Sanctity of Human Life Sunday January 23 rd, 2011

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  • Sanctity of Human Life Sunday January 23 rd, 2011
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  • Daniel 2:35 But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
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  • To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 12:27 Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it.
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  • Please Turn in Your Bibles
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  • Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by GodFor he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. (Gen. 9:5-6)
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  • Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers. October 12, 1816. The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, Henry P. Johnston, ed., (New York: Burt Franklin, 1970), Vol. IV, p. 393.
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  • But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God
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  • "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. The Conscience
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  • You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
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  • Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them.
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  • For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task?
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  • Deliver those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to slaughter, oh hold them back. If you say, "But we knew nothing about this," does not He who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not He who guards your life know it? Will He not repay each person according to what he has done?
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  • We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men
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  • SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
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  • "Politics do not belong in the Church." & "The Church must be separate from the State."
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  • The objective of the Nazi regime was to contain the voice of the church within the four walls of its buildings, turning them into nothing more than echo chambers, and punish any effort of church leaders to make their voices heard in the public square. And the rest, as they say, is history. Nazi Persecution of The Churches, 1933-45, by J.S. Conway, Basic Books, 1968
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  • Over 52,000,000 Abortions since 1973
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  • March 9 April 17
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  • Over 52,000,000 Abortions since 1973
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  • For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.
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  • For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.