By What Right?

It takes three to plant a babe in the womb,
A boy, a girl, and Christ, to give its soul,
But only one may deny it a tomb---
The mother's request can its life withhold!
O? But you two thought none else would be there,
When in the rear seat of his father's car,
You copulated like a married pair,
Rather than the raw teens you really are?
The Lord, too, was there, like He always is,
At conception; He creates each new life!
What? You didn't think of any of this?
He is no husband? And you're not his wife?
Then by what right did his trousers unzip,
And who let his hand up her leg to slip?

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you..." (Jeremiah 1:5)

God told Jeremiah the prophet that He formed him in the womb. This fact is confirmed in several other scripture passages; every baby is created by God.
Combined with the pervasive influence of television and film exploiting promiscuity in America, we have adopted an attitude that the individual is no longer responsible for his actions. Children are growing up in a culture which has adopted the psychotherapeutic attitude that they are not individually responsible for their wrongdoing---it is attributed to inherited traits. Whatever the person immorally does, the fault lies in the genes, not in an undeveloped sense of responsibility. As a result, will power has flown away; I don't have to act honorably, because it's not my fault; I inherited it. This serious trend has resulted in a nation of sexually active youth, abortion, and single motherhood.

There are 4,000 abortions a day in this country. The Bible teaches that each of these is a murder. It is made legal, not by a law, but by a Supreme Court interpretation in a lawsuit. The fault, however, lies with all of us who vote; we have elected the most abortionist president and Congress ever. We are also facing same-sex marriages, and a tidal wave of homosexuality; this is based on the same idea---that homosexuality is inheirted, not learned. The Bible calls it sin; our culture refutes the Bible by adhering to the false idea that they can't help themselves. They can, if they accept responsibility for the aberration in their behavior, and if their will power is strong enough.

Each of us is born with varying traits. God assumes that each of us will apply our will power to obey the teachings He has written in the Bible. These guidelines vary, too; some of them will be easy to abide by for some of us, and vice versa. For example, Romans 1:26-27 commands men not to "lie" (simulated copulation) with men, and women not to lie with women. If you feel drawn to another of your sex, it doesn't mean you were born with a preference for the same sex. It is a perfectly natural tendency at the pre-puberty stage of your life. Unfortunately, it is possible to freeze in that stage far beyond puberty if you have one or more same-sex experiences early in life. When it happens to a person, he may begin to believe that it is a permanent trait for him. It is not. Use your inner will power to turn your thoughts to other subjects. In time, you can outgrow and overturn those attractions. Develop will power so that you can obey all the commandments.