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Job 36:15-16
15 He delivereth [chalats] the poor [`aniy] in his affliction [`oniy], and openeth [galah] their ears ['ozen] in oppression [lachats].
16 Even so would he have removed [cuwth] thee out of the strait [peh] [tsar] into a broad place [rachab], where [tachath] there is no straitness [muwtsaq]; and that which should be set [Nachath] on thy table [shulchan] should be full [male'] of fatness [deshen]. KJV-Interlinear
15 'He delivers the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ear in time of oppression. 16 'Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress, Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And that which was set on your table was full of fatness. NASB
If you read the 23rd psalm, then you will see a tremendous amount of correlation with what Elihu has and is saying here.
If a person opens up their soul to God, calls on Him for help not only in time of need, but even in time of relative peace in their life, then God is there to help. The person of God needs to establish a genuine pattern of life, which is consistent with that which God teaches in the Bible.
Most folks think that they have to be nice, use spiritual words, never be aggressive in life, and in other words be some type of humiliated, head hanging down maroon in life. That is not the spiritual life.
The toughest competitor in sports, the most aggressive soldier in battle, the quietest person in town, all, can be spiritually mature giants. Your spiritual life does not depend on your personality, but the spiritual life will help mold the personality you already have, into one which is compatible with Gods specific plan for your personal life.
Remember the 'arms raised high' study? Live your life in fellowship, pursue your daily studies, remain open minded (this can be the tough one), obey Gods commands (you have to know them in order to be able to obey them).
And Gods principle commands are first to live in fellowship and study daily. That will get you going on the right path for life.
Life was designed for spiritually mature believers. Heaven will become the home of all believers. Who is missing? Unbelievers.
Likewise, life will be much better for you if you pursue your spiritual life.
Living in this world, by default means that you are the afflicted. We are all in the same boat, so to speak. Oppression means all of the burdens of life that you can imagine.
The narrow road is the tight place in which it is extremely difficult to move around, if at all. The broad road is the wide-open spaces that give you all the freedom in the world to move about and function in life. The table full of fatness is the prosperity, which you always dream of, but never seem to attain.
All of this and more, comes from God and from God alone. You can never achieve on your own, the freedom and prosperity of life which God defines. You have to look to God through your spiritual eyes, and those eyes come only from growing up spiritually.
This is the devils world and the devils world is filled with deceptions, even the deception of false prosperity, which is designed to make you believe that you do not need God, even the deception of false hope, which is designed to make you think that God does not care about you.
For those who look to God, in the proper way, the way which God has defined (not by your definition), as the function of the spiritual life and the function of a relationship with Him, then He is there. He is always there. God listens and in fact He has heard your prayer all the way back in eternity past, and has already made provision for you.
'Before you call, I will answer. While you speak, I will hear.'
You just have to get your life straightened out and in line with His will. Which, by the way, is not very difficult to do. It only takes a commitment on your part to learn and then do (with responsibility), and stick with it for the rest of your life.
God is not a genie and life is not going to be a free ride. Have reasonable expectations and open up your eyes to life's realities. God has given you many tools for making a living. The wishes and miracles of fools are not among them.
But fools saturate this earth and they look far too much for the luck of life to get them through.
Those who pursue their spiritual life, will soon discover that God becomes that extra ingredient (that others do not have), which will enter your life and cause solutions that you could otherwise never attain.
'Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things.'
But, you have to make the commitment and stick with it. The spiritual life is a long-term contract, not a weekend convenience.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Job 36:13-14
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Job 36:13-14
13 But the hypocrites [chaneph] in heart [leb] heap up [suwm] wrath ['aph]: they cry [shava`] not when he bindeth ['acar] them.
14 They [nephesh] die [muwth] in youth [no`ar], and their life [chay] is among the unclean [qadesh]. KJV-Interlinear
13 'But the godless in heart lay up anger; They do not cry for help when He binds them. 14 'They die in youth, And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes. NASB
Elihu has now outlined three classes of people. Those who slip into sin, but repent when God imposes disciplinary measures against them. They return to Gods methods of living and thereby benefit from the blessings which accrue to truth.
Then there are those who slip into sin and remain there. They might call upon God for the moment, but they immediately return to their sinful ways when pressure is removed from their life. They would not be benefited by the imposition of corrective measures in their life, and thus they are sooner or later cut off from life at Gods discretion.
And then there is a third class of people who slip into sin and remain there in stubbornness. They do not call upon God, but would rather complain, and complain with greater degrees of rage against anyone and everyone. They will not be benefited by discipline either. And they only heap up more and more anger and rage into their lives.
The first group is where anyone who is positive toward God, will find themselves from time to time in their life. This is a natural place to be, and the best place to be for sinful man. There is always a way out when one confesses and repents their ways with a genuine attitude for attaining change in their life.
The second group is made up of hypocrites. They call upon God only to gain immediate relief. They care nothing for God or their spiritual life, but they know enough to know that they can get out of trouble in life when they call on God from time to time, or when it is convenient for them.
Their intentions toward God are insincere. They are dishonest and call only out of necessity. God is a genie in a sense, and means nothing more to them.
The last group is the worst of the groups. They care nothing for God, the one true God. They may place their trust in false gods, or in the workings of this world. They expect that they are owed everything and need not repay even courtesy for courtesy. They are the selfish of the selfish.
Their lives heap up frustration after frustration. And this is true even if they have some semblance of success in life. Things do not satisfy them. There will never be enough. The content of their soul lacks capacity for life and the lack of capacity means a lack of the resources that support contentment.
The very wealthy can fall into this trap just as can the very poor. Continued rejection of truth leaves an accumulation of emotional and mental stresses that become too great to handle after a certain period of time.
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Job 36:13-14
13 But the hypocrites [chaneph] in heart [leb] heap up [suwm] wrath ['aph]: they cry [shava`] not when he bindeth ['acar] them.
14 They [nephesh] die [muwth] in youth [no`ar], and their life [chay] is among the unclean [qadesh]. KJV-Interlinear
13 'But the godless in heart lay up anger; They do not cry for help when He binds them. 14 'They die in youth, And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes. NASB
Elihu has now outlined three classes of people. Those who slip into sin, but repent when God imposes disciplinary measures against them. They return to Gods methods of living and thereby benefit from the blessings which accrue to truth.
Then there are those who slip into sin and remain there. They might call upon God for the moment, but they immediately return to their sinful ways when pressure is removed from their life. They would not be benefited by the imposition of corrective measures in their life, and thus they are sooner or later cut off from life at Gods discretion.
And then there is a third class of people who slip into sin and remain there in stubbornness. They do not call upon God, but would rather complain, and complain with greater degrees of rage against anyone and everyone. They will not be benefited by discipline either. And they only heap up more and more anger and rage into their lives.
The first group is where anyone who is positive toward God, will find themselves from time to time in their life. This is a natural place to be, and the best place to be for sinful man. There is always a way out when one confesses and repents their ways with a genuine attitude for attaining change in their life.
The second group is made up of hypocrites. They call upon God only to gain immediate relief. They care nothing for God or their spiritual life, but they know enough to know that they can get out of trouble in life when they call on God from time to time, or when it is convenient for them.
Their intentions toward God are insincere. They are dishonest and call only out of necessity. God is a genie in a sense, and means nothing more to them.
The last group is the worst of the groups. They care nothing for God, the one true God. They may place their trust in false gods, or in the workings of this world. They expect that they are owed everything and need not repay even courtesy for courtesy. They are the selfish of the selfish.
Their lives heap up frustration after frustration. And this is true even if they have some semblance of success in life. Things do not satisfy them. There will never be enough. The content of their soul lacks capacity for life and the lack of capacity means a lack of the resources that support contentment.
The very wealthy can fall into this trap just as can the very poor. Continued rejection of truth leaves an accumulation of emotional and mental stresses that become too great to handle after a certain period of time.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Job 36:11-12
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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.
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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.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Job 36:10
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Job 36:10
10 He openeth [galah] also their ear ['ozen] to discipline [muwcar], and commandeth ['amar] that they return [shuwb] from iniquity ['aven]. KJV-Interlinear
10 'And He opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they return from evil. NASB
And God opens up their ear to instruction.
This should be very clear for everyone who has the breath of life in themselves. All that you do in life points to either truth, or deceptions from truth.
It is your responsibility to give God a hearing, to listen to the world, to the Word of God, to everything you think, say and do in life and sort it all out.
You examine all of the religions out there, all of the philosophies out there, all of the political schemes, marketing schemes, social schemes, educational schemes and so forth.
You learn from life, on the job so to speak, and you either figure it all out or you don't.
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But God can never be faulted for your failures, because God always provides instruction. Instruction, which is clear and easy to comprehend. You, if you listen, will have the resources to discern between the truth of life and the deceptions.
But then, if you do not listen to God directly (through the scriptures), then you have the common sense instructions of life and those also came from God through the divine establishment principles which were designed for the entire human race.
Establishment principles include - volition, marriage, family, authority, free enterprise, nationalism, patriotism, due process, charity, standing up for what is right, and many more.
Each and all of these truths are countered in life by Satan's evil principles - slavery or tyranny, homosexuality or shacking up, communes, disrespect for authority or arrogance, the many forms of business regulation or socialism, internationalism, disloyalty or infidelity or betrayal or fickleness, vigilantism, greed, cowardice and on and on.
All of these things have their natural power of clarity. People know the difference between right and wrong.
Which path they choose depends on their motives, conveniences, prejudices, and general attitude as to what they will accept for themselves.
No one, repeat, no one can go to the end of their life and say that they did not know.
Whether it is the child, the wife, the husband, or the nation, it makes no difference. All have their God assigned obligations, and God makes everything clear to everyone. You have no excuse.
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Job 36:10
10 He openeth [galah] also their ear ['ozen] to discipline [muwcar], and commandeth ['amar] that they return [shuwb] from iniquity ['aven]. KJV-Interlinear
10 'And He opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they return from evil. NASB
And God opens up their ear to instruction.
This should be very clear for everyone who has the breath of life in themselves. All that you do in life points to either truth, or deceptions from truth.
It is your responsibility to give God a hearing, to listen to the world, to the Word of God, to everything you think, say and do in life and sort it all out.
You examine all of the religions out there, all of the philosophies out there, all of the political schemes, marketing schemes, social schemes, educational schemes and so forth.
You learn from life, on the job so to speak, and you either figure it all out or you don't.
\
But God can never be faulted for your failures, because God always provides instruction. Instruction, which is clear and easy to comprehend. You, if you listen, will have the resources to discern between the truth of life and the deceptions.
But then, if you do not listen to God directly (through the scriptures), then you have the common sense instructions of life and those also came from God through the divine establishment principles which were designed for the entire human race.
Establishment principles include - volition, marriage, family, authority, free enterprise, nationalism, patriotism, due process, charity, standing up for what is right, and many more.
Each and all of these truths are countered in life by Satan's evil principles - slavery or tyranny, homosexuality or shacking up, communes, disrespect for authority or arrogance, the many forms of business regulation or socialism, internationalism, disloyalty or infidelity or betrayal or fickleness, vigilantism, greed, cowardice and on and on.
All of these things have their natural power of clarity. People know the difference between right and wrong.
Which path they choose depends on their motives, conveniences, prejudices, and general attitude as to what they will accept for themselves.
No one, repeat, no one can go to the end of their life and say that they did not know.
Whether it is the child, the wife, the husband, or the nation, it makes no difference. All have their God assigned obligations, and God makes everything clear to everyone. You have no excuse.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Job 36:8-9
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Job 36:8-9
8 And if they be bound ['acar] in fetters [ziyqah ], and be holden [lakad] in cords [chebel] of affliction [`oniy];
9 Then he sheweth [nagad] them their work [po`al], and their transgressions [pesha`] that they have exceeded [gabar]. KJV-Interlinear
8 'And if they are bound in fetters, And are caught in the cords of affliction, 9 Then He declares to them their work And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves. NASB
At any given point in time, we can all find ourselves in a heap of trouble. Our trouble could be social, financial, medical, emotional, even criminal. But any given bit of trouble does not mean that God has or will consider the less of us.
Here Elihu emphasizes the direness of life.
In every case of the human condition, God makes clear our situation with regard to His policies for humanity and for you personally.
Your situation does not mean that you have failed and are being punished as a result. This is the devils world and trouble is a natural part of that world. This is a temporal world and there are natural laws that control it.
There is nowhere that you can go to escape it completely.
You can get caught up in a storm, an accident, defects of birth. You can get caught up in the social scene and ostracized. You can get caught up in the flaws of your own thoughts.
All of the trouble that you will face in this world comes from four general sources - from your thoughts, from other people, from bureaucracies or the many systems in the world, and from disasters of a physical or natural kind.
The natural laws of life - from birth to death will catch you sooner or later. The devils world of evil is geared to destroy anything which pursues truth, prosperity, happiness, success, security, authority, principles of estrablishment and so forth.
God always makes life clear. Most people unfortunately do not listen to life. The folks in the news the other day, who prayed for a cure for their child (who died), did not listen to truth (medical help was readily available). God has provided many hospitals, doctors, medicines, medical procedures, etc. for us to use in our contemporary day.
God has never taught 'wishing' for things when He has already made provision. Go to school, get a job, make an effort, do something with the things you have. Don't sit back and do nothing, ignoring all that you have, wishing for yet another miracle that will never come.
Don't magnify your distaste for truth, don't magnify your disregard for truth. That is simply stubbornness from arrogance and that leads only to disappointment and disaster or loss.
For every situation, God always provides a way out. You just have to be willing to look (responsibly) for it.
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Job 36:8-9
8 And if they be bound ['acar] in fetters [ziyqah ], and be holden [lakad] in cords [chebel] of affliction [`oniy];
9 Then he sheweth [nagad] them their work [po`al], and their transgressions [pesha`] that they have exceeded [gabar]. KJV-Interlinear
8 'And if they are bound in fetters, And are caught in the cords of affliction, 9 Then He declares to them their work And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves. NASB
At any given point in time, we can all find ourselves in a heap of trouble. Our trouble could be social, financial, medical, emotional, even criminal. But any given bit of trouble does not mean that God has or will consider the less of us.
Here Elihu emphasizes the direness of life.
In every case of the human condition, God makes clear our situation with regard to His policies for humanity and for you personally.
Your situation does not mean that you have failed and are being punished as a result. This is the devils world and trouble is a natural part of that world. This is a temporal world and there are natural laws that control it.
There is nowhere that you can go to escape it completely.
You can get caught up in a storm, an accident, defects of birth. You can get caught up in the social scene and ostracized. You can get caught up in the flaws of your own thoughts.
All of the trouble that you will face in this world comes from four general sources - from your thoughts, from other people, from bureaucracies or the many systems in the world, and from disasters of a physical or natural kind.
The natural laws of life - from birth to death will catch you sooner or later. The devils world of evil is geared to destroy anything which pursues truth, prosperity, happiness, success, security, authority, principles of estrablishment and so forth.
God always makes life clear. Most people unfortunately do not listen to life. The folks in the news the other day, who prayed for a cure for their child (who died), did not listen to truth (medical help was readily available). God has provided many hospitals, doctors, medicines, medical procedures, etc. for us to use in our contemporary day.
God has never taught 'wishing' for things when He has already made provision. Go to school, get a job, make an effort, do something with the things you have. Don't sit back and do nothing, ignoring all that you have, wishing for yet another miracle that will never come.
Don't magnify your distaste for truth, don't magnify your disregard for truth. That is simply stubbornness from arrogance and that leads only to disappointment and disaster or loss.
For every situation, God always provides a way out. You just have to be willing to look (responsibly) for it.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Job 36:7
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Job 36:7
7 He withdraweth [gara`] not his eyes [`ayin] from the righteous [tsaddiyq]: but with kings [melek] are they on the throne [kicce']; yea, he doth establish [yashab] them for ever [netsach], and they are exalted [gabahh]. KJV-Interlinear
7 'He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But with kings on the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted. NASB
Here is our royalty status, our eternal security with God in heaven forever.
God constantly watches over those who belong to Him. All believers, all who have believed in Christ (our present day), who have believed in the Savior (back in the Old Testament days), all are believers in the one and only Son of God, the redeemer, the advocate, the savior.
And to them (you and me) belongs the inheritance of all of heaven and beyond.
God shows favor to all who have believed in Him (Christ). And since God is deity, God is royalty, God is the supreme power and sovereign of this universe and beyond, then we being in His favor will live as kings, as royalty. And we will live forever in heaven with God.
This is His sovereign promise, and God is the only one who can keep His promises.
Psa. 34:15.
'The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous.'
Rev. 3:21.
'To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne,'.
Rev 1:5-6.
'Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to him be glory,'
The fundamental promises that we have grown up with in our New Testament, Job and all of the Patriarchs knew very well even back in ancient times.
No royalty in human history have sat on their thrones forever. All have come and gone and most are now dead. But this is not a reference to temporal kings, but spiritual kings, royalty which God has made both you and I, simply because we have believed in His divine plan, His Son, His salvation.
None of us were born into royalty. None of us won royalty on the battlefield. None of us have seized power through cunning or deceit or marriage. These are all flawed and false appointments to royalty, pursued by ego and power driven people, or simply the luck of a birth.
But Gods appointments are just, and right, and fair, and permanent. No one is promoted unless God promotes them, and when God promotes, that promotion is permanent.
Salvation is permanent, being born and being born again is permanent, and so our royal status is permanent.
The spiritual life is an exclusive club whose membership has only one thing in common - faith in Christ. The spiritual life is proprietary to believers only, and any one who has not believed in Christ, will never have access to or benefit from the spiritual life.
Likewise, the benefits of spiritual growth accrue to advancing believers only. Immature believers will never have the blessings that mature believers receive, just as an immature child cannot possess the blessings of maturity. One has to become mature in order to experience the blessings and realities of maturity.
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Job 36:7
7 He withdraweth [gara`] not his eyes [`ayin] from the righteous [tsaddiyq]: but with kings [melek] are they on the throne [kicce']; yea, he doth establish [yashab] them for ever [netsach], and they are exalted [gabahh]. KJV-Interlinear
7 'He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But with kings on the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted. NASB
Here is our royalty status, our eternal security with God in heaven forever.
God constantly watches over those who belong to Him. All believers, all who have believed in Christ (our present day), who have believed in the Savior (back in the Old Testament days), all are believers in the one and only Son of God, the redeemer, the advocate, the savior.
And to them (you and me) belongs the inheritance of all of heaven and beyond.
God shows favor to all who have believed in Him (Christ). And since God is deity, God is royalty, God is the supreme power and sovereign of this universe and beyond, then we being in His favor will live as kings, as royalty. And we will live forever in heaven with God.
This is His sovereign promise, and God is the only one who can keep His promises.
Psa. 34:15.
'The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous.'
Rev. 3:21.
'To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne,'.
Rev 1:5-6.
'Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to him be glory,'
The fundamental promises that we have grown up with in our New Testament, Job and all of the Patriarchs knew very well even back in ancient times.
No royalty in human history have sat on their thrones forever. All have come and gone and most are now dead. But this is not a reference to temporal kings, but spiritual kings, royalty which God has made both you and I, simply because we have believed in His divine plan, His Son, His salvation.
None of us were born into royalty. None of us won royalty on the battlefield. None of us have seized power through cunning or deceit or marriage. These are all flawed and false appointments to royalty, pursued by ego and power driven people, or simply the luck of a birth.
But Gods appointments are just, and right, and fair, and permanent. No one is promoted unless God promotes them, and when God promotes, that promotion is permanent.
Salvation is permanent, being born and being born again is permanent, and so our royal status is permanent.
The spiritual life is an exclusive club whose membership has only one thing in common - faith in Christ. The spiritual life is proprietary to believers only, and any one who has not believed in Christ, will never have access to or benefit from the spiritual life.
Likewise, the benefits of spiritual growth accrue to advancing believers only. Immature believers will never have the blessings that mature believers receive, just as an immature child cannot possess the blessings of maturity. One has to become mature in order to experience the blessings and realities of maturity.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Job 36:6
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Job 36:6
6 He preserveth not the life [chayah] of the wicked [rasha`]: but giveth [nathan] right [mishpat] to the poor [`aniy]. KJV-Interlinear
6 'He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted. NASB
The word for wicked, refers to those who are sinful, immoral, criminal, wrong, bad, untruthful, indifferent, and mainly refers to all who fail in their spiritual life. Whether they are hard-core criminals or self righteous Sunday School attendees, makes no difference. The lack of a functional spiritual life leaves only wickedness for a description of ones life.
The word for poor, is often used to refer to those who have very little in the way of assets, money, or financial resources of any kind. It also refers to those who are afflicted or taken advantage of by others. And it also refers to those who live by means of a humble lifestyle. But here the humility of ones pattern of life being defined by Bible doctrine, makes this a reference to mature or believers advancing in their spiritual life.
Life was designed to benefit anyone who pursues truth. Truth is Bible doctrine. Anyone who pursues Bible doctrine has the option and the opportunity to become a recipient of the blessings of life.
Life is a very broad gift from God, but the benefits of life are exclusive and proprietary for only those who advance in their spiritual lives.
Advancement begins with salvation. All unbelievers are specifically excluded from life's benefits.
But now remember that life is not limited to the time span between your physical birth and death. Once born, your lifespan will continue forever. The two components of your lifespan are first carried out here in this world and second in eternity. The eternal portion is obviously the longest portion of your total life.
So look around you and you'll see the gifted, the talented, the wealthy, and the successful. You'll see those who are obviously wicked and those who simply get along in life. Most of whom do not deserve their successes.
But, do not envy the wicked. Their life is temporary in this world. Their successes are temporary in this world. They may have a lot now, but one day they will die. Everyone does. Look at all of the past centuries of people, perhaps trillions of them who have lived since the time of Adam, and count how many are still alive. Most are now dead.
A hundred years ago, none of us were alive, and in a hundred years we will all be gone from this earth. But life after this life, continues on forever and it is to that future timeframe that the lions share of living will occur.
You can live your life in eternity with benefit or without. How you live your life now will determine what your destiny is.
Those who reject Christ, will live without, and their 'without' will be the extremes of the Lake of Fire.
Those who believe in Christ will go to heaven. No if, ands, or buts. Saved is saved and heaven will receive all who have believed in Christ. Only takes one second or a single thought to believe in Christ.
Heaven is a benefit exclusive to those who believe in Christ.
But too, there will be various levels of blessings in heaven and those levels correspond to your level of spiritual growth. The more spiritual growth, the greater the blessing package. God calls them, blessings beyond your imagination.
The wicked and the just, live side by side in this world. The blessings for this world are designed exclusively for the just, but the wicked take what does not belong to them. That will be rectified one day when all stand before the appropriate Throne of Christ.
All believers will stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ (a good place to be - especially as a mature believer), and all unbelievers will stand before the Great White Throne (a very bad place to be).
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Job 36:6
6 He preserveth not the life [chayah] of the wicked [rasha`]: but giveth [nathan] right [mishpat] to the poor [`aniy]. KJV-Interlinear
6 'He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted. NASB
The word for wicked, refers to those who are sinful, immoral, criminal, wrong, bad, untruthful, indifferent, and mainly refers to all who fail in their spiritual life. Whether they are hard-core criminals or self righteous Sunday School attendees, makes no difference. The lack of a functional spiritual life leaves only wickedness for a description of ones life.
The word for poor, is often used to refer to those who have very little in the way of assets, money, or financial resources of any kind. It also refers to those who are afflicted or taken advantage of by others. And it also refers to those who live by means of a humble lifestyle. But here the humility of ones pattern of life being defined by Bible doctrine, makes this a reference to mature or believers advancing in their spiritual life.
Life was designed to benefit anyone who pursues truth. Truth is Bible doctrine. Anyone who pursues Bible doctrine has the option and the opportunity to become a recipient of the blessings of life.
Life is a very broad gift from God, but the benefits of life are exclusive and proprietary for only those who advance in their spiritual lives.
Advancement begins with salvation. All unbelievers are specifically excluded from life's benefits.
But now remember that life is not limited to the time span between your physical birth and death. Once born, your lifespan will continue forever. The two components of your lifespan are first carried out here in this world and second in eternity. The eternal portion is obviously the longest portion of your total life.
So look around you and you'll see the gifted, the talented, the wealthy, and the successful. You'll see those who are obviously wicked and those who simply get along in life. Most of whom do not deserve their successes.
But, do not envy the wicked. Their life is temporary in this world. Their successes are temporary in this world. They may have a lot now, but one day they will die. Everyone does. Look at all of the past centuries of people, perhaps trillions of them who have lived since the time of Adam, and count how many are still alive. Most are now dead.
A hundred years ago, none of us were alive, and in a hundred years we will all be gone from this earth. But life after this life, continues on forever and it is to that future timeframe that the lions share of living will occur.
You can live your life in eternity with benefit or without. How you live your life now will determine what your destiny is.
Those who reject Christ, will live without, and their 'without' will be the extremes of the Lake of Fire.
Those who believe in Christ will go to heaven. No if, ands, or buts. Saved is saved and heaven will receive all who have believed in Christ. Only takes one second or a single thought to believe in Christ.
Heaven is a benefit exclusive to those who believe in Christ.
But too, there will be various levels of blessings in heaven and those levels correspond to your level of spiritual growth. The more spiritual growth, the greater the blessing package. God calls them, blessings beyond your imagination.
The wicked and the just, live side by side in this world. The blessings for this world are designed exclusively for the just, but the wicked take what does not belong to them. That will be rectified one day when all stand before the appropriate Throne of Christ.
All believers will stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ (a good place to be - especially as a mature believer), and all unbelievers will stand before the Great White Throne (a very bad place to be).
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Job 36:5
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Job 36:5
5 Behold, God ['el] is mighty [kabbiyr], and despiseth [ma'ac] not any: he is mighty [kabbiyr] in strength [koach] and wisdom [leb]. KJV-Interlinear
5 'Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any; He is mighty in strength of understanding. NASB
If a person were to look around and understand that God created everything that exists, even every ingredient which man has used to make his own inventions, then one would think that Gods word would be heard, or at least listened too more frequently.
But, most folks are not interested. And that lack of interest leads to all of the bizarre beliefs which exist in this world. And anything which is not bonafide Christianity is classified as bizarre. And by the way, all of Christianity is not legitimate. Even many of the so called churches out there have slipped off the deep end to a degree. Social priorities, politics, even rituals have created many distractions away from the fundamental studies of the scriptures, which studies, form the central foundation of Christianity.
And so Elihu reminds us all that God is all powerful. There is nothing which God cannot do. There is nothing which God does not know. God is knowledgeable and powerful, both able and wise.
God depends on no one for His livelihood. He is the 'I Am,' of the Old Testament, the infinite resource, the eternal provider. He is unbiased, unprejudiced, impartial, balanced, and independent in His character. He depends on no one and therefore is obligated to no one.
God created the universe, holds this universe together, and maintains it on a moment-by-moment basis, just as He maintains and holds your personal life together. And, even if you do not agree with this, your beliefs are irrelevant when they depart from the many truths of life.
Mans beliefs do not constitute truth. Man cannot will truth into existence. Man cannot will his own destiny. And all of the belligerent, stubborn, or steadfast attitudes in the world will never contribute one minute of truth to history. By the same token, all of the indifference toward God in favor of whatever it is you believe or do in life, will never make your life any better, nor take away even one minute from Gods plan.
But unfortunately that is exactly what people do in this world. They ignore God in favor of their own substituted beliefs concerning God and the spiritual life. And that only leads to confusion, disorientation, disappointment or delusions regarding ones chosen life style.
God is all powerful. God is truth. God gives to us freely, all that He possesses. Why do so many ignore this opportunity.
James 1:5-8
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. NASB
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Job 36:5
5 Behold, God ['el] is mighty [kabbiyr], and despiseth [ma'ac] not any: he is mighty [kabbiyr] in strength [koach] and wisdom [leb]. KJV-Interlinear
5 'Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any; He is mighty in strength of understanding. NASB
If a person were to look around and understand that God created everything that exists, even every ingredient which man has used to make his own inventions, then one would think that Gods word would be heard, or at least listened too more frequently.
But, most folks are not interested. And that lack of interest leads to all of the bizarre beliefs which exist in this world. And anything which is not bonafide Christianity is classified as bizarre. And by the way, all of Christianity is not legitimate. Even many of the so called churches out there have slipped off the deep end to a degree. Social priorities, politics, even rituals have created many distractions away from the fundamental studies of the scriptures, which studies, form the central foundation of Christianity.
And so Elihu reminds us all that God is all powerful. There is nothing which God cannot do. There is nothing which God does not know. God is knowledgeable and powerful, both able and wise.
God depends on no one for His livelihood. He is the 'I Am,' of the Old Testament, the infinite resource, the eternal provider. He is unbiased, unprejudiced, impartial, balanced, and independent in His character. He depends on no one and therefore is obligated to no one.
God created the universe, holds this universe together, and maintains it on a moment-by-moment basis, just as He maintains and holds your personal life together. And, even if you do not agree with this, your beliefs are irrelevant when they depart from the many truths of life.
Mans beliefs do not constitute truth. Man cannot will truth into existence. Man cannot will his own destiny. And all of the belligerent, stubborn, or steadfast attitudes in the world will never contribute one minute of truth to history. By the same token, all of the indifference toward God in favor of whatever it is you believe or do in life, will never make your life any better, nor take away even one minute from Gods plan.
But unfortunately that is exactly what people do in this world. They ignore God in favor of their own substituted beliefs concerning God and the spiritual life. And that only leads to confusion, disorientation, disappointment or delusions regarding ones chosen life style.
God is all powerful. God is truth. God gives to us freely, all that He possesses. Why do so many ignore this opportunity.
James 1:5-8
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. NASB
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Job 36:2-4
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Job 36:2-4
2 Suffer [kathar] me a little [ze`eyr], and I will shew [chavah] thee that I have yet to speak [millah] on God's ['elowahh] behalf.
3 I will fetch [nasa'] my knowledge [dea`] from afar [rachowq], and will ascribe [nathan] righteousness [tsedeq] to my Maker [pa`al].
4 For truly ['omnam] my words [millah] shall not be false [sheqer]: he that is perfect [tamiym] in knowledge [de`ah] is with thee. KJV-Interlinear
2 'Wait for me a little, and I will show you That there is yet more to be said in God's behalf. 3 'I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4 'For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. NASB
Wait for a little while. Wait with patience. Listening and learning and understanding requires patience and poise and time. Without it, nothing can be accomplished within the soul of any individual.
For most folks around this country and world, patience and the willingness to listen and learn is far lacking in their character.
God has many things to teach. In fact, God has an infinite quantity of things to teach.
We know that any object which we can see, is made up is smaller objects, and those smaller objects are made up of even smaller objects and then we are into the atomic and sub-atomic and into electrons, and the nature of any object becomes more and more complex while remaining extremely simple.
So too, the Bible is like any ordinary object. We can read the Bible once and twice and three times and again and again, and we learn new things each time we go through it. The Bible has probably so much information within it, that we can never know all that it reveals, even though it is right before our eyes all of the time.
The Bible has its words, and those words have their context, and they have their various syntax and punctuation, and tenses and states of each word. We could study the Bible forever and never gain all of the information contained within it.
And Elihu reveals here that God has much information from life, from antiquity, from the many cultures and nations in the world, from the stars in the night sky to the nature of any given storm, to things we have yet to discover. God has so much information, that we cannot possibly discover it all in a thousand lifetimes.
Recall Jobs words from our earlier study, that Gods wisdom is so vast that we can see only the pinpoint top of the iceberg. And Gods iceberg of wisdom stretches across vast galaxies.
But God gives us all time. And with that time we either invest well and learn, or we do not.
God gave us all, three capital assets with which to invest during our life - time, doctrine and volition. We can be the good and faithful servant and invest wisely, or we can squander that which has been given to us, and end up with nothing to show for our life's efforts.
Gods words are never false, nor exaggerated, nor difficult to learn. Everything in life is simple when you really examine them.
And Elihu is going to use examples of Gods power, Gods planning, Gods many wise years of existence (the number of which we can never know), and so forth, in order to teach us all that God is pretty smart and the smart person is the one who listens to another who is smarter, in order to learn and orient to life.
God is so smart, that to begin with, He planned out an entire history for humanity and angels and for all of eternity, and has maintained it all without ever running short of resources. This planet has provided the human race with vast resources which have served to support us all for many thousands of years.
How many businessmen, politicians, parents have the ability to plan out their own lives, companies, or nations existences?
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Job 36:2-4
2 Suffer [kathar] me a little [ze`eyr], and I will shew [chavah] thee that I have yet to speak [millah] on God's ['elowahh] behalf.
3 I will fetch [nasa'] my knowledge [dea`] from afar [rachowq], and will ascribe [nathan] righteousness [tsedeq] to my Maker [pa`al].
4 For truly ['omnam] my words [millah] shall not be false [sheqer]: he that is perfect [tamiym] in knowledge [de`ah] is with thee. KJV-Interlinear
2 'Wait for me a little, and I will show you That there is yet more to be said in God's behalf. 3 'I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4 'For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. NASB
Wait for a little while. Wait with patience. Listening and learning and understanding requires patience and poise and time. Without it, nothing can be accomplished within the soul of any individual.
For most folks around this country and world, patience and the willingness to listen and learn is far lacking in their character.
God has many things to teach. In fact, God has an infinite quantity of things to teach.
We know that any object which we can see, is made up is smaller objects, and those smaller objects are made up of even smaller objects and then we are into the atomic and sub-atomic and into electrons, and the nature of any object becomes more and more complex while remaining extremely simple.
So too, the Bible is like any ordinary object. We can read the Bible once and twice and three times and again and again, and we learn new things each time we go through it. The Bible has probably so much information within it, that we can never know all that it reveals, even though it is right before our eyes all of the time.
The Bible has its words, and those words have their context, and they have their various syntax and punctuation, and tenses and states of each word. We could study the Bible forever and never gain all of the information contained within it.
And Elihu reveals here that God has much information from life, from antiquity, from the many cultures and nations in the world, from the stars in the night sky to the nature of any given storm, to things we have yet to discover. God has so much information, that we cannot possibly discover it all in a thousand lifetimes.
Recall Jobs words from our earlier study, that Gods wisdom is so vast that we can see only the pinpoint top of the iceberg. And Gods iceberg of wisdom stretches across vast galaxies.
But God gives us all time. And with that time we either invest well and learn, or we do not.
God gave us all, three capital assets with which to invest during our life - time, doctrine and volition. We can be the good and faithful servant and invest wisely, or we can squander that which has been given to us, and end up with nothing to show for our life's efforts.
Gods words are never false, nor exaggerated, nor difficult to learn. Everything in life is simple when you really examine them.
And Elihu is going to use examples of Gods power, Gods planning, Gods many wise years of existence (the number of which we can never know), and so forth, in order to teach us all that God is pretty smart and the smart person is the one who listens to another who is smarter, in order to learn and orient to life.
God is so smart, that to begin with, He planned out an entire history for humanity and angels and for all of eternity, and has maintained it all without ever running short of resources. This planet has provided the human race with vast resources which have served to support us all for many thousands of years.
How many businessmen, politicians, parents have the ability to plan out their own lives, companies, or nations existences?
Monday, March 24, 2008
Job 36:1
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Job 36:1
1 Elihu ['Eliyhuw] also proceeded [yacaph], and said ['amar], KJV-Interlinear
1 Then Elihu continued and said, NASB
Elihu continues to speak in generalities, as he implies that Job has violated many fundamental truths resulting in the continuation of his suffering.
And though Elihu is applying these truths in error, we have the opportunity to learn what folks back in those ancient times believed, and simultaneously how God works His policies toward mankind.
Elihu's points in this chapter are that God will always administer impartial justice toward mankind.
Elihu points out that it is a general truth that God favors those who are righteous. Those righteous, being those who have believed in Him, and have established a pattern of life consistent with the principles which God teaches. That those whom He favors will enjoy all manner of prosperity, while at the same time may be subjected to His divine discipline.
If a person maintains a stubborn attitude toward God, then they may be subjected to greater disciplinary actions during their life, and most certainly at the end of their life.
The Christian life is a unique life belonging only to those who have believed in Jesus Christ. All unbelievers are specifically excluded from the Christian life.
The Christian spiritual life is a unique life belonging only to those who maintain a fellowship relationship with God. Fellowship is maintained through the function of confession which results from a consistent monitoring of ones sins and attitude in life.
Those who reside in fellowship enjoy an active spiritual relationship with God. Those who do not reside in fellowship, imitate unbelievers and do not enjoy an active relationship with God.
The spiritual life functions only while you are in fellowship. When you are out of fellowship, your spiritual life is disabled, even though you are still saved.
And though you may incur Gods discipline while stumbling along in your spiritual life, you still reside in this devils world. And the devils world being inherently evil, is full of trouble and turmoil which inevitably will fall into each of our individual lives.
God deals with this devils world while still maintaining His forward progress in His divine plan, and simultaneously dealing with each of our individual needs and wants. You will never find perfection or peace in this world, but you will find it within your spiritual life.
The objective of history is to get all who have believed in Christ, into heavens eternity, and to get all who have advanced in their spiritual lives the greatest of blessings beyond imagination. This current world was never designed to go on forever, and it won't.
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Job 36:1
1 Elihu ['Eliyhuw] also proceeded [yacaph], and said ['amar], KJV-Interlinear
1 Then Elihu continued and said, NASB
Elihu continues to speak in generalities, as he implies that Job has violated many fundamental truths resulting in the continuation of his suffering.
And though Elihu is applying these truths in error, we have the opportunity to learn what folks back in those ancient times believed, and simultaneously how God works His policies toward mankind.
Elihu's points in this chapter are that God will always administer impartial justice toward mankind.
Elihu points out that it is a general truth that God favors those who are righteous. Those righteous, being those who have believed in Him, and have established a pattern of life consistent with the principles which God teaches. That those whom He favors will enjoy all manner of prosperity, while at the same time may be subjected to His divine discipline.
If a person maintains a stubborn attitude toward God, then they may be subjected to greater disciplinary actions during their life, and most certainly at the end of their life.
The Christian life is a unique life belonging only to those who have believed in Jesus Christ. All unbelievers are specifically excluded from the Christian life.
The Christian spiritual life is a unique life belonging only to those who maintain a fellowship relationship with God. Fellowship is maintained through the function of confession which results from a consistent monitoring of ones sins and attitude in life.
Those who reside in fellowship enjoy an active spiritual relationship with God. Those who do not reside in fellowship, imitate unbelievers and do not enjoy an active relationship with God.
The spiritual life functions only while you are in fellowship. When you are out of fellowship, your spiritual life is disabled, even though you are still saved.
And though you may incur Gods discipline while stumbling along in your spiritual life, you still reside in this devils world. And the devils world being inherently evil, is full of trouble and turmoil which inevitably will fall into each of our individual lives.
God deals with this devils world while still maintaining His forward progress in His divine plan, and simultaneously dealing with each of our individual needs and wants. You will never find perfection or peace in this world, but you will find it within your spiritual life.
The objective of history is to get all who have believed in Christ, into heavens eternity, and to get all who have advanced in their spiritual lives the greatest of blessings beyond imagination. This current world was never designed to go on forever, and it won't.
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