Value of Human Life, Part 1

Man is Loved “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ Ephesians 1:4-5 “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:9-10 “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness… Gen. 1:26–27 “And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too… Gen 9:5-6 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:13-14 Therefore we are to Love “Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Matthew 22:37-39 “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. Romans 7:15 “Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us” Luke 11:4 “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.” Leviticus 19:18 Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him. 1 John 3:15