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48. Our God Is Pro-Life
Chapter 41 contained 22 scriptures from both the
Old and New Testaments. There is one more which,
like the others, is free standing in its own right.
It
makes a powerful statement:
''Suffer the little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not; for such is the kingdom ofGod
(Mark 10:14)."
Rosalyne Bush, writing in
Family Voice,
has a
wonderful analogy to give us a historical perspective
on the fact that adoption is Biblical:
In Biblical times adoption and foster parenting
were quite common. Early Christians experienced
adoption first-hand. Many rescued unwanted,
abandoned infants and gave them good homes.
Many adopted children received the same
inheritance and status as those born to the
parents. It's not surprising that God used the
concept of adoption to explain His relationship to
believers. Salvation is synonymous to being
accepted into God's family. We have been
grafted into God's family tree, becoming co-heirs
with Christ. Our Father had such a high opinion
of adoption that He chose to place His son Jesus
in the care of an adoptive father -- Joseph, the
husband of Mary.
I can only quote it from memory as I have
misplaced Dr. James Dobson's
Newsletter
of a few
years back. Therein, he had a lengthy and penetrating
testimony by a physician struggling with life and death
issues at birth. Here is what I remember:
The young medical doctor was seriously
considering letting a deformed baby girl
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