A transparent examination of motives, purpose and conscience gives rise to Job’s next defense of his integrity...
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May I Present My Case to God? | Tom J. Nettles
“Having given an account of his conduct concerning his accountability to the second table of the commandments, Job now looks at his awareness of the accountability set forth in the first table.”
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself: Job 31 Continued | Tom J. Nettles
Job claims honesty in all his dealings with others (31:5-8). Job now begins a series of possible conditions...
Live with Righteousness, Even When Life is Upside-Down | Tom J. Nettles
Here in the finale of Job’s last appeal for a hearing with God, he lays out his case that he is willing...
God is Wise, and Hidden, and Revealed | Tom J. Nettles
Job mocks the repetitive irrelevance of the presentations of his comforters. He particularly derides the speech of Bildad for his restatement of the obvious that God is more powerful than his creatures. With seething sarcasm, Job quips, “How you have helped him who has no power!” Just telling me that God is stronger than I is neither enlightening nor particularly insightful in expanding our understanding of the ways of God with his creatures.
A Panting Soul | Tom J. Nettles
In spite of these appearances, however, Job is convinced that evil persons eventually will be cut off (24, 25), even as he knows that he eventually will be vindicated (23:10). More convinced than ever is Job that his Redeemer lives.
Were Adam and Eve Saved? | Ben Carlson
Adam and Eve heard from the mouth of God the first promise of the gospel in Genesis 3:15. But did they believe in it? Did they receive and rest their souls in the promise that the Redeemer would be sent into the world to destroy the devil and reverse the curse and bring in everlasting blessedness?
Write My Words | Tom J. Nettles
*Editor's Note: This is the ninth installment in a 9-part series on the book of Job by Dr. Tom J. Nettles. As more...
If God Be For Us | Tom J. Nettles
*Editor's Note: This is the eighth installment in a 9-part series on the book of Job by Dr. Tom J. Nettles. As more...
If God Be Against Us | Tom J. Nettles
*Editor's Note: This is the seventh installment in a 9-part series on the book of Job by Dr. Tom J. Nettles. As more...