It took me awhile to get back here, HB... -- Friends Sharing Scripture

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, [7], 8, 9, 10 ]

Subject: It took me awhile to get back here, HB...

Author:
dori

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 22:53:28 09/08/10 Wed
In reply to: Hillbilly 's message, "Genesis 26 vss. 23-33 Post 136" on 13:58:45 09/05/10 Sun

This study brings a couple of questions to my mind: where IS Beersheba? Why did God seem to favor the men he did and make it so hard on others who loved him as much? There are other questions that came to me, but they aren't forming very well into anything that makes sense.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

[> [> Subject: Dori

Author:
Hillbilly
[ Edit | View ]

Date Posted: 20:05:54 09/09/10 Thu

Beersheba is about half way between the Mediterranean Sea and the southern most tip of the Dead Sea. It is approximately 60 miles southwest of Jerusalem.

Well, I don't know about making it so hard on others who loved him just as much but the Bible gives the reasons for picking whom He picks: "the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7)

When God looked on the inward Abraham, Moses, David, Paul, Peter etc. He saw something no one else could see. God chooses according to His knowledge of the person and the qualities he has. God equips those who answer His call on their lives.

This is very much a part of "election" where God chooses according to His will and purpose.

We may look on a person and think they are the most dedicated and loving Christian we have ever met but in some cases if you watch long enough the "warts" begin to show. God saw those "warts" before they were even born.

[> [> [> Subject: That makes sense, HB
Author: dori [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 22:44:43 09/09/10 Thu As you always do. *-) Thank you for making that clearer to me. xo