[O]nly once in a while do the egg and sperm bring about fertilization. Some call that connection accidental, but I choose to call it providential. It takes three to make a baby: a man, a woman and the Holy Spirit….
Human beings cannot give or create life by themselves, it is really a gift from God. Therefore, one does not have the right to take away (through atypically that which he does not have the ability to give….
What happens to the mind of a person, and the moral fabric of a nation, that accepts the aborting of the life of a baby without a pang of conscience? What kind of a person, and what kind of a society will we have 20 years hence if life can be taken so casually?
~ Reverend Jesse Jackson, when pro-life in 1977, National Right to Life News op-ed
Jesus said, "What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world, but lose his own soul? (Luke 9:25) Jesse Jackson sold his soul when he wanted to be President. He didn't even end up receiving the coveted Democratic nomination he so desperately wanted. That was his traitor's reward.
I found these fitting thoughts in light of the current political presidential cycle (or insert circus here) that we now find ourselves in. Take time to vet each candidate not on party line...and obviously not even on what they say to us as they try to woo us here in Iowa. But hold each candidate up to the penetrating light of Scripture. Let the Word of God expose any darkness in their words or deeds.
And, as an aside, let me make myself abundantly clear, no Christ follower can find abortion acceptable with even a cursory reading of God's Word. If you claim the Name of the Author of Life then you better not find yourself standing in the aisle with those who want to destroy life (anyone who supports abortion) because ultimately they are under marching orders from the great life destroyer himself, Satan.
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