Abortion - An Assault on the Sovereignty of God: An Assault on the Sovereignty of God

By Joe W. Gresham

One of the great problems Christians have when they ignore the abomination of abortion is they are also ignoring the very sovereignty of God. God is sovereign, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. As such, His will for mankind should be the ultimate issue for the Christian. Thus, our position on this issue will in effect reveal our position in r

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fourth Angel Ministries
• Release date: Jun 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9781088182383

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CHAPTER ONE

MODERN MISCONCEPTIONS OF MURDER

Many are not aware that our nation is committed by law and by practice to mass murder. We have made that commitment and are carrying it out in a most terrifying and tenacious manner. It is absolutely amazing that one of the historic political parties in the United States has basically adopted the sins of Romans chapter one as their platform. Political parties that used to differ on economics, foreign policy, etc., today differ dramatically on issues that invade the realm of God’s law and morality. The position of one party’s platform would advocate that the government pass out condoms so people can fornicate at will, without any repercussions. For those who happen to get pregnant the position of this platform’s advocates is clear; simply kill the baby at the will of the mother, up to and including the ninth month. This issue was evidenced in the 2016 presidential debates. This is in stark contrast to the past history of our nation; a nation known for liberty, freedom, rights, privileges, and morality. A nation who cared for the poor, needy, outcast, weak and defenseless, where justice was a protector of the people. Yet, today mass murder has been taking place for over four decades with the sanction of the government and the approbation of much of Christianity. How could such a thing have happened? Especially among professed Christians!

Since its inception our country, as well as most of the western world, the common conviction that has been believed and upheld has been the biblical ethic of the sanctity of life. The consensus of this conviction is that a person has a right to life simply because he or she was born human and was to be considered human simply because they were alive. Today, however, there has been an uncanny shift toward a quality of life ethic rather than the sanctity of life. This new ethic basically says a person doesn’t have a right to live simply because he or she is human. A person only has a right to live if they meet certain criteria, certain qualities. According to this modern view, the Declaration of Independence which declares: "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" must be rejected; for a person no longer has rights simply because he or she is alive. Even if they are physically alive, they must meet some additional criteria for being fully human, and if they fail to meet the criteria, they do not have the rights of a human, including the right to live. How horrendous that the unborn must meet some kind of a vague standard of genetic worthiness, or they must have a life worth living, or they must be wanted by society, or they must meet the mother’s personal criteria to be considered human.

Joseph Fletcher, who founded the theory of situation ethics in the 1960s, postulated that to be considered a person one must have a measurable IQ of at least 40. This position would disqualify infants, the aged who are senile or suffering with various forms of dementia, and others who had certain types of accidents or mental conditions. In such cases Fletcher taught that abortion, infanticide and euthanasia are not taking personal life; but merely biological life. He was a leading academic proponent of the potential benefits of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, eugenics, and cloning. Although ordained as an Episcopal priest, he later identified himself as an atheist. He believed: "We need to educate people to the idea that the quality of life is more important than mere length of life. Our cultural tradition holds that life has absolute value, but that is really not good enough anymore. Sometimes, no life is better. He even declared that: People [with children with Down's syndrome] ... have no reason to feel guilty about putting a Down's syndrome baby away, whether it's put away in the sense of hidden in a sanitarium or in a more responsible lethal sense. It is sad; yes. Dreadful. But it carries no guilt. True guilt arises only from an offense against a person, and a Down's is not a person. (Bard, Bernard; Joseph Fletcher (April 1968). The Right to Die". The Atlantic Monthly: 59–64). A baby who has Down’s Syndrome, a baby who has some other birth defect, or a baby