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CRISIS PREGNANCY
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Pregnant? Need
Help? You have options!
If
you’re facing an unwanted or unexpected pregnancy, you
are probably feeling overwhelmed.
It’s normal to experience anxiety, uncertainty and fear.
Knowing where to turn for help is important. There are
caring people who want to help you explore your
options.
Find a local pregnancy center where you can talk about
your concerns and discover the resources which are
available for you with someone who’s received training
in these areas.
http://www.pregnancycenters.org/
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What Does God Say About Abortion?
Why Should We Value Life?
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Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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Genesis 1:27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God
He created him; male and female He created them.
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Acts 17:26
And He has made from one blood every nation of men to
dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined
their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their
dwellings, |
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Psalm 100:3
Know that the LORD, He is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. |
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Isaiah 44:24
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer,
And He who formed you from the womb:
“ I am the LORD, who makes all things,
Who stretches out the heavens all alone,
Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself; |
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Colossians 1:16
For by Him all things were created that are in heaven
and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether
thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All
things were created through Him and for Him. |
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Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD,
You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand. |
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Who is the Creator of the unborn?
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Job 31:15
Did not He who made me in the womb make them?
Did not the same One fashion us in the womb? |
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Job 10:8-12
Your hands have made me and fashioned me,
An intricate unity;
Yet You would destroy me. Remember, I pray, that You
have made me like clay.
And will You turn me into dust again?
Did You not pour me out like milk,
And curdle me like cheese,
Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
You have granted me life and favor,
And Your care has preserved my spirit. |
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Psalm 139:13-16
For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully
made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them. |
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How is God concerned with the unborn?
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Isaiah 49:1
The LORD has called Me from the womb;
From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My
name. |
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Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations. |
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Ephesians 1:3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us
with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in
Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation
of the world, that we should be holy and without blame
before Him in love |
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Who is Responsible for life and death?
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Exodus 20:1, 13
And God spoke all these words... You shall not murder.
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Matthew 5:21
You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You
shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger
of the judgment.’ |
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Matthew 19:18-19
He said to Him,Which ones?
Jesus said, You shall not murder, You shall not
commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear
false witness, Honor your father and your mother,
and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
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Jeremiah 7:6-7
if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do
not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after
other gods to your hurt, then I will cause you to dwell
in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers
forever and ever. |
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Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says the LORD: “Execute judgment and righteousness,
and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the
oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the
stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed
innocent blood in this place |
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Exodus 23:7
Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the
innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the
wicked. |
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Genesis 9:5-6
Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning;
from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from
the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I
will require the life of man.
Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
For in the image of God
He made man. |
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Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you,
that I have set before you life and death, blessing and
cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your
descendants may live; |
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Is man permitted to take life before birth?
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Exodus 21:22-25
If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she
gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall
surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband
imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges
determine. But if any harm follows, then you shall give
life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound,
stripe for stripe. |
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Amos 1:13
Thus says the LORD:
For three transgressions of the people of Ammon, and for
four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead,
That they might enlarge their territory. |
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Should a child conceived as a result of rape or
incest be aborted?
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Deuteronomy 24:16
Fathers shall not be put to death for their children,
nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a
person shall be put to death for his own sin. |
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Ezekiel 18:2-4
What do you mean when you use this proverb concerning
the land of Israel, saying:
‘ The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
And the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall no longer use
this proverb in Israel.
“ Behold, all souls are Mine;
The soul of the father
As well as the soul of the son is Mine;
The soul who sins shall die. |
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Ezekiel 18-20
The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the
guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of
the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be
upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be
upon himself. |
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Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to
those who love God, to those who are the called
according to His purpose. |
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Should a child who might be born deformed or
handicapped be aborted?
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Exodus 4:11
So the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or
who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind?
Have not I, the LORD? |
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Isaiah 45:9-11
“ Woe to him who strives with his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you
making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you
begetting?’
Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’”
Thus says the LORD,
The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker:
“ Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons;
And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me. |
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Romans 9:20
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God?
Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why
have you made me like this?” |
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2
Corinthians 12:7-9
And lest I should be exalted above measure by the
abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was
given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I
be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I
pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart
from me. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for
you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”
Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my
infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. |
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Corinthians 1:27
But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to
put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak
things of the world to put to shame the things which are
mighty; |
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Should a woman have control over the life in her own
body?
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Psalm 127:3
Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,
The fruit of the womb is a reward. |
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Ezekiel 18:4
“ Behold, all souls are Mine;
The soul of the father
As well as the soul of the son is Mine;
The soul who sins shall die. |
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1
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. |
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Peter 2:16
as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but
as bondservants of God. |
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Is abortion the solution to an unplanned pregnancy?
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Isaiah 49:15
“ Can a woman forget her nursing child,
And not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Surely they may forget,
Yet I will not forget you. |
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Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death |
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Does God forgive those who have abortions?
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John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. |
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Ephesians 1:7-8
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His
grace which He made to abound toward us in all
wisdom and prudence, |
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Isaiah 43:25
“ I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for
My own sake;
And I will not remember your sins. |
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What does God say about those who perform abortions?
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Deuteronomy 27:25
‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent
person.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ |
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Jeremiah 22:17
“ Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your
covetousness,
For shedding innocent blood,
And practicing oppression and violence.” |
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Proverbs 28:13
He who covers his sins will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
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Hebrews 4:13
And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all
things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we
must give account. |
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John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. |
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What is the Christian’s responsibility to the unborn
and to the woman with an unplanned pregnancy?
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Genesis 9:5-6
Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning;
from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from
the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I
will require the life of man.
“ Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
For in the image of God
He made man. |
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Proverbs 24:11-12
Deliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man according to his
deeds? |
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Matthew 25:34-40
Then the King will say to those on His right hand,
‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I
was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you
gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;
I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you
visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
“Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when
did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give
You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You
in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You
sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will
answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you,
inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My
brethren, you did it to Me.’ |
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Isaiah 58:10
If you extend your soul to the hungry
And satisfy the afflicted soul,
Then your light shall dawn in the darkness,
And your darkness shall be as the noonday. |
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Deuteronomy 27:19
‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the
stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’
“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ |
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Job 22:5-9
Is not your wickedness great,
And your iniquity without end?
For you have taken pledges from your brother for no
reason,
And stripped the naked of their clothing.
You have not given the weary water to drink,
And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
But the mighty man possessed the land,
And the honorable man dwelt in it.
You have sent widows away empty,
And the strength of the fatherless was crushed. |
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Psalm 68:5
A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation. |
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Psalm 146:9
The LORD watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
But the way of the wicked He turns upside down. |
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Proverbs 15:25
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud,
But He will establish the boundary of the widow. |
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Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke the oppressor;
Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow. |
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Timothy 5:3
Honor widows who are really widows. |
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James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is
this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and
to keep oneself unspotted from the world. |
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What are the responsibilities of the followers of
Christ?
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Ephesians 1:22-23
And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be
head over all things to the church, which is His body,
the fullness of Him who fills all in all. |
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1
John 3:16-18
By this we know love, because He laid down His life for
us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the
brethren.But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees
his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him,
how does the love of God abide in him?
My little children, let us not love in word or in
tongue, but in deed and in truth. |
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Matthew 5:13-14
“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses
its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good
for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot
by men.
“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill cannot be hidden. |
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Galatians 6:9-10
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due
season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore,
as we have opportunity, let us do good to all,
especially to those who are of the household of faith.
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Peter 2:16-17
as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but
as bondservants of God. Honor all people. Love the
brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. |
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Romans 12:10-17
Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly
love, in honor giving preference to one another; not
lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the
Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation,
continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the
needs of the saints, given to hospitality.
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who
weep. Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set
your mind on high things, but associate with the humble.
Do not be wise in your own opinion.
Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things
in the sight of all men. |
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