What's your favorite Bible story or chapter or passage?

FroMan · 12-15-2005, 12:27 AM

Just want to know what yall like, I'll post mine later. Now, I have to study for finals. Peace.

The Rev · 12-15-2005, 12:47 AM

John 3: 16 If that was all God gave us to read, that would have been enough.

Bols · 12-15-2005, 01:51 AM

That's true Rev. I think that is not only a powerful scripture, but many secularpeople know it as well.

I am also studying for finals, but I don't find a story about a boy who doesn't properly study for finals and still passes in the Bible. Maybe I am just not looking hard enough. Seriously though, God has been blessing me and my schoolwork all the days of my life. I can't begin to thank him enough.

Chuck7 · 12-15-2005, 03:26 AM

There are alot of them but ....one of my favorite all time stories is...

The Story of Joseph in Genesis....

Favorite Verse....Once when I was going through a HORRIBLE time with some boys in a gang I used to hang with; I ran to the only Christians home I knew. The were Church of Christ. I pounded on their door. They let me in. I ask them to read the Bible with me. I opened it up to this porton of the Bible which greatly ministered to me..I'm in tears now as I pulled it up. Notice the 3rd verse. Music and praise has become a big part in my life.

Psalm40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

Free Indeed,
Chuck7

motor · 12-15-2005, 08:21 AM

Amen to that Rev. the gospel in a nutshell..my favorite story is the three hebrew children and the fiery furnace..Daniel 3:8-30,

"8Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
9They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
10Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
11And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
12There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
13Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
14Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
18But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
20And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
21Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
22Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
23And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
25He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
26Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
27And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
28Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
29Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
30Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.

The Rev · 12-15-2005, 08:36 AM

My favorite is the same as Bro.Chucks... I use that story so often it can relate to almost anything in todays time. Poor little Joseph betrayed by family,soldinto bondage, cast into prison, but O thank God for that little Hebrew boy, blessed by God saved the house of Israel by being faithful to the Lord. There are so many sermons in that story and so many good analogies. I have almost worn that story out, and when I think I've used it all up, God gives me a new revelation of hardship, struggles, and most of all deliverance. ( God's word is full of great wonderful stories of His faithfulness)
Bob <><

manuman · 12-15-2005, 08:48 AM

That's not fair, the story of Joseph is mine as well. You can't look at the present circumstances as an indicator of what the future holds.

Rebel Hog · 12-15-2005, 09:08 AM

Pss.27
[1] The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

gogiggen · 12-15-2005, 01:50 PM

Being a hunting forum I think this is appropriate.
Genesis 10:9--" He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. That is why it is said 'like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.
Also Isaiah 40:31--gives hope when under pressure-Personal Favorite

Leafrivermac · 12-15-2005, 03:04 PM

Isa 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.