“How then will you comfort me with empty nothings? There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood.” Job 21:34 John Piper in a transcript from the radio program, “Ask Pastor John:” The big picture of Job is that there was a man who was, in one sense, blameless in God’s sight. He was leading … More Misapplied Theology and the Big Picture
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) Ray Stedman, in a sermon, “Why Doesn’t … More Ever had to file your theology in the wastebasket because it did not fit what you’re going through?
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 Here … More My Redeemer Lives!
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger: One thing is now becoming clear–Job, the sufferer, is now longing to probe deeper into the mysteries of God’s providence, while Job’s friends focus entirely on the their distorted views of the suffering of the wicked. Bildad is clearly resentful of Job’s low estimate of his three friends’ theological abilities.Whereas Eliphaz tried … More Bildad: Distorted views on suffering
A long post today, but with three points: We know what neither Job nor his friends know–that Job’s trial by ordeal does not stem from some secret sin in Job’s life, but comes about because God called Satan’s attention to this man Job, who is the apple of God’s eye. Job acknowledges that he is a sinner. … More Suffering, Sin, Satan and a Saviour
Sam Storms comments on Eliphaz’s Second Speech (Job 15) A rebuke – 15:1-16 1. For Job’s irreverent talk – vv. 1-6 He ridicules Job, insisting that his words flow from a belly filled with hot air rather than from his mind or heart, the center of reason. “You have belched out useless words that will … More Who’s full of hot air? Job or his friends?
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments: Job is not finished. In Job 13:13-19 Job utters what amounts to a confession of faith, “Keep silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may. Why do I put myself in jeopardy and take my life in my hands? Though he slay me, yet will I hope … More Job and the Greater Job
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger comments on Job 11: In Zophar’s estimation, Job refuses to see the obvious. Even if Job were granted what he requests–an open debate with God–God’s justice would consume him immediately. Job is an exaggerator and an impatient man. But Zophar has missed Job’s point and now mocks his friend. What Zophar cannot grasp is that … More Job 11: More self-righteous lectures from “friends”
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger on the second half of Job 9: Beginning in 9:25, Job describes his situation as a sign of God’s condemnation. He is not a man like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court. If only there were someone to arbitrate between us, to lay his … More Job needs a mediator
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger on Job 8: This brings us to cycle one, round two, and the speech from Bildad and Job’s response. Bildad picks up where Eliphaz left off. Utterly insensitive to Job’s lament and his defense against Eliphaz’s accusation, Bildad doggedly returns to the theme of divine justice, even calling Job a windbag in … More Job and Friends: Round Two
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