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Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by lalasticlala(m): 9:50pm On Oct 25, 2014
My favorite bible character or my hero from the Holy Bible is Joseph.

Joseph overcame all the challenges of life he had starting from his elder brothers' jealousy, to surviving being killed by his jealous brothers, and surviving the jail term given to him over false accusations and finally being lifted up to the exalted position of Egyptian Prime Minister.

Joseph's character is worthy of emulation. I wonder how many young men in this our generation could do what Joseph did, could resist the temptation Joseph resisted from Potipher's wife.

It's obvious that if Joseph had yielded to the demands of Potipher's wife, he would have enjoyed free sex, the best of food, money, etc. Because his Oga's wife would have been his 'sugar mama'.

But Joseph rejected the offer.

The account of Joseph in the Bible can be found in Genesis chapter 39:

6And [Potiphar] left all that he had in Joseph's charge and paid no attention to anything he had except the food he ate. Now Joseph was an attractive person and fine-looking.

7Then after a time his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and she said, Lie with me.

8But he refused and said to his master's wife, See here, with me in the house my master has concern about nothing; he has put all that he has in my care.

9He is not greater in this house than I am; nor has he kept anything from me except you, for you are his wife. How then can I do this great evil and sin against God?

10She spoke to Joseph day after day, but he did not listen to her, to lie with her or to be with her.

11Then it happened about this time that Joseph went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the men of the house were indoors.

12And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out [of the house].

13And when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled away,

14She called to the men of her household and said to them, Behold, he [your master] has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock and insult us; he came in where I was to lie with me, and I screamed at the top of my voice.


How many Josephs do we have in this our generation?

If you were in Joseph's shoes, would you have done what he did?

Many Potipher's wives still abound in this our generation.

How many have been able to resist them.


Who is your favorite character from the Bible and why?

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by julisa2020(f): 9:58pm On Oct 25, 2014
my favourite is Jesus....love the way He always quoted proverbs that no one understood...smiley

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by chibwike(m): 9:59pm On Oct 25, 2014
my fav bible character is job

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by lalasticlala(m): 10:03pm On Oct 25, 2014
chibwike:
my fav bible character is job
Chibwike y is job ur favorite bible karata?

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by Nobody: 10:05pm On Oct 25, 2014
my favourite is job.
Not like I love his character(ok I love his character : he was patient and persevered - which is rare in our modern society)
... but I just find the story confusing...

Like, why would God claim to love him so much and allow him to be tempted that much. lipsrsealed

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by Nobody: 10:09pm On Oct 25, 2014
Kachisbarbie:
my favourite is job.
Not like I love his character(ok I love his character : he was patient and persevered - which is rare in our modern society)
... but I just find the story confusing...

Like, why would God claim to love him so much and allow him to be tempted that much. lipsrsealed
God tempted those he love most undecided

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by chibwike(m): 10:10pm On Oct 25, 2014
Kachisbarbie:
my favourite is job.
Not like I love his character(ok I love his character : he was patient and persevered - which is rare in our modern society)
... but I just find the story confusing...

Like, why would God claim to love him so much and allow him to be tempted that much. lipsrsealed
we re in the same boat
Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by chibwike(m): 10:11pm On Oct 25, 2014
lalasticlala:
Chibwike y is job ur favorite bible karata?
karchisbarbie said it all

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by Nobody: 10:13pm On Oct 25, 2014
Hmmm..anyways,mine shuld be Delilah.. Pls donot ask y oo..Lolz

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by MuguliciousMUGU: 10:14pm On Oct 25, 2014
My favorite bible character is solomon... Imagine that man had 1000 wives and 5000 concubines... I want to be like him

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by englishmart(m): 10:21pm On Oct 25, 2014
Mine is Jesus. He died for the sins of the world.
I like his altruism..

I don't mind dying to set people free too. Coz I'm one selfless human...

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by lalasticlala(m): 10:24pm On Oct 25, 2014
englishmart:
Mine is Jesus. He died for the sins of the world.
I like his altruism..

I don't mind dying to set people free too. Coz I'm one selfless human...
Can u sacrifice ur lif 4 corruption 2 b eradicated in nigeria?

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by godofwar666(m): 10:24pm On Oct 25, 2014
My favourite character is moses: his word let us free from some wicked lecturers for given us Let MY PPLE GO marks angry undecided

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by godofwar666(m): 10:27pm On Oct 25, 2014
MuguliciousMUGU:
My favorite bible character is solomon... Imagine that man had 1000 wives and 5000 concubines... I want to be like him
hmMmm muguliciousMugu undecided

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by englishmart(m): 10:28pm On Oct 25, 2014
lalasticlala:
Can u sacrifice ur lif 4 corruption 2 b eradicated in nigeria?
of course.
That's no big deal.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by englishmart(m): 10:30pm On Oct 25, 2014
I also like Adam ans eve.
Those people created many unbreakable records.

1. They were the first ever humans to shiit in the bush

2. They were the first people to eat apples

3. They were the first people to nak

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by Nobody: 10:31pm On Oct 25, 2014
Lucifer

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by englishmart(m): 10:32pm On Oct 25, 2014
MuguliciousMUGU:
My favorite bible character is solomon... Imagine that man had 1000 wives and 5000 concubines... I want to be like him
700 wives and 300 cuncubines pls.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by kristen12(f): 10:35pm On Oct 25, 2014
My favorite is Ruth, she followed her husband's family to the end even though he was dead,
Ruth1:14-17
14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.  

She found favour with God and man
Ruth2:5-16
5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. 12 The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. 13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.


And she became the greatgrandmother of David
Ruth4:13-17
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.
14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by MizMyColi(f): 10:42pm On Oct 25, 2014
Esther, Queen Esther.


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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by Nobody: 10:44pm On Oct 25, 2014
David is my favorite.
God loved him, despite his shortcomings

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by Nobody: 10:50pm On Oct 25, 2014
My favourite character is Mary.

Mother so pure, chaste etc.

No woman can endure her sufferings.

-First and only woman to conceive without having sex.

-Carrying a baby in her womb for nine month.

- Her son was killed on the cross of calvary and handed over to her. cry

-Crying as her son was being wounded and humiliated.

-Not doubting Angel Gabriel during visitation and being a Virgin till the rest of her life.

-Understanding her son in the Wedding of canann.

Oh well! smiley

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by Nobody: 10:50pm On Oct 25, 2014
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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by Nobody: 10:50pm On Oct 25, 2014
Mine is Apostle Peter. He was real and bold. There are lots of questions i'd like to ask him when I get to heaven

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by Nobody: 10:51pm On Oct 25, 2014
julisa2020:
my favourite is Jesus....love the way He always quoted proverbs that no one understood...smiley

Your Jesus never quoted proverbs. He composed parables. The reason why I like him is because he sounds like Buddha (though Buddha sounds wiser).

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by Nobody: 10:55pm On Oct 25, 2014
Jennimma:
Mine is Apostle Peter. He was real and bold. There are lots of questions i'd like to ask him when I get to heaven

Do remember to ask Jehovah why he asked Saul to utterly destroy the Amalakites (including their babies).

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by cybug: 11:06pm On Oct 25, 2014
My favorite is Job- the man that feared God and eshewed evil... his story reminds of the saying that 'the harder a ball hit the ground, the higher it aims for the sky'.


When owu dey blow me, Job's story makes me hold on, stay strong and keep on keeping on.



I sha know i'll be great someday.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by farellstone: 11:24pm On Oct 25, 2014
Mine favourite character is stephen,even at the point of death he still had a forgiven heart.act 6 and 7.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by diksucker(f): 11:35pm On Oct 25, 2014
mine is Rehab. She was a prostitute but she helped save the spies sent by Joshua and God rewarded her and she was saved rather than destroyed.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by blessedvisky(m): 11:46pm On Oct 25, 2014
[/color]my favourite OT character is Daniel.. such a smart and bold man. He could interpret dreams, was smarter than the Chaldeans, and was bold enough to pray with his window open.. cool
my favourite NT character would be Paul.. He was a real convincer. he used different methods to convert different people to Christ.smiley
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my favourite OT character is Daniel.. such a smart and bold man. He could interpret dreams, was smarter than the Chaldeans, and was bold enough to pray with his window open.. cool
my favourite NT character would be Paul.. He was a real convincer. he used different methods to convert different people to Christ.smiley

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by bustyhelen(f): 11:48pm On Oct 25, 2014
diksucker:
mine is Rehab. She was a prostitute but she helped save the spies sent by Joshua and God rewarded her and she was saved rather than destroyed.


na that one u go like with dis ur kind of moniker. SMH.

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Re: Who Is Your Favorite Bible Character And Why? by blessedvisky(m): 11:49pm On Oct 25, 2014
diksucker:
mine is Rehab. She was a prostitute but she helped save the spies sent by Joshua and God rewarded her and she was saved rather than destroyed.
the moniker says it all... lipsrsealed

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