A. God forms children in the womb:JOB 31:15. Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? JOB 33:4. The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. PSA 71:5. For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. PSA 71:6. By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. PSA 139:14. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. PSA 139:15. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. PSA 139:16. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. ISA 44:24. Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; B. It is God Who gives life & a soul to unborn childen:JOB 33:4. The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. GEN 2:7. And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. ACT 17:25. Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; C. His care of children in the womb:PSA 139:13. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. ISA 40:11. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. D. God loves & knows children even before birth:PSA 22:10. I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly. ISA 49:1. Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. JER 1:5. Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. LUK 1:13. But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. |
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