Faces From The Past
The Bible is filled with a variety of characters. The people that inhabit the sacred pages of Scripture were real people with real issues, challenges, & problems, just like us. And because GOD is the author, the Bible does not shy away from the truths concerning both the strengths & weaknesses of those it portrays. This makes the people in the Bible “practical” in the sense that we can relate to them (they were imperfect human beings) & “educational” in the sense that we can learn from both their successes & failures. That’s why Paul said to the Christians at Corinth…
1Co 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them [the characters in the Bible] for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition [instruction], upon whom the ends of the world are come.
In other words, the faces from the past (some familiar; some not so familiar) still speak to us today. So, we’re beginning a new series this morning to explore some of the Bible’s characters because their lives have been recorded by GOD for our instruction.
