“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 NIV
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; 2so she asid to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family through her.”
Abram agreed to what Sarai said. 3So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.
When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress. 5Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
6 “Your servant is in your hands,” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar, so she fled from her.
7 The angel of the LORD found Hagar near a spring that is beside the road to Shur. 8And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.
9 Then the angel of the LORD told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” 10The angel added, “I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count.”
11 The angel of the LORD also said to her:
“You are now with child
and you will have a son.
You shall name him Ishmael,
for the LORD has heard of your
misery.
12 He will be a wild donkey of a man,
his hand will be against everyone
and everyone’s hand against him,
and he will live in hostility
toward all his brothers.”
13 She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” 14That is why the well was called Beer Labai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
15 So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne. 16Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
Even though he had already given Sarai as the Pharaoh’s wife, it is at this time where I can see the trouble between women and men starting. Actually, it started back in the garden when Adam, instead of taking responsibility for his own actions, pointed the finger at Eve, and vis versa.
Yet this practice was to continue until this day. How can a man claim to love one, yet lay with another? How can a woman not feel awful? This is one thing I do not understand.
Another thing comes into my mind as a question. Is this where Muslims come from? Or do cousins still need to be Christians? I know there is only one way to enter Heaven…
The real problem I have with this is exactly this: If people could get to Heaven without the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus, then why did He have to die for our sins? This is something we do not earn, for God did not give this to us because of our works but our faith.
If He did not have to die, then the whole thing is foolish, and we are fools. This, however, is not so! For it is written from the beginning:
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.
3 Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
6 There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. 8He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. 11He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him. 12Yes to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God– 13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision of a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
I believe this. With every cell of my body, so I cannot accept that the other is true as well.
What can I do? I can pray, I can befriend people, I can offer, I can be bold, I can be wise as to when not to be so bold (I’m still working on that one), there are many ways we can effect other’s lives. If only by our actions, I have had people come up to me after I accepted Jesus back into my heart and say, “What happened to you? You have changed. I want to be happy like you are!” That opens a door for at least a conversation.
Why is it this way? Why do some go to Heaven and others do not? When I figure out how to make a universe out of nothing, I’ll try to answer that for you. Right now I believe it is our choice. We cannot demand choice, and then cry because we have it. Life is very fragile, yet it is very strong. We are to go out and make disciples of all the peoples. Let us hope and pray we do a well job. Thanks.
9Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place
and gave Him the name that is above every name,
10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in Heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. Phil 2:9-11 NIV
That is a great perspective! Beside, it’s never too late to learn. I used to think I was too old…when I was 31! Not anymore…^_^
SO,
I still have not found out about if Abram’s wife was jewish… But I have read that Abram’s was the husband f an Israelite… I’m thinkibg the term Jew/Jewish had not been formed yet…
Sarah is a Jewish name, maybe she was from Jerusalem to begin with… which would make her an Israelite.
But I would think when she and Abram went to the land she would have said something about being back home or near a place she grew up or was born..
What do you think?
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Thanks for being here Rosemary, I feel just fine, up and down actually, but that is what is to be expected, and I’m happy to come here, to a place where I can walk thru the Bible, and not feel bad for the things I don’t know, but feel I should. Really, I wish I had done more bible study in the past… But then the Lord does expect us to care for our families, and when children are growing up, it does take most of your time, they have all turned out terrific, so I won’t regret the past and stay focuse on the present…
I was referring to the relationship between a man and a woman after the fall of man. When God cursed them, He made the woman want for her husband instead of seeking God. That is why it is so much harder for women to follow God. That is all I was saying.
I am well. Hi PebblePie. How are you today? I hope you feeling comforted. I hope you are feeling well too Rosemary. God bless the both of you, and God bless everyone.
The first marriage sinned. The first generation committed murder. I believe their too much sin from the beginning.
When Satan got Eve to listen to him, and that is where she went wrong, everything went downhill from there.
If we do not give ear to evil, chances are we can identify it easier and know when to run away from it!
How is everyone? I hope you are feeling okay today, Pebble Pie. I hope you are well, also, Simple One. I love Colossians.
I’ll be back for your next post. Have a great day!
I do not even want to imagine it. It is more than torture.
I have heard they are saying she was there for opposition people, to possibly help her chances. Keep praying, and believe He can move mountains. He can.
I know you are doing what is necessary, I just wish I could help. *smile*
Do not feel stupid! Are you aware the more we learn, the more questions there are? I believe that is why they want to settle on Darwanism. lol.
If there is more, then there theories blow up in their face. Can you imagine having your life’s work gone?
We shall learn, but we will never know it all until that glorious day when we are united in Heaven! Then we will know. I’m sure of it.
It’s O.K., really, it’s a process, it takes time, I know all will be fine.
I have to feel it now, and just go with the flow… and it will get better day by day week by week and so on.
Please don’t feel sad or sorry for me.
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I just saw this (by accident,I’m trying to find out if Sarai/Sarah Abram’s wife is jewish)
http://freejesus.net/home/viewtopic.php?t=5485
It’s a conversation in a forum… I wonder just how blind we are, living our whole lives (well me anyway)in the U.S…
I feel like an idiot I should already know the answers to my questions!
I still haven’t found out!
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I’m functioning on low speed at present…lol
Cheer up.. I’m still praying for the reporter Jill, tomorrow is the deadline, I see her mom on T.V. and it’s life a knife thru my soul… The pain a parent feels with a child in the hands of terrorists!
You still have your children, yes? I’m sorry to hear this, but know that she is in a place where there are no more tears, fears, pain, anger, disappointments, etc. There is only love and worship. What a wonderous and glorious day!
I know it doesn’t feel so good for those they leave behind, but we must let go. It’s okay to grieve! My goodness, if we didn’t we would be physically sick. That is not what I mean.
I guess what I mean is I wish I were there to give you a great big hug and tell you everything was going to okay. I’m not very good with words, so that is why I revert back to the Bible for my words.
My heart breaks for you, PebblePie. Please know that my prayers are with you. I will be adding only one segment a day, but I will see if I can slow it down with some other stuff.
Hang in there. You have many friends you don’t even know yet. We all need you. *smile*
I got a call to come pick up my mom remains and certified death certificate.
I’m in a million pieces… Trying to stay together, for I have to fly cross country to my babies Air Force graduation in just a few days now. I have yet to tell only her, cause she needs all her physial and mental strength to get thru basic.
I hop you go slow, I really want to look up things, and know this or that before we go so far, I won’t have the time to get things straight in my head.
Don’t worry, it’s a process… and I’m just going thru it at present.
I now have no family left, first dad, then my bby sister, then my older sister then my mom…
Yes I know I have Jesus… but then he doesn’t have any warm flesh I can smell and hug.
Warm Regards,
Pebble
I’ve noticed. That is why I stated this practice is continuing up until now! How wrong this is.
When God created Eve, He did not create Evelyn, Mary, Judy, Jane, Rose, and all these other women for Adam. This is why I believe God meant for a helper to mean only one.
I hope you have a terrific day today, PebblePie. *smile*
I need to find the scripture I was reading… it said God calls some of us to Him.
It was a bit disburbing, but I have to factor in I’m reading Holy words with Human eyes.
Many people in the middle east have several wives… now.