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EBED- MELECH.
Same mind attitude like that of Ebed Melech
From perspective, we realise that like it or not you need people with the same mind attitudes like those of ebed melech.
When Jeremiah was thrown in a cistern where he had nothing to eat.. in mad .. what happened
A gentleman called Ebed Melech a cushite court official that was employed in the king’s palace came to the king in favour of his rescue Jeremiah 38:7-9[7]Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian [a Cushite], one of the eunuchs who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon or cistern pit; and while the king was then sitting in the Gate of Benjamin [8]Ebed-melech went out of the king’s house and spoke to the king, saying,[9]My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon or cistern pit; and he is liable to die of hunger and is [as good as] dead in the place where he is, for there is no more bread left in the city. As thus we should also come to people’s rescue as considerate to some of the situations that they may be going through as so king Zedekiah was able to come to the rescue of Jeremiah Jeremiah 38:10-11
[10]Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with you and raise Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon or cistern pit before he dies.[11]So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king [to a room] under the treasury, and took along from there old rags and worn-out garments and let them down by ropes into the dungeon or cistern pit to Jeremiah.
Reflective questions about the teaching
a) Who is ebed Melech as represented upon in perspective
b) What would be some of the lessons you learn and perceive from our subject matter but more so to reference concerning to the bible personality of Ebed Melech
Confession prayer
Dear Lord Jesus I pray that just as you used ebed Melech to rescue your servant so in that way you will also use me to rescue those who are struggling