Most of the world insisted on excellence; that's how you succeeded in life. But the church was content with mediocrity. Individual Christians weren't necessarily content with mediocrity, of course; in their particular jobs, they could be just as outstanding as their peers. But in a grace-filled church arena-in ministry, music, literature, and the pursuit of understanding-there seemed to be an unwritten rule that whatever we do in the name of the Lord is good enough, even when it isn't our best.
Chris Tiegreen

BOW

BOW

BOW, The

  1. An instrument of war # Ge 48:22 Isa 7:24
  2. Sometimes used in hunting # Ge 27:3
  3. For shooting arrows # 1Ch 12:2
  4. Called the battle bow # Zec 9:10 10:4
  5. THOSE WHO USED, CALLED 5a) Bowmen

    # Jer 4:29

5b) Archers # 1Sa 31:3 Jer 51:3 6) Usually of steel # 2Sa 22:35 Job 20:24 7) Held in the left hand # Eze 39:3 8) Drawn with full force # 2Ki 9:24 9) The Jews taught to use # 2Sa 1:18 10) USED EXPERTLY BY 10a) Lydians # Jer 46:9 10b) Elamites # Jer 49:35 10c) Philistines # 1Sa 31:2,3 10d) Sons of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh # 1Ch 5:18 10e) Benjamites # 1Ch 12:2 2Ch 14:8 11) Given as a token of friendship # 1Sa 18:4 12) Often furnished by the state # 2Ch 26:14 13) Of the vanquished, broken and burned # Ps 37:15 Eze 39:9 14) ILLUSTRATIVE 14a) Of strength and power # Job 29:20 14b) Of the tongue of the wicked # Ps 11:2 Jer 9:3 14c) (When deceitful,) of the hypocrite # Ps 78:57 Ho 7:16 14d) (When broken,) of the overthrow of power # 1Sa 2:4 Jer 49:35 Ho 1:5 2:18

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