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Job 36:11-12
11 If they obey [shama`] and serve [`abad] him, they shall spend [kalah] their days [yowm] in prosperity [towb], and their years [shaneh (in pl. only),] in pleasures [na`iym].
12 But if they obey [shama`] not, they shall perish [`abar] by the sword [shelach], and they shall die [gava`] without knowledge [da`ath]. KJV-Interlinear
11 'If they hear and serve Him, They shall end their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. 12 'But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge. NASB
Now we have to understand that there are only two opinions in this universe - Gods and everything else. Gods opinion is truth. Everything else is a distortion of truth.
Gods opinion is not restricted to the content of the Bible, God created all that there is, and in this creation, God utilized many truths such as mathematics, physics, biology, psychology, economics and so forth in accomplishing creation and its maintenance. Not to mention the usual truths of life such as birth, death, salvation, the spiritual life and so forth.
Of these things, Elihu has mentioned many, and man has discovered many. The big problem usually comes in mans interpretation and application of truths. From the objective view to the very bizarre, all sorts of ideas spring up in mans head. And there is certainly no shortage of misinterpretation and misapplication of truths in life.
But there is only one fundamental source of truth and that is God. There is only one communicator of truth and that is God (the Holy Spirit). There is only one who executes truth and that is God (Jesus Christ).
So, no matter what I say in these studies, no matter whether you agree with anything I write in these studies, your source of truth is God, not me, not the world, not anyone in life.
God gave you common sense. God gave you intelligence and objectivity. God gave you, all that you need in order to see and understand truth.
But the world is there readily waiting to distract you with bias, personal preference, convenience, doubt, suspicion, impatience, indifference, massive media propaganda schemes and more.
It is for you to decide first of all, whether you really want to know and understand truth, or whether you prefer the comfort of your own beliefs.
And so God gives you Bible doctrine. God makes it readily available in its many forms, such that you have no excuse, or no basis for saying that you had no access to truth. It is all around you.
Bible doctrine is the window or doorway through which you may gain access to truth and the discernment of truth from out of all of the masses of propaganda that exists in this world.
Positive volition toward learning truth gets you in, and negative volition keeps you out.
Obedience to Gods commands gains you understanding and wisdom, and more. Disobedience gains you nothing.
