For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men while they slumber on their beds, then he opens the ears of men, and terrifies them with warnings, that he may turn man aside from [...]
Archive for the ‘Job’ Category
Not to Punish but to Save
Posted: December 12, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JobTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Job, Not to Punish but to Save, purpose of suffering, Scripture, theology of suffering
“You want a trial–I’ll give you a trial!”
Posted: December 11, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JobTags: "You want a trial–I’ll give you a trial!", Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Job, Scripture
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 33: In the first 7 verses of Job 33, Elihu extends a challenge of sorts to Job. “But now, Job, listen to my words; pay attention to everything I say. I am about to open my mouth; my words are on the tip of my tongue. My words come [...]
No necessary correlation between grey hair and good theology.
Posted: December 10, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JobTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Job, No necessary correlation between grey hair and good theology., Scripture, wisdom, youth
John Piper helps us understand Job 32: When Job finishes defending himself and the three comforters finish defending God, Elihu explodes like a bottle of champagne (32:19); and for six chapters his heart overflows against Job and his friends. There are a lot of students of the book of Job who think Elihu is no [...]
Job’s wise investment advice
Posted: December 9, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JobTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, February Bible Readings, Job, Job's wise investment advice, Scripture, Trusting God
“If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence, if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much, … this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above. Job 31:24,25,28 Job knew [...]
Nervous on the scale?
Posted: December 8, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JobTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Job, Nervous on the scale?, Scripture
Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity! Job 31:6 Job is willing to have his life actions be placed on a scale….and not just any scale, in the balances of God. God’s balance is a just balance. Job is confident that if he comes out on the short end, he is [...]
Pain, Providence and Promises
Posted: December 6, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JobTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, faith, Job, Pain Providence and Promises, Scripture, theology of suffering, Trusting God
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 29, our Bible reading for today: Chapter 29 of Job is very poignant, given what Job once enjoyed in light of his current suffering. Job’s opening comments about the days in which he enjoyed God’s favor reiterate what was said of Job in the book’s prologue. “Job continued his [...]
Where to go on your quest for wisdom
Posted: December 5, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JobTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, God's wisdom, Job, Scripture, search for wisdom, Where to go on your quest for wisdom
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 28: Divine wisdom is therefore most fully revealed in special revelation–God’s speeches and acts of redemption. Such wisdom is codified in God’s law–particularly in the covenant of works God established with Adam in Eden, the specific terms of which are republished in the Ten Commandments. The realization that true [...]
Trains passing on parallel tracks
Posted: December 3, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JobTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, God's providence, God's sovereignty, God's wisdom, Job, Scripture, theology of suffering, Trains passing on parallel tracks
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger helps us understand Job 25-26: In Job 25, we have the very short and final speech from Bildad, along with Job’s response. After three increasingly heated exchanges, Job and his friends have clearly run out of steam. But like trains passing on parallel tracks, Job and Eliphaz have been speaking past each [...]
Consider God’s Righteousness
Posted: December 13, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JobTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Consider God's Righteousness, daily Bible, God's righteousness, God's sovereignty, Job, Kim Riddlebarger, Scripture, theology of suffering
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on the first half of Job 34 Since Job has been insisting that he is righteous, how about considering God’s righteousness first? That will put Job’s situation, as well as the false understanding of God’s retributive justice on the part of his friends, in their proper perspectives. In verse 10, Elihu [...]