In Gerar Abraham said, "Sarah is my sister." King Abimelech took her but God threatens judgment upon him for taking her. Abraham is rebuked by the king and Abraham gives an excuse. Sarah is restored to Abraham.
"We learn three glorious lessons of God's grace. First, God, in His grace here, intervenes on Abraham's behalf. And that reminds us that God in His grace often intervenes on our behalf even when we are the cause of our own problem.
Second, we see here that God not only protects us by His grace, but God by His grace exposes our sin even while we are working hard to conceal it.
And finally, we see that God in His grace uses us for His glory in spite of ourselves."
(Ligon Duncan)
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