The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 51:3-4,
"Surely I [David] was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Yet you [God] desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place."
Here is a fascinating observation: God desired David's faithfulness as soon as he was conceived in this mother's womb, before he was born! And, he confesses to a spiritual condition while in the womb, beginning at conception!
Is David using figurative language here? Did he really mean it? Is this just David's idea, an idea begotten before the medical knowledge we have in this age of abortion?
Peter tells us that the Scriptures came to be written as men were carried along by the Holy Spirit and therefore divinely inspired. "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." 2 Peter 1:20-21. In just the preceding verse he says "We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts."
We would do well to pay attention to the Scriptures because God had them written- he has some things he wants us to know! What he wants us to know from this passage is that unborn babies exist in a spiritual state, a spiritual condition prior to birth.
David was not using figurative language in Psalm 51:3-4, and, yes, he (being carried along by the Holy Spirit) really meant what he said. This psalm enlightens us about the unborn in a way that medical science will never be able to.
This helps us understand passages like Luke 1:39-45, "At that time Mary [Jesus' mother, just having conceived] got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby [John the Baptist as a fetus at 6 months] leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: 'Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!"
In this passage in Luke we see that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was Jesus Christ, the Son of God at the point of conception, not at birth. We also see that John the baptist was fully functioning spiritually and gifted as a prophet when his mother was at the end of her second trimester with him. John, before he was born knew he was in the presence of God and emoted - he responded with joy!
We learn from the Scriptures that we are fully human, we are alive physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually at the point of conception. Any follower of Jesus Christ must recognize that every abortion is the taking of a human life. What is practiced in our culture today is nothing other than state sanctioned murder.
What is the believer's responsibility in all this? Here is a helpful passage from Proverbs 24:11-12, "Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. 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 everyone according to what they have done?"
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know..
"Surely I [David] was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Yet you [God] desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place."
Here is a fascinating observation: God desired David's faithfulness as soon as he was conceived in this mother's womb, before he was born! And, he confesses to a spiritual condition while in the womb, beginning at conception!
Is David using figurative language here? Did he really mean it? Is this just David's idea, an idea begotten before the medical knowledge we have in this age of abortion?
Peter tells us that the Scriptures came to be written as men were carried along by the Holy Spirit and therefore divinely inspired. "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." 2 Peter 1:20-21. In just the preceding verse he says "We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts."
We would do well to pay attention to the Scriptures because God had them written- he has some things he wants us to know! What he wants us to know from this passage is that unborn babies exist in a spiritual state, a spiritual condition prior to birth.
David was not using figurative language in Psalm 51:3-4, and, yes, he (being carried along by the Holy Spirit) really meant what he said. This psalm enlightens us about the unborn in a way that medical science will never be able to.
This helps us understand passages like Luke 1:39-45, "At that time Mary [Jesus' mother, just having conceived] got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby [John the Baptist as a fetus at 6 months] leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: 'Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!"
In this passage in Luke we see that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was Jesus Christ, the Son of God at the point of conception, not at birth. We also see that John the baptist was fully functioning spiritually and gifted as a prophet when his mother was at the end of her second trimester with him. John, before he was born knew he was in the presence of God and emoted - he responded with joy!
We learn from the Scriptures that we are fully human, we are alive physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually at the point of conception. Any follower of Jesus Christ must recognize that every abortion is the taking of a human life. What is practiced in our culture today is nothing other than state sanctioned murder.
What is the believer's responsibility in all this? Here is a helpful passage from Proverbs 24:11-12, "Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. 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 everyone according to what they have done?"
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know..
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