Then Satan answered the [f]Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing? Job 1:9 NASB For nothing – How many times have you been tempted to make a deal with God? Your theology tells you that God isn’t amenable to bargaining, but that doesn’t stop the semi-emotional push to win His favor. After all, doesn’t a good God…
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The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.” Job 1:8 NASB No one – God lifts the veil. Job is happily—and righteously—going about his life, being the faithful servant he desires to be. It’s God who draws…
Now there was a day when the [b]sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and [c]Satan also came among them. Job 1:6 NASB Satan – A few footnotes tells you that the phrase “sons of God” and the noun “Satan” are modern interpretations of the ancient ambiguous Hebrew text. A lot of milage has been…
When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send word to them and consecrate them, getting up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did so continually. Job 1:5 NASB Continually – Literally, “all the…
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. Job 1:1 NASB Blameless – Job certainly must be fiction. How else could we possibly understand the description of a man who is blameless, upright, and God-fearing? Does such a man really exist? The…
You are to keep My statutes. You shall not cross-breed two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment of two kinds of material mixed together. Leviticus 19:19 NASB You shall not wear a material of wool and linen combined together. Deuteronomy 22:11 NASB Two…
So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. John 8:36 NASB Free – Why does the biblical worldview seem so impossible to put into practical application? How can Yeshua say that we should not worry about tomorrow, that we should constantly forgive, that we are not to calculate the requests and demands…
“But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’” Luke 14:18 NIV Excuses – Let’s see if we can list those holy-sounding excuses we use to not serve God. I have to wait for an open door. …
