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Hebrews 11:32

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What more should I say? I don’t have enough time to tell you about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.

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Moses and Aaron were among his priests. Samuel was among those who prayed to him. They called to the Lord, and he answered them.

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were standing in front of me, I would not feel sorry for these people. Send them away from me, and let them go.

Rejoice and be glad because you have a great reward in heaven! The prophets who lived before you were persecuted in these ways.

Then you will cry and be in extreme pain. That’s what you’ll do when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets. They’ll be in God’s kingdom, but you’ll be thrown out.

“Abraham answered him, ‘If they won’t listen to Moses’ ⌞Teachings⌟ and the Prophets, they won’t be persuaded even if someone comes back to life.’ ”

Jesus also did many other things. If every one of them were written down, I suppose the world wouldn’t have enough room for the books that would be written.

In addition, all the prophets testify that people who believe in the one named Jesus receive forgiveness for their sins through him.”

He did all this in about four hundred and fifty years. “After that he gave his people judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.

Samuel and all the prophets who followed him spoke about these days.

But if what we do wrong shows that God is fair, what should we say? Is God unfair when he vents his anger on us? (I’m arguing the way humans would.)

What can we say that we have discovered about our ancestor Abraham?

What should we say then? Should we continue to sin so that God’s kindness  will increase?

What should we say, then? Are the laws in Moses’ Teachings sinful? That’s unthinkable! In fact, I wouldn’t have recognized sin if those laws hadn’t shown it to me. For example, I wouldn’t have known that some desires are sinful if Moses’ Teachings hadn’t said, “Never have wrong desires.”

Brothers and sisters, follow the example of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. They were patient when they suffered unjustly.

No prophecy ever originated from humans. Instead, it was given by the Holy Spirit as humans spoke under God’s direction.

I want you to remember the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and what the Lord and Savior commanded you through your apostles.

So the woman had a son and named him Samson. The boy grew up, and the Lord blessed him.

Samson judged Israel for 20 years during the time of the Philistines.

After Ehud died, the people of Israel again did what the Lord considered evil.

The people of Israel did what the Lord considered evil. So the Lord handed them over to Midian for seven years.

The Messenger of the Lord came and sat under the oak tree in Ophrah that belonged to Joash from Abiezer’s family. Joash’s son Gideon was beating out wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

The Lord turned to him and said, “You will rescue Israel from Midian with the strength you have. I am sending you.”

Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel [God Hears], because she said, “I asked the Lord for him.”

“Then the Lord sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel and rescued you from your enemies on every side so that you could live securely.

The Lord asked Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul now that I have rejected him as king of Israel? Fill a flask with olive oil and go. I’m sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem because I’ve selected one of his sons to be king.”

Samuel took the flask of olive oil and anointed David in the presence of his brothers. The Lord’s Spirit came over David and stayed with him from that day on. Then Samuel left for Ramah.

David told the Philistine, “You come to me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Armies, the God of the army of Israel, whom you have insulted.

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. But the boy ⌞Samuel⌟ served the Lord under the priest Eli.

Meanwhile, Samuel continued to serve in front of the Lord. As a boy he was ⌞already⌟ wearing a linen ephod.

“The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumble are armed with strength.




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