- 1. WELCOME!Parkside Bible Fellowship Adult Summer Sunday
SchoolAugust 9, 20099th Session
2. We Are the Salt and theLight In A Dying World As Christians,
we must be ready to e set the record strastraight every time the
media portrays PhysicianAssisted Suicide as an act ofCOMPASSION if
not, it could COMPASSION,become a slippery slope. 3. Gods Word
forbids murder. AbortionAll fall into Euthanasia the category of
murder! SuicideHowever, Capital Punishment(Death Penalty) does not.
4. Euthanasia 1. From the dictionary A good death or dying well A
peaceful and painless death toend a painful an incurable
disease.and 2. Society Physician Assisted Suicide Mercy Killing
Death With Dignity Quality of life vs. Sanctity of Life 5. 3.
Medical World Active euthanasia occurs in those instances in which
sosomeone takes active means, such as a leth injection, to bring
ethal about someones death. PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE SUICIDE
Passive euthanasia occurs in those instances in which someone
simply refuses to intervene in order to prevent someones death.
Natural death is not imminent. 6. 3. Medical World Letting die
involves the withholding or withdrawing life-prolonging and
lifeprolonging life- sustaining medicatio and technologies tions
from an irreversibly ill patient with whom death is imminent even
with treatment. 7. Capital Punishment and Christianity Divided in
the Christian World AgainstFor 1. Sanctity of life 1. Death penalty
is 2. Thou Shall Not Kill retribution for shedding 3. He who is
without sin,of innocent blood. 2. Thou Shall Not Killlet him cast
the first 3. God createdstone.government to carry out 4. Biblical
References:capital punishment. Exodus 11: 134. Biblical References:
John 8: 7Gen. 9: 6, Ex. 11: 13,21:12 and Rom. 13: 1-7 8. Capital
Punishment and ChristianityAgainst 1. The Death Penalty is barbaric
andunnecessary in a mature society.In order to oppose capital
punishment you must confront the horror of murder, feel the loss,
fearand outrage, and sd still be able to lookthe victims
relatiatives in the eyes andsay the murderer must live. 9. Capital
Punishment and ChristianityFor 1. The DEATH PENALTY is needed in
todayssociety to act as a DETERRENT and ameans of PROTECTING the
rights andfreedoms of citizens.In order to support
CAPITALPUNISHMENT, y must be able , you to look into the eyes of
thecondemned man recognize hisman,humanity, see how he got to that
point and tell him he must diedie.. 10. Blue states have no death
penalty statute. Yellow-green pro death pena no executions since
1976.. naltyReddish-orange states have executed people since 1976.
ve 11. As with Abortion Euthanasia,Abortion,Suicide and Capital
Punishmentis man usurping (seizing) the sovereign will and
authority of God. nd It is man desiring to become God, ingto decide
who lives and who doesnt. It is a rebellion against Godsauthority.
12. Many Americans,including C g Christians, hold differing views
on whether or not EUTHANASIA should become legal and whether the
DEATH PENALTY should remain so. 13. Are there any exam mples of
Euthanasiaand Suicide in the Bible? 1. King Abimelech commited
suicide assisted byhis armor bearer. Judges 9:50 9:50-55. 2. King
Saul commited sui suicide. His armor bearerrefuses to assist him so
he falls on his sword.I Samuel 31:4 3. Judas Iscariot was the most
infamous suicidewhen betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.Hung
himself. Matthew 27:5 14. Are there any exam mples of Euthanasiaand
Suicide in the Bible? Note: Three considerations 1. The Bible is
Gods Wor but is also a historyordbook. It does not CONDONE the
suicides, it justreports it. 2. The Bible makes it clear, SUICIDE
IS WRONG. 3. Except in the case of CAPITAL PUNISHMENTadministered
by the ggovernment, the takingof any life, even our own before Gods
time,is WRONG. 15. Examples of Euthanasia in the US1. Karen Quinlan
March 1954 to June 1985 2. Teri Schiavo Dec. 1963 to April
2005.Both cases beca came court battlesover the RIGHT TO LIFE and
Euthanasia issues. 16. Infamous Dr. Death or Jack Kevorkian
believed in a terminal patients right to die and assisted in 130
patients to that end. Dying is not a crimecrime.From 1999 and 2007
Kevorkian served 807, years of a 10-to-25-year prison sentence year
for 2nd degree murder. Paroled, June 1, 2007 and still supports a07
terminal patients right to die die. 17. Physician assisted suicide
isILLEGAL in the United StatesEXCEPT for Oregon (1994)
andWashington ((2008) whichpassed the Death WithDignity Act. US
Supreme Court case, Washington v. Glucksberg, ruled, 9-0, that
theres no0, constitutional right to physician assisted suicide in
1997. BUT as with Same Sex Marriage Marriage----Full Faith and
Credit Clause and 14th Amendment 18. We, As Christians Affirm That
All human life is SACRED, is a GIFTfrom God, is of VALUE at every
stageof development, is the source of HUMAN DIGNITY and the
basisfor HUMAN EQUALITYEQUALITY. No One Is Worthless Whom God Has
Created And WhomChrist Died For! 19. RelativismAbsolutes Recognize
that the worth of Treat all human life as of human life varies
equal worthThere are occasions whereNever intentionally takeDeath
With Dignity is JUST human life Respect a persons desire toNever
take your own life and live or dietry to prevent others fromtaking
theirsBring children into the world Be fruitful and multiplyonly if
they are wantedDo not discriminate on the Treat all human life as
more basis of speciesprecious than any non- non- human life 20.
RelativismAbsolutes "Those who believe When life isstrongly that
death devalued, it slowlymust come without depreciates further
physician assistance, over time and theare not free to force right
to die will their views, theireventually be religious convictions,
transformed into a or their philosophiesduty to die. on all other
membersof a democraticsociety." 21. RelativismAbsolutes "Our
society, basing "We've got a duty to its view primarily ondie and
get out of the the fundamentalway with all of our values of Judaism
and machines andChristianity, has artificial hearts and always
forbidden the everything else like taking of innocent lifethat and
let the other and has considered society, our kids, builda
reasonable life." that act one of themost serious, if not themost
serious, breachesof morality possible." 22. RelativismAbsolutes"I
believe when the We must be concerneddefective child shallwith what
the next step have reached the age ofof PAS. Societies tend to five
years . . . that theexpand the number ofconditions and groups case
should be targeted for this special considered under law by
treatment or finala competent medical solution, and I agree board."
The boardwith the concerns about would be authorized "to the impact
of medically relieve that defective . . . sanctioned suicide onof
the agony of living." the poor andhandicapped." 23. Relativism
AbsolutesDerek Humphrey was "Moreover, euthanasia asked the reason
thatand PAS are socially euthanasia has gaineddisastrous. They are
momentum in recentnot containable by years. He responded by placing
legal limits onsaying that, their practice. Arguments to theRoe v.
Wade was the contrary, the slippery turning point. Its rightslope
is anto privacy and right to inescapable logical,choose emphasis
gave psychological,credence to thehistorical, and euthanasia
argument. empirical reality." 24. GOD IS SOVEREIGN OVER LIFE AND
DEATH Job 1:20 - 22 20Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved re
his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21And he said:
Naked I came from my mother's womb, And n d naked shall I return
there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the
name of the Lord. 22In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with
wrong. 25. GOD IS SOVEREIGN OVER LIFE AND DEATH Psalms 139:16 Your
eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all ;
written. The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was
not one of them.re Deuteronomy 32:39 The Lord says, See now that I
myself am He! There is no god besides me, I put to! death and I
bring to life I have wounded life, and I will heal, and no one can
deliver out of my hand. 26. BIBLE SPECIFICALLY CONDEMNS THE TAKING
OF LIFE Genesis 9:6:Whoever sheds man's blood, By Whoever man his
blood shall be shshed, For in the image of God, He made man. Exodus
20:13: You shall not murder. Matthew 5:21: You have heard that the
ancientsve were told, YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER and Whoever
commits murde shall be liable to therder court. 27. OUR BODY AS
WELL AS OUR SOUL ANDSPIRIT BELONG TO GOD 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 19Or
do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who
is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
20For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in
your body.Galatians 2:20: 20I have been crucified with Christ; and
it is no longer ith I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the
life which I s now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of
God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. 28. GOD HAS A PURPOSE
FOR EVERYTHING EVEN WHEN WE DONT UNDERSTAND THAT PURPOSE Romans 11:
33 33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge
of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His
ways! 29. GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR EVERYTHING EVEN WHEN WE DONT
UNDERSTAND THAT PURPOSE James 4:13-15 13Come now, you who say,
Today or tomorrow we will go to such and su a city, and spend asuch
year there and engage in business and make a profit. 14Yet you do
not know whwhat your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a
vvapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
15Instead, you ought to sa If the Lord wills, wesay, will live and
also do this or that. 30. SUFFERING HAS A PLACE IN GODS ECONOMY 2
Corinthians 1: 8 8For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren,
of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened
excessively, beyond our strength, so to that we despaired even of
life; 2 Corinthians 12: 6-8 6For if I do wish to boast I will not
be foolish, forst I will be speaking the truth; but I refrain from
this, so that no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or
hears from me. 31. SUFFERING HAS A PLACE IN GODS ECONOMY 2
Corinthians 12: 6-88 7Because of the surpassing greatness of the
revelations, for this reason, to keep me his from exalting myself,
tlf, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a me messenger of
Satan to torment me to keep me from exalting myself! 8Concerning
this I impmplored the Lord three times that it might leave me. 32.
AS A RESULT OF ADAM AND EVES SIN, DEATH IS INEVITABLE Romans 5:12:
12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world,
and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all
sinned; Romans 6:23: 23 For the wages of sin is d death, but the
free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. 33.
Hippocratic Oath I will never give a deadly drug toe anybody if
asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect.Every
Physician Practicing Medicine Takes This Oath. 34. Conclusion to
Euthanasia 1. John MacArthur suggests Letting Die: is an acceptable
option whenacdeath is both imminent and inevitable. Living
Will/Power of Attorney is oneAttorney:form of advance directive,
leavinginstructions for treatment. Hospice: is an end of life care
: care---NOTEUTHANASIA 35. Dr. Keith Essex, pro professor at
MastersSeminary provides Four Biblical guidelines when confronting
death.---Ecclesiastes 3: 2: A 1. Death is inevitable---time to give
birth and a time to die; A time to dplant and a time to uproot what
is planted.---1 2. Death is the enemy--- Corinthians 15:26:The last
enemy that will be abolished is death. 36. Dr. Keith Essex, pro
professor at MastersSeminary provides Four Biblical guidelines when
confronting death.11:21-22: 21By 3. Dying is a process--- Hebrews
11:21faith Jacob, as he was dyin blessed each of the sonsying,of
Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of hisstaff. 22By faith
Joseph, when he was dying, mademention of the exodus of the sons of
Israel, and gavetorders concerning his bones. 4. Suffering is a
part of life and deathdeath---Romans8:18: For I consider that the
sufferings of thispresent time are not worthy to be compared
withthe glory that is to be revealed to us. 37. Conclusion to
Euthanasia 2. Instead of mercy killing Christians killing, need to
exhibit mercy living living. Pray for, visit and care for the
dying. Euthanasia is NOT a good death Christians having strong
faith throughout life and even unto death are ones who die well. 3.
Slippery slope argument argument-----Whatsnext? 38. Something To
Think About1. President Obamas Health Care Plan.2. Utilitarianism
is described "the Utilitarianism: greatest good for the greatest
number of people". Always act in the way that will produce the
reatest overall amount of good gre in the world.3. Imago Dei is a
concept that Host of Breakpointasserts that human beings are Chuck
Colsoncreated in God's image and Defend the Truth therefore have
inherent value Live the Faith independent of their utility or
Advance the Kingdomfunction. 39. 1. NAZI Euthanasia implemented
after the Nuremberg Laws of 1935. terminally ill & psychiatric
patients Handicapped childrenRemember Mentally ill, retarded
adultsThose in Criminally insane, epileptics, power decided polio
victims, schizophrenics,who was senile & paralysisvaluable and
All valueless individuals:who was not. Jews and nonnon-Germans
Result 12 million killedResult:(approximate) 40. I encourage each
and everyone of you, to examine the proposed H Health Care Reform
Bill. There are many questiotionable words, phrases,and committees
which need explanation. Please understand, Im not telling you to
support it or reject it, but as Christians, we need to understand
the potential direction our ecountry may decide to go.Overview of
HR 3200, Health Care Reform BillHR 3200 Health Care Reform
BillArguments for National Care Reform Arguments For and Against
National Health Care Reform
