Eliphaz Continues His Speech. Job 5

 

Job 5- Eliphaz Continues His Speech.

 

Man is born unto trouble, no one is exempt. We are trying to achieve peace in the world without the Prince of Peace. Therefore, trouble comes to man, and the righteous do suffer, and the children of God do have trouble today.

Sometimes trouble comes to a child of God because of a stupid blunder. Sometimes it is a judgment of the Father upon his child. Sometimes it is a discipline of the Father.

Saul of Tarsus, the proud young Pharisee came to know Christ, and God said of him, “For I will show you how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.” Acts 9:16

Trouble comes to us sometimes for the purpose of teaching us to be patient and to trust God. “Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.” James 1:3

At other times trouble comes to us because God is putting the sandpaper on us to smooth out the rough edges. “But He knows the way that I take: when he had tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Job 23:10

Sometimes God permits trouble to come to us to get our minds and hearts fastened on Him. God is faithful and God is good, and God is just.

Eliphaz said to Job, “You are having trouble because you’ve done wrong, and God is correcting you.”

We cannot always speak to the problem of someone else, and someone else cannot always speak to your problem either. Although the statement of Eliphaz is true, it does not apply to Job.

Then Eliphaz states 7 troubles God will deliver him from. 1. In redemption of death, 2. In war. 3. The scourge of the tongue. 4. Fear of destruction. 5. In famine. 6. From the beasts of the earth. 7. In death.

All of this has not met the needs of Job.

Job reacts with a cry for pity. He cries out for mercy and for help because Eliphaz was of no help to him at all.

 

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