This is a short chapter, and it's like God just dropped this chapter in to tell us a little more about Abraham. So read it and pay attention. Everything God tells us has a reason behind it. God tells us the truth about his people, faults and strengths, no sugar-coating. God tells us the plain old truth and the reason is because every one of us is no different than them. We have all failed at something. Therefore there is no reason for us to give up and quit trying. If you fail, you pray for forgiveness, repent, and try-try-try again. Never give up. No one ever reaches spiritual perfection in this life, and if they say they have, they are lying. We are to continually reach for Jesus Christ, even when we sin.
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1 ¶ And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. This is after Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed.
2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. This Abimelech means “father-king”. It is not a man's name, it is a title. Abraham goes to this kings area, and Sarah is 90 years old now, but she looks so good that this king grabs her up and says she is going to be part of his harem.
3 ¶ But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are but a dead man, for the woman which you have taken; for she is a man's wife. The law had not been given at this point in time. That comes later on Mt Sinai with the Jews. But we do know it is wrong to take another man's wife.
4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt you slay also a... |
