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Peaceful Life 

(Oath of Abraham And

Abimelech)83

[Gen 21:22-34]

 / Anne's Faith Column 

 

 

/ By Priscilla 

 

 

Abimelech and Abraham

swore to each other and signed

a peace treaty, and used this as

  evidence to turn discord into peace.

 

 

Although Abimelech was

the king of Egypt, he said

to Abraham,

 

 

'God is with you in everything you do.'

He acknowledged Abraham

 

 

and also acknowledged 

the God of Abraham.

 

 

So he urged Abraham not

to swear falsely.

 

 

And Abimelech made him

aware that he himself recognized

Abraham as a child of God

and showed him kindness. 

 

 

Abraham also urged King Abimelech

to swear that he would not harm him

and show kindness to him in the

land where he was staying.

 

 

Because of God's thorough

intervention, we can see f

rom the Bible that Abraham

left his people

 

 

and came to Egypt (the world)

and deceived his wife as his sister,

 

 

and King Abimelech fell in love

with his wife Sarah and wanted

her to be his wife.

 

 

But God came to Abimelech

in a dream and warned him

that Sarah was a married

woman

 

 

and that if he took her,

he would be put to death.

 

 

King Abimelech scolded

Abraham greatly, and

in the end,

 

 

we can see that he paid

severely for his choice.

 

 

It is truly dramatic that

Abimelech recognized 

Abraham as a child of God.

 

 

Moreover, it could not

have been possible without

God's grace to cover the

faults of the past.

 

 

Some people use their

own means and methods,

but get shamed, on t

he contrary,

 

 

even Christians who once were

criticized are sometimes

praised for being changed.

 

 

Therefore, we must never

escape from our reality no

matter what happens.

 

 

If we are willing to take on

the tasks entrusted to us,

and even if we make mistakes,

 

 

and if we persevere and

only fear and serve God,

our difficulties will become

blessings in the end,

 

 

and even non-Christians

will come to pay more

attention to us,

 

 

and eventually make 

a peace treaty with us.

 

 

So, let's look forward to

God's work with joy.

 

 

And we should recognize that

the means to escape from

our reality are not permitted

before God.

 

 

So what should we do?

 

 

1) As Christians, we must

distinguish between what we

should do and what we

should not do.

 

 

2) We must have a firm

philosophy of faith.

 

 

3) We must always be conscious

of non-Christians and act

righteously before God

and them.

 

 

Prayer

 

 

Lord!

 

 

May we enjoy the peaceful life

that comes from the fear

of the Lord.

 

 

 

Amen

 

 

- To Be Continue - 

 

 

28/06/2010

 

 

/ By Priscilla