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THE BOOK OF GENESIS
Chapter 20
By J. W. SMITH
< Abraham at Gerar.
Gerar, meaning “district” was
ancient city in Palestine and
•hief center of the Philistines,
in the maritime plain south of
and considered the richest soil in
country. Here, as far as we
Isaac was born, Abraham dug
and his peaceful son re-opened
1. The Southward Journey.
“Abraham journeyed from thence
ward the south, and sojourned
Gerar.” We do not know what
sioned his removal from
where he had lived about
years, to the land of the
•fised Philistines. Perhaps he left
; ceount of the confusion caused
:he destruction of the cities of
plain, or the incestuous sin
ted by Lot, or the intense
-howii him by the Canaanites
God Whom he worshipped had
ed fire and brimstone upon the
habitants of Sodom, or a severe
ine was spreading over the land.
may be sure he had some good
son for going to Gerar.
2. The Old Sin. V*. 2. “And
■nam said of Sarah, his wife, she is
sister.” How true it is that
people sometimes fail in the grace
for which they are noted. Moses, who
was renowned for his
spoke hastily with his lips and
limself out from the promised .and.
Elijah, whose bravery on Mount Car¬
mel elevated him in the hi cf the
.people, Temb'td for h's life and was
ready to give up in despair A ,d here
ve find that Abraham, whose faith
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made him famous, failed to trust
to protect him from the men of
rar. According to verse 13 the
meat formed between him and
wife about 30 years before, with
view to deceive in case of
was not abandoned. While in
|he committed the same sin of
he was guilty in Gerar. With all
experience in the life of faith
old sin remained unconfessed
unforsaken.
3. The Divine Interpo.ition. V«».
7. ‘ God came to Abimeleck in
dream by night.” God had
Abraham a son that should come
of his own loins to perpetuate a
pie from which the Messiah
come. The unwise behavior of
ham in Gerar endangered the
ise; for Abimelech, thinking
was unmarried, took her to his
house, intending to make her
own wife. But God was watching
er His word to perform it. Jer.
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In this divine interference
have
(a) Warning. Vss. 3, 7. God
to Abimelech, "Behold, thou art
a dead man.’’ “If thou restore
not, know that thou shalt surely die,
thou, and all that are thine.”
(b) Grace. Vs. 6. “I also withheld
thee from sinning against Me.” The
sin was against God though it was
Abraham and Sarah that were
wronged. It was God’s restraining
grace that kept Abimelech from car¬
rying out the evil devices of his
wicked heart. What a den of iniqui¬
ty this world would be without the
restraining influence of the Holy
Spirit.
(c) Command. Vs. 7. “Restore the
man his wife.” Life and death were
placed before Abimelech. Obedience
to God’s command meant life; dis¬
obedience meant death. Every sin¬
ner has his choice of life and death.
If he accepts Jesus Christ as his
THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1925.
personal Savior, he will have
he rejects Him, he will
eternally.
Dr. Bush, commenting on verse
says: “How carefully are all the
sential particulars regarding
genealogy of the Messiah
j„ the sacred records! The Holy
jt marks this fact lest any one
jsay that Isaac was the son of
lech.”
4 . xhe Prampt obedience. V,.
A bimelech acted wisely in losing
time to 0 bey the solemn
on whieh hung his very , ife .
gives ug commands on which
eternal dt , stiny depends. Here is
from lht , 01d Testament: “Return
now everv one fronl his evi , way
Jer lg . u< Hear another from
New Testament, the word of
“ Repent .» M att. 4: 17. In the
p assaj r es eV ery man is commanded
forsake sin and turn to God
de i ay< To trifle with God’s word
the height of folly; for we read:
cept ye repcnti ye shall all |
perish.” Luke 13: 3.
5. The Friendly Interview. Vss.
I 13. Reading the narrative and
J ganling the whole of Abraham’s
one wou ] d conclude that the
en king was a better man. In
event in the life of the patriarch
is at his worstf while Abimelech is
; his best But man cannot bc
by a single deed, whether good
evil, but by his life. When the
nanimous life of Abraham is
against the covetous life of
lech. they differ as much as light
darkness.
In this friendly interview
have
(a) A Reproof. The conduct of
raham and Sarah was unworthy
respectable people. Abraham
was in a covenant of strong
ship with God must have
ashamed of himself when the
en king reproved him for his sin.
is very humiliating to the child
God to be rebuked for wrong
by a man who does not profess to
a follower of Jesus Christ.
(b) A Reply. “Abraham said,
cause I thought, Surely the fear
God is not in this place." He
the heathen king and his
were entirely ignorant of God,
therefore, could not be trusted.
they were not favored with
revelations of the Most High,
thought there was no goodness
them.
There are some
Christians who are disposed to
lieve that no goodness is to be
outside the church, forgetting the
straining power of the Holy
W,ho is convicting the world of
righteousness, and judgment.
It cannot be too strongly
sized that the goodness
by Abimelech and all those
he represents grows in the soil
the unregenerated heart. The
possessing what theologians call
ural religion is white-washed on
outside, but not washed white on
inside. Without this inward
by the blood of Christ, man is lost.
(c) A Confession. When
at God’s command, left his home
Chaldee, he said to his wife, “This
the kindness which thou shalt
unto me; at every place whither
shall come, say of me, He is
brother.” Abraham told the
about his wife (she was his
ter) to the people of Gerar with
view of leading them to believe
lie. As long as he held to the old
ful compact he distrusted God to
tect him. He confessed and
the sin, after which the child
promise was born. Was that
slumbering for years in the bosom
Abraham, the cause of the delay
the birth of Isaac.
6. The Propitiatory Gift. Vss.
16. “Abimelech took sheep, and
en, and menservants, and
servants, and a thousand pieces
silver and gave them to
The gifts were given by the king
a propitiation for the wnorg he
done. Seeing that God was with Ab¬
raham, he courted his stay in
land, offering him the place of
choice in his fertile country; for
knew that he would be a
to him.
Abimelech’s address to Sarah
tains a gentle rebuke and a touch
irony. “I have given thy
i. e., the one she called her
“a thousand pieces of silver.”
of foolishly disowning him as hus
band, who was honored and
by others, she should have
that she was his wife, so that
might be her protection, “a
of the eyes” of those who would
et her.
7. The Effectual Prayer. Vss.
18. “Abraham prayed unto God: and
God healed Abimelech” and all
As prophet Abraham spoke to
for God, and to God for men. He had
brought serious trouble to the king,
now he earnestly prays to God
its removal. God honored His serv¬
ant by answering his prayer and
completely removing the plague with
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business generally can best be serv
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sufficient money to supply adequate
transportation—the prime need of
the country—is the opinion of Presi
dent L. A. Downs, of the Central of
Georgia Railway Company, in an
teresting statement discussing
rates on farm products. Mr. Downs
asserts that the interests of the farm
ers and the railways are mutual,
pointing out that the agriculture
furnishes much traffic to the rail¬
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opened the markets of the world to
the farmer.
The railway executive points out
that farm conditions are steadily im¬
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years the value of farm products has
increased two and a half billion dol¬
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the present level of freight rates
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and not freight rates controls the
market price of farm products. He
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out of proportion to other rates. He
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which the king’s household was
stricken. Whenever we are instru¬
mental in bringing trouble to others,
we should be ready to do everything
in our power to Help bring about
their deliverance.
We learn from this portion of
God’s word that—(1) “To step
aside is human.” (2) The believer
may fail in the grace for which he
is noted. (3) “The fear of man bring
eht a snare.” (4) Human wisdom
may be distrust in God. (5) A man
may be strong in faith about spirit¬
ual things and weak in faith about
temporal things. (6) Truth contain¬
ing a lie is dangerous. (7) It is by
faith and not by carnal policies we
overcome the world. (8) God guards
his word to fulfill it. (9) “There is
hope for a man who is afraid of the
.judgments of God.” (10) ;Prayer
changes things.
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He cites numerous instances of
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products of the farm, and says,
farmer needs service from the
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supply him with transportation.
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