Lessons From The Life Of Nathan Posted on August 11, 2019 by Looking unto Jesus by William J. Stewart When we focus on great people in the Bible, we often look at Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David, Peter, Paul, etc., and rightly so, for these are wonderful people of faith. And yet there are countless “minor” characters who are equally worth our attention and consideration. Let’s look at what the Bible reveals about Nathan. ADMIT WHEN YOU’RE WRONG Have you ever spoken hastily, and then discovered afterward that what you said was wrong? Perhaps it was a misstated fact, or worse yet, given someone licence to act when it was not in your authority to do. That is exactly what happened between Nathan and David in 1 Chronicles 17. David sought to build a house for the LORD, and Nathan gave him the go ahead (v 1-2). Nathan was corrected by the LORD (v 3-4). To keep both himself and the king from doing contrary to the will of God, Nathan needed to admit his error—he ...
Breaking Generational Curses Through Prayer Rev. Terry L. Buxton, Sr. BREAKING THE CHAINS OF GENERATIONAL CURSES 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 9) Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, "Because I bore him with pain." 10) Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm that it may not pain me!" And God granted him what he requested. THE MESSAGE BIBLE - Jabez was a better man than his brothers, a man of honor. His mother had named him Jabez (Oh, the pain!), saying, “A painful birth! I bore him in great pain!” Jabez prayed to the God of Israel: “Bless me, O bless me! Give me land, large tracts of land. And provide your personal protection—don’t let evil hurt me.” God gave him what he asked.[1] Recently, I read a story that both interested me and intrigued...
HOW SHOULD WE UNDERSTAND OLD TESTAMENT HUMAN SACRIFICE? THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BIBLE DESCRIBING SOMETHING, AND THE BIBLE ENDORSING IT. by Joe Heschmeyer February 18, 2019 806 Shares Share Tweet Email The Hebrews (and especially the authors of Scripture) were aghast at the practice of human sacrifice in the cultures around them…even though some of their own rulers were sometimes guilty of it. 2 Kings 16:2-3 says that King Ahaz did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, as his father David had done, but he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. He even burned his son as an offering [ lit. “made his son to pass through the fire”], according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. And Scripture is quite clear—from the “sacrifice of Isaac” onwards—that God isn’t asking his people to engage in human sacrifice. But there’s still one instance in particular in which we fin...
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