Secrets from Beyond The Grave

There is also a firm and dangerous warning given to anyone who would ever hinder a child from following Christ or physically harm a child. Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me. But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. --Matthew 18:5-6 David knew his infant child was with the Lord. God has assigned angels over children, and the kingdom of heaven is made up of children. I believe that all children who pass away are taken into the presence of the Lord in perhaps a children's paradise . What About Abortions? There is a theological disagreement among Christians as to when the soul and spirit enter a fetus. It is obvious that life begins at the moment of conception, for without the life force the fetus would never grow or develop. But is this when the eternal spirit enters the little human? The four main beliefs are: The fetus has a soul and spirit from the moment of conception. The fetus has a soul and spirit from the time the blood flows through it (five weeks). The fetus has a soul and spirit after about six months. The fetus has a soul and spirit at the moment the umbilical cord is cut. This is an important issue, for if the soul and spirit enter at the moment of conception, then the willful termination of the fetus would be taking a life. If the soul and spirit come at the moment the umbilical cord is cut, then abortion, for those who believe this, would only be a medical procedure. The inspired Scripture must be our source of knowledge on this subject. Man has been given a unique honor above all other of God's creation. Only of man, did God say: "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness" (Gen. 1:26, KJV). Man alone is a tripartite being, with a body, soul, and spirit (1 Thess. 5:23). The animal kingdom was created with a life force called a nephesh (translation "soul" in the King James Version) and to have a distinct personality. But animals lack an eternal spirit, and this is what sets man apart from the animal kingdom. As it is written: Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth? --Ecclesiastes 3:21 Another God-given gift to mankind that separates him from even the angels of heaven is the ability to procreate another human being with a never-dying soul and spirit! "Children are a heritage from the LORD . . . " (Ps. 127:3). "Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their father" (Prov. 17:6). Children are a gift, a joy, and an honor. Yet millions of mothers have aborted their own seeds--created in their own likenesses--and have destroyed their own futures in the process. Twenty-two percent of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion. In 2005, 1.21 million abortions were performed, down from 1.31 million in 2000.3 There are various reasons that women have an abortion. "Three-fourths of women cite concern for or responsibility to other individuals; three-fourths say they cannot afford a child; three-fourths say that having a