{"id":1095,"date":"2021-04-11T15:17:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T20:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2021-04-11T15:17:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T20:17:43","slug":"it-is-good-to-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/11\/it-is-good-to-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"It is Good to Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cYea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you<\/em> in remembrance<\/strong>\u201d
2 Peter 1:13 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As you read the following verse, think of your favorite Bible teacher. \u201cYea,\nI think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you<\/em>\nin remembrance<\/strong>\u201d (2 Peter 1:13). The word tabernacle<\/strong> means \u201cthe body as\na frail tenement of the soul<\/em>\u201d;\nstir you up<\/strong> means \u201cof the mind; to excite<\/em>.\u201d The job of a\ngood teacher (in their frailty), is to stir up their students (excite them) by\nputting them in remembrance (to help them remember the heroes of our faith). A\ngood teacher\u2019s goal should be to excite students to learn of these great men\nand women in the Bible. One fun way to learn is in the remembrance of some of\nthe people listed in the genealogies in the Old Testament \u2013 even learning of a\nfew new<\/em><\/strong> people along the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people skip over the genealogies listed in the Bible.\nThey can seem tedious and somewhat boring. However, sometimes when one reads the\ngenealogies, there is an interesting interjection. See the following example: \u201c9.\nAnd Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name\nJabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. 10. And Jabez called on the God\nof Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast,\nand that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me<\/em>\nfrom evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he\nrequested<\/strong>\u201d (1 Chronicles 4:9-10). Notice that this child was born in\nsorrow. In his name, Jabez (this name meaning \u201cto grieve; sorrowful\u201d), his\nmother doomed him to remember that fact for all of his life. It would behoove\nall children to remember that it is in much pain and sorrow that each and every\nchild is brought into this world (remember Genesis 3:16a: \u201cUnto the woman he\nsaid, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou\nshalt bring forth children …<\/strong>\u201d). In that remembrance, due respect and\nhonor should be given. \u201cHonour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy\nGod hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go\nwell with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee<\/strong>\u201d (Deuteronomy\n5:16). Moreover, read what Jesus said in Matthew 15:4: \u201cFor God commanded,\nsaying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother,\nlet him die the death.<\/strong>\u201d     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jabez took an important step that changed his\nlife: he called upon the God of Israel. Over and over we can read in the Bible\nwhere God wants people to call upon Him \u2013 for He promises that He will answer. \u201cFor\nwhat nation is there so<\/em> great, who hath<\/em> God so<\/em> nigh unto\nthem, as the LORD our God is<\/em> in all things that<\/em> we call upon him for<\/em>?<\/strong>\u201d\n(Deuteronomy 4:7). In addition, \u201cThe LORD is<\/em> nigh unto all them that\ncall upon him, to all that call upon him in truth<\/strong>\u201d (Psalm 145:18). Knowing\nthese truths, see what Jabez asked of God: \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • \u201c…  Oh that thou wouldest\nbless me indeed, <\/strong><\/li>
  • and enlarge my coast, <\/strong><\/li>
  • and that thine hand might be with me, <\/strong><\/li>
  • and that thou wouldest keep me<\/em>\nfrom evil, that it may not grieve me!<\/strong>\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    The word grieve<\/strong>\nin this verse means \u201cthe same as the\ngreat sorrow God felt when He looked down upon sinful man in Genesis 6 \u2013 just\nbefore He destroyed the earth by a flood. It also comes from the same word as\n\u201csorrow\u201d in which his mother bore him.<\/em>\u201d From this definition, we can\nunderstand that Jabez wanted no more sorrow in his life. Instead, he wanted\nGod\u2019s blessings to be upon his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201c… And God granted him that which he requested<\/strong>\u201d (1\nChronicles 4:10).            <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Christians should learn the importance of calling out to God for His blessings upon our lives, being willing to obey His commands (think of Jabez). It is only then that we can recognize as God blesses our lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Do you call out to God, asking for God\u2019s blessing to be upon your life?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    As you read the following verse, think of your favorite Bible teacher. \u201cYea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance\u201d (2 Peter 1:13). The word tabernacle means \u201cthe body as a frail tenement of the soul\u201d; stir you up means \u201cof […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[85,658,661,470,665,659,663,660,43,662,664,357],"class_list":["post-1095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-with-verse-and-blog","tag-bible","tag-bible-teacher","tag-bless","tag-call","tag-change","tag-genealogies","tag-grieve","tag-jabez","tag-remember","tag-request","tag-sorrow","tag-truth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1097,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions\/1097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}