The Beginning of Wisdom: Your personal character counts - Personal Study Guide
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Language: English. Brand new Book. Book Description Book 6 in the OBSCURE Bible Study Series follows eight interesting people in the Bible who exhibit outstanding personal characteristics like courage, forgiveness, humility, and more. The book begins, however, with an example of poor character: the pride and hypocrisy of the Pharisees. The Pharisees were experts in the Jewish law, but they were more interested in following their own man-made rules and then making their compliance a matter of public record. But what they said in public did not match their performance in private.The second character in this study is Benaiah who on a snowy day followed a lion into a pit and killed him. Why would anyone do such a thing? What kind of courage and mental strength must one have to engage a lion in a pit? Just as one might be stunned by the courage of Benaiah, we are stunned by the lack of thankfulness of nine lepers who are healed of their terrible disease. Can you imagine being healed of such a horrible ailment and not saying, "Thank you?"The story of Stephen reminds us to stand firm in our faith. It certainly brings to mind the question of how we would act in similar circumstances. What if the end times were upon us and we were required to accept or reject the mark of the beast? What would we do? Stephen held fast to his faith and did not waver. But his godly character does not end with his stalwart faith. He also asked God to forgive those who were stoning him to death.The next subject of our study is a contrast to Stephen's standing firm. It's about Demas, who deserted Paul to pursue the values of the world. He abandoned Paul and the ministry to chase the values, pleasures, and rewards of the secular world. There are certainly some similarities to the story of the Prodigal son, but Demas does not return.The book then tackles the very challenging subject of our speech as we examine the words and actions of Rabshakeh, an Assyrian official. Words are essential in order to communicate and engage in fellowship or relationship with other people. Speech is a very powerful tool and characteristic of the human condition. We can both heal and hurt with our words. We can both praise and slander God with our speech. Interestingly, there is no real way to physically constrain the tongue without some form of torture. Its importance and impact is out of proportion to its size.Finally the book examines Elihu, Job's young friend. Elihu waited to speak until after Job's three close friends tried to convince Job to repent for the sin in his life that must be the cause of all his problems. Job claimed to be innocent and refused to follow the advice of his friends. Elihu, in all humility waited to speak until it was obvious the friends were unsuccessful. Elihu's words and actions provide a foundation for investigating Biblical humility.

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Book Description Book 6 in the OBSCURE Bible Study Series follows eight interesting people in the Bible who exhibit outstanding personal characteristics like courage, forgiveness, humility, and more. The book begins, however, with an example of poor character: the pride and hypocrisy of the Pharisees. The Pharisees were experts in the Jewish law, but they were more interested in following their own man-made rules and then making their compliance a matter of public record. But what they said in public did not match their performance in private.The second character in this study is Benaiah who on a snowy day followed a lion into a pit and killed him. Why would anyone do such a thing? What kind of courage and mental strength must one have to engage a lion in a pit? Just as one might be stunned by the courage of Benaiah, we are stunned by the lack of thankfulness of nine lepers who are healed of their terrible disease. Can you imagine being healed of such a horrible ailment and not saying, Thank you?The story of Stephen reminds us to stand firm in our faith. It certainly brings to mind the question of how we would act in similar circumstances. What if the end times were upon us and we were required to accept or reject the mark of the beast? What would we do? Stephen held fast to his faith and did not waver. But his godly character does not end with his stalwart faith. He also asked God to forgive those who were stoning him to death.The next subject of our study is a contrast to Stephen's standing firm. It's about Demas, who deserted Paul to pursue the values of the world. He abandoned Paul and the ministry to chase the values, pleasures, and rewards of the secular world. There are certainly some similarities to the story of the Prodigal son, but Demas does not return.The book then tackles the very challenging subject of our speech as we examine the words and actions of Rabshakeh, an Assyrian official. Words are essential in order to communicate and engage in fellowship or relationship with other people. Speech is a very powerful tool and characteristic of the human condition. We can both heal and hurt with our words. We can both praise and slander God with our speech. Interestingly, there is no real way to physically constrain the tongue without some form of torture. Its importance and impact is out of proportion to its size.Finally the book examines Elihu, Job's young friend. Elihu waited to speak until after Job's three close friends tried to convince Job to repent for the sin in his life that must be the cause of all his problems. Job claimed to be innocent and refused to follow the advice of his friends. Elihu, in all humility waited to speak until it was obvious the friends were unsuccessful. Elihu's words and actions provide a foundation for investigating Biblical humility.

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Book Description This book presents four lessons from the Book of Genesis (the beginning) and four lessons from the Book of Revelation (the end). The book begins with Eve, who is certainly not an obscure character, but no one in the Garden of Eden is truly obscure. The book then examines Lot's wife, who turned into a pillar of salt, and Potiphar's wife, who tried to seduce Joseph. Because the beginning would not be complete if we ignored The Flood, we investigate the circumstances of Noah's family being saved although they were not deemed righteous.The last four lessons are taken from the Book of Revelation: the Two Witnesses, The Woman who rides the Beast, the 24 Elders, and the New Jerusalem. These three interesting characters plus an event tell us a great deal about end times. The material is easy to understand and the student should leave the study with a much clearer understanding of end times events. This book will serve as an introduction to The Story of the Bible, (two books of 14 lessons each) which will be published in 2021.Description of SeriesThis is a unique Bible study focused on obscure or lesser-known characters and events in the Bible. Each study has one or more major themes, such as: Angels, being Born Again, Courage, Death, Evangelism, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Grace, Hell, Leadership, Miracles, the Remnant, the Sabbath, Salvation, Rebellion, Sovereignty, Thankfulness, Women, the World, Creation, and End Times. The totality of the investigation provides a broad and fresh understanding of the nature of God as we see Him through the eyes of people we may never have heard of. Because these characters and their stories are often easily overlooked, the material will be new to most participants. Most of the people chosen for these studies are unfamiliar because they were mentioned only a few times in Scripture - some only once. Others may have more recognizable names but their contribution is obscure. A few more should be familiar and are included because of their unique or particular contribution to kingdom work.For example, Shamgar is mentioned only twice in the Bible. One verse in Judges 3:31 tells his story and 5:6 simply establishes a timeline and says nothing more about him. Shamgar was a contemporary of Deborah. Judges 3:31 says that he killed 600 Philistines with his oxgoad. If I were Shamgar and I killed 600 Philistines with a stick, I would be hoping for a little more coverage than one verse! Then there is Nicodemus, with whom we associate the concept of being born again. His name appears only 5 times in the Scriptures, all in one short passage in the book of John. Eve, although not really obscure, is included in order to investigate the creation story.

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