{"id":15280,"date":"2016-12-14T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=15280"},"modified":"2024-09-04T09:13:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T13:13:46","slug":"why-study-bible-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/why-study-bible-characters.htm","title":{"rendered":"Why Study Bible Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the pages of Scripture we read the stories of many who have gone before us. Studying what God did in and through their lives can be quite beneficial.<\/p>\n<h2>Studying the lives of Bible Characters . . .<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15281\" style=\"width: 90px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/walk-as-those-gone-before\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15281 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/walk-bef-dwnld.jpg\" alt=\"Walk the Walk Bible Character Study Devotional\" width=\"90\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click image to learn more about this devotional.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 14px;\">helps us know how to walk the walk <span class=\"class2\">(1 Cor. 10:1-13; Heb. 11).<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We find much instruction for our own lives as we study these real people, so we are not ignorant about the kinds of heart attitudes and actions with which God is pleased.<\/li>\n<li>We see implications of truth applied to life as we look at their examples in both the positive and negative aspects of their lives.<\/li>\n<li>We find warnings so we do not fall into the same temptations as they did but rather learn how to escape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>gives us hope <span class=\"class2\">(Rom. 15:4; Heb. 11:39-40; James 5:17).<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We encounter real people, just like us, who experienced God working on their behalf. How encouraging it is to\u00a0realize\u00a0that God can do extraordinary things in and through\u00a0ordinary people.<\/li>\n<li>We learn that they did not always see immediate results but were able to trust God to be faithful as they relied on His promises.\u00a0Since we serve the same God, we can count on Him to help us too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/walk-as-those-gone-before\">Walk the Walk As Those Who Have Gone Before Devotional Guide<\/a> you will work through thirty devotional guides where you will learn from\u00a0real people living out their faith. The people chosen for this study are those of whom Scripture specifically states that they walked with or before God.<\/p>\n<p>For more suggestions on who to study, go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/bible-character-studies.htm\">Which Bible Characters to Study<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next post will give some suggestions for how to study Bible characters.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\" align=\"right\"><b><span style=\"background-color: #e4dede;\"><a title=\"Subscribe to Blog\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-blog\">Subscribe for E-mail notice of new posts.<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the pages of Scripture we read the stories of many who have gone before us. 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