It is of note that New Testament letters are all directed at believers. The idea was that if Believers got right then the world about them would have a witness and a light that would hinder or slow down "the man of lawlessness" and make a straight path for those being called by God.
Paul did not in his writings rage against the unsanitary prison conditions, the treatment of women or of slaves or the corrupt legal system of Rome. Peter likewise exhorted believers to live blameless lives rather than get involved in street protests against injustice.
Having said all that we are now living in the perilous times of 2 Tim 3 and we should be ready, if anyone asks, to share what God says about Abortion in a gracious, clear and non threatening way. Though the world system is not redeemable the person who asks the question may very well be. For some reason they have asked your opinion: Your clear, informed and gracious reply may be used by God as a trigger to open their eyes and
change their life. Visit the site below for up to date figures: Horrific!
Since 1980 1.5 billion Babies have been aborted
Where does the Bible define the beginning of human life?
A look at some of the passages on this issue offers clear evidence that God defines a person as “human” from the point of conception, not merely when a child draws its first breath. This will bring peace and assurance to ourselves and should not be used as a hammer to beat all who disagree
A key example of this view is found in Psalm 139:13–16 where David writes,
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”
The psalmist uses poetic lyrics to note God creates life in the womb, meaning that we have life before birth.. God even has a specific plan for each person’s life from the point of conception, from “before one of them [days] came to be.”
Several other biblical passages refer to pre-born children in the same manner as children outside of the womb.
For example, John the Baptist is called a “baby,” {Greek = Brephos} using the same Greek word as for a young infant, while still in the womb (Luke 1:41–44). Elizabeth did not say the zygote or the Embryo leapt in my womb for joy.
Jesus is later described using the same Greek word after His birth (Luke 2:12, 16).
"and you will find the Brephos (baby) swaddled and in a manger" I know people say I'm too fond of origonal Greek but friends the accuracy of scriptural language in the originals is foundational and a mighty comfort in times like this
Another example is found in the birth announcement of Samson. The Angel of the Lord told Samson’s mother,
“The boy {Strongs H5288} will be a Nazirite of God from the womb until the day of his death” (Judges 13:7). Samson is referred to as a “boy” from the womb until death, indicating the time from prior to physical birth to beyond the womb.The word used can be found by puting H5288 int o a google search and you will find it is used 221 times in O.T. for a lad, boy from conception to teens.
Isaiah 49:1 adds, “Before I was born the LORD called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.” This “servant of the Lord” was considered called by God as a child in the womb.
God told the prophet Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5). God “knew” Jeremiah while he was in his mother’s womb, referring to Jeremiah as a living being prior to his birth.
Job poetically describes his life in the womb, saying, “Your hands shaped me and made me.
Will you now turn and destroy me? Remember that you molded me like clay.
Will you now turn me to dust again?” (Job 10:8–9).
God is clearly involved in the creation and development of a person from the earliest stages of formation in the womb. Human life or personhood is defined by Scripture from the point of conception.
