Good morning, John,
I wanted to thank you for the Job reading again last night. There were so many things brought out last night that left me feeling thankful to have been there for “the confusion”. Haha. I say confusion, but you explain it understandably. A teacher has to bring all that out. I’m thankful that you are willing and able.
Well, one thing you said that I wrote down to hold on to, was: “hearing from God is more important than (physical) life”.
But the thoughts of Jobs friends, and even Job. – What a whirlwind. There were some right thoughts, some wrong. Who could know, without having the mind of God? But we have been given the mind Christ. We can know. Not by intellect, but by the feelings of it. And then, the end where Job is holding on to his righteousness, and you were saying “No, let go, Job!” Oh man, I could really feel that. Who could know where God was taking Job? Who could know that it was the love of God for him, and not something else? I think only someone who has the Holy Ghost could have an inkling where Job was being taken. To a place that’s only possible BY God through the Holy Ghost doing something beyond us. And knowing that Job was a type of Jesus as you brought out helps solidify the fact that the whole Bible is about Him (the Son). Anyway these were some of the things that were said last night that I was thinking on this morning. Thank you for investing the time in this and sharing it all with us.
I have never understood the book of Job. But you’ve been able to bring these things out. It’s not possible to understand Job without the Holy Ghost, and a teacher.
Thanks again.
Eliphaz (Gary)