Gênesis 12

Gênesis 12

William MacDonald - God did not forsake Abram, but He did allow the sin to work itself out. Abram was publicly humbled by the Pharaoh and deported in disgrace. This incident reminds us that we should not wage a spiritual warfare with carnal weapons (2 Cor 10:3,4+), that the end does not justify the means, and that we can’t sin and get away with it (Ps 32:3+, 4, Pr 28:13+) Adrian Rogers - First of all, compromise, then the wrong confidence, and now this unspeakable conduct of this man. I'm saying that Abram had a blowout on the road to heaven. Now what happened to him? That was the cause of it. What was the cost of it? Well number one, folks, he wasted an awful lot of time. All the time that he was down in Egypt was wasted time when he was down in Egypt because, you see, the Bible says that "whatsoever is not of faith is sin." At the judgment seat Abram gets no reward for the time. But not only was it wasted time, a weakened testimony. Can you imagine the testimony. When that Egyptian king found out what Abram had done, he scolded Abraham for his duplicity. Can you imagine a pagan scolding a man of God? Saying, Hey, why did you deceive me like that? What kind of testimony did Abram have to the king of Egypt? And he took with him Lot down to Egypt. What kind of testimony did he have to his nephew Lot? I'll tell you his nephew Lot got down in Egypt, his nephew Lot had a taste of Egypt and you know what happened to his nephew Lot? He never forgot it, brother. As a matter of fact, when Lot was given a choice as to which was he could go after there was a conflict between, his herdsmen and Abram's herdsmen, the Bible says Lot lifted up his eyes and looked to the well-watered plains, watered plains, the grass was lush. Why, he said, the Bible tells us, he said, That's just like Egypt. That's just like Egypt. And Lot pitched his tent toward Sodom. You know where it began? With Uncle Abraham. I mean the man of faith. Now I want, I want every parent in this building, you listen to me, and those of you on television, you listen to me. You may be saved and you may be going to heaven, but you listen to me. You camp out in Egypt and your kids are gonna get in all kinds of trouble. I mean, the testimony that you have, the junk that you watch on television. The places that you go. You are going down to Egypt. You're living like an Egyptian and God may get you out of Egypt and God got Lot out of Egypt, but he never got the Egypt out of Lot. Wasted time, wasted testimony when he's down in there. But not only in the error of time, and testimony, but trouble. Do you know what he got down, when he was down there in Egypt? He got two things, folks. Number one, he got wealth, and number two, he got a woman. The wealth he got, he picked up cattle, and later on there came a range war. Before this he was not a herdsman, he was a shepherd. He had sheep—he didn't have any cattle. The cattle came from Egypt. What's the difference between sheep and cattle? Sheep browse. Cattle graze. Sheep can eat the things that cows can't eat. Sheep just clip the grass. They've got two sets of teeth—cows just have one. Did you know that? I read this, I'm not a farm boy. I just read this. You watch a cow. Cow will take long grass, put his tongue around it and lift up his head and with one set of teeth he'll break off that grass. You watch a cow. I've watched cows after this do this. They take that grass and they break it off. A sheep doesn't do that. A sheep just goes along just like your barber sheers, just clipping that grass. Now it takes a whole lot more for cattle than it takes for sheep and so Abram comes out and the Bible says he's got all these cows. Now he's a rancher, not a shepherd. And what he thought was going to be such a blessing to him became a curse to him. And he got a woman down there. What was her name? Hagar, an Egyptian maid. She was an Egyptian. He later slept with her, produced a son Ishmael, who is giving to the sons of Abraham trouble to this very day and the trouble spot in the world is the Middle East because a man went down to Egypt and would not believe God and would not trust God. He had a blowout, a lapse of faith. (Sermon) Genesis 12:19 "Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go. Genesis 12 Resources - Multiple commentaries, sermons, devotionals Genesis 12:10-13:4 Faithless Man, Faithful God - Steven Cole Why did you say, 'She is my sister - Why did you lie to me? The man who was blessed to be a blessing lied to this pagan Gentile. Matthew