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NASB | Job 1:8 The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Job 1:8 The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God]." |
Subject: a righteous man |
Bible Note: Job believed that the righteousness he had was of his own doing(pride). God allowed him to be tormented and humbled so that Job would learn that all righteousness is given from above and not of ourselves.The lesson of Job reaches to all areas of thought.We do not have the power or ability to pull down from Heaven the knowledge of the son of God. It is a gift to be recieved by those humble enough to recieve it. We can study for hours, days, weeks and years, and never come to the knowledge of the truth. If we sincerly seek to know God and His heart (thoughts,feelings and purpose)(our true reason for studying [motive]), He will reveal Himself. The purpose of God is to get us to be pure in thought as to who he is. when we have pride and the fruit of the flesh, which is the godless human nature that we were born with and all the emotions following them, we cannot know or understand God. We are disciplined to be humble, and taught to kill the human nature, so that we can grow in His nature and characture with all of his emotions, thoughts and feelings,with the fruit of His Spirit that follows them. If we endure hardship as discipline, then God is dealing with us as sons, and not outcasts. He will never leave us or forsake us........... Unfortunately we can forsake him. Many will not endure and fall by the wayside. Those who cling to Him and trust Him, will enter through the straight gate. It's a painful journey, but a rewarding one! |