Taking Your Next Step In Following Jesus Christ

People will have specific questions that we need to be prepared to answer. On this episode we talk through these two:

• Shouldn’t abortion be allowed in cases of rape and incest?

• Doesn’t a woman have a right to her own body? (My body, my choice.)

In this episode, we talk about some practical tools you can use to engage people in conversation such as: using logical reasoning, engaging with questions, bringing in the toddler, and revealing the forgiveness and healing found in the Gospel.

Satan has placed a mental block, according to 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, in people's minds in order to prevent the truth from being received. Our goal is to identify what that mental block is and try to remove it. Our goal is to engage people in conversation not to silence them. To do so, we must present the truth in love and compassion. This can open up a dialogue to discover the mental block and to share the truth to remove it. 

What determines when a person receives the right to life that every other human being possesses? Is it based on the size of the human? Is it based on the level of development? Is it based on its location or its degree of dependence upon another human being. These are the criteria that pro-choice and pro-abortion advocates insist a human must meet before it can have human rights. If this is the case then there is no such thing as human equality. It would be based on what a person can do or not do.

The abortion issues boils down the this question, What is the unborn? How we answer this questions will determine how we answer the issue of abortion. On this episode, we will establish that the unborn is a distinct human being and not some other kind of thing that transitions into a human being after delivery. We will also establish that the unborn is living from the moment of conception. To say otherwise goes against the findings of science.

The Personhood Theory driving abortion produces inequality among humans! If a human being becomes a person who has the right to life based on degree of any kind then all humans are not equal. Humans do not receive their value and dignity based on what they can do but rather on the kind of thing they are - a human being.   

Have you ever wondered how people who are pro-abortion and pro-choice can be so passionate on their view. What is their basis or starting point? Everyone has a worldview that is their starting point for determine everything else in life. The Secular Worldview produces  the Personhood theory which is the driving force behind abortion and also other social issues. Even many Christians are adopting the personhood theory. 

As believers, we have a foundation for our view on abortion. It is not relative to what we think, prefer, or want. Our view is based on what God says. This episode examines just exactly what God says about abortion which will establish a strong foundation as we move forward to communicate with others on this issue.

Words and definitions have meaning. Thoughts and beliefs are comprised of these words and the meaning each carries. How we discuss and talk about abortion is vital to having a correct understanding of this issue. We will talk about misleading definitions and establishing an accurate definition. We will see how pro-choice/pro-abortion proponents try to make abortion sound as common and non-violent as possible. Lastly, we will examine what science says about when life begins. 

Doing nothing on a moral issue is not being neutral, it is neglect. The moral issue we want to discuss in the upcoming weeks is abortion. It is easy to get weary and tired of the debate, the politics of abortion, the media, the semantics, the differing sides, and the emotions. If we are not careful we can become numb and apathetic towards this issue especially if abortion never affects us personally. Jesus teaches us in Luke 10:30-37 that remaining neutral on a moral issue is neglect.  

Living like Jesus is a lifestyle that we have to adopt or put on. It deals with taking Jesus serious not only as a Savior but as a teacher. Jesus lived the most joyful, fulfilled, and purpose driven life ever lived on earth. Living like Jesus is making the most of your life.

Living like Jesus is a lifestyle that we have to adopt or put on. It deals with taking Jesus serious not only as a Savior but as a teacher. Jesus lived the most joyful, fulfilled, and purpose driven life ever lived on earth. Living like Jesus is making the most of your life.

There is one element in the process of becoming like Jesus that we can resist very hard and that is change. We will talk through our resistance to change and why it is a requirement in the process of becoming like Jesus.

After adjusting our lives to remove the distractions and busyness, we are now prepared for the next step of becoming like Jesus. On this episode, we talk about the step of desire followed by the step of obedience in our pursuit to become like Jesus.

Does the Sabbath have any relevance to believers in 2022? While Christians are not under the Jewish law to keep the Saturday Sabbath, there is a tremendous principle we learn that can help us be physically, emotionally, and spiritual healthy people. Applying the Sabbath principle to our lives will help us to be with Jesus.