KNOWING GOD’S VOICE

CHAPTER TEN

TRIED AND FAILED

Failures who were successes, Abraham: he lied about sarah being his wife for fear he would be killed and his wife taken from him, yet he is called a man of faith and the friend of God. Moses , he struck the rock and called forth water instead of speaking to it as God directed. David, he committed adultery with another man’s wife, then had the man killed to try to cover his sin, yet he was a great king and is called a man after God’s heart.

Failures who were failures

Samson, he was taken captive and died while yet a prisoner of the enemy, uziah, this king originally did what was right in the sight of the lord and God made him prosper, but he sinned by entering the temple and performing duties which only the priests were permitted to do. He was stricken with leprosy and died, saul, because of disobedience , he was rejected by God and another king was selected to complete his task, eli , eli and his sons died in disgrace because of disobedience. Judas, he betrayed Jesus and ended his own life by suicide, this chapter basically talks about the failures and the success of the men of God, those who made it and those who failed.