Survey Of The Sanctity Of Life!

Psalm 139 (Expanded Bible)

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 Lord, you have ·examined [investigated; searched] me

and know all about me.

2 You know when I sit down and when I ·get up [rise].

You ·know [understand] my thoughts ·before I think them [L?from afar].

3 You ·know [L?measure] ·where I go [L?my path] and ·where I lie down [L?my lying down].

You ·know [are familiar with] ·everything I do [L?all my path].

4 Lord, even ·before I say a word [L?when no word is on my tongue],

you already know ·it [L?all of it].

5 You ·are all around me [L?hem me in]—in front and in back—

and have put your hand on me.

6 Your knowledge is ·amazing [wonderful; or overwhelming] to me;

it is ·more than I can understand [too high/unattainable. I am not able to grasp it.

7 Where can I go to get away from your Spirit?

Where can I ·run [flee] from you?

8 If I ·go [climb] up to the heavens, you are there.

If I ·lie down [spread out; make my bed] in ·the grave [L?Sheol; C?the grave or the underworld], you are there.

9 If I rise with the ·sun in the east [L?wings of the dawn]

and settle in the ·west beyond [L?back of] the sea,

10 even there ·you [L?your hand] would guide me.

With your right hand you would ·hold [grab; seize] me.

11 I could say, “The darkness will ·hide [cover] me.

Let the light around me turn into night.”

12 But even the darkness is not dark to you.

The night ·is as light as [shines like] the day;

darkness and light are the same to you.

13 You ·made [created] my ·whole being [inward parts];

you ·formed [knitted] me in my mother’s ·body [belly; womb].

14 I ·praise [thank] you because you made me in an ·amazing [awesome] and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well.

15 ·You saw my bones being formed [L?My bones were not hidden from you]

as I ·took shape [was made] in ·my mother’s body [L?secret].

When I was ·put together [L?woven] ·there [L?in the depths of the earth],

16 ·you [L?your eyes] saw my ·body as it was formed [L?embyro].

All the days ·planned [L?formed] for me were written in your book ·before I was one day old [not one of them existed].

17 God, your thoughts are precious to me. ·They are so many [L?How vast are their sum]!

18 If I could count them, they would be more than all the grains of sand. When I ·wake up [or come to the end], I am still with you.

Psalm 139 (EXB)

23 God, ·examine [investigate; search; ] me and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any ·bad thing [hurtful way] in me. Lead me on the ·road to everlasting life [L?everlasting/or ancient way].

Let’s pray…..

I would like to begin this message with a question. If I were to ask you, “where is the most dangerous place in America for a person to live,” How would you answer that? What would your response be?

Someone may say the most dangerous place in America for a person to live is the city of Los Angeles! There was a total of 208 murders in Los Angeles in 2020. Los Angeles has a daily average of 0.84 murders per day!

Someone else may say no, no, the most dangerous place for a person to live in America is New York City. There was a total of 305 murders in New York City last year. That is a daily average of 1.22 murders per day!

Someone would undoubtedly rise up and say, your both wrong the most dangerous place for a person to live in America is the city of Chicago! There were a total of 524 murders in Chicago in 2020. That is a daily average of 2.1 murders per day!

THOSE ARE GOOD GUESSES BUT THEIR WRONG! THE TRUTH MAY STARTLE YOU….THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO LIVE IN AMERICA IS NOT IN LA, NOR NY, NOR CHICAGO! NO, NO, NO!

ANNUALLY, YEAR AFTER YEAR, SPECIFICALLY SINCE 1973, THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO LIVE IN AMERICA IS NOT LA, OR NY, OF CHI-TOWN OR YOUNGSTOWN, - THE MOST DANGEROUSL PLACE FOR A PERSON TODAY TO LIVE IN AMERICA IS - IN A MOTHER’S WOMB!

REALLY WHERE DID YOU GET THAT IDEA, YOU ASK?

The World Health Organization just recently reported that there are 1.37 million abortions a year in America!

That averages out to about 3,753 per day!

156 every hour!

2.6 ever minute!

1 about every 20 seconds!

In fact Abortions outnumber lives birth in 14 major metropolitan areas in America!