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Bildad’s response to Job’s suffering exposed the cruelty of his “if/then” theology. Bildad assumes suffering proves sin and thatrestoration will come only if Job becomes pure, upright, and prayerful. He appeals to “the...

Job explains that life is nothing but a temporary struggle for there is nothing permanent in this life, nothing of enduring value, and the destiny of one is the destiny of us all. We may have moments of wonder and joy...

Fear causes people, like Job’s friends, to say terrible things, religious diatribe that simply does not help. In their fear they make what is happening to the one suffering all about themselves. But the watcher of all...

In Job’s response to Eliphaz, he chastises Eliphaz, and his friends, as being worthless and providing no relief, no help, no comfort, and no repose from his suffering. He points out that they are driven by fear, a deep...

Continuing with Eliphaz’s prophetic statements. When we focus on not sinning, disciplining ourselves and holding ourselves accountable so we might be able to control what we do, we are practicing sinning , we are living...

We will review Eliphaz’s prophetic statements that apply to our life now and some of which apply to the millennial kingdom, when Jesus rules and reigns on the earth. We will scoff at famine and violence and that we will...

We address the problem with prophets and how they aredesigned to be carriers of a message, but when they try to be the interpreters of the message, they usually corrupt the message with personal bias. Eliphaz was one...

We will do a deep. into what healing looks like. The Father wounds, and He uses various instrumentalities to afflict the damage, like the Satan and his cohort of demonic beings. But His hands heal, Yahweh’s hands. When...

<p>It is time to understand the judgment of God in our lives,and what His purpose or “reason” is in taking us through all the difficult times. We will learn that it is all for freedom’s sake, for our healing, to free us...

<p>God’s predetermined plan includes judgment in our lives. He uses the selfishness and brokenness of others to wound us; it isthe only way to break through the sin of Adam which has hardened the heart of all humanity...

<p>In EP18 we discuss the Judgment of God from Yahweh’s perspective verses that of Eliphaz. We will learn that it is a privilege and a blessing to fall under the judgment of God, for it is how He makes us His own. In...

<p>We will examine Eliphaz’s experience with a demonic spirit who deceived him with contorted truth, which then became the basis for Eliphaz’s if/then religion. The demon projected his own bitterness over the fact that...

<p>We discuss the accusations made by Eliphaz against Job, which leads us to the question, “do we really reap what we sow?” That is Eliphaz’s basic argument; Job was getting his due comeuppance. There is so much more to...

<p>We will finish Job 3, which is all an expression of Job’s grief and agony as he attached his emotional reality to his physical reality. Suffering abounds.</p><p>Download Transcript</p>

<p>Is it possible for us to live anxious for nothing, such that fear does not dominate and define our lives? Living afraid and living anxious can only be remedied when we are willing to go to the source and let God...