“ABIMELECH’S DREAM, WARNING AND ACTION”

Post date: Sep 15, 2019 9:42:53 PM

God does not want anyone to die in sin; does not want anyone to die in his or her mistake or die because of the sin or mistake of others. God desire is that everyone should repent of all known sin, turn away from all deliberate and intentional sins, seek power from Him to overcome all our weaknesses through the grace innChrist Jesus, and desires we make restitution whenever and wherever we are wrong so we could be fully restored and the live the rest of our lives without guilt and fear of Satan and his agents.

In God’s message to Abimelech in a dream, we see God’s love expressed even to a sinner, we see God giving directive in a dream, we see God’s willingness to forgive, we see God’s ability to restore and open that which had been closed due to sin or wrong doing; we also see that when we truly acknowledge our faults an sins before God and man, God gives us the right direction to take in making restitution; we see true repentance brings total forgiveness and complete restitution brings complete restoration and eradicates the feelings of guilts and the consequences of our sins and faults irrespective of its magnitude. God will not forgive when we do not have the desire and the willingness to fully repent and He will not fully restore when we fail appropriate restitution.

God will not bend His words and He will not fail when we comply. In all circumstances we fine ourselves, irrespective of location and situation, God will always remain absolutely faithful to everyone at every time irrespective of what Satan and men may say or do. God’s faithfulness is fully enjoyed by the obedient Christians, but to the unrighteous, the unfaithful followers of Jesus Christ and all unbelievers irrespective of religion and faith, God’s faithfulness is expressed as a warning wrapped in love and mercy.

“Abraham said to people about Sarah his wife, she is my sister. Abimelech king of Gerar heard this so he sent some servants to take her. But one night God spoke to Abimelech in a dream and said you will die. The woman you took is married. But Abimelech had not gone near Sarah, so he said, Lord, would you destroy, kill or slay an innocent nation? Abraham himself told me, this woman is my sister, and she also said he is my brother. I am innocent and did not know I was doing anything wrong. Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, yes, I know you did not realize what you were doing. So I did not allow you to sin against me and touch her. Give Abraham his wife back. He is a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will not die. But if you do not give Sarah back, you and all your family will surely die. So early the next morning, Abimelech called all his officers and told them everything that had happened in the dream. They were very afraid. Then Abimelech called Abraham to him and said, what have you done to us? What wrong did I do against you? Why did you bring this trouble to my kingdom? You should not have done these things to me. What were you thinking that caused you to do this? Then Abraham answered, I thought no one in this place respected God and that someone would kill me to get Sarah. And it is true that she is my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but she is not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife. When God told me to leave my father’s house and wander in many different places, I told Sarah, you must do a special favor for me. Everywhere we go tell people, he is my brother. Then Abimelech gave Abraham some sheep, cattle, and male and female slaves. He also gave Sarah, Abraham’s wife, back to him and said, look around you at my land, you may live anywhere you want. Abimelech said to Sarah, I gave your brother Abraham twenty-five pounds of silver to make up for any wrong that people may think about you. I want everyone to know that you are innocent. Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his servant girls so they could have children. The Lord had kept all the women in Abimelech’s house from having children, closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech as a punishment on Abimelech for taking Abraham’s wife Sarah.” Genesis 20:2-18 Prayer Request Click here