Abortion in America

While in college, I took a geography class that met the requirements for my undergraduate degree. The Professor of the class was a nice man. He and I liked each other. We even ate together a time or two. He was a leader at First Baptist Church. I considered him one of my favorite profs at school. However, he was wrong on a lot of things.

In that particular class, I found out that sometime in the next 30 years the world would run out oil. Now since that was 15 years ago; I guess we should be running out soon. I was told that every day loggers destroyed a square mile of rain forest, and if they continue to do this, the rain forest would be gone in 30 years. He was a firm believer that humans were affecting the climate. He taught us that the earth had to be billions of years old, and we could not take the Biblical account of creation seriously. This was all taught by a Southern Baptist at a Southern Baptist college. Amazing isn't it?

I was never shocked by anything I was taught, but every now and then I did get angry. One day in class, my professor decided to bring up abortion. He said that if we did not allow abortion to happen the United States would be over crowded, and I quote, "You Fundamentalists would be changing your tunes."

The one thing that most liberals don't understand about us so called fundamentalists is that we believe that God is in control. To begin with, his statement was nothing more than foolishness. The United States is not over-populated. We are not even close to reaching our maximum limit. Nevertheless, this is not what made me angry. What made me angry was his certainty that I would change my point of view according to the circumstances I find myself in. What he needed to realize was that his personal ethics might be based on the situation, but I do not hold to situational ethics. My ethics are founded in God's word, and even if his statement about over-population was true, my personal beliefs do not change when things get difficult.

Since 1973, It is estimated that 43 million abortions have been done. This is a staggering number. This is a number that I believe that all of us will have to answer for one day. The Bible teaches us that God will judge the nations. I have a hard time believing That God will allow those of us living in America to go on without answering for this terrible sin.

I want everyone that reads this blog to understand God's opinion of life. It was murder that brought God down from heaven to talk with Cain. The Bible tells us that the blood of Able cried out to God (Gen. 5:8.). I wonder what the cries of the blood of 43 million must sound like to God.

God is the giver and the keeper of life. The taking of innocent life is an abomination that God will not take lightly. In Leviticus chapter 21, the Jews are taught what they are to do if a man is murdered in their city without knowing who killed him. The elders of the city are to take a heifer outside of the city and break its neck, and wash their hands in the blood of the heifer. They are then to beg God to have mercy on their city where this man's life was taken. Why? Because God takes life very seriously. And unpaid for murder, will not stay that way forever.

The Christians that read this blog, need to remember this anniversary of Roe V. Wade and weep for our country. We need to pray that God would heal our land. We need to pray that these murders would not fall upon our nation. Let us hope and pray that God will be merciful to us. We certainly do not deserve it. Let us praise God for he is good. His love and mercy has so far held back his justice. Let us pray that this continues.