repeated many times through the era of the judges. The people wanted a king to be like the other nations and to escape the corruption of the judges. (1 Sam.8: 4-5 HCSB). Samuel saw this as a rejection of him but God told Samuel, “They have not rejected you; they have rejected Me as their king.” God allowed the people to have a king like the other nations but Samuel did convey God’s warning of the “rights of a king” (1 Sam. 8:11b HCSB) and their national “covenant of unfaithfulness.” (Hindson and Yates
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Judah. He was the second king of Israel after Saul. Samuel was sent to anoint him in place of Saul, who disobeyed God. He was sent to fight Goliath with Gods help and successfully defeated him. He then became great friends with Saul's son Jonathan. He committed many sins and disobeyed many of the commandments. He later offered to build a temple for God, for which He didn't ask for. God told David that He would instead build a house for him, and have his son who would be the next King of Israel build
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based on worthy credentials. Their truths are based on the sacred writings of the Bible. For example Genesis 1:1 says: There is one almighty God and Creator who made all things. They believe in one creator who has a name, and that name is Jehovah. Jehovah’s Witnesses are members of a World Wide Christian Religion who share with others information about God and his son, Jesus Christ. They base their belief mainly on the principles found in the Holy Bible, and view first century Christianity as
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the Flood are paramount in this book. Genesis begins with GOD creating the world, and everything, and everyone (Adam and Eve) in it. The Fall began when Adam and Eve disobeyed GOD, introducing sin into this world. As mankind multiplied, so did sin. GOD confirmed his power over all things in flooding the earth to rid it of sin, choosing only to keep Noah and his family. Abraham, descendent of Noah, and his lineage was then chosen by GOD in a covenant to be His new nation called Israel. Abraham’s
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JESUS Religion 1302 N2 Professor To write this paper on Jesus brings so much joy to my heart. To write about a man that that gave his life that we may be able to have a relationship with God brings tears to my eyes. Jesus our savior meaning the one who saved us from our sins and delivered us from hell is the most powerful name this world has ever known. The bible tells us that there is no other name; that man can be saved by, than the name Jesus! The bible also tells us that every knee shall bow
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The instruction for life : in other words torah and “The Lord reigns” meaning the Kingdom of god. As we I go in-depth in the messages we would look at Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Deutero-Isaiah as well as Deuteronomistic Historian (DH) and the Pentateuch (also named P). Jeremiah sounds just like Hosea in 598-586. His words are revised in the Deuteronomistic language. Jeremiah emphasizes on the idolatry as God pleaded with his people. He keeps warned that Jerusalem would be captured and the
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Christ’s Last Supper with his disciples to make Christians become one with Christ spiritually until reunited in the Kingdom of God. According to the Last Supper, Jesus took bread and wine broke it, giving thanks, gave it to his disciples saying, “I will not eat it again until it finds fulfilment in the Kingdom of God…I will not drink it again from the fruit of the vine until the Kingdom of God comes.” (Luke 22: 15-18) Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, religion and fairness. Equality
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But, what is salvation? Since I was a child, my parents always taught me that without salvation I was going to hell. Being so young and innocent, I would look at my parents and ask them, what I need to do to be saved. Their answer was simple. Fear God and stay away from sin; I guess that was my parent’s definition of salvation. Just like my parents, everyone has their own definition of salvation, depending on the religion you were brought up with and your faith. As I grew older, I came to realize
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Gospel, Matthew 6:24-34 24 'No one can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first or love the second, or be attached to the first and despise the second. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money. 25 'That is why I am telling you not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and what you are to wear. Surely life is more than food, and the body more than clothing! 26 Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns; yet
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1. My vision board spoke loudly that God has not been giving “ME” a vision. a. The vision board presented in class was my fleshly vision and not the Kingdom building vision which this class or our God is preparing for me. b. The vision showed self and a possibility of a union of two people (man and woman) that working together could build a new with joint ownership in a ministry for helping God’s people with thee specific needs. i. Safe housing for batter women ii
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