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Job 35:15-16
15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited [paqad] in his anger ['aph]; yet he knoweth [yada`] it not in great [ma`od] extremity [pash]:
16 Therefore doth Job ['Iyowb] open [patsah] his mouth [peh] in vain [hebel]; he multiplieth [kabar] words [millah] without [baliy] knowledge [da`ath]. KJV-Interlinear
15 'And now, because He has not visited in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression well, 16 So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge.' NASB
And now the greatest failure on Elihu's part. His conclusion based on his observation of Jobs sufferings, based on his hearing of Jobs complaints, and based on the obvious lack of action from God as a result.
Job has lived many decades and he was prospered to phenomenal quantities of wealth.
Job has now endured sufferings of equal magnitude, but his sufferings have lasted not very long by comparison to his lifespan.
How Elihu can conclude, that God has made a decision to not answer or relieve Job, is the error.
Mans lifespan does not occur during a weekend, during a week, during a month or even a year. Mans lifespan does not occur totally throughout any single event in ones life. And yet people will jump to conclusions regarding a person who is enduring some bad luck in their life. People will even come to that conclusion about themselves when things get really ugly in their own life.
But Gods plan does not begin and end in any one generation, but spans the course of all of human history.
In Christ's line, from Adam to Mary, seventy-five generations passed. From Adam to Joseph, sixty generations passed. If you consider Jesus' lifespan of thirty-three years as the typical lifespan, then from His birth to today, sixty generations have now passed and we are in our sixty-first generation.
Human history has spanned over 120 generations and continues. Gods plan has progressed throughout all of those 120 generations and has not missed a beat.
The dispensations continue toward the conclusion (the rapture) of our current dispensation and most of the world asks where is Jesus? When will He appear? When will He return? So much time has passed, did He forget?
And yet the clock keeps on ticking. Something which no one can prevent. The days and nights continue to pass. Something which no one can alter.
You will meet many obstacles in your life, and many will look at you and offer their interpretation of Gods judgment against you. They will presume that you are the fool and that God has it in for you. But people are wrong most of the time.
All you have to do is ignore them, continue your advancement in your spiritual life, be responsible, and trust in God. In Gods good time, He will work for your best interest and you will be far better off.
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Job 35:14
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Job 35:14
14 Although ['aph] thou sayest ['amar] thou shalt not see [shuwr] him, yet judgment [diyn] is before [paniym] him; therefore trust [chuwl] thou in him. KJV-Interlinear
14 'How much less when you say you do not behold Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him! NASB
In life there are two things in which we place our trust - those things which we can see and those things which we cannot see.
Life is full of examples - the air we breathe, gravity, radio signals, principles of economics, love, the strength of a chair that we sit on, and so forth. This list is literally an infinite one.
If we look around we can see that the world is loaded with silly people. How in the world do they even survive in life? How has humanity survived throughout history with all of the violence that has occurred, with all of the evil and cruelty that has occurred, with all of the famines and diseases and storms and so forth?
How is it that we survived being born helpless, and grew up helpless, and even live our lives in a state of helplessness, even though most adults do not consider their lives as being in a helpless state? But place them in a situation in which life takes all they have, then what will their attitude be?
What can hammer us in life? Unemployment, bankruptcy, recession, financial depression, mental depression, accidents, paralysis, and so forth. Nearly anything and everything in life that can happen, could happen to you at any time. Aren't rising gas prices, insurance prices, food prices affecting your life?
You cannot say truthfully that if you cannot see it, then you do not believe in it. Life is full of the invisible. And the concept of an invisible God is nothing new.
For those who believe only in what they see, hypocrisy is their foundation.
For those who pursue their spiritual life, believing in the unseen, believing in He whom we have never seen nor heard is the basis of all of our faith.
Place your faith in only that in which you can see, and your faith is directed toward nothing. Your options for help amount to nothing.
Place your faith in that which you cannot see, and your faith has a solid and strong foundation.
God is the ultimate unseen target of faith. In all matters, place your troubles in His hands. He is, by the way, pretty smart and since He has known all about your problems in life, since eternity past, He has had time to prepare solutions for you.
Perhaps you should consider preparing your life around Gods design!
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Job 35:14
14 Although ['aph] thou sayest ['amar] thou shalt not see [shuwr] him, yet judgment [diyn] is before [paniym] him; therefore trust [chuwl] thou in him. KJV-Interlinear
14 'How much less when you say you do not behold Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him! NASB
In life there are two things in which we place our trust - those things which we can see and those things which we cannot see.
Life is full of examples - the air we breathe, gravity, radio signals, principles of economics, love, the strength of a chair that we sit on, and so forth. This list is literally an infinite one.
If we look around we can see that the world is loaded with silly people. How in the world do they even survive in life? How has humanity survived throughout history with all of the violence that has occurred, with all of the evil and cruelty that has occurred, with all of the famines and diseases and storms and so forth?
How is it that we survived being born helpless, and grew up helpless, and even live our lives in a state of helplessness, even though most adults do not consider their lives as being in a helpless state? But place them in a situation in which life takes all they have, then what will their attitude be?
What can hammer us in life? Unemployment, bankruptcy, recession, financial depression, mental depression, accidents, paralysis, and so forth. Nearly anything and everything in life that can happen, could happen to you at any time. Aren't rising gas prices, insurance prices, food prices affecting your life?
You cannot say truthfully that if you cannot see it, then you do not believe in it. Life is full of the invisible. And the concept of an invisible God is nothing new.
For those who believe only in what they see, hypocrisy is their foundation.
For those who pursue their spiritual life, believing in the unseen, believing in He whom we have never seen nor heard is the basis of all of our faith.
Place your faith in only that in which you can see, and your faith is directed toward nothing. Your options for help amount to nothing.
Place your faith in that which you cannot see, and your faith has a solid and strong foundation.
God is the ultimate unseen target of faith. In all matters, place your troubles in His hands. He is, by the way, pretty smart and since He has known all about your problems in life, since eternity past, He has had time to prepare solutions for you.
Perhaps you should consider preparing your life around Gods design!
Friday, March 21, 2008
Job 35:12-13
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Job 35:12-13
12 There they cry [tsa`aq], but none giveth answer [`anah], because [paniym] of the pride [ga'own] of evil men [ra`].
13 Surely God ['el] will not hear [shama`] vanity [shav'], neither will the Almighty [Shadday] regard [shuwr] it. KJV-Interlinear
12 'There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men. 13 'Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it. NASB
A robber when he is content in his chosen pattern of life, is not remorseful while he enjoys reasonable success in his lifestyle. However, when he gets caught, then his remorse is in getting caught, not in his error in choosing criminal activities for his pattern of life, not in causing harm to those whom he has robbed, not in discovering the error of his ways and resolving to change.
And so it is with people who disregard God, Christ, doctrine and their spiritual life. Far too many people have their own ideas as to what the spiritual life is. They are wrong. They believe that the spiritual life is living a good life, a good life of their own definition and convenience.
Under their thought pattern is an extremely subtle disillusionment regarding their ideas as to what life is all about. In words, they may acknowledge God, but in their soul, they lack the spiritual resources for a legitimate spiritual life, because their lifestyle is nothing more than a pretense with appropriate substitutions of whatever it is they prefer for living their life.
Then trouble strikes.
And with trouble comes the revelation that the person has no spiritual resources, because they have been living the lies of their pretended spiritual life, that they have foregone Gods plan in preference for there own ideas of life, and now that their lifestyle choice is not working, their remorse, phony as it is, turns to anger, rage, self-pity, and a variety of other emotional reactions. All of which do not even begin the change process in their life, but tend to find excuses, blame, and even continued self-justification of the way they really want things in their life.
Lacking spiritual resources, God does not hear their cries of prayer, if they pray at all, because they do not know how to pray to God. They pray from within their state of sin, and not from within the spiritual state of fellowship.
Do we know what that difference is?
Two people pray. One has confessed his sins and is in fellowship. God hears his prayers. The other has not confessed and is out of fellowship. God does not hear his prayers.
Two people pray. One has pursued a daily study for a very long time and understands the spiritual life. The other has not and does not. The former has spiritual resources in their soul and the corresponding stability of life, poise, maturity and so forth. The other is immature. Whose prayers are more productive? Whom does God hear?
God is perfect. God respects that which is perfect. Doctrine is perfect. Doctrine in your soul is perfection residing within your soul. God recognizes the content of your soul and honors that content, or ignores it depending on what it is you have elected to learn and live by in life.
God has no respect for you. You are dust. But place some gold inside of dust and which receives the attention?
Spiritually negative people are like the robber. When their life finally messes up, and it will, then they do not turn to God, but wallow over the failures they are experiencing. Complaining, not praying, for their problems to go away and for their former ways to resume.
Their life is a lie, their prayers are a lie, their solutions they hope for are a lie.
Who will listen to, and provide relief for, a liar. Who will listen to, and provide relief for, the one who possesses gold?
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Job 35:12-13
12 There they cry [tsa`aq], but none giveth answer [`anah], because [paniym] of the pride [ga'own] of evil men [ra`].
13 Surely God ['el] will not hear [shama`] vanity [shav'], neither will the Almighty [Shadday] regard [shuwr] it. KJV-Interlinear
12 'There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men. 13 'Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it. NASB
A robber when he is content in his chosen pattern of life, is not remorseful while he enjoys reasonable success in his lifestyle. However, when he gets caught, then his remorse is in getting caught, not in his error in choosing criminal activities for his pattern of life, not in causing harm to those whom he has robbed, not in discovering the error of his ways and resolving to change.
And so it is with people who disregard God, Christ, doctrine and their spiritual life. Far too many people have their own ideas as to what the spiritual life is. They are wrong. They believe that the spiritual life is living a good life, a good life of their own definition and convenience.
Under their thought pattern is an extremely subtle disillusionment regarding their ideas as to what life is all about. In words, they may acknowledge God, but in their soul, they lack the spiritual resources for a legitimate spiritual life, because their lifestyle is nothing more than a pretense with appropriate substitutions of whatever it is they prefer for living their life.
Then trouble strikes.
And with trouble comes the revelation that the person has no spiritual resources, because they have been living the lies of their pretended spiritual life, that they have foregone Gods plan in preference for there own ideas of life, and now that their lifestyle choice is not working, their remorse, phony as it is, turns to anger, rage, self-pity, and a variety of other emotional reactions. All of which do not even begin the change process in their life, but tend to find excuses, blame, and even continued self-justification of the way they really want things in their life.
Lacking spiritual resources, God does not hear their cries of prayer, if they pray at all, because they do not know how to pray to God. They pray from within their state of sin, and not from within the spiritual state of fellowship.
Do we know what that difference is?
Two people pray. One has confessed his sins and is in fellowship. God hears his prayers. The other has not confessed and is out of fellowship. God does not hear his prayers.
Two people pray. One has pursued a daily study for a very long time and understands the spiritual life. The other has not and does not. The former has spiritual resources in their soul and the corresponding stability of life, poise, maturity and so forth. The other is immature. Whose prayers are more productive? Whom does God hear?
God is perfect. God respects that which is perfect. Doctrine is perfect. Doctrine in your soul is perfection residing within your soul. God recognizes the content of your soul and honors that content, or ignores it depending on what it is you have elected to learn and live by in life.
God has no respect for you. You are dust. But place some gold inside of dust and which receives the attention?
Spiritually negative people are like the robber. When their life finally messes up, and it will, then they do not turn to God, but wallow over the failures they are experiencing. Complaining, not praying, for their problems to go away and for their former ways to resume.
Their life is a lie, their prayers are a lie, their solutions they hope for are a lie.
Who will listen to, and provide relief for, a liar. Who will listen to, and provide relief for, the one who possesses gold?
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Job 35:11
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Job 35:11
11 Who teacheth ['alph] us more than the beasts [bahemah] of the earth ['erets], and maketh us wiser [chakam] than the fowls [`owph] of heaven [shamayim]? KJV-Interlinear
11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?' NASB
We know that there are but two opinions in this universe - Gods and everything else. We know that there are only two views in this universe - Gods and everyone else's.
It only stands to reason that there are only two sources of learning in this universe - from God and from everything else.
Elihu recognizes that man learns from nature, from weather, from the seasons and such. We know that we learn from scientific discoveries, from which innovation comes, from philosophy or man invented ideas and so forth.
This latter source of learning, or learning from the world, whether from the telescope, the microscope, or from social interactions are all sources for mans learning from his environment, his physical environment.
The universe is extremely complicated as far as we are concerned. We have only recently begun to discover its complex secrets in genetics, in psychology, in economics, in science, in virtually everything you can think of.
But all of these subjects are sources from our environment of the world or universe around us.
Elihu proposes a question. Is there any additional or better source of learning?
For those who want to learn the truth of life, then there is God, Christ, doctrine and their spiritual life. That is the ultimate source of learning.
For those who reject God, then there is everything in our environment which serves as a source of learning, but inherently points to God and His involvement in every aspect of life.
And as creatures of higher learning and reasoning capabilities, one would think that man would be far smarter than the animals of the world. Smarter than geese, ants whales, bears, whatever. These seem to know the basics of life, the seasons at the very least, and they seen to be able to have survived throughout history without knowledge in the higher sciences and theories of humanity.
Even in our present day, why is it that humanity has been able to survive for many centuries without the aid of modern agriculture, manufacturing, marketing, and such? When all they had was there physical labor, seed, and the weather.
But despite our modern technologies, man still lacks knowledge in the spiritual realm while pursuing more and more knowledge in the physical realm, but never able to solve any of his basic problems - poverty, hunger, employment, prosperity for all, sickness and so forth. And man keeps on ignoring the spiritual side of life.
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Job 35:11
11 Who teacheth ['alph] us more than the beasts [bahemah] of the earth ['erets], and maketh us wiser [chakam] than the fowls [`owph] of heaven [shamayim]? KJV-Interlinear
11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?' NASB
We know that there are but two opinions in this universe - Gods and everything else. We know that there are only two views in this universe - Gods and everyone else's.
It only stands to reason that there are only two sources of learning in this universe - from God and from everything else.
Elihu recognizes that man learns from nature, from weather, from the seasons and such. We know that we learn from scientific discoveries, from which innovation comes, from philosophy or man invented ideas and so forth.
This latter source of learning, or learning from the world, whether from the telescope, the microscope, or from social interactions are all sources for mans learning from his environment, his physical environment.
The universe is extremely complicated as far as we are concerned. We have only recently begun to discover its complex secrets in genetics, in psychology, in economics, in science, in virtually everything you can think of.
But all of these subjects are sources from our environment of the world or universe around us.
Elihu proposes a question. Is there any additional or better source of learning?
For those who want to learn the truth of life, then there is God, Christ, doctrine and their spiritual life. That is the ultimate source of learning.
For those who reject God, then there is everything in our environment which serves as a source of learning, but inherently points to God and His involvement in every aspect of life.
And as creatures of higher learning and reasoning capabilities, one would think that man would be far smarter than the animals of the world. Smarter than geese, ants whales, bears, whatever. These seem to know the basics of life, the seasons at the very least, and they seen to be able to have survived throughout history without knowledge in the higher sciences and theories of humanity.
Even in our present day, why is it that humanity has been able to survive for many centuries without the aid of modern agriculture, manufacturing, marketing, and such? When all they had was there physical labor, seed, and the weather.
But despite our modern technologies, man still lacks knowledge in the spiritual realm while pursuing more and more knowledge in the physical realm, but never able to solve any of his basic problems - poverty, hunger, employment, prosperity for all, sickness and so forth. And man keeps on ignoring the spiritual side of life.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Job 35:9-10
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Job 35:9-10
9 By reason of the multitude [rob] of oppressions [`ashuwq] they make the oppressed to cry [za`aq]: they cry out [shava`] by reason of the arm [zarowa`] of the mighty [rab].
10 But none saith ['amar], Where is God ['elowahh] my maker [`asah], who giveth [nathan] songs [zamiyr] in the night [layil]; KJV-Interlinear
9 'Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty. 10 'But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night, NASB
When we were first introduced to Elihu back in chapter 32, we studied the meaning of his name and ancestry. This gave us a sense of who Elihu was, which is to say that he is an idealist. He was a presumptuous person, or self-exalted and as such only brings shame and spite onto himself as a result of his opinions.
The shame is not from the other people present, but is derived from Gods policy concerning man. A policy which God applies to all of humanity throughout history, and God is never inconsistent with regard to the application of His policy.
Elihu speaks in generalities and really never comes to a point. Such is the ambiguous nature of an idealistic person. No position is ever taken, only vague views are presented.
Elihu's comments lack some consistency from the previous verses, but none the less, we still gain from what he has to say, because we learn what folks back in those very early and ancient times, knew and believed.
When folks disregard God, they have only one other place to which they can turn and derive some semblance of a meaning for life. That place is the world. And even that word, the 'world,' is ambiguous as the world is a phrase which refers to the many philosophies and attitudes and beliefs and such that exist in this world.
But, when people ignore truth in its most genuine sense, then they have only the source of the world from which to build their frame of reference or orientation for life. When life falls apart, then what?
Do they turn to God then? Well, some do and some don't. Or actually most who turn to God, do so in an inappropriate fashion. And that proves to be their downfall.
Only through a consistent and daily pursuit of ones spiritual life, can you learn how to interact with God. If you do not know how to interact with God, then when the time comes where you need Him desperately, then you fail because you do not follow the 'rules' as it were for interaction with God.
So, when people ignore God throughout their life, and this refers to the pattern of life which they generally pursue throughout their life, then they rely on the world.
Sooner or later the 'world' leads you to trouble. The world has no resources, no truth, nothing with which to solve your problems. Living without God is the same as living within a multitude of transgressions. Living within a multitude of transgressions, or pursuing a pattern of life without God, leads you to a multitude of oppressions.
And then people cry out. They cry because they are hurting in some way. Whether they are hurting emotionally mentally, physically, financially or however, people cry out. Some call to God, but most just curse.
And of those 'most,' God is not on their mind, only their circumstances is on their mind. Like a robber who never gets caught, he feels no remorse. But when he finally gets caught, his remorse is not for his wrong, but for his getting caught.
And so, folks who live outside of Gods will, live outside of truth. People who live outside of truth, live within the environment of lies. Lies are transgressions and transgressions are the pattern of life pursued by robbers.
Spiritually dysfunctional people are the robbers of the spiritual world. They pursue their life with no remorse and when life does not do for them as they believe it should, then their remorse is for their lack of success within the worldly environment they have chosen, not for their disregard of doctrine.
Songs in the night, stands for relief of turmoil. The nighttime is usually a reference to trouble, just as the daylight is a reference for blessing.
Songs, is reference for a soothing of that trouble. Legitimate songs come only from God. Solutions for any type of trouble or predicament comes only from God. The world cannot provide any solutions for mans problems. The world is not a legitimate source of solutions.
Therefore, when man chooses the world for his life template, and it fails, then he has nowhere to turn for relief.
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Job 35:9-10
9 By reason of the multitude [rob] of oppressions [`ashuwq] they make the oppressed to cry [za`aq]: they cry out [shava`] by reason of the arm [zarowa`] of the mighty [rab].
10 But none saith ['amar], Where is God ['elowahh] my maker [`asah], who giveth [nathan] songs [zamiyr] in the night [layil]; KJV-Interlinear
9 'Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty. 10 'But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night, NASB
When we were first introduced to Elihu back in chapter 32, we studied the meaning of his name and ancestry. This gave us a sense of who Elihu was, which is to say that he is an idealist. He was a presumptuous person, or self-exalted and as such only brings shame and spite onto himself as a result of his opinions.
The shame is not from the other people present, but is derived from Gods policy concerning man. A policy which God applies to all of humanity throughout history, and God is never inconsistent with regard to the application of His policy.
Elihu speaks in generalities and really never comes to a point. Such is the ambiguous nature of an idealistic person. No position is ever taken, only vague views are presented.
Elihu's comments lack some consistency from the previous verses, but none the less, we still gain from what he has to say, because we learn what folks back in those very early and ancient times, knew and believed.
When folks disregard God, they have only one other place to which they can turn and derive some semblance of a meaning for life. That place is the world. And even that word, the 'world,' is ambiguous as the world is a phrase which refers to the many philosophies and attitudes and beliefs and such that exist in this world.
But, when people ignore truth in its most genuine sense, then they have only the source of the world from which to build their frame of reference or orientation for life. When life falls apart, then what?
Do they turn to God then? Well, some do and some don't. Or actually most who turn to God, do so in an inappropriate fashion. And that proves to be their downfall.
Only through a consistent and daily pursuit of ones spiritual life, can you learn how to interact with God. If you do not know how to interact with God, then when the time comes where you need Him desperately, then you fail because you do not follow the 'rules' as it were for interaction with God.
So, when people ignore God throughout their life, and this refers to the pattern of life which they generally pursue throughout their life, then they rely on the world.
Sooner or later the 'world' leads you to trouble. The world has no resources, no truth, nothing with which to solve your problems. Living without God is the same as living within a multitude of transgressions. Living within a multitude of transgressions, or pursuing a pattern of life without God, leads you to a multitude of oppressions.
And then people cry out. They cry because they are hurting in some way. Whether they are hurting emotionally mentally, physically, financially or however, people cry out. Some call to God, but most just curse.
And of those 'most,' God is not on their mind, only their circumstances is on their mind. Like a robber who never gets caught, he feels no remorse. But when he finally gets caught, his remorse is not for his wrong, but for his getting caught.
And so, folks who live outside of Gods will, live outside of truth. People who live outside of truth, live within the environment of lies. Lies are transgressions and transgressions are the pattern of life pursued by robbers.
Spiritually dysfunctional people are the robbers of the spiritual world. They pursue their life with no remorse and when life does not do for them as they believe it should, then their remorse is for their lack of success within the worldly environment they have chosen, not for their disregard of doctrine.
Songs in the night, stands for relief of turmoil. The nighttime is usually a reference to trouble, just as the daylight is a reference for blessing.
Songs, is reference for a soothing of that trouble. Legitimate songs come only from God. Solutions for any type of trouble or predicament comes only from God. The world cannot provide any solutions for mans problems. The world is not a legitimate source of solutions.
Therefore, when man chooses the world for his life template, and it fails, then he has nowhere to turn for relief.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Job 35:8
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Job 35:8
8 Thy wickedness [resha`] may hurt a man ['iysh] as thou art; and thy righteousness [tsadaqah] may profit the son [ben] of man ['adam]. KJV-Interlinear
8 'Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man. NASB
There are two views in life - Gods view and mans view. Gods view is truth, mans view can incorporate nearly everything man can think of, whether good or bad, whether convenient or expeditious.
And to this end, mans views in life are generally centered around what his senses can detect, what his logic can reason, and what his beliefs want to accept.
When man excludes truth from his thinking process, then his views will be distorted and he will be led by lies. When man includes truth in his views, then he may have a tendency to lean back toward a true perspective of life. Certainly he has a better chance of getting things right.
But man, who has a tendency to follow the pattern of thought he has been raised with, may very well reason that life is what you put in to it, or that life is a matter of luck, or that life is a matter of who you know and so forth.
And while these may be truths when operating within the jungle setting of the world, they exclude the input which God contributes to life and history.
Mans wickedness brings harm only to himself. Never to God. Mans righteousness brings harm only to himself, never to God.
All wickedness and all human good are from the same source, namely arrogance. Sin and human good are opposite ends of the spectrum of the carnal life of man.
The only thing that benefits man comes from the spiritual life, and the spiritual life never originates from man. It only comes from God.
Man is never the source of good. That originates from the doctrine that may be within man by means of spiritual growth.
Man is dust, and life generated by God, and placed within dust. Dust cannot originate anything.
Man gains benefit from God by means of positive volition, by a steady and consistent daily study of the scriptures, by maintaining himself within the fellowship sphere, by applying what he learns from the spiritual life to his daily life, and by growing up spiritually.
You must receive anything of value in life, from God and from no other source.
Life is not a matter of luck, connections, circumstances, talent, or anything else which may be even considered as an attribute of human existence, which by the way all comes from God as well. Your best (your only) bargain in life comes from doctrine and from no other source.
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Job 35:8
8 Thy wickedness [resha`] may hurt a man ['iysh] as thou art; and thy righteousness [tsadaqah] may profit the son [ben] of man ['adam]. KJV-Interlinear
8 'Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man. NASB
There are two views in life - Gods view and mans view. Gods view is truth, mans view can incorporate nearly everything man can think of, whether good or bad, whether convenient or expeditious.
And to this end, mans views in life are generally centered around what his senses can detect, what his logic can reason, and what his beliefs want to accept.
When man excludes truth from his thinking process, then his views will be distorted and he will be led by lies. When man includes truth in his views, then he may have a tendency to lean back toward a true perspective of life. Certainly he has a better chance of getting things right.
But man, who has a tendency to follow the pattern of thought he has been raised with, may very well reason that life is what you put in to it, or that life is a matter of luck, or that life is a matter of who you know and so forth.
And while these may be truths when operating within the jungle setting of the world, they exclude the input which God contributes to life and history.
Mans wickedness brings harm only to himself. Never to God. Mans righteousness brings harm only to himself, never to God.
All wickedness and all human good are from the same source, namely arrogance. Sin and human good are opposite ends of the spectrum of the carnal life of man.
The only thing that benefits man comes from the spiritual life, and the spiritual life never originates from man. It only comes from God.
Man is never the source of good. That originates from the doctrine that may be within man by means of spiritual growth.
Man is dust, and life generated by God, and placed within dust. Dust cannot originate anything.
Man gains benefit from God by means of positive volition, by a steady and consistent daily study of the scriptures, by maintaining himself within the fellowship sphere, by applying what he learns from the spiritual life to his daily life, and by growing up spiritually.
You must receive anything of value in life, from God and from no other source.
Life is not a matter of luck, connections, circumstances, talent, or anything else which may be even considered as an attribute of human existence, which by the way all comes from God as well. Your best (your only) bargain in life comes from doctrine and from no other source.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Job 35:6-7
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Job 35:6-7
6 If thou sinnest [chata'], what doest [pa`al] thou against him? or if thy transgressions [pesha`] be multiplied [rabab], what doest [`asah] thou unto him?
7 If thou be righteous [tsadaq], what givest [nathan] thou him? or what receiveth [laqach] he of thine hand [yad]? KJV-Interlinear
6 'If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him? 7 'If you are righteous, what do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand? NASB
God created the universe perfect in every way. He created a home for us that was perfect in every way.
It was not He who caused things to deteriorate, but angels who became arrogant and man who followed after that same pattern of arrogance.
If there were someone who knew all of the answers to all of the questions? If there were someone who has existed throughout all of eternity past up to our present day? If there were someone who knew all of the details of all of the tomorrows forever into the future?
Then don't you suppose that folks would sit up and listen to His counsel?
But no. Folks ignore truth. They even lose track of what the word 'truth' means. It becomes lost and distorted, even ambiguous or relative in a world where opinions are more abundant than the people thinking them.
And so instead of pursuing truth from the source of truth, man rejects truth and pursues lies. Lies are the opposite of or any modification of truth. And it takes only a tiny bit of taint to destroy the whole thinking process of the individual.
So what do you accomplish when you sin?
God is perfect and has created a perfect future for us all. By rejecting that perfect future, you are reducing your opportunities. If God has created everything for us, then what can you do to get more?
Does it cause harm to God if we sin? Does it bring benefit to God if we are righteous in our own eyes?
God picked our parents. God picked the date in history in which we would be born. God created our genetics, our talent, our abilities, our circumstances. God did everything for us, and planned everything for us even before we came into existence. How can we add to that?
By pursuing a non-spiritual pattern of life, whether sin or self-righteousness, we diminish our current and eternal blessings.
Just as the clouds are simplistic yet beyond our ability to measure, just as the stars are complex and stretch into the infinite, so too is our blessing package which God has created for each one of us. To compromise our spiritual life in any way means phenomenal loss. Is that what you really want?
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Job 35:6-7
6 If thou sinnest [chata'], what doest [pa`al] thou against him? or if thy transgressions [pesha`] be multiplied [rabab], what doest [`asah] thou unto him?
7 If thou be righteous [tsadaq], what givest [nathan] thou him? or what receiveth [laqach] he of thine hand [yad]? KJV-Interlinear
6 'If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him? 7 'If you are righteous, what do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand? NASB
God created the universe perfect in every way. He created a home for us that was perfect in every way.
It was not He who caused things to deteriorate, but angels who became arrogant and man who followed after that same pattern of arrogance.
If there were someone who knew all of the answers to all of the questions? If there were someone who has existed throughout all of eternity past up to our present day? If there were someone who knew all of the details of all of the tomorrows forever into the future?
Then don't you suppose that folks would sit up and listen to His counsel?
But no. Folks ignore truth. They even lose track of what the word 'truth' means. It becomes lost and distorted, even ambiguous or relative in a world where opinions are more abundant than the people thinking them.
And so instead of pursuing truth from the source of truth, man rejects truth and pursues lies. Lies are the opposite of or any modification of truth. And it takes only a tiny bit of taint to destroy the whole thinking process of the individual.
So what do you accomplish when you sin?
God is perfect and has created a perfect future for us all. By rejecting that perfect future, you are reducing your opportunities. If God has created everything for us, then what can you do to get more?
Does it cause harm to God if we sin? Does it bring benefit to God if we are righteous in our own eyes?
God picked our parents. God picked the date in history in which we would be born. God created our genetics, our talent, our abilities, our circumstances. God did everything for us, and planned everything for us even before we came into existence. How can we add to that?
By pursuing a non-spiritual pattern of life, whether sin or self-righteousness, we diminish our current and eternal blessings.
Just as the clouds are simplistic yet beyond our ability to measure, just as the stars are complex and stretch into the infinite, so too is our blessing package which God has created for each one of us. To compromise our spiritual life in any way means phenomenal loss. Is that what you really want?
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Job 35:4-5
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Job 35:4-5
4 I will answer [shuwb] [millah] thee, and thy companions [rea`] with thee.
5 Look [nabat] unto the heavens [shamayim], and see [ra'ah]; and behold [shuwr] the clouds [shachaq] which are higher [gabahh] than thou. KJV-Interlinear
4 'I will answer you, And your friends with you. 5 'Look at the heavens and see; And behold the clouds — they are higher than you. NASB
In his attempt to promote an answer to the argument which has been going on between Job and his three friends, Elihu brings in the sovereignty and immenseness of God.
The essence of God is so vast, the power of God is so far beyond mans comprehension, that even if we gaze at the stars by night above, or to the clouds in the sky by day, we cannot realize the magnitude of Gods existence, knowledge, or wisdom.
The universe above is beyond our access. Certainly back in Jobs day, the stars were beyond reach. But even in our present day, the stars are still beyond our reach.
Though we can orbit the planet and send craft to the nearby planets, all of that is still within our own solar system. The nearest star outside of our own sun is still four light-years away, with still other near stars anywhere from five to twenty light-years away. Our own galaxy is some one-hundred thousand light-years to the other side, and it is many millions of light-years to the next galaxy.
Travel to and from these distant places is far beyond our capability. The sheer magnitude of the distances is beyond comprehension.
As for the clouds in the sky, we still cannot predict their formation or motion across the planet. We have some semblance of weather prediction for a few days, but beyond that, predictions are no better than tossing a coin.
The stars are vast the full of secrets. The clouds are near and full of simplicity. After all, they are nothing more than water vapor. But, God uses the complex and the uncomplicated to teach mankind that humanity is not very smart.
And yet people will disregard God, and presume their own witty perspective toward life. We live from day to day, from commercial to commercial, from trip to the store to trip to the store.
We live for the weekend and the pleasures of our everyday life, all the while being surrounded of the many proofs of God, of life and death, and the shortness for our present life and the infinity of the next life, and most folks simply ignore the Godward side of life in favor of what they can see and taste and hold and possess now.
The reminders of God and His wisdom are always there in the clouds above, and in the stars in the night sky.
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Job 35:4-5
4 I will answer [shuwb] [millah] thee, and thy companions [rea`] with thee.
5 Look [nabat] unto the heavens [shamayim], and see [ra'ah]; and behold [shuwr] the clouds [shachaq] which are higher [gabahh] than thou. KJV-Interlinear
4 'I will answer you, And your friends with you. 5 'Look at the heavens and see; And behold the clouds — they are higher than you. NASB
In his attempt to promote an answer to the argument which has been going on between Job and his three friends, Elihu brings in the sovereignty and immenseness of God.
The essence of God is so vast, the power of God is so far beyond mans comprehension, that even if we gaze at the stars by night above, or to the clouds in the sky by day, we cannot realize the magnitude of Gods existence, knowledge, or wisdom.
The universe above is beyond our access. Certainly back in Jobs day, the stars were beyond reach. But even in our present day, the stars are still beyond our reach.
Though we can orbit the planet and send craft to the nearby planets, all of that is still within our own solar system. The nearest star outside of our own sun is still four light-years away, with still other near stars anywhere from five to twenty light-years away. Our own galaxy is some one-hundred thousand light-years to the other side, and it is many millions of light-years to the next galaxy.
Travel to and from these distant places is far beyond our capability. The sheer magnitude of the distances is beyond comprehension.
As for the clouds in the sky, we still cannot predict their formation or motion across the planet. We have some semblance of weather prediction for a few days, but beyond that, predictions are no better than tossing a coin.
The stars are vast the full of secrets. The clouds are near and full of simplicity. After all, they are nothing more than water vapor. But, God uses the complex and the uncomplicated to teach mankind that humanity is not very smart.
And yet people will disregard God, and presume their own witty perspective toward life. We live from day to day, from commercial to commercial, from trip to the store to trip to the store.
We live for the weekend and the pleasures of our everyday life, all the while being surrounded of the many proofs of God, of life and death, and the shortness for our present life and the infinity of the next life, and most folks simply ignore the Godward side of life in favor of what they can see and taste and hold and possess now.
The reminders of God and His wisdom are always there in the clouds above, and in the stars in the night sky.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Job 35:2-3
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Job 35:2-3
2 Thinkest [chashab] thou this to be right [mishpat], that thou saidst ['amar], My righteousness [tsedeq] is more than God's ['el]?
3 For thou saidst ['amar], What advantage [cakan] will it be unto thee? and, What profit [ya`al] shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin [chatta'ah]? KJV-Interlinear
2 'Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's'? 3 'For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?' NASB
Again, Elihu quotes Job in error, for nowhere does he say that his righteousness is more than Gods. And, Elihu has already misquoted Jobs comments with regard to 'What profit shall I have …'
But the importance here is not in Elihu's misquotes but in the principles being brought up.
The spiritual life is difficult to perceive, and far from providing instant gratification.
Even in Jobs day, when life moved very slowly. People lived into their several hundreds of years and most of that lifespan went slow. Not from day to day, but from decade to decade.
Imagine if we had to wait a decade to accomplish something that now normally takes us a matter of days or weeks. How quickly would boredom set in?
Life now moves extremely fast. By the time kids are out of grade school, they already know how to type, instant message, set up and take apart most toys, read, write, and so forth.
Now, when I post a study, it becomes instantly available to anyone throughout the entire world. Back in Jobs day, it would take weeks or months to send and receive a message.
Speed is the entire point in this lesson. The spiritual life takes seemingly all of ones life before anything is recognized in ones life. Look around and most folks don't want to wait forever in order to gain something from their efforts.
So the attitude of, 'Why wait on God, or why pursue Gods word, because it doesn’t seen to get one anywhere?' verses, 'It is better to sin and/or do life as you want, because things get done.'
And people pursue the latter, because they can see the results, while they don't see the results of the spiritual life.
Elihu misquoted Job, just as people misquote scripture. Elihu misinterpreted Job, just as people misinterpret the spiritual life. Elihu takes the shortest and most convenient explanation, just as people take the shortcuts of life rather than the long path of doctrine.
Elihu missed the whole point of this discussion because he did not listen and he did not understand it. People miss the whole point of Gods plan for their life because they do not listen, do not learn, do not understand, and don't want to take the time to accomplish those attributes.
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Job 35:2-3
2 Thinkest [chashab] thou this to be right [mishpat], that thou saidst ['amar], My righteousness [tsedeq] is more than God's ['el]?
3 For thou saidst ['amar], What advantage [cakan] will it be unto thee? and, What profit [ya`al] shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin [chatta'ah]? KJV-Interlinear
2 'Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's'? 3 'For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?' NASB
Again, Elihu quotes Job in error, for nowhere does he say that his righteousness is more than Gods. And, Elihu has already misquoted Jobs comments with regard to 'What profit shall I have …'
But the importance here is not in Elihu's misquotes but in the principles being brought up.
The spiritual life is difficult to perceive, and far from providing instant gratification.
Even in Jobs day, when life moved very slowly. People lived into their several hundreds of years and most of that lifespan went slow. Not from day to day, but from decade to decade.
Imagine if we had to wait a decade to accomplish something that now normally takes us a matter of days or weeks. How quickly would boredom set in?
Life now moves extremely fast. By the time kids are out of grade school, they already know how to type, instant message, set up and take apart most toys, read, write, and so forth.
Now, when I post a study, it becomes instantly available to anyone throughout the entire world. Back in Jobs day, it would take weeks or months to send and receive a message.
Speed is the entire point in this lesson. The spiritual life takes seemingly all of ones life before anything is recognized in ones life. Look around and most folks don't want to wait forever in order to gain something from their efforts.
So the attitude of, 'Why wait on God, or why pursue Gods word, because it doesn’t seen to get one anywhere?' verses, 'It is better to sin and/or do life as you want, because things get done.'
And people pursue the latter, because they can see the results, while they don't see the results of the spiritual life.
Elihu misquoted Job, just as people misquote scripture. Elihu misinterpreted Job, just as people misinterpret the spiritual life. Elihu takes the shortest and most convenient explanation, just as people take the shortcuts of life rather than the long path of doctrine.
Elihu missed the whole point of this discussion because he did not listen and he did not understand it. People miss the whole point of Gods plan for their life because they do not listen, do not learn, do not understand, and don't want to take the time to accomplish those attributes.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Job 35:1
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Job 35:1
1 Elihu ['Eliyhuw] spake [`anah] moreover, and said ['amar], KJV-Interlinear
1 Then Elihu continued and said, NASB
Elihu continues to speak in general truths, making it very clear that God is so far above man, that there is nothing in mans power that will allow humanity to climb to the level of God. That man is so far behind God in knowledge, that humanity will never in a million years and beyond, learn all there is to learn.
And even if that were possible, our generation would never benefit from that advancement, because we will long since be dead and gone from this earth.
So what good is it for us if humanity discovers more marvelous things after we are dead?
What have we accomplished in sin, by committing transgressions against God, such as to advance ourselves?
What can we add to Gods existence if we are righteous?
Human history gains nothing for itself by accomplishing anything. It only makes life perhaps more convenient for that contemporary generation.
Antibiotics have helped us live longer lives, but they did not help folks who lived several centuries ago. Will they get into heaven, or have a second chance at life because we have so many new discoveries and inventions now?
Will any advancement in this physical world help people to get into heaven or advance in their spiritual life?
And yet with all of our technology, and with all of our 'wise' people living on this planet, how can Gods word be so botched, dissected, misinterpreted, misapplied and so forth?
We have preachers and pastors and wise men who bastardize or weave the Bible into arguments for their own convenience. They preach hate, and poor me, and we've been taken advantage of, not so that people can learn truth, but so people can direct their hate and excuses for their own personal flaws, against others.
Elihu has three more chapters before he runs out of words, and then God will finally enter into the discussion and straighten everyone out.
Job is the only righteous person present, but no one recognizes this. These men have vast amounts of doctrine in their heads, but they have failed in the function of their spiritual life. So their failed spiritual lives lead them to interpretation and application errors of doctrine.
When personal views rank higher than truth, then in most cases, if not all cases, personal views are wrong, biased, and have tendencies to become radical.
Personal view errors can apply to anyone, but the more idealistic or radical one is, the more detached from reality and the more disastrous ones decisions can become. Facts and truth are rejected and replaced with dilusions.
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Job 35:1
1 Elihu ['Eliyhuw] spake [`anah] moreover, and said ['amar], KJV-Interlinear
1 Then Elihu continued and said, NASB
Elihu continues to speak in general truths, making it very clear that God is so far above man, that there is nothing in mans power that will allow humanity to climb to the level of God. That man is so far behind God in knowledge, that humanity will never in a million years and beyond, learn all there is to learn.
And even if that were possible, our generation would never benefit from that advancement, because we will long since be dead and gone from this earth.
So what good is it for us if humanity discovers more marvelous things after we are dead?
What have we accomplished in sin, by committing transgressions against God, such as to advance ourselves?
What can we add to Gods existence if we are righteous?
Human history gains nothing for itself by accomplishing anything. It only makes life perhaps more convenient for that contemporary generation.
Antibiotics have helped us live longer lives, but they did not help folks who lived several centuries ago. Will they get into heaven, or have a second chance at life because we have so many new discoveries and inventions now?
Will any advancement in this physical world help people to get into heaven or advance in their spiritual life?
And yet with all of our technology, and with all of our 'wise' people living on this planet, how can Gods word be so botched, dissected, misinterpreted, misapplied and so forth?
We have preachers and pastors and wise men who bastardize or weave the Bible into arguments for their own convenience. They preach hate, and poor me, and we've been taken advantage of, not so that people can learn truth, but so people can direct their hate and excuses for their own personal flaws, against others.
Elihu has three more chapters before he runs out of words, and then God will finally enter into the discussion and straighten everyone out.
Job is the only righteous person present, but no one recognizes this. These men have vast amounts of doctrine in their heads, but they have failed in the function of their spiritual life. So their failed spiritual lives lead them to interpretation and application errors of doctrine.
When personal views rank higher than truth, then in most cases, if not all cases, personal views are wrong, biased, and have tendencies to become radical.
Personal view errors can apply to anyone, but the more idealistic or radical one is, the more detached from reality and the more disastrous ones decisions can become. Facts and truth are rejected and replaced with dilusions.
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