SCRIPTURE; JOB 27
AND JOB CONTINUED HIS DISCOURSE: (vs. 1-23)
JOB MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE AND INTEGRITY:
- As long as I have life within me, the breath of of God in my nostrils, my lip will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will utter no deceit. (vs. 3-4)
- I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity. (v. 5)
- I will maintain my righteousness and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live. (v. 6)
THE FATE GOD ALLOTS TO THE WICKED:
- However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat. 9v. 14)
- The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for him. (v. 15)
- Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay, what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver. (vs. 16-17)_
- The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman. (v. 18)
- He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone. (v. 19)
- Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night. (v. 20)
- The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it weeps him out of his place. (v. 21)
- It hurts itself against him without mercy as he flees head long from its power. (v. 22)
- It claps it hands in derision and hisses him out of his place. (v. 23)
THOUGHTS:
In the midst of all the accusations, Job was able to declare that his conscience was clear. Like Job, we cannot claim sinless lives but when we confess our sins to God, we can claim forgiven lives and live with clear conscience.
Job described the judgments of the wicked man but he did not say that he was wicked and deserved those punishments. He continuously pleaded for God to vindicate him.