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May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus
Romans 15:5, ESV
Our worship and thankfulness to our God who saves us is expressed in our unity that Jesus prayed for, and He personally will help us and encourage us.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:7, ESV
We show our praise and thankfulnessto our Lord who saves us, who is the Light of the world, by following His example of sacrifocial love for each other and our world.
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15, ESV
Our powerful and effective worship of the One who gave His grace, love, and life for us is to study and rightly use and share His Word, showing the world His faithfulness and goodness.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
Psalm 100:4, ESV
God has lavished His love and grace on us, so let us come to Him with thankful worship continually.
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
Zephaniah 3:17, ESV
God loves us, saves us, comforts us, and rejoices in our salvation and good works done in His Name by the power of the Holy Spirit.
I originally wrote and recorded this nearly 6 years ago, but I recently had to share this idea with someone to demonstrate the lack of actual thought in some abortion arguments.
Me: "Why are you pro-abortion?"
Them: "I think it's more pro-life, protecting the mother and society. Why add another poor, suffering person or someone that could keep society held back?"
It led to the whole “keeping the fittest.” And I mentioned how this is eugenics.
We shouldn’t be afraid to confront presuppositions and poorly thought our arguments, even using “fun” thought experiments.
Here is my 6-year-old argument:
Welcome back, folks!
READY FOR SOME CONTROVERSY!
Today, I am looking at something a little different. (And I am a little hesitant to share this theory, as I do not actually believe it but it could take hold …)
We know why Christians are pro-life. The biggest reason being we believe we were created in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27, 5:1) and that we are fearfully and wonderfully made, knit together in the womb (Psalm 139:13-16).
Well, I want to argue for why atheists, or rather evolutionists, should be pro-life … or at the very least anti-abortion.
In the X-Men comics, cartoons, and movies, we see an ongoing battle between regular, ol’ humans and mutants. The mutant humans are being fought because their mutant genes have given them super-human powers. They are the next evolutionary step, and the current strain of humanity is trying to keep them from taking over.
What if we are seeing this in real life?
The teaching on evolution is that there are missing links between different types of creatures. Such led to the rise of humans from an ancient ape-like creature (not to be confused with current monkeys and apes that would have come from the same ancestor). This takes several generations if not hundreds of thousands to millions of years.
There is a theory that the missing links may never be found, because perhaps evolution happens in bursts, virtually overnight (in the grand scheme).
Another theory running around is that perhaps human evolution has stalled or stopped.
What if that is not the case?
In Iceland, it is being claimed that they have nearly eradicated Down Syndrome.
In truth, they have not, instead they have been aborting pregnancies in which Down Syndrome is detected.
What if we are seeing the evidence of evolution, those hiccups that evolutionists tell us could happen, and as a people we are wiping them out …
… we are literally living out the X-Men solution?
Think about it: many of these people tend to be savants at something or many things. There could be a jump in intelligence and other qualities of humanity.
If this were true, evolution has stalled due to our own decisions.
If this were true, perhaps evolutionists should be just as pro-life as Christians … or at least anti-abortion!
Is my responding thought experiment a valid option?
Am I being just as silly as others?
While this is a very serious question and dialogue to have, this is a somewhat silly approach. But it is worth asking.
At the very least, I may help the pro-life cause just a touch.
What are your thoughts?
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 20:24, ESV
God came as one of us to show what His love, grace, and faithfulness looks like – even to death on a cross for the forgiveness of sins.
Let us live faithfully in Christ’s faithfulness, following His example, to a fallen world.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18, ESV
Our God became one of us to show His love and grace is not some abstract, distant sentimentality, but He has experienced the best and worst of humanity.
By His Spirit, He now dwells in us to encourage, strengthen, and save us in and from our sinful, difficult life.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
John 15:12, ESV
God became a man to show us His love and grace, reminding us of the greatest commandments: Love God and love others.
Now we share His grace by loving His saved and forgiven people, the Church, as well.
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:9, ESV
Our God came to us to give us His love, grace, and forgiveness. If we truly believe this and confess Jesus’ death and resurrection, we are granted this salvation from God’s wrath against our sin.
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