We do not see Abraham in a good light here. There is, in this incident, a
reminder of the deceitfulness of the human heart (Jeremiah 17:9). Our
only hope of real change is in the Lord who says, "I will give you a new
heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove your stubborn hearts
and give you obedient hearts" (Ezekiel 36:26). In the human heart, there
is conflict - the flesh and the Spirit wrestling with each other
(Galatians 5:17). If the Spirit is to display the victory of Christ in
our lives, we must "put on the whole armour of God", receiving "power
from the Lord and from His mighty strength" (Ephesians 6:10-11). This
strength comes in this way: "take salvation as your helmet and the Word
of God as the sword that the Spirit supplies" (Ephesians 6:17).
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