Since God values human life so highly, he wanted us to have meaningful lives. That’s why when God’s Son, Jesus, was here on earth, he said, “I came that [those who know me] may have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). But God’s creative intent for the first humans was “aborted” by their distrust and rebellion against their Maker (Genesis 3). For that they lost the meaningful lives God had intended. And the behavior that spawned their sin against God has passed down from generation to generation ever since. That’s why Jesus Christ stepped into human history. He became one of us to fulfill God’s intentions for mankind. Then he offered himself as our sinless substitute, taking the punishment our sins deserved. It was our only way out. Christ “suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh” (1 Peter 3:18). Then he came back to life three days later as he had promised—“I lay down my life that I might take it up again” (John 10:17).
By believing God that Jesus’ death is the absolute payment for our debt of sins, we can have forgiveness of our sins and a new life through Christ. “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life” (Romans 5:10). That comes by turning from all other “ways” to God and instead placing your trust completely in Christ’s death for you. To those who do, Christ himself said, “everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day” (John 6:40). Human life is worth valuing because it is valuable to God. That makes life worth celebrating! Even better is finding the eternal meaning of life through believing in Jesus Christ. Come to him today for forgiveness and celebrate eternal life!
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formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am…wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:13-14).
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Perhaps you saw the “Celebrate family, celebrate life!” ad during Super Bowl XLIV, featuring Tim and Pam Tebow.
Weeks before its 30 seconds of air time, the ad had caused a wide range of intense emotions! Those “opposed” considered it “offensive and demeaning.” Those “in favor” rejoiced that its message would promote the value of life and family on the world’s largest media stage! What caused such a stir? The simple story of a mother who chose to keep her unborn baby rather than to abort him. In the 1980s Bob and Pam Tebow had moved to the Philippines with their young family. Months later, Pam became infected with dangerous pathogenic amoebae and slipped into a coma. Strong medications turned her condition around, but while on extended treatment, Pam became pregnant. Knowing the potent drugs could have already killed the embryo, doctors recommended an abortion. Instead Pam chose to discontinue her treatments in hope of saving her baby’s life. She and Bob asked God
for help. The difficult months that followed ended with two final months of bedrest. Then, on August 14, 1987, a healthy (though somewhat malnourished) baby boy—Timothy Richard Tebow—was safely delivered!
become of the 52 million American babies aborted since then. As newspaper sports writer Sally Jenkins says, “Abortion doesn’t just involve serious issues of life, but of potential lives—Heisman trophy winners, scientists, doctors, artists, inventors, Little Leaguers—who would never come to be if their birth mothers had not wrestled with the stakes and chosen to carry those lives to term.”
If you’ve ever watched 6’3”, 235-pound Tim Tebow play for the University of Florida football team, you know it’s hard to imagine he was ever the outcome of a troubled pregnancy! But what if his Pam Tebow had a medical “reason” to abort. But Tim’s story mother had chosen to abort him? most abortions are for “convenience” and have needs to be told Would another college sophonothing to do with medical emergencies. It has in our day of “cheap more ever be awarded the Heisbeen said that we man Trophy, as Tim was? Would life” and “disposable live in a world pregnancies.” a college quarterback ever set the that knows the record for both rushing and passing cost of everything, for 20 touchdowns in a single season? Only Tim has but the value of so far. nothing. An average early abortion generally costs $375 to $500, but the But even if he had never played a single football amazing, tiny human who is aborted is treated with game, Tim’s story needs to be told in our day of no more value than the biomedical waste it’s inciner“cheap life” and “disposable pregnancies.” The first ated with. babies aborted in 1973, when abortion become legal in the US, would have been 37 in 2010—in the prime of their lives. But we’ll never know what would have
Thankfully, God values life. In the Bible the writer David celebrated life this way, “For you [God]
By believing God that Jesus’ death is the absolute payment for our debt of sins, we can have forgiveness of our sins and a new life through Christ. “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life” (Romans 5:10). That comes by turning from all other “ways” to God and instead placing your trust completely in Christ’s death for you. To those who do, Christ himself said, “everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day” (John 6:40). Human life is worth valuing because it is valuable to God. That makes life worth celebrating! Even better is finding the eternal meaning of life through believing in Jesus Christ. Come to him today for forgiveness and celebrate eternal life!
Good News Tracts Celebrate Life In 1987 Pam Tebow chose not to abort her “at risk” pregnancy. Her baby—Tim--grew up to be an All American quarterback! Their story celebrates God’s value of life—human and eternal. Bible references: ESV. Package contains 25 tracts.
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