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1 | A certain way to drink-why? | Judg 7:5 | Brian.g | 195697 | ||
Novelist In this passage, there were 32,000 soldiers total. 22,000 who were afraid, were told to leave in Judges 7:3 This reduced the number to 10,000, of those the 9,700 who drank by lapping the water were dismissed as being careless, not ready or on their guard against the enemy. They were to complacent. The remaining 300 soldiers who drank by kneeling were always being on guard for the enemy - ready to resist attack - and ready to fight. They were the chosen soldiers. They were the best soldiers. Jesus is more interested in the quality of his disciples, not the quantity. Jesus wants as disciples those who are always ready and on guard against evil. Brian |
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2 | A certain way to drink-why? | Judg 7:5 | stjohn | 195710 | ||
Dear Brain I'm in agreement with Doc, he has given good advice on this mater. By the way, you may want to read the next verses! Judg 7:6 Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men; but all the rest of the people kneeled to drink water. 7 The LORD said to Gideon, "I will deliver you with the 300 men who lapped and will give the Midianites into your hands; so let all the other people go, each man to his home." Scripture clearly says, that it was those who lapped the water were chosen, not as you have stated, so the criteria you gave for God's choosing the men, seems a bit convoluted, as it is opposite of what scripture acutely says. I guess that kind of logic works both ways? Sometimes we hear explanations that sound good, but really have no bases in scripture. God bless John |
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3 | A certain way to drink-why? | Judg 7:5 | Novelist | 195711 | ||
Thanks for answering the question-I will trust the Holy Spirit to give me the proper understanding | ||||||
4 | A certain way to drink-why? | Judg 7:5 | DocTrinsograce | 195718 | ||
Dear novelist, We depend on the Holy Spirit for illumination of the truth. However, the Holy Spirit will never render significance of a passage outside of sound principles of interpretation. For a set of guidelines to that end , please see the thread in post #156916 -- enter that number in the search box to the right of your screen. We have received revelation from the Lord in a verbal form. As we consider the genre of a passage (narrative, poetry, etc.) there are specific ways to rightly understand them. We are repeatedly warned in Scripture not to pull things from it that are not intended, nor to neglect all the things that are intended. In Him, Doc |
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