"A

doctor asked Jesus why he hasn't sent any person into the

world who has the knowledge to cure AIDS, help world

peace, or cure cancer. Jesus replied, "I did, but

you aborted them."

Would you consider abortion

in the following four situations? The ending makes you

think.

1. There's a preacher and

wife who are very, very poor. They already have 14 kids.

Now she finds out she's pregnant with the 15th. They're

living in tremendous poverty. Considering their poverty

and the excessive world population, would you consider

recommending she get an abortion?

2. The father is sick with

syphilis; the mother has TB. They have four children. The

first is blind, second is deaf, third is deaf, and fourth

has TB. She finds she's pregnant again. Given the extreme

situation, would you consider recommending abortion?

3. A white man raped a

13-year-old black girl and she got pregnant. If you were

her parents, would you consider recommending abortion?

4. A teenaged girl is

pregnant. She's not married. Her fiance is not the father

of the baby, and he's very upset. Would you consider

recommending abortion?

*If you said

"Yes" to the first case, you have just killed

John Wesley, one of the greatest evangelists in the 19th

century.

* If you said

"Yes" to the second case, you have killed

Beethoven.

* If you said

"Yes" to the third case, you have killed Ethel

Waters, the great black gospel singer.

* If you said

"Yes" to the fourth case, you have declared the

murder of Jesus Christ

(Matthew 1:18-23).

"God in heaven forgive

us for the ungodly and evil ideas we come up with in our

society everyday. Renew a right spirit within us and cast

us not away from thy presence. In Jesus name, amen!"

[The Rev. Dr. Knox Herndon

is the pastor of "His House Community Church"

(SBC) and a substitute school teacher in the Fayette

County school system, and a former Army chaplain. The

church is currently meeting in the American Legion Log

Cabin across from the fountain on the Square in

Fayetteville. Prayer line 770-719-2365; e-mail [email protected]

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