The Unalienable Right to Life is in Jeopardy as a Result of Modern Doctrine

Of those unalienable rights enumerated in America's charter the right to life is the one that is most defended by the Christian community. Even so, you will find that many of those who are fighting for the right to life do not believe it to be an unalienable right. This is based on their view of scripture. They separate the Old and New Testaments into the age of law and the age of grace respectively. Thus they deny that the law has any relevance for government today. This accounts for the fact that many of these Christian's passion for the right to life issue is fickle.

The majority of Christians in America today view certain activities, like church attendance, Bible reading, prayer, and evangelism as spiritual activities, and most every thing else, like work and politics, as secular activities. The spiritual activities bear greater value than secular activities. Though a Christian may involve himself in politics when it is convenient he is easily distracted from the endeavor when he does not see immediate success, or when he runs into difficult obstacles.

It was the belief that rights can only come from God that motivated the founding fathers to pledge their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to protect those rights. The modern theology of America believes that there is no right to life to be found in scripture. This is based on the belief that God can take life any time that He wishes, which, of course, is an accurate belief.

The difference between modern doctrine and the doctrine of the founding fathers is that the founders, who were still highly influenced by reformation doctrine, believed that scripture, both the Old and the New Testament, was applicable to all areas of life, including politics. The sanctity of life welled from the doctrine that all men are created in the image of God, and upon the law of God in the Old Testament protecting life. God expected the state to execute any man who took the life of another man unjustly; precisely because there is an unalienable right to life.

As long as the church deems the right to life to be a secular, political endeavor, there will be no will to persevere against the forces of evil that reign in American government, which despises life. Christians may engage in the battle for a time, but will quickly shrink from the battle. They will, in good conscience, cite the importance of church activity and saving souls, believing these to be noble reasons for shunning political activity. If the right to life is a gift from God, and an unalienable right, as the reformers, and the founding fathers believed, then to shrink from the battle displeases Him.

Doctrine matters! What if the reformers were right? Shouldn't you at least examine why they believed as they did? Is scripture really the only rule for all of faith and life? Or is just the New Testament profitable in the “church age?” The life of millions depend on your answer to that question. Do not be content to accept, without examination, doctrine that you were born into. It may be right; if it is then, through honest study you will be able to defend the position that places spiritual activities above secular activities. If it is not right, wouldn't it be more important to please God, than to respect your heritage?