2 | Does God Forgive Abortion? 5 Bible Verses That Prove He Does

If you’re listening to this then you’ve probably had a moment in your life where you did something that was a MAJOR no-no. And before you say “who, me?!” YES, I’m talking to you, because literally none of us are free from sin. While Jesus set us free from our sin, He did so KNOWING that we were still going to go against Him and do bad or shady things. So, is there a sin that God doesn’t forgive? And is abortion one of those sins? 

There are people out there that believe that. There are people out there that label certain sins as “unforgiveable.” But where is the Biblical evidence for that? If you ask the person to prove it, they likely don’t have a scripture that they can point to that says that the specific sin they are referring to is completely unforgiveable. Sometimes as humans in this broken world that is hard for us to grapple with, but God really does measure all sin the same. 

I want to tell you a little story about my coming to faith journey. If you listened to episode one you know that I grew up in a Christian home but strayed away from my faith after my dad passed away. And, during that phase of my life, I walked into an abortion facility and ended the life of my unborn child, therefore shedding innocent blood. This is listed in Proverbs 6:17 along with the 7 acts God finds detestable. 

But what we don’t seem to realize is, he finds the act detestable, but not the person. God doesn’t hate you when you do something against Him. He hates what you did, but not YOU. So you if confess your sin, and genuinely invite Him into your life, He isn’t going to scorn you no matter what your sin was. 
I didn’t used to realize this. I lived many years of my life thinking I needed to pay a penance for my sin of abortion. I craved a relationship with God and slowly grew closer to him, to the point where I went through believer baptism in October of 2017. I did not tell my pastor about my abortion, and I remember after I got out of the pool and everyone cheered, I had a feeling of joy and excitement that was being overshadowed with a dark cloud of fear, because the enemy kept whispering in my ear “that didn’t count. You didn’t tell the pastor about your abortion. There’s no way he would have baptized you if he knew about it. Good luck with your salvation because your baptism didn’t count and you can’t be forgiven.” 

It wasn’t until I truly began to study scripture and really truly read and digest it that I realized that those were all lies. God DID forgive me, God doesn’t expect me to pay a penance, and my sin wasn’t “worse” in his eyes. 

Here are FIVE bible verses that prove that God forgives ALL sin: 

1. 1 John 1:9 
2. Psalm 32:5 
3. Psalm 103:2-5 
4. Micah 7:18-19 
5. Acts 3:19 

To recap, none of these verses say “God will forgive all sin except abortion.” “God will forgive all sin except ‘insert specific sin here.’”  

John 8:36 “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” You are free my friend, He doesn’t want you bound by those chains any longer. Don’t let the father of lies tell you otherwise. 

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