What is Pro-life?

'But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you... But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.' Luke 6:27-35

During this time of election one topic I see a lot of division over is that of being “pro-life” in terms of the issue of abortion. Now you may have noticed that I placed the term pro-life in quotes, that is because this verse/passage in Luke probably sums up what it means to truly be pro-life. It isn’t about stopping abortions, which I will state is an evil practice that would nice to see ended; but because as shown in Genesis 8:21 the “intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth,” abortion and similar evils have always been around and unfortunately will remain until Christ’s return, no matter if it is legal or not. Pro-life means valuing EVERY life equally, this means the life of the unborn is just as important as the life of those racially and culturally different from you, the life of the police and first responders, the life of the rich, the life of the poor, the life of those serving and have served in the military, the life of the homeless, the life of our friends, the life of those who may want to kill us, the life of those who perform abortions, and the life of those who seek abortions. The number of abortions performed are just as bad as the number of deaths due to “X”, and the number of deaths due to “X” are just as bad as the number of abortions performed. To steal a phrase “ALL LIVES MATTER!” From the womb to the grave, whether they are friends or enemies, whether they can speak for themselves or they unable to speak up, whether they have similar beliefs or have an opposing worldview, whether they love you or they seek to harm you; “All lives matter.”

Now if you prayerfully look at this and personally reflect on it, it is hard to truly be pro-life, and we all will fall short and the reason, to paraphrase George Orwell, is that on some level we tend to believe whether we want to admit it or not, “All men are equal, but some men are more equal” which is a reflection of man’s sin nature. Jesus basically put it this way it is easy for us to love those that love us, but try loving those that want to do you harm and you will probably see how we fall short in being pro-life. In fact, I would go so far as to state that Jesus has been the only person to have ever walked the earth who was truly pro-life and He willingly gave up His life for all so that “whosoever” places their faith and trust in Him shall enjoy eternal life and a restored relationship with God. All we can do is strive to be pro-life and seek God's help and strength when we hit those times when being pro-life is hard to do, because it is only through the work of the Holy Spirit that our heart can change in such a way to value ALL lives equally.