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  The Old Testament is the story of God reaching out in love to a rebellious people. Why is this significant?

  Shayla Newman replied 2 weeks ago 253 Members · 258 Replies

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  Lisa Fleury

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  07/31/2021 at 16:20

  Because God reaches out in love to rebellious people, there is hope for everyone. God is patient and kind; He doesn’t wish for any of us to be lost and He is the God of second chances.

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  Stan Pasquale

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  07/30/2021 at 19:42

  I believe it reveals the ultimate attributes of God. God is loving, merciful, forgiving, longsuffering etc. The Israelites were described as a stiff-necked people (I tend to describe them as slow learners). They constantly grumbled, complained, worship false gods, were disobedient to God’s commandments etc. (exactly the way we are today) – we are all sinners – no exceptions. I believe that by reading about the Israelites, we are able to understand that when we follow God and obey His commandments we are blessed by God and basically come out a winner – however, when we are disobedient, sin, worship false gods, etc then we grieve God and He chastizes us (sometimes very severely). There are countless examples in the OT that tell the stories of people who were ultimately blessed when they followed God and were obedient to His commandments. And maybe more examples that showed what happened when people disobeyed God. (loss of battles that should have been easily won, tradgedy in their lives, hardships, sorrow, grief and sadness etc.

  As for me and my house …. we will serve and obey the LORD

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  Stan Pasquale

  Member

  07/30/2021 at 19:32

  I believe it reveals the ultimate attribute of God. God is loving, merciful, forgiving, longsuffering etc. The Israelites were described as a stiff-necked people (I tend to describe them as slow learners). They constantly grumbled, complained, worship false gods, were disobedient to God’s commandments etc. (exactly the way we are today) – we are all sinners. I believe that by reading about the Israelites, we are able to understand that when we follow God and obey His commandments we are blessed by God and basically come out a winner – however, when we are disobedient, sin, worship false gods, etc then we grieve God and He chastizes us (sometimes very severely). There are countless examples in the OT that tell the stories of people who were ultimately blessed when they followed God (not idols) and were obedient to His commandments. And maybe more examples that showed what happened when people disobeyed God. (loss of battles that should have been easily won, tradgedy in their lives, hardships, sorrow, grief and sadness etc.

  As for me and my house …. we will follow and obey the LORD

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  Pauline Anderson

  Member

  07/26/2021 at 15:13

  This is significant because God could have just destroyed us, it shows God’s unselfish character, His grace and love. It gives us hope for the future.

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  Jenifer Koster

  Member

  07/26/2021 at 15:01

  God ‘s Love is significant, it is what we all need, it is what we crave, but even with that we still sin, and God still loves us. That is what we all need to remember, even when we make mistakes, or fall short, God will always be there with his love, forgiveness, grace, and mercy, to pick us back up if we so choose and ask him to forgive us and lead us on the right path.
  The Old Testament tells us this, it shows of the horrible way we as humans treated our God and his love was still available to us. It also shows how God isn’t afraid to use tough love on us humans, and I believe that is something many of us forget, just because God may not play by your rules he will wait for us to play by his.

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