2 Samuel 12 1-31
The story line begins with God sending Nathan the prophet. Who is Nathan the prophet. He is described as a messenger, a courtroom advisor a man of great integrity. A man firm in his faith to God, his social status
Places him in the position to know the inner working of the royal household and with revelation from God. Nathan is skilled, faithful and willing to serve a powerful Prophetic message from God.
In today’s account Nathan would be looked upon as a role model. Nathan techniques would describe him to be a great storyteller. The bible tells us Nathan, served King David and his son King Solomon.
There are three major revelation accounts Nathan was involved in expressing God’s message.
1. "A House For My Name” 2 Samuel 7:4-7,12-13
2. "You Are The Man!"2 Samuel 12:1-9
3. Adonijah's Attempt To Take The Throne 1 Kings 1:9-14
More information concerning Nathan reigns of both King David and King Solomon? 2 Chronicles 29:29 and 2 Chronicles 9:29
Scripture verse 2 Samuel 12 1-4
The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, "There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, 3 but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him
4 "Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him."
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...on my face and I hung on to every word my Pastor preaching because God had told me my deliverance was at hand.
What kind of fried was Nathan
He was not a friend who Gossip
He was not a friend who pointed his finger
He was not a friend who discredit his friend
He was not a friend to make fun of the situation
Nathan was a real friend to King David
The bible gives us instruction on how to be a real friend and how to seek Godly counsel. God often uses other believer to strengthen, encourage and enrich our lives regardless of the negative situation or circumstances.
Gal. 6:2 "Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of
Christ.
John 15: 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
John. 15:15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his
Master’s business. Instead I have called
God turned the ice on the ground into bread for the starving Israelites to eat.
The book of 1 Samuel is introduces key characters in the Old Testament of the Bible that allows for a great demonstration of God’s divine love and power. This influential book introduces the characters of Hannah, Samuel, Saul, David, and Jonathan. The book of 1 Samuel begins with Samuel’s birth and rise as a holy prophet of God. Samuel was not only a prophet, but also held the titles of priest, and judge. Samuel brought a vast amount of influence to the people within Israel. The life of Samuel started around 1100-1010 B.C. Samuel was born to serve the Lord all of his days. Samuel’s mother Hannah conceived, and donated him to the high priest Eli. Samuel received a call from the Lord where God revealed the coming destruction of Eli’s reign
Simon as Christ in Lord of the Flies. The role of the prophet changes with the society in which he lives. In modern society, a prophet is a visionary, telling people what they can become; in Biblical times, a prophet was the voice of God, telling his people what they had to become to fulfill their covenant with God. In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, the prophet is a peaceful lad, Simon.
man in the Great House to buy things for the land. He bought seeds to plant and
animal needs. He hunted for fruit and nut to stop the pangs of hunger. He
For instance, Nathan exhibits the personality of a strict, religious man who strongly believes in traditional religion, specifically Baptism. Nathan acts out in abuse to his family when they do not follow his moral ideals, especially out of his selfishness and cowardliness. These traits illustrate Nathan to a wrathful god who is quick to discipline and punishment. Nathan only try to save unbaptized persons for his own well being, in order to secure a spot in heaven, even if it destroys the lives of others around him, including his wife and daughters.
First off, if you are not one of the thousands of people who have already read this parable, I will give you a brief synopsis. Let us start with the two main characters. There is a rich man (not named) and a poor man named Lazarus. Lazarus is on the ground with sores and injuries. Since he is poor, he begs for food and comfort. Beside him is the rich man. He is dressed in fine, purple linen, but pays not even the slightest attenti...
The reader learned about Nathan Price through his wife’s and children’s perspectives throughout the entire book. It was clear from the beginning that his goal was to baptize the Congolese through any means necessary. Which is interesting since his children
Jesus Christ, the son of Man, was sent to earth as the Savior. In every nature, he is God. Yet, he made himself a humble, modest servant, “he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!” (NIV Bible, Philippians 2:7-8). Jesus is exalted to the highest place, he is the “Lord, to the glory of God the Father”; he lived like a human, to experience the life of man, while demonstrating an example of behavior which mankind should follow. One of these characteristics is humility. In Philippians 2, Paul advised the people to follow Jesus, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather,
In the Poisonwood Bible, Nathan Price is seen as an antagonist throughout the novel. He is the only family member who doesn’t get to tell his point of view. He is seen as a strict, abusive, and an overly devout christian. Since he doesn’t get to tell his story, the reader learns about him through his wife, and daughter’s perspectives. Orleanna reveals some of Nathan’s background in her sections. In one particular section Orleanna tells how she met Nathan. A young 17 year old, Orleanna found herself enamored with “A handsome young red-haired preacher who fell upon my unclaimed soul like a dog on a bone” (Kingsolver, 194). Nathan would continue to try to “save” Orleanna religiously, and they would later get married. They would spend their honeymoon helping the war effort by picking cotton. A...
1 Kings presents Solomon favorably, but Deuteronomy makes Solomon out to be something else. Even though 1 Kings is very favorable to Solomon, Deuteronomy paints a picture of the king of Israel that does not resemble Solomon. In Deuteronomy there are prohibitive conditions and imperative conditions, in which the king of
Only this time, Nathan knows that he was possessed. When A receives a rather threatening email from Nathan later on, saying that Nathan knows he was being controlled by someone, a big conflict arises between them. This is important because it sparks a fear in A of being discovered and begins a major rumor that Nathan was possessed by the devil. The email worries A because Nathan’s threat implies that he will share his story with other people A: “I will not let you possess me or destroy my life. I will not remain quiet”(Levithan 80). Soon enough, everyone is finding out about the “demonic possession”, and A doesn’t know how to act to reassure Nathan. Because of Nathan, their entire society is aware of his “possession” and this creates further conflict with
1 Samuel is presented in the form of a narrative account of the life and contributions of Samuel. Like most of the bible, scholars have tried to determine the author, date of writing, purpose of the text and the historical and chronological order of events. The author is unknown. Some scholars believe Zabud, son of the prophet Nathan, a priest and the “personal adviser'; to King Solomon, wrote the text shortly after Solomon’s death. Others believe Samuel himself wrote the text, while some scholars believe the priest, Ahimaaz, was the author. Most do agree that the composition and editing took place in several stages over a considerable period of time.
Do you like to talk out your problems with a friend? Do you like to hear other people’s problems? Why do we always need to share our problems with someone? The truth is, humans are weak. We’ve always known that we can’t live by ourselves. So, it’s not a question that we need to share our burdens with someone else. We want someone to feel what we’re going through. And we’re hoping that that friend of ours has a way out of it, right? Whatever it takes, we want our problems to be solved. Unfortunately, it’s not every time can we find someone who wants to hear our problems L. Well, that’s the way humans are. We’re not perfect. But our Father in heaven is. He will faithfully listen to everything we’ve got on our minds. He is the only one who has the way, the truth, and the life. Of course, He knows how to solve our problems and He will help us with them. Now, doesn’t that sound good? Well, don’t you want to learn to hear God’s voice? The question is…how does He talk to us? Here are a few ways:
Whatever task God assigns to the meek person; that meek person willingly accepted regardless of the negative circumstances involved?