WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.540 Come on, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up. 00:00:15.060 --> 00:00:16.539 Okay, well, let's pray. 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:25.640 Father, thank you again for life. 00:00:25.900 --> 00:00:27.359 Thank you for your word. 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:34.880 We know that your word brings life, speaks life, sustains life. 00:00:36.039 --> 00:00:41.000 And so we pray that your word would speak into our hearts today 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:47.219 so that we line up with your values and your truth, 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:53.340 that we do not live by our own decisions or our own choice, 00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:57.840 but help us to live according to your ways, 00:00:58.500 --> 00:01:00.320 for that is best for us. 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:03.240 It brings glory to you, 00:01:04.240 --> 00:01:07.439 and it is good for the world in which we live. 00:01:08.780 --> 00:01:10.260 So help us, we pray. 00:01:11.060 --> 00:01:11.640 Amen. 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:19.460 Well, on Sunday, the 12th of November, 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:21.079 just a few months ago, 00:01:21.180 --> 00:01:26.200 an earthquake measuring 7.3 struck Halabja in Iraq. 00:01:26.960 --> 00:01:28.840 As the building shook and fell, 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:31.460 hundreds died and thousands were injured. 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:33.760 Survival was unimaginable. 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:35.579 The following date, 00:01:35.579 --> 00:01:37.640 eight more earthquakes struck, 00:01:38.240 --> 00:01:41.480 making rescue efforts difficult and dangerous. 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:46.000 The chance of finding anybody alive was near to impossible. 00:01:47.520 --> 00:01:51.580 But yet, the community kept on digging. 00:01:52.880 --> 00:01:54.400 Two and a half days later, 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:59.900 a baby was pulled from the rubble without any serious injury. 00:02:01.460 --> 00:02:08.040 Why would anyone risk searching when it is dangerously high 00:02:08.040 --> 00:02:12.420 and the chances of finding anyone alive extremely low? 00:02:14.980 --> 00:02:17.580 Because life matters. 00:02:17.580 --> 00:02:22.880 On the 19th of November, 2016, 00:02:23.160 --> 00:02:24.580 so just over a year ago, 00:02:24.720 --> 00:02:28.060 medical staff in a children's hospital in Aleppo, Syria, 00:02:28.540 --> 00:02:30.480 were going about their normal routine. 00:02:31.340 --> 00:02:34.400 Without warning, a bomb was dropped onto the hospital, 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:37.420 and one journalist captures the scene. 00:02:38.720 --> 00:02:40.720 Nurses and other medical staff 00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:42.939 were seen scrambling through the blackness, 00:02:43.340 --> 00:02:46.760 trying to rush the patients out of the badly damaged hospital 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:49.019 as children cried out for help. 00:02:49.799 --> 00:02:50.620 In another room, 00:02:50.799 --> 00:02:53.639 nurses grabbed babies from damaged incubators, 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:56.280 with one staff member using a cloth 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:58.859 to protect a visibly undernourished child, 00:02:59.340 --> 00:03:01.599 before trying to console a weeping colleague 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:04.019 who was also carrying a newborn. 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:08.000 The nurses later moved the babies to another room, 00:03:08.399 --> 00:03:10.579 putting them on the floor next to each other 00:03:10.579 --> 00:03:12.359 and covering them with blankets. 00:03:13.799 --> 00:03:15.139 At least one of the infants 00:03:15.139 --> 00:03:17.159 still had medical tubes attached. 00:03:18.379 --> 00:03:20.479 Staff told Al Jazeera, 00:03:20.559 --> 00:03:21.819 that's the news agency, 00:03:22.379 --> 00:03:26.339 that all of the babies survived the attack. 00:03:28.179 --> 00:03:31.719 Why is it that we can be so outraged 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:32.819 and full of anger 00:03:32.819 --> 00:03:36.319 when a bomb falls from a plane 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:38.579 onto a children's hospital? 00:03:40.259 --> 00:03:43.639 Because life matters. 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:46.500 When we see life in danger, 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:48.699 we reach out to rescue and protect. 00:03:48.979 --> 00:03:50.719 When we see life cut short, 00:03:50.839 --> 00:03:51.699 we are sad, 00:03:51.819 --> 00:03:52.979 we're angry. 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:54.799 You see, 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:55.699 whoever we are, 00:03:55.799 --> 00:03:56.799 whatever our background, 00:03:57.019 --> 00:03:58.599 religious or non-religious, 00:03:59.879 --> 00:04:00.739 we have this, 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:04.019 what is almost like an in-built conviction 00:04:04.019 --> 00:04:07.179 that life matters, 00:04:08.259 --> 00:04:09.679 that life is precious. 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:11.740 We want to protect life, 00:04:12.040 --> 00:04:12.900 save life, 00:04:13.060 --> 00:04:13.879 keep life. 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:18.680 So why is there a demand in this country 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:21.740 to end life? 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:25.860 How is it that people want to repeal the Eighth Amendment 00:04:25.860 --> 00:04:30.139 and open the door to what will be abortion on demand? 00:04:30.139 --> 00:04:34.839 Why is it that we celebrate the heroes 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:38.979 who risk their lives to save a child from an earthquake, 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:43.099 but yet ridicule and shame those 00:04:43.099 --> 00:04:45.439 who want to keep our constitutional laws 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:46.599 that protect life? 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:51.580 Why is it that we shout and get angry 00:04:51.580 --> 00:04:54.680 outside the door to protect babies and toddlers 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:57.680 who are in danger in war situations, 00:04:58.700 --> 00:05:01.580 but yet march and protest 00:05:01.580 --> 00:05:03.680 when we can't end the life of a baby 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:05.100 before they get out of the womb? 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:10.480 It seems we are in conflict with ourselves. 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:13.900 Simon Coveney, 00:05:14.520 --> 00:05:15.580 our Tornishta, 00:05:16.280 --> 00:05:17.900 if I can understand correctly, 00:05:18.020 --> 00:05:19.780 is certainly a man in conflict. 00:05:21.080 --> 00:05:23.240 He doesn't want abortion on demand, 00:05:24.300 --> 00:05:27.260 but yet he does want to remove the Eighth Amendment. 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:29.540 On the one hand, 00:05:29.660 --> 00:05:30.600 life matters, 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:35.020 but then the laws that protect life 00:05:35.020 --> 00:05:36.580 are to be repealed. 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:39.439 Why is that? 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:41.120 Why that contradiction? 00:05:44.180 --> 00:05:47.260 Well, those who seek to repeal the Eighth 00:05:47.260 --> 00:05:49.120 will say it's different. 00:05:50.060 --> 00:05:52.180 They say that what's in the womb 00:05:52.180 --> 00:05:55.620 is different to what's outside the womb. 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:57.720 But that's not true. 00:05:57.879 --> 00:05:59.460 Medical science is crystal clear 00:05:59.459 --> 00:06:01.199 that life begins at conception. 00:06:02.620 --> 00:06:04.919 The moment the sperm from the father 00:06:04.919 --> 00:06:06.519 meets the egg of the mother, 00:06:06.979 --> 00:06:08.139 life starts. 00:06:09.159 --> 00:06:11.219 All the evidence points to the fact 00:06:11.219 --> 00:06:14.240 that life begins when fertilisation takes place. 00:06:15.259 --> 00:06:17.939 Even those who support abortion believe this. 00:06:19.299 --> 00:06:20.359 Anne Faroudi, 00:06:21.039 --> 00:06:22.560 who is the chief executive 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:25.839 of the largest independent abortion business 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:26.579 in the UK, 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:28.039 said this. 00:06:28.039 --> 00:06:29.139 Here's the quote. 00:06:29.459 --> 00:06:32.659 We can accept that the embryo 00:06:32.659 --> 00:06:34.060 is a living thing 00:06:34.060 --> 00:06:37.219 in the fact that it has a beating heart, 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:40.759 that it has its own genetic system within it. 00:06:41.159 --> 00:06:43.219 It's clearly human in the sense 00:06:43.219 --> 00:06:44.500 that it's not a gerbil. 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:48.979 And we can recognise that it is human life. 00:06:48.980 --> 00:06:52.180 What's in the mother's womb, 00:06:52.180 --> 00:06:52.740 what's in the mother's womb, 00:06:53.300 --> 00:06:55.780 a conception is not just an embryo 00:06:55.780 --> 00:06:57.660 or a living thing. 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:01.600 They are a human life. 00:07:02.819 --> 00:07:06.439 In fact, those who advocate and perform abortions 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:08.900 admit that when an abortion takes place, 00:07:10.020 --> 00:07:12.840 they are in fact killing a life. 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:15.560 Faye Wattleton, 00:07:16.039 --> 00:07:18.779 former president of Planned Parenthood, 00:07:18.919 --> 00:07:22.479 the largest abortion clinic in the US, 00:07:22.539 --> 00:07:23.519 is clear about this. 00:07:23.599 --> 00:07:25.539 Here's what she said. 00:07:26.539 --> 00:07:28.779 I think we have deluded ourselves 00:07:28.779 --> 00:07:30.719 into believing that people don't know 00:07:30.719 --> 00:07:32.599 that abortion is killing. 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:35.819 Remember, this is somebody who supports it. 00:07:35.819 --> 00:07:39.399 So any pretense that abortion is not killing 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:42.040 is a signal of our ambivalence, 00:07:42.139 --> 00:07:43.540 a signal that we cannot say, 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:46.480 yes, it kills a fetus. 00:07:47.099 --> 00:07:48.920 I would want to say a child. 00:07:50.659 --> 00:07:52.500 Of course, people will still argue 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:53.759 that there's a difference 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:55.159 between life in the womb 00:07:55.159 --> 00:07:56.699 and life outside of the womb. 00:07:57.539 --> 00:07:59.560 They will argue that life in the womb is, 00:07:59.980 --> 00:08:01.339 they'll term it in this way, 00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:02.659 a human being, 00:08:02.660 --> 00:08:06.060 but not a human person. 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:09.520 They are denied the dignity 00:08:09.520 --> 00:08:10.840 of their personhood. 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:11.920 In other words, 00:08:12.320 --> 00:08:14.960 killing the life of a human being is okay, 00:08:15.960 --> 00:08:19.060 but it's not okay to kill a human person. 00:08:20.500 --> 00:08:21.500 Now, I don't know about you, 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:24.120 but I can't understand what the difference is. 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:28.920 Surely a human being is a human person. 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:34.259 Well, for those who are on the side of abortion, 00:08:34.500 --> 00:08:37.920 they make the distinction in four ways. 00:08:39.139 --> 00:08:41.940 They talk about size. 00:08:43.019 --> 00:08:46.539 So the life in the womb is different in size 00:08:46.539 --> 00:08:49.080 to life outside the womb. 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:51.840 This is how they try to make the difference. 00:08:52.940 --> 00:08:55.360 Second, they talk about level of development. 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:59.759 That the life in the womb is less developed 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:01.879 than the life outside of the womb. 00:09:04.019 --> 00:09:05.680 Or third, environment. 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:07.600 The life in the womb is living 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:09.600 in a different kind of environment, 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:11.560 the environment of the mother, 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:14.720 than life outside of the womb. 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:19.019 And they talk about degree of dependence. 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:21.980 So the life in the womb has a greater dependence 00:09:21.980 --> 00:09:26.039 than life outside the womb. 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:30.259 Now, to some extent, that is all true. 00:09:31.560 --> 00:09:33.080 But how does size, 00:09:33.899 --> 00:09:35.659 level of development, 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:38.080 environment, degree of dependence 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:40.960 determine whether a person lives or dies? 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:44.080 Each of these four categories 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:49.019 continually changes from conception to death. 00:09:49.019 --> 00:09:51.659 What's the difference in terms of, 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:53.699 well, a baby in the womb 00:09:53.699 --> 00:09:55.539 is different in size to a toddler, 00:09:56.699 --> 00:09:59.600 but a toddler is different in size to a teenager, 00:09:59.699 --> 00:10:02.079 and a teenager is different in size to an adult. 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:06.600 It's the same with dependence. 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:08.659 Of course, a child within the womb 00:10:08.659 --> 00:10:11.120 is dependent on their mother, 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:13.579 but a newborn is equally dependent. 00:10:13.580 --> 00:10:17.060 And as we get older, 00:10:17.180 --> 00:10:18.840 we become dependent again. 00:10:21.660 --> 00:10:24.940 The Christian apologist Alan Shellman 00:10:24.940 --> 00:10:27.180 puts it like this, 00:10:27.580 --> 00:10:31.160 Today, the unborn are victims of discrimination. 00:10:32.180 --> 00:10:33.800 They are a class of human beings 00:10:33.800 --> 00:10:36.060 that are disqualified from being valuable 00:10:36.060 --> 00:10:37.580 based on arbitrary characteristics, 00:10:38.820 --> 00:10:40.840 their size, level of development, 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:41.600 environment, 00:10:42.500 --> 00:10:43.980 and degree of dependency. 00:10:45.259 --> 00:10:46.899 None of these categories 00:10:46.899 --> 00:10:49.200 determines the value or life 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:50.720 or worth of a life. 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:53.620 A life is precious and valuable 00:10:53.620 --> 00:10:56.060 because they are a life. 00:10:58.460 --> 00:11:00.360 Alan Shellman, again. 00:11:01.660 --> 00:11:03.660 He says the pro-life position, 00:11:03.780 --> 00:11:04.580 on the other hand, 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:06.519 is an inclusive view. 00:11:07.160 --> 00:11:07.700 It says, 00:11:07.700 --> 00:11:09.200 No human being, 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:10.780 regardless of size, 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:11.840 skin colour, 00:11:12.160 --> 00:11:13.280 level of development, 00:11:13.640 --> 00:11:14.520 race, gender, 00:11:14.920 --> 00:11:16.520 or place of residence, 00:11:16.900 --> 00:11:18.160 should be excluded 00:11:18.160 --> 00:11:20.320 from the community of human persons. 00:11:21.160 --> 00:11:22.600 This view of humanity 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:23.980 is inclusive 00:11:23.980 --> 00:11:26.140 and wide open to all, 00:11:26.259 --> 00:11:27.379 especially to those 00:11:27.379 --> 00:11:28.379 who are small, 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:29.680 vulnerable, 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:31.540 and defenceless. 00:11:33.680 --> 00:11:35.060 We must be clear 00:11:35.060 --> 00:11:36.820 that those who are seeking 00:11:36.820 --> 00:11:39.640 the repeal of the Eighth Amendment 00:11:39.640 --> 00:11:43.660 is the intentional 00:11:43.660 --> 00:11:45.900 intervention 00:11:45.900 --> 00:11:48.660 to terminate the life 00:11:48.660 --> 00:11:50.320 of an unborn child. 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:53.240 Any other view or opinion 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:54.220 is a lie 00:11:54.220 --> 00:11:56.020 or an illusion. 00:11:56.780 --> 00:11:58.820 It's rejecting the facts of science 00:11:59.500 --> 00:12:01.560 and it's denying 00:12:01.560 --> 00:12:04.200 the beauty of life itself. 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:06.320 It is, 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:07.520 as one author put it, 00:12:07.980 --> 00:12:09.420 the extermination 00:12:09.420 --> 00:12:11.020 of the powerless 00:12:11.020 --> 00:12:13.480 by the powerful. 00:12:14.820 --> 00:12:16.180 The extermination 00:12:16.180 --> 00:12:17.020 of the powerless 00:12:17.020 --> 00:12:19.120 by the powerful. 00:12:20.160 --> 00:12:21.379 So why is life 00:12:21.379 --> 00:12:22.680 so precious? 00:12:24.140 --> 00:12:26.000 Why should we value 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:26.800 the life 00:12:26.800 --> 00:12:28.620 of the unborn? 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:31.480 Well, three things 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:32.180 and then we're going 00:12:32.180 --> 00:12:34.039 to look at three responses. 00:12:34.300 --> 00:12:35.259 So three reasons 00:12:35.259 --> 00:12:36.379 why life is precious 00:12:36.379 --> 00:12:39.200 and then three responses. 00:12:40.139 --> 00:12:41.360 So here's the first one. 00:12:41.560 --> 00:12:42.659 First, all life 00:12:42.659 --> 00:12:43.840 is created by God. 00:12:43.920 --> 00:12:45.159 Let's go to Genesis 1. 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:46.700 If you've got your Bibles there, 00:12:46.820 --> 00:12:48.580 please turn to Genesis 1 00:12:48.580 --> 00:12:50.200 right at the very beginning. 00:12:51.680 --> 00:12:52.659 Genesis 1. 00:12:52.659 --> 00:13:04.699 When God created the world, 00:13:04.779 --> 00:13:06.059 that's how Genesis opens. 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:08.459 God formed it 00:13:08.459 --> 00:13:10.159 with mountains 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:10.799 and rivers 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:11.699 and seas 00:13:11.699 --> 00:13:13.199 and then God 00:13:13.199 --> 00:13:14.039 filled 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:15.399 what he had formed 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:16.360 with animals 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:17.220 and plants 00:13:17.220 --> 00:13:18.039 and stars 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:18.980 and it was all good 00:13:18.980 --> 00:13:19.559 and beautiful. 00:13:20.179 --> 00:13:21.220 But when God came 00:13:21.220 --> 00:13:22.399 to making mankind, 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:23.840 men and women, 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:26.220 it was very, very different. 00:13:26.439 --> 00:13:27.439 Look at chapter 1, 00:13:27.539 --> 00:13:28.740 verse 26. 00:13:31.459 --> 00:13:32.980 Then God said, 00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:34.019 this is coming 00:13:34.019 --> 00:13:34.939 to the conclusion 00:13:34.939 --> 00:13:35.679 of creation, 00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:36.559 God said, 00:13:37.059 --> 00:13:38.799 let us make mankind 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:41.740 in our image, 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:44.399 in our likeness. 00:13:45.439 --> 00:13:47.679 So God didn't make animals 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:48.419 or plants 00:13:48.419 --> 00:13:49.159 or fish 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:50.240 in his image. 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:52.159 They are not like God. 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:54.679 But when God created people, 00:13:54.779 --> 00:13:56.620 he made them uniquely different 00:13:56.620 --> 00:13:58.559 to the rest of all creation. 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:00.120 Because we are made 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:01.199 in God's image, 00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:03.179 we're different 00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:04.299 to the rest of it. 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:06.259 We can relate to God. 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:07.740 We can represent him. 00:14:07.959 --> 00:14:09.459 We can reflect him. 00:14:10.220 --> 00:14:11.579 We are not animals 00:14:11.579 --> 00:14:12.860 that can be put down 00:14:12.860 --> 00:14:13.319 at will 00:14:13.319 --> 00:14:14.139 or rodents 00:14:14.139 --> 00:14:15.399 that are exterminated 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:16.860 because they're spreading disease. 00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:19.220 We are created 00:14:19.220 --> 00:14:20.980 in the image of God 00:14:20.980 --> 00:14:23.220 in his likeness. 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:26.139 We are uniquely different 00:14:26.139 --> 00:14:28.759 to the rest of creation. 00:14:30.680 --> 00:14:31.500 So first, 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.320 we are unique 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:34.019 image bearers. 00:14:34.680 --> 00:14:35.180 Second, 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:36.419 we're very good. 00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:37.440 When God finished 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:38.399 his creation, 00:14:38.560 --> 00:14:39.159 the forming 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:39.820 of the universe 00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:41.240 and the filling 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:42.379 of all that 00:14:42.379 --> 00:14:43.159 he had formed, 00:14:43.300 --> 00:14:44.399 he keeps saying 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:45.019 it's repeated 00:14:45.019 --> 00:14:45.879 time after time. 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:46.659 It was good. 00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.379 It was good. 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:48.259 It was good. 00:14:49.340 --> 00:14:50.500 But after God 00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:51.840 had made mankind, 00:14:52.319 --> 00:14:53.000 chapter 1, 00:14:53.059 --> 00:14:53.799 verse 31, 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:58.019 God saw all 00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.860 that he made 00:14:58.860 --> 00:15:00.620 and it was 00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:01.759 very good. 00:15:02.620 --> 00:15:03.919 It was very good. 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:04.639 The creation 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:05.500 of people 00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:07.220 made in God's image 00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:08.700 is not just good 00:15:08.700 --> 00:15:09.840 like the rest 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:10.519 of creation, 00:15:11.019 --> 00:15:11.779 but it is 00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:13.000 very good. 00:15:14.540 --> 00:15:15.820 Because what God 00:15:15.820 --> 00:15:16.759 creates in 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:17.940 human beings 00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:18.899 made in his image 00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:19.860 are valuable 00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:20.899 and precious 00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:22.259 and beautiful. 00:15:23.779 --> 00:15:24.740 You show a 00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:25.600 scan of a 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:26.580 baby 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:28.540 to anyone 00:15:28.540 --> 00:15:29.960 and the 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.519 immediate 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:31.820 response is 00:15:31.820 --> 00:15:32.940 wow! 00:15:33.940 --> 00:15:34.500 Isn't that 00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:35.080 amazing? 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:37.879 They begin 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:38.360 to ask 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:39.139 questions, 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:39.879 no matter 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:40.800 of the size 00:15:40.800 --> 00:15:41.360 of that little 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:41.700 child. 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.379 Do you know 00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:43.100 if it's a boy 00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:43.740 or a girl? 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:45.740 Everyone 00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.660 recognizes 00:15:46.660 --> 00:15:47.720 the incredible 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:48.360 beauty, 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:49.780 the little 00:15:49.780 --> 00:15:50.900 tiny movements, 00:15:51.520 --> 00:15:52.259 the distinctive 00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:53.100 shape. 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:55.139 A tiny heart 00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:55.759 no bigger 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.660 than a poppy 00:15:56.660 --> 00:15:57.160 seed 00:15:57.160 --> 00:15:58.940 begins 00:15:58.940 --> 00:16:00.420 to beat. 00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.220 People 00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:04.040 made in 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:05.219 God's image 00:16:05.219 --> 00:16:07.599 are very 00:16:07.599 --> 00:16:08.559 good. 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:12.339 So life 00:16:12.339 --> 00:16:13.699 is created 00:16:13.699 --> 00:16:15.500 by God. 00:16:16.959 --> 00:16:17.679 Second, 00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:18.339 life 00:16:18.339 --> 00:16:19.459 is a blessing 00:16:19.459 --> 00:16:20.679 from God. 00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:23.219 Many 00:16:23.219 --> 00:16:23.779 people 00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.620 view children 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.959 as a 00:16:25.959 --> 00:16:26.500 curse, 00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:28.199 not a 00:16:28.199 --> 00:16:28.579 blessing. 00:16:30.319 --> 00:16:31.539 So sometimes 00:16:31.539 --> 00:16:32.120 when a mother 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.919 gets pregnant 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:33.579 they may 00:16:33.579 --> 00:16:34.240 say it's 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:35.159 an unwanted 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:35.979 pregnancy. 00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:37.959 Others 00:16:37.959 --> 00:16:38.360 will say 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:38.839 that this 00:16:38.839 --> 00:16:39.819 new life 00:16:39.819 --> 00:16:40.439 within them 00:16:40.439 --> 00:16:42.299 is interfering 00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:43.179 with their 00:16:43.179 --> 00:16:44.039 lifestyle 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:44.959 choice. 00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:47.659 The child 00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:48.219 that they 00:16:48.219 --> 00:16:48.620 bear 00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:49.379 has become 00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:50.620 a curse. 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:52.459 It must 00:16:52.459 --> 00:16:53.219 be removed, 00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:53.759 it must be 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:54.559 taken away. 00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.679 But God's 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:57.439 perspective is 00:16:57.439 --> 00:16:58.059 so different. 00:16:58.539 --> 00:16:58.879 Children 00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.639 are a 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:00.159 blessing. 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.059 To have 00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:01.659 children 00:17:01.659 --> 00:17:02.379 is a 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:02.860 blessing. 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:04.220 Genesis 00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:05.019 49 00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:05.819 verse 25 00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:06.480 speaks of 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.099 children as 00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:08.839 blessings of 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:09.399 the breast 00:17:09.399 --> 00:17:09.779 in the 00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.059 womb. 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:11.720 Or 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.039 Psalm 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:12.920 127 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:15.240 here's the 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:16.039 quote on 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.619 the screen. 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:17.299 Psalm 00:17:17.299 --> 00:17:17.839 127 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:18.740 verses 3 00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.200 to 5 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:19.480 says 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:20.220 children 00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:20.839 are a 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.279 heritage 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:21.980 from the 00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.379 Lord. 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:24.180 Offspring 00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:25.379 a reward 00:17:25.379 --> 00:17:26.279 from him. 00:17:27.879 --> 00:17:28.200 Blessed 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:28.680 is the 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.180 man who 00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:29.619 is full 00:17:29.619 --> 00:17:29.879 of them. 00:17:29.959 --> 00:17:30.679 Blessed 00:17:30.679 --> 00:17:31.099 is the 00:17:31.099 --> 00:17:31.459 father 00:17:31.459 --> 00:17:31.739 who 00:17:31.739 --> 00:17:32.139 has a 00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:32.519 great 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:32.799 big 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:33.319 family. 00:17:35.459 --> 00:17:36.019 Children 00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.759 are a 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.239 blessing 00:17:37.239 --> 00:17:38.639 not a 00:17:38.639 --> 00:17:39.059 curse. 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.739 They are 00:17:40.739 --> 00:17:41.500 a reward 00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.199 not a 00:17:42.199 --> 00:17:42.699 disgrace. 00:17:43.019 --> 00:17:43.279 They are 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:44.099 a joy 00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:45.939 not a 00:17:45.939 --> 00:17:46.319 burden. 00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.439 You see 00:17:50.439 --> 00:17:50.919 the main 00:17:50.919 --> 00:17:51.599 reason and 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:52.079 you might 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:52.559 want to 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:53.339 come back 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:53.779 to me on 00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.479 this afterwards 00:17:54.479 --> 00:17:55.699 but I 00:17:55.699 --> 00:17:56.079 think the 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.779 main reason 00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.539 for abortion 00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:58.200 has nothing 00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:58.639 to do 00:17:58.639 --> 00:17:59.420 with rights. 00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:01.500 It's all 00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:02.319 about personal 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:03.139 choice. 00:18:04.619 --> 00:18:05.359 That my 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:07.099 life is 00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:08.000 more important 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:09.139 than another 00:18:09.139 --> 00:18:09.579 life. 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:11.799 I don't 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:12.420 want this 00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:13.299 new life 00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:14.740 interfering 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:17.519 or upsetting 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.460 my life. 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.960 So people 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.399 not only 00:18:20.399 --> 00:18:21.139 choose not 00:18:21.139 --> 00:18:21.539 to have 00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:22.119 children but 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.700 they choose 00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:23.940 to end 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.759 their child's 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:25.379 life before 00:18:25.379 --> 00:18:25.940 they're born. 00:18:27.539 --> 00:18:28.240 You see 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.859 children are 00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:29.619 only perceived 00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:30.159 to be an 00:18:30.159 --> 00:18:31.079 inconvenience 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:32.399 because they 00:18:32.399 --> 00:18:33.259 challenge our 00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:34.740 self-centeredness. 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:36.240 We don't 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:36.720 want to give 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:37.139 up our 00:18:37.139 --> 00:18:37.940 independence. 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:38.720 Having 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.680 children means 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.500 I'm not 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:40.980 going to be 00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.440 free to 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:41.879 do what 00:18:41.879 --> 00:18:42.980 I want. 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:44.319 Being 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:45.139 pregnant means 00:18:45.139 --> 00:18:46.099 I no longer 00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:47.019 am able to 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:48.319 pursue my 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:48.980 dreams. 00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.779 Christopher 00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.299 Ash 00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:55.200 an author 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:55.720 puts it 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.180 like this. 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:56.680 This is a 00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:57.279 question he 00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.779 says of 00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.899 lining up 00:18:58.899 --> 00:18:59.599 our values 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:00.319 with God's 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.859 values. 00:19:01.859 --> 00:19:02.500 Do we 00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.119 agree with 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:03.639 the Bible 00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.879 and face 00:19:04.879 --> 00:19:05.599 children with 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.500 arms open 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.200 in gratitude 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.720 for the 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:08.319 blessing of 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:08.659 God? 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.220 Or do we 00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.980 turn our 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.799 face away 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:12.559 from children 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:13.980 and count 00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.720 as curse 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:16.419 what God 00:19:16.419 --> 00:19:17.319 calls a 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:17.740 blessing? 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:20.419 Choosing to 00:19:20.419 --> 00:19:21.200 have children 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:22.059 is a right 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.519 choice. 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:24.319 it is a 00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:24.819 blessing. 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.420 So first 00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:30.059 life is 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:30.980 created by 00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.319 God. 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:31.980 Life is a 00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.680 blessing from 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:33.039 God. 00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.819 And life 00:19:34.819 --> 00:19:35.839 finds purpose 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:36.980 in God. 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.099 You see 00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:38.980 medical science 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.839 is great 00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:41.359 in that it 00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:41.960 can tell us 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.440 that life 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:43.099 begins at 00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:43.680 conception. 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:44.480 We can 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.160 see on a 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:45.700 screen a 00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.319 little tiny 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:47.059 heart beating. 00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:47.779 We can 00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.539 see the 00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.039 fingerprints. 00:19:49.319 --> 00:19:49.579 We can 00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:50.980 see the 00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:51.819 baby develop. 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:54.460 science can't 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.019 tell us the 00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:56.259 meaning or 00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:57.039 the purpose 00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.680 for life. 00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.259 We can 00:19:59.259 --> 00:20:00.000 only find the 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.599 purpose for 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:01.599 life in 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.059 God. 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.799 Look again at 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.559 Genesis chapter 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:10.099 1 verse 28. 00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:14.839 verse 28. 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.399 So after the 00:20:15.399 --> 00:20:17.019 creation of 00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.959 the first man 00:20:17.959 --> 00:20:18.599 and woman, 00:20:20.199 --> 00:20:21.980 verse 28 says 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.859 God blessed 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:24.059 them and 00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.619 said to 00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:24.879 them, 00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.879 be fruitful 00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:27.740 and increase 00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.299 in number. 00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:29.619 The very, 00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.599 very first 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:31.399 command that 00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:32.299 God gives 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:33.740 to the first 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.219 man and 00:20:34.219 --> 00:20:34.459 woman, 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:35.319 and we get 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:35.839 the second 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:37.459 account or a 00:20:37.459 --> 00:20:38.059 fuller account 00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:39.019 in Genesis 2 00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.420 where Adam 00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:39.779 and Eve 00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.559 are brought 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.259 together in 00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.819 marriage. 00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.019 But the 00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.599 first command 00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:43.920 that he 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:44.379 makes to 00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:44.940 this first 00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.819 married couple 00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:47.559 is go and 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:48.400 make babies, 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.299 have children. 00:20:50.879 --> 00:20:51.680 And here's 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.420 the purpose. 00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.639 When God 00:20:54.639 --> 00:20:55.440 created the 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:55.960 first man, 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.339 Adam, 00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:58.079 he placed 00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:58.660 him in the 00:20:58.660 --> 00:21:00.440 garden to 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:01.299 love God 00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:02.099 and serve 00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:02.700 God, to 00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.359 work for 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:03.700 him and 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.220 live for 00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.460 him. 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.240 So look at 00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.960 chapter 2 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.839 verse 15. 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:09.819 The Lord 00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.480 God took 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:10.959 the man 00:21:10.959 --> 00:21:11.699 and put 00:21:11.699 --> 00:21:12.059 him in 00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.619 the garden 00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.019 of Eden 00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.779 to work 00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.159 it and 00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:14.959 to take 00:21:14.959 --> 00:21:15.599 care of 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:15.899 it. 00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.339 He's 00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:18.099 reflecting 00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.619 the very 00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.559 nature of 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:19.879 God. 00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:20.879 He's 00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.559 being what 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.039 God has 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:22.740 called him 00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.259 to be. 00:21:26.679 --> 00:21:27.220 Again, 00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:27.759 Christopher 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.199 Ash, 00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.059 in his 00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.399 book, 00:21:29.639 --> 00:21:30.039 Married 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.679 for God, 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:31.879 puts it 00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.599 like this. 00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:33.699 You can 00:21:33.699 --> 00:21:34.179 follow the 00:21:34.179 --> 00:21:34.639 quote on 00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:35.079 the screen. 00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:35.740 The job 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.919 of caring 00:21:36.919 --> 00:21:37.399 for the 00:21:37.399 --> 00:21:38.099 garden was 00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:38.819 too big 00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.500 for Adam, 00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.279 the gardener, 00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:40.720 to do on 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.159 his own, 00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:42.059 and so 00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.839 Eve is 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.399 given to 00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:44.119 work alongside 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:44.720 him as 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.259 his helper. 00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.779 Alongside 00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.519 her contribution 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.379 to work 00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:49.519 as an equal 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.240 human being 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.319 alongside Adam, 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.399 it is her 00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:53.379 unique privilege 00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.259 to bear and 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:55.139 nurture children 00:21:55.139 --> 00:21:55.960 and so 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.799 increase the 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.599 gardening 00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.059 team. 00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:00.079 Together, 00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.659 Adam and 00:22:00.659 --> 00:22:01.279 Eve are to 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:02.159 serve God, 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:03.299 but still 00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:03.799 it's like 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:04.639 the task 00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.200 is too 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.700 big on 00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.099 their own. 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.539 It's too 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.079 much for 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.220 them. 00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.740 The team 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.119 has got 00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:10.079 to increase 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:11.819 and that's 00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.359 why God 00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:12.839 gives them 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.539 the command 00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.039 and says, 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.079 go and 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.700 be fruitful. 00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.440 That's why 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.059 God gives 00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.460 them the 00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.279 blessing of 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.680 children. 00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.819 They are 00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.259 to have 00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:22.119 more children 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:22.740 so that 00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.539 the children 00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.419 can join 00:22:24.419 --> 00:22:25.859 the gardening 00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.399 team, 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:26.940 as it were. 00:22:28.139 --> 00:22:28.779 Of course, 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.259 that's not 00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.839 to say that 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.159 we're all 00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.559 to be in 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.419 the horticultural 00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.960 club or 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.440 to become 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:34.180 farmers. 00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.840 It's kind 00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:37.200 of giving 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.779 an imagery, 00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.480 a picture, 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.680 it's symbolism 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.480 of all that 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:40.900 God has 00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.400 called us 00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:41.820 to be, 00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:43.080 that God's 00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:43.700 purpose for 00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.200 life for 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.100 human beings, 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.660 for people 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.160 like us, 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:47.080 is that we 00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:47.680 too should 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.360 love him, 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.180 that we 00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.580 too were 00:22:49.580 --> 00:22:50.400 created to 00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.400 serve him, 00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.940 to live 00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.460 for him. 00:22:54.800 --> 00:22:55.160 You see, 00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:55.700 God is 00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.340 seeking to 00:22:56.340 --> 00:22:57.259 build a 00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.080 worldwide 00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:59.500 family that 00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.620 crosses 00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:01.459 boundaries 00:23:01.459 --> 00:23:02.439 and cultures 00:23:02.439 --> 00:23:03.299 and religions 00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:04.139 and races 00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.979 and languages. 00:23:05.479 --> 00:23:05.759 He is 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.359 calling 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:07.219 together a 00:23:07.219 --> 00:23:07.779 worldwide 00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:09.299 family who 00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.000 will love 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.500 him, 00:23:11.699 --> 00:23:12.139 who will 00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:13.059 serve him 00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:14.299 and make 00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:14.659 him the 00:23:14.659 --> 00:23:15.279 centre of 00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:15.919 their lives 00:23:15.919 --> 00:23:16.279 and their 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.779 world. 00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.099 You see, 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:19.299 life finds 00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.059 its purpose 00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.839 and meaning 00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:22.399 in God. 00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.719 We know 00:23:27.719 --> 00:23:28.239 from their 00:23:28.239 --> 00:23:29.519 creation story 00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:32.240 that although 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.940 God gave 00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.680 these commands, 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.379 life didn't 00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:36.099 go as 00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:37.420 God had 00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.019 intended. 00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.059 Man 00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.579 rebelled. 00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.519 Adam rebelled 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.160 against God 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.480 and said, 00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:42.879 God, I 00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.460 don't want 00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:43.960 you being 00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.359 God, 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:44.839 I want 00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.139 to be 00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.379 God, 00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:45.799 I want 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.139 to make 00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:46.619 choices 00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.299 and decisions 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.079 for myself. 00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.839 And we 00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.480 have followed 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.440 in Adam's 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.000 path. 00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.200 We too 00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.660 have been 00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.339 born with 00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.259 sin, 00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:57.119 we're 00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:57.599 broken, 00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.159 we're 00:23:58.159 --> 00:23:58.779 people who 00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.500 do exactly 00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.079 the same. 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.759 We want 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.259 to play 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.819 God. 00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.419 We want 00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:03.799 to make 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.480 the rules 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.159 for life 00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:06.619 and what 00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.339 I can do 00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.859 with my 00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.279 life. 00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.879 We don't 00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.519 want God 00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.159 telling us 00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:11.459 how we 00:24:11.459 --> 00:24:11.799 should live, 00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.259 I want 00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.619 to make 00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:12.980 my 00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.500 choices. 00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:18.599 that's 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.240 why we 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.720 need to 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.819 be born 00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.339 again. 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.619 That's 00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:23.059 why we 00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.740 all need 00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.900 this new 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.440 life. 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:26.900 Remember 00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.359 what we 00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.920 talked about 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.180 at the 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.759 very beginning 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.420 this morning? 00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.160 Turn with 00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.640 me please 00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:32.279 to John's 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.640 Gospel 00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.500 chapter 1 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:35.559 where we 00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.319 started this 00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.680 morning. 00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.220 John's 00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.519 Gospel 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.339 chapter 1 00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:40.079 verse 11 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:41.759 and verse 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.680 12. 00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:46.619 You see 00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.220 the world 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.900 is the 00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.380 way that 00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:49.019 it is 00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:51.480 because we 00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.019 have pushed 00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.599 God out 00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.119 and put 00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.640 ourselves 00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.420 in place 00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:54.960 of God. 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.720 That's 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.579 why our 00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.140 country 00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:59.299 is wanting 00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.299 to repeal 00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:00.819 the eighth 00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.700 and make 00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.380 choices and 00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.039 decisions for 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.720 themselves and 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.339 ignore what 00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.019 God says 00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.900 because we 00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.460 want to be 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.859 God. 00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.839 And the 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.500 only way 00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.380 that that's 00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:11.160 truly ever 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.680 going to 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.400 change 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:15.200 is when 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.840 people are 00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:16.580 born again 00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:17.280 into God's 00:25:17.280 --> 00:25:17.840 family when 00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:18.259 they begin 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.800 to see the 00:25:18.800 --> 00:25:19.320 world from 00:25:19.320 --> 00:25:19.800 God's 00:25:19.800 --> 00:25:20.360 perspective. 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.500 And they 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.840 need to 00:25:22.840 --> 00:25:23.300 change, 00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:23.780 that is they 00:25:23.780 --> 00:25:24.140 need to 00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.500 humble 00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.000 themselves 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.680 before God 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.300 and repent 00:25:26.300 --> 00:25:27.600 and turn 00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:27.980 to him. 00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.860 Each one 00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.160 of us, 00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.720 myself, 00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.320 yourself, 00:25:30.560 --> 00:25:31.200 all of us 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.680 need to. 00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.720 So look at 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.200 John chapter 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.840 1 verse 00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.640 11. 00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.060 This is 00:25:36.060 --> 00:25:36.780 talking about 00:25:36.780 --> 00:25:37.540 Jesus who 00:25:37.540 --> 00:25:37.940 came, 00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.140 who was 00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:40.460 himself born 00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.140 into this 00:25:41.140 --> 00:25:42.759 world through 00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.319 his mother 00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.779 Mary. 00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:46.579 John chapter 00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.160 1 verse 00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.480 11. 00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.019 He came to 00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.600 that which 00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:50.079 was his 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:51.140 own, to 00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.640 his own 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:53.640 people, but 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.000 his own 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.680 people didn't 00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.420 receive him. 00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.980 But yet to 00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.980 all who did 00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.920 receive him, 00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.380 to all those 00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:02.100 who accepted 00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.539 him, who 00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.440 believed in 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.819 him, who 00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:05.039 entrusted 00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.700 their life 00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.200 to him, 00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.519 he gave 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.059 the right 00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.680 to become 00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.440 children of 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:10.799 God. 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.660 Children born 00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.059 not of 00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:14.119 natural descent, 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.359 nor of a 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.220 human decision, 00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.099 or a 00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.720 husband's 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.139 will, but 00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:19.639 born of 00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.139 God. 00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:21.980 You see, 00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:23.019 each one of 00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.660 us here have 00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.559 a story in 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.139 terms of our 00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:26.180 natural birth, 00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.879 a decision on 00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.579 behalf of our 00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:30.440 parents, that 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.259 we were born 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.900 into this 00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.279 world. 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.240 Yes, God 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.819 is sovereign 00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.460 over that 00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:36.720 life, but 00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.359 this new 00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:37.759 life, 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:39.299 this new 00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.839 life from 00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.379 God, where 00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:41.039 we change 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.539 from living 00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.220 for ourselves 00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:42.680 and living 00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.400 for him, 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.680 that too is 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.559 a supernatural 00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.480 work of 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.900 God, not 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.460 something that 00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.359 I can decide 00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:51.000 for myself 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.839 or choose 00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.599 for myself. 00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:55.200 It's only 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.140 enabled by 00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.799 the Holy 00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.599 Spirit who 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:59.059 helps me to 00:26:59.059 --> 00:27:00.859 see that I 00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.500 need to turn 00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.379 my life around 00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:02.940 and to go 00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.599 the way of 00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:06.059 God, to 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.740 believe in 00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.180 his Son, 00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.600 the Lord 00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.340 Jesus Christ, 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.759 that when 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.360 he came, 00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.200 he didn't 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.660 come to 00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.560 take life, 00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.960 but the 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.320 Son who 00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:15.799 came to 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.860 give his 00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.940 life for 00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:19.759 all, to 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.120 give his 00:27:20.120 --> 00:27:20.539 life for 00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.140 people like 00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.519 you and 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.900 me, to 00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.299 give his 00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.799 life for 00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.420 those who 00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:26.220 have had an 00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.880 abortion, to 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.220 give his 00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.620 life for 00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.220 those who 00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.279 are wanting 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.039 to repeal 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.400 the AIDS, 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.019 to give his 00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.480 life for 00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:31.940 those who 00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:33.240 perform an 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.660 abortion. 00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:36.040 He's 00:27:36.040 --> 00:27:36.380 saying, you 00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.960 know what, I 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.460 have come 00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.940 into this 00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.519 world to 00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.720 take the 00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.420 blame for 00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.980 all the 00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.620 wrong things 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:41.980 that you 00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.480 have done, 00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:44.700 so that 00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.220 you can be 00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.660 forgiven, 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.560 so that 00:27:47.560 --> 00:27:47.920 you can 00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.660 have life, 00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.060 so that 00:27:50.060 --> 00:27:50.460 you can 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.920 now live 00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.680 my way 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:53.400 and do 00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:53.759 what is 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.420 right and 00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:54.840 good. 00:27:56.580 --> 00:27:57.440 The only 00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:58.400 solution that 00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.100 I can think 00:27:59.100 --> 00:27:59.420 of, we 00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.720 can have 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.160 all our 00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:01.000 arguments from 00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.660 science, 00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:03.060 we can 00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:03.440 have all 00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.060 the pictures 00:28:04.060 --> 00:28:04.519 that we 00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.220 want, the 00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:06.120 ugliness and 00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.800 the brutality 00:28:06.800 --> 00:28:07.519 of some of 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.140 those pictures, 00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.860 but the 00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.240 only thing 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.660 that's really 00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:10.960 going to 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.480 change the 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.340 human heart 00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:14.440 is the 00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.000 good news 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.519 of Jesus 00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.220 Christ who 00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.680 has come 00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.100 to give 00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:17.600 his life 00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:18.400 for us. 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.400 This is 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:21.840 God's 00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.500 purpose for 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.040 each and 00:28:23.040 --> 00:28:23.560 every new 00:28:23.560 --> 00:28:24.000 life, 00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.600 that every 00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.519 child born 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.060 into this 00:28:27.060 --> 00:28:27.640 world would 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.300 turn to 00:28:28.300 --> 00:28:28.700 the Lord 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:30.160 Jesus and 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.820 become part 00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:31.060 of his 00:28:31.060 --> 00:28:31.640 worldwide 00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:33.080 family, of 00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:33.720 loving him 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.400 and serving 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.740 him. 00:28:35.060 --> 00:28:35.640 That's why 00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.040 we have 00:28:36.040 --> 00:28:36.519 children. 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.080 That's why 00:28:38.080 --> 00:28:38.759 we protect 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.340 life and 00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:40.220 save life and 00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.900 treasure life. 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.700 We want 00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.540 children born 00:28:42.540 --> 00:28:43.080 into this 00:28:43.080 --> 00:28:43.700 world so 00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.140 they can 00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:45.200 enjoy God 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.220 and know 00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:47.420 him and 00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.060 love him. 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.320 So three 00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:53.180 reasons why 00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.660 we should 00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.980 protect and 00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.880 value life. 00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.420 Life is 00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:57.140 created by 00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.800 God, life 00:28:57.800 --> 00:28:58.120 is a 00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.519 blessing, 00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.440 and life 00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.180 finds purpose 00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.799 in God. 00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.799 Very quickly, 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.400 I know our 00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:04.960 time is 00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.680 moving on. 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.000 I just want 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.220 to give 00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:07.340 three responses 00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:08.320 to life. 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.500 Three things. 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.580 First, we 00:29:11.580 --> 00:29:12.519 should celebrate 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.080 life. 00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:14.080 Life is a 00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:15.000 beautiful gift 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.640 from God. 00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:16.940 Children are a 00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.759 blessing and a 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.680 reward and a 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.039 joy. 00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:21.000 Yes, parenting 00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.019 can be difficult. 00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:22.980 Yes, our 00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.640 children may 00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.420 struggle through 00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.680 life. 00:29:25.080 --> 00:29:25.779 Yes, our 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.640 children may be 00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.420 born with a 00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:28.039 disability. 00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.420 But all 00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:31.019 life is 00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.759 precious and 00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.480 valuable, so 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.940 we should 00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:34.160 celebrate the 00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:35.200 gift of 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.620 life. 00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:37.840 Protect 00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:38.660 life. 00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.360 I encourage 00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.960 us, as 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.500 Anne was 00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.380 encouraging us 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.539 to make 00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.539 that priority 00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.800 for keeping 00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:46.440 the Eighth 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.740 Amendment, to 00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.560 speak up for 00:29:48.560 --> 00:29:49.160 the unborn. 00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.220 Be a voice 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.980 for those who 00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.640 cannot yet 00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.200 talk. 00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:53.920 Don't be 00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:55.000 silent on this 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.360 issue. 00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:57.459 you know 00:29:57.459 --> 00:29:57.619 what? 00:29:57.679 --> 00:29:58.099 I think we 00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.579 need to do 00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.000 more. 00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:00.439 It's not 00:30:00.439 --> 00:30:01.179 just enough to 00:30:01.179 --> 00:30:02.099 say no to 00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.599 abortion. 00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:04.399 We need to 00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:05.379 come in grace 00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:06.719 and mercy 00:30:06.719 --> 00:30:07.819 and compassion 00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:09.459 and provide a 00:30:09.459 --> 00:30:10.339 shelter and a 00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:11.240 refuge for those 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.259 who have had an 00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.099 abortion, for 00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.639 those who are 00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.500 struggling and 00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.500 find it difficult. 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.459 We need to 00:30:17.459 --> 00:30:18.059 love them. 00:30:20.979 --> 00:30:22.240 We also, and I 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.839 think this is 00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.500 true as we 00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.759 think into the 00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:26.420 future, that I 00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.220 think together 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:28.200 the church in 00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:29.640 this country, in 00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:30.619 this land in 00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.839 which we live, I 00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.400 think we will 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.980 need to be 00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.859 investing our 00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:35.259 resources, financial 00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:37.140 resources, into 00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:38.700 providing centres of 00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:40.460 care, homes where 00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:42.099 young mums who 00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:43.559 are struggling with 00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.460 a child and have 00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.559 nowhere to go and 00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.819 are going to be 00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.879 finding it 00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.259 difficult. 00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.039 We need to 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.420 provide a place 00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.039 where they can 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.700 come and be 00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.700 looked after and 00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.440 walked through and 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.960 say, you know 00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.460 what, when you 00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.759 have your baby, we 00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.620 will stand there 00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.160 with you. 00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:58.460 It's not enough 00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.420 for us to say 00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.980 no. 00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.539 We need to 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.980 think in terms of 00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.779 building these 00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.620 centres that will 00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.799 be fully equipped 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.240 and staffed to 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.019 look after the 00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:11.039 most vulnerable of 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.860 our society. 00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.440 That's where we 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.100 need to go. 00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.680 And third, adopt 00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.140 life. 00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.940 You see, again, 00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.880 it's not enough to 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.740 say it's wrong 00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:25.360 and start pointing 00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:25.920 fingers. 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:28.160 We need to be 00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:29.080 prepared to open 00:31:29.080 --> 00:31:30.000 our homes, to 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:31.700 adopt children, to 00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:34.539 foster children, to 00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.519 say to those who 00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.720 for various reasons 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.900 can't manage to 00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.620 care for their 00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:39.400 children, who 00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.360 perhaps haven't had 00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:41.259 the privilege of 00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.580 some of us in the 00:31:42.580 --> 00:31:43.559 homes that we were 00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:45.900 raised, to say, I 00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.980 will care for your 00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:48.620 son, I will care for 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.219 your daughter. 00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:52.199 What a beautiful 00:31:52.199 --> 00:31:53.359 and precious gift 00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:55.479 to care for life. 00:31:58.159 --> 00:31:59.359 A beautiful and 00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.339 precious gift to 00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:01.179 care for little 00:32:01.179 --> 00:32:01.619 children. 00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:05.159 As I think about 00:32:05.159 --> 00:32:06.439 these three responses 00:32:06.439 --> 00:32:07.519 celebrating life, 00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:08.619 protecting life, 00:32:09.159 --> 00:32:10.259 not just speaking 00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:12.000 out, not just 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.979 putting my tick in 00:32:12.979 --> 00:32:14.439 the box when it 00:32:14.439 --> 00:32:16.099 comes to vote, but 00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:17.059 thinking of where I'll 00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:18.359 put my resources in 00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:19.559 building a place of 00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:21.079 care and being 00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.980 equipped to look 00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.740 after people. 00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.980 Thinking about 00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:27.159 looking after other 00:32:27.159 --> 00:32:29.599 children, adopting 00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.299 them into your 00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.720 family. 00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:32.859 As I reflect on 00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.839 that, I have some 00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:35.819 serious, serious 00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.700 thinking to do. 00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:39.319 And I think we 00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:40.399 all, as God's 00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:41.240 people, have some 00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.700 serious thinking to 00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:42.919 do. 00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:46.519 God has given 00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.160 us life. 00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.420 We are to 00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.360 protect life. 00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.980 We are to show 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:54.019 people the way of 00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.860 life through the 00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.980 Lord Jesus Christ. 00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:59.519 We need to pray. 00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:03.340 In our news sheet 00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:05.620 this morning, if you 00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:06.519 open up into the 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.180 middle pages, 00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:16.379 there's a number 00:33:16.379 --> 00:33:17.460 of prayers that 00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.180 are written 00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.559 there. 00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:20.139 If you haven't 00:33:20.139 --> 00:33:20.799 got one and you 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.440 need to get one, 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.220 please do. 00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:25.079 But there's a 00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.740 number of different 00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.740 prayers all the way 00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.660 down the page. 00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.660 And I'm just 00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.420 simply going to 00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.359 invite us now, 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.139 where we are, 00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:32.759 to pray. 00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:35.539 It may be just 00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.799 simply, if you 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.660 find it hard to 00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.519 pray out loud, 00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.759 just to simply 00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:41.579 read the prayer 00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.240 that's written 00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.579 there. 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:45.079 They can just be 00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.940 short prayers, 00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.819 to thank God 00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.440 for life, 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:49.039 to pray for our 00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:49.619 government, to 00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:50.680 pray for the 00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.819 pro-life organisation, 00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.960 to pray for people 00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:54.759 like Anne and the 00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.500 work that they are 00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:55.859 doing. 00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.700 Let's pray. 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.700 together. 00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.440 Father, 00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:12.179 we declare 00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.559 that you are 00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:15.420 a good God. 00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.920 You are our 00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.820 creator God. 00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:22.579 You made us 00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.860 and you formed us. 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:27.820 You delight in us. 00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:30.280 You take pleasure 00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:30.960 in us. 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:34.840 You give us the 00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.559 breath that we 00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.079 breathe. 00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.659 You give us 00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.559 health and strength. 00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.539 You sustain us 00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.320 and keep us. 00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:45.659 You are an 00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.460 amazing God. 00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.800 And not only 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.539 have you given us 00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.420 physical life, 00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.240 but through your 00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.659 Son, 00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:55.199 you have given us 00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:56.079 new and eternal 00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.599 life. 00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:59.199 forgiveness of all 00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.819 of our sin. 00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:02.239 So that we 00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.960 might know you 00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.900 and enjoy you 00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:06.099 in a personal 00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.719 and intimate 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.159 way. 00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:10.259 That we might 00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:11.000 enjoy your 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.940 eternal kingdom 00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:14.719 of a world 00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.179 where 00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:17.759 there will never 00:35:17.759 --> 00:35:18.940 be again 00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.519 the death 00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.579 of an unborn. 00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:23.319 never again 00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:23.920 will an old 00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.719 person die. 00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:27.179 But life 00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.840 will go on 00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.759 as you 00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.400 planned and 00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.019 you determined 00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.599 at the very 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.000 beginning. 00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:32.639 You will put 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.380 all things 00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:33.799 right. 00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.199 Father, 00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:38.059 we are sorry 00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.860 for the times 00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.460 we have been 00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:39.940 silent. 00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.400 Please forgive 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:42.860 us. 00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.340 Father, 00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.139 we are sorry 00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.940 for the times 00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.559 we have 00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:50.039 given off 00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:51.780 and complained 00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:54.760 and spoken 00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.920 harshly to 00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.720 our children 00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:59.659 and not 00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.300 treated them 00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:01.000 as a blessing 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.760 that they are. 00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:05.179 Forgive us, 00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:05.800 Father. 00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:08.099 Help us to 00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.820 treasure life, 00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.500 to celebrate 00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.059 life, 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.000 to nurture 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.539 life. 00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.880 We pray 00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.480 for your help 00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:16.840 in doing 00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.340 this. 00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.280 Amen. 00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.039 I just 00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.760 leave an 00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.380 open time 00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.860 now for 00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.300 those who 00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:23.639 would like 00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.360 to respond 00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:25.619 in prayer. 00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:25.679 Amen. 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:46.920 Amen.