COV LIFE BLOG

The Sanctity of Human Life

The majesty of God is great beyond words and worthy of our fervent worship and allegiance. And that majesty is manifest in the glory of God’s supreme creation, human beings made in his image.

What we believe about God and his majesty, and what we believe about the meaning of human being in relation to God will make all the difference in the world how we think and act about abortion and racism—if we really believe what we say we believe.

And the truth that I draw out of this vision of God and man is this: You cannot worship and glorify the majesty of God while treating his supreme creation with contempt.

The vision is that God is majestic above all the majesties of the universe and this majesty—though dimmed and besmirched and defiled by sin—shines in the glory of God’s supreme creation, human beings. And the truth that flows from this vision is that we cannot worship and glorify the majesty of God while treating his supreme creation with contempt.

Moreover [babies] are made in the womb, like no other being, a little less than the angels, and they are made in the womb by God and crowned with glory and majesty. In other words, their supreme place in creation under God (or the angels) is so profound even at the stage of being sucklings that when they open their mouth to cry or to coo or to babble as a human being, they are bearing witness to their unspeakable dignity in creation and therefore to the majesty of God’s name in all the earth. God does not wait until a sucking babe is rational and independent to ascribe to him the glory and majesty of verse 5—he doesn’t have to be a NASA scientist. When the suckling opens his mouth, God is praised, strength is established by the sheer truth that a human creation in the image of the majestic God is here.

John Piper

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Heart Preparation
Read Genesis 1:27, Jeremiah 1:5, and Psalm 139:13-16. What do these verses teach about the nature of man and his being previous birth? How does this inform your beliefs and actions related to current issues related to the value of all man regardless of where they are in the process of life?