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1 | Lying justified? | Josh 2:5 | MJH | 225072 | ||
It would have been morally wrong for Rahab to not lie for it would have certainly resulted in the death of the spies. Those good people risking all to hide Jews during WW2, to fail to lie to the German Nazi's, would have been morally wrong. When one is faced with the unfortunate situation where by keeping one law you break another, he must know which is greater. "Life" trumps most things. In Jesus day this question was asked in many ways and Jesus is asked it as well. Will Jesus "work" on the Sabbath to bring wholeness to a hurting sick person or not? Is "to do good" greater than to "not work on the Sabbath?" One group said it this way: All commands can be broken to preserve life but these three: 1) to take a life, 2) to commit adultery, 3) to commit idolatry; for the Law was given so that "you might have life" and not death. Death is the antagonist of God's Law and Kingdom. A long way to say, Rahab was considered righteous because she lied. That being said, I agree with previous answers, it is technically speculation, but the results of Rahab's blessed life and the comments in Scripture concerning her lead me to be quite certain of that statement. MJH |
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2 | Lying justified? | Josh 2:5 | Makarios | 225096 | ||
Greetings MJH, I must apologize to Pastor Tim (Morant61) since I remember opposing him on this issue of "is it Ok to lie" in the Bible, and I took the point of view that it seems justifiably so in some instances that you also have provided. But spiritual growth and insight has shown me that, regardless of whatever man does (lies or does not lie), God does not need any help! God does not need our help. He is God. If He wanted the spies in Rahab's day to live, then He would have provided the way, perhaps even more profoundly so if Rahab wouldn't have tried to "help" Him. You say that "'Life' trumps most things"... Well, God trumps ALL things! Righteousness is never granted due to a transgression. Righteousness is granted by grace to a person whose heart is right with God, and such a person would rather be vexed in spirit instead of consider themselves 'justified' because they thought that they could, in some way, help God by transgressing his law at some point. Makarios |
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