The Ultimate Reason Why We Should Be Against Abortion

The ultimate reason we should be against abortion is because we need to fear God.

This is not a crusade against abortionists.

It is not an expression of contempt for those that advocate such a practice.

I am not engaging in a harsh censure against any woman that has had an abortion. On the contrary, I have a deep compassion for those who suffer as a result of having made such a choice.  And I will labour to help such as are heavily burdened to find peace with God (Matthew 11:28-30). 

You see, I am not the offended one. God, the infinite, holy and righteous God, the Creator of this world, He   is the offended party, and He will not let the guilty go unpunished (Exodus 34:7). I have a deep and pastoral concern for the well- being of the immortal souls of my readers.  

I love God, and I love my community.

But I love God more than my community.

The happiest times I experience are when my community practices that which God loves – righteousness, justice, kindness (Micah 6:8). But when my community disagrees  with God’s Word, and when my community practices that which is  detestable in God’s eyes, then I must labour  to help my community and warn  my community. That is the true work of the Pastor.

God, simply because of who He is, cannot be mocked or trifled with. My community needs to know that. And I must warn my community that the wrath of God   will be revealed against all our ungodliness and unrighteousness (Romans 1:18). It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God! (Hebrews 10:31). 

Dear reader, I mention these things because I truly care for you, and I do not want to see you have to face the terrible wrath of  a holy, righteous God.

Abortion is murder. The law of God says so (Exodus 20:13).  There is no easy way to say this. The taking of a life is murder and there is no difference between that life in the womb, and that life, seconds after it is born. Anyone who is informed about abortion techniques knows that the child must first be killed in the womb, before the child is removed from the womb.    

I am writing this article against yet another attempt to legalize abortion in Namibia. The voices at government level appear to be getting stronger and louder. What appeared to be once the domain of liberal newspapers, the feminist movement and the LGBT lobby is now moving into the political mainstream!  

Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) leader McHenry Venaani says he supports calls for Namibia to legalize abortion. The Namibian newspaper reported on the 22^nd June 2020 that Venaani said that abortion and the rights of minority genders would be some of the topics to be discussed at the PDM's policy conference later this year.[1]  I say that Venaani is playing with fire! And in saying what he said, he has lost  the  vote of every right thinking voter in Namibia.

In the Name of God, and for your own sakes, I beg you to resist the foolishness of those community leaders and politicians that would push now to legalize abortion and who would advocate  abortion on demand in Namibia.  God will surely hold our national leaders and our nation, by implication, accountable for the shed blood of the unborn.  Fear God and shun evil!

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[1] https://www.namibian.com.na/92104/read/Venaani-supports-calls-to-legalise-abortion#:~:text=McHenry%20Venaani%20POPULAR%20Democratic%20Movement%20leader%20McHenry%20Venaani,at%20the%20PDM%27s%20policy%20conference%20later%20this%20year.

EVALU(wait) BEFORE YOU SPEAK !

The social media  sorely tempt  many people whose tendency is  to let their emotions  fly off the handle without  properly evaluating  the consequences of  their  angry words. 

I see this sort of behaviour frequently on  the social media in general,  and I  dare say that  it has unhelpfully contributed  to the current  racial tensions, world wide, in the wake of the  murder (what else can we call it?)  of  George Floyd  in the USA. 

In the Bible, the book of James helpfully  warns  us concerning the  huge damage our tongues can cause... 

"How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue  is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell..." (James 3:5-6).

The book of Proverbs likewise has a lot of instruction and warning on the use of the tongue. We do well to rehearse the truths  contained in this book of wisdom. Here are a few samples...

• Proverbs 10:11  The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth  of the wicked conceals violence.
• Proverbs 10:18,19  The one who conceals hatred has lying lips and whoever utters slander is a fool. When words are many, transgression is not  lacking, but whoever  restrains  his lips is prudent.
• Proverbs 11:12  Whoever belittles his neighbour lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.
• Proverbs 12:19 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment
• Proverbs 18:8 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down to the inner parts of the body.
• Proverbs 18:13  If one gives an answer before he hears,  it is his folly and shame.

I came across this  helpful article  by  Alan Jacobs [1]. These  are  some helpful  rules to  govern our tongue,  helping us  to  think before  we speak or act. 

May it help me and you to be careful with our words. 

• I don’t have to say something just because everyone around me is.
• I don’t have to speak about things I know little or nothing about.
• I don’t have to speak about issues that will be totally forgotten in a few  weeks or months by the people who at this moment are most strenuously    demanding a response.
• I don’t have to spend my time in environments that press me to speak without knowledge.
• If I can bring to an issue heat, but no light, it is probably best that I remain silent. Private communication can be more valuable than public.

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[1]   https://www.theamericanconservative.com/jacobs/im-thinking-it-over/