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MHeath said:
Anyway, I guess the point is, of course it is a sin to lie under any situation/circumstance. I sure would hope too that i would remain faithful even if it's no easy.. or under the threat of harm or death. I know too that it is God who keeps us, and if we never needed forgiveness/cleansing, than Jesus would not have had Paul mention it grin

Michele

I agree, and I think that is the point of the comment in the Geneva Bible. Reality, in this fallen world, is that there will be times that one's options are limited to one of several sinful choices. While commending the midwives in their disobedience to Pharaoh, it still called their lying sin.

This runs counter to Joseph Fletcher's humanistic philosophy which would say that in making the "right" choice it becomes right rather than wrong. (By extension, one could say that it is not sin in this case, but JF probably would deny sin anyway.)

Soli Deo Gloria
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