Andrew's Double-Edged Sword

Types of OSAS [Update 11/29/2025] (Once Saved Always Saved) Unrestricted OSAS [AKA: Free Grace, Pure OSAS] —>A saved person is eternally secure but is able to both live in sin and stop believing the gospel entirely. If you believe that a saved person has the capability to fall into Islam or Catholicism or hate Jesus Christ and still go to heaven even if unrepentant, then you are the purest form of OSAS. OBAB [Once a Believer Always a Believer] (Corrupted OSAS) —>It is impossible for a saved person to stop believing the gospel. —>If a saved person appears to have stopped believing, then they never believed to begin with. Note: This is the diet-version of Perseverance of The Saints Perseverance of The Saints (Corrupted Eternal Security) —>A saved person is never going to stop living a holy life in obedience to God nor stop believing the gospel. —>If a person lives in "unrepentant sin", then they never believed to begin with. [LINK] — See the most up-to-date chart [LINK] — Sub-Types of OBAB [LINK] — Sub-Types of Perseverance of The Saints [LINK] — OSAS Salvation Exclusion Scale (AKA: Who is saved outside of my OSAS position?) [LINK] — 7 Essays Disproving OBAB and Perseverance of The Saints

Fearing for No Reason — IV ¹𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 [𝐰𝐚𝐬] 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 [𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭] 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 [𝐰𝐚𝐬] 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲. ²𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐢𝐭 [𝐰𝐚𝐬] 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞. ³𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛, 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞. ⁴𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤, ⁵𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞. ⁶𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. ⁷𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟑𝟏:𝟏-𝟕::::::> The above issues with Laban might cause some distrust or contention between the family, but does the chapter say that he was going to take Jacob's wives and kids away from him? No. Jacob made it up in his head. And that worry caused him to leave Laban's house secretly in the middle of the night. ²⁰𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝. ²¹𝐒𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐩, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 [𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝] 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟑𝟏:𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟏::::::> God told Jacob to leave, but he did NOT tell him to flee without Laban's knowledge. ¹³𝐈 [𝐚𝐦] 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫, [𝐚𝐧𝐝] 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐯𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐯𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞: 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟑𝟏:𝟏𝟑::::::> This caused problems in the family. ²⁶𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛, 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 [𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧] 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝? ²⁷𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩? ²⁸𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬? 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 [𝐬𝐨] 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟑𝟏:𝟐𝟔-𝟐𝟖::::::> All this because Jacob feared for no reason. ³¹𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧, 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝: 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟑𝟏:𝟑𝟏::::::>

My bride's sandwich joke today: Do you know what your wife says when she's cooking you macaroni?  Good bye water, you will be mist! After 36 years together, there is still no other person on earth I would rather spend time with and live life with than that dear lady!

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Fearing for No Reason — III Similar to Abraham, Isaac also attempted the same trick to hide the identity of his wife... ⁷𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 [𝐡𝐢𝐦] 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐒𝐡𝐞 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲, [𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬] 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞; 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭, [𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐞], 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐡; 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 [𝐰𝐚𝐬] 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟔:𝟕::::::> But we know that Isaac was shown the promise of his seed... ³𝐒𝐨𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞; 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐈 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫; ⁴𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝; ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟔:𝟑-𝟒::::::> So if God's word is true then by-definition Abimelech and the Philistines could not do anything to them. The only gain from entertaining these sinful thoughts of worry is trouble, as we see here... ¹⁰𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬? 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬. ¹¹𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 [𝐡𝐢𝐬] 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟔:𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟏::::::> All because Isaac feared for no reason. ⁹𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐜, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮, 𝐒𝐡𝐞 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫? 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐜 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟔:𝟗::::::>

¹𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝 [𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞] 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 [𝐢𝐭]. ²𝐈𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐧 [𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟] 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞. ³𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. ⁴𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭; [𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬] 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭: 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐞𝐧. ⁵[𝐀𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫] 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞. ⁶𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 [𝐚𝐫𝐞] 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝. ⁷[𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬] 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐰𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧: ⁸𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐭. ⁹𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤; 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬. ¹⁰𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. ¹¹𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 [𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬] 𝐡𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. ¹²𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝? 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠? ¹³𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐟; 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠. ¹⁴𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐈𝐭 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, [𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬] 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞. ¹⁵𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 [𝐟𝐨𝐫] 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐟. ¹⁶𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐲𝐱, 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞. ¹⁷𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐭: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 [𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫] 𝐣𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝. ¹⁸𝐍𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥, 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐬: 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬. ¹⁹𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐳 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐭, 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝. ²⁰𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦? 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠? ²¹𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫. ²²𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐲, 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. ²³𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐟, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐟. ²⁴𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡, [𝐚𝐧𝐝] 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧; ²⁵𝐓𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞. ²⁶𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫: ²⁷𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭; 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭, 𝐲𝐞𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭. ²⁸𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝟐𝟖::::::>

Fearing for No Reason — II Abraham concealed the identity of Sarah out of fear, but he received the complete opposite of his desired outcome. ¹𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫. ²𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐒𝐡𝐞 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟎:𝟏-𝟐::::::> God had to intervene because of Abraham's fear. ³𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 [𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭] 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧; 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞. ⁴𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? ⁵𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐒𝐡𝐞 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫? 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐇𝐞 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬. ⁶𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦, 𝐘𝐞𝐚, 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭; 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞: 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫. ⁷𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 [𝐡𝐢𝐬] 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞; 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 [𝐡𝐞𝐫] 𝐧𝐨𝐭, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 [𝐚𝐫𝐞] 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟎:𝟑-𝟕::::::> Abimelech's house was in derision because of Abraham's fear. ⁸𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝. ⁹𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬? 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐈 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧? 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟎:𝟖-𝟗::::::> ¹⁸𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐡, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟎:𝟏𝟖::::::> All Because Abraham feared something that would not have happened. ¹¹𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞. ¹²𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 [𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬] 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫; 𝐬𝐡𝐞 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞. ¹³𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞; 𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞, 𝐇𝐞 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟎:𝟏𝟏-𝟏𝟑::::::> Abraham and Sarah were prophesied to have a child, so if they trusted in the word of God then they would have known that Abimelech posed no threat to them. ¹⁰𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞; 𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐥𝐨, 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 [𝐢𝐭] 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 [𝐰𝐚𝐬] 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟏𝟖:𝟏𝟎::::::> Man fears for no reason.

³¹𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞: ³²𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐄𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟒:𝟑𝟏-𝟑𝟐::::::>

All of you should know that the Bible advises us to wake up early. ⁸𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩, 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲; 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐩𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩: 𝐈 [𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟] 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝟓𝟕:𝟖::::::> ²𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐩𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩: 𝐈 [𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟] 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝟏𝟎𝟖:𝟐::::::> And that is how God is found. ¹⁷𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟖:𝟏𝟕::::::> This means that staying up late past your bedtime is of the devil. He wants to keep you up so that you do not find God in the early morning. And in addition all of our worst and most deceptive thoughts come at night. Every tard in Christ should be waking up early so they can find the will of God.

Prayer request: That Judges 7 never strays from my mind, ever, for any reason.

Fearing for No Reason — I ¹⁷𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞; 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞, 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧; 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝. ¹⁸𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐎𝐡, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨, 𝐦𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝: ¹⁹𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞; 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐞: ²⁰𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 [𝐢𝐬] 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞: 𝐎𝐡, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, ([𝐢𝐬] 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞?) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞. ²¹𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐒𝐞𝐞, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧. ²²𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞, 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫; 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐙𝐨𝐚𝐫. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟏𝟗:𝟏𝟕-𝟐𝟐::::::> If the Lord came and told you to escape to the mountain, you aren't going to die in the mountain, end of story. The almighty God who knows everything in the mountain which he commanded Lot to flee to would have known it was safe. Yet Lot insisted to dwell in a certain city out of fear for the mountain. But what did he do after this? ³⁰𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐙𝐨𝐚𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦; 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐙𝐨𝐚𝐫: 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. ()xxxxx[[{::::::𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟏𝟗:𝟑𝟎::::::> Lot was afraid of the mountain, so he dwelled in the city, but then we became afraid of the city, and dwelt in a mountain. Man fears for no reason.

New Genesis Bible study series starting tomorrow: Fearing For No Reason New part every Wednesday.