Month: July 2020

Job 33, God speaks to those perishing!

Job 33:14-15, FOR GOD MAY SPEAK IN ONE WAY, OR IN ANOTHER, YET MAN DOES NOT PERCEIVE IT. IN A DREAM, IN A VISION OF THE NIGHT, WHEN DEEP SLEEP FALLS UPON MEN, WHILE SLUMBERING ON THEIR BEDS,

God is always speaking to everyone, yet the majority do not listen or do not perceive!

Mat 13:14, … ‘HEARING YOU WILL HEAR AND SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND, AND SEEING YOU WILL SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE; 

Job 33:16-18, THEN HE OPENS THE EARS OF MEN, AND SEALS THEIR INSTRUCTION. IN ORDER TO TURN MAN FROM HIS DEED, AND CONCEAL PRIDE FROM MAN, HE KEEPS BACK HIS SOUL FROM THE PIT, AND HIS LIFE FROM PERISHING BY THE SWORD.

This is the reason GOD speaks to us! In order to keep our souls from the PIT of hell, from the pit of death away from HIM! This is HIS main purpose, that is why HE sent HIS SON, JESUS!

Luk 9:35, And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “THIS IS MY BELOVED SON. HEAR HIM!” 

Job 33:21-22, His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones stick out which once were not seen. YES, HIS SOUL DRAWS NEAR THE PIT, AND HIS LIFE TO THE EXECUTIONERS.

FOR THOSE THAT ARE PERISHING THEIR SOULS ARE DYING AND FADING AWAY.

Job 33:23-24, “If there is a messenger for him, A mediator, one among a thousand, To show man HIS UPRIGHTNESS, Then HE is gracious to him, and says, DELIVER HIM FROM GOING DOWN TO THE PIT; I HAVE FOUND A RANSOM!

Pastor’s, teachers, evangelist, and servants of the MOST HIGH need to teach HIS way to those who are perishing! THOSE THAT WHO OPEN THEIR HEARTS TO HIM AND LISTEN TO HIS WORDS, HE WILL DELIVER FROM THE PIT OF DEATH WHERE THERE IS NO HOPE!

Zec 9:11, “As for you also, BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF YOUR COVENANT, I WILL SET YOUR PRISONERS FREE FROM THE WATERLESS PIT.

IT IS BECAUSE OF JESUS’S BLOOD THAT WAS SPILLED ON CALVARY THAT WE ARE DELIVERED FROM WHAT WE DESERVE!

Job 33:28, HE will redeem his soul from going down to the Pit, And his life shall see the light. 

Job 32, Wisdom comes from GOD!

Job 32:2, Then the wrath of Elihu, … was aroused against Job; HIS WRATH WAS AROUSED BECAUSE HE JUSTIFIED HIMSELF RATHER THAN GOD..

Job did indeed blamed GOD and justified himself, he has said many wrong things, but they were coming from his grief!

Job 27:2, “As God lives, who has taken away MY JUSTICE, AND THE ALMIGHTY, WHO HAS MADE MY SOUL BITTER,

Job believed that GOD was behind the attack on his life, yet it was satan himself! JOB SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT GOD IS THE DEFINITION OF LOVE AND IT IS AGAINST HIS NATURE TO ATTACK A RIGHTEOUS PERSON; NOT SINLESS, BUT RIGHTEOUS!

1John 4:7-8, BELOVED, LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER, for LOVE IS OF GOD; and everyone WHO LOVES IS BORN OF GOD AND KNOWS GOD. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE DOES NOT KNOW GOD, FOR GOD IS LOVE.

Job 32:3, ALSO AGAINST HIS THREE FRIENDS HIS WRATH WAS AROUSED, BECAUSE THEY HAD FOUND NO ANSWER, AND YET HAD CONDEMNED JOB. 

His three friends condemned Job without cause without proof, yet that didn’t stop them from saying “IF YOU WERE PURE”?

Job 8:6, IF YOU WERE PURE AND UPRIGHT, SURELY NOW HE WOULD AWAKE FOR YOU, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.

Job 32:8-9, BUT THERE IS A SPIRIT IN MAN, AND THE BREATH OF THE ALMIGHTY GIVES HIM UNDERSTANDING. GREAT MEN ARE NOT ALWAYS WISE, NOR DO THE AGED ALWAYS UNDERSTAND JUSTICE. 

Elihu was young, but he knew that wisdom comes from GOD! With age comes wisdom is a general rule for the troubles of life is a great teacher, YET TRUE WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING ONLY COMES FROM GOD!

Pro 2:6, FOR THE LORD GIVES WISDOM; FROM HIS MOUTH COME KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING; 

Job 31, a covenant with GOD!

Job 31:1-3, “I HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH MY EYES; WHY THEN SHOULD I LOOK UPON A YOUNG WOMAN? For what is the allotment of God from above, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high? IS IT NOT DESTRUCTION FOR THE WICKED, AND DISASTER FOR THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY?

Job made a covenant with GOD regarding his eyes! Lusting over women is sinful and he knew himself! JESUS SAID,

Mat 5:28, BUT I SAY TO YOU THAT WHOEVER LOOKS AT A WOMAN TO LUST FOR HER HAS ALREADY COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER IN HIS HEART. 

If we follow our example in life, JESUS, the lust of the eyes is not HIS way, but the world’s!

1Jn 2:16, FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD—THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES, and the PRIDE OF LIFE—IS NOT OF THE FATHER BUT IS OF THE WORLD. 

Job 31:13-15, “If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against me, What then shall I do when God rises up? WHEN HE PUNISHES, HOW SHALL I ANSWER HIM? DID NOT HE WHO MADE ME IN THE WOMB MAKE THEM? DID NOT THE SAME ONE FASHION US IN THE WOMB?

Pro 22:2, The rich and the poor have this in common, The LORD is the maker of them all. 

We are not better than anyone else, WE ARE ALL HIS CREATION! IF WE OPPRESS ANYONE IT’S A REPROACH AGAINST THEIR CREATOR, GOD!

Pro 14:31, He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy. 

We are HIS Creation, but not all are HIS sons! BEING CALLED A SON OF GOD IS A PRIVILEGE TO THOSE WHO KNOW THEIR GOD AND HAVE RECEIVED HIM! IT’S A GIFT TO THE WORLD FOR ALL THOSE WILLING TO COME TO HIM! DON’T FOLLOW THE WAYS OF THE WORLD, BECAUSE IT ONLY LEADS TO DEATH!

Joh 1:12, BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM HE GAVE THE RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD, TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIS NAME:

Job 30, Our true enemy!

Job 30:1, “But now they mock at me, men younger than I, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

Before men used to listen to his wisdom (Job 29:21), but now even men whom he wouldn’t put in charge of the dogs mock him! ONE THING TO REMEMBER HERE IS THAT JESUS WAS ALSO MOCKED BY MEN!

Joh 19:3, Then they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck Him with their hands. 

Today, Christians are counted as crazy because of our faith in CHRIST JESUS! THE WORLD HATED HIM THEY WILL ALSO HATE US!

Job 30:8-10, THEY WERE SONS OF FOOLS, Yes, SONS OF VILE MEN; They were scourged from the land. “AND NOW I AM THEIR TAUNTING SONG; Yes, I AM THEIR BYWORD. They abhor me, they keep far from me; They do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Because of Job’s faith in the living GOD, he is enduring the attack of satan through these men! WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN TRIALS BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH IN THE LIVING GOD!

Heb 11:36, STILL OTHERS HAD TRIAL OF MOCKINGS AND SCOURGINGS, YES, AND OF CHAINS AND IMPRISONMENT.

Job 30:11, BECAUSE HE HAS LOOSED MY BOWSTRING AND AFFLICTED ME, They have cast off restraint before me. 

Job believes that GOD has weaken him, but we know that this is an attack by satan, which GOD Allowed! GOD WILL NEVER TEMP YOU TO SIN AGAINST HIM LIKE SATAN WANTS JOB TO DO (Job 1:11)! “HE (Job) WILL SURELY CURSE YOU (GOD) TO YOUR FACE!”

Jas 1:13, NLT, And remember, WHEN YOU ARE BEING TEMPTED, DO NOT SAY, “GOD IS TEMPTING ME.” God is never tempted to do wrong, and HE NEVER TEMPTS ANYONE ELSE.

WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHO OUR TRUE ENEMY IS AND WHO IS TEMPTING US!

Eph 6:10-11, Finally, my brethren, BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT. PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL.

Job 29, waiting on the LORD!

Job 29:2-3, “Oh, that I were as in months past, AS IN THE DAYS WHEN GOD WATCHED OVER ME; When His lamp shone upon my head, And WHEN BY HIS LIGHT I WALKED THROUGH DARKNESS;

In Job’s eyes, his greatest lost was the fellowship he had with the LORD! job’s footsteps were guided by the light of his goodness even in times of darkness!

Psa 27:1, … The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

EVEN IN THE DARKEST, SCARIEST MOMENTS IN LIFE, THE LORD IS THERE READY TO HELP!

Heb 13:6, So we may boldly say: “THE LORD IS MY HELPER; I WILL NOT FEAR. WHAT CAN MAN DO TO ME?” 

Job 29:12-13, Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper. The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Job wasn’t greedy with his wealth, he helped the poor, the needy and the widow! GOD used Job to bless others!

Heb 13:16, BUT DO NOT FORGET TO DO GOOD AND TO SHARE, FOR WITH SUCH SACRIFICES GOD IS WELL PLEASED. 

Job 29:21-22, “Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew.

But now people look at him in awe! What happened to this man! What did he do? Even his friends turned on him?

Joh 13:7, Jesus answered…, “WHAT I AM DOING YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND NOW, BUT YOU WILL KNOW AFTER THIS.” 

There are times in our lives when we just don’t understand what is happening, what is GOD doing, why am I going through this? BUT THOSE WHO KNOW THE LORD KNOW THAT HE HAS A PURPOSE FOR IT!  WAIT ON THE LORD!

Rom 8:28, And WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. 

Job 28, True hidden treasure! the LORD!

Job 28:1-2,4, “SURELY THERE IS A MINE FOR SILVER, AND A PLACE WHERE GOLD IS REFINED. IRON IS TAKEN FROM THE EARTH, And copper is smelted from ore. …. HE BREAKS OPEN A SHAFT AWAY FROM PEOPLE; IN PLACES FORGOTTEN BY FEET They hang far away from men; THEY SWING TO AND FRO.

Job is thinking that the earth holds many hidden treasures! Silver, Gold, Iron etc, BUT IT’S HARD WORK TO UN-EARTH! BUT, TO THE DILIGENT THESE TREASURES CAN BE FOUND!

Job 28:12-13, “BUT WHERE CAN WISDOM BE FOUND? AND WHERE IS THE PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING? MAN DOES NOT KNOW ITS VALUE, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

Pro 3:13, Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding; 

Job 28:15-17, IT CANNOT BE PURCHASED FOR GOLD, NOR CAN SILVER BE WEIGHED FOR ITS PRICE. IT CANNOT BE VALUED IN THE GOLD OF OPHIR, IN PRECIOUS ONYX OR SAPPHIRE. NEITHER GOLD NOR CRYSTAL CAN EQUAL IT, NOR CAN IT BE EXCHANGED FOR JEWELRY OF FINE GOLD.

WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING IS BY FAR MORE PRECIOUS THAN ANY EARTHLY TREASURE; BUT, WHERE CAN IT BE FOUND?

Job 28:28, And to man He said, ‘BEHOLD, THE FEAR OF THE LORD, THAT IS WISDOM, AND TO DEPART FROM EVIL IS UNDERSTANDING.

As silver and gold and all precious stones are found in the earth, TRUE WISDOM IS ONLY FOUND IN HIS WORD! THE DILIGENT, BY READING HIS WORD DAILY, WILL FIND WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING!

Pro 1:7, THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE, BUT FOOLS DESPISE WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION.

Jer 9:23, Thus says the LORD: “LET NOT THE WISE MAN GLORY IN HIS WISDOM, LET NOT THE MIGHTY MAN GLORY IN HIS MIGHT, NOR LET THE RICH MAN GLORY IN HIS RICHES; 

DON’T GLORY IN YOUR WISDOM, IN YOUR STRENGTH OR WEALTH, BUT GLORY IN THAT YOU KNOW THE LORD AND HIS WORD! SEEK THE LORD AND YOU’LL FIND ETERNAL TREASURES AND ETERNAL LIFE!

Jer 9:24, BUT LET HIM WHO GLORIES GLORY IN THIS, THAT HE UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS ME, THAT I AM THE LORD, EXERCISING LOVINGKINDNESS, JUDGMENT, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE EARTH. FOR IN THESE I DELIGHT,” SAYS THE LORD. 

Job 27, Whom shall you call on?

Job 27:8-10, FOR WHAT IS THE HOPE OF THE HYPOCRITE, THOUGH HE MAY GAIN MUCH, If God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him? WILL HE DELIGHT HIMSELF IN THE ALMIGHTY? WILL HE ALWAYS CALL ON GOD?

Job has been calling on the LORD, BUT A HYPOCRITE, IN TIMES OF TROUBLE, WILL NOT LEAN ON THE LORD, BUT ON HIS OWN UNDERSTANDING! HE WILL NOT CALL ON GOD FOR HELP FOR HE TRULY DOESN’T BELIEVE!

Rom 10:13-14, For “WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED.” HOW THEN SHALL THEY CALL ON HIM IN WHOM THEY HAVE NOT BELIEVED? …

A Christian will always be driven closer to the LORD to seek understanding and wisdom!

Pro 3:5-6, TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS.

DON’T TRUST IN WHAT YOU SEE, BUT TRUST IN WHOM YOU DON’T SEE! THE LORD IS WITH YOU AND SHALL NEVER LEAVE YOU!

Job 27:13-15, “THIS IS THE PORTION OF A WICKED MAN WITH GOD, And the heritage of oppressors, RECEIVED FROM THE ALMIGHTY: If his children are multiplied, IT IS FOR THE SWORD; And his offspring shall NOT BE SATISFIED WITH BREAD. THOSE WHO SURVIVE HIM SHALL BE BURIED IN DEATH, AND THEIR WIDOWS SHALL NOT WEEP,

Psa 109:13, Let his posterity be cut off, And in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 

The wicked man brings wickedness to his own home. He teaches his children to do the same and will reap the same benefit! DEATH, NOT JUST PHYSICAL, BUT AN EVERLASTING DEATH AWAY FROM THE FATHER!

Pro 22:6, TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO, AND WHEN HE IS OLD HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT.

Job 26, used by satan, and the power of GOD!

Job 26:1-3, But Job answered and said: “HOW HAVE YOU HELPED HIM WHO IS WITHOUT POWER? HOW HAVE YOU SAVED THE ARM THAT HAS NO STRENGTH? How have you counseled one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared SOUND ADVICE to many?

Job, speaking to the three friends, HOW HAVE YOU HELPED ME? THEY INITIALLY CAME TO BRING HIM COMFORT, BUT ENDED UP ATTACKING HIM!

Job 13:4, 16:2, BUT YOU FORGERS OF LIES, You are all WORTHLESS PHYSICIANS …. MISERABLE COMFORTERS ARE YOU ALL! 

Job 26:4, To whom have you uttered words? And WHOSE SPIRIT CAME FROM YOU? 

WHAT SPIRIT SPOKE THRU YOU? Remember Peter, satan rebuked JESUS by using Peter! it looks as if satan used these three to further attack Job! JOB 4:15-17!

Matt 16:22-23, THEN PETER TOOK HIM ASIDE AND BEGAN TO REBUKE HIM, …. BUT HE TURNED AND SAID TO PETER, “GET BEHIND ME, SATAN!…

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE DEMON-POSSESSED FOR SATAN TO INFLUENCE YOU OR SPEAK THROUGH YOU! BE VIGILANT!

1Pe 5:8, BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 

Job 26:7-8, 13, HE STRETCHES OUT THE NORTH OVER EMPTY SPACE; HE HANGS THE EARTH ON NOTHING. HE BINDS UP THE WATER IN HIS THICK CLOUDS, YET THE CLOUDS ARE NOT BROKEN UNDER IT…. BY HIS SPIRIT HE ADORNED THE HEAVENS

The power and wisdom of GOD! HE STRETCHES OUT SPACE AND HANGS THE EARTH ON NOTHING! HE CARRIES TONS OF WATER VIA CLOUDS! ONLY THE LORD!

Job 26:14, INDEED THESE ARE THE MERE EDGES OF HIS WAYS, AND HOW SMALL A WHISPER WE HEAR OF HIM! BUT THE THUNDER OF HIS POWER WHO CAN UNDERSTAND?” 

WE ONLY SEE THE MERE EDGES OF HIS STRENGTH! GLORY BE HIS NAME!

Psa 139:6, SUCH KNOWLEDGE IS TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME; IT IS HIGH, I CANNOT ATTAIN IT. 

Job 25, Righteous before GOD?

Job 25:1-3, THEN BILDAD the Shuhite answered and said “DOMINION AND FEAR BELONG TO HIM; He makes peace in His high places. IS THERE ANY NUMBER TO HIS ARMIES? Upon whom does His light not rise?

THE GREATNESS OF GOD IS UNDENIABLE, AND HIS ARMIES ARE WITHOUT NUMBER IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFEAT! Bildad is now just repeating what everyone has already agreed to! GOD IS GREAT!

Psa 99:1-3, THE LORD REIGNS; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; Let the earth be moved! THE LORD IS GREAT in Zion, AND HE IS HIGH ABOVE ALL THE PEOPLES. LET THEM PRAISE YOUR GREAT AND AWESOME NAME—HE IS HOLY.

Job 25:4, HOW THEN CAN MAN BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD? OR HOW CAN HE BE PURE WHO IS BORN OF A WOMAN? 

Again, Bildad thinks Job is saying that he is righteous and sinless before GOD! Job agrees with this and in fact he has already stated that!

Job 9:1-2, Then Job answered and said: “Truly I know it is so, BUT HOW CAN A MAN BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD?

THESE, SO CALLED FRIENDS, ARE OUT OF ARGUMENTS, AND IN FACT THIS CHAPTER IS THE LAST OF THEIR WORDS! BUT TO ANSWER JOB AND BILDAD; HOW CAN A MAN BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD!

1Cor 6:9-11, Do you not know that the unrighteous WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD? DO NOT BE DECEIVED. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. AND SUCH WERE SOME OF YOU. BUT YOU WERE WASHED, BUT YOU WERE SANCTIFIED, BUT YOU WERE JUSTIFIED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS AND BY THE SPIRIT OF OUR GOD.

IT IS ONLY THROUGH JESUS THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE; FOR ALL HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF HIS GLORY! THERE IS NOT ONE THAT DOES GOOD, BUT THROUGH HIS BLOOD WE ARE HEALED, AND THE CHARGES AGAINST US DROPPED!

Rom 8:33, WHO SHALL BRING A CHARGE AGAINST GOD’S ELECT? IT IS GOD WHO JUSTIFIES. 

Job 24, Evil men will have their day!

Job 24:1, “Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, WHY DO THOSE WHO KNOW HIM SEE NOT HIS DAYS? 

Job struggles in understanding why the wicked seem to prosper and the righteous don’t? FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW IT IS HARD, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO UNDERSTAND WHY GOD DOES OR DOESN’T DO SOMETHING? BUT THOSE WHO KNOW HIM KNOWS WILL PLACE THEIR TRUST IN HIM!

Psa 9:10, AND THOSE WHO KNOW YOUR NAME WILL PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU; FOR YOU, LORD, HAVE NOT FORSAKEN THOSE WHO SEEK YOU. 

Job 24:2-4, “SOME REMOVE LANDMARKS; THEY SEIZE FLOCKS VIOLENTLY AND FEED ON THEM; THEY DRIVE AWAY THE DONKEY OF THE FATHERLESS; THEY TAKE THE WIDOW’S OX AS A PLEDGE. THEY PUSH THE NEEDY OFF THE ROAD; ALL THE POOR OF THE LAND ARE FORCED TO HIDE.

Job sees these evil men stealing from the poor, from the fatherless and from the widows; Job knows what’s written in HIS word regarding them. BUT JUSTICE DOESN’T SEEM TO COME? GOD SEEMS TO BE SILENT EVEN THOUGH IN HIS WORD THOSE EVIL MEN ARE CURSED?

Deu 27:17, ‘CURSED IS THE ONE WHO MOVES HIS NEIGHBOR’S LANDMARK.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ 

Deu 10:18, HE ADMINISTERS JUSTICE FOR THE FATHERLESS AND THE WIDOW, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. 

Job 24:12, The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; YET GOD DOES NOT CHARGE THEM WITH WRONG. 

Psa 73:17-19, UNTIL I WENT INTO THE SANCTUARY OF GOD; THEN I UNDERSTOOD THEIR END. Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

THE DAY IS COMING AND IS ALMOST HERE, WHERE THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SEE THEIR BLESSED HOPE, JESUS, FACE TO FACE, BUT THE WICKED WILL HAVE THEIR END!

Isa 3:11, Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, For the reward of his hands shall be given him.