"Is it because of your fear of Him that He corrects you, and enters into judgment with you?" (Job 22:4)
I read Job 22 today and was appalled at what one of Job's friend's said to him. Our text is one example.
It is sad that Eliphaz was considered one of Job's friends. Yet as you read Job 22 you see that he said some of the worst utterances against Job in the entire Book. He apparently did not know the Lord God's affirmation of Job, "....there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil."
The pathetic conclusion of Eliphaz and the other three "theologians" is that they thought as most think today: If bad things happen to you, you must be bad. Maybe our King Jesus', "Judge not lest..," applies here.
Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray You convict me if I ever speak against, "a blameless and upright man...." Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
