January 07, 2011
Scofield describes Bildad as "a religious dogmatist of the superficial kind, whose dogmatism rests upon tradition and upon proverbial wisdom and approved pious phrases... his platitudes are true enough, but then everyone knows them, nor do they shed any light on such a problem as Job's."
Bildad speaks. He thinks Job is a hypocrite. The things he says are true in a general sense but they don't fit Job's situation.
Job 8:13-15 - "That is what will happen to those who forget God; the hope of the wicked will be gone. What they hope in is easily broken; what they trust is like a spider's web. They lean on the spider's web, but it breaks. They grab it, but it does not hold up."
Job 8:22 - "Your enemies will be covered in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be gone."
Job answers Bildad. Job understood the relationship between
He knew he was a sinner and that only God could save. He was not a hypocrite. He wasn't claiming perfection, but he also knew he had done nothing to cause the trouble he was having.
Job 9:4 - "God's wisdom is deep, and his power is great; no one can fight him without getting hurt." The NIV says "and come out unscathed."
Next Entry: Job 11:1 – 14:22
Scofield describes Bildad as "a religious dogmatist of the superficial kind, whose dogmatism rests upon tradition and upon proverbial wisdom and approved pious phrases... his platitudes are true enough, but then everyone knows them, nor do they shed any light on such a problem as Job's."
Bildad speaks. He thinks Job is a hypocrite. The things he says are true in a general sense but they don't fit Job's situation.
Job 8:13-15 - "That is what will happen to those who forget God; the hope of the wicked will be gone. What they hope in is easily broken; what they trust is like a spider's web. They lean on the spider's web, but it breaks. They grab it, but it does not hold up."
Job 8:22 - "Your enemies will be covered in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be gone."
Job answers Bildad. Job understood the relationship between
God
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Man.
He knew he was a sinner and that only God could save. He was not a hypocrite. He wasn't claiming perfection, but he also knew he had done nothing to cause the trouble he was having.
Job 9:4 - "God's wisdom is deep, and his power is great; no one can fight him without getting hurt." The NIV says "and come out unscathed."
Next Entry: Job 11:1 – 14:22
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