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when in time of trials or temptation the LORD has promised us that He will give the way to overcome it, and this is what the Almighty did for Abram though Abram freared.
Faith in the WORD OF GOD against The Environmental,Economical,Social and Political conditions and challenges of the World.Abraham became confused about these TWO Powers -The WORD OF GOD and The Conditions of World.Thanks be to GOD,HE came out victoriously through the Love and faithfulness of GOD.
Abram was wrestling with doubt in what God had told him. The Lord had told him he was going to bless him and make him a blessing. That He was going to multiply him through his seed. He had lost faith in the Word of God, because of tribulation through the famine. When God gives us a word, we have to hold on and believe; no matter what comes.
GOD is very much concern about husband and wife, and when a man and a woman is married they become one, and we must respect that union, the only union god desired to be, and is respectd by Him, because children can only come from a man and women
Abram did not really lie Sarai was his half sister. But when God makes a covenant between a man and woman it shall not be broken. Abram trusted in his fleshly thoughts and not in God but because God's grace rests upon him doing this season. He was granted back his wife and prospered greatly as they departed. God is a God of blessings and will keep us as we journey in the directions his leads us into.
There was no wrong-doing in the lie about being siblings. He did what he did out of love for her and she lied for her love for him. You may not believe this, but women are supposed to be submissive to their man when they walk in the light of God. She did nothing wrong and neither did he.
Here it appears that God initiates a covenant with mankind. Through Abram, either God's blessing or His curses will be delivered. Even today this relationship remains through Jesus, the Christ.
This is to K Clark\'s comment: We are possibly looking at hundreds of years between Chapter 7 and Chapter 12 when Abraham went into Egypt. The Egyptians didn\'t stay gone, but their empire is nothing today compared to what it was then, their empire was completely destroyed, to where they will never rule over a people in that way again.
Where did Pharaoh and the Egyptians come from? Back in Chapter 7, they were all wiped away, and there seems to be an extensive geneology in Chs 8 to 11, so where did all these Egyptians, including a Pharaoh!!!, and advanced society suddenly arise from???????
It just shows that even when we do wrong, if we repent we can be blessed by God even though blessings are not deserved. Faith and submission is our goal. We fail in this too often...
Abram is counted righteous for his faith in God. He left his father's house who were serving idols. God promised him I will bless those that bless thee, and curse those that curse thee. All the families of the earth would be blessed through Abram. True the bible does not hide the faults of it's great men of faith, and when Abram tells his wife to tell Pharoah she is his sister this was not the will of God. It was a half truth, but God taught Abram from this mistake that he must totally trust God to accomplish his will in his life. We too must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior. We must trust in the Lord with all our heart, and lean not to our own understanding. In all our ways we are to acknowledge him, and he will direct our path. The just shall live by faith. God will never lead us where his grace cannot keep us.
To think that his wife to be so fair that he would be killed so that Pharaoh would have her for himself is most conceited of Abram.
But to have his wife lie was wrong as well and perhaps the results were just.
All and all Abram was wrong on more than one level.
First, Abraham showed fear (even doubting GODS WORD) and He told his wife to lie (even though it was a half truth), He told her to lie so he would not be killed. He should have know if GOD gave his word to him, HE would fulfill it.
Abraham exploited his wife to obtain great riches from pharoah
But to have his wife lie was wrong as well and perhaps the results were just.
All and all Abram was wrong on more than one level.
Abraham exploited his wife to obtain great riches from pharoah