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“And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land” (Genesis 13:7).
Lot was Abram’s nephew, and Lot had accompanied Abram when the Lord called him out of the city of Ur, and led him into the land of Canaan. It was very sad that their herdmen quarreled with one another, but why does the Spirit of God mention that the Canaanites and the Perizzites were then in the land? A verse in the previous chapter had already told us that the Canaanites dwelt in the land.
I believe that the Lord wants to remind us that whenever the people of God do not get along with one another, the world around us is watching. It was true in Abram and Lot’s day, and it is true today too. The world knows very well how Christians should act, and they can be very critical of us when they see us behaving in a wrong way. It not only brings shame to us, but also dishonors the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us remember this, and be careful how we act before the world.
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