THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE

TEXT- GENESIS 1:26-27

INTRODUCTION

TODAY HAS BEEN DECLARED AS NATIONAL SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE SUNDAY.

JANUARY 22 WILL MARK THE 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INFAMOUS ROE V. WADE DECISION WHICH HAS LEGALIZED THE DEATH OF MORE THAN 28.5 MILLION UNBORN BABIES IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1973.

BEFORE WE LOOK TO GOD'S WORD THIS MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ISSUE THAT IS BEFORE US TODAY.

SHOW OVERHEAD #1; "HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE ABORTED?"

FOR MANY THESE FIGURES ARE VERY HARD TO VISUALIZE SO I HAVE ANOTHER OVERHEAD THAT WILL HELP PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE.

SHOW OVERHEAD #2; "AMERICAN WAR CASUALTIES."

THE NUMBER OF UNBORN BABIES THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED THROUGH ABORTION ARE MORE THAN 20 TIMES THE NUMBER OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DIED IN TIME OF WAR SINCE OUR COUNTRY BEGAN.

WHY HAVE THEY BEEN KILLED?

THE ALAN GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE WHICH IS THE RESEARCH ARM OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS DETERMINED THESE AS THE REASONS.

SHOW OVERHEAD #3; "WHY ARE CHILDREN ABORTED?"

THESE STATISTICS SHOW THAT 97+% OF ALL ABORTIONS ARE FOR REASONS OF CONVENIENCE.

I AM SURE THERE ARE SOME HERE THIS MORNING WONDERING WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT ALL OF THIS AND MAY ASK, "ISN'T THERE A VERSE IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS, "THOU SHALT NOT GET AN ABORTION."?

I WISH THERE WAS, BUT THERE ISN'T, SO WE MUST SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES FOR PRINCIPLES THAT WILL HELP US COME TO THE PROPER POSITION THAT GOD WOULD WANT US TO TAKE.

OUR TEXT THIS MORNING IS FOUND IN GENESIS 1:26-27 AND WILL GIVE US SOME NEEDED INSIGHT INTO THE ISSUE OF, "THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE."