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NASB | 1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, "Because I bore him with pain." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; but his mother named him Jabez, saying, "Because I gave birth to him in pain." |
Subject: More thoughts on the prayer of Jabez? |
Bible Note: This idea is not too far off from the Christian Science view of God as some "divine principle," a force of nature to be tapped into. It saddens me greatly to see many Christians who think of God as something like the Force from Star Wars, an impersonal law of nature whose forgiveness we gain and whose power we can obtain for ourselves if only we focus our own wills and energy in the right way. Terribly New Age, and it has no place in a biblical, Christian worldview where God actually says "no" at times when we pray to him, no matter how much faith we can "muster." Then, many Christians blame themselves when bad things happen despite all their prayer. "My sister wouldn't have died if only I had had enough faith" and that kind of talk. As Christians, we must all strive in our own congregations at lovingly but firmly eliminating such spiritual pollution. Trouble is, there aren't enough people speaking out against popular yet ungodly trends due to the fact that they would be perceived as not being "nice" or "trying to quench the Spirit," etc. Thanks for your insight! --Joe! |