Respect the Gift of Life

JEHOVAH "is the living God." (Jeremiah 10:10)  He is our Creator, and he has given us life.  The Bible says:  "You created all things because of your will they came into existence and were created."  (Revelation 4:11)  Yes, Jehovah wanted us to have a life.  Life is a precious gift from him. - PSALM 36:9.

Jehovah gives us what we need to keep living, such as food and water.  (Acts 17:28) But more than that, he wants us to enjoy life. (Acts 14:15-17)  To be successful in life, we need to obey God's laws. - ISAIAH 48:17:18. 

 HOW GOD FEELS ABOUT LIFE

The Bible teaches us that our life and the lives of other people are precious to Jehovah.  For example,  when Cain-Adam and Eve's son-was very angry with his younger brother Abel, Jehovah warned Cain  that he needed to control his anger.  But Cain didn't listen, and he became so angry that he "assaulted his brother Abel and killed him." (Genesis 4:3-8)  Jehovah punished Cain for murdering Abel.  (Genesis  4:9-11)  So anger and hatred are dangerous because they can make  us become violent or cruel.  A person  who is like that cannot have everlasting life.  (Read 1 John 3:15)  To please Jehovah, we must learn to love all people. - 1 JOHN 3:11, 12.

Thousands of years later, Jehovah showed that he viewed life as precious when he gave the Ten Commandments to Moses.  One of the law is "you must not murder." (Deuteronomy 5:17)   If  a person killed someone on purpose. he or show would be killed.

How does God feel about abortion?  Even the gift of life of an unborn child is precious to Jehovah.  In the law Jehovah gave the Israelites, Jehovah said that if someone injured  a mother and her baby died because of this, the person would be killed.  (Read Exodus 21:22, 23; Psalm 127:3)  This teaches us that abortions is wrong.

 Next time: Respect the Git of Life -Conclusion of  HOW GOD FEELS ABOUT LIFE

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