Witnessing To Your Baby in the Womb
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Babies in the womb hear everything that is going on around their mother. The womb is not a soundproof room. So how do you share about Christ with your baby while it's in the womb? You could read scripture. You could talk about Jesus Christ. Those are good things. But the very best way to witness to a baby in the womb is by living your life the way a Christian should. That means beginning by thinking the thoughts Christ would like you to think. Your attitude and actions begin with your thoughts. And then, living, acting, being a Christian in all your thoughts and all that you do.
Babies are learning while the are in the womb. What does a baby learn if they are constantly hearing bickering and fighting? What does a baby learn if it is constantly hearing screaming arguments? What does the baby learn if the parents are arguing over how a Christian should act, because that is what they want this baby to experience? You can't go in another room to have a fight where the kids won't hear you. The baby is always with you.
I spent many years working as a radio deejay, starting right after I graduated from high school (and before I was a Christian). You can't swear on the radio, especially back in the days when I was on the air. So I had a plan. And it worked well. I would never swear... twenty-four seven... no matter where I was or what the circumstances were. I replaced swear words with other, nicer words. That way I would never slip up and swear on the air. It worked beautifully.
By the way, although I was not a Christian at the time, this is the Biblical approach described in Ephesians chapter 4...
"...in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. - Ephesians 4:22-24
The principle is that you must do more than get rid of the old... get rid of the bad habits... get rid of the sinful ways. You must also put on the new. If you just get rid of the old, sweeping out the old, you leave a vacuum into which the old will return with more power (Luke 11:24-26). Instead replace the old with the new... with what is good, and righteous, and Christ-like. This leaves no room for the old to return.
You are a Christian. You should always be thinking and behaving like a Christian... twenty-four seven... no matter where you are and what the circumstances are. Then you don't need to worry about "making a bad impression" in front of the unborn baby. That means, if there are behaviors to be changed, they need to be changed now. Before you get pregnant. Of course, that is what you should be doing anyway.
So that's the answer. When you behave as a Christian should, you are a Christ-like witness to your unborn baby who is hearing EVERYTHING that's going on, as well as feeling what its mother is feeling. Have a regular schedule for reading scripture, and read it aloud. Pray on a regular basis, and pray aloud so the baby can hear. And practice what scripture teaches. Go to a church with good, solid, expository teaching. You are the role model your children will follow, and that starts before the baby is born.
“Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.” - Proverbs 22:6
Many people, when they die, will stand before Jesus and say:
Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles? - Matthew 7:22
And Jesus will say to them:
I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness. - Matthew 7:23
Get your Bible out and read Matthew 7:21-23. These are some of the most frightening verses in the Bible.
They describe people who believe with all their heart that they are saved. They have no doubt that they know Jesus and they've done many great things that prove this is true. Put Jesus says, 'Depart from me...' He doesn't know them.
Are you truly trusting Jesus? Scripture says to examine yourself to see if you are in the faith (2 Corinthians 13:5). Have you done that?
Do you read your Bible regularly? Do you fear false teaching? Are you growing in your obedience to God? Are you growing in your understanding of what God wants? Do you regularly share the good news about Jesus with others?