Eve and the serpent: The modern day deception of abortion

  

"God knows well that when you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, who know good and evil." (Genesis 3:5) This is the classical lie that the serpent used thousands of years ago to deceive the woman in the garden of eden leading up to the fall of man from grace.
   Today as I reflect on the modern state of our society, I see how we are still falling for the same lies from the ol' serpent.  I however wish to concentrate more on the issue of life especially today as we combat the rampant sin of abortion. From the events of the garden of eden, we see that the devil first cast doubt in the woman's mind about the goodness of God and whether truly obeying him was for her good. When the woman entertained these thoughts, the devil finally was able to convince her that by eating the fruit and disobeying God, she would become like god and determine what is right and wrong living on her own terms. Most of us know that the story ends with the woman consenting, leading her husband to sin and both end up falling from grace and separating themselves from God by spiritual death.  Fast forward to 2013. It saddens me to see how the devil has been able to conjure a modern deception that is not too far from the one in the garden.
      Let me explain.  Since 1973, and that is in the United States alone, over 55 million babies have been aborted under the guise of choice. The abortion proponents claim that it is the Woman's choice to kill her unborn baby.  For us Christians at the very least, we know that the gift of life and its taking thereof falls under the jurisdiction of the Sovereign God alone.  However, many today have usurped this role of God and accorded themselves the masters and mistresses of life.  Once more, man in search of autonommy have succeded to fall into the devil's deception.  In our world today, abortion has been engraved as a constituional women's right.  The selfish act of choosing our "hapiness" leads to the death of many unborn children under the protection of law.  Any reasonable person knows that abortion is killing, yet we continue to make all kinds of excuses just like our first parents did in the garden of eden.  Yes the devil is deceiving the modern day Eve by telling her that she will be happy and free if only she aborts, and the modern day Adam is still missing in action or is intimidated to stand up to the lie. But is there hope for man.
    Obviously the story of man did not end with his fall.  God in his goodness sent his only beggoten Son to save man from his sins.  This is the only answer to our ailments today.  If you ask anyone who has ever had an abortion, if they are honest, they would tell you that although they must have felt secure under the lie that it was nothing before the fact, once they went ahead with the abortion they knew it was wrong immediately just like Adama and Eve knew they had done what was wrong immediately after eating the fruit.  It is also true that just like Adam and Eve hid from God in shame, many who have had abortions or are advocates of it continue to hide from God.  However, God continues to call us to come back to Him and if we expose ourselves and seek his forgiveness, He is merciful and will heal us.  This must be the message for us today.  For those who have been deceived,  you should not hide from God, He is ready and willing to forgive you and you must approach him.  We should continually reflect on the fact that God is bigger than all our sins and He can forgive all of our sins, we however must seek the truth.  It fills me with sorrow to see how many even Christians don't see abortion for what it is and try to justify it as a choice.  It is our duty to tell the truth and not stand watching but to pray pray pray that the truth will prevail and then work work and work some more to eradicate the lie that so many of our brothers and sisters have fallen into. 

Prayer
  Oh Lord Jesus, have mercy upon us and bless those who are under the burden of the sin of abortion.  Help them to seek your forgiveness and be reconciled to you.  Also help those who are lukewarm that the fire of charity may enkindle their hearts anew for the protection of all life.  Finally Lord, give light to all those who themselves being deceived continue to deceive others.  Amen