While Abaraham withheld the fact that Sarah was his wife so that Pharoah would not stumble and have innocent blood on his hands, he did NOT LIE . For Abraham knew the evil in mens hearts to kill and sin against God for covetousness sake, rather the killer believes in God or not does not matter, it is still against God. Thou shalt not kill!
And what good would it do if they killed Abraham for Sarah, then Sarah would no longer have Abraham. God does not reward lies no matter who it is, but when one has to use discretion and hold back some truth to protect the innocent and to keep man from commiting murder, then God looks at that as an honorable thing. God blessed Abraham for his work of righteousness in this matter and made Pharoah give MUCH wealth to Abraham for his passing up tempation to not only want to harm Pharoah over Sarah, but putting another above his self, even his enemy.
Abraham and Sarah did not lie when they claimed to be brother and sister, for just as we are brother and sister in Christ being born of one Father but of different natural mothers in the flesh, so were they.
Our spiritual mother is the City heavenly Jerusalem.
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.
KJV
Gen 20:12
12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
KJV
Blessings
And what good would it do if they killed Abraham for Sarah, then Sarah would no longer have Abraham. God does not reward lies no matter who it is, but when one has to use discretion and hold back some truth to protect the innocent and to keep man from commiting murder, then God looks at that as an honorable thing. God blessed Abraham for his work of righteousness in this matter and made Pharoah give MUCH wealth to Abraham for his passing up tempation to not only want to harm Pharoah over Sarah, but putting another above his self, even his enemy.
Abraham and Sarah did not lie when they claimed to be brother and sister, for just as we are brother and sister in Christ being born of one Father but of different natural mothers in the flesh, so were they.
Our spiritual mother is the City heavenly Jerusalem.
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.
KJV
Gen 20:12
12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
KJV
Blessings