Sanctity of Human Life
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Speaker: Mike Rudolf
Scripture: Various Passages
January 29, 2023
Romans 1:20a: For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.
Genesis 2:7: then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Psalm 139:13-16: For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
Jeremiah 1:5: Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
Ecclesiastes 11:5: As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
Ephesians 1:4: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing the the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world.
Sermon Outline
1. Human life is sacred because it is God-created
2. Human life is sacred because it is made in God's image
Male and female
Eternal souls
More valuable than many sparrows
3a. Human life is sacred because God loves life
The right to life takes precedence over every other human right
God takes special care to craft each human life
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil
3b. Human life is sacred because God sent His Son to die on a cross to redeem it
Jesus, the Lamb of God, willingly went to Calvary
All of heaven celebrates when a sinner repents
Human life is made for God's glory
God lives human life beyond measure, born and unborn
4. Applications
Wake up if you've been napping on this issue
Imitate Jesus in humility and service
Keep on!
Summary
Life is sacred because it is God created
Life is sacred because life is in the image of the creator God
Life is sacred because God loves life and sent his son to redeem it
