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A woman gives birth to a child. A new person has been born. God
has again worked the miracle of human birth and life. A human being
is born as a biological soul/spirit. God creates and unites both
soul and body in one person. A proud father considers himself blessed.
He may hand out cigars and candy to celebrate his child's birth.
Now, if life is so unique and blessed then why is life not considered
as the most valued thing in the world and treated or protected as
such from conception to death? Somewhere between the conception
of a human being and the death of that human being, the value of
this unique life has been lost by many. In the Biblical "Ten
Commandments" Moses was directed by Jehovah/God to instruct
the people not to kill/murder (Exodus 20).
Most everyone wants to live, and to live longer because of the hopes
and joy of living. Each of us values his own life.
It is madness in the minds of people who have lost their desire
for the joy of continued life. It is also madness to lose the sense
of the value of every other human being's life. Anyone who finds
pleasure in the taking of human life has lost his own value as a
person.
What we need to tell people is that God Almighty created us as special
when he told Adam and Eve to bring forth children in the bond of
human love and affection; and that the thought of destroying human
life is godless and evil. Yet, everyday murdering/killing of human
life is repeated around the world by the madness of aggression and
demonic evil.
We need again to tell the world that God is a God of grace and abundant
life and has no pleasure in the death of ungodly sinners or in hell's
damnation. Jesus came into the world to save us from the death penalty
of our failures and rebellion so that we could again enjoy abundantly
wonderful life in Christ and God (John 3).
Those who are afar from the abundant life in Christ can come nigh
to God by turning from evil self-darkness to the light of life in
Christ Jesus. Jesus was born to die in the darkness of this unbelieving
world but was raised by the power of God to declare victory over
death, the grave and hell. We need to look to Him as Savior and
Lord(Luke 1,2; Romans 10; I Cor. 15).
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