Life is Precious: Reflections on Pascal’s Wager
21 January 2007

Questions for Reflection and Discussion Focusing on Life is Precious to God.

What are some hot topics in addition to abortion you have been drawn into discussion on?

How can we respond to those topics consistent with the quotations on the wall of David’s office (James 3:1 and I Corinthians 13:1)?

Think of a recent interactions (inside or outside your family) with someone who is very different from you or difficult for you. How should the Biblical perspective that individuals are precious to God effect that interaction?

Life is Precious: Reflections on Pascal’s Wager
Pastor David Lenz
21 January 2007

Guiding principals for this sermon based on two quotations on the wall of David’s office
James 3:1
1 Corinthians 13:1

Americans to not have a common mind with respect to abortion.
All polls agree that Americans do not agree on abortion
All Democrats do not agree
All Republicans do not agree
We can expect that this is true of the people here today.
This difficult question has touched most of us.
We need to have a big heart for each other. Deep pain on both sides.

Biblical Perspective = Life is Precious
Inside the womb
Outside the womb

Life is precious because:
God created the heavens and the earth – Genesis 1:1
God created male and female – Genesis 1:27
Jesus was involved in creation – John 1:3
God knows us intimately – Matthew 10:30
We are so valuable that Christ died for us – Romans 5:8
Your Redeemer formed you in the womb – Isaiah 44:24
The baby in my womb leaped for joy – Luke 1:43-44
God chose us – Ephesians 1:4
God knew us even before he formed us in the womb – Jeremiah 1:4-5
God created my innermost being and knit us together in our mother’s womb – Psalms 139:13-16

Pascal’s Wager
If there is no God, we have not lost much by believing. But if there is a God and we don’t believe, then we have lost all.

Summary and Call to Action
“Carry each other’s burdens and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” – Galations 6:22