Job Answers Bildad. Job 9

 

Job 9 – Job Answers Bildad

 

Much of what Bildad had said was true, but his words hadn’t met Job’s needs. Job needed the gospel at this point. He needed to know how a man could be just before God. He needs his questions answered, and his friends are not answering them. Job feels like God is far removed from him. He knows God as the Creator of the stars and universe, but he doesn’t know anything about God’s tender mercy. Job knows that he wouldn’t stand a chance if he came in the presence of God.

 

Job does not say he is a perfect man before God, but he does say that he is a pretty good man, a righteous man. He recognizes that before God, he could not defend himself.

There are many today who, because they don’t know the Word of God, feel that they will be able to stand before God and meet His standards and are well-pleasing to Him.

 

The only Man who ever met God’s standards was the Lord Jesus Christ. He shows us by His life that we cannot meet God’s standards, that we need a Savior. By His death He can save us.

 

Job’s complaint was, “If there were only Someone who could put His hand in the hand of God and could put His other hand in my hand and bring us together, then I would have a mediator.”

 

Paul wrote in I Tim. 2:5; “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ.”

Job speaks in the bitterness of his soul. He is tired of life, and he is going to say exactly how he feels. He is plain and honest about his sad plight and his wretched condition.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and New King James Bible. Nelsons Quick Reference Commentary.