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This podcast is dedicated to exploring the truth about God: things you may not have understood, may not have been taught, or quite frankly, had a very hard time believing.And since our entire relationship with God rests on “believing,” it is important we learn how to separate…
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EP29 Yahweh According to Job, Job 9:1-12 (opens the original)
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Job rejects Bildad’s merit-based theology and acknowledges that no mortal can justify himself before the wise, mighty God.Only God is good; human arguments cannot compel or manipulate Him. Creation, miracles, and sovereign rule testify that Yahweh alone sees and accomplishes what is good. Job’s image of God “snatching away” connects with Jesus’ sheep,the parable of the soils, and harpazō in 1 Thessalonians: believers must continually choose faithful dependence, yet no enemy can seize them from G
EP28 Yahweh According to Job, Job 8:1-22 (opens the original)
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Bildad’s response to Job’s suffering exposed the cruelty of his “if/then” theology. Bildad assumes suffering proves sin and thatrestoration will come only if Job becomes pure, upright, and prayerful. He appeals to “the wisdom of yesterday,” treating inherited tradition as unquestionable truth. Yet Scripture reveals Yahweh as merciful to all, blessing by grace rather than merit. Job’s eventual restoration was God’s sovereignpurpose, not payment for improved conduct. The church at Smyrna likewise
EP27 Yahweh According to Job, Job 7:1-21 (opens the original)
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Job explains that life is nothing but a temporary struggle for there is nothing permanent in this life, nothing of enduring value, and the destiny of one is the destiny of us all. We may have moments of wonder and joy in this life, but it seems everyone is assigned their months, if not years, of futility—long and weary nights of misery. No one escapes this dreadful plight of humanity. And in the midst of intense suffering, it is normal to find yourself on the floor, helpless, desperate, overwhel
EP26 Yahweh According to Job, Job 6:15-30 (opens the original)
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Fear causes people, like Job’s friends, to say terrible things, religious diatribe that simply does not help. In their fear they make what is happening to the one suffering all about themselves. But the watcher of all humanity has made Job his target not because he did anything “bad” and not because Job is a burden, not because he is like the raging sea or the fireburning dragon, but because He is obsessed with Job and wants to give Job the opportunity to know and experience even more of Him. Do
EP25 Yahweh According to Job, Job 6:1-14 (opens the original)
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In Job’s response to Eliphaz, he chastises Eliphaz, and his friends, as being worthless and providing no relief, no help, no comfort, and no repose from his suffering. He points out that they are driven by fear, a deep inner fear that if there was no“cause” for what is happening to Job then perhaps something similar might just happen to them. The truth is that they do not need to fear for the deepest form of fellowship, the fellowship of Christ’s suffering, is reserved for those who desperately
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