“Lord – The eternal word, Jehovah, the same who spake from mount Sinai. Answered – Out of a dark and thick cloud, from which he sent a tempestuous wind, as the harbinger of his presence. In this manner God appears and speaks to awaken Job and his friends, to the more serious attention to his words; and to testify his displeasure both against Job, and them, that all of them might be more deeply humbled and prepared to receive, and retain the instructions which God was about to give them.” John Wesley
“Job 38:1-18
DIVINE POWER AND HUMAN IGNORANCE
When the storm had ceased and the thunder was hushed, a voice spoke out of the golden splendor of the sky. See Job_37:21-22. Job had challenged God to answer him and now he is taken at his word. We recall Horeb’s ancient cave, where, after wind and earthquake,
there came a sound of gentle stillness. “Arise,” said the Eternal to Job, “and gird thyself,” Job_38:3. In after years, under similar circumstances, the Spirit entered Ezekiel to strengthen him. Surely some such strengthening was forthwith given the patriarch! A sublime series of questions is now addressed to him, not by a God of judgment and wrath, but by a Father arguing and pleading with His child and pointing out two things: first, the inability of mortal man to understand the ways of God; and second, the minuteness and tenderness of God’s providence. Job had thought of Him as remote, but He is near and is ordering all things wisely and lovingly. Can He forget His child?” FB Meyer
The following insight comes from the Life in the Spirit Study Bible, Donald Stamps:
respond with His presence, comfort, and Word. (3) The most important aspect in our relationship with God is not an intellectual understanding of all God’s ways, but the experience and reality of His divine presence and the assurance that all is right between ourselves and God. In fellowship with God we can endure any trial we are called upon to undergo.”“Job 38:3 GIRD UP NOW THY LOINS LIKE A MAN. God’s words to Job are remarkable both for what they say and do not say. (1) Amazingly, Job was never told why he suffered. He never learned that his suffering involved such grave matters as the integrity and vindication of God’s redemptive work among the fallen human race (1:8-9). God’s silence in this area indicates that the why of Job’s suffering was not the most important issue at stake. (2) Also God did not refer to the careless and extreme statements that Job uttered in his speeches. God did not severely rebuke him or hold his foolishness against him. He understood and sympathizes with Job’s suffering and weighed his words and feelings with compassion.
“Job 38:4 THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH. God’s speeches dealt entirely with the natural world of creation and nature. He described the mystery and complexity of the universe and revealed that His method of ruling the world is far beyond our ability to comprehend. God wanted Job to understand that His activity in the world of nature is analogous to His rule in the moral and spiritual order of the universe, and that complete understanding of God’s ways will never be found in this life. But the book of Job does reveal that when all truth is finally known, God’s ways and actions will be seen as just and righteous.”
“Job 38:4 DECLARE, IF THOU HAS UNDERSTANDING. God reproved Job for speaking without knowledge (v. 2) and humbled him by making his suffering servant realize that human reasoning is no match for the infinite and eternal God (cf. 40:1-5). Without rejecting Job’s claims to moral integrity, God called into question Job’s suggestion that He might not be ruling the world justly (e.g. chs. 21; 24). But God went on to assure Job that in his dialogues with the counselors, he had spoken rightly about God (42:7). In other words, God considered Job’s error in judgment as stemming from a lack of understanding, not a failure in faith or in sincere love for his Lord.”
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10 Truths to Behold in Isaiah 41:10 [podcast]
“Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not
cast thee away. 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee:
be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen
thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold
thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
Isaiah 41:9-10
There are 10 truths to behold in Isaiah 41:10:
• “Thou art my servant”
• “I have chosen thee”
• “and not cast thee away”
• “Fear thou not”
• “I am with thee”
• “be not dismayed”
• “for I am thy God”
• “I will strengthen thee”
• “I will help thee”
• “I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness”
The soul that prospers is that one who clings to, trusts in and
relies upon Christ alone, day by day, walking ever nearer to
the soon coming Savior. He is with us and promises to “never
leave thee, nor forsake thee”—that is, for those who abide
with Christ (Hebrews 13:5).
1 Peter 1
“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Prayer: Dear LORD, thank You for helping me today, and
continuing the good work of salvation You began in me the
moment You saved me. In Jesus’ name, amen.
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“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness (license to sin), and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude 3-4
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“Thy prophets (false leaders) have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered (exposed) thine iniquity (have not uncovered your sin), to turn away thy captivity (to get you set free from it); but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment (ultimate termination into hell).” Lamentations 2:14
COUNTERFEITS who hide behind their OSAS fairy tale HATE this biblical reality and are willing to call the LORD a liar in order to retain this heresy – “And he that overcometh, and KEEPETH my works UNTO THE END, to him will I give power over the nations:” (Revelation 2:26)
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