Bible Question:
What is Lot, Abram's nephew, or brother? In the light of 2Tim 3:16, how can I explain away this seemingly contrdictory phrase to scoffers that I encounter? God Bless you for helping, Tim Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; (Gen 12:5 NASB) So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers. (Gen 13:8 NASB) They also took Lot, Abram's nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom. (Gen 14:12 NASB) |
Bible Answer: The KJV thanslates brother as "brethren", which gives most people a better sense of "kin-folk" as CDBJ has correctly explained to you the meaning is here. I call people "bro" all the time, bro. I would never take someone seriously if they questioned me to explain as to why I thought they were my natural brother, so I think that it should be ovbious that whoever is demannding an answer from you on this is only trying to shut you down. If we try to answer all the scoffers questions that have such an obvious answer as this, we will have a long road ahead to try to answer all the petty things they can bring up. You are not obligated to do that. We should pray that God would always give us the gift of discernment when we feel we must answer a "scoffer" (Pro24:4). We are never obligated to answer "scoffers" who's only intent is to shut us down. Jesus gave us an example of this in Luke 20:2-8. Jesus always answered true seekers, as He did Thomas in John 20, but He always used discernment in answering scoffers. We need to pray for that same discernment. A good test to discern between a scoffer and a true seeker is to ask the question; "Is the answer to this question what is keeping you from coming to Jesus?" retxar |
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