortion - controversy and emotion. Whenever two people raise the issue of abortion in conversation, it seems to quickly lead to disputing and often heated argument. It is strange that it should be like this, but the reality that it is so, gives us a key to its importance. The level and intensity of debate on any issue should be an alert signal as to the degree of its spiritual significance. You can guarantee that Satan will not waste his time arguing over, and opposing, anything that doesn't really matter!
Let us first look at the situation as it stood in New Zealand in 1995.
There were in excess of 10,000 abortions performed that year. Within 12 years (2007) that figure had grown to 18,380. That is the equivalent of two classrooms, each of 25 children, every day. Parental consent was then and still is not required for underage teenagers to have abortions. Abortion was and still is officially sanctioned and taught as a family planning option.
Now, let us step back into Scripture and consider God's strategies for children. As we do so we will perhaps come to understand why this practice is so controversial and stirs so deeply.
God has deep love and commitment towards children. He promises that they will be a blessing to their parents. Psalms 127:4-5.
He wants to provide for them a stable family unit within which to live. Proverbs 20:7, Acts 10:1-2, 1 Timothy 3:4-5.
He wants them to enjoy the spiritual protection of a Dad, someone to look up to and learn from. Malachi 4:6, Luke 11:11.
He wants them to have the opportunity of growing up as Godly offspring, Malachi 2:15, and he wants them, in turn, to become profitable citizens. Titus 3:8.
Satan, on the other hand, has a very different program. Look at some of the things that happen in our society in relation to children. Witchcraft abuses the little ones, pornography exploits them, mothers determined to be career women treat children as nuisances and hindrances, parents who divorce cause them to become orphans, incest abuses the trust that authority figures should demonstrate, and abortion takes from them their God given right to enter life.
Witchcraft steals innocence, pornography kills integrity, careers steal love, divorce destroys value, incest destroys trust, and abortion kills life.
What hope do children have who suffer in these ways? To whom can they turn for help? Which authority can be trusted to heal the pain and confusion?
In the Bible, John 10:10 (NIV) reads: The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. How accurately that sums up the work of Satan!
Here, then, is why the issue of abortion stirs up such feelings and controversy:
Abortion is the very first battle in the war that Satan seeks to endlessly engage God's family in.
If Satan can win this one over a little child while it is still defenceless, he never again has to concern himself with any more battles. The war has been won. It is all over. Death has conquered.
It is not the complete story, though, to blame it all on Satan.
The fact of the matter is that he finds plenty of humans who are very willing partners to this battle.
The Bible demonstrates this human culpability in the nation of Israel. God chose Israel to be a model for the rest of the world. Deuteronomy 10:12-15, Deuteronomy 28:12-13.
Amongst the many directions he gave to them was one that specifically forbade them from sacrificing their children to Satan. Leviticus 18:21.
What happened?
They became, not a model to the world, but a mockery to the world, Psalms 44:9-14, and surprise, surprise, they sacrificed their children. Psalms 106:34-39, Ezekiel 23:37-39
There is one particular demonic deity that became prominent in this horrible business.
Molech. 2 Kings 23:10, Jeremiah 32:35.
This 'god', Molech, was built in such a way that it featured outstretched arms sloping backwards towards a fire in its belly. Guess what happened? Yes. A little infant was placed in this god's arms, resulting in the child rolling back into the fire. Of course, the ritual was accompanied by lots of drums and chanting. It had to be. Something had to be done to cover the terrified screams as flesh burnt. Did you know that Molech is still alive and well on planet earth?
Counselling experience thus far has shown that a demonic entity using the name of Molech gains indwelling status with virtually every lady having had an abortion! From the moment of abortion, there comes many side and after effects which steal, kill and destroy - not only the child, but the mother, medical staff involved, parents, brothers and/or sisters, future children and anyone who may have contributed to, or encouraged the abortion.
Medical science is belatedly realising the extent of emotional damage done, but the onward march of abortion seems relentless. So what is so bad about abortion?
There are three strong Biblical principles that are transgressed through abortion.
1. The first two of the Ten Commandments are directly broken.Exodus 20:1-5
In the act of abortion, 'gods' and idols of career, personal health, convenience, finance, selfishness, happiness and many others, are set up. Personal 'high places' are established. God commanded Israel, and still commands us to pull down every such high place. Numbers 33:52.
Many call it murder, but that is perhaps not the main focus. It is more, and different, than murder.
Abortion is a direct ritualistic and occultic act of homage to a satanic deity.
2. Personal accountability is avoided.Hebrews 4:13
The Bible is very clear. To his own master a man stands or falls. Romans 14:4. What abortion does, is to make someone else pay for our choices. What about a baby conceived as a consequence of rape? Tragic and horrifying though such an experience is, it is not the issue here. The issue here is to do with the choice to abort a baby. There is a powerful verse found in Micah 6:7 (NIV) Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Do you understand the question being asked in this verse? The act that conceived a baby began, not in the womb, or in the sex organs, but in the soul! Abortion causes a physical body to take the blame for an action of the soul. Here is the age old "It's not my fault!" syndrome. Adam and Eve began it, and every one of us goes right along with it.
Abortion seeks to evade responsibility.
One of the hardest things we find to do is to take responsibility for our own actions. Do we really think that a God who is absolutely just and righteous will allow us to get away with the sin of causing an innocent party to pay for our actions?
3. We reap what we sow.Galatians 6:7.
There is a time frame where actions appear to escape discipline and judgement, but only for a while. Sooner or later God demands an accounting. It can be as long as ten years before a lady will suddenly start reaping what she has sown, but reap she will.
Many, and severe, are the repercussions. Strong desires to commit suicide, nightmares, drug and alcohol addictions, nervous breakdowns, emotional and even physical barrenness, hostility towards others - especially children, rejection, depressions, and the list goes on.
Abortion sows death, and it reaps death - with a vengeance!
What can be done? Is there any hope?
Yes of course there is!
God specialises in forgiving our sins. That's why Jesus went to the cross!
Our Father eternally loves us in Heaven and he longs for us to enter into the freedom for which Jesus died and rose again to achieve.
Five important stages need to be worked through for the healing of those of us who have been associated in some way with abortion.
We must acknowledge our sin and take responsibility for it. Remember that it is not just the Mum who has to do this. A boyfriend, husband, parent, (anyone associated in fact), needs to come clean before God concerning guilt by association.
We must forgive those who have been involved, including ourselves. Most abortions end up occurring through ignorance of the true facts and future repercussions. Ignorance is not innocence - true, nevertheless, forgiveness is possible and needs to be pronounced for healing to have a chance.
We must grieve at the loss! Many times grief is bottled up inside through a wrong belief that abortion is OK. The spiritual and emotional pain is then capped, but like a volcano plugged by a huge boulder, the pressure continues to build inside until an eruption eventually and violently occurs. Remember that a death has happened. A real live little human being has died. We must grieve over events such as this.
We should name the baby. While it cannot be stated categorically, Scripture seems to indicate that the baby is in Heaven with Jesus. 2 Samuel 12:23.
Many ladies have testified that they have asked God to tell them the gender of the little one - and God has told them! Even through the trauma and pain of what has happened, it can be exciting to discover that an extra baby or brother or sister is waiting in Heaven for our arrival. (Incidentally, we can follow the same strategy for any miscarriages. Children lost by miscarriage are just as alive as those lost through abortion!)
We should have a memorial service. Recall the events. Allow the tears to flow. Release the child to God's care.
We must allow the passing of time to bring its own share of healing. Remember that our spirits will know the conception date, the abortion date and the supposed birth date. Each of these times during the year may bring unexplained depression and weeping. Take each opportunity to complete another stage of healing. God is so wonderfully compassionate. He is so wonderfully forgiving.
You CAN come into freedom. Come!
This paper seeks to accurately represent the teachings of Holy Scriptures. You are free to copy or alter all or any part of this paper PROVIDED that the Holy Scriptures are not misrepresented as a result.
Let us first look at the situation as it stood in New Zealand in 1995.
There were in excess of 10,000 abortions performed that year. Within 12 years (2007) that figure had grown to 18,380. That is the equivalent of two classrooms, each of 25 children, every day. Parental consent was then and still is not required for underage teenagers to have abortions. Abortion was and still is officially sanctioned and taught as a family planning option.
Now, let us step back into Scripture and consider God's strategies for children. As we do so we will perhaps come to understand why this practice is so controversial and stirs so deeply.
God has deep love and commitment towards children. He promises that they will be a blessing to their parents. Psalms 127:4-5.
He wants to provide for them a stable family unit within which to live. Proverbs 20:7, Acts 10:1-2, 1 Timothy 3:4-5.
He wants them to enjoy the spiritual protection of a Dad, someone to look up to and learn from. Malachi 4:6, Luke 11:11.
He wants them to have the opportunity of growing up as Godly offspring, Malachi 2:15, and he wants them, in turn, to become profitable citizens. Titus 3:8.
Satan, on the other hand, has a very different program. Look at some of the things that happen in our society in relation to children. Witchcraft abuses the little ones, pornography exploits them, mothers determined to be career women treat children as nuisances and hindrances, parents who divorce cause them to become orphans, incest abuses the trust that authority figures should demonstrate, and abortion takes from them their God given right to enter life.
Witchcraft steals innocence, pornography kills integrity, careers steal love, divorce destroys value, incest destroys trust, and abortion kills life.
What hope do children have who suffer in these ways? To whom can they turn for help? Which authority can be trusted to heal the pain and confusion?
In the Bible, John 10:10 (NIV) reads: The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. How accurately that sums up the work of Satan!
Here, then, is why the issue of abortion stirs up such feelings and controversy:
Abortion is the very first battle in the war that Satan seeks to endlessly engage God's family in.
If Satan can win this one over a little child while it is still defenceless, he never again has to concern himself with any more battles. The war has been won. It is all over. Death has conquered.
It is not the complete story, though, to blame it all on Satan.
The fact of the matter is that he finds plenty of humans who are very willing partners to this battle.
The Bible demonstrates this human culpability in the nation of Israel. God chose Israel to be a model for the rest of the world. Deuteronomy 10:12-15, Deuteronomy 28:12-13.
Amongst the many directions he gave to them was one that specifically forbade them from sacrificing their children to Satan. Leviticus 18:21.
What happened?
They became, not a model to the world, but a mockery to the world, Psalms 44:9-14, and surprise, surprise, they sacrificed their children. Psalms 106:34-39, Ezekiel 23:37-39
There is one particular demonic deity that became prominent in this horrible business.
Molech. 2 Kings 23:10, Jeremiah 32:35.
This 'god', Molech, was built in such a way that it featured outstretched arms sloping backwards towards a fire in its belly. Guess what happened? Yes. A little infant was placed in this god's arms, resulting in the child rolling back into the fire. Of course, the ritual was accompanied by lots of drums and chanting. It had to be. Something had to be done to cover the terrified screams as flesh burnt. Did you know that Molech is still alive and well on planet earth?
Counselling experience thus far has shown that a demonic entity using the name of Molech gains indwelling status with virtually every lady having had an abortion! From the moment of abortion, there comes many side and after effects which steal, kill and destroy - not only the child, but the mother, medical staff involved, parents, brothers and/or sisters, future children and anyone who may have contributed to, or encouraged the abortion.
Medical science is belatedly realising the extent of emotional damage done, but the onward march of abortion seems relentless. So what is so bad about abortion?
There are three strong Biblical principles that are transgressed through abortion.
1. The first two of the Ten Commandments are directly broken.Exodus 20:1-5
In the act of abortion, 'gods' and idols of career, personal health, convenience, finance, selfishness, happiness and many others, are set up. Personal 'high places' are established. God commanded Israel, and still commands us to pull down every such high place. Numbers 33:52.
Many call it murder, but that is perhaps not the main focus. It is more, and different, than murder.
Abortion is a direct ritualistic and occultic act of homage to a satanic deity.
2. Personal accountability is avoided.Hebrews 4:13
The Bible is very clear. To his own master a man stands or falls. Romans 14:4. What abortion does, is to make someone else pay for our choices. What about a baby conceived as a consequence of rape? Tragic and horrifying though such an experience is, it is not the issue here. The issue here is to do with the choice to abort a baby. There is a powerful verse found in Micah 6:7 (NIV) Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Do you understand the question being asked in this verse? The act that conceived a baby began, not in the womb, or in the sex organs, but in the soul! Abortion causes a physical body to take the blame for an action of the soul. Here is the age old "It's not my fault!" syndrome. Adam and Eve began it, and every one of us goes right along with it.
Abortion seeks to evade responsibility.
One of the hardest things we find to do is to take responsibility for our own actions. Do we really think that a God who is absolutely just and righteous will allow us to get away with the sin of causing an innocent party to pay for our actions?
3. We reap what we sow.Galatians 6:7.
There is a time frame where actions appear to escape discipline and judgement, but only for a while. Sooner or later God demands an accounting. It can be as long as ten years before a lady will suddenly start reaping what she has sown, but reap she will.
Many, and severe, are the repercussions. Strong desires to commit suicide, nightmares, drug and alcohol addictions, nervous breakdowns, emotional and even physical barrenness, hostility towards others - especially children, rejection, depressions, and the list goes on.
Abortion sows death, and it reaps death - with a vengeance!
What can be done? Is there any hope?
Yes of course there is!
God specialises in forgiving our sins. That's why Jesus went to the cross!
Our Father eternally loves us in Heaven and he longs for us to enter into the freedom for which Jesus died and rose again to achieve.
Five important stages need to be worked through for the healing of those of us who have been associated in some way with abortion.
We must acknowledge our sin and take responsibility for it. Remember that it is not just the Mum who has to do this. A boyfriend, husband, parent, (anyone associated in fact), needs to come clean before God concerning guilt by association.
We must forgive those who have been involved, including ourselves. Most abortions end up occurring through ignorance of the true facts and future repercussions. Ignorance is not innocence - true, nevertheless, forgiveness is possible and needs to be pronounced for healing to have a chance.
We must grieve at the loss! Many times grief is bottled up inside through a wrong belief that abortion is OK. The spiritual and emotional pain is then capped, but like a volcano plugged by a huge boulder, the pressure continues to build inside until an eruption eventually and violently occurs. Remember that a death has happened. A real live little human being has died. We must grieve over events such as this.
We should name the baby. While it cannot be stated categorically, Scripture seems to indicate that the baby is in Heaven with Jesus. 2 Samuel 12:23.
Many ladies have testified that they have asked God to tell them the gender of the little one - and God has told them! Even through the trauma and pain of what has happened, it can be exciting to discover that an extra baby or brother or sister is waiting in Heaven for our arrival. (Incidentally, we can follow the same strategy for any miscarriages. Children lost by miscarriage are just as alive as those lost through abortion!)
We should have a memorial service. Recall the events. Allow the tears to flow. Release the child to God's care.
We must allow the passing of time to bring its own share of healing. Remember that our spirits will know the conception date, the abortion date and the supposed birth date. Each of these times during the year may bring unexplained depression and weeping. Take each opportunity to complete another stage of healing. God is so wonderfully compassionate. He is so wonderfully forgiving.
You CAN come into freedom. Come!
This paper seeks to accurately represent the teachings of Holy Scriptures. You are free to copy or alter all or any part of this paper PROVIDED that the Holy Scriptures are not misrepresented as a result.
