In other words, Job was saying, ‘God does not care whether a man is
innocent or not. I thought that God would help me because of my good
deeds. But in fact, I am suffering as an evil person deserves to
suffer. So when I did these good deeds, I was wasting my time.’
Elihu disagreed. This was a stupi... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
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CHAPTER 35
ELIHU CONTINUES TO DISCUSS THE SPEECHES
A MAN’S BEHAVIOUR DOES NOT AFFECT GOD
V1 Elihu added:
V2 Job, tell me whether thi... [ Continue Reading ]
Christians do not do good deeds in order to impress God. And we do not
pretend that our actions will change God’s attitudes. Whatever we
do, God remains the same (Hebrews 13:6). God is always good. God is
always kind. God is always fair.
Perhaps Job imagined that, because of his good deeds, he woul... [ Continue Reading ]
It seems as if Job had forgotten the reason for his good deeds (Job
29:12-17). Job did these things because he was a servant of God (Job
1:8). A servant carries out his master’s work. And Job was doing
God’s work.
Every Christian should do good deeds, because we are servants of God
(James 1:1).
We... [ Continue Reading ]
In Job 24:1-12, Job spoke about the poor people who were suffering
because of their cruel rulers. And Job complained that God was not
helping these people. Elihu’s answer to Job was in two parts:
• Perhaps those poor people did not deserve to suffer (Job
34:23-28). Whenever they cried, they prayed... [ Continue Reading ]
Job too had been complaining about God. Job was not thanking God for
his good gifts. Instead, Job was constantly arguing that he himself
was innocent. He was constantly insisting that God should help him.
Job was acting as if God deserved blame for Job’s troubles. This was
a terrible error.
God was... [ Continue Reading ]