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If Babies Go to Heaven, Why Oppose Abortion?

Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2015

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Some argue, “If aborted babies go to heaven, why is abortion such a big deal?” Pastor John gives six reasons why Christians must never compromise.

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0:00.0

Another week is upon us here at the Aspastor John podcast and we start the week on a somber

0:09.9

note, Rodrigo from Brazil, right to ask of this, Pastor John, hello, I've seen your

0:15.7

effort to combat the terrible abortion policy that has literally ripped apart thousands

0:19.8

of precious lives.

0:21.6

Jesus says, let the little children come to me and do not hinder them for the kingdom

0:25.2

of heaven belongs to such as these.

0:27.6

So my question is, do aborted babies go to heaven, even not having the chance to be born

0:34.0

and to piggyback on this question in recent online debates, critics of the pro-life movements

0:38.8

say that if aborted babies do go to heaven, then why is abortion really a big deal in the

0:44.6

end for Christians?

0:45.6

What would you say, Pastor John?

0:48.1

Well I have argued numerous times that infants who die do go to heaven and the articles and

0:57.0

sermons can be found at the desire of God by simply searching to infants who die go to

1:00.7

heaven.

1:01.7

I do believe they are in a sinful condition when they die.

1:06.8

I don't believe that they're saved because there's no original sin.

1:12.3

That's not what I'm arguing.

1:14.2

My view is not based on how cute or innocent they are.

1:18.6

It's based largely on God's apparent commitment to a kind of public justice in which he makes

1:27.0

the rejection of observable evidences of truth, the basis for his final condemnation,

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Romans 1, 20.

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But that's not what I'm arguing for now in this answer.

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