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Characters Of The Bible
Contributed by Darren Rogers on May 18, 2008 (message contributor)
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1. Barzillai
Contributed on May 18, 2008
What character of the Bible best describes you? Do you start out well only to finish poorly and offer God every excuse you can think of?
Barzillai – 27th April 2008 am 2 Samuel 19:32 Background – David running from Absalom Bar-zil-lah-ee The Holy Spirit says something of Barzillai that He says of very few people. He says that he was “a very great man.” The Bible does not hand out this kind of praise openhandedly. It ...read more
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2. Enoch
Contributed on May 18, 2008
Which character best describes you? Do you walk with the Lord like Enoch did?
Enoch – 20th April 2008 am Hebrews 11:5-6 The Bible tells us nothing about the early years of Enoch. All we know is that at the age of 65, Enoch became the father of a child which he named Methuselah. After that child was born, we are told that Enoch walked with God for the next 300 years of ...read more
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3. Rahab
Contributed on May 18, 2008
How is your faith? Do you think that your past will stop you serving the Lord?
Rahab – 5th May 2008 am Hebrews 11:31, James 2:25 Rahab was a lost pagan woman who lived in the city of Jericho. Yet she became one of the most honoured women in the Bible. She is mentioned in Hebrews 11 and in the book of James. In Hebrews 11 she stands as an example of faith; in James, she is ...read more
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4. The Un-Named Maid
Contributed on May 18, 2008
Do people know that you are a Christian? How is your testimony at home and in the workplace?
The Un-named Maid – 30th March 2008 am 2 Kings 5:1-3 The prophet Elijah is named 29 times in the New Testament while Elisha is named only once Luke 4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. Naaman was ...read more
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5. Caleb
Contributed on May 30, 2008
What character of the Bible best describes us? Are we claiming the mountain that God has for us?
Caleb – 11th May 2008 am Joshua 14:6-15 Caleb was a man who finished well. It is a great thing to finish well. Paul tells of his fear of finishing up his life as a wicked old man on one of God’s rubbish dumps, of being a “Castaway” (1 Corinthians 9:27) Many people have started well but have ...read more