On the go? We have highlights from todays Sabbath School lesson at your fingertips. Wednesday: The prophets of Israel were faithful in preaching the word of the Lord without altering or compromising it. Hebrews, in extolling the prophets fidelity to God, paints a clear picture: they “stopped the mouths of lions [Daniel]. Quenched the violence of fire [Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego], escaped the edge of the sword [Elijah and Elisha],. . .had . .. imprisonment [Jeremiah and Micaiah],...stoned [Zechariah, son of Jehoiada],... sawn asunder [Isaiah] . . . [and] slain with the sword [see 1 Kings 19:10]” (Heb. 11:33-37). Of course, Jobs sufferings are also proverbial, as is the patience he exemplified despite derision by his own wife and the censure of those who came to commiserate with him. What set these heroes of faith and many others apart from the normal or average follower of God? James mentions several qualities: patience, endurance, and, above all, hope and trust in God.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 05:00:01 +0000
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