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A question about the book of Job
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<blockquote data-quote="Uber Genius" data-source="post: 73023701" data-attributes="member: 389967"><p>I recommend the book, "How to read the Bible for all it is worth," by Gordon Fee.</p><p></p><p>ThenBible is an anthology of stories by various authors writing about various subjects that interact with God, God's plan for humans, God's role in human history and in the future.</p><p></p><p>God plays a secondary causal role but the authors are free to write about their experience of the topic choosing their own style and genre. Job is teaching us about well-intentioned men advising Job out of ignorance based on a misunderstanding that all suffering is a direct result a person's own sin. </p><p></p><p>The dilemma you present in your question is a false one. Job's friends are wrong and God intends for everyone who reads that book to avoid their mistakes.</p><p></p><p>"God's word," is used figuratively to represent the anthology of books. It is not literal. We only see 30 or less words written by God in the form of the 10 commandments. We see additional words written by the prophets but in many cases delivered by God and copied verbatim. But 99.999% of the Bible is literally the various authors words inspired by God, but not a transcription of God's words.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uber Genius, post: 73023701, member: 389967"] I recommend the book, "How to read the Bible for all it is worth," by Gordon Fee. ThenBible is an anthology of stories by various authors writing about various subjects that interact with God, God's plan for humans, God's role in human history and in the future. God plays a secondary causal role but the authors are free to write about their experience of the topic choosing their own style and genre. Job is teaching us about well-intentioned men advising Job out of ignorance based on a misunderstanding that all suffering is a direct result a person's own sin. The dilemma you present in your question is a false one. Job's friends are wrong and God intends for everyone who reads that book to avoid their mistakes. "God's word," is used figuratively to represent the anthology of books. It is not literal. We only see 30 or less words written by God in the form of the 10 commandments. We see additional words written by the prophets but in many cases delivered by God and copied verbatim. But 99.999% of the Bible is literally the various authors words inspired by God, but not a transcription of God's words. [/QUOTE]
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