When Does Life Begin? - Part One

In our current American culture, when you ask the question about life, people think you want to begin a conversation about politics.  It is sad we have so politicized the "life" question that one cannot even talk about it without someone else taking the other side.

Let me be clear... life is not a political question, it is a Biblical question.  It is not owned by Democrats or Republicans.  It is not up for vote in the next election and no politician can use it as "his" battering ram.  The "life" question does not belong to us, it belongs to God and we are but stewards of this most sacred gift.

So when does life begin?  To answer, we must ask where does life come from?  

John 1:4 "In Him was life, and the life was the light of men."

John 14:6 Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life."  

John 11: 25 Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life."

Acts 17:25 "...since He gives to all life, breath, and all things."

Job 33:4 "The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life."

Nehemiah 9:6 "You give life to everything, ..." (NIV)

I Timothy 6: 13 "I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things...."

Jeremiah 38: 16 "As the Lord lives, who has given us breath..." (NIV)

Deuteronomy 32: 39 "There is no God besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life..." (NASB)

This one says it all....Psalm 36:9 "For with You is the fountain of life;..."

God is life and He is the source (fountain) of life.  There is no life without God.

Living cells must begin from living cells.  Life does not evolve, it is a gift.

So go to the first life on this planet. The first mention of something living is Genesis 1: 20 and it is the creatures of this earth. Then the crown of creation was man (Genesis 1: 26-27) for God made him in His image, unlike all the other creatures.  And Genesis 2:7 is the detail of what happened in Genesis 1: 27 and "The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being."

God is the only source of life in existence. So when creatures and most importantly, man, came to life it was because God gave them life.  Life belongs to God.  He has the copyright to it and those who have life have it as a steward from God.

Next Monday, I will continue these thoughts...

Blessings;

David