(Original Entry from HOD-Wordpress - 2006-10-23 7:00:11 pm)

Category - Christianity, Religiousness

Should we not kill with out cause (murder)? Yes.
Should we preserve and choose life? Yes.
Do we have the right to choose life? Yes.
Do we have the right to murder? .... Yes.
Let me explain. ¹

Today it seems that if there is nothing more to fight about then we make up stuff to fight about. It is the nature of man to fight about something. This is why we will never get along with everyone all the time.

Take the topic of abortion. On the one hand, we are taught that it is morally wrong to kill for no reason. There is also a further understanding that G-d does not condone the spilling of innocent blood, calling it an abomination. So those who believe in the existance of a supreme being also believe that abortion is not only wrong, but that we should not do it. This same G-d also says that we should not hate our neighbor saying via Yeshua that if we hate our neighbor then we have ultimately committed murder in our hearts. Murder is the taking of life without a cause. This is all fine and well for those who state that this is ok for them because their cause is that abortion is wrong and when put into action it creates a reason to hate; which is murder in the heart. Such a hard existence is created here for the Believer.

On the other hand, we are also taught that good and evil, Heaven and Hell, Life and Death even, are laid down before us and we are encouraged to choose Life. We do not have to choose Life (”L” used here instead of “l” meaning existence with G-d, the Abba or Source of Life). But, we are indeed incouraged to choose Life. So, if there are some that choose to kill innocent life, this is their choice because it has been laid down before them with an alternative choice to not kill innocent life.

So what happens when the one side believes so strongly that abortion is so wrong that they decide to take it into their own hands to stop it instead of believing that the L-rd our G-d will not take His own vengence? These are the people that end up doing evil themselves by blowing things up and hurting the feelings of so many people in the process by the hurtful things they do and will say about the other person taking the action of abortion. When this happens, both sides are wrong.

The final moral of the story? Both sides are actually right in their belief. They are right in the fact that they have the right to choose. They were given this choice by HaShem (Hebrew for “The Name”) Himself. It is up to the Righteous (the ones living within the corpus of G-d’s Law) to speak up and say the truth about G-d’s Word and Will. It is not up to the Righteous to force this Word and Will upon others. Everyone is coming to the day when they will have to account their own persons and actions to HaShem. We are only accountable for ourselves and it is only our job to be a witness to His goodness and glory and nothing more. When we force our will, what we believe is G-d’s Will, upon others, then we are in the wrong.

We should pray in agreement that others choosing abortion would change their choice because we grieve over the judgement over their actions they will face. But, ultimately the choice is theirs and only theirs to make and not for us to change by using negative means. Instead, we must love them even as we love enemies and keep praying for their salvation.

–SilverMouse

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