Praise the Lord you agree with me. KJV_Strongs(i) 5 H6118 Because H85 that Abraham H8085 obeyed [H8804] H6963 my voice H8104 , and kept [H8799] H4931 my charge H4687 , my commandments H2708 , my statutes H8451 , and my laws Abraham could not possibly have been obeying Torah yet, cause law here in Genesis 26:5 is the same Torah used throughout the bible.
Abraham was commended for His faith. For obeying God's Voice.
Abraham walked in God's Law, long before Moses was born.
God's Laws are Eternal, The Law of Moses was temporary.
The Law that Abraham walked are for us to walk in today.
Can you list the Laws that Abraham walked in?
JLB
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Word here for Laws is...
H8451
תּרה תּורה
tôrâh tôrâh
to-raw', to-raw'
From H3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch: - law.
Amen. God's Laws are Eternal.
Please list the laws that Abraham walked in.
And this I say,
that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ...
Galatians 3:17
JLB
The Law was given to Israel 430 years after the promise, doesn't mean god thought them up at Mt. Sinai. Here ya go, here is one example...
Gen 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
So, the Sabbath was the one thing that God created on the seventh day. Was it really in force? Let's see...
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exo 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day:
wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
The seventh day of what week? The week that He made the heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is. That would be creation week. The Sabbath was in force that very week. He blessed it and hallowed (made holy) the Sabbath on creation week. This is why the fourth Commandments begins with the word "REMEMBER". Was it in force prior to Mt. Sinai?
Exo 16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow
is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Present tense, already in existence prior to Mt. Sinai...
Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
God asked them how long they would refuse to keep His Commandments and His Laws prior to Mt. Sinai. Wanna guess what the word for Laws is here?
H8451
תּרה תּורה
tôrâh tôrâh
to-raw', to-raw'
From H3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch: - law.
OK, how about adultery?
Gen 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Gen 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
Gen 20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
Gen 20:5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Gen 20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart;
for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Now is there sin without Law?
Rom 4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Rom 5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
So, God prevented Abimelech from sinning against Him by preventing him from committing adultery with Abraham's wife. God plainly calls it sin and there is no sin without law.
Gen 20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
Why would Abimelech die? Was God being arbitrary?
Rom 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Gen 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom
a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
So, Abimelech knew waht sin was. He knew that taking another man's wife was sin.
Gen 20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
Gen 20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
Well, Abraham supposed the fear of God was not in this place but it turns out that it was.
Sorry, but your supposings are not equal to the plain facts of scripture.
What Laws did Abraham walk in?
Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my
laws.
H8451
תּרה תּורה
tôrâh tôrâh
to-raw', to-raw'
From H3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch: - law.
