While God might use sufferings as punishment for sins, (See 1 Corinthians 11:30) sufferings can also be used as correction when a believer errs or for chastisement to draw the godly person closer to God. This last one is what… Read More ›
Month: September 2012
The One Way Conversation – Job 13:1-28
When we pray to the Lord we usually just talk one way. We talk and God listens. God also wants us to listen and He mostly talks back to us through His Word. We need to pray and read God’s… Read More ›
The Gospel According To Job – Job 8-9
Job’s friends present to the mind of Job a distorted image of God. God is a god who is torturing Job for crimes he doesn’t realised he has committed. Job’s three friends are letting fly their poison arrows. Eliphaz is… Read More ›
The Final Exam – Job 38-40
Job is about to subjected to an exam to which he does not have any answers. God is going to put to an exam by God. Job finally gets what he wanted, an audience with God to state his case…. Read More ›
How to Stand When You Don’t Understand – Job
As you go through life, you will find many things that will not make sense to you. You may turn to God and ask why. And that just might be the time when heaven will be absolutely silent. Job was… Read More ›
How Great Is Our God – Job 25-28
The consistent theme throughout the book of Job is God. The three friends of Job are trying to use God for their own purposes. They have decided that God needs to be defended and they need to defame Job. Job… Read More ›
Helping The Hurting – Job 4-7
Sometimes your “friend” can be your enemy. Job’s three “friends” and his wife did their best to get Job down. They came close to wearing Job out. They are doing the work of the enemy. Much of Job is about… Read More ›
God, My Enemy – Job 15-17
Job’s wife and friends had turned on him, becoming his worse critics. As Job’s losses accumulate, he becomes lower in his despair. It is the friends that really bring him down. As Job maintains his innocence, his “friends” maintain their… Read More ›
False Accusations – Job 20-21
Job suffers for reasons he does not know and never does find out. He has been slandered by his “friends” and yet he maintains his faith in God. There have been many false accusations in the Bible. Joseph – He… Read More ›
Dealing With Depression – Job 3:1-26
Some of the godliest men in the Bible and in church history have suffered great depths of depression in their lives. Job, Elijah and Moses all broke under the strain of their ministry and prayed that they might die. This… Read More ›
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