Bible Characters Who Made Mistakes
11 4 effectively stealing her from uriah 2 sam.
Bible characters who made mistakes. We can draw solace from the bible where there are many characters who failed and yet learned from their mistakes to grow towards later success. The bible is not a written record of perfect people except for jesus of course. The bible is filled with stories of.
From beginning to end god s word points out in painful detail the mistakes made by its characters. Bible prophets were people too. God worked with them to help them learn from their failures and to accomplish good things in spite of their limitations.
It s almost hard to fathom that this beloved character who s spoken so highly of in more than half of the bible s books would also be guilty of breaking half of god s commandments. Sinned against god by direct disobedience and failed to take responsibility. 5 prominent bible characters had their own epic fails.
12 9 lying to him 2 sam. They made mistakes as we do. David coveted uriah s wife bathsheba 2 sam.
Return from bible prophets to jesus resurrection home page. Jacob who out wrestled god was pretty much a pathological deceiver genesis 25 27 30 rachel who wrote the book on love at first sight was a nomadic kleptomaniac genesis 31 19 reuben the pride and firstborn of jacob was a pervert who slept with his father s concubine genesis 35 21 moses the humblest man on the face of the earth numbers 12 13 had a very serious problem with. Learning from bible characters who messed up.
These guys all made their own share of mistakes with consequences. 11 12 13 and eventually having. 11 2 3 committed adultery with her 2 sam.
How did their mistakes. Adam and eve failed to obey god s specific restrictions gen. Read 10 bible characters not to be like grow your faith and be encouraged today.
Have made a mistake or two that resulted in some larger than life. King david is one of the most highly revered and important characters in the bible. In looking at these characters we re reminded of the old saying those who don t learn from history are bound to repeat it and that s a very true statement.
Adam the first man whom god had entrusted the garden of eden. These 10 characters changed their attitudes by learning to trust their god and you can too. The bible is full of people who made mistakes but acted out in faith at other times.
It s rather surprising to see the sort of characters god was willing to use as a bible prophet. The bible is full of real human beings that made mistakes.
