You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth.
Job 33:25-28
25 His flesh [basar] shall be
fresher [ruwtaphash] than a child's [no`ar]: he shall return [shuwb] to
the days [yowm] of his youth [`aluwm]:
26 He shall pray [`athar] unto God ['elowahh], and he
will be favourable [ratsah] unto him: and he
shall see [ra'ah] his face [paniym] with joy [taruw`ah]: for he
will render [shuwb] unto man ['enowsh] his righteousness [tsadaqah].
27 He looketh [shuwr] upon men ['enowsh], and if any say ['amar], I
have sinned [chata'], and perverted [`avah] that which was right [yashar], and it profited [shavah] me not;
28 He will deliver [padah] his soul [nephesh] from
going [`abar] into the pit [shachath], and his life [chay] shall
see [ra'ah] the light ['owr]. KJV-Interlinear
25 Let his flesh become fresher
than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor; 26 Then he will pray to God, and He will
accept him, That he may see His face with joy, And He may restore His
righteousness to man. 27 'He will sing
to men and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not
proper for me. 28 'He has redeemed my
soul from going to the pit, And my life shall see the light.' NASB
Given that there is a unique person in this universe,
that is, the one in a thousand previously mentioned, who is both the messenger
from God, an advocate before God in our behalf, a redeemer and the one who has
paid the ransom for mans imprisonment in order to gain mans release, and, is
also equal with God, then these next verses describe the results of mans
acceptance of this fact and principle of life.
Then let his flesh become newer than that of a
baby. How is that so? He must be reborn, or born all over again
into a new creature. And that is the
meaning of this expression. To be born
all over again, to return to ones childhood, to start life fresh and anew, then
this is the description of salvation for all who suffer (unbelievers) in this
life, who hear the message of the messenger, or the gospel of Christ as we know
it, and believe in it.
Then, the person who has been born again, shall pray
'continually,' which means shall have a new relationship with God, and will
function within his spiritual life. The
life which he did not have before (as an unbeliever lacking a spiritual life),
but now possesses because he has been born anew and now possesses a life which
gives him access to God.
In the spiritual life, man has access to God, man can
see His face (in principle) through the scriptures and truths which God has
spread throughout history.
It is he, the believer who has been born again, who
God accepts and restores (provides something which man did not have before) His
righteousness, Gods righteousness, to man.
And man will sing his song of freedom, function in his
spiritual life, confessing his sins and failures in life as he admits to God
his flaws (sins). Things which the man
has pursued in life. Things which are
not right for humanity, such as untruths, false beliefs, false principles,
deceitfulness, lusts, greeds, indifference, apathy, and so forth.
And for this, God 'continually' redeems man out from
the bondage of sin, or from his 'out of fellowship' status, back into
fellowship, back into Gods righteousness, back from the destructive life of a
failed relationship. And into a life of
light, or one of spiritual growth, of prosperity, of wealth, of a continuation
of ones relationship with God and all of the positives that accompany it both
now in time and in the next life in eternity.
In these last few verses, Elihu has described
salvation by means of belief in the one and only unique messenger from God, the
spiritual life, failure in ones spiritual life, restoration to ones fellowship
status through confession, and the many benefits of advancing in ones spiritual
life.
The primary benefit of salvation is deliverance from
eternal destruction.
The primary benefit of ones spiritual life is
deliverance from loss of benefit or the destruction of blessings. Blessings which are reserved for spiritually
advancing believers only.
Now is the time to post a prayer.
End Of Lesson
Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth.
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