The Choice and Results: Vol.1

  • The Choice and Results: Vol.1 (Contents)

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    1. Genesis (The Choice: Vol.1) 2. Exodus (The Choice: Vol.1) 3. Leviticus (The Choice: Vol.1) 4. Numbers (The Choice: Vol.1) 5. Deuteronomy (The Choice: Vol.1) 6. Joshua (The Choice: Vol.1) 7. Judges (The Choice: Vol.1) 8. Ruth (The Choice: Vol.1) 9. 1 Samuel (The Choice: Vol.1) 10. 2 Samuel (The…

  • 1. Genesis (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Noah Category: Obedience under ridicule & perseverance Could avoid: Live in corruption like others.“The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become.” (Genesis 6:5)Cross-Refs: Matthew 24:37–39; 2 Peter 2:5. Chose: Obeyed God’s command to build the ark.“Noah did everything just as God commanded him.” (Genesis 6:22)Cross-Refs:…

  • 2. Exodus (The Choice: Vol.1)

    Moses’ Parents (Amram & Jochebed) Category: Courage in faith & parental protection Could avoid: Obey Pharaoh’s decree and kill their son.“Then Pharaoh gave this order… ‘Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile.’” (Exodus 1:22)Cross-Refs: Acts 7:19; Matthew 2:16. Chose: Hid Moses and trusted God’s protection.“By…

  • 3. Leviticus (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Aaron (High Priest) Category: Sacred responsibility & priestly endurance Could avoid: Refuse priesthood to escape great responsibility.“Bring your brother Aaron and his sons to you… so they may serve me as priests.” (Exodus 28:1 → applied in Leviticus)Cross-Refs: Numbers 18:1; Hebrews 5:1. Chose: Accepted the role of high priest and…

  • 4. Numbers (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Moses Category: Leadership burden & intercessory endurance Could avoid: Step down in frustration from leading a stubborn people.“I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.” (Numbers 11:14)Cross-Refs: Exodus 32:31–32; Psalm 106:23. Chose: Continued to intercede and lead faithfully.“But Moses and Aaron fell facedown…

  • 5. Deuteronomy (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Moses Category: Faithful perseverance despite personal loss Could avoid: Withdraw in bitterness after being told he would not enter the land.“But because of you the LORD was angry with me and would not listen to me. ‘That is enough,’ the LORD said. ‘Do not speak to me anymore about this…

  • 6. Joshua (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Joshua Category: Leadership courage & obedience in conquest Could avoid: Shrink back after Moses’ death.“Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River.” (Joshua 1:2)Cross-Refs: Deuteronomy 31:7–8; Acts 7:45. Chose: Took up God’s charge to lead the people.“Have I not…

  • 7. Judges (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Deborah Category: Prophetic leadership & courage in battle Could avoid: Remain silent as a woman in a male-led society.“Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.” (Judges 4:4)Cross-Refs: 2 Kings 22:14; Joel 2:28. Chose: Judged Israel and commanded Barak to go to war.“She sent…

  • 8. Ruth (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Ruth Category: Loyal love & faith in God beyond her people Could avoid: Return to Moab like Orpah and seek a new life.“Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.” (Ruth 1:14)Cross-Refs: Joshua 24:15; Luke 9:62. Chose: Stayed with Naomi and embraced Israel’s God.“Your people will be…

  • 9. 1 Samuel (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Hannah Category: Perseverance in prayer & surrender to God Could avoid: Give up praying under barrenness and provocation.“Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.” (1 Samuel 1:6)Cross-Refs: Genesis 30:1–2; Luke 1:7. Chose: Poured out her soul before the LORD.“In her…

  • 10. 2 Samuel (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    David (as King) Category: Repentance, restraint & enduring discipline Could avoid: Hide his sin with Bathsheba and Uriah.“David sent someone to find out about her… and he slept with her.” (2 Samuel 11:3–4)Cross-Refs: Numbers 32:23; James 1:15. Chose: Confessed when confronted by Nathan.“Then David said to Nathan, ‘I have sinned…

  • 11. 1 Kings (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Solomon (Early Years) Category: Humility in leadership & pursuit of wisdom Could avoid: Rely on power, wealth, and politics like other kings.“Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter.” (1 Kings 3:1)Cross-Refs: Deuteronomy 17:16–17; Isaiah 31:1. Chose: Asked God for wisdom to govern.“Give your servant…

  • 12. 2 Kings (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Elisha Category: Prophetic perseverance & faith in God’s power Could avoid: Remain a farmer, avoid the prophetic mantle.“So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them… Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.” (1 Kings 19:21 → background to…

  • 13. 1 Chronicles (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    David (as King, remembered) Category: Wholehearted devotion & preparation for God’s house Could avoid: Rule like other kings, focusing on power and wealth.“David said, ‘I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD… But God said to me,…

  • 14. 2 Chronicles (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Solomon Category: Dedication & endurance in worship Could avoid: Rule like other kings without centralising worship.“Then Solomon began to build the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem.” (2 Chronicles 3:1)Cross-Refs: 1 Kings 6:1; John 2:17. Chose: Built and dedicated the temple with prayer.“Now, my God, may your eyes be open…

  • 15. Ezra (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Zerubbabel (Governor) Category: Perseverance in rebuilding amidst opposition Could avoid: Remain comfortable in Babylon rather than face hardship in Jerusalem.“Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin… prepared to go up and build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.” (Ezra 1:5)Cross-Refs: Haggai 1:14; Zechariah 4:9–10. Chose: Led the rebuilding…

  • 16. Nehemiah (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Nehemiah Category: Leadership endurance & prayerful perseverance Could avoid: Remain comfortable as cupbearer to the king.“I was cupbearer to the king.” (Nehemiah 1:11)Cross-Refs: Esther 4:14; Philippians 3:7–8. Chose: Sought permission to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls.“Send me to the city in Judah where my ancestors are buried so that I can rebuild…

  • 17. Esther (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Esther Category: Courageous intercession & risk of life Could avoid: Hide her Jewish identity, live safely as queen.“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish.” (Esther 4:14)Cross-Refs: Matthew 16:25; John 12:25.…

  • 18. Job (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Job Category: Patient endurance in suffering & faith under trial Could avoid: Curse God, give up faith, seek relief through compromise.“His wife said to him, ‘Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!’” (Job 2:9)Cross-Refs: Jeremiah 20:14; Revelation 13:10. Chose: Held to his integrity, refused to sin with…

  • 19. Psalms (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    David (Major Contributor) Category: Endurance in persecution & trust under pressure Could avoid: Abandon trust, seek revenge on enemies.“How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?” (Psalm 13:1)Cross-Refs: 1 Samuel 24:6; Hebrews 10:36. Chose: Cried to God in prayer instead of…

  • 20. Proverbs (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    The Wise (General Figure) Category: Endurance in righteous living & daily choices Could avoid: Take shortcuts, follow the wicked.“There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.” (Proverbs 14:12)Cross-Refs: Matthew 7:13–14; Romans 6:21. Chose: To fear the LORD and walk in wisdom.“The…

  • 21. Ecclesiastes (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    The Teacher (Qoheleth, often linked to Solomon) Category: Endurance in searching for meaning under the sun Could avoid: Ignore life’s hard questions, chase only pleasure.“I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure.” (Ecclesiastes 2:10)Cross-Refs: Luke 15:13–16; 1 John 2:16. Chose: Honestly examined wisdom, work, pleasure,…

  • 22. Song of Songs (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    The Bride (Shulammite Woman) Category: Endurance in love & loyalty Could avoid: Yield to Solomon’s harem, compromise her devotion.“My own vineyard is mine to give.” (Song of Songs 8:12)Cross-Refs: Hosea 2:19–20; 2 Corinthians 11:2. Chose: Stayed faithful to her beloved.“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.” (Song of…

  • 23. Isaiah (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Isaiah the Prophet Category: Prophetic endurance & obedience in hard calling Could avoid: Remain silent to escape rejection.“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?’” (Isaiah 6:8)Cross-Refs: Exodus 3:10–11; Jeremiah 1:6. Chose: Answered God’s call despite knowing people would…

  • 24. Jeremiah (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Jeremiah the Prophet Category: Prophetic suffering & perseverance in truth Could avoid: Refuse God’s call, live a quiet life.“Alas, Sovereign LORD… I do not know how to speak; I am too young.” (Jeremiah 1:6)Cross-Refs: Exodus 4:10; 1 Corinthians 1:27. Chose: Accepted God’s commission.“But the LORD said to me, ‘Do not…

  • 25. Lamentations (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Jeremiah (the Weeping Prophet) Category: Endurance in grief & intercession Could avoid: Distance himself emotionally, protect himself from sorrow.“I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.” (Lamentations 3:19)Cross-Refs: Jeremiah 9:1; Luke 19:41. Chose: Poured out his lament before God.“I called on your name, LORD, from the…

  • 26. Ezekiel (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Ezekiel the Prophet Category: Prophetic endurance in exile & symbolic suffering Could avoid: Remain silent, refuse God’s hard call.“The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD on me.” (Ezekiel 3:14)Cross-Refs:…

  • 27. Daniel (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Daniel Category: Integrity in exile & perseverance in prayer Could avoid: Eat Babylon’s food, blend in, stop praying to avoid danger.“But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine.” (Daniel 1:8)Cross-Refs: Romans 12:2; Acts 5:29. Chose: Faithful obedience to God’s law.“He went home to his upstairs…

  • 28. Hosea (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Hosea Category: Prophetic endurance in painful obedience Could avoid: Refuse God’s command to marry an unfaithful woman.“When the LORD began to speak through Hosea, the LORD said to him, ‘Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her.’” (Hosea 1:2)Cross-Refs: Ezekiel 24:16; Luke 9:23. Chose: Obeyed God and married…

  • 29. Joel (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    The People of Judah Category: Endurance through disaster & call to repentance Could avoid: Ignore the locust plague and drought as mere natural events.“What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten.” (Joel 1:4)Cross-Refs: Deuteronomy 28:38; Amos 4:9. Chose: Fast, mourn, and cry out to the LORD.“Declare a…

  • 30. Amos (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Amos the Prophet Category: Endurance in truth-telling & justice preaching Could avoid: Remain a shepherd and sycamore fig farmer in Judah.“I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.” (Amos 7:14)Cross-Refs: Exodus 4:10; 1 Corinthians…

  • 31. Obadiah (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Edom (Negative Example) Category: Pride and betrayal in crisis Could avoid: Rejoicing over Israel’s downfall.“Do not gloat over your brother in the day of his misfortune.” (Obadiah 1:12)Cross-Refs: Proverbs 24:17; Lamentations 4:21. Chose (wrongly): Stood aloof, joined enemies, plundered Judah.“On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his…

  • 32. Jonah (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Jonah Category: Reluctant endurance & struggle with obedience Could avoid: Run away permanently and ignore God’s call.“But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish.” (Jonah 1:3)Cross-Refs: Jeremiah 20:9; Luke 9:62. Chose (eventually): Went to Nineveh and proclaimed God’s message.“Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went…

  • 33. Micah (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Micah the Prophet Category: Endurance in proclaiming justice & hope Could avoid: Remain silent before corrupt leaders and false prophets.“Hear, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel, should you not embrace justice?” (Micah 3:1)Cross-Refs: Isaiah 1:23; Amos 5:12. Chose: Spoke God’s word with boldness.“But as for me, I am…

  • 34. Nahum (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Nahum the Prophet Category: Endurance in declaring God’s justice Could avoid: Remain silent against a powerful empire.“The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.” (Nahum 1:2)Cross-Refs: Deuteronomy 32:35; Romans 12:19. Chose: Announced Nineveh’s destruction despite its might.“I am against you, declares…

  • 35. Habakkuk (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Habakkuk the Prophet Category: Endurance in questioning & trusting God Could avoid: Stay silent, accept injustice without wrestling.“How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, ‘Violence!’ but you do not save?” (Habakkuk 1:2)Cross-Refs: Psalm 13:1; Revelation 6:10. Chose: Stood at…

  • 36. Zephaniah (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Zephaniah the Prophet Category: Endurance in warning & proclaiming both judgment and hope Could avoid: Stay quiet under Josiah’s reforms and Babylon’s threat.“I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD. (Zephaniah 1:2)Cross-Refs: Amos 8:2; Revelation 6:17. Chose: Proclaimed judgment on Judah, nations, and promised…

  • 37. Haggai (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Haggai the Prophet Category: Endurance in exhortation & encouragement Could avoid: Remain silent when people neglected God’s house.“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?” (Haggai 1:4)Cross-Refs: Jeremiah 7:4; Matthew 6:33. Chose: Boldly called people to put God…

  • 38. Zechariah (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Zechariah the Prophet Category: Endurance in vision & encouragement Could avoid: Stay silent, avoid responsibility after return from exile.“Return to me, declares the LORD Almighty, and I will return to you.” (Zechariah 1:3)Cross-Refs: Malachi 3:7; James 4:8. Chose: Proclaimed visions of hope and restoration.“So the angel who talked with me…

  • 39. Malachi (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Malachi the Prophet Category: Endurance in rebuke & covenant faithfulness Could avoid: Remain silent about priests’ corruption and people’s apathy.“A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me?” (Malachi 1:6)Cross-Refs: Isaiah 1:2; Luke 6:46. Chose: Boldly confronted priests…

  • 40. Matthew (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Jesus Christ Category: Ultimate endurance in mission & sacrifice Could avoid: Call down angels, avoid suffering and the cross.“Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?” (Matthew 26:53)Cross-Refs: Isaiah 53:7; John 10:18. Chose: To…

  • 41. Mark (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Jesus Christ Category: Endurance in servanthood & suffering Could avoid: Refuse the way of suffering, take an easier path.“The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three…

  • 42. Luke (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Jesus Christ Category: Endurance in mission, suffering, and compassion Could avoid: Avoid the cross, reject rejection.“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” (Luke 22:42)Cross-Refs: Isaiah 53:10; John 12:27. Chose: Walked the road of suffering with steadfast obedience.“The Son of…

  • 43. John (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Jesus Christ Category: Endurance in love & sacrificial mission Could avoid: Avoid the cross, withdraw from suffering.“No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.” (John 10:18)Cross-Refs: Isaiah 53:12; Philippians 2:8. Chose: Loved His own to the end.“Having loved his own who were in…

  • 44. Acts (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    The Apostles (as a whole) Category: Endurance in mission & persecution Could avoid: Stay hidden after Jesus’ death.“Then they gathered around him and asked him, ‘Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?’” (Acts 1:6)Cross-Refs: John 20:19; Matthew 26:56. Chose: Boldly preached Christ after Pentecost.“Day…

  • 45. Romans (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Paul (Author & Example) Category: Endurance in apostleship & suffering for the gospel Could avoid: Stay silent, live as a respected Pharisee.“Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God.” (Romans 1:1)Cross-Refs: Philippians 3:4–8; Galatians 1:15–16. Chose: Preached boldly despite…

  • 46. 1 Corinthians (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Paul (as Apostle & Example) Category: Endurance in ministry & suffering Could avoid: Stop preaching to avoid hardship.“To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.” (1 Corinthians 4:11)Cross-Refs: 2 Corinthians 6:4–5; Acts 14:22. Chose: Work hard, preach faithfully,…

  • 47. 2 Corinthians (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Paul (as Apostle & Sufferer) Category: Endurance in weakness & hardship Could avoid: Stop ministering to avoid pain.“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair.” (2 Corinthians 4:8)Cross-Refs: Psalm 34:19; Romans 8:35–37. Chose: Continue serving despite cost.“Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have…

  • 48. Galatians (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Paul (Defender of the Gospel) Category: Endurance in truth & opposition Could avoid: Compromise with Judaizers to avoid conflict.“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not…

  • 49. Ephesians (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Paul (the Prisoner of Christ) Category: Endurance in imprisonment & ministry Could avoid: Stop preaching to avoid chains.“For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles…” (Ephesians 3:1)Cross-Refs: Acts 28:16, 30–31; Philippians 1:13. Chose: Continued teaching and interceding for the churches.“Pray also for…

  • 50. Philippians (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Paul (Joyful in Chains) Category: Endurance in prison with joy Could avoid: Stop preaching and avoid imprisonment.“As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard… that I am in chains for Christ.” (Philippians 1:13)Cross-Refs: Acts 28:16, 30; 2 Timothy 2:9. Chose: Rejoiced in Christ, even in hardship.“Now…

  • 51. Colossians (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Paul (the Suffering Servant of the Gospel) Category: Endurance in chains & ministry Could avoid: Stop preaching Christ to avoid prison.“Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you.” (Colossians 1:24)Cross-Refs: 2 Timothy 2:9; Philippians 1:13. Chose: To labour for the church with all his strength.“To this end I…

  • 52. 1 Thessalonians (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Paul (as Spiritual Father) Category: Endurance in ministry & example of faith Could avoid: Withdraw from persecution in Thessalonica.“We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong…

  • 53. 2 Thessalonians (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    The Thessalonian Believers Category: Endurance in persecution & growing faith Could avoid: Abandon faith under pressure.“We ought always to thank God for you… because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.” (2 Thessalonians 1:3)Cross-Refs: Colossians 1:4; Philippians 1:9.…

  • 54. 1 Timothy (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Paul (as Mentor & Example of Grace) Category: Endurance in faith despite past opposition Could avoid: Remain a Pharisee, persecutor of the church.“Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy.” (1 Timothy 1:13)Cross-Refs: Acts 9:1–6; 1 Corinthians 15:9. Chose: To…

  • 55. 2 Timothy (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Paul (at the End of His Race) Category: Endurance unto death & faithfulness to Christ Could avoid: Deny Christ, seek release from prison.“For which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.” (2 Timothy 2:9)Cross-Refs: Philippians 1:13–14; Acts 28:30–31.…

  • 56. Titus (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Paul (as Sender & Example) Category: Endurance in apostolic mission Could avoid: Rest after years of hardship.“Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth.” (Titus 1:1)Cross-Refs: Romans 1:1; Philippians 1:25. Chose: Continue mentoring and…

  • 57. Philemon (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Paul (the Intercessor in Chains) Category: Endurance in appeal & advocacy Could avoid: Stay silent, leave Onesimus’ case unresolved.“I am writing to you as Paul—an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.” (Philemon 9)Cross-Refs: Ephesians 3:1; Colossians 4:3. Chose: Appealed in love on behalf of Onesimus.“I appeal…

  • 58. Hebrews (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Christ (Supreme Example of Endurance) Category: Endurance in obedience & suffering Could avoid: Refuse the cross, call on angels to save Him.“During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears… and he was heard because of his reverent submission.” (Hebrews…

  • 59. James (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Believers Under Trials Category: Endurance in testing & maturity Could avoid: Lose heart or compromise under hardship.“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds.” (James 1:2)Cross-Refs: Romans 5:3–5; 1 Peter 1:6–7. Chose: Persevere so faith may mature.“…because you know that the testing of…

  • 60. 1 Peter (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Christ (The Example of Suffering) Category: Endurance in unjust suffering & obedience Could avoid: Resist arrest, call on angels to defend Him.“When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.” (1 Peter…

  • 61. 2 Peter (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Peter (the Aging Apostle) Category: Endurance in teaching & preparing the church Could avoid: Stay silent, protect himself from martyrdom.“So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth.” (2 Peter 1:12)Cross-Refs: John 21:18–19; Acts 20:27. Chose: To keep…

  • 62. 1 John (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    John (the Elder Apostle) Category: Endurance in testimony & shepherding Could avoid: Withdraw quietly in old age.“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes… this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.” (1 John 1:1)Cross-Refs: John 1:14; Acts 4:20. Chose: Continue…

  • 63. 2 John (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    John (the Elder) Category: Endurance in truth & shepherding Could avoid: Remain silent in old age.“The elder, to the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in the truth.” (2 John 1)Cross-Refs: 1 John 1:1–3; 3 John 1. Chose: To write, urging them to remain in…

  • 64. 3 John (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    John (the Elder Apostle) Category: Endurance in guiding truth & love Could avoid: Stay silent in old age.“The elder, to my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.” (3 John 1:1)Cross-Refs: 2 John 1; John 21:20–24. Chose: Encouraged believers to walk in truth and show hospitality.“I have no…

  • 65. Jude (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Jude (the Author, Brother of James and Jesus’ Servant) Category: Endurance in contending for truth Could avoid: Stay silent against false teachers.“Although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith.” (Jude 3)Cross-Refs:…

  • 66. Revelation (The Choice: Vol.1)

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    Christ (the Faithful Witness & Conqueror) Category: Endurance in suffering & triumph Could avoid: Escape the cross, call on heaven’s armies.“I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!” (Revelation 1:18)Cross-Refs: John 10:18; Hebrews 12:2. Chose: To conquer through His blood.“To…