In Genesis 20, we see Abraham try to pass off his wife (and half-sister) Sarah as his mere sister, and this for a second time. But God intervenes to continue to protect the line that will produce the seed of the woman, this long-awaited son Isaac, both long-awaited by Sarah and Abraham, but also the next in line of that seed who would ultimately culminate in Jesus Christ, who would crush the head of the seed of the serpent.
But we also learn a few other things about God in His relations to mankind.
We learn that God can (and absolutely does) override the will of man. This is true even when it comes to salvation.
We also learn that God may strike a person ill to keep them from sinning further against Him.
These two massive truths are understood especially in the context of how we pray for people, and they should inform how we pray for both believers and unbelievers alike.
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Greg earned his M.Div. from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Dec. 2021. He also holds a B.A. in Mathematics (UVA), an M.A. in Music Composition (UVA), and an M.S. in Meteorology (PSU).
Greg is passionate about digging into the deep truths of Scripture and then...