Thursday Bible Study 6 Am Panera Bread (Genesis 16 continued)

The LORD SEES US when we walk the line between a sacred place and a freezing rain.

Great is thy (God's) faithfulness, 

all that I need God's hand has provided 

Out of alignment the Caravan drifted for ten years into another lane.   Slowly.  Gradually.  Abram, Sarai and Hagar drifted into a sinful way away from God.   The drift took ten years to complete.   But slowly, gradually they were in their own lane.   They were seeing truth outside of truth, stupid is as stupid does.   There are boundaries that God has provided to protect us from wavering to harmful collisions.  

 Abraham is without excuse sure he does not have the bible, but he had the direct commune with God.   He spoke to God as a friend, but instead of listening to the LORD he listened to his wife first.   The LORD is there to protect our relationships with each other.   We should seek the LORD first before we are enabled to love our household correctly.  How do we seek the LORD?  We are enabled by Prayer, Church, and Biblical Meditation in proper perspectives alighted by the HOLY SPIRIT. We are a covenant people who need to stay in our lanes to properly glorify God.

*BTW: (Hagar's Perspective) Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.  Therefore the well was called Beerlai-roi.*  It lies between Kadesh# and Bered^.
Place names have importance in Scripture.
Beelai Roi*Well of the Living one who sees me.
Kadesh #Sacred Place
Bered ^Freezing Rain
Therefore the well was called (Well of the living one who sees me) it lies between (a Sacred Place) and (a freezing rain).The LORD SEES US when we walk the line between a sacred place and a freezing rain.

Thursday Bible Study 6:00 AM Panera Bread: 7-15-2010

   Today's study was great! Bob Mathis always brings things to a new light in our studies.   I am thankful that the spirit moves us to learn so much about the Beginnings.  We have been studying Genesis since December and January and are now on Chapter 16.

Chapter 16 lies between Chapter 15 the covenant given by God to Abraham that your nation will be numerous, and Chapter 17 where the covenant is shown by Abraham's people through circumcision.   Genesis 16 is a warning against the sins of Synergism.
How do we know that something is Godly or Sinful?  According to John Frame what God Bless is Good; and what God does not bless is not God.

Sarai wants to fulfill the needs of Abraham, she is getting older, and she does not think it possible that she would become pregnant.   Sarai tries to fulfill Abraham's desires by having her maid servant become pregnant through Abraham.   (This is a Jerry Springer episode, right? Totally!)

Hagar becomes pregnant.  She then looks at Sarai with a poisonous eye that curses her master.

 This event is a tragedy because instead of trusting God (that the covenant would be fulfilled), Sarai acts outside of God and attempts to make her household fruitful.  The whole thing backfires and no one is happy, and everyone is blaming everyone.    Because Sarai wants to be helpful and be a "demigod" she corrupts her household.

 This event is similar to the one described in Genesis 3:6.  Eve gave Adam an apple to eat;  while Sarai gives Abraham Hagar to consume. Sin gets worse over time.  

Hagar can no longer serve under Sarai.  So she leaves back to where she is from "Egypt".
God finds her and tells her to return to her master.  God says, "Servants serve your masters in Colossians 3.
Some blessing?  Would we want to return to a bad situation if God instructed us to do so?    Hmmm!