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"What Is The Eternal Fate Of Children Killed By Abortion?"

Jarrod Jacobs

Dear __________,

According to the Bible, a child killed by abortion (I might add a stillborn child, etc.) is one that is safe before God. What do I mean by "safe"? Simply, that this child (killed by abortion, stillborn, etc.) stands before God as one without sin. Ezekiel 18:20 says, "The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, or will the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself." On one occasion, the apostle Paul discussed Jacob and Esau when they were yet unborn, and said they had not done "any good or evil" (Romans 9:11). Once we understand that men are individually responsible for their own sins, and no one else's, we can understand how it is that an unborn child would be safe before God. That unborn child has done nothing which could be called sin. Why? Because "sin is the transgression of the law" (I John 3:4), and that baby within the womb of the mother has not transgressed God's law. The apostle Paul said on another occasion, "He who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality" (Colossians 3:25). As we continue looking to the Bible for answers, I find hope and comfort in the words of David. After losing his son to death, he said, "I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me" (II Samuel 12:23).

.... as opposed as I am to the slaughter and killing of our unborn babies, and as sorrowful as it would be to endure the stillborn death of a child; one thing that provides me with some comfort is knowing that they are safe before God. Thankfully, they will not have to answer for the sins of their parents.

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Sincerely,

Jarrod Jacobs

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