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The debate continues as to when life

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begins, and when it ends. President Bill

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Clinton's spiritual adviser, a Southern

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Baptist minister, taught that because

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Adam wasn't alive until God breathed

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life into him, then a child isn't alive

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until the baby takes his first breath.

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This is not the view shared in Scripture.

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About 30 times in the Bible is there a

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reference to a child in the womb. And in

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every one of those instances, the Bible

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speaks the same of a child inside the

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womb, as it refers to a child outside of

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the womb. Consider in Luke chapter 1, when

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the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and

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said she was going to be with child,

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conceived of the Holy Spirit. And she

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would call his name Jesus. Mary went to

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visit Elizabeth, who was pregnant with

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John the Baptist. And when Elizabeth

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heard Mary's greeting the child in her

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womb leaped with joy. Science has only

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recently caught up to the fact that

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children express emotion in the womb, as

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early as eight weeks. If they'd only read

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Luke 1:41, they'd have learned we already

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know that. Jesus verifies and sanctifies

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every aspect of human life, from

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conception to natural death because he

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experienced it all. Yes, even death is

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sanctified by Christ. He even sanctifies

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suffering because he suffered. We argue

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about whether or not a person should

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suffer when the Bible tells us to

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rejoice in suffering, to share in

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suffering, be patient in suffering. And

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that our present suffering does not

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compare to the glory that awaits us if

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we endure.

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Therefore, we must protect and cherish

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every aspect of life from beginning to

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end. A gift from God, made in the image of

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God. When we understand the text...