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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: jholler Ordered by Date |
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1 | Lot righteous? | Gen 19:8 | jholler | 186429 | ||
"What would one have to do today to be as righteous as Lot?" Not sure I understand your reasoning for this question, nor the type of answer you are looking for...is this a generic sunday school, discussion provoking, try to wake them up cause the coffee and donuts ain't working question? Are you trying to bait me into saying something that will give you an opportunity to say something you need only an opening for? ebrain has given me insight closer to what I am looking for...what I understand from this passage is that no matter how much of a cowardly lowlife one is, there is always a chance that God will preserve you long enough to realize it and ask forgiveness. This also applies to my question regarding Abraham and Isaac's apparent prioritization of self-security over the well being of their wives. |
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2 | Lot righteous? | Gen 19:8 | jholler | 186335 | ||
Thanks, CDBJ, but I think you've actually made me more aware of the root of my own question...what standards of "righteousness" applied in THAT day, that this offer was neither condemned, nor even mentioned, by the Angels Lot was seeking to protect? If Lot recognized them to be angels, he would have known there would be no need for him to do any protecting...so, assuming that he was unaware of their true nature, as a man of God, and apparently the only one in town, why would giving his own daughters away be his first choice of action to protect two strangers? | ||||||
3 | Lamech's ego? | Gen 4:24 | jholler | 186322 | ||
What, if anything, (besides delusions of grandeur) gave Lamech authority to claim 11X the avengement God proclaimed for Cain? | ||||||
4 | Lot righteous? | Gen 19:8 | jholler | 186320 | ||
How is it that Lot was considered righteous before God when he was willing to give up his own virgin daughters to be raped? I believe this is a little far to extend hospitality... | ||||||
5 | Isn't omission of truth a lie? | Genesis | jholler | 186319 | ||
But doesn't this seem like flat out cowardice? Abraham was scared of what would happen to himself, so he denied his relationship to, love for, and responsibility to his wife...to avoid personal risk. To avoid risk to himself, he gave his WIFE to the pharoah to be part of his harem, who paid Abram with various livestock and servants...he gave her up as his sister also to Abimelech, who also gave Abraham livestock and servants, land and silver to keep from being cursed/killed...this strikes me as little more than deceptive baiting for profit. Yes, Abraham technically told the truth when he said Sarah was his sister...but did he tell the whole truth? Isn't omission of truth a lie? | ||||||