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(DEUT. 35:30) “WHOSO KILLS ANY PERSON, THE MURDERER SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH BY
THE MOUTH OF WITNESSES: BUT ONE WITNESS SHALL NOT TESTIFY AGAINST ANY PERSON TO
CAUSE HIM TO DIE.
(31) “MOREOVER YOU SHALL TAKE NO SATISFACTION FOR THE LIFE OF A MURDERER, WHICH
IS GUILTY OF DEATH: BUT HE SHALL BE SURELY PUT TO DEATH.
(32) “AND YOU SHALL TAKE NO SATISFACTION FOR HIM WHO IS FLED TO THE CITY OF
HIS REFUGE, THAT HE SHOULD COME AGAIN TO DWELL IN THE LAND, UNTIL THE DEATH OF
THE PRIEST.
(33) “SO YOU SHALL NOT POLLUTE THE LAND WHEREIN YOU ARE: FOR BLOOD IT DEFILES THE
LAND: AND THE LAND CANNOT BE CLEANSED OF THE BLOOD THAT IS SHED THEREIN, BUT BY
THE BLOOD OF HIM WHO SHED IT.
(34) “DEFILE NOT THEREFORE THE LAND WHICH YOU SHALL INHABIT, WHEREIN I
DWELL: FOR I THE LORD DWELL AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.”
The diagram is:
1. Under the Law of Moses, there had to be two or more eyewitnesses to the crime before the person could
be put to death; one eyewitness was not enough; such shows the high value that God placed upon life.
2. If there are two or more personal witnesses to the Capital crime, the guilty person is to be put to death.
3. If the person is a murderer, he cannot claim safety and protection in one of the cities of refuge, as could one who had accidentally killed another. This means that the cities of refuge were to never be a haven for murderers.
4. If a person commits cold-blooded murder, and there are two or more eyewitnesses, such a person must
be executed; to not take proper steps in such situations pollutes the land; so that means, regarding the untold thousands of abortions performed each year in the United States, that the land is polluted with blood; one day God will demand payment.
5. The Thirty-fourth Verse proclaims the fact that God declared that He dwelt in the land of Israel, even “among the Children of Israel.” This was under the Old Law; however, it applies
presently to the nations of the world, which consider themselves to be predominantly Christian. God does not change, even as God cannot change.



CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
The Holy Spirit writes of these “cities of refuge” in Exodus, Chapter 21; Numbers, Chapter 35; Deuteronomy,
Chapters 4 and 19; and Joshua, Chapter 20. Verse Thirty says, “The murderer shall be put to death.”
This Law was given in Genesis 9:6. It was continued under the New Covenant in Romans 13:1-7.
The Thirty-third Verse says, “For blood it defiles the land.” It means that blood unlawfully shed defiles
the land. Therefore, even near the dawn of time, God commanded
that murderers should be executed. It continued under the Law, and, as well, into the Age of Grace, which
covers us at this present time. However, and as stated, under the Old Testament Law, there had to be two or more witnesses to a Capital crime before execution could be carried out. One witness was not deemed to be sufficient (Vs. 30; Deut. 17:6).
Some argue that Capital punishment does not deter crime and, therefore, should be stricken from the books.
They are right in one respect, it does not deter crime, and is not meant to deter crime, but is meant to show the sanctity of life. God places a very high premium on life, and for life to be wantonly taken, cannot be
condoned. And yet, there were very few people executed under Old Testament Law, and because of the two or more witnesses rule.
IS ABORTION MURDER?
In the rare instances where abortion would have to be performed to save the life of the mother, it would not
be counted by God as murder. Otherwise, it is! It should be understood, abortion is sin. It is the
equivalent of murder, in this instance, the murder of an unborn infant.
For long centuries no decent person, and certainly no respective Christian, have advocated killing an unborn
baby. Like any other act of killing, it is murder. This is the Law of civilized nations, and more important, it is
the Law of God. Yet now, godless people are saying, “kill the baby. It will be good for the mother’s mental health. She doesn’t want the child. She has become pregnant (much of
the time) because of the sin of fornication and adultery. She doesn’t want to feed, clothe, or rear the child.” She will then go to a doctor and pay him to kill the unwanted baby, and somehow greed will still the conscience.

ABORTION IS MURDER
All murder is wrong. In the Old Testament, even before the Law, God said, “Whoso sheds man’s blood, by
man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made He man” (Gen. 9:6). Under the Mosaic Law, God plainly commanded, “He who smites a man, so that he die, shall
be surely put to death” (Ex. 21:12).
The death penalty for murder is also clearly implied in the New Testament: the ruler of a nation is “the minister of God . . . for he bears not the sword in vain” (Rom. 13:1-7).
Murderers are kept outside the heavenly Jerusalem, as should be obvious (Rev. 21:8; 22:15).
To God the killing of an unborn child is murder. The person guilty of that murder is subject to the same conviction and deserving of the same punishment as the person who pulls the trigger of a gun to kill a person.
A HUMAN BEING
Second, the unborn child, the fetus so-called, is a human being — a person — from the time of conception.
Some persons have foolishly said that the unborn child, up to the sixth or seventh month, is little more than a “blob” of flesh; but that is simply not true. The little unborn baby is not just a part of the mother’s body. He is a separate life altogether. All of the child’s particular traits have already been charted in his genes. The sex of the child, the color of his or her eyes and hair, his or her physical features, his or her special talents and gifts are all determined at the time of conception. Both the mother and the father of the child have already, at this point, passed down to their baby every genetic characteristic
they will contribute.
A LIVING SOUL
The Bible also teaches that the fetus, from conception, is a person and, consequently, a living soul. David was inspired to say, “Behold, I was shaped in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me” (Ps. 51:5). When David said, “I was shaped,” it was his honest inference that from the
moment of conception, he was the person who would later be known as David, the great king of Israel.
Again, the Psalmist David was inspired to write, “You have covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (Ps. 139:13-14). From the moment of conception, and as the Holy Spirit gave the intent, David was, indeed, a person. It was David’s
body, his very substance, in the womb of his mother. We have the same kind of teaching concerning Jeremiah, who said, “Then the Word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and
I ordained you a Prophet unto the nations” (Jer. 1:4-5). God knew the Prophet Jeremiah before he was born. If, by abortion, the fetus had been murdered, it would have been Jeremiah who died. The mother would not have known his name, but God would have. The mother might not have known that this was to be a mighty Prophet of God, but God would have known that too. Yes, a fetus is a person, a living soul, from the time
and moment of conception.
A CHILD — BORN OR UNBORN
John the Baptist was “filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb” (Lk. 1:15). Mary, the Mother of Jesus, came to greet Elisabeth. “And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb” (Lk. 1:41). The fetus of John the Baptist,
in the womb of his mother, may not have understood clearly why he leaped at the sound of the voice of Mary
(the Mother of the Saviour), but God knew. It is interesting to note the Words of Jesus, “Suffer the
little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not: for of such is the Kingdom of God” (Mk. 10:14). He was speaking in reference to the infants brought to be blessed by Him.
The term used for “infants” in the Greek is “brephos,” which “Young’s Analytical Concordance” defines as “a child born or unborn” (Young). Does that mean, then, that all the little ones who died before had an immortal soul (“of such is the Kingdom of God”) and that they will meet us there? Well, certainly it is implied if not outright stated in this Passage of Scripture.
PSYCHOLOGICAL PAIN AND GUILT
Third, the psychological pain of abortion is never quite erased from the mother’s heart and mind. The psychic trauma and the sense of loss regarding personal morality will persist throughout life. So many times the mother becomes troubled and consumed with guilt so that she develops significant psychiatric problems following, and as a direct result of, abortion. I believe it can be stated with certainty that abortion causes more deep-seeded guilt, depression, and mental illness that it could ever
cure. The mother will always wonder: what would the baby have looked like? Would he have had curly hair?
What color would her hair have been? Would it have been a boy or a girl?

ONE SIN PLUS ONE SIN EQUALS TWO SINS
Fourth, some persons have said that if a baby is illegitimate, then he should be aborted. Of course, the
answer to that is that you do not erase, correct, or even justify one sin by committing another. The truth is,
there is no such thing as an illegitimate child, only illegitimate parents.
The only real answer to sin is Repentance and trusting the Saviour for forgiveness and for rearranging the soiled life. To compound sin upon sin is not the way to peace or mental health. Some persons say the end justifies the means, but it never does. Of course, some persons may question, “would it not be proper to undergo an abortion to save the life or preserve the health of the mother?”
In a few rare cases, this is the case, and in that case, it would not be murder.
A MORAL QUESTION
The fact is, abortion is a sin. The killing of an unborn child is a terrible sin; as stated, it is murder. It is also a moral question. It is essentially the same as murdering the incompetent, the retarded, the handicapped, and the aged or senile. If we are going to kill the unwanted, possibly there are many one-, two-, five-, ten-, even fifty-year olds who are unwanted. Why not just kill them too? You see how horrendous this terrible crime becomes when carried to its ultimate conclusion. To slay the innocent because he cannot
protest or swear a warrant is a sin. The Scripture says, “Be sure your sin will find you out”(Num. 32:23).
There is a God Who cares for the weak, the unloved, and the unprotected. He will bring Judgment.
“God’s mills grind slow but they grind exceedingly fine” (Greek Proverb).
If the abortionists continue to win their cause in the United States, where do we go from there? If you
remember, Nazi Germany enacted a Law permitting the elimination of “useless” members of society; consequently, eighteen million people were slaughtered (among them, six million Jews) because they represented a category that was considered useless. We have the same pattern before us in America, in
which a whole category of human beings — unborn babies who cannot yet speak for themselves — are to be
slaughtered at the whim of a mother or a doctor who decides that the mother is somehow unable or unwilling to have a baby. Where do we go from here? What is the next class of
humanity to be destroyed? No, abortion is of Satan! It is totally ungodly, a terrible
case of man’s inhumanity to man, and one day man will answer to God for this terrible sin.

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