Mom's Old Testament Bible Stories
Heroes and Scoundrels
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A hero is someone worthy of trying to copy, someone who can do things you thought you could never do, someone who does wonderful things in life. When people have physical abilities, mental abilities, spiritual abilities above and beyond what most of us can accomplish, we tend to make them our heroes. It is good to have heroes who inspire us to be more than we thought we could ever be. We see many of them in the Bible. We are going to look at some of them in this book. I hope you enjoy seeing them as I do.
The first Hero of all in the Bible is GOD. We start out with Him because who else could ever look out on total darkness and envision a world with stars, galaxies of stars, suns, moons, and an earth with creatures on it?! And if you could imagine it, how could anyone build it? Yet, God did. He only had to speak it into existence. So who is this God with such power?
The entire Bible is trying to show us this God. In the Old Testament, He is the creator God. He does not have a body like we do. God is Spirit. God is three in One, much like we are. We have a spirit, mind and body. God is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He has always been. He will always be!
God is LOVE. ( I didn’t say that love is God.) God is Love! Don’t get it confused. God is Holy Love. Love that loves unconditionally, not because the loved one is worthy, but because the lover is worthy, and has ability to love so much. Love that does whatever is best for the one who is loved, even if it hurts the lover. Love, like what is described in I Corinthians 13.
Who could build a universe, lose it to the enemy He had created, and find a way to win it back that cost Him his own human life? But God did! All other religions have a god who must be found and appeased. Our God is the only one who came to His creation in love and saved it.
WHAT A HERO!!
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Build a boat in a desert? Do What? Go where? Not me, God! Why would a frightened king let a teenager fight a giant? Strong enough to bench press 1000 pounds! Why not compromise? Who needs a den of lions or a fiery furnace? So nasty, even a fish spits him out! Do you know your Bible heroes? Do your kids know these heroes worth following, and the scoundrels to avoid? This book has stories from the Bible about heroes from our culture, and a few scoundrels. These are stories that I taught to my kids while they were growing up. I read them in the Bible, then told them while we were doing dishes. I think telling them is much better than just reading them to kids. It means more. It says that mom or dad actually know and believe what they are telling. It imprints a child’s mind to hear stories of heroes who dared to stand for God in spite of temptations to give in. That is what makes a hero.
About the Author
I grew up in
My husband, Maynard, and I raised four children on our farm about 10 miles north of
I have taught Sunday School classes to children, quizzing to teens, and adult Sunday school class for 60 years. I love the Bible. It has been a joy trying to put it into language our kids will understand, empathize with, and hopefully, find a hero they can learn from and copy, as it fits their own lives.
Kids need heroes. They are finding too many of them who lead them astray. Bible heroes lead them to a life that is useful, loving, and Godly. Christian young people need to know about these Jewish Heroes who kept the faith, so that God could bring Jesus into the world. Jewish young people need to know their own history. All of us need heroes.