Job continues his response to Bildad. No matter what his friends say, Job will NOT admit to doing wrong. “I hold fast to my righteousness” (verse 6a). All the arguments thrown at Job have done nothing to his confidence. He has searched his own heart and finds nothing there to condemn him. He will NOT […]
Job responds back to Bildad. He does NOT find any help in Bildad’s words. Who does he think he is speaking for anyway?! Disgusted with Bildad’s ‘instructions’, Job becomes sarcastic. “You have been SO helpful! I can’t imagine why I didn’t see it myself; NOT!” But his disgust doesn’t end there. His next question should […]
Bildad is ready for round three with Job. Instead of arguing Job’s sin, Bildad makes a blanket statement; NO man is pure! I can find no fault in this statement. On his own, man is NOT pure. Paul writes to the Romans, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans […]
In answer to Eliphaz Job stresses two things. 1) He doesn’t know what God is doing; and 2) God appoints the times for all things. Job’s answer to Eliphaz starts out with him saying that he would like to have a face to Face with God so he could argue his case, but he can’t […]
NO more thinly veiled references. Job’s friend Eliphaz straight out says “YOU are wicked!” And he has a list of FALSE accusations he charges Job with. Up to this point, Job’s friends have been telling him he must have done something wrong in order to receive the ‘judgment of God’ that he is suffering under. […]
