sure seems to be alot of lies and weird behavior going on isn't there?
the offering of your virgin daughters in sodom,
abram sleeping with hagar,
abram and isaac saying there wives are their sisters.....
jacob stealing his brothers blessing (and its rebekah's idea!)
strange behavior
It might seem like it BUT, this is where using your spirit comes in. We have a human spirit. When we get saved, the Lord’s Spirit merges into our spirit within us. That is why He said, “God is Spirit and those who worship Him (one way of worshipping Him is to read His word) must worship Him in spirit and truth (reality).
Abram taking Hagar as his wife instead of waiting for God’s promise that he would have a son by Sarai, is an example of us not waiting on the Lord and/or trying to solve our problem ourselves. Instead of letting God stay in control of our lives, we can’t wait, so we take matters into our own hands. And when we do that, usually our circumstances get worse or at least do not turn out so good. That is what happened when Abram and Sarai didn’t wait. The offspring from Hagar, Ishmael, has been a thorn in Israel’s side ever since. So, in most of the instances we read, usually there is an underlying lesson.
We need to try to exercise our spirits when reading God’s word. We want to have more of Him not more knowledge. When we get more of Him, we grow spiritually and our understanding becomes clearer.
Praise the Lord. My spouse and I have been enjoying His word early in the morning . It’s been great to start reading through the bible in one year. Should have done this, years ago.
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