byFaith | Summer 2013
By Alan Dowd

Our culture may treat human life like trash, but Scripture reminds us why human life is sacred:

Because God created life
Genesis tells us that God created man in His image and blessed humanity with a part of Himself—“the breath of life.” John writes, “Through Him all things were made.” According to David, God actually knits us together in the womb. Solomon explains that God puts eternity in our hearts. And Paul points to conscience as evidence that God’s signature is written on every heart. 

Because God entered into life
Not only did God breathe our first breath, He became Immanuel, “God with us.” He actually entered into our humanness. By becoming one of the created, He made an unequivocal statement about the sacredness of His crowning creation.

Because God is synonymous with life
Jesus equates Himself with life. “I am the way, the truth and the life,” He proclaims. Just as earthly life comes from God, so does eternal life.

So, we should not take life outside the narrow parameters defined in scripture, or tolerate the taking of life outside those parameters, or minimize the taking of life through culture.