Peter Barnes | Psalm 139:13-16
SERMON NOTES
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Psalm 139:13-16
– God knows the child in the womb
1. God created us in the womb.
– v.13; Matt.10:29
– Job 31:13-15
2. Life begins at conception.
– note the personal pronouns; David was David in his mother’s womb
– Jer.1:5; Luke 1:41, 44 (same word as in Luke 2:12, 16; 18:15)
– the heart is beating by 21 days, brain waves detected by day 40
– Tertullian: ‘It makes no difference whether one takes away the life once born or destroys it as it comes to birth. He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.’
3. We need to appreciate the wonder of life and of God.
– Deut.30:19; John 6:40