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God Uses Common People |
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God uses all sorts of people to do his work—like you and me! |
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Person |
Known as |
Task |
Reference |
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Jacob |
A deceiver |
To "father" the Israelite nation |
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Joseph |
A slave |
To save his family |
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Moses |
Shepherd in exile (and murderer) |
To lead Israel out of bondage, to the Promised Land |
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Gideon |
A farmer |
To deliver Israel from Midian |
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Jephthah |
Son of a prostitute |
To deliver Israel from the Ammonites |
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Hannah |
A homemaker |
To be the mother of Samuel |
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David |
A shepherd boy and last-born of the family |
To be Israel's greatest king |
1 Samuel 16 |
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Ezra |
A scribe |
To lead the return to Judah and to write some of the Bible |
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Esther |
A slave girl |
To save her people from massacre |
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Mary |
A peasant girl |
To be the mother of Christ |
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Matthew |
A tax collector |
To be an apostle and Gospel writer |
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Luke |
A Greek physician |
To be a companion of Paul and a Gospel writer |
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Peter |
A fisherman |
To be an apostle, a leader of the early church, and a writer of two New Testament letters |
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