Here are the 20 Things the
Blood of Christ Does-Open Here
Abraham's relations
with the unbelieving world change very subtly in this passage. When Abraham
moved to Gerar, the old fear of powerful
worldly rulers arose again in his heart. He did not think of himself as God's
servant, nor did he think of Abimelech as a man like himself. He regarded
Abimelech as a king with the power of life and death over small people like
himself; he assumed that Abimelech was a godless man with no conscience. So he
lied and got into trouble. Abraham had made a commitment of his whole heart and
life to God. He had repented of his family-centered life and accepted God's covenant
and a new name--"Father of many nations." He had sealed that covenant
with circumcision. But there were some things in his past life that still remained
to be solved. His unclear attitude was exposed when he came in contact with the
unbelieving world. God trained him and blessed him, and when he met Abimelech
again at the end of chapter 21, he was a different man...Read More
The kingdom of God is a
realm of rulership wherein the walls separating us are dismantled: We become
equal as human persons made in the image of God, and the judgments of
comparison, either condemning others through pride or ourselves through shame,
are thrown down. Jesus draws out the distinctions between the two kingdoms,
whose kings vie to rule our hearts, later in the Sermon on the Mount as
recorded by Matthew. "Do not lay up for yourself treasures on earth, where
moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys."..clickit
As the new year gets
underway, make sure you don't slip back into the same bad food habits..Read More
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