• Psalms 127:3
  • Leviticus 20:1-5
  • Life begins in the womb
    • The word brephos (baby)
      • Luke 1:30-44; 2:12, 16
      • Used in several other verses:
        • Luke 18:15
        • Acts 7:19
      • The word huios (son)
        • Luke 1:57, 36
      • The word syllambano (conceive)
        • Luke 1:36, 24, 31; 2:21
      • Exodus 21:22-25 – No further penalty for a successful premature birth, but if the unborn baby dies, God says the punishment is life for life!
        • Yeled = child/youth
        • Yasa = go out, come out, bring out
        • Yeled yasa
      • God’s protection of the baby still in the womb shows that an unborn baby was already considered a life.
    • Therefore, abortion is murder.
      • Abortion deliberately ends a life. That’s murder, which is a sin (Romans 1:29) because it is the unlawful taking of a life of one who was made in the image of God (Genesis 9:6).
      • James 2:26 – God appears to be granting a soul at the point of conception.
    • What about criminal cases?
      • What is it that makes abortion wrong in the first place? It’s that an innocent life is being ended.
      • If that child is born and reaches its 5th birthday, then his mother decides the painful memories are just too much, could she kill him then?
    • How can we help?
      • Teach the gospel.
        • Matthew 21:23, 31-32
      • Stand firm against false arguments.
        • I Corinthians 6:15
        • “A woman’s body belongs to her. She can do what she wants with it.”
        • “This is a woman’s health issue.”
        • “This fetal tissue is used for life-saving research.”
      • Encourage responsibility
        • Philippians 2:3-4