madblog poses a difficult problem. How are we supposed treat those who favor the abortion of the unborn? I don’t exactly know. The Bible isn’t specific. However, some sins deserve fierce condemnation. For example, the Apostle John, often known at the apostle of love, observed the following about apostates.
2 John 7-11 New American Standard Bible
7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. 9 Anyone who goes too far and does not remain in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting; 11 for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds.
In general, we should rebuke an unrepentant sinner and forgive the repentant sinner.
Luke 17:3-4 New American Standard Bible
3 Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”
What do you think? What about the unrepentant soul who believes that killing the unborn is not only permissible but necessary and righteous?
I treat those that preform abortions as the murderers they are at least until they repent and I am split on those that get abortions. There are those to be sure that know exactly what they are doing and do not care and I treat them same as the abortionist as a murderer. There are those, however that are forced and I mean the sins that lead them to pregnancy can be debated, but forcing her to kill her child makes the pimp, boyfriend, or even husband a murderer. Then there is the fact that young girls have been lied to about what an unborn baby is in the womb some simply do not know the truth and that is why ultrasounds have become so important in saving the unborn because they can see that it is indeed a child. There are a lot of people with a lot of blood on their hands and for a great deal of them there will be hell to pay quite literally.
Psalm 1 addresses this topic.
“1 Blessed is the man who does not guide his steps by ill counsel, or turn aside where sinners walk, or, where scornful souls gather, sit down to rest;”
@SOM
Definitely a pertinent verse.