10 Questions

10 Questions

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1. Can a child be a prophet of God?

In 1 Samuel 3:1-10 and the child Samuel ministered about God to Eli. Samuel continued to serve the Lord as a child until his old age.

2. Does God speak to men?

God does speak to men. God spoke to various people in the bible including Samuel. He provided them with information to deliver to the rest of the people. Some of the people obeyed him while others like Jonah refused to obey and were punished from their mistakes.

3. Is the word of God Precious

From Moses to Samuel there were absent of regular appointment of prophets especially the revelations that were made to the individuals. The word of God is precious because it is meant to direct us on the right path.

4. What are the various voices of God?

There are different voices of God because he speaks in different ways. There is the voice of material nature, the voice of consciousness and the voice of reason.

5. What is the character of Eli

Eli was doom. Eli had two sides of character one being he was devoid of envy. Eli contributed on his own detriment, by God sending a message to Samuel, he is disgraced and superseded.

6. How do we respond to Gods Call?

When Samuel was called by God he responded that speak, God, your servants is here. It was in childlike simplicity, submissiveness, and faith. Samuel did not remonstrate or demur which is also demonstrated by Moses when he was sent to Egypt to meet Pharaoh. Humility is viewed as the acceptance of the mission and absence of excuse of not accepting it.

7. What was the circumstance of Samuels calling?

The prophecy using Samuels’s time was very precious. A prophet was very rare and few of them or none had an open vision by their name though mentions. During that time the Lord had sent a man of God with a sad message to Eli and the following day he calls and sends Samuel with the similar message.

8. How God does answers cries?

God answers cries and prayers in an unexpected manner. People settle for modes, times, places and persons for God to speak. The cry by Samuel was the outcome of the Lords' voice to him first. God talked to Samuel when he was a child showing that even children have the right to hear from God.

9. How does God call us?

There are different methods of God awakening us and it could be a gentle tap or a loud knock. God also uses his word to talks to us.

10. Why God used night time to talk to people?

There is a various reason as to why the night was used to provide visions and it includes being silent and calm. It is most unusual to hear voice during the night and total attention is attained during the night

Works Cited

Chryssides, George D., and Ron Geaves. The study of religion: An introduction to key ideas and methods. A&C Black, 2013.