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In Psalms, chapter one, verse three, the outcome of those who faithfully seek God and His Word is life in the Spirit. Since water often represents the Spirit of God, as in John seven, verses thirty-eight through thirty-nine, those who are instructed by God and who abide in His Word will receive an unfailing source […]

In Psalms, chapter one, verse two, those who are blessed not only turn from evil but also build their lives around the instruction of the Lord. They genuinely enjoy the pleasure in God and His beauty and pattern their lives according to His Word. What motivates their actions is love for God and His Word.

In Job, chapter forty-two, verse ten, the restoration of Job’s fortunes reveals God’s purpose for all faithful believers. God had allowed Job to suffer for reasons that Job did not understand. God never allows believers to suffer without a spiritual purpose, even though we may not understand the reasons. We must trust God in such

In Job, chapter forty-two, verse eight, God calls him “my servant” in verses seven and eight and states twice the acceptance of his prayer in verses eight and nine. God will hear Job’s intercessory prayer for his three friends because of his righteous standing. Still, restoration to the favor of God granted Job spiritual authority

In Job, chapter forty-two, verse seven, the Lord condemned his three friends of Job for their erroneous theology of prosperity and suffering, evident in their accusations against Job. Their three main errors were they taught a retributive principle of prosperity and suffering: the righteous will always blessed, and the wicked will always experience adversity. They

In Job, chapter forty-two, verse six, in response to God’s revelation, the servant of God humbled himself in repentance. The word “repent” means Job considered himself and his moral rightness as mere “dust and ashes” before a holy God, as in Isaiah six. Job did not retract what he said about his life of righteousness

In Job, chapter forty-two, verse five, the servant of God had earlier prayed to see his Redeemer, as in chapter nineteen, verse twenty-seven: now that longing is complete. The Lord’s words and presence brought Job a greater revelation of God’s ways and character. Through this personal experience, Job’s transformation by a sense of forgiveness, a

In Job, chapter forty-two, verse three, the servant of God admitted that God’s ways are beyond human comprehension and that the misunderstandings he had declared were unjust. Still, in the suffering and prayers, Job did not sin against God. Still, his misunderstanding and his complaints against God led him close to pride and to the

In Job, chapter forty-two, verse one, Job’s final answer to God was of absolute humility and submission to His revelation. He confessed that God does all things well and that everything that God permits to occur does so in wisdom and with purpose, including the suffering of the righteous, has meaning and divine purpose. God

In Job, chapter forty, verse fifteen, many identify the behemoth as the hippopotamus and the leviathan in chapter forty-one as a giant crocodile or a whale. Through these illustrations, God emphasized that if Job could not subdue the great creatures of the world, then he was in no position to question and counsel God, who