The Right to Live
There is a boundary established before any nation wrote its first law, before any court issued its first ruling, before any human voice debated morality. That boundary is set by God Himself, and it is this: life belongs to Him and Him alone. Man does not create life . Man participates in what God alone authors. From the beginning, Scripture establishes origin, identity, and authority. Genesis 1:26–27 declares, “Let Us make man in Our image… So God created man in His own image.” The word tselem means image, likeness, representation , and demuth means form, pattern, resemblance . Humanity is not random matter. Humanity is a reflection, bearing the imprint of God’s design. Because of that, human life carries inherent value, not man’s assigned value. That value is not measured by size, strength, location, or independence. It is established at origin. God then gives a governing principle after the flood, one that forms t...