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Author Topic: The Widow of Zarephath: The Leap of Faith  (Read 6127 times)

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Johann

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The Widow of Zarephath: The Leap of Faith
« on: December 08, 2010, 03:47:52 AM »
Who was this widow? She had a young son and was living alone with him.

Why was it possible for the prophet to move in with her without developing a relationship with her? Would we allow that in our church society today?

Are there other incidents in the Bible were a man and a woman are together alone and it seems appropriate? Why does that not seem appropriate today?
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Re: The Widow of Zarephath: The Leap of Faith
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2010, 02:27:25 PM »
Quote from: Johann on December 08, 2010, 03:47:52 AM
Who was this widow? She had a young son and was living alone with him.

Why was it possible for the prophet to move in with her without developing a relationship with her? Would we allow that in our church society today?

Now, now Johann. you know the church board would have to tell them how in appropriate it "looked", while the church memebers would be satidifed that all the wrong things were going on......

Are there other incidents in the Bible were a man and a woman are together alone and it seems appropriate? Why does that not seem appropriate today?

....and that leads right into this question.  For some reason many folks are conviced that moral sin is the one sins that is more powerful than God.  they dont' believe that anyman can stand moral temptation, preacher, teacher, deacon, pew warmer, none.  I am not sure that by saying this, they also show that they are only giving lip service when they say that God is all powerful.   

And I don't know about any other instances od men and women alone together, but I do know that The disciples that Mary was trying her best to use her charms, and Jesus had to correct them.  it was their carnal minds that was the problem, not the form of Mary's offering to Jesus.
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Johann

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Re: The Widow of Zarephath: The Leap of Faith
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2010, 09:32:13 PM »
Jesus sitting alone with the Samaritan woman by the well of Jacob?
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Johann

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Re: The Widow of Zarephath: The Leap of Faith
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2010, 09:37:39 PM »
The widow had just enough ingredients for one more bread for herself and her son - and then they expected to die. The prophet from Israel asks this woman from a pagan community to make her first bread for him.

Did that seem selfish of the prophet? Or was he just testing her faith?
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Johann

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Re: The Widow of Zarephath: The Leap of Faith
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2010, 01:35:55 AM »
How old was the widow? It seems like the prophet carried her son to her, so he could have been under 5 years of age? Does that make the widow about 25?
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