Vaccines and transplants that use the tissues of aborted babies

God knew us and chose us before the foundation of the world. He marked out the number of our days and determined our times and seasons. He knows everything about us and has blessed us with every spiritual blessing so we can thrive while we are on earth. This is the heritage of His children. We can rest and trust in His strong Hand over our lives. Out of a fear of death, mankind has created many alternative means for thriving too. Vaccines are one of them but they come at a grave spiritual cost.

(See Chinese versions: 简体中文 > 使用流产婴儿组织的疫苗和移植 | 繁體中文 > 使用流產嬰兒組織的疫苗和移植)

 

Ephesians 1:3-4 ESV  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him…

Hebrews 2:14-15 ESV  Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,  and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.

“The use of fetal tissue from elective abortions is commonplace in the pharmaceutical industry and in medical research,” states an article from the National Center for Biotechnology Information in the US*. Many common vaccines, for instance, have been developed using the fetal tissues of two aborted foetuses from the 1960’s, ranging from vaccines that treat chicken pox, smallpox, measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles) to hepatitis A, polio, and rabies. Do we need to be more aware of what we allow others to introduce into our bodies, as well as our children’s? Could we unwittingly become part of a world system that condones the use of aborted babies for our personal gain?

Vaccinations are now mandatory for children in many countries. Manmade medical treatments have saved millions of lives and we should honour the God-pleasing work and sacrifices of doctors around the world. Nonetheless, we ought to test everything we are told to do and believe by our fellow human beings, regardless of how well-intentioned they may be. Will the Spirit of the living God, who dwells in us, welcome medical treatments made from dead babies? Will we place more faith in our doctors’ instructions or in God’s? Thankfully, there is always the option of using vaccines cultivated from plant or animal cell cultures.

 Psalm 118:8 ESV  It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.

2 Corinthians 6:15-17 ESV  … Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you

A brief history of using aborted fetal tissues in manmade medical treatments
Vaccines	Vaccines are made using disease-causing virus or bacteria that are cultured in human, plant or animal cells. Two human fetal cell cultures, known as WI-38 and MRC-5, were taken from elective abortions (i.e. not done for the sake of the mother’s health or fetal disease) in the 1960s, one in England and one in Sweden. They are still widely used by large pharmaceutical companies for vaccine production today. Whether these vaccines contain very little or no aborted fetal tissues appears to be unclear.
Transplants	Aborted fetal tissue transplants have been tested for decades, mostly with negative results. Today, scientists are still testing such fetal tissue transplants for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease.

Many doctors will say that there is nothing ethically wrong with using fetal tissues of aborted babies or vaccines grown on their cells, and that no new babies were aborted. Let us keep in mind, however, that medical ethics (involving the principles of autonomy, justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence) are based on man’s wisdom, not God’s. As believers, we are to obey the morals and code of conduct that God, the Highest Authority, sets for us. We are called to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 3:19 ESV  For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

Ephesians 5:6-12 ESV  Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

Beware the dehumanisation of life in a woman’s womb

Every human being’s identity starts even before we comprised any biological cell. God’s Word shows that our Heavenly Father:

• chose us before He made the world to be holy and without fault in His eyes | Ephesians 1:4 NLT Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.
• knew us individually even before we were formed in the womb | Jeremiah 1:5 ESV  “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
• determined the days of our lives when we were just an “unformed substance” in our mothers’ wombs | Psalm 139:13-16 ESV  For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
• named us when we were just fetuses | Isaiah 49:1 ESV  … The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name.

Contrary to this, Science has tried to identify life as starting after around eight weeks when a heartbeat can be detected in the womb. The Bible makes it clear that abortion at any pregnancy trimester is a form of rebellion against God, who knit us in our mothers’ wombs and says that children are a gift from Him. WI-38 and MRC-5 are not just product codes for human cell cultures, they are the remains of real human beings that God knew and had named.

Psalm 127:3 ESV  Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

A separate note: For these same reasons, stem cell treatments that use baby embryos produced from in vitro fertilization (IVF) that are no longer wanted by couples for producing children also grieve our Creator. These baby embryos are God’s unborn children.

We can be complicit in the shedding of innocent blood

God’s Word warns that He will not let anyone off for shedding innocent blood, which would include helpless, unborn children. Imagine God’s anguish at seeing the unborn children He created in His image used for procedures or rituals that mankind has determined is the way to bring healing and restoration of our bodies, instead of turning to God. See a sample prayer to repent of Abortion. 

Exodus 23:7 ESV  Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

Genesis 9:6 ESV  “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.

In God’s ethics and code of conduct, we can still be associated with the killing of the innocent – even when we did not witness it or were directly involved in it. In Deuteronomy 21, God tells His people to pray to be cleansed of the guilt of any innocent blood shed in their land. Vaccines from WI-38 and MRC-5 and fetal tissue transplants go several steps further, by bringing the sin of others directly into our bodies through injections and operations. Jesus, our Saviour, resurrected from the dead to give us His new life. Should we then inject things made from the dead back into our bodies?

Deuteronomy 21:7-9 ESV  “If in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain,  lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him, … and they shall declare: “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it done. Accept this atonement for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, Lord, and do not hold your people guilty of the blood of an innocent person.” Then the bloodshed will be atoned for, and you will have purged from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

1 Peter 1:3 ESV  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Exercising wisdom in medical treatments and vaccines

1. Look carefully at what treatments we are prescribed

It is good to ask our medical advisers deeper questions about the treatments we are being prescribed, particularly if it may involve embryonic stem cells, fetal tissues, human-based cultures or vaccines from WI-38 and MRC-5.

Doctors may even try to convince us that these are harmless for us, without the same Biblical understanding that our bodies are temples of God’s Spirit. God’s Word reminds us not to live life thoughtlessly, but understand what our Father in heaven wants us to do. God is the One who should decide what is done to our bodies, not people. Jesus died to purchase us and our bodies are not our own, we belong to Jesus. No doctor will ever lay his or her life down for us as Jesus has.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV  Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Ephesians 5:15-17 ESV  Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

2. Do not be overly anxious about our health

The world idolises health and youth. When we follow this worldly pattern, we live our lives based on the fear of sickness and old age, focused on our limited physical bodies rather our spiritual eternities. We are called to care for the physical body but not idolise it. Instead, we can celebrate that our inner selves are being renewed every day, even as our bodies fade away. 

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ESV  So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 

3. Submit to God

As we submit to God in all our ways and our thought life, we can trust God to protect and rescue us from deadly diseases when we welcome His Holy Spirit to be fully in charge of our lives’ control centres. We are even promised long lives. Obedience to God this way, however, requires us to love God first and obey His ways, including forgiving others, letting go of bitterness, repenting of our sins, not being enslaved to this world’s demands etc.

Psalm 91:3-4,6 NLT For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease… His faithful promises are your armor and protection. Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday.

Psalm 91:14-16 NLT The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name. When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.”

It also means that we learn to praise God in the midst of suffering, sickness, and pain because these episodes will pass and we would have developed greater endurance and strength as a result. Neither are we afraid of death, because that only brings us directly into the loving presence of God. As followers of Jesus, we will always come out on the winning side. This is why God’s Word says we are to “rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances.”

Romans 8:18 ESV  For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV   Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Also see Praying for physical healing and a Sample prayer for Healing 

4. Ask God-fearing believers to pray for us

The Bible tells us that we can ask God-fearing brothers and sisters-in-Christ to pray for our healing when we are sick. The steps involve confessing our sins before them, asking God for forgiveness, having them anoint us with oil and pray for us. Jesus promised that when we do this with a heart to testify of God’s glory, He will answer our prayers.

James 5:14-16 ESV  Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

John 14:13-14 ESV  Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

If we feel convicted to confess of using aborted fetal tissue based vaccines and treatments in the past, please refer to the next post for a sample prayer. God does not condemn us when we seek Him, He loves to receive us.

Testimony: Healing from severe vaccine after effects through repentance and prayer

“Having been mandatorily vaccinated as a baby and child, I didn’t see any issue with receiving the Covid-19 mRNA vaccine.

During that time, vaccine inoculation was mandated and required in order for anyone to be able to travel, and I wanted to see my family on the other side of the world. 

After several months of having taken the vaccine, I noticed a pain that would come around the time I got my menstrual period. I decided to put up with the pain and continued with my second and third vaccine shots over a span of 14 months. 

At first, it just felt uncomfortable, but as the months progressed, the pain became excruciating! It was definitely nothing like the usual menstrual cramps I had ever experienced. 

There were stabbing pains on one side of my lower abdomen. The sharp pain was so severe that it would cause me to not be able to walk or get out of bed. Any sudden movement or sneezing would just be so painful that it would cause my body to seize. My whole abdomen was bloated each time and during the week of my period, I felt like my organs were about to burst.

As a result, I would resort to dosing myself with pain medication as soon as possible on the onset of my periods. I didn’t see any way around it. Also, going to the doctors during the pandemic was not an option. 

I had heard that many women had experienced menstrual changes as a by-product of the Covid-19 vaccine, but studies on it were not yet available as the vaccine was still quite new and still being rolled out to the world.  

I didn’t know if I could physically endure the pain for 13 weeks out of the year for the rest of my life. It was impacting my ability to function.

Around this time, the Holy Spirit started to reveal to some of us that the pain could be related to something spiritual after taking the Covid-19 vaccine. I had been experiencing the fruit of the Holy Spirit since my baptism, but all the pain was robbing me of the Lord’s joy and peace. 

The apostle Paul described the characteristics of not embodying the fruit of the Holy Spirit as: “Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. (Galatians 5:19-21 ESV)

During this time, I learnt that the root word for the word, sorcery, in Galatians is the Greek word, pharmakeia. It is the same root word found in Revelations 9:21, 21:8 and 22:15, often translated into English as “sorcery”, “witchcraft”, “magic arts” or “sorcerer”.

The Strongs concordance (5331. pharmakeia) defines it as the “use of medicine, drugs or spells.”

Understandably, the name of the place to buy drugs (pharmacy) and the name of the person who administers the drugs (pharmacist) both originate from this Greek word, pharmakeia. Also see, What is pharmakeia?

The context in which Paul was speaking referred to pharmakeia (use of medicine, drugs or spells) as the works of the flesh, which hints at the use of drugs in an improper way and practices that separate us from the Holy Spirit. He said in Galatians 5:17; “For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.“

I felt convicted by the Holy Spirit to take communion with Jesus to confess the ways I had grieved God. As I prayed, the Lord led me into a time of repentance for:

• conforming to the ways of the world, not being set apart for God, choosing convenience over God; (2 Timothy 2:21)
• a fear of death, suffering, and losing worldly comforts; (Hebrews 2:14-15)
• taking part in pharmakeia and all ungodly practise of medicine; (Revelation 9:20-21)
• idolising health and man’s way of healing, relying on pharmaceuticals, new age healing, surgeries to improve my eyesight; (2 Corinthians 6:16)
• consuming products that benefited from the use of fetal cells in the development or testing of cosmetics, food flavouring, common medicines, vaccines; (Ezekiel 23:39)
• participating of blood donations;
• defiling of the temple of the Holy Spirit, such as with vaccines developed from cells of aborted fetuses, invasive gynaecological procedures, defiling the DNA that God gave us, engaging in sexual impurity and defilement, excessive alcohol;
• participating in the murder of babies (taking vaccinations mass-produced through the use of their fetal cells).

I also expelled all ungodly spirits that were oppressing me through my thoughts that had sowed lies and given way to footholds in my heart, such as the spirits of fear, witchcraft (manipulation and control), pharmakeia/sorcery, deception, lust for power, mind-blinding spirit, and so on.

The Lord also convicted me to forgive and cut spiritual ties with the spirit of pharmakeia and the people and places where these activities took place, whether knowingly or unknowingly. In so many ways, I had relied on the world and the drugs it offered to numb and subdue my physical pains more than I had sought and relied on God for strength. This truly convicted my heart for not honouring the Master who designed me and His creation.

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV)

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. (2 Corinthians 7:1 ESV)

So I asked my Master and Creator for forgiveness and for healing over all organ damage, all body pains, and all afflictions/infirmities. I also asked the Holy Spirit to remove all foreign DNA/objects (nanoparticles) and poisons.

I prayed for God to restore my body from the after-effects and curses from pharmakeia, and to restore my immune system with energy and health. I prayed for God to replace my fears with His joy and hope. 

That day, I once again committed my entire self to God – in mind, body, spirit and soul – and rededicated my faith to Him. I declared that I would die to my flesh, asked for the forgiveness of my sins, and was re-baptised in the ocean in the presence of witnesses in Christ. 

Immediately, I felt lighter and more myself. The darkness that was in me and the fear that I had done irreparable damage to my body and a deep grievance before God no longer had a hold or place in me. In my spirit, I had been set free.

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. (Romans 6:4 ESV)

Thanks to God’s mercy and grace, the pain in my following menstrual cycle came down significantly.

I patiently waited to observe and see what had also happened to my body. During that week, I somehow caught Covid for the very first time and was forced to wrestle with my understanding of this incident. 

I felt downcast. The enemy’s lies began to attack me that “God had not protected me from Covid – why would He allow this to happen?” After 10 days of pre-Covid symptoms and testing positive for Covid, I felt significantly down. Fear and anxiety entered my heart – but during this time, God revealed to me that I lacked foresight to see His ways (not my ways) and I also did not fully trust in what He was doing. 

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. (Isaiah 55:7-8 ESV)

God was trying to show me that my heart only needed to trust in what He has already promised and spoken. Even if sickness does come to me, I shall not be afflicted because I have made the Lord my refuge. But if I stumble and cause myself to fall, then evil may try to come to me.

Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place— the Most High, who is my refuge— no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. (Psalms 91:9-12)

After this lesson, the Covid-19 virus passed me with little pain and no ongoing symptoms or health issues. 

I learned to guard myself from the ease of lies that may enter my thoughts and that allow the enemy a foothold in my heart. I needed to rebuke all lies and reinforce my understanding with the truth of God and His Word.

A few months have passed since the day I took communion with Jesus, repented, and was baptised in the name of the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

With each passing menstrual cycle, I have rejoiced with little or no pain. I am a different person, words cannot describe this miracle by faith!”

May this sharing be a blessing to you as you seek to love God with all your heart and dedicate your body fully to Him.

A few of the references used for this post:

* Use of Aborted Fetal Tissue in Vaccines and Medical Research Obscures the Value of All Human Life.

Abortion and fetal tissue research: some ethical concerns.

Fetal tissue transplantation: can it be morally insulated from abortion?

Human Cell Strains in Vaccine Development