Swimming Upstream: God’s Kingdom and Popular Culture

Session Ten - A Voice for the Orphan1.30.2011 - theBridge Community Church

Swimming Upstream: God’s Kingdom and Popular Culture

Session Ten - A Voice for the Orphan1.30.2011 - theBridge Community Church

Review

✦ We are compelled to speak the truth at all times while

constantly seeking occasion to demonstrate genuine love for the people of the world.

Psalm 139:13-14 (NLT) 15:18-19 (ESV)

✦ “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and

knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for

making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship

is marvelous—how well I know it.”

Psalm 139:15-16 (NLT) 15:18-19 (ESV)

✦ “You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every

moment was laid out before a single day had passed.”

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About the Unborn

✦ An unborn child is uniquely created by God.

Psalm 22:10 (ESV)

✦ “On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother’s

womb you have been my God.”

About the Unborn

✦ An unborn child has some form of relationship with

God.

Jeremiah 1:5 (NLT)

✦ “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set

you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the

nations.”

About the Unborn

✦ An unborn has a purpose defined by God.

Our Responsibility

✦ The church, who is seeking to be the friend of the

homeless, the widow, and the orphan, must also be a strong advocate and untiring voice for the unwanted unborn.

How We Speak

✦ “How” we declare truth is absolutely critical. In many

cases, it can be the difference between being heard and being ignored.

Swimming Upstream: God’s Kingdom and Popular Culture

Session Ten - A Voice for the Orphan1.30.2011 - theBridge Community Church

Swimming Upstream: God’s Kingdom and Popular Culture

Session Ten - A Voice for the Orphan1.30.2011 - theBridge Community Church