A question about Job.

[Setyoufree]

Elihu was being used of Satan to further buffet and torture Job. There was nothing of God in him. He was, in essence, another "plague" that came against Job.

Where does it say this? Where does it even remotely state that Elihu did wrong or that he was of Satan? Where????

 

[Setyoufree]

Where does it say this? Where does it even remotely state that Elihu did wrong or that he was of Satan? Where????

I can show you that Job's three friends did wrong, but I can't find one word against Elihu. Not even one....

NEWS BREAK.!!!


I did find one word, but it was outside Scripture. It's author? Brinny!

 

[brinny]

You are entitled to your opinion, i ain't hatin' on ya' for it brother. However you might want to re-think what you posted a few posts back on blaming God.

Peace.

 

[Setyoufree]

You are entitled to your opinion, i ain't hatin' on ya' for it brother.

Brinny, it's not an opinion. Yours is an opinion....Worse yet it's supposition.

However you might want to re-think what you posted a few posts back on blaming God.

I said it was ultimately Job's fault, however God allowed it. If God didn't allow these calamities Job would have been fine, right?

Therefore God allowed it. The question is why?

The answer is:

Job 32:2 "because he [Job] justified himself before God"

 

[Seeking Him]

Brinny, it's not an opinion. Yours is an opinion....Worse yet it's supposition.



I said it was ultimately Job's fault, however God allowed it. If God didn't allow these calamities Job would have been fine, right?

Therefore God allowed it. The question is why?

The answer is:

Job 32:2 "because he [Job] justified himself before God"

Your taking some of these scriptures out of context. Job justifying himself before God is something we all do. Especially when your under stress in a trial and are angry with God because of your situation. Job was as human as we are and was very angry at what was happening to him. The book of Job is a very angry book. As Brinny said, God praised Job, that's why he proclaimed Job as a jewel of spirituality: "Have you considered my servant Job."

 

[brinny]

here's what you said brother:

Originally Posted by brinny View Post
Elihu was a lot of hot air. He merely ADDED to an already suffering Job.

If you want to blame someone, other than Job, blame God because none of this could have happened unless God allowed it. But ultimately Job is to blame....He had a lesson to learn and apparently this was the only way.

 

[Seeking Him]

i don't have a "position" brother. I'm just reading the book of Job and seeing what it says. Just a side note.....what stands out quite glaringly is Elihu's pompousness, and his self-righteousness. What also stands out glaringly is all four of these men who came to "help" Job through this excruciating state he was in, never once even "prayed" for him. THIS is a HUGE clue to the condition of their hearts and it indicates who they were speaking on behalf of. And it wasn't God.

 

[Setyoufree]

Job justifying himself before God is something we all do.

Really? Only a legalistic Pharisee would justify his righteousness before God. Are you claiming such?

 

[Setyoufree]

here's what you said brother:

"If you want to blame someone, other than Job, blame God because none of this could have happened unless God allowed it"

And that's true....

So if you want to blame, don't blame Elihu.....God partially removed His protection from Job.

When God removes Himself bad things happen:

Deut 31:17 "Then My anger will be kindled against them in that day, ..."

God's anger is not our anger. God's anger is his reluntant departure from those who become self-reliant - those who become proud. Let's continue:

"I will forsake them and hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will come upon them; so that they will say in that day, 'Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have come upon us?'"

So Job's problem's began when God forsook Job. Let's review this:

Job 1:11 (Satan to God) "But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face." 12 Then the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him." So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD.

And the 2nd time:

Job 2:4 Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin ! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. 5 "However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh ; he will curse You to Your face." 6 So the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life." 7 Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

Notice is both cases that God allowed Satan to bring calamity on Job. So again, if you want to blame someone blame God, not Elihu.

 

[Setyoufree]

So again, if you want to blame someone blame God, not Elihu.

You see God is about free will. It's free will with consequences. As Gal 6:7 states, "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked ; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap."

You see legalism is really a denial of one's need of Christ's righteousness. The legalistic Jews, time after time, rejected their need of Christ and sought to established their own righteousness. How do I know this? Romans 10:2-3

"For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge. 3 For not knowing about God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness (which is self-righteousness), they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God."

Anyway, what eventually happened to the unbelieving, legalistic Jews? Right, they perished in 70AD when the Romans armies came in and destroyed every living Jew, with the exception of the believing Jews who escaped.

Why? Did God allow it?

Yes! Why? Because God will not force His love and righteousness on anyone. Since the unbelieving Jews persistently and ultimately rejected Christ He abandoned them and they died.

Christ tells why:

Matt 23:37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling...."

What weren't they willing to do? To place their faith in Christ's righteousness. Instead they sought their own.

 

[brinny]

Thank you for sharing brother. You are entitled to your opinion.

Peace.

 

[Setyoufree]

"For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge. 3 For not knowing about God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness (which is self-righteousness), they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God." Romans 10:2-3

Notice the phrase "not in accordance with knowledge". The Jews tried to establish their own righteousness. This is the essence of justifying one's self before God. This was Job's sin.

Now compare the Jews to Job:

According Elihu Job opened his mouth with empty talk; "without knowledge he multiplies words." (Job 35:16)

What were Job's words?

"I am righteous before God". "I am blameless".

So like the Jews Job sought to establish his own righteousness.

Then God appears and states the same as Elihu:

"Who is this that darkens my counsel (given through Elihu) with words without knowledge?" (Job 38:2)

But unlike the unbelieving Jews, Job repented:

Job 42:1 Then Job answered the Lord and said: .... 3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand.... 6 Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes."

End of story.....

 

[Setyoufree]

Thank you for sharing brother. Peace.

You are welcome. May the truth SET YOU FREE!

 

[Setyoufree]

Not amen!!!!....You are siding on the side of self-righteousness & legalism, the essence of human pride.

 

[brinny]

Peace brother.

 

[Setyoufree]

"Who is this that darkens my counsel (God's counsel, given through Elihu) with words without knowledge?" (Job 38:2)

This is another very important point about Elihu.

Not until chapter 38 does God speak directly to Job.

So the question is when did God give counsel to Job since He didn't speak to him until Job chapter 38?

Did God give His counsel to Job through Job's 3 friends? Clearly not because they too had to repent. See Job 42:7-9

So that leaves one person, Elihu.

Keep in mind Elihu claimed to speak on God's behalf (Job 31:6). In other words he was chosen to give God's counsel to Job.

 

[brinny]

Thank you for sharing your opinion on Elihu, brother. I ain't hatin' on ya' fer givin' yer opinion on Elihu and whether God actually said what He said.

Peace.

 

[brinny]

Setyoufree, would you kindly describe to me Job's circumstances and what he was experiencing, in detail, as if you were there in his shoes? Thank you kindly.

 

[Setyoufree]

Setyoufree, would you kindly describe to me Job's circumstances and what he was experiencing, in detail, as if you were there in his shoes? Thank you kindly.

Maybe this is what you'd like to hear?

Job, man, I really feel bad for you. I agree, you are a righteous person. You're perfect and blameless, just like you've been telling me. Come here, let me give you a hug.

 

[Setyoufree]

Thank you for sharing your opinion on Elihu, brother.
Peace.

It becomes an opinion when you prove me wrong from both Scripture and the book of Job. You must disprove what I've said. Then I'm wrong (and I might be), but you must prove me wrong. Lip service and your opinion doesn't prove me wrong. You must show me, Scripturally, where I have gone wrong.