Did you hear, there was a girl who was so scandalous that she married her sister's husband. But that's not half as bad as the time when one brother killed the other because he was jealous. Then there was the man who had the audacity to have a man killed just to cover up the fact that he slept with his wife.
In case you didn't know, what I just shared wasn't ripped from the headlines of the local paper. It was straight from the bible. Jacob married Rachel even though he was already her sister Leah's husband. Cain killed his brother Able. And King David had Bathsheba's husband Uriah killed. Each of these stories represented something that the Lord hates.
Proverbs 6:16-19 NLT
There are six things the Lord hates— no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.
Jacob sowed discord between families by marrying two sisters. Cain shed innocent blood when he murdered Able. David lied, plotted evil, killed the innocent, and sowed discord when he tried to hide his affair with Bathsheba by killing her husband Uriah.
But I tell you none of these deeds went unnoticed because God does not like ugly. For a time Rachel was barren and the Lord allowed Leah to have sons one of which would be the earthly lineage of Jesus. Cain was cursed and cast out for his act against his brother. David and Bathsheba lost the child that resulted from their affair.
God found no pleasure in their actions so each lost something. I believe each of them also learned something. God would not allow their selfish acts to prevail. He pushed the restart button and made them start from scratch. Not one of us wants to experience the reality of loss when God pushes restart. So grab the that was easy button and push it yourself.
Adayinthelife:-)
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