God rewards liar's
"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor" - Exodus 20:16
Genesis 27:
This is an account of God rewarding not punishing people for lying. Isaac wishes to bless E'sau his eldest son because he is getting old and his eye sight is failing him so he tells him to go and catch some game and make him some tasty food. However Rebekah Isaac's wife overhears and tells Jacob the younger son what his father had said, so they both come up with a plan to fool Isaac. They put the skins of goats and kids on Jacob so that his farther would mistake him for his brother when his farther touches him, he also wore his brothers cloths. The plan worked and Jacob gets blessed instead of his brother.
Jacob and his mother lied in order that Jacob would receive his brothers blessing. God blesses Jacob and makes him fruitful, Jacob isn't punished for lying, instead God rewards him for it.
Genesis 27:
This is an account of God rewarding not punishing people for lying. Isaac wishes to bless E'sau his eldest son because he is getting old and his eye sight is failing him so he tells him to go and catch some game and make him some tasty food. However Rebekah Isaac's wife overhears and tells Jacob the younger son what his father had said, so they both come up with a plan to fool Isaac. They put the skins of goats and kids on Jacob so that his farther would mistake him for his brother when his farther touches him, he also wore his brothers cloths. The plan worked and Jacob gets blessed instead of his brother.
Jacob and his mother lied in order that Jacob would receive his brothers blessing. God blesses Jacob and makes him fruitful, Jacob isn't punished for lying, instead God rewards him for it.
posted by David at 9:45 am
2 Comments:
Does not God leave himself some many outs that he can always sayhe didn't lie? And does he not promise a lot of punishment if we treat people like he does?
Even if God can talk his way out of it the fact is as this blog points out, God rewarded someone who lied. and just because God dosn't allow us to treat people like he does dosn't mean that God should treat people that way in the first place. Shouldn't God set a good example and follow his own rules?
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