33. Micah (The Choice: Vol.1)
Micah the Prophet Category: Endurance in proclaiming justice & hope Could avoid: Remain silent before corrupt leaders and false prophets.“Hear,…
Micah the Prophet Category: Endurance in proclaiming justice & hope Could avoid: Remain silent before corrupt leaders and false prophets.“Hear,…
Nahum the Prophet Category: Endurance in declaring God’s justice Could avoid: Remain silent against a powerful empire.“The LORD is a…
Habakkuk the Prophet Category: Endurance in questioning & trusting God Could avoid: Stay silent, accept injustice without wrestling.“How long, LORD,…
Zephaniah the Prophet Category: Endurance in warning & proclaiming both judgment and hope Could avoid: Stay quiet under Josiah’s reforms…
Haggai the Prophet Category: Endurance in exhortation & encouragement Could avoid: Remain silent when people neglected God’s house.“Is it a…
Zechariah the Prophet Category: Endurance in vision & encouragement Could avoid: Stay silent, avoid responsibility after return from exile.“Return to…
Malachi the Prophet Category: Endurance in rebuke & covenant faithfulness Could avoid: Remain silent about priests’ corruption and people’s apathy.“A…
Jesus Christ Category: Ultimate endurance in mission & sacrifice Could avoid: Call down angels, avoid suffering and the cross.“Do you…
Jesus Christ Category: Endurance in servanthood & suffering Could avoid: Refuse the way of suffering, take an easier path.“The Son…
Jesus Christ Category: Endurance in mission, suffering, and compassion Could avoid: Avoid the cross, reject rejection.“Father, if you are willing,…
Jesus Christ Category: Endurance in love & sacrificial mission Could avoid: Avoid the cross, withdraw from suffering.“No one takes it…
The Apostles (as a whole) Category: Endurance in mission & persecution Could avoid: Stay hidden after Jesus’ death.“Then they gathered…
Paul (Author & Example) Category: Endurance in apostleship & suffering for the gospel Could avoid: Stay silent, live as a…
Paul (as Apostle & Example) Category: Endurance in ministry & suffering Could avoid: Stop preaching to avoid hardship.“To this very…
Paul (as Apostle & Sufferer) Category: Endurance in weakness & hardship Could avoid: Stop ministering to avoid pain.“We are hard…
Paul (Defender of the Gospel) Category: Endurance in truth & opposition Could avoid: Compromise with Judaizers to avoid conflict.“Am I…
Paul (the Prisoner of Christ) Category: Endurance in imprisonment & ministry Could avoid: Stop preaching to avoid chains.“For this reason…
Paul (Joyful in Chains) Category: Endurance in prison with joy Could avoid: Stop preaching and avoid imprisonment.“As a result, it…
Paul (the Suffering Servant of the Gospel) Category: Endurance in chains & ministry Could avoid: Stop preaching Christ to avoid…
Paul (as Spiritual Father) Category: Endurance in ministry & example of faith Could avoid: Withdraw from persecution in Thessalonica.“We had…
The Thessalonian Believers Category: Endurance in persecution & growing faith Could avoid: Abandon faith under pressure.“We ought always to thank…
Paul (as Mentor & Example of Grace) Category: Endurance in faith despite past opposition Could avoid: Remain a Pharisee, persecutor…
Paul (at the End of His Race) Category: Endurance unto death & faithfulness to Christ Could avoid: Deny Christ, seek…
Paul (as Sender & Example) Category: Endurance in apostolic mission Could avoid: Rest after years of hardship.“Paul, a servant of…
Paul (the Intercessor in Chains) Category: Endurance in appeal & advocacy Could avoid: Stay silent, leave Onesimus’ case unresolved.“I am…
Christ (Supreme Example of Endurance) Category: Endurance in obedience & suffering Could avoid: Refuse the cross, call on angels to…
Believers Under Trials Category: Endurance in testing & maturity Could avoid: Lose heart or compromise under hardship.“Consider it pure joy,…
Christ (The Example of Suffering) Category: Endurance in unjust suffering & obedience Could avoid: Resist arrest, call on angels to…
Peter (the Aging Apostle) Category: Endurance in teaching & preparing the church Could avoid: Stay silent, protect himself from martyrdom.“So…
John (the Elder Apostle) Category: Endurance in testimony & shepherding Could avoid: Withdraw quietly in old age.“That which was from…
John (the Elder) Category: Endurance in truth & shepherding Could avoid: Remain silent in old age.“The elder, to the lady…
John (the Elder Apostle) Category: Endurance in guiding truth & love Could avoid: Stay silent in old age.“The elder, to…
Jude (the Author, Brother of James and Jesus’ Servant) Category: Endurance in contending for truth Could avoid: Stay silent against…
Christ (the Faithful Witness & Conqueror) Category: Endurance in suffering & triumph Could avoid: Escape the cross, call on heaven’s…
Old Testament 1. Torah / Pentateuch 1. Genesis (The Choice: Vol.2) 2. Exodus (The Choice: Vol.2) 3. Leviticus (The Choice:…
Cain Category: Failure of worship & jealousy Could endure: Offer acceptable worship like Abel.“By faith Abel brought God a better…
Pharaoh Category: Failure of submission & humility Could endure: Humble himself under God’s power and let Israel go.“This is what…
Nadab & Abihu Category: Failure of reverence & priestly obedience Could endure: Offer sacrifices exactly as God commanded.“Among those who…
The Wilderness Generation Category: Failure of faith & trust Could endure: Enter the Promised Land by trusting God’s promise.“The LORD…
Israel’s Future Apostasy (Foretold) Category: Failure of covenant loyalty Could endure: Remain faithful to God and His covenant.“Keep his decrees…
Achan Category: Failure of obedience & greed Could endure: Obey God’s command to devote Jericho’s plunder to Him.“But keep away…
Israel’s Cycles of Apostasy Category: Failure of covenant loyalty Could endure: Remain faithful to the LORD after Joshua.“Israel served the…
Elimelek (Naomi’s Husband) Category: Failure of trust in God’s provision Could endure: Stay in Bethlehem (“House of Bread”) during famine…
Eli’s Sons (Hophni & Phinehas) Category: Failure of priestly holiness Could endure: Serve faithfully as priests before the LORD.“You and…
David’s Sin with Bathsheba Category: Failure of purity & kingship duty Could endure: Lead his army, remain faithful to God’s…
Solomon’s Decline Category: Failure of covenant faithfulness Could endure: Walk in God’s ways and keep the covenant.“If you walk before…
Israel’s Kings & the Fall of Samaria Category: Failure of covenant obedience Could endure: Keep God’s commandments and lead the…
Saul’s Downfall (Retold) Category: Failure of obedience & seeking God Could endure: Obey God’s word and seek Him wholeheartedly.“If you…
Rehoboam’s Pride Category: Failure of humility & wisdom Could endure: Serve the people with gentleness, follow God’s law.“If you are…
Opposition to the Temple Work Category: Failure of perseverance (external enemies & internal discouragement) Could endure: Continue the rebuilding of…
Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem (Opposition to the Wall) Category: Failure of submission to God’s work Could endure: Support God’s rebuilding…
Vashti (Negative Contrast) Category: Failure of submission & humility Could endure: Show respect to the king (though imperfect king, she…
Job’s Wife Category: Failure of loyalty & faith under suffering Could endure: Stand by Job, trust God amid suffering.“Shall we…
The Wicked (General) Category: Failure of righteousness Could endure: Delight in God’s law, walk in His ways.“Blessed is the one……
The Fool Category: Failure of wisdom & discipline Could endure: Listen to wisdom and instruction.“The fear of the LORD is…
The Fool Category: Failure of wisdom Could endure: Walk in wisdom before God.“The wise have eyes in their heads, while…
Love Without Covenant (Illicit Desire) Category: Failure of purity Could endure: Guard love within marriage covenant.“Do not arouse or awaken…
Israel’s Rebellion Category: Failure of covenant loyalty Could endure: Obey God as His chosen people.“Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!…
Judah’s Idolatry Category: Failure of covenant loyalty Could endure: Remain faithful to the LORD as husband and King.“I remember the…
Jerusalem’s Fall Category: Failure of covenant faithfulness Could endure: Remain loyal to the LORD.“If you fully obey the LORD your…
Rebellious House of Israel Category: Failure of obedience Could endure: Listen to God’s word through the prophet.“You must speak my…
Nebuchadnezzar’s Pride (Before His Humbling) Category: Failure of humility Could endure: Recognize God’s sovereignty over kingdoms.“The Most High is sovereign…
Israel’s Spiritual Adultery Category: Failure of covenant loyalty Could endure: Remain faithful to the LORD as husband.“I will betroth you…
Complacent People Before the Locust Plague Category: Failure of repentance Could endure: Return to God with fasting and humility.“Even now,…
The Nations Around Israel Category: Failure of mercy & justice Could endure: Treat others with dignity, avoid cruelty.“For three sins…
Edom’s Pride Category: Failure of humility Could endure: Live in peace with Jacob, acknowledge God.“You should not march through the…
Jonah’s Disobedience Category: Failure of obedience Could endure: Obey God’s call to preach in Nineveh.“Go to the great city of…
Corrupt Leaders Category: Failure of justice Could endure: Rule with fairness, defend the weak.“Act justly and love mercy and walk…
Nineveh’s Cruelty Category: Failure of mercy & justice Could endure: Remain humble after repentance (Jonah 3).“When God saw what they…
Judah’s Injustice Category: Failure of covenant faithfulness Could endure: Live by God’s law, pursue justice.“The law is not slack, but…
Idolatrous People of Judah Category: Failure of covenant loyalty Could endure: Worship the LORD alone.“Seek the LORD, all you humble…
Neglect of God’s House Category: Failure of devotion Could endure: Prioritize rebuilding the temple for God’s glory.“Go up into the…
Hypocritical Fasting Category: Failure of sincerity Could endure: Fast and worship with true devotion.“Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion…
Corrupt Priests Category: Failure of holiness Could endure: Honor God with pure offerings.“For the lips of a priest ought to…
Pharisees and Teachers of the Law Category: Failure of sincerity & truth Could endure: Teach God’s law faithfully, lead people…
Disciples’ Fear and Desertion Category: Failure of courage & faith Could endure: Stand with Jesus in His trial.“Watch and pray…
Pharisees and Experts in the Law Category: Failure of sincerity & truth Could endure: Practice justice and love of God.“But…
Jewish Leaders’ Rejection of Jesus Category: Failure of faith & humility Could endure: Receive Christ as the promised Messiah.“If you…
Ananias and Sapphira Category: Failure of integrity Could endure: Give honestly and humbly.“All the believers were one in heart and…
Humanity’s Sinfulness Category: Failure of righteousness Could endure: Acknowledge God through creation and truth.“For since the creation of the world…
Divisions in the Church Category: Failure of unity Could endure: Be united under Christ alone.“Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified…
False Apostles Category: Failure of truth Could endure: Preach Christ sincerely.“For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as…
Deserting the True Gospel Category: Failure of faith Could endure: Hold firmly to the gospel of grace.“I am astonished that…
The Old Way of Life Category: Failure of holiness Could endure: Put off the old self, live in Christ.“You were…
Selfish Ambition and Rivalry Category: Failure of humility Could endure: Preach Christ out of love.“The former preach Christ out of…
False Philosophy Category: Failure of truth Could endure: Remain rooted in Christ.“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as…
Sexual Immorality Category: Failure of holiness Could endure: Live in sanctification and honour.“It is God’s will that you should be…
Deception About Christ’s Coming Category: Failure of discernment Could endure: Stand firm in apostolic teaching.“So then, brothers and sisters, stand…
False Teachers Category: Failure of truth Could endure: Teach sound doctrine that builds faith.“Command certain people not to teach false…
False Teachers Category: Failure of truth Could endure: Handle the word of truth correctly.“Do your best to present yourself to…
False Teachers Category: Failure of truth Could endure: Teach what is sound in doctrine.“You must teach what is in accord…
Refusal to Forgive Onesimus Category: Failure of love & reconciliation Could endure: Welcome Onesimus as a brother in Christ.“No longer…
Drifting Away Category: Failure of vigilance Could endure: Pay careful attention to salvation.“We must pay the most careful attention, therefore,…
Double-Mindedness Category: Failure of faith Could endure: Ask God in faith without doubting.“But when you ask, you must believe and…
Disobedient to the Word Category: Failure of obedience Could endure: Obey the gospel and be built into God’s house.“Now that…
False Teachers Category: Failure of truth Could endure: Hold fast to the prophetic word.“We also have the prophetic message as…
False Claims of Fellowship Category: Failure of truth Could endure: Walk in the light.“If we walk in the light, as…
Deceivers Denying Christ Category: Failure of truth Could endure: Continue in the teaching of Christ.“As you have heard from the…
Diotrephes’ Pride and Rebellion Category: Failure of humility & submission Could endure: Welcome and support apostolic authority.“We ought therefore to…
Ungodly Intruders Category: Failure of truth Could endure: Contend for the faith once delivered.“Contend for the faith that was once…