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NASB | 1 Samuel 16:2 But Samuel said, "How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me." And the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Samuel 16:2 But Samuel said, "How can I go? When Saul hears about it, he will kill me." And the LORD said, "Take a heifer from the herd with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.' |
Subject: Are Christians allow to lie or deceive? |
Bible Note: God's ways are definitely higher than our ways. Revelation 21:27 says: and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life. God is obviously against lying. God is also against killing as said in Exodus 20:13. Of course, God told Joshua to kill a crapload of people, along with several other characters from the Bible, including: Abraham, Moses, Gideon, and David. He didn't seem to frown much on Sampon's killing sprees either. I don't necessarily believe that the sacrifice negated the "lie." I also don't believe that Samuel lied. God told Samuel in verse one that He had already rejected Saul as king. God had already another king and was asking Samuel to go and anoint him. God didn't tell Samuel to deceive, God told him to anoint. Samuel was just fearing for his life. God does not ask us to fear for ourselves; God asks us to fear Him. If you do what God tells you to do, as He tells to do it, there is no wrong in that. Praise Jesus! Joshua |