Category: Read Through The Bible

[:en]Bildad emphasized the justice of God with the right doctrine.  But his thinking was based on a traditionalist’s view that limited God’s freedom to exercise what He wanted to do.  He argued from nature that for every effect, there is a cause.  Since God is just, so Job’s suffering must have a cause and that… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Job 8[:]

[:en]Job talked to God about the futility of his life.  He asked God to either pardon his sins or take his life so that he could find peace.  But God’s thought is beyond anyone’s comprehension. Instead of arguing with people who are hurting, give them encouragement.  Say words that heal (Prov. 12:18) and refresh (Prov.… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Job 7[:]

[:en]Job’s friends did not help him carry his burden.  We must bear one another’s burden (Gal. 6:22) and heal one another’s wounds (Luke 10:25-37)[:]

[:en]Eliphaz closed his speech by telling Job to seek God, submit and accept his correction (v. 17) so that God would bless him again.  His suggestion had the same theology that the devil had –  that Job does not fear God for nothing, – that blessings can be expected from God for the upright.[:]

[:en]Instead of encouraging a hurting friend, Eliphaz was accusing Job of not practising what he preached (vs. 1-6).  He told Job that sinners always reap what they sow (vs. 7-11), suggesting that Job was suffering because of his own fault.  He maintained that God will only destroy those who did evil and sow troubles.  The… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Job 4[:]

[:en]Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.[:]

[:en]On another day, Satan afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.  His wife told him to curse God and die.  But he replied:  “You are talking like a foolish woman.  Shall we accept good from God and not trouble?” (v. 10) When Job’s three friends: … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Job 2[:]

[:en]Job was upright and blameless. He had 7 sons and e daughters.  He was a wealthy and the greatest man among all the people of the East. (vs. 1-3).  One day, the Lord said to Satan.:  “Have you considered my servant Job?  There is no one on earth like him.   He is blameless and upright,… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Job 1[:]