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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Unanswered Bible Questions Author: Katherine Ordered by Date |
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1 | the paradox of forgiveness and judgement | Ps 62:12 | Katherine | 49932 | ||
I am struggling just a bit with the notion of repayment according to what we do, since our forgiveness through Jesus' sacrifice is complete. How can both things be true? | ||||||
2 | How did Hannah decide to give up Samuel? | 1 Sam 1:11 | Katherine | 36991 | ||
Your comments are helpful in gaining perspective on her prayer. I am curious, however, how she came to see that giving up the gift she yearned for was the thing to do. I have tried to imagine what teaching she would have received that led her to this astonishing act. I can't find anything in the stories that precede her life that models such a choice. I did find the references where God claimed all the firstborn and required redemption for them. Is that part of the explanation? Or is it even bigger, referring to God's constant reminder that everything we receive is already his? Who taught her? Her mother? Priestly readings? | ||||||
3 | Did Hannah make a deal with God? | 1 Sam 1:11 | Katherine | 36995 | ||
I have spent a lot of time recently reading the story of Hannah. I have read her prayer for Samuel, and I have read her song from when she delivered Samuel to Eli. I don't believe that Hannah made a "deal" with God, but the wording of her prayer gave me that idea at first. I have spent a lot of time reading the books that precede this story in an attempt to understand what her spiritual heritage would have been, hoping to understand what she meant, not what I read in a translation of a text written down long after the fact. I need some perspective on this. Who can help? | ||||||
4 | Did Hannah make a deal with God? | 1 Sam 1:11 | Katherine | 36987 | ||
I have spent a lot of time recently reading the story of Hannah. I have read her prayer for Samuel, and I have read her song from when she delivered Samuel to Eli. I don't believe that Hannah made a "deal" with God, but the wording of her prayer gave me that idea at first. I have spent a lot of time reading the books that precede this story in an attempt to understand what her spiritual heritage would have been, hoping to understand what she meant, not what I read in a translation of a text written down long after the fact. I need some perspective on this. Who can help? | ||||||