Job has shown that he can speak of God's working in the world; the
friends, however, offer an apology for God, which He Himself must
reject. I am not inferior to you in knowledge, says Job (Job 13:2).
But I would speak and reason with God this you do not understand (Job
13:3). The friends had failed... [ Continue Reading ]
Job turns to plead his cause with God. He will speak whatever it costs
(Job 13:13). This also, he says, shall be my deliverance, that a
godless man will not come before Him. Job means that his deliverance
must come, not as the friends say, from submission and confession, but
from courageous self-def... [ Continue Reading ]