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Job 34:11-12
11 For the work [po`al] of a man ['adam] shall he render [shalam]
unto him, and cause every man ['iysh] to find [matsa'] according to his ways ['orach].
12 Yea, surely ['omnam] God ['el] will not do wickedly [rasha`], neither will the Almighty [Shadday]
pervert [`avath] judgment [mishpat]. KJV-Interlinear
11 'For He pays a man according
to his work, And makes him find it according to his way. 12 'Surely, God will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice. NASB
Elihu keeps his comments within the realm of true
principles. Indeed, man reaps from what
he sows. And God cannot do any wrong.
As perfect deity, God is 'not able' to sin, and 'able
to not' sin. God is perfect
righteousness. He is the state of
sinless perfection. In Him there is no
flaw, no blemish, no taint of any kind.
Unlike the gods of folklore or mythology, gods which
possess human flaws, probably because it was humans who invented these gods,
the one true God is not imperfect as they are.
People who lack perfection (which includes us all) will invent higher
powers, but not so high that we cannot be equal with them in logic, or reason,
or argument. After all man wants to
believe that he is quite the charm of the universe and capable of conquering
everything if given enough time and resources.
We are currently involved in a national election and
we have three major but very disappointing candidates at the top of the
list. One is ego driven, one is clueless
regarding the real world, and the third acts without thought. What will become of us???
It would seem that the results of the past two
elections, close as they were, have taught the vast majorities of the people,
nothing. And, the candidates, as well as
the people selecting them, have drifted further away from where courage,
reason, integrity and truth reside.
You reap from what you sow. That is a truth on the individual level and
it certainly is a truth on the national level.
The big difference between the two, is that for the individual the
problems that accompany a bad thinking process generally affect just him and
those who are immediately around him.
On the national scale, when the vast majority of the
people rush down the path of stupidity, then the entire nation suffers. And, a national suffering is not easy to
escape. It is compounded suffering from
the individual level as well as the national level. It is very difficult to change the thinking
of an entire nation.
Jesus Christ controls history. When man drifts away from truth, then trouble
soon follows. God assigns man his wages,
and mans wages are based on the pattern of his life, which follows the pattern
of his thinking.
God is righteousness and God is justice. Right is blessed. Wrong is cursed. God is consistent with the application of His
policy to humanity, both on the individual scale as well as the national scale.
Hos. 10:12
12 Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in
accordance with kindness; Break up your
fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord Until He comes to rain
righteousness on you. NASB
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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