WEDNESDAY NIGHT
BIBLE STUDY
WITH BISHOP SHERMAN J. BUTLER, SR.
*Midweek Bible Class Postings: Updated Weekly
MAY 01, 2024
OUR STANCE ON ABORTION (PART 1)
Bishop Sherman J. Butler, Sr.
WE (Our Church) DO NOT BELIEVE IN ABORTION.
There are cases of rape, incest, Mother’s life, age, the baby’s health, too expensive to have another child, or other circumstances have been brought to me.
As people of GOD, we will have to take a STAND on what we believe. A scientific report notes that life begins at the fertilization of the egg, according to a Princeton University Educational resource.
One question asked is. “Will GOD forgive us?” The only thing that GOD does NOT forgive according to the word is blasphemy against the HOLY GHOST (Matthew 12:31, KJV). We are NOT GOD.
There are some cases in which GOD alone will judge (Ecclesiastes 3:17, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Isaiah 33:22).
There are some women who use abortion as birth control. One question is asked, is abortion self-willed murder? You ask, “What choice shall I make?” Exodus 21:13 notes, “Thou shalt not kill.“
Should we tell people what to do? No, not unless the LORD asks you to do so.
Even the situations surrounding conception, GOD IS THE GIVER OF LIFE NOT MAN!
Not sexual intercourse alone. GOD is also the Giver and Taker of life. HE ALONE.
Acts 17:28 (KJV), “For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.“
WE ARE FORMED IN THE WOMB!
Psalm 139:13 (KJV), “For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.“
Psalm 127:3 (KJV), “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.“
Isaiah 49:1 (KJV), “Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name”
Jeremiah 1:5 (KJV), “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.“
WE MUST REALLY PRAY ABOUT THIS SUBJECT OF ABORTION – even in politics.
PRAY WHEN ANSWERING QUESTIONS ON ABORTION. We cannot be cavalier in answering this question, as we are not GOD. There are things HE ONLY will judge. Be sure to get out of the flesh and into the Spirit of the LORD. Proverbs 3:6 (KJV), “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Nor should people be cavalier about having abortions. BUT some people make mistakes. These are choices.
We can only give what GOD has given us! We are NOT GOD. He is the JUDGE. We have no hell or heaven to put anyone into, at all. Some will condemn some, and forgive others. NO! That’s not right.
We know THE WORD IS TRUE and Murder is Murder: “Thou shall not kill” (Exodus 20:13, KJV).
Let GOD be the JUDGE. He is forgiving GOD. He is a merciful GOD.
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” (Romans 3:23, KJV).
“For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries” (Hebrews 10:26-27, KJV).
CHOOSE GOD! CHOOSE HIS SON JESUS CHRIST THAT DIED FOR OUR SINS (JOhn 3:16)
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
(Joshua 24:15, KJV).
Text (KJV):
Exodus 20:13, Psalm 139:13, Psalm 127:3, Isaiah 49:1, Exodus 21:22-25, Jeremiah 1:5, Proverbs 6:16-19, Ecclesiastes 11:5, Matthew 5:21-26, Romans 3:23, Hebrews 10:26-27, and Joshua 24:15
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