December 15 Job 35 (ESV) Elihu Condemns Job 35:1 And Elihu answered and said: 2 “Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’ 3 that you ask, ‘What advantage have I? How am I better off than if I had sinned?’ 4 I will answer you and your friends with you. … More December 15 Job 35
“For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps. There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves. For God has no need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in … More Remember your Inventor
December 14 Job 34:21-37 (ESV) 21 “For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps. 22 There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves. 23 For God [1] has no need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment. 24 He shatters the mighty … More December 14 Job 34:21-37
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on the first half of Job 34 (our passage in the Bible reading plan for today) 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 … More Consider God’s righteousness first
December 13 Job 34:1-20 (ESV) Elihu Asserts God’s Justice 34:1 Then Elihu answered and said: 2 “Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who know; 3 for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food. 4 Let us choose what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good. 5 For Job has … More December 13 Job 34:1-20
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 … More The Saving Purpose of the Great Physician’s Knife
December 12 Job 33:12-33 (ESV) 12 “Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you, for God is greater than man. 13 Why do you contend against him, saying, ‘He will answer none of man’s [1] words’? [2] 14 For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it. 15 In a dream, in … More December 12 Job 33:12-33
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 33, our Bible reading passage today 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 … More A challenge to Job
December 11 Job 33:1-11 (ESV) 33:1 “But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words. 2 Behold, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks. 3 My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely. 4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath … More December 11 Job 33:1-11
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: “I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you. I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’ But it is … More No necessary connection between a wizened face and a wise heart
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