Who is your favorite biblical hero besides Jesus?

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Paul."

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Response to comment [from other]:  "Uzzah. He stands for everything that is decent in humanity. He was only trying to help and yet was smitten by the petulant Jewish god for his trouble."

You're quite the rebellious God-hater, aren't you?

Name another more loving god (Ro 5:6). Uzzah wasn't sure-footed (2 Sam. 6:6–8; 1 Chr. 13:9–11. 2). Don't trip up with God. 

God's love is never compromised. His justice is never compromised.

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "I love this thread [graphic]..."

Me too.  I love Amos.

Response to comment [from a Jew]:  [Regarding misquote]  "...[H]ow do you live with your religious belief and your lousy lying behavior?"

How do you defend one who hates your God and hates your people?  Did you notice the snide "Jewish" comment?  I'm sure he meant nothin' but love.   Don't you recognize a devil when you hear one?

Response to comment [from a Catholic]:  "Peter who denied Jesus but was the beginning of the Church that we have today."

The church is not the bride of Frankenstein (Rev. 3:14–22).  It is the bride of Christ (Rev. 21:2, 9).  Jesus is the living stone (1 Pet. 2:4).  Jesus is the rock (1 Cor. 10:4).  Too bad you're offended by the true gospel (1 Pet. 2:8; Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Cor. 16:8).

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Nick M should not be altering comments. It's dishonest."

It was meant to be a bit obvious, don't you think?    The two comments were completely dissimilar.

Response to comment [from other]:  "Then of course you won't mind when someone does it to you."

Get over it.

"David, Joseph, Job..."

Thumbs up for David and Joseph (not so much on Job).

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  [Uzzah] "God actually cut them all a whole lot of slack before finally lowering the boom on one knucklehead to remind them all who's boss. Which David later admitted."

Exactly.  And Uzzah served as a reminder that God is holy--God is the giver of life--He can take rightfully take life for his plans and his purposes. 

The liberal fails when he calls God a mean, ol' ogre.  Christ died for the ungodly (Ro 5:6).  

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "What's wrong with Job?"

An outstanding man but a bit prideful, don't you think?

And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? [Job 1:8].
"God gives a good report of Job. He says he is an outstanding man."
McGee, J. V. (1997, c1981). Thru the Bible commentary. Based on the Thru the Bible radio program. (electronic ed.) (2:584). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
 

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? [Job 40:6–8].
"The storm breaks in all of its fury, and God speaks out of the whirlwind. He continues His appeal to Job. God is asking Job, “Are you trying to say to Me that I am wrong?” Of course, God is not wrong. Eventually Job is going to be able to say to God, “I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee” (Job 42:2). Job is going to come a long way.
Actually, Job is already advancing. He had not known himself but has now come to the point where he has discovered that he is vile. When a man discovers that, he has come a long way. This is the first step Job takes as he comes to God.
The Lord again appeals to Job on the basis of His creation. “Job, look around. There are a lot of things that you don’t know. How can you judge Me and My moral government of this universe?”
Many folk today come up with some asinine statements concerning God. I have heard Christians say some very foolish things about the Lord. Friend, we ought to be very careful what we say about Him. We should keep our words in the context of the Word of God.
It is quite obvious that Job actually did not know God. He has uttered words without knowledge. And when the Lord breaks in upon him, He asks him some more questions."
McGee, J. V. (1997, c1981). Thru the Bible commentary. Based on the Thru the Bible radio program. (electronic ed.) (2:654). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Job sort of thought he was good and no man is good (Ro 3:12).

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Job gets a bad rap but we should all have such faith.  I freely admit I'd probably lose my marbles if I went through a fourth of what he did."

Me too.  When I first started studying Job, I thought, "Oh no.  This is going to be tough." 

As I worked through the book my teacher, J. Vernon McGee (who has gone home to heaven) pointed out that Job thought he was a pretty good guy.  To our standards, he was.  But God allowed him to learn a deeper truth. 

"Perfect" (Job 1:8) means תָּםcomplete, morally innocent, having integrity or  תָּם (tām) blameless, innocent, i.e., pertaining to a person or condition of moral goodness, with a focus of being guiltless and not liable for sin or wrong.

It doesn't necessarily mean that he was "perfect" in knowledge of God or perfect in his faith.  

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Archangel Michael"

Bad to the bone.

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Timothy"

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "John"

Jesus loved him.

Response to comment [from a "Christian"]:  "Daniel was a great prophet. He convinced me that the Bible was God's word, he convinced me that Jesus is the Christ..."

Sure he did.   That's why you are number 1 on Satan Inc (TOL Heretics List).  God wouldn't let the lions eat Daniel (Dan 6) but he might let them eat you--non-trinitarian denying the deity of Jesus.  Daniel had wisdom.  Why don't you?  Dan. 1:17; Ezek. 28:3.  Daniel trusted the true and living God (Dan. 2:18; 6; 9; 10; 12; Ezek. 14:14).  Why don't you?

"...try to deny the doctrine of the Trinity and you'll loose your salvation, try to understand it and you'll loose your mind."  ~ Stanley Grenz

"The doctrine of the Trinity is truth for the heart. The fact that it cannot be satisfactorily explained instead of being against it, is actually in its favor; such a truth had to be revealed, no one could have imagined it." ~ A.W. Tozer

Tri-Theism:
Modern Example: Mormonism - Jesus was a created being and the Spirit-brother of Lucifer, who became a god. Mormonism teaches that there are many gods and we too can become gods.

Modalism (also Sabellianism, Modalistic Monarchianism):
Modern Example: United Pentecostal Church - "Jesus only", there is only one God who manifests himself in three modes. God is essentially playing different roles and the assumption is that in the Old Testament he revealed himself as the Father, in the New Testament God reveals himself as Jesus, and in the church-age as Holy Spirit.

Arianism (Dynamic Monarchianism):
Modern Example: Jehovah's Witnesses - Denying the deity of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Jesus was a created being adopted by God, and the Holy Spirit is simply the power of God or a force..."  Full text: TheCityAustin.com:  Sermon on the Trinity

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Solomon"

Pansy--attached to his mama's apron strings (McGee).

Response to comment [from an atheist]:  "Satan"

Wait 'til he gets his hands on you.  Don't think you'll like him that much (Mt 3:12). :burnlib:

...The greatest looser of them all.

Response to comment [from a Jew]:  "I'm not defending anyone. I am attacking your behavior. And I will pick my own battles..."

You wouldn't know a battle if it bit you on the butt (Eph 6:12, Mt 15:14). 

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Gah! I avoided the book of Job like the plague for a long time. Until I couldn't stand it anymore and just had to figure out what God was saying with that one. That was one tough pill to swallow!  Funny looking back on it. Now I'm perfectly comfortable with it, even comforted by it."

I had a similar reaction.  I remember turning to the first page of Job and being somewhat fearful (yet I was willing to plow through Revelation). --Go figure. 

Why do we always assume the worst about God?  There is no basis.  How many times does God say "fear not".

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Job was one whom God said was perfect, and that, alone is enough for me to admire him."

That's true.  And we should remember, every time Solomon says "under the sun", he means what he learned from men and worldly living.  God brought him up from a boy tied to mommy's purse strings (as J. Vernon used to say) to understanding.

"...Job had to be one upright fellow for God to release Satan as He did...I'm sure Job was a very remarkable fellow after he had been sifted."

I like what my pastor says, ""Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat."

"You said no, right?!"

Who is your favorite biblical hero besides Jesus?