Welcome to Apostolic Life in the 21st Century, a podcast dedicated to helping modern day believers live out the teachings of the First Century Church.

This podcast is part of the teaching ministry of Dr. David K. Bernard.

Dr. Bernard is dedicated his life to studying the Bible and helping believers apply its message to their daily lives.

In apostolic life in the 21st century, Dr. Bernard answers your questions about what the Bible

teaches and how those teachings apply to everyday life.

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The big news story this year has been the leaked initial draft majority opinion. It was

written by Justice Sam Alito that appears to show that the Supreme Court's about ready to overturn

Roe versus Wade. Now, as we record this, that has the official announcement has not yet been

made. The final decision is not yet been

rendered but that does appear that's what's going to happen of course pro-life Christians are

rejoicing at that because that you know they've seen roe versus weight as an unconstitutional

ruling why does the issue of abortion which course is the focal point of row versus

Wade why does it matter so much to Christians,

particularly oneness Pentecostals? And in that answer, could you share how you feel Christian

should respond to the basic premise of the pro-choice argument, which is that abortion's a private

matter and that nobody other than the woman who's seeking the abortion should have a say?

Well, first and foremost, we go to the Bible for our answers,

and the Bible teaches us that the child in the womb is a human being, is a child, has life from God.

And so our pro-life position is that once a child has been conceived in the womb, that child has an existence of its own, is a living soul, and therefore it would be a sin to take that life.

Even from a scientific perspective, is that child alive? Yes. Is that child human? Yes. It's not anything else. So even scientifically, that what that woman is carrying in her womb is a human child. And therefore, it would be a violation of ethics and, of course, moral law to take that life. Now, where do we get

that position? Aside from that basic common sense, scientific-based argument, Psalm 139 is quite

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