{"id":3808,"date":"2019-07-05T20:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T03:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=3808"},"modified":"2019-06-30T17:37:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T00:37:01","slug":"1chronicles_11_20-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/1chronicles_11_20-47\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fighters on Your Side"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 Chronicles 11:20-47 \u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 1 Chronicles 11:20-47.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 11:22-25 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n22\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, who performed great exploits. He struck down two of Moab’s best men. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.
\n23\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And he struck down an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s rod in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
\n24\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty men.
\n25\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 21-25:\u00a0 Continuing his description of David\u2019s mighty men, the Chronicler turns his attention to Abishai \u00a0and Benaiah.\u00a0 Benaiah was the son of a priest and a valiant fighter, whose exploits in verses 22-23 could be made into a movie.\u00a0 Benaiah was so trustworthy and loyal to David that when David\u2019s son Solomon became king, Solomon made Benaiah his own commander-in-chief over Israel\u2019s army (1 Kings 4:4).\u00a0 It\u2019s appropriate that Benaiah\u2019s name means \u201cedified\u201d for he certainly edified King David and King Solomon.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0Just as David had a valiant fighter at his side in Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who performed great exploits and defeated powerful enemies on David\u2019s behalf, likewise, you and I have a valiant fighter in our corner, Jesus the Son of God, who has defeated powerful enemies on our behalf and to this day continues to fight for us\u00a0 (Hebrews\u00a07:25).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just as Benaiah killed a giant Egyptian with the Egyptian\u2019s own spear (v23), Jesus did something similar against Satan<\/strong>:\u00a0 the very instrument that Satan used to try to destroy Jesus \u2013 the cross \u2013 is the same instrument by which Jesus triumphed over Satan.<\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 11:26-47 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n26\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The mighty men were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,
\n27\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
\n28\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa, Abiezer from Anathoth,
\n29\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
\n30\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,
\n31\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
\n32\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Hurai from the ravines of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
\n33\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
\n34\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite,
\n35\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Ahiam son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,
\n36\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Hepher the Mekerathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
\n37\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai son of Ezbai,
\n38\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri,
\n39\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,
\n40\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
\n41\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,
\n42\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, who was chief of the Reubenites, and the thirty with him,
\n43\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Hanan son of Maacah, Joshaphat the Mithnite,
\n44\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
\n45\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Jediael son of Shimri, his brother Joha the Tizite,
\n46\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite,
\n47\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Eliel, Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 26-47: \u00a0Here the Chronicler lists the rest of David\u2019s mighty men.\u00a0 What can we learn from this?\u00a0 Here are three lessons I learned:
\n1.One of the big themes of 1 Chronicles is that it takes a team to get to where God wants us to go.\u00a0 Just as God did not create a people for Himself using just one generation but many generations, just as King Cyrus of Persia sent a large team to make worship possible again in Jerusalem, just as David needed a team to help him establish His kingdom,we all need a team to belong to and to help us step into our God-given destiny.\u00a0 God has such a team for you to be a part of: it\u2019s called the church, the body of Christ.<\/strong>\u00a0The more committed a team member you are in God\u2019s church, the more you will find that God surrounds you with mighty men and women with whom you can step into your collective destiny.<\/p>\n

2.Now don\u2019t be fooled into thinking that God exists for your purposes and to establish your kingdom.\u00a0 It\u2019s the other way around.\u00a0 When Jesus looks at you, He sees you as being part of His team of mighty men and women who will fight alongside Him to do great exploits for Him and to establish\u00a0His<\/u><\/em>\u00a0kingdom in this world.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>In other words, you were made to be on Jesus the Son of David\u2019s team mighty men and women.<\/p>\n

3.By the way, notice in verse 41 who is included among David\u2019s mighty men, and deservingly so:\u00a0 Uriah the Hittite.\u00a0 Uriah was one of David\u2019s most loyal and capable soldiers.\u00a0 He was also the first husband of Bathsheba with whom David had an affair.\u00a0 David later had Uriah killed to cover up the affair.\u00a0 \u00a0No one gave up more for David\u2019s sake than Uriah.\u00a0 Uriah\u2019s life shows us thatGod honours, blesses and uses unselfish, loyal and outstanding servants to build His kingdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, thank You that You have placed on my side the greatest fighter of all, Your Son Jesus Christ.\u00a0 In addition, thank You for the team that You have placed in my life: my church.\u00a0 May I be committed member of this team and may we serve together valiantly, doing great exploits for You and watching You establish Your kingdom through us.\u00a0 In so doing, we will step into our God-given destinies as well.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 1 Chronicles 11:20-47.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 11:22-25 (NIV)\u00a0
\n22\u00a0\u00a0Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, who performed great exploits. He struck down two of Moab’s best men. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.
\n23\u00a0\u00a0And he struck down an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s rod in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
\n24\u00a0\u00a0Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty men.
\n25\u00a0\u00a0He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.<\/p>\n

On verses 21-25:\u00a0 Continuing his description of David\u2019s mighty men, the Chronicler turns his attention to Abishai \u00a0and Benaiah.\u00a0 Benaiah was the son of a priest and a valiant fighter, whose exploits in verses 22-23 could be made into a movie.\u00a0 Benaiah was so trustworthy and loyal to David that when David\u2019s son Solomon became king, Solomon made Benaiah his own commander-in-chief over Israel\u2019s army (1 Kings 4:4).\u00a0 It\u2019s appropriate that Benaiah\u2019s name means \u201cedified\u201d for he certainly edified King David and King Solomon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3810,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions\/3810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}