Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 35: In the opening words of chapter 35, Elihu continues to speak to Job, asking him to think about his charge that God has not vindicated him. “Then Elihu said: `Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I will be cleared by God.’ Yet you ask him, ‘What … More Proceed with caution
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger continues the commentary on Job 34: God gives all life. God judges with perfect righteousness. He knows all the facts. He does nothing capriciously or improperly. Job needs to consider this matter carefully, since he claims to believe this, as do his friends. To even question God’s goodness is folly. In verse 29 Elihu … More Sometimes it is better to just keep your mouth shut
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 … More Consider God’s Righteousness
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 … More “You want a trial–I’ll give you a trial!”
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger on Job 30: Men who are regarded like dogs by polite society, now look down on Job. His present predicament and degree of suffering is almost beyond words. But what is worse, Job feels as though he’s been abandoned by God. In verses 16-23, Job cries out, “and now my life ebbs away; … More Riddlebarger: Cut Job some slack.
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 … More Pain, Providence and Promises
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 … More Where to go on your quest for wisdom
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 … More Trains passing on parallel tracks
In Job 24, we see that Job does not understand how God can allow the strong to exploit the weak? When will judgment come? Why? When? How? Kim Riddlebarger comments in a sermon on this section of Job: None of this fits with Job’s hope in a coming redeemer. It is not until we come … More Thinking out loud
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. Job 23:10 Job knows that God can find him anywhere, even when it appeared that he couldn’t find God. Deep down, Job knows the truth. The truth has just been obscured by the trials and tribulations … More As a refiner purifies gold
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