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Physical and Psychological Effects of Abortion: 1. More than 100 physical complications have been associated with abortion. Immediate physical effects include: infection, hemorrhage, cervical damage, damage to other internal organs, perforation of the uterus, abdominal pain, menstrual irregularity, headaches, dizziness, and blood clots. In some cases, today's so-called 'safe-legal' abortions can result in death. 2. Long-term physical effects include: sterility, stillbirth, miscarriage of further children, and premature births of subsequent children, (which can lead to many complication in newborns.) 3. Secondary health problems associated with abortion are now being studied. Abortion can lead to an increase in substance abuse (alcohol, drugs, tobacco, etc.), which has many well-known negative health consequences. 4. Many women suffer from psychological aftereffects of abortion. These complications are called post-abortion syndrome, or PAS. 5. Some of the behavior which mark PAS are: recurrent memories, dreams and repetitions of the abortion experience; avoidance of emotional attachment; relationship problems; sleep disturbances; guilt about surviving when the unborn child died; memory impairment; hostile outbursts; suicidal thoughts or actions and substance abuse. 6. Some women begin to suffer from PAS right after their abortions; for others. The symptoms may not begin to appear from many months of years after the abortion. Often, a major life event, such as the birth of another child, can trigger PAS in a woman. 7. The negative psychological effects of abortion can also be seen in fathers, grandparents and siblings. Even medical personnel involved in the abortion industry have reported that they suffered from negative effects.
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The ordinances are the dramatic presentations of the Gospel. They are the moving pictures that represent the spiritual realities of the Gospel, written and directed by Jesus Himself… The ordinances, then, are where we see the Gospel enacted, and our participation in it dramatized. They are where the word of God’s promise is spoken to us in tangible form – we touch and taste the bread and wine; we feel the waters of baptism. They are means of grace instituted by Jesus that God uses to assure His people of the trustworthiness of His Gospel and the reality of our participation in it (Mark Dever and Paul Alexander).
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    E-pistle for December 23, 2015

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    Responding to God's "Anointed One"

    (I Samuel 19:1-24)

    Dr. Curt Scarborough

     

    I.  Concentration:  on the contents of this chapter

                1.  Saul commanded his servants to kill David, but Jonathan warned David

                     of his father's intentions; Jonathan spoke to Saul and persuaded him

                     to rescind his death sentence against David, vv. 1-7.

                2.  Time passed and David won another battle against the Philistines; Saul

                     again threw a spear at David as he was playing music, but he missed

                     and David fled, vv. 8-10.

                3.  Saul sent soldiers to David's house, but his wife, Michal, helped him

                     escape out the window; she then delayed the soldiers by telling them

                     that David was sick, deceiving them with a life-sized idol in his bed;

                     she told her father that David had forced her to help him, vv. 11-17.

                4.  David took refuge with Samuel near Ramah; Saul sent three teams of

                     soldiers to arrest David, but they all ended up prophesying with

                     Samuel's group of prophets; finally Saul came and he too fell under

                     the power of God . . . lying naked on the ground all night; in contrast

                     to I Samuel 10:11, now the people sarcastically asked, "Is Saul also

                     among the prophets?" vv. 18-24.

    II.  Meditation:  on the typical ways which persons treated David

                1.  Saul:  hated him, tried to kill him, and ended up looking like a fool.

                2.  Jonathan:  loved him, pleaded for Saul to spare David's life, and

                     remained faithful to him throughout his entire life.

                3.  Michal:  initially loved him and saved his life; then lied to save her

                     own skin, and later came to despise him, II Samuel 6:16, 20-23.

                4.  Samuel;  loved and honored him, welcomed him into a spiritual

                     fellowship where he found a safe refuge, operated under the power

                     of the Spirit of the Lord as King Saul was humiliated and disgraced.

    III.  Revelation and Applications:  on how persons respond to the Lord today

                1.  Some persons, like Saul, hate God's "Anointed One." 

                     As a Christian, I need to witness persuasively to those unbelieving

                     persons.

                2.  Some persons, like Jonathan, love and serve the Lord faithfully all

                     their lives.

                     As a Christian, I need to remain faithful to Jesus Christ, even in the

                     face of severe persecution.

                3.  Some persons, like Michal, at first profess affection for Christ, but when

                     circumstances get tough, they fall into a self-preservation mode and

                     eventually renounce and despise the Lord.

                     I need to give my life for Him, rather than trying to save it.

                4.  Some persons, like Samuel, become godly leaders of a Spirit-filled

                     band of followers who welcome God's Anointed One into their midst.

                     I need to become such a Spirit-born, Spirit-led, Spirit-empowered,

                     Spirit-blessed leader.

     

     

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    Christmas is a Time

    (Luke 2:18-20)

     

    Christmas is a time to marvel

    Be astonished, stand in awe;

    For the God of all creations

    Lies a babe upon the straw.

    Time to marvel, time to marvel,

    Marvel at the newborn King.

     

    Christmas is a time to treasure,

    Cherish, value, measure worth;

    Think about the Lord of glory

    Leaving all to come to earth.

    Time to treasure, time to treasure,

    Treasure Christ the newborn King.

     

    Christmas is a time to ponder,

    Weigh in mind and meditate;

    Jesus came to die as Savior,

    Rose to open heaven's gate.

    Time to ponder, time to ponder,

    Ponder Christ the newborn King.

     

    Christmas is a time to worship;

    Shepherds praised his holy name;

    Wise men knelt and paid him homage;

    We today shall do the same.

    Time to worship, time to worship,

    Worship Christ the newborn King.

     

    (Tune:  Angels From the Realms of Glory)

     

    © 1994, Dr. Curt Scarborough

     

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    and a Blessed New Year!

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