JOB 4\u20135<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cEven as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
(Job 4:8).<\/i><\/p>\n
Once Job broke his seven-day silence, Eliphaz took the opportunity to give him some advice. He proceeded very cautiously, asking, \u201cIf one attempts a word with you, will you become weary?\u201d He began by praising Job for the many righteous acts he had done. He commended him for not only instructing his immediate family in the ways of righteousness but also his fellow countrymen.<\/p>\n
Eliphaz\u2019s praise turned into admonishment, though, as he realized that Job was not as righteous as he seemed. Eliphaz rightly assumed that calamity falls upon the wicked on account of their sin. However, he unjustly lumped Job in with the wicked, while God praised him for being upright. He intimated that Job was a hypocrite: \u201cIs not your reverence your confidence? And the integrity of your ways your hope?\u201d Eliphaz assumed that bad things cannot happen to righteous people; therefore, since such tribulation had fallen upon Job, it must have been because of his sin.<\/p>\n
This conclusion, of course, was erroneous. The Scripture is filled with examples of pious men falling prey to the heavy hand of providence\u2014Abel, Lot, Jacob, and, of course, David, who suffered unjustly at the hands of his enemies. Eliphaz judged Job too harshly. \u201cThose that pass rash and uncharitable censures upon their brethren, and condemn them as hypocrites, do Satan\u2019s work, and serve his interest more than they are aware of,\u201d Henry wrote. Eliphaz tried to find support for his conclusions from a vision in which a voice said, \u201cCan a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?\u201d Henry maintains that the vision was given to Eliphaz from God not to condemn Job for his sin or to accuse him of hypocrisy, but to rebuke him for his murmuring against God. Job had questioned God\u2019s wisdom in allowing him to live, and this vision most likely was directed against Job\u2019s discontent. Eliphaz, however, took it too far and passed an inappropriate judgment on Job. He tried to soften his accusation somewhat when he assured Job that God would not abandon him forever. Despite Eliphaz\u2019s bad counsel, he proved himself knowledgeable of God\u2019s ways by reminding Job that God would deliver him, that \u201cHe shall redeem you from death\u201d (5:20).<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
Jeremiah 14\u201316<\/p>\n
1 Timothy 5<\/p>\n
Read John 9:1\u201312. How were the conclusions of the disciples similar to those of Eliphaz? What is Jesus\u2019s response? Does this mean that God never disciplines us because of our sin (Heb. 12:3\u201311)? Why is it not our place to judge another\u2019s trials (Matt. 7:1\u20136)? Have you wrongly judged someone? It so, confess and repent of it today.<\/p>\n
For further study: Rom. 2:1\u20134; 14:1\u20138 \u2022 1 Cor. 4:1\u20135 \u2022 James 4:11\u201312<\/i><\/p>\n
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JOB 4\u20135 \u201cEven as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same\u201d (Job 4:8). Once Job broke his seven-day silence, Eliphaz took the opportunity to give him some advice. He proceeded very cautiously, asking, \u201cIf one attempts a word with you, will you become weary?\u201d He began by praising Job … Continue reading “ELIPHAZ\u2019S RASH COUNSEL”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}