June 15, 2005
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Good morning, for those of you students who are missing school, here is a homework assignment (she says smiling) or for those of us who just love to study the word, the same homework assignment applies. It is opinion, not research perse.
I got to speak with Pastor Don yesterday and we went over what I had researched for the Bible study. He likes what I have done so far, but I know I need to do some more work.
He asked me to find examples from everyday life to fit the behavior of those listed in my study.
King Saul – might be political correctness, or the stance on abortion, wanting to please the people, not following God’s laws.
Pharaoh
Balaam maybe could be a backstabber. Saying sweet and kind words to your face that sound Godly, or saying God’s words, but then going behind the back and undermining your position by false teachings. Not sure about this.
Judas is betraying God, or betraying a person, wrongly accusing, and then regretting the words said, but the hurt is still done.
David
Job
Prodigal son. seems to be a picture of salvation.
I am not sure what to do with Aiken, he doesn’t completely fit pure repentence and there was no redeeming on earth.
So if you have any everyday ideas about the above list of characters, I would love to hear them. Some I am drawing a blank on, and for the few that I came up with, I would love other examples, even names of current people in the news that might fit.
Thanks.
I will write out Tuesday’s Bible study later today. It was on
1 Corinthians 13:7 to end of chapter,
Heather
Comments (11)
I HAVA SIMPLE ONE 4 DAVID….THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN….ALWAYS MAKING MISTAKES….BUT ALWAYS SEEKING THE LORD…..
) GOD BLESS YA… greg <><
Crop failure – how true. One thing I have learned is that God causes All things to work together for the good. – even my bad choices from long ago. In fact those tend to be good fertiliser for the good seed of today.
Have a good day.
Maybe Billy Graham for David, imperfect but persistant. Remeber that when Christ said someone would betray Him, none of the disciples knew if it was them or someone else. I know I have betrayed Him MANY times, thank God for His grace. Enjoy .
Ex
Amen!
David is everyday Christian. He wants to seek God with all his heart but continually falls. He has some of the greatest imperfections out there but he is a man of God because he falls on his face and still wants to see God.
Job is the why me Christian. We all know people that seem to have bad luck continually follow them. They don’t pretend that everything is ok but they refuse to “curse God”.
Pharaoh is someone who hears the word of God but hardens their heart to it. They know that refusing God will bear severe consequences but refuse him anyway.
I say Balaam is Arnold Swartanager.
Let me give this a shot.
Pharaoh: You could draw the illustration of George W. Bush going to Sadaam and saying, “Let the weapons inspectors in.” Sadaam said, “No.” He refused the weapons inspectors over and over again. Then finally the U.S. and it’s ah hem allies went in and took him out. Pharaoh did the same. He rejected the attempts of Moses to get the Pharaoh to let God’s people go. Pharaoh just hardened his heart. Sadaam hardened his heart. People today harden their heart to the commands of God. Pastor Don may not like this one because it may sound political. But I think people will get the point.
Prodigal son: Once I was looking for pieces of a checkers game with my oldest son. We were searching and we found some of the pieces but couldn’t find the others. We spent a half hour looking for the pieces. If you look at the story of the prodigal son, it is right by a few other parables about seeking for something that has been lost. Although the father didn’t go out and find the son. He looked out every day for him. The passage seems to indicate that. He saw his son in a distance. And he ran to him. So any illustration where something has been lost and you have looked for it is a good illustration to use with the prodigal son.
Pure conjecture, here, but this is what I see…
King Saul – paranoia. He was constantly so afraid of what people thought, of who was after him, out to get him, what he was missing… know anyone like that?
Pharaoh – belligerence. The man knew God’s power. He felt his own worth pull so strongly at him that he could hardly not elevate himself before God, though.
Judas - self-righteous. He wanted things the way he wanted them… he wanted the money in his control, the use of it for his purposes, because he felt he had the right answers. He also felt that Jesus had stepped out of line, and that what he did was for the good of the disciples and others… and it wasn’t regret that caused him to choose suicide… it was the realization that he had been wrong… and that he failed himself.
David – true humility. He knew he wasn’t what he should be. Reminds me of a Keanu quote: “Hey, man, I’m just a meathead.” He knew he screwed up, but the knowledge of his being a ‘work in progress’ was the reason he could pick up and press on with ferverent devotion.
Job – stubborness/resolute. The man lost everything, and with every rebuttal from his friends, he only grew more adamant in his own beliefs about the trials he faced. Some people think stubbornnesss is a negative trait, but I don’t necessarily agree…
Wow. I agree with Anna. Can’t get any better than that.
Hope your day is going well!
Thank you so much for your ideas, they are awesome, and will be used.
I will write more later.
Heather
Thanks for your comment and prayer for me. We sure do need to hold oneanother up! Blessings! Christy