Job asks "Why me? I am a good guy. I did everything right."
God says "Have a lesson in natural history, dude."
Bible Study - the Book of Job
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God says "Have a lesson in natural history, dude."
Not to worry. No one has said that.
God calls lot of folks righteous even though they are not perfectly sinless.
"...that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."
Matthew 5:45
And the God of Jesus does not play favorites.
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God gives Job a science exam in Ch. 38
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Yes... I agree.*Tambora said:
But, I'm wondering how the ancients knew, or could know, proper doctrine without scripture. When we are confronted with beliefs that seem a wee bit off, we turn to scripture.*
A unique situation.Tambora said:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/magazine/04FOB-onlanguage-t.html?referrer=&_r=0
Tambora said:
Yes...I agree again.*
I feel a little uneasy with people who attribute everything to supernatural causes. IE 'God gave me a parking spot right where I wanted one'.*
I don't know if it is self-righteousness but Job said he has no sin.
And God said he has no sin and godly man.
He said he had no hidden sin, all his sins were out in the open before God and pardoned.
His friends insisted that there MUST be some hidden thing in Job for it has been known since whenever that God punishes sin with all the various woes that seemed to be heaped on Job.
The question was and is did Job love God only in order to gain God's protection and blessing. ?
Job cries against his friends argument "where would ANYbody be if God were to put them under a magnifying glass"
1Mind1Spirit
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The problem is folks start out with that in mind then they begin to think they can make super natural things happen by the decisions they make.
Why be uneasy.
Rest from yer own works and trust him.
Pray for quickening and to be lead by the Spirit.
There is peace after being tried in the fire.
Didn't God restore Job?
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Interplanner
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My favorite summary of Job comes from my main pastor in life:
Will a man remain loyal to God when there is no apparent advantage to do so?
Will a man remain loyal to God when there is no apparent advantage to do so?
Chapter 17
Chapter 17
Job continues his discourse.
Job appeals to the grave for relief. Not only for relief of his grief for the loss of his children, relief from destitution for the loss of livestock, and relief from physical pain; but also for relief of his mockers (his so-called "friends").
Job knows that the grave waits for everyone.
Perhaps he had not reflected on the benefits that death can bring before now. Perhaps now he can actually see a beauty in death itself.
The body must die for the seed within to germinate into a new life, a new creation.
Chapter 17
Job continues his discourse.
Job appeals to the grave for relief. Not only for relief of his grief for the loss of his children, relief from destitution for the loss of livestock, and relief from physical pain; but also for relief of his mockers (his so-called "friends").
Job 17 KJV
(1) My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
(2) Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
(1) My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
(2) Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Job knows that the grave waits for everyone.
Perhaps he had not reflected on the benefits that death can bring before now. Perhaps now he can actually see a beauty in death itself.
John 12 KJV
(24) Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
(24) Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
The body must die for the seed within to germinate into a new life, a new creation.
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I think he did after Job realized God was not obligated to do so. Job 41:11, quoted in Rom 11:34 to show that God is not obligated to do anything for Israel as such.
Do you believe God answers prayer?
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Tolerance = indifference? Example? The 1.5% are quite passionate about their cause to be tolerated. They are the opposite of indifferent.
? What you just asked me doesn't apply to what i addressed in any way.
I didn't say anything about tolerance or indifference.
Go back, read the quote i responded to.
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sorry my question was for Angel4Truth about her slogan
indifference as a synonym.
tolerate
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of TOLERATE
1
to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference
I am using real word definitions, not liberal redefinitions of words for pop culture. The first and primary meaning of the word tolerate is indifference.