The Beliefs of Christians About Their Responsibility for Those at the Beginning and End of Their Life

The Beliefs of Christians About Their Responsibility for Those at the Beginning and End of Their Life

All life is sacred because it comes from God and hence should be

respected and used in a way that God wanted us to use it. In Genesis

we are told how everything is created from God, which means that life,

is a gift to us from God and we are told in Genesis just what Gods

perfect image is and also that God has a plan for each of us. Human

life is precious and special to God and as it is a gift from God so we

should try and please him in what we do.

“God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him”

We learn in the Ten Commandments that life should be respected. They

are an outline on how to threat God and other people in everyday life.

Jesus told the rich young man that to inherit eternal life he must

keep the commandments.

Christians believe that a foetus is a new life from the moment of

conception. The beginning of life is mentioned in Jeremiah 1V5

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,

Before you were born I set you apart; I

Appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

God has set us apart for a mission and has considered an unborn child

to be a living being. This would lead us to believe that God has plans

for people even before they are born because Jeremiah claims to have

been made a prophet before birth. In Luke’s description of the birth

of Jesus and Mary visiting her cousin Elizabeth she realised that she

was also expecting a baby. When Mary entered Elizabeth’s house the

baby jumped into her womb. The baby in the womb is shown here to have

human qualities and also it could respond to God even though they were

both still unborn. Christians believe the baby in the womb should be

respected and protected.

Christians feel that they have a responsibility to help and care for