Looking for Job

[JLG]

216) Looking for Job

Job 31


“I have made a covenant with my eyes.

So how could I show improper attention to a virgin?

What, then, would be my share from God above,

What inheritance from the Almighty on high?

Does not disaster await the wrongdoer

And calamity those doing what is harmful?

Does he not see my ways

And count all my steps?

Have I ever walked in untruth?

Has my foot hurried to deceive?

Let God weigh me with accurate scales

Then he will recognize my integrity.


- Job doesn’t understand what’s on!


- He doesn’t understand what he did wrong!


- For him, acting wrong is nonsense!


- But he knows that god knows him!


- He knows that God knows his integrity!


- And he will recognize it!


- There is no other way!

 

[JLG]

217) Looking for Job

Job 31


If my footsteps deviate from the way

Or my heart has followed after my eyes

Or my hands have been defiled,

Then let me sow seed and someone else eat,

And let what I plant be uprooted.

If my heart has been enticed by a woman

And I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

Then let my wife grind grain for another man,

And let other men have sexual relations with her.

For that would be shameful conduct,

An error deserving punishment by the judges.

It would be a fire that would devour and destroy,

Consuming even the roots of all my produce.


- Then Job makes a list of all his actions!


- He wants to know what he has done wrong!


- Then he will accept the punishment!


- He is a man of justice!


- He is an upright man as God says!


- So if God says it, it means a lot about Job!


- That’s why we should be careful when we speak about Job!

 

[Bob Carabbio]

- Ok, tell me!

SIMPLE: Job had TWO specific PERSONAL ISSUES that God desired to correct - Leviathan (Personal pride), and BEHEMOTH (a tendency to do things in his OWN POWER, rather than trusting God).

SO God USED satan, as a "surgical instrument" under His control to expose to Job what his issues were, so that Job could eliminate them. That it's the chronologically OLDEST BOOK in the Bible indicates its importance.

 

[JLG]

SIMPLE: Job had TWO specific PERSONAL ISSUES that God desired to correct - Leviathan (Personal pride), and BEHEMOTH (a tendency to do things in his OWN POWER, rather than trusting God).

SO God USED satan, as a "surgical instrument" under His control to expose to Job what his issues were, so that Job could eliminate them. That it's the chronologically OLDEST BOOK in the Bible indicates its importance.

- Yah.weh says about Job that there is no one like him on earth!

- And he has never said that to anybody!

- Thus if he has personal pride, all human beings have personal pride and a lot more than him!

- Thus we are far more guilty than him!

- At the end, he received a lot more than anybody!

- Thus if it's to pay back his personal pride, I want to get this personal pride!

- If the devil wants to fight Yah.weh regarding Job and nobody else, I want this personal pride!

- Moreover, there is no one in the Bible like him who offers sacrifices in case his children have spoken against Yah'weh in their hearts, I want his persoanl pride!

- You can check wherever you want in the Bible, there is no human being like him on the earth!

- So if he has personal pride, what should we say about us?

- The book of Job is condemning us without exception!

- I want his personal pride!

 

[Bob Carabbio]

- Yah.weh says about Job that there is no one like him on earth!

Yes, and???

Ignoring the rest of your diatribe.

 

[JLG]

Yes, and???
-
Ignoring the rest of your diatribe.

- Big mistake!

- No Diatribe!

- Bad luck!

- The Book of Job is MY BOOK!

- I started publishing on the internet about the Book of Job!

- I have discussed about the book of Job so many times!

- I will fight about it to death!

- There is no other way!

- There is too much ignorance!

- No problem!

- ALWAYS READY!

 

[JLG]

218) Looking for Job

Job 31


If I denied justice to my male or female servants

When they had a complaint against me,

What can I do when God confronts me?

What can I answer him when he calls for an accounting?

Did not the One who made me in the womb also make them?

Was it not the same One who formed us before our birth?


- Justice to his servants!


If I refused to give the poor what they desired


- the poor!


Or saddened the eyes of the widow;


- The widow!


If I ate my portion of food alone

Without sharing it with the orphans;

(For from my youth the orphan grew up with me as though I were his father,


- The orphan!


And I have been a guide for the widow from childhood.


- The widow!


If I saw anyone perishing for lack of clothing

Or a poor man with nothing to cover himself

If he did not bless me


- The poor man!


As he warmed himself with the wool of my sheep;

If I shook my fist against the orphan

When he needed my assistance in the city gate;

- Job asks for justice!


- If he can do that, it’s because he is used to dispensing justice!


- It is probably difficult to remember each action of justice!


- But his heart and mind are filled with justice!


- Even when he is in trouble, he keeps feeling it!


- That’s his way!


- His strength!


- That’s also why he has such a powerful relationship with God!

 

[JLG]

219) Looking for Job

Job 31


Then let my arm fall from my shoulder,

And let my arm be broken at the elbow.

For I dreaded disaster from God,

And I could not stand before his dignity.


- If he is guilty of anything, he accepts the consequences!


- But he knows what he did!


- He follows only one way, God’s way and God’s justice!


- He is surrounded by it!


- It shines on him!


- You just have to listen to him and drink his words and catch them and their fluidity!


- Job is free because he is so close to God!


- Freedom of heart and freedom of mind!

 

[JLG]

220) Looking for Job

Job 31


If I put my confidence in gold

Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my security!’

If I found my joy in my great wealth

Because of the many possessions I acquired;

If I saw the sun shining

Or the moon moving in its splendor;

And my heart was secretly enticed,

And my mouth kissed my hand in worship of them;

Then that would be an error deserving punishment by the judges,

For I would have denied the true God above.


- Job was a rich man but his priority was his faith in God !


- We remember what Jesus said about rich people, that is it is really difficult for them to get into God’s kingdom because of their wealth !


- But Job is not in this case !


- He did not let wealth contaminate his heart and mind !


- On the contrary, he would use it to help people !


- And wealth didn’t prevent him from having a strong relationship with God !


- Look at rich people today and you will see and understand the difference !


- It is so evident, so clear !

 

[Bob Carabbio]

- Big mistake!

- No Diatribe!

- Bad luck!

- The Book of Job is MY BOOK!

- I started publishing on the internet about the Book of Job!

- I have discussed about the book of Job so many times!

- I will fight about it to death!

- There is no other way!

- There is too much ignorance!

- No problem!

- ALWAYS READY!

So nothing, then.

 

[JLG]

So nothing, then.

- Nobody can play against Yah.weh!

- Even the devil lost!

- Job is among the best examples of faithfulness!

- And a rare one!

- All went against him!

- He kept faithful not knowing what was on!

- Except Yah.weh!

- And all was made clear at the end of the book!

 

[JLG]

221) Looking for Job

Job 31


Have I ever rejoiced over the destruction of my enemy

Or gloated because evil befell him?

I never allowed my mouth to sin

By asking for his life in an oath.


- Heart and mind!


- Yes, for Job, heart and mind are connected!


- Yes, for him, what you think is as important as what you say!


- Usually people say one thing and think another!


- But Job is one, heart and mind are one!


- That’s what God is looking for!


- That’s why the connection he has with Job is so strong!


- That’s why the devil tried to destroy it!


- And that’s why he couldn’t do it!


- Yes, Job’s heart and mind are not two but one!


- Yes, indestructible!

 

[JLG]

222) Looking for Job

Job 31


Have the men of my tent not said,

‘Who can find anyone who has not been satisfied with his food?’

No stranger had to spend the night outside;

I opened my doors to the traveler.


- Hospitality!


Have I ever tried to cover over my transgressions, like other men,

By hiding my error in the pocket of my garment?

Have I been in fear of the reaction of the multitude,

Or have I been terrified by the contempt of other families,

Making me silent and afraid to go outside?


- Justice!


- Everywhere we get written speeches written by other people!


- It’s like singers who sing songs written by others!


- Words!


- But is the speech true?


- Personally I have never been able to listen to a speech!


- Everywhere you get people who speak on TV, on the radio, they speak and speak to fill the gaps!


- It’s like inflation!


- And it rains words and more words!


- But what do we do with empty words!


- A society of empty words with no more meaning!


- Everything is diluted!


- Is that what’s left?


- I believe in real life!


- And the Bible is real life with some individuals having a deep connection to God whereas the majority doesn’t!


- Yes, I believe in that!


- But I don’t believe in the wind!

 

[JLG]

223) Looking for Job

Job 31


If only someone would listen to me!

I would sign my name to what I have said.

Let the Almighty answer me!


- Job knows who he is and what he did and what he did not do!


- He knows the type of relationship he has with God and nobody will take it from him!


- Never!


- It is indestructible!


- Because it is built on rock!


If only my accuser had written out the charges in a document!

I would carry it on my shoulder,

And I would bind it around my head like a crown.

I would give him an accounting for every step I took;

I would approach him confidently, like a prince.


- He would never let anyone accuse him before God without defending himself!


- His relationship with God is too strong and unbreakable!


- He can’t live without it!

 

[JLG]

224) Looking for Job

Job 31


If my own ground would cry out against me

And its furrows would weep together;

If I have eaten its fruitage without payment,

Or if I have caused its owners to despair;

Then let thorns sprout for me instead of wheat

And foul-smelling weeds instead of barley.”

The words of Job end here.


- Each word of Job goes in the same direction!


- His way goes to God!


- There is no other option for him!


- And he can’t turn on the left or on the right!


- He can only go straight away!


- Every action he does has only one purpose!


- Getting closer to God!


- Even when it is written “the words of Job end here” they keep resonating or echoing in the minds of the people who listen to him carefully!


- And they never stop!

 

[Bob Carabbio]

- And all was made clear at the end of the book!

Apparently not, since you missed it - Job had TWO ISSUES that God was after (Leviathan, and Behemoth). Job finally got it, and repented. THEN things got better.

 

[JLG]

Apparently not, since you missed it - Job had TWO ISSUES that God was after (Leviathan, and Behemoth). Job finally got it, and repented. THEN things got better.

- Right, let me ask you one question:

- What is the book of Job about?

 

[Bob Carabbio]

- Right, let me ask you one question:

- What is the book of Job about?

Specifically it teaches the LENGTHS that God will (and DOES) go to in order to correct errors, and weaknesses in HIS people, and provides insight into some of His methdology including using satan as a "tool".

 

[JLG]

Specifically it teaches the LENGTHS that God will (and DOES) go to in order to correct errors, and weaknesses in HIS people, and provides insight into some of His methdology including using satan as a "tool".

- What about the devil and Eve In Genesis Chapter 3?

 

[Bob Carabbio]

- What about the devil and Eve In Genesis Chapter 3?

James 1 teaches how TEMPTATION works. YOUR lust, and satan's enticement.

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