Tit 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, Tit 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Modern American society has fallen light-years behind the Biblical admonition we find in our text. It saddens my heart to hear of such debauchery as teenage girls in the most blessed and privileged country in the world forming a pact to have themselves impregnated outside of marriage so they can “raise” their children together. But just this morning the news report came that such is the case in Glouchester, Massachusetts. Were their lives so empty that they felt compelled to do such perverse and senseless thing.
One may ask, “What were they thinking?” Well, as one who has been in the ministry now almost forty-one years, worked closely with children, teens, and young adults most of that time, and has pastored families who have gone through such nightmares, I can tell you what they were not thinking. They gave little or no thought to how this situation they have created is going to affect the child they are bringing into the world. It is a selfish, self-centered act that will complicate the life of the child and place them in disadvantage in the future as well as in the immediate.
At the risk of being labeled “uncaring, unforgiving, legalistic, narrow-minded, out-of-touch, and old fashioned” I will tell you this. God calls this wickedness “blaspheme” and condemns it in Scripture. This amoral society is headed for judgment!
To the teenage girls in that high school in Glouchester, Massachusetts, I want to say this: My heart is broke for you. Apparently, you made a choice to bring a life into the world for which you now are responsible. There may be those who will run to your aide and comfort you now, but will they be there when this child is thirteen, fourteen, fifteen years old? Will you expect the tax payers to pick up the tab when medical needs arise, housing is needed and food must be provided? Obviously, no one has taught you to be sober and think this matter through. No one impressed upon you that marriage is God’s plan for procreation and to do otherwise is animalistic. And as you cuddle the small infant in your arms, is it to bring you comfort or are you going to give your life to that child?
When my wife and I started a family, we prayed for our children. We begged God to give them to us and promised Him that we would be faithful to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. God was good to us and helped us, but even with divine help we had to pour our lives into them. Then later in life we were reminded of the great responsibility of child rearing when our grandchildren and their mother came to live with us. It takes more than money to raise a child. It takes time and patience and self-sacrifice.
My counsel to you of the “pregnancy pact” is this: There is a God Who is merciful and gracious, and He cares what happens to you and your child. He will forgive you of this folly and help you if you let Him. But you must repent and confess your sin to Him and trust Him to save you from your sin. His name is Jesus Christ and He loves you.
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
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