First we will start with a selection from the word of God.
Please pay extra special attention to verses 13, 15, and 16.
Psalm 139 ( Amplified Bible )
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1. O LORD, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.
2. You know my downsitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off.(A)
3. You sift and search out my path and my lying down, and You are acquainted with all my ways.
4. For there is not a word in my tongue [still unuttered], but, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.(B)
5. You have beset me and shut me in--behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me.
6. Your [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high above me, I cannot reach it.
7. Where could I go from Your Spirit? Or where could I flee from Your presence?
8. If I ascend up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol (the place of the dead), behold, You are there.(C)
9. If I take the wings of the morning or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10. Even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.
11. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me and the night shall be [the only] light about me,
12. Even the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.(D)
13. For You did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother's womb.
14. I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well.
15. My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery].
16. Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them.
17. How precious and weighty also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!(E)
18. If I could count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awoke, [could I count to the end] I would still be with You.
What is David saying in this Psalm? He's confessing to his Heavenly Father that God saw him while he was being formed in his mother's womb. Not only did God see David, but personally knit ( made ) him as if the Heavenly Father was working on a piece of embroidery.
Anyone into handcrafts like knitting, crocheting or embroidery know that you must pay close attention to what you are doing because you can mess up and drop stitches. Then you have to go back, unravel and redo what you have done. But God, when He created man, he carefully puts man together. He already knows what the child ( or children - if twins, etc ) will look like, He just in time has to put them together.
There is also something that God adds to man that He doesn't add to anything else He has created. An ETERNAL SPIRIT! This spirit is meant to live eternally. Either in the presence of God or with Satan, depending on the decision the person makes before he dies.
Animals DO NOT have an eternal spirit. They are just flesh and soul. When they die, they will return to the dust of the Earth. Yes, no matter how much you love Fluffy and Snowball, or Tigger or Handsome, your canine, feline, equine, etc friend will not go to heaven. . . . . .
Instead of going into a long diatribe, I would like to ask one question:
In light of Psalm 139 and the information it revealed, why is it that man fights like hell to keep a mere dog or cat alive, yet snuff out a Human babies life like they are merely blowing out a candle?
I'm not saying we should not care for animals. In Genesis, God placed Adam in charge of The Garden and to care for all of the animals. In fact, as God brought each creature to Adam, he named them! So, we ARE responsible to care for animals. In fact, there is a verse in the Talmud which I paraphrase ( because I don't remember it that well. . . ): "Upon rising in the morning first feed your animals because they are domesticated and depend on you for their care."
But, to kill a Human baby which has an eternal spirit is a SIN! Why? Murder is sin! Plus, the poor little one(s) NEVER have a chance to live out their potential on Earth. Only God knows, we could have killed off the next Einstein! The next inventor of a cure for cancer! The next President! All because a baby may be way too much responsibility.
Well, one should have considered THAT before engaging in "adult activities". Just because one is able to engage in aforementioned does not mean one is capable of handling the responsibilities that come with it. Just because you gotta a itch, don't mean you gotta scratch. Especially if it means a kids life. THINK!
Just In Case - The Door Is Still Open!
John 3:16 ( Amplified Bible )
16. For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten ([a]unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
