DavidM:As you used with such frequency the expression 'speak evil of a man favored by God', would you kindly elucidate. Thanks
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: November 30, 2004 20:57 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Unilateral covenant sorry -- the proof read version > Terry wrote: > > He had what we would call a motive, David. > > I agree that the text shows that he had motive. > > Terry wrote: > > He was more motivated to keep his head > > than he was to keep his wife. > > This is where I start to part ways. I am not convinced that he ever > expected to lose his wife. > > Let me ask you this. The first time he found himself in this situation with > Pharaoh, do you think he ever got on his face and asked God to get his wife > back, or do you think he had resolved in his mind that he had lost his wife? > > The second time he found himself in this situation, do you think he was more > optimistic or less optimistic that he would get his wife back? Do you think > he ever asked God to keep his wife safe and return her to him? > > Also, note that in both of these situations, these were powerful men who > took his wife. Isn't it possible that other men tried to ask for Sarah in > marriage and were denied? Is there any possibility in your mind that > Abraham attempted to forbid both Pharaoh and Abimelech from taking Sarah? > > Tery wrote: > > He was not anxious to give his wife away, but > > he was, under the perceived circumstances, willing. > > I realize that I stand alone in this perspective, but I don't see that he > was willing to share his wife in the text. I see him taking a position that > probably worked well with most men in many situations, but with men powerful > enough to take what they wanted, it got him into a jam. The thing is, if > this was truly wrong, why didn't Abraham learn the first time? Why keep > this thing going after the Pharaoh incident? Is it possible that God was > using this to rebuke the lustful nations around him? > > I don't know all the answers, but I am careful not to speak evil of a man > favored by God. I think more information is needed to convict. > > Peace be with you. > David Miller. > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
