Bob Feather January 19th, 2008

English Language Bible Study Guide for January 19, 2008

Job 28

1-11: Look around and you will find many things here and there across the earth.

12-28: But where can you find wisdom?

In these words Job sounds much like wise Solomon in the Book of Proverbs.

Proverbs 1:7  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 9:10  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

13-19: What is wisdom worth? What would you pay for wisdom?

20: What is the source of wisdom?

23: God!

Consider these Biblical doxologies:

1Timothy 1:17  Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Jude 1:25  To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Throughout our lives many people are presented to us as wise; but Job, along with Solomon and David (and all believers through the ages) has the understanding that true wisdom is with the one who knows God.

Psalm 111:10  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments:

Job 29

Job longs for “the good old days.”

• 2: when God preserved me
• 3: when God’s light brightened my path
• 4: when as a youth I knew God’s presence
• 5: when my children were alive
• 6: when I enjoyed prosperity
• 7-11: when I was held in high reputation by all men
• 12-13: when I helped the poor and orphans
• 14: when I was clothed in righteousness and justice
• 15: when I ministered to the blind and the lame
• 16: when I sought the truth
• 17: when I crusaded against the wicked
• 18: when I could have died in peace after many days
• 19: when my influence was widespread
• 21-23: when men listened to everything I had to say
• 24: when I could joke with people
• 25: when men listened to my advice

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Bob Feather January 18th, 2008

English Language Bible Study Guide for January 18, 2008

Here end the remarks of Job’s friends who have missed the mark of comforting Job in his grief; and here begins Job’s lengthy soliloquy (chapters 26-31).

Job 25

If you have trouble following Bildad’s reasoning, you are not alone.

2: Yes, God commands and instills fear in men.

3: No, we cannot count God’s servants; and there is no place where God’s light does not shine.

4: But what these questions have to do with the question about how a man might be justified with God remains to be seen.

For sure we know that a man is justified not by works, but by faith.

Romans 3:28  Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

5: Even the bright lights of the heavens are not so glorious as God.

6: Man is but a worm in God’s sight.

Psalm 22:6  But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

(Note that the above verse refers to Christ! Bildad didn’t know what he was talking about.)

Job 26

In the next six chapters, Job is free of the badgering of his friends, free to ponder many ideas.

2-3: You, my friends, have done me no good.

4: Where did you get these ideas? Who have you been speaking to?

5-14: God is powerfully in control of all things, including hell (verse 6) and the crooked serpent (verse 13).

Little did Job know then how right he was.

Doctrinal note: See that Job knew something of the Spirit of God (verse 13 and 27:3). See also Genesis 1:2.

Job 27

2-6: If Job were to deny his righteousness, he would prove that his friends had been right all along. By denying his own justification by God, Job would be justifying the lies of his accusers. Christians should remember this: whenever we doubt God’s salvation in Christ we are saying that the devil is right.

11-23: In agreement with the preacher’s word’s in the Book of Ecclesiastes, Job declares the vanity of life without God.

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Bob Feather January 17th, 2008

Job 16-24

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Nicholas January 17th, 2008

Back in Greece, people would ask me what the differences are between Evangelical Christianity and the Greek Orthodox religion. I’d start with the issue of images, and they would say “Yeah, I know about that. What else?”

What else? As though that’s not a big deal. Isn’t idolatry enough?

If a person agreed with me on every biblical doctrine, except on the matter of images, I still would not consider him a brother in Christ.

I’m reading through the book of Exodus (chapter 32), and the people have just bowed down to the golden calf (which represented the LORD). God speaks to Moses and says: the people are bowing down to an idol, that’s it, I’m going to kill them!

WOW. Hey calm down! Isn’t that a little harsh? They just made an image, they didn’t murder anyone!

Moses talks to Him and God decides not to kill them.

Next chapter God says to the people: go to the land I promised you, but I’m not coming with you because if I come with you, I’ll end up killing you for what you did.

WOW. Hey, I thought you got over that little incident. Relax, what’s the big deal?

Another chapter later. God speaks to Moses about His glory. God gives Moses another set of the Ten Commandments, and then, Moses, slowly, cautiously, reluctantly says: um… I’d like to go to the land you told us about. Can you forgive us for what we did?

Are we still on that? Come on LORD; get over it already!

Is God being weird? Is He a little mean? Is He being kind of extreme? What is it?

Idolatry WILL NOT be tolerated. That’s what.

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