Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 28, our Bible reading passage for today: 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 … More Seeking true wisdom
December 5 Job 28 (ESV) 28:1 “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold that they refine. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore. 3 Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness. 4 He … More December 5 Job 28
December 4 Job 27 (ESV) Job Continues: I Will Maintain My Integrity 27:1 And Job again took up his discourse, and said: 2 “As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, 3 as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my … More December 4 Job 27
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger helps us understand Job 25-26 (in our Bible reading plan today): 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 … More Like trains passing on parallel tracks
December 3 Job 25-26 (ESV) Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous 25:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: 2 “Dominion and fear are with God; [1] he makes peace in his high heaven. 3 Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise? 4 How then can man be in the right before God? … More December 3 Job 25-26
In Job 24, in our reading plan today, 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 … More For a little while…
December 2 Job 24 (ESV) 24:1 “Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days? 2 Some move landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them. 3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. 4 They thrust the poor … More December 2 Job 24
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. Job 23:10 (Job 23 in our reading plan today) Job knew that God could find him anywhere, even when it appeared that he couldn’t find God. Deep down, Job knew the truth. The truth had just … More Tested and purified
December 1 Job 23 (ESV) Job Replies: Where Is God? 23:1 Then Job answered and said: 2 “Today also my complaint is bitter; [1] my hand is heavy on account of my groaning. 3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would lay my case before him and … More December 1 Job 23
In Job 22:5, (in our reading plan today) Eliphaz, one of Job’s “friends” says to him “Is not your evil abundant? There is no end to your iniquities.” Hmmm, probably not the best example for us to follow when visiting a friend who is suffering! Can we learn something from Job’s friends about how to … More Many people are helped just by the loving presence of another
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