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1 | Was Eli lax in discipline? | 1 Sam 2:22 | Makarios | 8685 | ||
Was Eli the priest lax in his discipline with his sons? | ||||||
2 | Was Eli lax in discipline? | 1 Sam 2:22 | userdoe213 | 8694 | ||
Your answer according to the Scriptures is YES, Eli was definitely lax in the discipline of his sons. Eli - (1 Samuel 2:22-36; 3:11-14). He was a great priest of God in a dangerous and difficult time. He was devout and powerful. Yet God stripped him of priestly successors because of what happened with his sons (1 Samuel 2:12; 2:22). Through the young man Samuel, God said, "For I have told him (Eli) that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves and he did not rebuke them" (1 Samuel 3:13 NASB). In fact, God told him that he had honored his sons above Him and had been lead to share in unlawful benefits because of them (1 Samuel 2:29). As a result, Eli lost his sons (1 Samuel 2:34; 4:11) and a future lineage of priests because he did not take decisive action by rebuking his sons when they sinned. Mike |
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