How can we know abortion is a sin?

07/07/2022 26 min
How can we know abortion is a sin?

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Host Kim Ketola discusses her own experience and how the mindset of the average young adults who experience abortion is one of ignorance and indifference There is seldom a weighed and measured moral response to a problem pregnancy; abortion is offered as practical and pragmatic problem solving.So, how can we know abortion is wrong based on biblical truth?Although we can’t point to a verse addressing our modern practice of elective abortion, there are several ways of knowing.Exodus 20:13 says, “Thou shall not kill.” Embryology affirms human life is present from conception forward, therefore terminating that life is killing.To deny the humanity of prenatal human beings is the fruit of spiritual confusion and doubt. See Genesis 2-3:16.The Bible is not silent; and silence does not equal consentUncertainty demands caution; if a life could be at stake, we must take measures to protect and not destroy.Deuteronomy 30:11-20 – we are hardwired to choose lifeLeviticus 17:11 – life is in the blood, and every abortion sheds innocent blood.The Bible is clear. Abortion violates God's prohibition of shedding innocent blood. And once we know abortion is a sin, we can prepare our hearts to repent and find forgiveness through confession and the cleansing love of Jesus Christ (see 1 John 1: 8-9).Sources:The Case for Life, by Scott KlusendorfCradle My Heart, Finding God’s Love After Abortion, by Kim KetolaFurther reading:Abortion is not the unforgiveable sin, by R C SproulArticle on Exodus 21 and Abortion from Got QuestionsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.