Which figure in bible you like most ?

Joseph, for many of the same reasons.

I see in him many characteristics that I need to nurture.

I don’t think I would have be able to thrive if placed in a similar situation.

Rob

 

There are many colorful examples in the Bible to chose from but the one that stands out to me from all the rest is the Apostle Paul... Being not of the twelve it is said that 14 of the twenty seven epistles were written by Paul but only seven can be authenticated... Why would God chose Paul who was not a chosen Apostle to go to the Gentiles?... His story is our story as we all have our Damascus Road... No one call tell me the Apostle Paul did not know God, he thought he was serving him... Why would Saul say... Who art thou Lord?... He knew the law and he served the God of his Fathers but he never knew the Lord's Christ until he met him face to face... Then he was ready to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ although before a blameless law keeper... Brother Glen

 

Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite (2 Samuel 23:9-10).

 

Christs my favorite! AlSo like Stephen for his courage in proclamation of Christ and Nichodemius (sp?) for his willingness to face Christ directly with some serious questions. Then in the Old Testament, Abraham and David because both had a sincere heart for the lord. That’s my short list!

 

Barnabas, the "son of consolation." He mentored Saul into Paul. I believe that there would be no Apostle Paul without Barnabas, though of course God could have chosen someone else for that very difficult task--but then He did not!

 

A favorite example of mine is Nathanael and the praise he got from the Lord:

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Jn 1

Synchs with:

29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Ro 2

 

Jesus, God The Father, Holy Spirit.
After that, David.

 

I like Daniel. If no other book had been written, you could still know of the need for a Redeemer and the promise he brings. You could know that the King of Kings wins and rules over all.

 

Zactly.

 

The thing about Gideon is that he didn't finish well.
God certainly used a weak man who grew into faith and his obedience to God is to be commended.

His end of life is marked by a man who ultimately tried to create a kingdom for his family and God destroyed it.

 

So many admirable people to chose from. I'll have to do an old and a new testament figure.

David, David had many faults as do I, however he is unsurpast as a Psalmist and praiser of God. He, more than any other king of Israel followed God's desire and commandments. David above all Israel's other kings did seek out and destroy the idol worship in the high places. Some later kings put forth some effort, but lacked David's completeness in the matter.

So many in the New Testament also! Paul, John, but wait, I just remembered. The Centurion! The Centurion who's belief was so strong he needed not the Lord to go to his house to heal his servant, but the Lord's word alone he trusted. And it was so.