HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THE UNUSUAL THINGS INCLUDED IN THE BIBLE?

Deer Flat Church   -   February 16, 2022

Across my years of studying and reading the Bible, I can tell you that there is no shortage of crazy things that we find happening with the people who are listed on the pages.  For instance…

  • A guy who lived to be 969 years old. (Gen. 5:27 )
  • Sons of God married the daughters of men. (Gen. 6:2)
  • The Man who used a stone for a pillow. (Gen 28:11)
  • A Baby had a scarlet thread tied around its hand before it was born. (Gen. 38:28,29)
  • Battle was won because a man stretched out his hand. (Exodus 17:11)
  • God used a donkey to speak to a man. (Num. 22:28-30)
  • The guy who had a bed 13½ feet long and 6 feet wide. (Deut. 3:11 )
  • The women who had to shave their heads before they could marry. (Deut. 21:11-13)
  • Sun stood still for a whole day. (Josh. 10:13)
  • An army with 700 left handed men and what they did. (Judges 20:16)
  • Man whose hair weighed about 6 pounds when it was cut annually. (2 Sam. 14:26)
  • Man who had 12 fingers and 12 toes. (2 Sam. 21:20)
  • Father who had eighty-eight children. (2 Chr. 11:21)
  • The sun traveled backward. (Isaiah 38:8)
  • A harlot was an ancestor of Christ. (Matt. 1:5)

If that weren’t enough, what about the person who collected 200 foreskins, or the boys that were killed by a bear because they called the old Priest “baldy”, or Noah gets hammered and behaves weirdly.  Yep, it’s all in there and more.

Why am I telling you this?  Because we’re about to take a look at an insightful passage that includes some of these hard to believe things. Interestingly enough, it’s all included by God for a great purpose, In fact, Paul reminds us in Romans 15:4, “Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide, we might have hope.”

We have the privilege again this Sunday to share the Lord’s Supper as we close out the services.  I hope you’ll come expecting an incredible Lord’s Day.  Be sure to bring your Bible or your King James phone, and I promise you, you’ll learn some things you’ve never heard before.

I can’t wait to see you!  Loving you and Loving Him,

Pastor D