Title: Sanctity of Life
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Genesis 1:1-25
Today is the Sanctity of Human Life (SOHL) Sunday, when churches across the nation spend time celebrating the precious value of human life. It has often been seen as an anti-abortion day, but as Christians it should be about so much more. Christians are often known for what we are against but I seek today to proclaim what we are for when we talk of the Sanctity of Life.
The Cambridge Dictionary defines "Sanctity" as the quality of being very important, deserving respect, holy or sacred.
The world often attributes importance and respect to the wealthy, the strong, the beautiful, the famous or the intelligent, but in scripture we see that sanctity is more than that. It is a sacred sense of worth that has been bestowed by God on every human being who has been made in God's image, regardless of who they are or what they have done.
Life is sacred but we see that being chipped away in our society as well. We are desensitized by violent video games and movies, on the news we hear about so many getting killed in wars and shootings that we forget that each number is a life.
We see in history what happens when life becomes cheap. We see the gladiators fighting to the death in the Roman Colosseum as the crowds cheered. Christians being thrown to the lions. In India when the wives were burnt alive with their deceased husbands, or even in the Old Testament when parents were sacrificing their children to pagan gods.
In Genesis chapter One we see why life is so sacred. God created the world.(Gen. 1:1-25) We read through the beginning verses and are amazed at how God created all that is in this world and universe out of nothing. The light and the dark, the earth and the heavens, the plants and the animals . . . Paul tells us in Romans (Rom. 1:19-20) that these wonders of creation are to testify to the world that He is God. But he doesn't stop there. As if this were not enough, He presents His ...
Author: Tim Melton
Text: Genesis 1:1-25
Today is the Sanctity of Human Life (SOHL) Sunday, when churches across the nation spend time celebrating the precious value of human life. It has often been seen as an anti-abortion day, but as Christians it should be about so much more. Christians are often known for what we are against but I seek today to proclaim what we are for when we talk of the Sanctity of Life.
The Cambridge Dictionary defines "Sanctity" as the quality of being very important, deserving respect, holy or sacred.
The world often attributes importance and respect to the wealthy, the strong, the beautiful, the famous or the intelligent, but in scripture we see that sanctity is more than that. It is a sacred sense of worth that has been bestowed by God on every human being who has been made in God's image, regardless of who they are or what they have done.
Life is sacred but we see that being chipped away in our society as well. We are desensitized by violent video games and movies, on the news we hear about so many getting killed in wars and shootings that we forget that each number is a life.
We see in history what happens when life becomes cheap. We see the gladiators fighting to the death in the Roman Colosseum as the crowds cheered. Christians being thrown to the lions. In India when the wives were burnt alive with their deceased husbands, or even in the Old Testament when parents were sacrificing their children to pagan gods.
In Genesis chapter One we see why life is so sacred. God created the world.(Gen. 1:1-25) We read through the beginning verses and are amazed at how God created all that is in this world and universe out of nothing. The light and the dark, the earth and the heavens, the plants and the animals . . . Paul tells us in Romans (Rom. 1:19-20) that these wonders of creation are to testify to the world that He is God. But he doesn't stop there. As if this were not enough, He presents His ...
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