Why I MUST believe life begins at conception

As I wrote last Wednesday (5-22-24), the issue of abortion is a HOT potato politically to the degree you will find very few national politicians who will stand against abortion at any stage of pregnancy because they know they can't elected.  So, they talk about permitting abortions at six weeks, fifteen weeks, up to birth, or simply "letting the states decide."

But as a follower of Jesus Christ, whether a politician or a pastor, the issue of abortion is not a political issue.  It is a theological issue.  That's right...theological.

When does life begin?  At conception?  When a heartbeat is detectable?  Or when it is politically comfortable for you not to lose so many votes causing you to be unelectable.

The answer is easy for followers of Jesus.  When did Jesus become a human and who was His father?  The miracle of the incarnation is the Divine Son of God became a man through the virgin womb of Mary as she was impregnated by the Holy Spirit.  So the question is, when did the life of God and man intersect?

The answer is immediately when the Holy Spirit impregnated the seed of the woman (as prophesied in Genesis 3:15).  There was no waiting; for the Holy Spirit is life and where life is, life begins.

Now, can there be serious considerations for why an abortion might need to take place, sure.  And I believe we serve a God of compassion and my heart breaks when under certain conditions that decision has to be made.  Seek God for wisdom and He will give it. And always remember, abortion is not an unpardonable sin.  God is a God who forgives.  

One last word, as a follower of Jesus Christ, no one (male or female) owns their own body.  I Corinthians 6: 19-20 "Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?  For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's."