Jesus Famous With Nate Holdridge

"For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." (Romans 15:4) While writing to the church about the proper handling of liberties, Paul encouraged his readers to develop a lot of dead friends. What I mean is, he thought the endurance required for the Christian life requires a relationship with the characters of the Old Testament. He saw the pages of his Bible as a limitless source of encouragement for the modern life of faith. It "was written for our instruction," he said, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." Whenever I teach believers about a character from God's word, my hope is for that character to become an everlasting friend to my hearer. I want the congregation to draw upon the people of Scripture, and their faith and failures, for modern life. Here, Paul had precisely the same goal. He wanted, especially in the context of how to t