November 25 Job 22 (ESV) Eliphaz Speaks: Job’s Wickedness Is Great 22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: 2 “Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right, or is it gain to him if you … More November 25 Job 22
“How then will you comfort me with empty nothings? There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood.” Job 21:34 (in our Bible reading plan today.) John Piper in an episode of “Ask Pastor John:” The big picture of Job is that there was a man who was, in one sense, blameless in God’s sight. … More Piper: “It’s very hard to navigate your way through those chapters and determine what is true and what is not”
November 24 Job 21:22-34 (ESV) 22 Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those who are on high? 23 One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure, 24 his pails [1] full of milk and the marrow of his bones moist. 25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of prosperity. 26 They … More November 24 Job 21:22-34
November 24 Daniel 9 (ESV) Daniel’s Prayer for His People 9:1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the … More November 24 Daniel 9
One dies in full prosperity being wholly at ease and secure, his body full of fat and the marrow of his bones moist. Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of good. They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.” (Job 21:22-26, part of our Bible reading plan today) … More Where to file “God-in-a-box” theology
November 23 Job 21:1-21 (ESV) Job Replies: The Wicked Do Prosper 21:1 Then Job answered and said: 2 “Keep listening to my words, and let this be your comfort. 3 Bear with me, and I will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient? … More November 23 Job 21:1-21
Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, though he is loath to let it go and holds it in his mouth, yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the venom of cobras within him. —Job 20:12-14, part of our Bible reading plan Sam Storms comments: … More It may taste good now…
November 22 Job 20 (ESV) Zophar Speaks: The Wicked Will Suffer 20:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: 2 “Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me. 3 I hear censure that insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me. 4 Do you not know this from of old, since man was … More November 22 Job 20
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me! Job 19:25-27 As … More For I know that my Redeemer lives
November 21 Job 19 (ESV) Job Replies: My Redeemer Lives 19:1 Then Job answered and said: 2 “How long will you torment me and break me in pieces with words? 3 These ten times you have cast reproach upon me; are you not ashamed to wrong me? 4 And even if it be true that I have erred, my … More November 21 Job 19
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