In Job, chapter twelve, verse thirteen, we believe that God is wise and powerful and that His ways with us are the best and the surest means of attaining our highest good, as in chapter nine, verse four, chapter thirty-six, verse five, Isaiah forty, verses twenty-six, and twenty-eight, Daniel two, verse twenty, and Romans sixteen, …
In Job, chapter twelve, verse five, the servant of God condemned the way prosperous people often think. In contempt, they look down on the poor and needy and justify their lack of sympathy by assuming that the unfortunate have brought adversity on themselves. At the same time, prosperous are “at ease” with their lifestyle because …
In Job, chapter eleven, verse one, Zophar harshly accused Job of self-righteousness, as in verses four to six, and stubbornness in verses thirteen through twenty, telling him that he deserved to suffer even more than he had in verse six. Zophar maintained that if Job would turn from sin, his sufferings would immediately cease, and …
In Job, chapter ten, verse sixteen, because the servant of God was experiencing severe affliction, he felt God was against him. The New Testament provides a more complete revelation about hardship, with the result that the believer can even glory in suffering. Paul, in Second Corinthians one, verse eight, “For we would not, brethren, have …
In Job, chapter ten, verse two, in none of the prayers of this servant did he pray for healing of his body. Job’s concern was the “why” of his suffering and God’s apparent abandonment of His servant: to know this was more important to Job than his actual adversity. Being accepted by God as one …
In Job, chapter ten, verse one, the servant of God continued pouring out to God his bitterness and feelings of being unfairly treated. Even though Job felt that God had withdrawn His love from him, he still maintained trust in God’s justice and continued to wrestle with God regarding his dilemma.Job’s self-consciousness makes him desire …
In Job, chapter nine, verse seventeen, for Job to accept God’s continuing silence amid a painful situation became difficult and seemed to have no purpose. God will sometimes allow us to pass through a dark time of trial when He remains silent and seemingly far away. Yet even amid the darkness of God’s silence, He …
In Job, chapter nine, verse two, the servant of God acknowledged that he could not be perfectly righteous before God. He understood that he inclined toward self and sin and that he was not faultless in the sight of God, as in chapter seven, verse twenty-one. Yet, with all his heart and soul, he had …
In Job, chapter eight, verse six, after the reply of the servant of God in the previous two chapters, the argument of Bildad was essentially the same as Eliphaz’s. If Job were upright, he would prove his innocence to God. However, from the perspective of Bildad, Job did not receive vindication. Therefore, he must be …
In Job, chapter seven, verse twenty, the servant of God considered the possibility that his counselors were right, that God had loosed His anger toward him because of some unknown transgression. However, Job did not know that God was watching. Not for displeasure but in compassion and admiration: Though tempted to the limit, Job consistently …
