04 Vayera Torah Study 2025

Abraham and Avimelekh made an agreement. When they start their talks, Avimelekh seems to accuse Abraham of being a liar. Abrahm refuses to be emotionally upset and works out an agreement but does tell Avimelekh that Avimelech's servants took Abrahams well. Abraham gives Avimelekh 7 lambs as a witness for the well Abraham dug at Be'er Sheva. 
Abraham is an example to us in many ways. He refuses to have hurt feelings and works out an agreement with Avimelekh. 

Control your feelings to bring about good. 
We have control over our feelings and can turn things around for good by our response. For example, if someone takes issue with something I said, I often first apologize and then explain myself. Abraham ignored Avimelekh's accusations. We cannot always work things out because some people have evil intentions. Just as Abraham was a person of peace, we can be a people of peace. Shaul perhaps has Abraham in mind when he shares this scripture. Romans 12:17-18 NKJV says, "Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men." Just like Abraham was a person of peace, we too should try to be at peace with others.

Do not be confused by worldly rules, the norms of society, idealism, or so-called logical arguments. Haven't we all fallen for some tricky logic only to find out it was not true? I remember that years ago people were buying pet rocks. I am not kidding. Someone thought it was a good idea to sell rocks as pets. I suppose you won't get any bad behaviors out of a rock. It just sits where you put it. 

The ideas that people have are as many as there are people. Ecclesiastes 1:9 NKJV says, "That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun." The same is true for YouTube. People come up with an idea and post it on YouTube. Some are legitimate ideas, but others are just to get people's attention. I know of someone who likes to post things on YouTube just to see if people will respond to his nonsense. Some ideologies like communism have caused terrible atrocities to occur. Communism is an evil system of religion that tries to form governments around their false ideology. Countries that are similar to it are often also engaged in various forms of evil.