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NASB | Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 17:11 Now these people were more noble and open-minded than those in Thessalonica, so they received the message [of salvation through faith in the Christ] with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. |
Subject: No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? |
Bible Note: "Job didn't have any proof that his children did anything wrong. Although it doesn't use the word feared or afraid, what Job felt is obvious. Job is the personification of both goodie-two-shoes and worry wart." What you are saying is not obvious at all; in fact, I think it is quite wrong. Here is how the Bible introduces Job: "There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil." --Job 1:1 So please tell us how the Bible's description of a blameless, upright, God-fearing individual who turns away from evil squares with your condemnation of him as a "goody two-shoes" and a "worry wart." I think it is obvious who is making the wrong judgment of Job's character here. What Job is doing for his offspring is precisely what the covenant head of a household should do. He represents his children before God, and he seeks to make atonement for the possible sins of his children. At the same time he was teaching his children the importance of fearing God as well. This is how it worked under the Law of Moses as well. Do you think that every man, woman, and child who sinned offered their own sacrifices for their own individual sins? No, the head of household customarily made the offerings on behalf of himself and those whom God had put under his care. On the Day of Atonement itself, the high priest did for the entire nation of Israel what Job does here for the unknown sins of his kids. Job was not being fearful or fretful, but rather obedient and loyal to God. --Joe! |