7 GREAT FATHERS IN THE BIBLE
By Bob Bunn|August 5th, 2022|Leadership, Study Scripture|
Here are seven famous fathers in the Bible who can help us in our own journey. Of course, this list isn’t exhaustive, so dig into the Word and see how the lives of other biblical fathers speak to you.
7 FATHERS IN THE BIBLE
5) Jehonadab: When your want to leave a legacy (2 Kings 10:15-17; Jeremiah 35). Jehonadab probably doesn’t roll off the tongue when you think about famous fathers in the Bible, but the impact he had on his family lasted for generations. We first see him helping the King Jehu fulfill God’s plan of wiping out Baal worship in Israel. But years later, long after Jehonadab was gone, Jeremiah met with some of his ancestors—the Rechabites—and they were still honoring him through their lives and their commitment to the Lord. Every dad leaves a legacy. We want to strive in live in a way that models Jehonadab.
“And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot. 17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah.” (2 Kings 10:15-17)
The virtues of this Godly man are illustrated in the incident described in Jeremiah 35:1-11, which records that the family of Rechabites could not drink wine and would not live among the worldly and sinful because of Jehonadab’s teaching.
“And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;” (Jeremiah 35:5-8)
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskaseniors.com
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