Something We Can Learn From Job.

 

Today's Verse is 42:3

     Who is he that hideth counsel

      Without knowledge?

      Therefore have I uttered that I understood not;

      Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

    Having read Job once again, and still not understanding it in full, what can I, what can we, conclude with certainty? First, that I, unlike God, do not know everything; therefore, as Solomon has counseled: Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. Also, no matter how righteous I may think I am, did not Job’s testimony compare to Paul’s while he was a Pharisee, of which, Paul gave this testimony, Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ. And so, continuing with Solomon’s Counsel: In all thy ways acknowledge him, / And he shall direct thy paths. And in doing this we shall find that among the first steps is finding that God is just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Will you join me on this journey? Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 40-42

Monday’s reading will be Genesis 12-15

How To Avoid Speaking Without Knowledge

 

Today's Verse is Job 38:2

     Who is this that darkeneth counsel

      By words without knowledge?

    While Job’s three counsellors are included in this rebuke, Job himself is its primary target. I am amazed at the things we can find in this book. In the book of Revelation of Jesus Christ the Gospel is called the everlasting Gospel, and we can find it in this book: He looketh upon men, and if any say, /I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, / And it profited me not: /He will deliver his soul from going to the pit, / and his life shall see the light. We can see how Job knew the truth yet still did not see his own transgression. And we also see how God, with Lovingkindness, brought Job to a place where he could repent, and we see him repenting. So, let us learn from this, and as Job testified, yet still stumbled, esteem the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. For if we do this, then we as Job, will be made to stand before that Holy One in the day of judgment with the congregation of the righteous. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 38-39

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 40-42

Understanding The Events Of Nature.

 

Today's Verse is Job 37:22

     Fair weather cometh out of the north:

      With God is terrible majesty.

    Which will you believe, the prognostication of Man, claiming the knowledge of science (talk about redundancy,) or God’s Word? The verse above is in the context of God using the weather both as a means of Judgment and of blessing: He causeth it to come, whether for correction, /Or for his land, or for mercy. Therefore, when we see these terrible storms which cause much damage, let us lay it at him who is Righteous. Do not they which propagandize these events to gain their own ends say that it is our [man’s] fault? To this I agree, for we have transgressed and forgotten the very one who has made us, and his wrath is Just! Therefore, let us Repent, and turn to the one that made us, that we may escape his wrath which is to come. Has he not already paid our price? Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 35-37

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 38-39

Driven To Speak At The Appropriate Time.

 

Today's Verse is Job 32:8

     But there is a spirit in man:

      And the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

    We need to pay attention to Elihu’s reasons for speaking and take notice of his patience before speaking, hearing the whole matter before shewing his own opinion. If you will not in the context there is a drive to speak, even as Paul quotes David I believed, and therefore have I spoken. Even as Elihu has so justified his reasons for speaking up, being moved of God to give an answer, not of himself, but from God, that all might hear, and all might know the majesty of God, even as we have mentioned yesterday, God is just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Does your faith drive you to speak at the appropriate time? Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 32-34

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 35-37

How The Fear Of The Lord Ought To Affect Us

 

Today's Verse is Job 31:23

     For destruction from God was a terror to me,

      And by reason of his highness I could not endure.

    Before I comment of this verse itself, allow me to note that it is found in the context in which is described as Job being righteous in his own eyes and Job justifying himself rather than God, which appears to be the core of Job’s folly. And yet, this very declaration is the definition I have ascribed as being what is the Fear of the Lord. Yet another, by this very definition may very well shout unto the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb[.] Wherefore? because by this definition there is no consideration that it is because God forgives, is the reason God can be Feared. So at this time, let us remember that God is just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 29-31

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 32-34

What Do You Treasure Most?

 

Today's Verse is Job 28:1

     Surely there is a vein for the silver,

      And a place for gold where they fine it.

    God has set a place where some things that are valued can be found, and in the following discourse such things that most all value are listed, but then compared to that which ought to be valued above all (but there are those that beguiled by these others, fail to favor the best) and the difficulty in obtaining it. What is this thing that is to be more desired than gold, or precious stones? Even the Wisdom that comes from God, and can only be obtained by Fearing the Lord, and obeying him, that is departing from evil, which is understanding. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 24-28

Monday’s reading will be Job 29-31

Broken To Be Restored.

 

Today's Verse is Job 23:6

     Will he plead against me with his great power?

      No; but he would put strength in me.

    Let us compare this statement with what happened. When God showed up, he started asking questions which Job had no answers most of which we still have no answers, though we are beginning to see some as knowledge as God said would increase, and Job was humbled! Yet, in the end Job’s counselors had the greater shame, and having learned his lesson, Job was restored. Therefore, I believe we can say that Job was strengthened. Jesus told us we have a choice. Fall upon him and be broken, or end up with him falling upon us, grinding us to powder. One is the way of Life, the other the way of death. Will you fall upon Christ, that being broken you may be put back together Restored and Whole? Selah [Just think on this.] Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 21-23

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 24-28

Don't Lose Sight Of The Hope You Have In Jesus Christ!

 

Today's Verse is Job 17:15

     And where is now my hope?

      As for my hope, who shall see it?

    At this point Job is in despair, and he has forgotten the promise of his Saviour, and his “friend” choses at this time to remind him of all the things we expect God to do to the wicked, attempting to drive the despair home. This does not have the expected effect, for Job remembers his Hope. He remembers the promise of Resurrection. Do we not now know that when we are Resurrected that we shall also be changed, and our Salvation will then be complete? So that when trials (or as James calls them fiery trials) comes our way, truly let us count it all joy, or as Paul as admonished us: And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience; . . . For it is in these trying times that we truly learn of our God and his love for us, For even as he took our Place upon the Cross, he works in us to perfect the image of his Son in us that the world may see, and the world may know of his Love for them, even as he has made known to us his Love to us, not leaving us in our unnatural state. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 17-20

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 21-23

What To Remember When Things Are The Darkest.

 

Today's Verse is Job 16:21

     O that one might plead for a man with God,

      As a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

    During this reading we find that Job is in Despair and he loses sight of the ability of God to redeem, even though he has often rested upon this very thing, and the one that answers him, appears to go for the kill. I know that in my worst state, when comparing myself to others, even then, I could always find myself on top, even as we are warned of Paul: For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. But what then should we do? When all things appear to be dark, and there appears to be no hope, we remember the Works of God and what he has promised. For when we consider what God has already done, we will find that he is faithful to also do what he has promised. And do we not now know that if we place our trust in him, that we have an advocate with the Father, even as Job here desires? And even as Noah found Grace in the Lord’s Sight, even so can we, if we diligently seek him. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 14-16

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 17-20

When God Speaks In Judgment.

 

Today's Verse is Job 11:5

     But oh that God would speak,

      And open his lips against thee;

    And God granted him his request, but when he did, who was it that was not found wanting, but he that spoke for God? When Paul speaks of the Judgment of the Saints he proclaims: Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men[!] I, for one, am very glad that I have an advocate with the Father to speak for me on that day, and I am looking forward to seeing how all shall be made to work together for good, with the hope that, unlike Jonah, I also will rejoice to see that day. For I have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered me. Have You? Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 10-13

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 14-16

Dealing With Bitterness.

 

Today's Verse is Job 9:18

     He will not suffer me to take my breath,

      But filleth me with bitterness.

    I don’t at this time know if this is Job’s first error, but without a doubt to ascribe to God any bitterness we might be having is sure folly. It is amazing that Job in this passage is speaking of the very thing that he is later rebuked for, claiming rightly that we have no authority to find fault with God, just as Job is here claiming that it is to God we must answer, and he does not need to answer us. And yet, Job blames God for his bitterness! Have we not later been commanded to [l]et all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice[.] If so, then bitterness is our responsibility, and a sin which must be confessed. I have found in my life that bitterness was present because I blamed God, and when he opened my eyes to my own failings and weaknesses all cause of bitterness fled away. Therefore, let us follow after Solomon’s counsel and Trust in the Lord with all our hearts, and lean not unto our own understanding, /In all our ways acknowledge him, /And he shall direct our paths. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 6-9

Monday’s reading will be Job 10-13

Seeing The End Helps To Make All Understood.

 

Today's Verse is Job 1:1

THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 

    And so, we have the frame set. We have a man from all outward appearances is and upright and moral man, yet as we have been told elsewhere, God knows his heart, even more than he does himself, and just as you and I his heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked[.] And it is the purpose of this book, not only to shew us Job, but to be also a reflection on all of us. For even as Job was both humbled and then exalted in the end, so can we expect our God to do with us as well. Have you not heard, do you not know that he is like a refiner’s fire, and like a fullers' soap? And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: /And he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, /That they may offer unto the Lord and offering in righteousness. And as he had done with Job and the Levite, so will he do with all that he calls his Children even as we have been told: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and if we endure chastening, then we know as Job we also will be exalted. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 1-5

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 6-9

God's Word On Overpopulation

 

Today's Verse is Genesis 9:1

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 

    Question, do you allow the Word of God affect your opinion in all things? From time to time there are those that make the suggestion that the earth is overpopulated. Does God’s Word of anything to say to this? We have it right here, the second time God as commanded mankind to replenish [literally: fill] the earth, and God found it important enough to emphasize by repeating it again to Noah a second time: And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. To this date the closest God has given to anything that might look like a rescission of this command would be Paul’s personal counsel to remain single: I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. However, contrary to this, we have the promise given to Isaiah: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: /And the government shall be upon his shoulder: /And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, /The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. / Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end, . . . So, with the Hope of Christ’s Return, while there may be periods where we might wish to abstain, and as Jeremiah remained single, over all we have the command by God to continue and fill the Earth, to his Honor and Glory. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Genesis 8-11

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 1-5

Safe On The Ark

 

Today's Verse is Genesis 7:23

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 

    Currently there is much being made of all the storms and floods and even fires that are plaguing the earth throughout, and those that know not God (all of them by choice, whether they know it or not) are fearful that mankind is destroying the planet we live upon. Much of what they fear, Will. Not. Happen. But because we have rejected the one that made us, many of those things that such are afraid of will happen even as God has laid out for us. But even as he gave Noah, and those that heard him, a way to escape the Judgment God had sent in his day, so also has he given us a way to escape his coming wrath, even as he had Promised Adam and Eve, Jesus Christ having his heal bruised, crushed the head of the serpent, that we who have sinned, might have the opportunity to repent. Will you place your trust in him, coming as you are, but willing to have him change you for his Glory? Selah [Let not another day pass, before making this decision.] Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Genesis 4-7

Tomorrow’s reading will be Genesis 8-11

Aligning Ourselves To The Scriptures.

 

Today's verse is Gensis 1:2

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

    Much has been made of this verse, seeking to align what the Bible says with what Man has determined of the history of the world, as they try to deny that God is. So, others attempt to twist the scriptures so that they are in harmony with the godless timeline, even to trying to say, that this phrase “the earth was without form, and void;” shows that this was not the original creation because God later tells us: For thus saith the Lord that crated the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, He created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited[.] Yet, in doing this, they violate another doctrine, I would say even more important. Have we not been told, even as we have seen in today’s reading, Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for all have sinned[.] It was not till Adam had sinned that any creature had died, yet the very day he sinned, for his sin, a creature or creatures God slew, that both Adam and Eve might have a covering. So, to return, how long was the earth without form and void? The first day God also made light, then divided it from darkness, then the second day he separated the waters, and the third day he separated the dry ground from the waters and created the plants, and by this time it was no longer without form and void, and was beginning to be inhabited, though no living creatures yet existed. Let us not try to conform the scriptures our understanding, but rather our understanding to the scriptures. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Genesis 1-3

Tomorrow’s reading will be Genesis 4-7

Keeping The Sayings Of The Book

 

Today's Verse is Revelation 22:7

Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

    After nearly two thousand years after this Book has been given us, truly the scoffers say: Where is the promise of his coming? Even as Peter has said, and as Peter has told us they deny God as Creator, they deny the flood, and they deny God will come in Judgment, even as they pronounce regularly the end of the earth in just a few short years. Others say God has already Judged, ignoring the timeline he has given us through Daniel. Can you place where we are on the Line as interpreted by Daniel of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. And if these events have already taken place. Where are the Glorified Saints? Where is Ezekiel’s Temple? Therefore, let us remember, The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. So, we that are faithful, let us continue to Watch, for surly he is coming, and let us boldly proclaim, even preach the Gospel to all that will hear, that they, with us, may escape the wrath to come. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 40-42, Psalm 150, Revelation 22

Monday’s reading will be To Be Determined

It All Has A Purpose

 

Today's Verse is Job 37:13

     He causeth it to come, whether for correction,

      Or for his land, or for mercy.

    Whatever troubles may come, we have this assurance, God always has his purpose, and of this we may be confident, even the curse he placed upon the earth for man’s sake was out of mercy. Do I understand this? No, but I have met the Most High, and I have found that the Word he has given us is sufficient, both for Salvation and the beginning of understanding, and the more we experience of Him, the more we are able to understand and so the circle goes. So, will you Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; leaning not unto thine own understanding? And in doing this, will you also acknowledge him in all thy ways, knowing that he shall direct thy paths? Let us, therefore, so Fear God and give him the Glory in all things. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 37-39, Psalm 103, Revelation 21

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 40-42, Psalm 150, Revelation 22

Do You Ascribe To God, Righteousness?

 

Today's Verse is Job 36:3

     I will fetch my knowledge from afar,

      And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

    Let me ask you, what is your view of God? Do you seek to lift up yourself as his equal or his better? There is one that has done that, but we have the record and read it even today, even before God shall sit in judgment on the great white throne, the devil that deceived them was cast into the lade of fire and brimstone, and that is where he will be forever and ever more. Therefore, like Elihu, let us Ascribe righteousness to our Maker, for unlike him, we no longer have to fetch our knowledge from afar, for now we have God’s Word, and by it we can learn of God, and know him, and find that he truly is Worthy of receiving all the Glory. So, will you Glorify God as God? Even the God that made you for his pleasure? Who loved you enough to take your place upon the Cross, so that you as I, need not find ourselves in that Lake of Fire, which we so richly deserve. Will you Trust him today? Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 34-36, Revelation 20

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 37-39, Psalm 103, Revelation 21

Do You Know What Your Inheritance Is In God, And His In You?

 

Today's Verse is Job 31:2

     For what portion of God is there from above?

      And what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

    Again, we see Job this time asking a question for which he does not have an answer. But now we have been given a glimpse of the answer, both to our inheritance, and to the treasure that God sees in those he has redeemed. Has God not told Paul: The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if Children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Such is our hope of what God has for us, but God has also had Paul tell us, That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. Remember, we have been bought with a price, and what a great Price that was, and God himself has determined that that price was not paid in vain. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 31-33, Psalm 102, Revelation 19

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 34-36, Revelation 20

Come Out!

 

Today's Verse is Revelation 18:4

    Come out of her, my people,

    That ye be not partakers of her sins,

    And that ye receive not of her plagues.

    Do you know that before God could judge Sodom and Gomorrah and the other cities of the plain, that he had to force Lot to leave? And even the city that was spared for Lot’s sake, displayed no gratitude that they were spared? Know you not that we have been called to be Holy, even as he is Holy? And that we that are in Jesus Christ are sanctified? What is it to be sanctified, if not to be Holy? And what is it to be Holy? The simplest definition of Holy is separated. Separated from sin, separated from the world. And while we are in the world we are not to be identified with the world, and there are times when we need to depart, even as Jesus Christ had commanded us, But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another[.] For there comes a time when they are no longer affected by us, and lest we be affected of them we are to leave, that God may be free to bring the judgment that is needed. Did you know, that sometimes, such a testimony is enough to bring a few with you even as you leave? For our job is not to reform, but to bring the Good News, even the Gospel to those that will hear, and to teach them sound Doctrine that they with us might walk pleasing to our God. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 28-30, Revelation 18

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 31-33, Psalm 102, Revelation 19

Do You Believe You Can Be Justified With God?

 

Today's Verse is Job 25:4

     How then can man be justified with God?

      Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

    I can just hear the sarcasm and bitterness and lack of hope as Bildad the Shuhite spoke this question as a statement, even as I have heard it from many today. Yet, then they have promise God gave to Adam and Eve: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. And to show that this was understood, it has been claimed by historians that there is a near universal “myth” of a god dying for his people and rising up again, even as Jesus Christ did for us when he surrendered to the Cross, and rising up the third day, proving that he is the Son of God with power. So, because there is forgiveness with God, he can be feared, as we through his Work on the Cross when he shed his blood for us that at one time had been his enemies, can now through him have a sure Hope of eternal life through Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Have you placed your trust in him? Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 24-27, Revelation 17

Monday’s reading will be Job 28-30, Revelation 18

Understanding What Is The Wrath Of God.

 

Today's Verse is Revelation 16:1

And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. 

    There are those who say when reading, which delivered us from the wrath to come[,] say that this is speaking of Hell, or more specifically the lake of fire, of which all that experience the torment of Hell will be also “enjoying,” as this is the final part of the third woe, only a fool would desire it. However, the third woe does not begin here, but on Earth when God fulfills what Paul spoke of when he said, What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: For it is with these vials which are filled with God’s Wrath of which Paul speaks of when he said we shall be delivered from the wrath to come, but consider also the example of Lot and Peter’s conclusion: The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. Don’t let your pride deceive you. Jesus Christ has paid our price in full, and those that are his before he begins his Judgment of the Earth, he will call Home, even as he has promised: Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Will you take God at his word? Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 21-23, Psalm 101, Revelation 16

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 24-27, Revelation 17

How To Counsel, Not Knowing Everything.

 

Today's Verse is Job 18:2

     How long will it be ere ye make an end of words?

      Mark, and afterwards we will speak.

    Both sides are weary, Job with his friends seeking to find fault, a reason for all these things that have befallen Job, and even then, not really hearing Job as he time and again, not only confesses sin in general, but also confesses his hope of redemption, even as he does once again in answer to this latest jibe. Let this be a lesson for us, for even when we shall see him face to face, and not through a glass darkly, knowing O so much more than we know now, will we ever know all that God knows? I think not! So, when giving counsel, let us practice humility, for we know, that only God knew what was happening in Job’s case. Not Job, not his friends, not even Satan who had accused him, Only God. Therefore, as we have been counseled by Paul: Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. Unless we see the open sin (which we should rebuke without fail,) let us remain silent, only encouraging our brethren whatever befall them to keep their Trust him until his purpose is made known, and all shall see God Glorified by what he had done. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Job 18-20, Psalm 141, Revelation 15

Tomorrow’s reading will be Job 21-23, Psalm 101, Revelation 16