{"id":45476,"date":"2022-10-01T01:51:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/ebenezer-our-stone-of-help-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T01:51:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:51:55","slug":"ebenezer-our-stone-of-help-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/ebenezer-our-stone-of-help-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebenezer \u2014 Our &#8220;Stone Of Help&#8221; &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For several years now, I have enjoyed watching the old 1951 black-and-white rerun of &#8220;A Christmas Carol&#8221; by Charles Dickens. The leading character is Ebenezer Scrooge, portrayed by actor Alastair Sim, who does a phenomenal job presenting the heartless, miserly, and self-centered Scrooge.<\/p>\n<p>After seeing this movie multiple times, I began associating the name &#8220;Ebenezer&#8221; with Scrooge. However, its biblical meaning is totally different to the name associated with the movie.<\/p>\n<p>In 1 Samuel 7, the Israelites erected a stone as a reminder of the Lords help in their battle with the Philistines. They named that stone &#8220;Ebenezer,&#8221; which means Stone of Help, to remind themselves of how God rescued them from their enemies (1 Samuel 7:12).<\/p>\n<p>What a contrast, that a name associated with mans selfishness, could actually serve as a reminder of the readily available help of God.<\/p>\n<p>As we go through life, may we focus on the faithfulness of the Lord and not the selfishness of man. Lets look to Him as the true &#8220;Ebenezer&#8221;  our &#8220;Stone of Help&#8221; in the many challenges of life that come our way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>God  Our Ultimate Security System<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s Take Advantage Of God&#8217;s Treasure Chest!<\/li>\n<li>The Everlasting Arms Of The Lord<\/li>\n<li>Getting Rid Of The &#8220;Junk&#8221; In Our Life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For several years now, I have enjoyed watching the old 1951 black-and-white rerun of &#8220;A Christmas Carol&#8221; by Charles Dickens. The leading character is Ebenezer Scrooge, portrayed by actor Alastair Sim, who does a phenomenal job presenting the heartless, miserly, and self-centered Scrooge. After seeing this movie multiple times, I began associating the name &#8220;Ebenezer&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/ebenezer-our-stone-of-help-bible-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ebenezer \u2014 Our &#8220;Stone Of Help&#8221; &#8211; Bible study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}