Why do christians refer to Hagar as Abraham's servant?
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According to the Bible, Hagar was the servant of Abraham's wife Sarah before she became Abraham's wife.\nSarah suggested to Abraham that he sleep with Hagar so he could have a child. That's why Abraham married her. Hagar continued to be Sarah's servant though.\n\n(To all my fellow Christians: Abraham DID marry Hagar. It says so in Genesis 16, 3)
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According to Christianity, Isaac was the one supposed to be sacrificed by Abrahan, his father.  But according to Islam, it was rather the older son Ishmael, who was Abraham's son by the slave Hagar.
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It would help your point if you read the passages closely, and in context.  \n\nFirst, the Ephesians passage does not say "You are slaves of Christ, so do the will of God from your heart."  Paul is addressing real slaves, telling them to serve their masters AS IF they were slaves serving Christ, because God will reward everyone for the good they have done.  \n\nSecond, the passage in John is Jesus talking to his followers, and refers to his Father (God), differentiating himself from God the Father and calling his disciples friends, because he has shared with them what God the Father has made known to him.  It is important to note the difference between JESUS saying "I no longer call you servants" and GOD THE FATHER saying that.  Elsewhere in the Bible (Romans 6), it still says that believers are slaves to God rather than slaves to sin.  \n\nSo next time you try to make a point calling people stupid for their beliefs, it might be a good idea to do some research yourself first.
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In the original Hebrew there are three different names used for God.  There is YHVH (aka the unpronounceable name), Elohim and Adonoy.  What's referred to in Genesis 1:26 is Elohim, because it was Elohim who created the world.  \n\nNow, the thing to know about Elohim is that it has a plural suffix "im," but it's treated as a singular masculine noun in the Hebrew.  Etymologically it appears plural, but grammatically it's treated as a singular.  This is highly confusing to say the least.\n\nHowever, in bypassing the paradoxical plurality of God, some scholars have interpreted this particular phrase to mean that God was speaking to the entirety of creation, the US then being all the things that God had to that point brought into creation.  Thus, Man is in the image of not just God but of all of creation, the microcosmos.
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There is a lesson in that we must never put material interests ahead of spiritual duties. Sacrificing spiritual interests in the pursuit of material advantages does not result in God's [JHVH] blessing.—(Compare Luke 12:15-21)\n\nThe Jews who returned to their homeland had reason for concern over economic uncertainties, hostile neighbors, and so forth. But these were not the causes of their negligence, in view of their luxurious living conditions. Only after being roused by Haggai did they begin to work on the temple. Likewise today, we need to ‘set our hearts upon our ways’ and be sure that we support God’s work to the fullest extent possible.—(In view of the context of Haggai 1:2-15.\n\nConsumed by daily concerns, the Jews had forgotten that divine blessings in the form of rain and fruitful seasons would overtake them only if they endured in a course of obedience to God, even in the face of opposition. (Haggai 1:9-11) How fitting, then, the exhortation: “Set your heart upon your ways”! (Haggai 1:7) In effect, Jehovah-God was telling them: ‘Think! See the connection between your futile labor in the fields and the desolate state of my house of worship.’ The inspired words of Jehovah’s prophets finally reached the hearts of their listeners, for the people resumed work on the temple, completing it in 515 B.C.E.
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That is the sentence...Jesus was making a point about his diety. God was often refered to as I am... When moses was sent to free gods people he was told to tell pharoh i am said to let my people go. He was also letting the people know that he was around many years before he was born a man.
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A descendent of Noah through his son, Shem. Abraham is called the father of the Jewish nation and of other nations, because of the promise God made to him in Genesis 12:2-3 and Genesis 15:5. Isaac and Ishmael were his sons by his wife and her handmaiden, respectively. Jews and Christians are literally or spiritually related to Abraham through Isaac. The Moslem religion came through Ishmael's descendents.\nYou can read all about this in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible or in the Torah.\nGod bless you in your search. Buttercup
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The asker is right when referring Muslims recognizing Jesus (PBUH) as the messiah because each religion has their own view of the meaning of messiah @ al-masih. Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah . Islam recognizes Jesus (PBUH) as a prophet, not as the son of Lord God. Hence, Islam still recognizes Jesus (PBUH) and is not considered as Christians. Yes, the Tanakh (Old Testament) is being added by Christians (New Testament) and Muslims believe in the Torah (in Islam, it is called the Taurat) but after Quran was being given to Muhammad (PBUH) all of the rules in the earlier scriptures are abolished and human beings are to adhere to the Holy Quran because it is the most complete scripture among all four scriptures (Zabur, Taurat, Injil and Quran). Yes, I think it's kinda interesting to see the three Abrahamaic religions has the same roots but are fighting among themselves (You don't see Buddhists and Hindus fighting among themselves even though they came from the same root, right?) Because of the "Holy Wars", people are starting to "convert" to Atheistism.
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THE POOR RAISED UP OUT OF THE DUST, AND THE BEGGAR LIFTED UP FROM THE DUNGHILL (Part 1)\nPreached at Eden Street Chapel, Hampstead Road, on Lord’s Day Morning, August 20, 1843.\n"He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s and he hath set the world upon them."- 1Sa 2:8\nMOST of you are probably familiar, not only with the name of the person who uttered these words, but also with the circumstances under which they were spoken by her. But lest any should not immediately recollect the passage, I will just observe that they are the words of Hannah, the mother of the prophet Samuel, and that the circumstances under which they were spoken, were when she brought her infant son, and presented him before the Lord, that he might be his for ever. Her heart, it appears, was then so enlarged, and her soul so comforted and strengthened by beholding her infant son as the manifested answer to her prayers, that she burst forth into that song of thanksgiving of which the text forms a portion.\n\nBut before I enter into the experimental meaning of the text, it may be desirable, with God’s blessing, to trace out a few leading particulars of Hannah’s case.\n\nI believe, that, in Scripture, there are typical characters, as well as what are more properly called "types", or typical things; and Hannah appears to me to have been one of these typical characters. By typical characters, in this sense, I mean, not in the same way as Aaron, or Solomon, were types of Christ, but certain persons whose history and experience are typical or representative of God’s dealings with his people, or of characters that should arise in the church. The history of Hannah affords us more than one instance of these typical characters. We read, for instance, 1Sa 1:1,2 that "Elkanah had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children." Elkanah seems to me to typify the Lord Jesus-I think we may fairly assume this without doing violence to the figure; and his two wives seem to represent the church, Peninnah the professing, and Hannah the possessing church. Let us see if the figure will bear us out in this interpretation. Peninnah, in type, represents the professing church. As having a form of godliness, and a name to live, she had a vast superiority outwardly over her rival, for she was fruitful, whilst Hannah was barren. This points out the superiority, in outward fruit, which many professors have over God’s spiritually-taught children. But we may observe that in Peninnah’s fruitfullness there was nothing manifested of a supernatural character. She had children in the common course of nature, as other married women have them; there was nothing peculiarly providential, nothing eminently striking, nothing miraculous; but all took place in the usual course.\n\nNow this strikingly represents the way in which mere professors of religion bring forth their good works. The fruits they produce are not wrought in them by miracle; they do not spring out of a supernatural operation upon their consciences; but they are brought forth, from time to time, in the mere course of nature, without any galling disappointment on account of previous barrenness, without any earnest cry that the Lord would work powerfully in their soul, without any manifested answer to the prayer that he would make them fruitful in every good word and work. But these good works and religious performances, on which they pride themselves so highly, are brought forth by them in the usual course of nature, by the mere exertion of the creature, utterly independent of any work of the Holy Ghost upon their heart.\n\nBut this fruitfullness of Peninnah much galled and pained her barren rival, as the zeal, devotedness, piety and amiability, evide
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Genesis 18:18 "Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him."\n\nGenesis 22:18 "...through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed"\n\nGod's promise to Abraham was not solely for his descendants alone (the Hebrews).  It was clearly stated that ALL nations would be blessed through Abraham.  The promise (first given while Abraham was childless) was that through his family line would come a blessing for all nations. For the Christian, this promised blessing reaches its fulfillment in Christ.  Jesus was the promised offspring that would change the world.  Abraham trusted the sure promise of God by faith...just as we trust that same sure promise through faith in Jesus Christ.
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Neither. They were both prophets and given a significant assignment. One got to lead the Jews out of slavery and start a personal relationship with God.  The other had the privelege of leading the way before Jesus came and got to baptize him.
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Abraham had 2 children. Issac and ismael.\nIssac was born to Sarah Abraham's wife.\nismael was to Hagar a bondwoman.\n\nThe descendents of Isamel are Muslims.\nIssac was born after Ismael.\nSarah wanted Hagar and Ishmael cast out.Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael away at God’s direction. God gave Hagar water in the middle of the desert.(This place is believed to be Mecca).\n\nSo the orgin of Judaism, Christianity and Islam are same. All of them started from adam.In between the belief changed and one religion is split.\n\nMuslims believe that Abraham had a vision in which he saw himself sacrificing his son, that son was Ishmael, the son of his slave-woman Hagar. The attempted sacrifice took place at Mina \n\nChristians believe that Issac as the son whom God called on Abraham to sacrifice.
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I prefer not to even use the word following. Belive that He is the Christ, the Savior, doesn't count u as a "follower". I prefer to use the term Friend. He says, "You are not my servant. Does a servant know everything about his master? No. I confide in you, so you are not my servant. You are my friend". That verse really tells me that He wants me to be His friend. Not His "follower". I belive that if you really want to be a Seeker, that you have to be His friend. Not His follower. He wants us to be friends. Not those in a democracy. We are in His kingdom, yes, but He loves us enough that He listens to us. Believe that sister. It is truth, because He said it. And He does not lie. I hope this helps your walk w/ God, and may He bless you beyond you ability to comprehend.
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yeah, I agree that there are a lot of people who do a lot of stupid things and still call themselves as prophets. Some of them still do God's work, but I personally think that because of these people sometimes we even start doubting people who really do great and miraculous things in the name of the Lord and fail to recognise them as from the Lord. So personally I think we should be very careful when we judge. I personally judge too easily and like left and right, but I think what I wrote above is the right way!
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Moses was said to be the one who God revealed his personal name.YHWH(there was only one) Gods statement in Exodus 3:14 'eyeh 'eyeh (I AM WHO I AM, I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE, I CAUSE TO BE WHAT IS). It is said according to Jewish religions that sometime after the Babylonian Exile the name YHWH proper pronounication was lost and to miss pronounce it defiles the holiness of God. A substitue was used "Adonai" or LORD is now used. In the bible God said "my title for all generations"\n                 The following\nThe LORD, The God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob
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This is what Moses wrote after hearing God. God wrote this for the Jews, who were the chosen people. (Later a Jew, Jesus, saved the world) The Jews were chosen to carry on in order to foster the Messiah (Jesus). The Jews had been slaves, and had many enimies. This is His instructions for the Jews, to ensure their survival, while giving them law and order. The Jews must survive, in order to bring about the messiah, and complete the story of man, with a happy ending, after Adams disobedience in the Garden of Eden (heaven). But I am not God, and do not know His reasons, so you must pray and ask Him yourself.
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The Jews call `Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah.... ....This phrase comes directly from Koran. It is obviuos that Mohamad wrote the Koran, not God. the Jews means all jews, just like the christians means all christians. I dont think God made such a big mistake....Koran never said some of the Jews, or some of the Christians. He clearly meant ALL.....