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Originally posted by MIDWESTDIVA:
Afterwards I felt extremely guilty and as though I were unworthy of God's love. However, after much prayer I believe that God has forgiven me.
I do believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for all of our sins, and yes that includes abortions. Contrary to popular belief, having an abortion is not a "worse" sin than having premarital sex, lying, coveting another's spouse or any of the other 10 commandments.
If anyone wants to look down on me for the decision I have made,
I believe Eclipse made a reference to Job. Job's afflictions were not the direct result of a sin he committed.
Peace and Blessings
[This message has been edited by MIDWESTDIVA (edited October 04, 2000).]
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MIDWESTDIVA,
First let me give you a (((cyberhugg))) for being willing to share your testimony!! It takes a lot of courage, but as the word says "we overcome by the word of our testimony"!
You know, there are so many situations where I (and many others) have to say but for the grace of God, go I.
I do want to make comment on a couple of things you wrote (I've edited your original message above to include those points> )
You are 100% right is that the sin of premarital sex/abortion is no different from the many sins that I and every other Christian struggle with on a daily basis. It is a trick of the enemy to make us feel that we are unworthy of God's love!! My favorite song right now is "WE Fall Down" by Donnie McClurkin. Wow! That song ministers to me in so many different ways!! What a joy to know that when we fall (in what ever way) we can get back up again and the He forgives us of all our sins!!
As Christains we cannot judge another's sins, we just can't condone sin. Saying I don't condone a certain sin doesn't mean that I look down on a person who has committed the sin. I know that if all of my sins were out there for the whole world to see a whole lotta folks would be looking down on me!! I thank Him for His grace!!
Regarding my reference to Job...you are right, Job's afflictions were not because of his sin. I mentioned him because I wanted to show that although God did not
cause the bad things to happen to Job, he did
allow them to happen when He offered Job to satan and gave satan permission to bring all of the things he brought into his life.
I didn't mean to turn this into bible study!
Peace & Blessings to you all...
E.