[Vision2020] Heirdoug's hero

[heirdoug at netscape.net]

Ralph I did read carefully.

You seem to think that by pointing out the sins of another that I will 
be shamed and embarrassed by what the Spirit of the Living God states 
in the Bible. I will never be embarrassed by all of what God says, be 
they red or black letters.

 From the genealogy in Matthew we see that God is not embarrassed either 
using David’s sins to bring about the redemption of Mankind… “The 
record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son 
of Abraham: … Jesse was the father of David the king. David was the 
father of Solomon by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah.”

And now the passage that you cited: "After He had removed him, He 
raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He (God) also 
testified and said, 'I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER 
MY HEART, who will do all My will.”

But you stopped short, as you typically do, from quoting the rest of 
the verse… “From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God 
has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus”.

You should always quote all of the verse in it’s context and not be so 
embarrassed by the truth that God's Word gives!

lemeno, Doug!






Ralph Nielsen nielsen at uidaho.edu
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The biblical character King David is often
represented as a great Bible hero.

* God said, "I have found David the son of
Jesse a man after mine own heart" (Acts 13:22).
* "My lord the King [David] ...is as an angel
of God" (2 Sam 19:27).
* "My lord [King David] fighteth the battles
of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee
all thy days" (1 Sam. 25:28).
* "King David did that which was right in the
eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any
thing that he commanded him all the days of his
life save only in the matter of Uriah the
Hittite" (1 Kings 15:5).

But let’s look at some of the things King David
did:

* He was really good at killing people (1
Sam. 18:7).
* King David committed unprovoked aggression
and mass killing of men and women (1 Sam. 27:8-11).
* He exposed himself like a pervert (2 Sam. 6:20).
* He hamstrung over 1,000 horses (2 Sam. 8:4b).
* He impregnated another man's wife (2 Sam. 11:2-5).
* He arranged for a man to be killed in battle so he
could have his wife (2 Sam. 11:14-17).
* He sent seven of Saul's descendants to be
impaled as human sacrifices to Yahweh God (2 Sam. 21:1-9).

As a Bible hero, David is often given as an example of someone
to look up to. Would you want to identify with him?

Read the Bible carefully, it’s not what you have been told it is.

Ralph
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