Post by Lee on Dec 10, 2014 0:57:55 GMT
Zophar said— "God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth."
They were miserable, wearisome, and troublesome comforters. But such were their reasonings on the calamities which had befallen Job. If evil had befallen him, it was
because he had done evil, perhaps secretly. While their reasoning was wrong in this respect, we do not conclude that all their utterances were untrue. They did voice
things that were true, only sometimes it was misapplied or mixed with error. But their basic assumption by which they condemned Job was not according to the wisdom of God: The greater one's personal sins, they reasoned, the greater the evils that sinners must suffer at the hands of God, though even then God is merciful (as Zophar implied in 11:6 above). In reverse manner, the more righteous a person is, the more blessings are showered upon him from God above.
But such is not the divine wisdom in the case of Job, or in the case of any others among God's (accounted) righteous people. Even the Son of God suffered and was bruised, yet he lived a life of perfect obedience to his heavenly Father, committing no personal sins whatever.
1960 Berean p 24
They were miserable, wearisome, and troublesome comforters. But such were their reasonings on the calamities which had befallen Job. If evil had befallen him, it was
because he had done evil, perhaps secretly. While their reasoning was wrong in this respect, we do not conclude that all their utterances were untrue. They did voice
things that were true, only sometimes it was misapplied or mixed with error. But their basic assumption by which they condemned Job was not according to the wisdom of God: The greater one's personal sins, they reasoned, the greater the evils that sinners must suffer at the hands of God, though even then God is merciful (as Zophar implied in 11:6 above). In reverse manner, the more righteous a person is, the more blessings are showered upon him from God above.
But such is not the divine wisdom in the case of Job, or in the case of any others among God's (accounted) righteous people. Even the Son of God suffered and was bruised, yet he lived a life of perfect obedience to his heavenly Father, committing no personal sins whatever.
1960 Berean p 24