Chapter 11: God’s Eternal Character

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“If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if

any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.” Exodus 21:22-25

God’s message is simple. Do not mess around with the baby inside of

a mother’s womb. Why? It’s because, like it or not, God placed that baby into that womb. Mother’s take heed. When you murder your baby by abortion, you murder the handiwork of God. Think about His Word.

“Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One [God] fashion us in the womb?” Job 31:15

“For You [Lord] formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb.” Psalm 139:13

“As you do not know what is the way of the wind,

Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, so you do not know the works of God who makes everything.” Ecclesiastes 11:5

“Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, And He who formed you from the womb: ‘I am the Lord, who makes all things, Who stretches out the heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by MYSELF.’ ” Isaiah 44:24

Listen. Perk up your ears again as we are going somewhere with God in this discussion. I am now explaining the issue of “submitting to the

righteousness of God” that Apostle Paul wrote about in Romans 10:2-3. If you cannot get this straight in your mind, you will never understand the character of God. You must realize that all we do as humans, that we think