Job's Confident Faith
The book of Job is one of the earliest books of the Bible to be written, if not the very first. Yet, Job showed remarkable knowledge of God, and He had a very confident faith in His Lord. In fact, he knew his Redeemer was alive and one day would stand on the earth, and he was looking forward to seeing God.(Job 19:25,26) That is a great insight and confident faith.
For Job to use the word "Redeemer" 2,000 years before Jesus came into the world is amazing. He already knew that we all had sinned, so we have to have a Redeemer to pay our sin debt and set us free from those sins. He knew that Jesus would come to this world, and live among us. Just as remarkable was the fact that he told his friends that after his skin was destroyed, he would see God. He had a definite belief in life after death. How many people alive today have that degree of insight and faith? The number is not very high, considering we have the whole Bible translated into many languages and missionaries who have gone around the world to communicate the gospel. It shows that God is able to speak to a willing heart, and then, the one with a willing heart comes to see great truths and know Christ. Is that true of you today?
Tomorrow, I intend to read Job 21-24
For Job to use the word "Redeemer" 2,000 years before Jesus came into the world is amazing. He already knew that we all had sinned, so we have to have a Redeemer to pay our sin debt and set us free from those sins. He knew that Jesus would come to this world, and live among us. Just as remarkable was the fact that he told his friends that after his skin was destroyed, he would see God. He had a definite belief in life after death. How many people alive today have that degree of insight and faith? The number is not very high, considering we have the whole Bible translated into many languages and missionaries who have gone around the world to communicate the gospel. It shows that God is able to speak to a willing heart, and then, the one with a willing heart comes to see great truths and know Christ. Is that true of you today?
Tomorrow, I intend to read Job 21-24