#accuracymatters
#woolliness_is_foolishness
"... ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right."
Job
42 KJT
7
¶And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD
said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy
two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my
servant Job hath.
8
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant
Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall
pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in
that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
Please
note a few things:
i.
The three great 'theologians' was solemnly charged with misrepresenting the
LORD.
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misrepresenting, giving a false or misleading account, of the Lord God is no
light matter; it is grievous folly. They vehemently insisted that Job's
suffering was the LORD punishing Job for his sins.
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But the LORD's testimony of Job was this: "And the LORD said unto Satan,
Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth,
a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?"
Job 1:8
ii.
The LORD equated their carelessness and woolliness as folly; it is serious and
grievous enough to kindle the wrath of the LORD against them for such folly.
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Tell us why it is grievously foolish to misrepresent the LORD.
iii.
It is sin; it transgresses the law of God; it bears false witness against the LORD;
it takes the name of the LORD in vain.
iv.
It's a sin that requires a costly burnt offering.
However,
it's delightful to read that the three 'theologians' took heed of the rebuke
and repented promptly; 9¶ So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and
Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the
LORD also accepted Job.
Even
more delightful is that Job was willing, in obedience to the LORD, to be their
mediator even though they had been so injurious in their accusations against
Job; thus the emphasis "the LORD also accepted Job", i.e. in his role
as a willing and gracious mediator for the three friends turned false accusers.
2Timothy
2:15
Study
to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.
O
Lord, help me to rightly divide Thy word of truth, that I may speak of Thee
only things that are right and truthful. Amen.