1 Samuel

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NASB	1 Samuel 27:1 Then David said to himself, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand."
AMPLIFIED 2015	1 Samuel 27:1 But David said in his heart, "Now I will die one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me inside the borders of Israel, and I will escape from his hand [once and for all]."

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Subject: Consititues Faith as Opposed to David?

Bible Note: Tim Moran

I agree and am aware with the princple that the Old Testament "narratives" are not to be taken as Christian "normative" behavior for today.

I will stick strictly to this post please, I am not trying to redress another post, although I understand you transferring an applicatoin principle from one to the other.:-)

My question not to center around WHAT CORRECT CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR SHOULD BE.

My question centers around WHAT CONSTITUTES FAITH seeing as how sins were committed in gaining that title of having had FAITH.

Question for you; how does saving a life by the mid-wives become obeying God rather than men? What command did God give the mid-wives that they were to do?

By applying your principle that God has forbidden murder how does saving a life by the same means as those mid-wives, which included disobeying the king's edicts and ostensibly lying to anyone who would ask if they were hiding babies, not apply to us now?

Ps. I do understand the difference between a narrative passage and a didactic passage, I want to know, not what to do, but how to view everything in the process of what ends up getting declared as "having been done right" by those in the Bible. What I do with the answer is up to me, and is not why I want to know about it or discuss it.

blessings abound, bolwer