Seek First...

 Morning Musing 12/11/2019

Part of a response to a question I was asked:

If you read in the book of Acts you will see how all that believed sold houses and lands as was necessary to lighten one another's burdens and they lived together and had all things in common. They gave their lives for the Gospel's sake. As in their main work was to be about The Father's business, sharing the Good News and living the Good News.

One thing that really woke me up when I first started reading the New Testament is that we have been programmed to live opposite of the teachings of Christ. The World really pushes people to seek first financial comforts, but Christ teaches us to seek first The Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all our physical needs will be added unto us.

It was such a freedom and wonderful revelation to learn I was doing it backwards. God's righteousness in our hearts is so much more important than our physical needs. We need His patience, meekness, humility, loving-kindness, wisdom, faith, etc to make it through this life and He is so faithful to provide the food and clothing His children need.

That's not to say those who are starving in this world are not His children, but rather they are a witness of the consequences of man's free will and ability to choose, and that many love darkness more than light... The consequences being that when people lust for material possessions and comforts and do not desire to do the will of the Father they will oppress and destroy lives to get what they want.  (Knowingly or unknowingly)

Thus people go hungry and thirsty in a world full of water and food.

We can never blame God for those suffering in this way. And if those who are suffering from starvation seek first His Kingdom, they, by the loving kindness of God can have peace and rest in their Spirit though their flesh fails for hunger. Seeking first the Kingdom is a command for all people, for in doing so we come to know the one and only true Life that comes from Christ alone.

Take a minute and read this:

Matthew 6:24-34
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

32 For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Before Marriage

( Caution: For Mature readers )

The other night I finally got around to typing up some things for a friend that I was hoping she would discuss with her soon to be husband before they get married.

This list of topics I shared for her to discuss is NOT in order of importance or exhaustive, though it is long.

In regards to choosing who you want to be in an “until death parts you” covenant:

I sadly have a number of friends who are struggling in their marriages, who have been separated at times, who have entertained divorce, who have wondered if they made the wrong choice...these friends are Christians that are married to Christians. I have heard that since the 80’s one out of every two marriages ends in divorce and the highest rate of divorce is among those who “identify” as Christians. As you know marriage is not a bed of roses no matter how “in love” a couple is. No marriage is perfect. It is truly a challenge learning how to submit daily to one another. Some days are easy, some you may feel like you won’t make it through. No one can hurt you as deeply as a spouse, because you expect more from a spouse than anyone else. When those expectations, even in the little things are disappointed it can really wear on you over the years.

Being quick to forgive is definitely key which takes humility if done in sincerity. Humility and trust in God will be your companions for success.

So some things that tear marriages down that should be discussed before a covenant is made: (Most of these questions should be answered by the man and the woman)

1. How do you feel about children?

a.) Are you ok with letting God decide how many children we have?

b.) Do you prefer to give birth in the hospital or at home?

c.) How would you want to correct and direct a child?

d.) Would you want your child to be home-schooled or is public education ok with you?

e.) If we home-school what are your expectations for homeschooling as far as what they should be taught and how much time they will spend a day/week doing school?

f.) Are you ok with our children using technology and or watching T.V. and if so what do you find acceptable for children to view and how often can they have access to these things?

g.) How do you feel about the in-laws and their interaction and influence on our children; will we set boundaries for the in-laws as far as what kinds of gifts & clothes they give the children and what they allow the children to view or places they bring them?

h.) Do we want our children to go to college? Do we want to teach our children to court when seeking a spouse or do we believe dating is acceptable?

j.) Are we ok with our children being involved in sports?

2. Money

      a.) Do we want a bank account?

      b.) Do we want a joint bank account or separate accounts?

      c.) Do we want to use credit cards?

      d.) As a wife do you trust me to make good choices to freely spend or are you thinking of giving me a certain allowance for things like groceries,etc.?

      e.) Do you believe in a savings account, or life Insurance?

      f.) Do you want me to work for money also?

      g.) Will we file taxes and if so jointly or separately?

      h.) Is your aim to work a lot for money? Do you want to spend money on a large house, a small house, on cars, trucks, furniture, technology?

3. Health

    a.) Are you ok with going to a Dr. ?

    b.) Is it ok to take prescriptions or are there certain kinds you think are wrong to take?

    c.) Do you believe in using food and herbs for healing?

   d.) Are you comfortable eating GMO products, do you want to try to stick with organic or just certain things organic?

   e.) Are you comfortable eating fast food?

   f.) Do you feel convicted to eat for health, for example are you ok with spending money on things like twinkies, donuts, ice cream on a regular basis or only on occasion or never?

  g.) How do you feel about marijuana internally, smoked or ingested, used topically?

  

4. Music

 a.) Are you ok with listening to music?

 b.) Are there certain kinds of music you don’t like or think we shouldn’t listen to?

 

5. Socializing

 a.) What kind of boundaries will you have once we are married in regards to interacting with the opposite gender?

 b.) Are you comfortable driving alone with the opposite gender, or only under certain circumstances?

 c.) Are you comfortable speaking privately with the opposite gender whether an audio, video, or text?

 d.) Are you comfortable having casual friendships with the opposite gender?

 e.) How do you feel about physical touch with the opposite gender: hugs, hand holding, handshakes, fist bumps? Are any of these ok under certain circumstances?

 f.) Are you ok with drinking alcohol at all?

6. Intimacy

  a.) Were you ever exposed to porn and if so how did it effect you, does it still effect you today, do you have any addiction issues with it?

  b.) Do you masturbate, if so do you think it is wrong or do you think it’s acceptable with God? If you masturbate are you triggered visually to do so, such as seeing an immodest woman in public or online; do you masturbate as a means of stress release? 

  c.) Do you believe oral sex is acceptable with God or wrong, if I am not comfortable with oral sex do you feel that will become a problem?

  d.) Do you expect me to wear sexy clothes in the bedroom; if I don’t is that going to be a problem?

  e.) Do you care if I do not shave?

  f.) Do you care if I don’t wear make-up?

  g.) Do you like to talk in bed before going to sleep, or do you prefer not to?

  h.) Does it make you uncomfortable if we are both in the restroom at the same time or do you prefer I wait until you're finished before entering?

7. Concerning the faith

  a.) What do you believe Church should look like?

  b.) Is being part of a Church body important to you?

  c.) What do you think about women pastors?

  d.) What do you believe it means to be  Christian?

  e.) Do you feel God has a calling on your life for a certain type of ministry?

  f.) Do you believe you have any spiritual gifts from God: that of teaching, hospitality, laying on of hands, evangelism, etc?

  g.) Do you care if I wear a head-covering in general?

  h.) What do you consider modest and not modest in regards to both men and women and their choice of clothes: (to the man)Are you comfortable in front of women shirtless? 

Is it ok for either of us to wear tank tops, “bathing suits”, or shorts?

 j.) If we have to get the vaccine to buy food would you want us to? 

 h.) Do you think we have to submit to the government in all things or just certain things?

j.) Are you willing to suffer for the faith, go to jail, bear reproach, lose fellowship, be hated by family, be poor...?

k.) As a woman what do you expect of me regarding my role as a Christian wife? Do you believe housework is only for women or do you believe it is also a husband’s duty to help with cooking, cleaning, diaper changing…? 

 l.) Do you believe in infant baptism?

m.) Do you believe cremation is ok?

n.) What do you believe about communion?

o.) Do you believe in miracles?

p.) Do you prefer praying out loud or silently?

q.) Do you want to pray before meals? Do you want to pray together before bed or individually?

r.) What do you believe Jesus taught regarding loving your enemies: is it ok to kill in defense, or injure in defense? How do you feel about calling 911?

s.) What would you do if you or I were called to jury duty?

t.) How do you feel about holidays?

u.) Do you love God more than me?

v.) Are you getting married because you want a nice marriage or because you want someone to serve Jesus with?

w.) Are you attempting to find completeness in marriage, as in do you think it will satisfy a loneliness in you or do you recognize only God will complete you?

8. Miscellaneous

 a.) Is there anything I do that really irritates you?

 b.) How much do you care about being clean as far as how often do you think bed sheets and towels should be washed and changed; do you like the dishes to be done after dinner or as the meal is being made?

c.) How many meals a day do you like to eat and what are your preferred meal times?

d.) What are your favorite foods and what do you not like to eat?

e.) Are you ok driving over the speed limit?

f.) Are you willing to be misunderstood by me and am I willing to be by you; are we willing to let go of disagreements and try to work together for peace?

 

Of course you do not have to have all the answers to these questions and over the years your answers will likely change? However these are topics worth discussing and not allowing your desire to be married hinder you from honest examination. When two people are “in love” it’s much easier to believe that even if you didn’t like their answers to some of these questions you will be able to handle it, or some put their trust in believing the person's opinion will soon change and fall in line with their own.

This is the time to be honest with yourself and your potential spouse, there's no turning back after the "I do." on the wedding day.

The Scriptures speak of the little foxes that spoil the vines...it truly can be the little seemingly insignificant things that begin to wear us out after being married:

“He always throws his dirty clothes on the floor like a slob when the dirty clothes basket is right there 2 steps away!”

“Day after day I come home from a long day at work and the house is a mess and dinner hasn't even started!”

“He’s constantly pulling the blanket off me at night, he snores, and he tosses and turns; I can’t get any sleep!”

“She embarrasses me with her choice of clothes?”

“He rarely ever spends time with the children so I can get things done!”

“She totally disrespects me in public!”

In marriage some focus on each other's shortcomings after a time of living together and begin to nag one another. Some things may take a spouse years to get the victory over or they may never change...so, it’s very important to not be tripped up over what bothers you about your spouse while failing to speak gratefully to them for their efforts to please you in ways they have found to please you.

No matter what, marriage is a leap of faith. As Christians it is most important that God sincerely is our first love so no matter what happens in our marriage we will have God as our rock. People, even spouses, will fail us. But the thing about marriage is that you are committing to this person regardless if they are faithful to do their part.

Marriage is a lifelong commitment: disagreements don’t dissolve it, unfaithfulness doesn’t dissolve it, falling “out of love” doesn’t dissolve it, only death. God uses marriage to teach us and perfect us whether the marriage is successful or not. 

I have a burden for young people in regards to marriage because, like I said, too many are finding regrets about their marriage or ending up divorced. Too many are saying: they didn’t realize the seriousness of marriage, no one ever warned them, gave them counsel or advice, or prepared them for the reality of marriage.

It is so important to speak soberly with people you know who plan to marry. Kindly make sure they know very well the person they desire to be joined to. Feel free to use things listed here or make your own list of ideas for them to discuss with their soon to be spouse. If society took marriage more seriously and invested in preparing the youth for successful marriages many problems would be solved... A good Marriage is the foundation of mentally healthy children; thus a healthier society. Don't be afraid to speak up.

"Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." ~Matthew 19:6

BEST FRIEND?

When it comes to a Best Friend it should always be Jesus in the life of a Christian. If you are Christian and you don't know Jesus as your Best Friend please make it a priority.

But don't turn Jesus into an imaginary friend and create Him from your imagination. A Best friend is not someone that will always agree with you. A BEST FRIEND is someone who will tell you the Truth in love even though it hurts to hear it. 

"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful."

Proverbs 27:6 

If you are married your Best Friend still needs to be Jesus and then your spouse. If you don't know your spouse as your 2nd Best friend next to Jesus do your best to make it happen. 

Other than that the Scriptures counsel us to have the SAME love one for another. In our youth we learn childish and selfish behaviors that teach us to have EXCLUSIVE relationships and a he or she is MY Best Friend and mine only mentality; as if that particular friend being our Best makes us something superior. We learn to boast that so in so is MY Best Friend thus declaring we have something others only wish they could have by having this person's acceptance. 

This mentality should be discouraged in the youth and by adulthood we should have grown out of it. Yes, it's true we more easily click with certain people, we feel we can trust some more than others and we naturally feel more of a connection with some. Yet, this should never validate a childish/selfish all exclusive friendship. 

In Philippians we learn of the mind of Christ:

"If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be LIKE-MINDED, having the SAME LOVE, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:"

Philippians 2:1‭-‬7 

We are to have the SAME LOVE, the love of Christ one for another, not a, "I love you the most, so I am going to treat you better than everyone else and prefer you above everyone else." That is a selfish heart not a self-less heart. A self-less heart takes all of God's children into consideration. On the contrary this is the kind of love we should have for each other not just for some among us or ONE among us:

"But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: so being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us."

1 Thessalonians 2:7‭-‬8 

Our love for One another should be as deep as Christ's is for us; that we should be willing to die for one another. Christ didn't die for ONE but for all.

"and that he died for ALL, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again."

2 Corinthians 5:15 

When we live for Christ we must live to love ALL with the same love as He did. 

This comes with challenges but when Christ is in the place He is worthy of, that being, Our Best Friend, He can make it easy for us to love others; because He teaches us by His example to be self-less and when we are self-less it is much easier to love.

This non- exclusive love is the power behind the name Christian. Are you familiar with the song, "We are One in the Spirit... they will know we are Christians by our love"

Jesus Himself said, 

"By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."

John 13:35 

He didn't say if you each have a Best friend you love more than others, or a certain group of people you love more than others, His Disciples went on to confirm the mind of Christ by passing down His teachings:

"that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another."

1 Corinthians 12:25 

"For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them."   Luke 6:32 

The Christian love should exceed the love of a natural man/woman. Not only are we commanded to love one another with the same sacrificial love but also our enemies. And this my friends is the mind of Christ and the example that He gave us through His living testimony. 

Seek Him for a heart to love like He loves, and don't back out when you experience the suffering it takes to love as He loves. No pain, no gain, is a true saying.  

Let the testimony of Christ inspire you and compell you to love self-lessly

Please teach your children that if they want a Best Friend that seat in their heart belongs only to Christ and as for anyone else they desire friendship with, teach them to have the same sacrificial love for all their acquaintances and not to prefer one above another. If they can learn this when they are young what a glory it will be for them to carry it into adulthood and to live a life of self-less love.

Self Deception of Selfies

 

Above content is "shared" from social media

My heart once again is burdened by this very thing you see in the meme.

I have some FB friends that share such good Truth that people need to hear, but then they bring shame and confusion to the name of Christ by posting pictures of themselves that resemble a model posing to encite lust in men. 

They will either put a Scripture as the caption to their picture or they will simply say something like "Out walking the dog",  sounds nice and "innocent", but their so called innocent picture sells their body to everyone that passes by as their buttocks, breasts and bare thighs are emphasized and strangely the position of their hand draws attention to their crotch just like sensual models purposely pose.

They maybe decieved themselves, I have heard some say things like, 

 I meant no harm by it,  I don't see anything wrong with the picture,  I didn't do anything wrong. 

"Such is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness."

Proverbs 30:20

There's a problem here my sisters,  if you are a sister in deed? If you don't see a Problem with posting pictures of yourself in tight clothing or a lack of clothing that shows skin to every passer-by that shouldn't have knowledge of it then you have yet to realize that you are in a fallen world and are still being used of the devil. 

Ladies today are writing articles to justify you by calling loving others by avoiding certain clothes as being legalistic.  They are trying to convince you that you have liberty in Jesus to wear the clothes you want to wear and even be called by His name.  

"And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach."

Isaiah 4:1 

You don't have to take my word for it. 

But before you pose for the camera and post it honestly ask God if it's His will, and if that picture will please Him and bring glory to His name. God made all things beautiful even you.  But true beauty is in the heart of a woman that knows what God expects from women that are called by His name, and what it truly looks like to reflect His image to this world. 

You got me scratching my head if you think His image is comparable to what Vogue magazine posts and that He will justify your action. You also have me questioning your true character and intentions and sadly you have me hesitant to share your edifying Scriptural posts. Putting out pictures that misrepresent Christian are a spot on your garment. Moreover,  you have me in mourning for the deep grief of women that are either in bonds and still blind, or that are so wicked to use the Word of God to draw people after their sinful ways shaming Christ.

"that thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:"

1 Timothy 6:14 

There is a way to behave that God will truly have your back/ justify you, and there is a way to behave that shows you love darkness more than light and condemn yourself. 

Men need to take responsibly for their lust issues,  but you don't need to make it a challenge for them.  Brothers in the faith should be able to feel safe from temptation in the presence of a Sister; because she knows how to behave uprightly, with shamefacedness and modest apparel,  her heart is not selfishly seeking her brothers admiration through her bodies beauty. 

I am sure you have seen this quoted often,  if it makes you roll your eyes and you have yielded to a false interpretation of it so it doesn't actually apply to you in the plain speech that it is written in,  then there is a problem:

"In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with SHAMEFACEDNESS and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; but (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works."

1 Timothy 2:9-10

There was an exhortation to men right before this if you read the entire chapter you will see it isn't some foolishly believed exhortation to keep women in bondage and allow men to walk in the flesh. 

Another thing to consider: social media is a place fallen men indulge in their sinful ways; why give them a picture of yourself to become another one of the bodies they've lusted over?

Be honest if you get gratification from all the,  "your so beautiful" comments and that's a motivation for you to post to reassure and feel better about yourself.  If you don't want others to have this impression of you simply forsake the foolish. 

"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready."

Revelation 19:7 

It's time to get ready, and be free of self deception and carnal insecurities.  Have confidence that you are beautifully and wonderfully created of God,  seek His favor alone and you will be satisfied and your void filled. 

"that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish."

Ephesians 5:27 

Refined by Fire

Image by John Vasilopoulos from Pixabay Scripture added by me

Many Holy Women of Old went through Great Tribulations. Some of us seeing the current circumstances of society are beginning to fear that great suffering is in our near future. But we need not fear what is ahead. It is an opportunity for our faith to be manifested and God glorified. If you struggle with the desire to avoid or despise suffering refresh yourself with the Word of God and ask Him to increase your faith.

Hebrews 11

[24] By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
[25] Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;[

[26] Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. 

[27] By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

[32] And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

[33] Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
[34] Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
[35] Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
[36] And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
[37] They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
[38] (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
[39] And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
[40] God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

What a dreadful thing to go through life unrefined. No real fire to burn the sin out of you. Just a mundane existence. Eating, drinking, sleeping....a life much like the beast who will not stand before the righteous judgment. But we humans who are made after God's image will come before God to give an account of our life.

Thank God if your life has difficulties that burn up the chaff (the no good, the useless part). Those hard trials that bring you to your knees and total surrender. That makes you not care about anything but pleasing your Maker. That makes your life feel so ruined that you are brought to deep humility where pride can no longer have its ugly roots in the soil of your broken heart. Where all you want to do is love like Christ and never argue again, never let a foolish word come out your mouth, never belittle anyone again, never seek to defend yourself again; but all your hope, trust & joy rests on God and your affections are set on things above.

I can't imagine living a life so mundane and secure that secret sins are never purged, pride and arrogance go unnoticed, foolishness & perversion unaccounted for... Until the day you stand before the God who formed you in your mother's womb and hear Him say, "Depart from me, I never knew you..." And then you cry out in shock, "But Lord I cast out demons in your name, I 'won' souls for You, I gave 20%,!!!!!" To no avail. Because you did not earnestly seek to be purged of all that God hates. You avoided the refiner's fire. You did not make God your first love. You got comfortable in this life and failed to see your nakedness. God help us to remember in our times of suffering that it is not in vain, that our endurance will cause us to come forth as something more precious than fine gold.

Let us not be as these spoken of in the book of Revelation:

Revelation 3:17

17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

Grace and peace and FAITH be multiplied. 

Kill Babies at Birth?

 

I was doing some research recently regarding abortions. It is very sad that the new President of the USA supports this crazy idea to kill babies at birth so I was told by a Senator. This is an excerpt from an email the Senator sent me:

"Biden’s statement on Friday renewed his promise to “codify Roe vs. Wade” and force states to follow suit.

His threat to codify Roe vs. Wade will be implemented state by state, allowing the murder of preborn children up even to the point of birth, something that only the most pro-abortion states like New York have legalized."

It is very hard for me to wrap my head around how anyone can tear a baby apart from the womb let alone at birth! It is sad that thinking like I do on this topic is becoming outdated. But it does not have to be outdated to believe murdering babies is wrong. We as individuals have the power to influence how those around us think.  I myself am writing this post and creating memes to positively influence "positive" thinking (really it's called sound thinking) about babies. 

So, I came across the Hippocratic Oath which is a vow that was made by Doctors of Old Times and even today; although today's may read a bit different, I doubt they swear by the false gods. This Oath was originally written in Greek, I found it to be very interesting: (Take note this is an oath taken by people who were NOT Christian...yet they had morals and values back then that some who profess Christ today do Not even have.)

"I swear by Apollo Healer, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture.

To hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture; to impart precept, oral instruction, and all other instruction to my own sons, the sons of my teacher, and to indentured pupils who have taken the Healer’s oath, but to nobody else. {Notice the Christ-like principles that I emphasized being upheld by Non-Christians}

I will use those dietary regimens which will benefit my patients according to my greatest ability and judgment, and I will do no harm or injustice to them.^[7] Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. But I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art. I will not use the knife, not even, verily, on sufferers from stone, but I will give place to such as are craftsmen therein. { Today doctors know very little about the healing that can come through proper diet. Sadly many of them also will kill babies for hire and give out poison like candy.} 

Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession, as well as outside my profession in my intercourse with men, if it be what should not be published abroad, I will never divulge, holding such things to be holy secrets. {Today patients are charged unreasonable amounts to go to doctors rather than doctors going to the sick and they kill babies intentionally as well as adults.}

Now if I carry out this oath, and break it not, may I gain for ever reputation among all men for my life and for my art; but if I break it and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me.^[6] "– Translation by W.H.S. Jones. 

For those interested in reading further on the old Oaths and beliefs read the following quote or skip past it:

"Providing poisonous drugs would certainly have been viewed as immoral by contemporary physicians if it resulted in murder. However, the absolute ban described in the oath also forbids euthanasia. Several accounts of ancient physicians willingly assisting suicides have survived.^[14] Multiple explanations for the prohibition of euthanasia in the oath have been proposed: it is possible that not all physicians swore the oath, or that the oath was seeking to prevent widely held concerns that physicians could be employed as political assassins.^[15]

The interpreted AD 275 fragment of the oath contains a prohibition of abortion that is in contradiction to original Hippocratic text On the Nature of the Child, which contains a description of an abortion, without any implication that it was morally wrong,^[16] and descriptions of abortifacient medications are numerous in the ancient medical literature.^[17] While many Christian versions of the Hippocratic Oath, particularly from the middle-ages, explicitly prohibited abortion, the prohibition is often omitted from many oaths taken in US medical schools today, though it remains controversial.^[18] Scribonius Largus was adamant in AD 43 (the earliest surviving reference to the oath) that it preclude abortion.^[19]

As with Scribonius Largus, there seemed to be no question to Soranus that the Hippocratic Oath prohibits abortion, although apparently not all doctors adhered to it strictly in his time. According to Soranus' 1st or 2nd century AD work Gynaecology, one party of medical practitioners banished all abortives as required by the Hippocratic Oath; the other party—to which he belonged—was willing to prescribe abortions, but only for the sake of the mother's health.^[19][20]

The oath stands out among comparable ancient texts on medical ethics and professionalism through its heavily religious tone, a factor which makes attributing its authorship to Hippocrates particularly difficult. Phrases such as 'but I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art' suggest a deep, almost monastic devotion to the art of medicine. He who keeps to the oath is promised 'reputation among all men for my life and for my art'. This contrasts heavily with Galenic writings on professional ethics, which employ a far more pragmatic approach, where good practice is defined as effective practice, without reference to deities.^{[21]"--from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath}

My Post Continues:

 Many believe that wisdom increases with time, but we can see through many historical accounts that is not always the case. Reading this old oath we see that even secular people of old held unto a reasonable value of the life of others and of the unborn. There is so much we can learn from the Word of God if Christians today knew how valuable the Word of God is they would be more united in knowing right from wrong. Regardless of what scholars today teach about the unborn in the womb even if it was "just a clump of cells" as they say it is a clump that holds in itself LIFE and they themselves are only a "clump of cells" if they want to be that scientific about what makes up a human-being. Look here what the Holy Scriptutres teaches us regarding that which is in the womb:

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life. Exodus 21:22-23

Is it not interesting? ...that "the clump of cells is referd to as "fruit" and when it is harmed LIFE is lost and therefore life is required of the one who destroyed it.

It is so important that those who declare to follow Christ take and make, opportunities to sow sound judgment concerning the Life of unborn children. Many are working night and day to convince younger generations that Life is not Life; even on the day that life gasps for it's first breath, the one we call Doctor and expect to be a preserver and healer of life is ready and willing to destroy that precious life for hire/selfish gain.

Mothers teach your children that life is valuable and life in the womb is precious no matter how tiny that life is.

Young ladies tach the same to your siblings and bear this witness to your friends; don't be ashamed to call Life, a Life.

For the many who have sadly made the mistake of destroying the Life God blessed your womb with know that God is ready and willing to forgive. Recieve His forgiveness and boldly share your regrets with others to help deliver them from making the same mistake.

"As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones are joined together in the womb of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the works of God, who is the maker of all." --Ecclesiastes 11:5

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