LIFE
IS VALUABLE BECAUSE GOD CREATED US
PS.
139:1-6, 13-16
INTRO: We live in a world that has a growing disregard for human life. But God values human life very much because He gave His Son Jesus Christ to save all mankind. He cares even to the numbering of hairs on our head. (Luke 12:7) The thought that God knows everything there is to know may at first make us uncomfortable. But it should also show us of His concern for us. In verse 17 David said “How precious are Your thoughts toward me, how great is the sum of them.”
INTRO: We live in a world that has a growing disregard for human life. But God values human life very much because He gave His Son Jesus Christ to save all mankind. He cares even to the numbering of hairs on our head. (Luke 12:7) The thought that God knows everything there is to know may at first make us uncomfortable. But it should also show us of His concern for us. In verse 17 David said “How precious are Your thoughts toward me, how great is the sum of them.”
Psalms
139:1-6 (NKJV)
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Lord, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. 5 You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.
I. GOD VALUES HUMAN LIFE
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Lord, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. 5 You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.
I. GOD VALUES HUMAN LIFE
VS: 1 Because
He cares, God knows everything about us.
VS: 2 - When I sit and rise- all of the days activity God perceives our heart and thoughts.
God knows what I am thinking every minute of every day. That thought wil help us watch what we think.
VS: 2 - When I sit and rise- all of the days activity God perceives our heart and thoughts.
God knows what I am thinking every minute of every day. That thought wil help us watch what we think.
VS: 3 – From the time we get up till we go to sleep. In all our daily activities, God is familiar with every thing we do. Nothing can be hidden from Him. He understands the real reason why we do what we do.
Vs.: 4- God knows what we are going to say before we ever say it. May we use our words wisely.
Vs.: 5- Wherever we are, we are under the eye and hand of God. He goes before us and behind us. We are completely surrounded by God's every caring Spirit.
Vs: 6- We cannot
understand how God can know so much about us. It is beyond our
comprehension
II.
WE ARE VALUABLE EVEN BEFORE WE ARE BORN (verses
13-16.)
Psalms 139:13-16 (NKJV)
13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 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.
When we were created, God was there forming us. The Lord created him in his mother’s womb. Then David stressed certain features of God’s superintendence over him. In the womb his inward parts were formed. He was woven together (lit., “embroidered”; cf. “knit,” v. 13, suggesting his veins and arteries). Job 10:11, New Living Translation 11 You clothed me with skin and flesh, and you knit my bones and sinews together. 12 You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love. My life was preserved by your care.
Psalms 139:13-16 (NKJV)
13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 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.
When we were created, God was there forming us. The Lord created him in his mother’s womb. Then David stressed certain features of God’s superintendence over him. In the womb his inward parts were formed. He was woven together (lit., “embroidered”; cf. “knit,” v. 13, suggesting his veins and arteries). Job 10:11, New Living Translation 11 You clothed me with skin and flesh, and you knit my bones and sinews together. 12 You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love. My life was preserved by your care.
This
fact prompted the psalmist to break forth in praise over the
thought of how marvelously he had been made. Even David’s
elementary knowledge of the marvels of the human body led him to be
in awe and wonder.
The words fearfully and wonderfully
are mindful of God’s marvelous knowledge. (Psalm.
139:14).
When
he was being formed in the womb he was as remote to the human eye as
the lower part of the earth. But God saw every detail.
David’s frame (v: 15) means his skeleton and his substance
–(unformed body) is his embryo. Moreover, God prerecorded
all the days of the psalmist before he was even born. God
marvelously planned out his life.
ILL> God is Pro-choice and Pro-life
These verses prove that God is pro-choice. Each unmarried woman has a choice to make as to what she shall do with her body. However, once a woman decides to get married and have sex with her husband and conception takes place, then the choice concerning the life of that baby is not longer hers. This is where God becomes pro-life. He begins to weave and knit that baby's body.
In the O.T. if a woman was physically harmed and she lost her baby, the one that caused the harm was to pay life for life. The same holds true in our society today. If a woman is harmed and loses the baby prematurely, the man can be sent to prison for manslaughter. However, a woman has the law to back her up if she decides to abort the baby. Does this seem contradictory to you? Abortion has become a way of life and is accepted by many people. However, I believe that the passages we read make it clear that we should value life from the moment of conception. We live in a world that has a growing disregard for human life.
ILL> The penalty for killing an unborn eagle in this country is a fine of up to $5000 and up to five years in prison. But, the killing of an unborn baby is not considered a crime, as long as the mother approves.
ILL> AMERICAN WAR CASUALTIES
REVOLUTIONARY WAR 25,324
CIVIL WAR 498,332
WORLD WAR II 407,316
KOREAN WAR 54,246
VIETNAM WAR 56,655
GULF WAR 293
WAR ON THE UNBORN 31,000,000 since abortion was legalize in 1973. (6 times the number of casualties in all the wars combined)
God is with us from the start; He is there forming us and watching us grow.
For those that have experienced an abortion there is forgiveness if there is true repentance. God values everyone and wants to heal their lives as well.
You are of tremendous value to God. So much so, that He sent His son into the world to die on the cross and pay the penalty for your sins and my sins. John 10:10 (NKJV)
10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
1 Peter 2:24 says, “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.”
These verses prove that God is pro-choice. Each unmarried woman has a choice to make as to what she shall do with her body. However, once a woman decides to get married and have sex with her husband and conception takes place, then the choice concerning the life of that baby is not longer hers. This is where God becomes pro-life. He begins to weave and knit that baby's body.
In the O.T. if a woman was physically harmed and she lost her baby, the one that caused the harm was to pay life for life. The same holds true in our society today. If a woman is harmed and loses the baby prematurely, the man can be sent to prison for manslaughter. However, a woman has the law to back her up if she decides to abort the baby. Does this seem contradictory to you? Abortion has become a way of life and is accepted by many people. However, I believe that the passages we read make it clear that we should value life from the moment of conception. We live in a world that has a growing disregard for human life.
ILL> The penalty for killing an unborn eagle in this country is a fine of up to $5000 and up to five years in prison. But, the killing of an unborn baby is not considered a crime, as long as the mother approves.
ILL> AMERICAN WAR CASUALTIES
REVOLUTIONARY WAR 25,324
CIVIL WAR 498,332
WORLD WAR II 407,316
KOREAN WAR 54,246
VIETNAM WAR 56,655
GULF WAR 293
WAR ON THE UNBORN 31,000,000 since abortion was legalize in 1973. (6 times the number of casualties in all the wars combined)
God is with us from the start; He is there forming us and watching us grow.
For those that have experienced an abortion there is forgiveness if there is true repentance. God values everyone and wants to heal their lives as well.
You are of tremendous value to God. So much so, that He sent His son into the world to die on the cross and pay the penalty for your sins and my sins. John 10:10 (NKJV)
10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
1 Peter 2:24 says, “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.”
INVITATION:
His
desire for your life is that you give your life to Him, make Him the
Lord and Savior of your life, so that your sins might be forgiven and
that you will share in the eternal life that He has prepared for His
people. If you would like to give your life to Jesus Christ, ask Him
to forgive you and save you from an eternity in Hell, invite Jesus
into your life to take charge of you and help you live for Him. Then
go to a Jesus preaching church and be baptized. Don't be ashamed of
Jesus and He won't be ashamed of you, but will declare you before the
Father God and His angels. Do it right now!
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