Is God really All-time good—What about Job? Part III

In our last post on the topic [Part I and Part II], we’ve established what happened to Job. How he was ignorant and repented latter in Job 42.

It’s good to note that Job misrepresented God but placed a disclaimer on everything he’s wrongly said from the begining to chapter 37

Job was not the only one who got corrected, his friends misrepresented God too and got rebuked by God

Job 42:7-10 KJV
And it was [so], that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for YE HAVE NOT SPOKEN OF ME [the thing that is] RIGHT, as my servant Job [hath].

[8] Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant JOB SHALL PRAY FOR YOU: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, in that YE HAVE NOT SPOKEN OF ME THE THING WHICH IS RIGHT, like my servant Job.

[9] So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: THE LORD ALSO ACCEPTED JOB.

Now this is consistent with God’s character: what God does—to undo or distrupt the work of the enemy [Job 10:10]

[10] And THE LORD TURNED [restored] THE CAPTIVITY [losses] OF JOB, WHEN HE PRAYED FOR his friends: also THE LORD GAVE Job TWICE AS MUCH AS HE HAD BEFORE.

Hallelujah!

[NB: His captivity was about a period of 9 months not a whole lifetime]

Since JOB and his three “wise” friends speaking from Chapter 3 got rebuked by God in that they misrepresented God, then you should be very careful in taking anything they said about God to be your truth!

You will have to scan and examine it in the light of the Epistles else you’re also misrepresenting God like they did!

So beware of Eliphaz statement in Job 22. God was not happy about it neither should you!

Job 22:28-29 KJV
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

This is not our believers’ authority! Look for another scripture! There are litany of it!

[29] When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

Many folks even misqoute this verse as “When men are saying that there is casting down [like recession] then I will say there is lifting up” which is still wrong [Humble person and Exaltation! End of story]

Truth must be set on the right footing! Stay clear of many of the statements in the book of Job! I am sorry if Job is your favourite book of the bible but you heard me right! Stay clear of what misrepresented God

Recall that we’ve established in Part 1 of the article that “Everthing in the Holy Scriptures is truthfully reported but not everything is a statement of truth!

Despite Job’s Disclaimer [possibly because of laziness to study and it’s very disheartening] you’d still hear respected clergy use the phrase “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the LORD” at the grave yard

This is so wrong! When God gives He doesn’t change his mind about it! He’s not a man that repent!

Romans 11:29 KJV
For THE GIFTS and calling of God [are] WITHOUT REPENTANCE [irrevocable].

“God so loved the world that He gave us His only begotten son” and the Son is eternally our’s, He did not take it back from us and that is God!

GOD CHANGES NOT! That is His consistently constantly constant nature!

Also, Death itself is an enemy of God! God killing people would mean God is vexing Himself. See just 3 evidences below

👉🏻Death is an enemy of God

#1
Ezekiel 33:11 KJV
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God , I have NO PLEASURE in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked *turn from his way and live*: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for *why will ye die, O house of Israel?

“Hey! What gives me pleasure is to see the wicked turn to me so they can live!”

God would be vexing Himself if He’s responsible for their death

#2
1 Corinthians 15:25-26 KJV
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

[26] The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

#3
Hebrews 2:14 KJV
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death *he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, THE DEVIL;*

All that the Devil did in the OT was credited to God’s account for “righteousness” because they didn’t know the Devil

Satan hid under their ignorance to do so much havoc since very little information was known about him.

Satan is a Deceiver whose native language is lies John 8:44.

You can only deceive someone who is ignorant [Uninformed or has limited information] about something!

You can NEVER deceive someone who is WELL INFORMED about that particular something!

I believe that longevity is my portion!
I believe I will sleep in my ripe old age!
I believe I will go on to be with the Lord when I’m ready!
I believe sudden death, stray bullets, road traffic accidents etc. can NEVER be my lot!
I believe that I am supernaturally protected!
I believe that i am supernaturally delivered from wicked and unreasonable men!
I enjoy the ministry of angels!
I believed and still believe all the above!

Now something happened to me few years ago, I lost someone very dear to my heart through a road traffic accident and the person went to be with the Lord immediately.

I was very disturbed and I was like “why?” and “Why now?” I was trying so hard to find an answer. Something logical that would make me feel better and around that time someone I held in high esteem shared a scripture which was the exact answer to the two questions I longed to know “Why and Why now”

[NLT] Isaiah 57:1 Good people pass away; THE GODLY OFTEN DIE BEFORE THEIR TIME. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that GOD IS PROTECTING THEM FROM THE EVIL TO COME.

The scripture got me even more disturbed! I was almost doubting my own beliefs as touching “Supernatural deliverance” but Thanks be to God who causes us to triumph!

I had an inward witness that this is not right and it can not apply to me!

Now my convictions are stronger! God is good all the time!

God will Never use death [which is evil and God’s enemy] to protect the godly from the evil to come!

How could he [Isaiah—major prophet] have said that? Anyways he was speaking without the lights in the Epistles—The climax and clearest of Revelation..

It’s very laughable that God will use big evil to protect the godly from the small evil [lols] Even King David wouldn’t say such a thing about God.

He would rather say of the Lord:

[NLT] Psalms 91:2 This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.

[NLT] Psalms 91:3 For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease.

[NLT] Psalms 91:4 He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.

He would rather say of the Lord:

[NLT] Psalms 23:4 Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.

Selah!

[NLT] Psalms 23:5 You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.

Feasting in the presence of the enemy… That’s not weak God! Only a powerful might could make that happen

He would rather say of the Lord:

[NLT] Psalms 103:1 Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.

[NLT] Psalms 103:2 Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me.

[NLT] Psalms 103:3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.

[NLT] Psalms 103:4 HE REDEEMS ME FROM DEATH and crowns me with love and tender mercies.

[NLT] Psalms 103:5 He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

[NLT] Psalms 103:6 The Lord gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly. [all who are oppressed]

Hallelujah!

 

Sicknesses and diseases are the oppression of the Devil.

Acts 10:38 KJV
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about DOING GOOD, and HEALING ALL that were OPPRESSED OF THE DEVIL; for God was with him.

John 9:2-4
And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

[3] Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but [Now] that *the works of God should be made manifest in him.*

[4] *I MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM THAT SENT ME,* while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

John 14:12 KJV
Verily, verily, I say unto you, *He that believeth on me, THE WORKS THAT I DO shall he do also;* and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I GO unto MY FATHER.

This He did! Destroying the works of the evil one everywhere He finds it.

He even broke their sacred Sabbath to heal this woman

Luke 13:16 KJV
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom SATAN HATH BOUND , lo, THESE EIGHTEEN YEARS, BE LOOSED from this bond on the sabbath day?

Spread the word, expose the works of darkness!

God’s not the killer, He’s a life giver, life saver! Healer!

He’s a deliverer from evil, death, destruction etc!

Like, comment and share if this article has edified you!

Blessings!

©Victor Oluwatobi Fabuluje

27th July, 2018

Is God really All-time good—What about Job? Part II

IS GOD REALLY ALL-TIME GOOD? HOW ABOUT JOB?

In the First Part of this article, we’ve been able to establish some facts based on Scriptural evidences that the Old Testament folks don’t even know the Devil at all. So any strange/supernatural happenings [that they can not explain] they credit it into God’s account for “righteousness”

Even today, natural disasters are so called “acts of god”. A number of which happened in the OT timeline [and especially to Job’s sons and daughters].  Now the intelligent question to ask would be “acts of which God”?… “which God in question”?

So after all the drama and mix-ups among the OT folks, to clear all the confusion, God Revealed Himself in Christ Jesus and that exposed the real subtle enemy pretending and deceiving many for ages—Satan

[NLT] John 1:18 No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, WHO IS HIMSELF GOD, is near to the Father’s heart. HE HAS REVEALED GOD TO US.

MSG translation says:

No one has ev­er seen God,
not so much as a glimpse.
This one-of-a-kind God-Ex­pres­sion,
who exists at the very heart of the Fa­ther,
HAS MADE HIM PLAIN AS DAY.

Now we know who’s causing what [Acts 10:38], so we could start from the known to explain the unknown

Let’s Get Started

Ultra-Short Overview to Bible Study

2 Timothy 3:15-16
And that from a child thou hast known the HOLY SCRIPTURES, which are able to make thee wise unto SALVATION THROUGH FAITH WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS

[16] All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine [teaching], for Reproof [evidence / conviction.] , for correction, for instruction [training] in righteousness:

Holy Scriptures in verse 15 would refer to Genesis to Malachi [The Torah]. There were no Epistles at the point Paul was writing this letter to Timothy

And THE THEME [which technically could be applied to the Epistles too] is about All that God promised to and did in Christ for man in the story of redemption which is received through faith in Christ Jesus

So we have;

Theology: Study of God [In theology we have the following sub-groups]

• Christology: Study of [and pertaining to] Jesus Christ
• Pisteology: Study of Faith
• Soteriology: Study of Salvation
• Ecclesiology: Study of [and about] the Church
• Eschatology: Study of the end times

All the above are the attributes you’ll find extensively in the NT books especially IN THE EPISTLES

So for Theology: Scriptures were written so that man can read, know and understand God [Accurately and Precisely] such that God relating with man would be based on that understanding

Please kindly switch on your thinking faculties, you can’t afford to be  unintelligible with this article.

Be patient and read thoroughly! Read between the lines! Pause, reflect, check out your own Bible, think intelligently and read again until the understanding hits you

Note: this is a sensitive one which requires much concrete evidences from Scriptures. So don’t be weary of the litany of… Yes don’t be bored reading Scriptures

Also note that everything in Scripture is truthfully reported but everything is not a statement of absolute Truth.

Before you get angry look at this…

• Proverbs 30:18-19 KJV

There be three things [which] are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

[19] The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

With the increase in scientific knowledge today, this has been adequately explained.

• Proverbs 30:30 KJV

A lion [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

I watch NAT GEO WILD a lot and I’ve seen instances where buffaloes and other animals would severely injure or even Kill a Lion and the pride would flee as in terror for safety.

In fact there are wild animals that just one lion can not take down! It would require at least 3 tactical and well co-ordinated efforts to get the game done [with lesser risk of injury]

That said… Let’s continue!

Now about Job…

#1 It starts by saying “Hast thou considered my servant Job?“

And Yes! That perfectly describes him

Job is a Servant!

• Is your name Job?
• Are you a Servant?

John 15:15 KJV
Henceforth I call you NOT SERVANTS; FOR THE SERVANT KNOWETH NOT WHAT HIS LORD DOETH: but I have called you friends; for ALL THINGS that I HAVE heard of MY FATHER I have MADE KNOWN unto you.

So knowledge for a Servant is limited!

“Behold what manner of love…”
“Now are we the sons of God” 1 John 3:1,2

Also see this

Galatians 4:4-7 KJV
But when the FULNESS OF THE TIME was come, GOD SENT FORTH HIS SON, made of a woman, made under the law,

[5] TO REDEEM them that were under the law, THAT WE might RECEIVE THE ADOPTION OF SONS.

[6] And BECAUSE YE ARE SONS, GOD HATH SENT FORTH THE SPIRIT OF HIS SON INTO YOUR HEARTS, crying, ABBA , FATHER.

[7] WHEREFORE THOU ART NO MORE A SERVANT, BUT A SON; and IF a son, THEN an heir of God through Christ.

You’re not a Servant like Job, you are a son! It’s tantamount to Dishonour which is unbelief in Christ’s finished work to start comparing yourself with Job.

 

#2 Who wrote the book of Job?

Possibly Job🤔

• What manner of man is Job?

He’s perfect [morally innocent], upright, feared God and shunned evil…

This attributes are commendable but let’s not forget Job being a servant is ignorant of the Devil [Not to talk of knowing his antics and strategem].

Fearing God is not enough to keep Satan away, even devils (demons) fear God too.

 James 2:19 KJV
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

Look at another attribute of Job

Job 1:5 KJV
And it was so, when the days of [their] feasting were gone about, that Job sent and SANCTIFIED THEM, and rose up early in the morning, and OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS [according] to the number of them all: for Job said, IT MAY BE that my sons HAVE SINNED, and CURSED GOD IN THEIR HEARTS. THUS DID JOB CONTINUALLY.

Really? Even under the Levitical Priesthood, sin offering is ONCE in a year, but this man—Job offered sin offerings for his sons continually based on mere assumption that they might have sinned. Wow!

This is Sin Consciousness!

Job lived perpetually in sin consciousness which is another potent tool in Satan’s hand!

What else? Let’s examine Job’s statement in chapter 3 because a man’s word is a reflection of his person

Job 3:24-26 KJV
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

[25] For THE THING WHICH I GREATLY FEARED IS COME UPON ME, and THAT WHICH I WAS AFRAID OF IS COME UNTO ME.

[26] I WAS NOT IN SAFETY, NEITHER HAD I REST, NEITHER WAS I QUIET; YET TROUBLE CAME.

Wow wow!

As if being ignorant and living in perpetual sin consciousness is not enough, Job lived in perpetual fear!

So Job has been thinking, “what If I lose all my wealth by fire of God—natural disaster?” Job 1:13-15 [Sabeans raiding him]

Job 1:16 [“fire of God” or commonly called “acts of God” which is a thunderstorm]

“What if the chaldeans plunder my source of living?” [Job 1:17 The Chaldeans plundering him]

“What if my sons and daughters die in their prime [untimely death] through natural disaster?” [Job 1:18-19]

“What if I experience extreme poverty [Grace-to-Grass] despite all the great possessions of mine”? [Job 1:20-22]

“What if one day, a sickness like [sore boil] attack this my body head to toe?” [Job 2:7,8,12]

He consistently feared all the above.

Possibly that’s why He became so sin conscious that he would offer sins offerings for the sons so as not to lose them all in one day.

Possibly that was part of why he feared God and shunned evil in Chapter one verse one.

Also look at this statement, it seems to contain a hint concerning what really happened to Job

You can not completely rely on it since it’s reportedly from Satan—Father of lies

Job 1:9-10 KJV
Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, DOTH JOB FEAR GOD FOR NOUGHT?

[Notice Satan’s query?]

[10] Hast not thou made AN HEDGE ABOUT HIM, and ABOUT HIS HOUSE, and ABOUT ALL THAT HE HATH ON EVERY SIDE? thou hast BLESSED THE WORK OF HIS HANDS, and HIS SUBSTANCE IS INCREASED IN THE LAND.

Satan reportedly made the above statement but if we look into it very critically, it’s consistent with what God could have done for Job and I want to partly believe it.

But, since it’s not crystal clear [no convincing evidence in the narrative] whether God did it or not, I’d say supposing God did protected Job [which I want to partly believe that HE DID] And yet Job made the statement in [Job 3:26] “I was not in safety… yet trouble came“…is tantamount to unbelief!

It would mean that despite God’s hedge of protection around and about Job, his mindset [thinking or belief] is that “I’m not in safety” which is unbelief in the abilities of God to keep him safe from all the trouble that came upon him.

This also is more than “a foothold” for the enemy to wreck havoc in Job’s life!

After all, Proverbs 18:10 says “The name of the Lord is a strong tower…” and Isaiah puts it as…

Isaiah 26:3-4 KJV
Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] MIND [is] STAYED on thee: BECAUSE HE TRUSTETH [on thee].

[4] Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

Now, all we’ve discussed so far landed Job in the hand of the enemy but it seems even the Devil was ignorant of that fact.

Job 1:12 KJV
And the LORD said unto Satan, BEHOLD, ALL THAT HE HATH [IS] IN THY POWER [hand]; only upon himself [his person] put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD .

The word “Behold” as used in Scriptures means: to see, to look, to perceive.

Then it means God wasn’t the one who permitted Satan to torment Job, It didn’t say “I give you power or permission to afflict Job” No!

“Behold” means to see or look or perceive what has already happened. So the only thing God did was to spare Job’s life! What a merciful God!

God only prevented Job from being overtaken by the affliction and also to provide a way of escape for Job

#3 The “meetings” would have happened in Heaven yes or yes?

Wherever those meetings was held…

Was Job in Heaven to know about how/when Satan attended the heavenly “UN Meetings” ? 🤔

👉🏻No!

Job couldn’t have been in Heaven neither could he have attended the meeting [if at all there was such meeting]

 

#4 So what informed his thinking that God and Satan were playing Bet9ja with his life? 🤔🧠

possibly in a vision or just his impression/thoughts?🤔

 

#5 Can Satan have any mutual agreement with God?🤔

Reflect on this verses before you answer that

2 Corinthians 6:14-16 KJV

…:for WHAT FELLOWSHIP hath RIGHTEOUSNESS with UNRIGHTEOUSNESS? and WHAT COMMUNION hath LIGHT with DARKNESS?

[15]And WHAT CONCORD hath CHRIST with BELIAL?…

[16]And WHAT AGREEMENT hath THE TEMPLE OF GOD with IDOLS?…

Can light and darkness actually have a mutual agreement?

Also note that “Satan” was only referenced in Chapter 1 and 2 of the book of Job. No other mention of Satan and all he did again. Every mishap as usual was credited free of charge into God’s account “for righteousness” as though God caused all his troubles.

 

#6 Was everything Job and his friends’ said [Chapter 1-37] very correct?🤔

If you’ve read the whole book of Job, He said many seemingly terrible things [Chapter 1-37] contrary to the lights we now have in the Epistles…

“The Lord gives and he takes away… Blessed be the name of the Lord” [that can both give and take away]  Job 1:21

“Shall we receive good at the hand of God and not receive evil… ” Job 2:10

God started questioning Job from Chapter 38

Job 38:1-2 KJV
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

[2] WHO [is] THIS THAT DARKENETH COUNSEL BY WORDS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE?

 

👇⚠See Job’s Responses / Disclaimer⚠👇

Job 42:1-3,5-6 KJV
Then JOB ANSWERED THE LORD, and said,

[2] I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] NO THOUGHT can be WITHHOLDEN FROM THEE.

[3] Who is he that hideth counsel WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE ? THEREFORE HAVE I UTTERED THAT I UNDERSTOOD NOT; THINGS TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME, which I KNEW NOT.

[5] I HAVE HEARD OF THEE BY THE HEARING OF THE EAR: BUT NOW MINE EYE SEETH THEE.

[6] WHEREFORE I ABHOR [myself], and REPENT in dust and ashes.

Really!!!!

So JOB was just speaking based on rumours about God!

He doesn’t know any better!

#7 Now we never read where God had another meeting and Satan showed up again after the supposed bet or contest with God saying “Ntoor I won“ to the Devil*

• Instead of Job to rebuke the hand of the enemy [Satan] in his life, He allowed the Devil to punish him thinking it was God🤣

You will never have boldness to rebuke sicknesses and evil occurrences in your life as long as you believe God is involved in it!

God is Not involved in anything EVIL!💯

Some have also argued that “God is only Good depending on who’s involved” [believers vs Unbelievers … Maybe that’ll be Exegesis for another day but meditate on this Scriptures

#1
Matthew 5:44-45,48 KJV
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

[45] That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

[48] Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

This was Corroborated in Luke’s synoptic account too

Luke 6:27-28,35-36 KJV
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

[28] Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

[35] But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

[36] Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

#2
Q: God’s love was demonstrated to us when?
A: John 3:14-16; Romans 5:8

God is Good all the time!

Jesus is the express, flawless image of the invisible God!

👉2 Corinthians 4:4
👉Colossians 1:13-15
👉Colossians 3:10
👉Hebrews 1:1-4 (AMP/AMPC)

So if you want to know about God, look at Jesus [the God with us]

 

#8 How Do I stay safe in my study of OT texts?

This is something you may adopt to “rightly divide the Word of Truth“

In all the confusing OT text, substitute God with Jesus and see if it makes sense

For Example:
👉”The Lord gives and he takes away may his name be praised”

⚠”Jesus Christ gives and Jesus Christ takes away… ”

⚠ “And Jesus killed Job’s sons and daughters”

⚠”I am Jesus I create good and I create evil” Isaiah 45:7

⚠”I Jesus created the destroyer to cause havoc” Isaiah 54:16

Really? 🙆

It’s obvious even Prophet Isaiah mis-represented God

Where and when exactly did God created evil?

✍🏻Genesis 1:31 KJV
And God saw EVERY THING that HE HAD MADE, and, behold, it was VERY GOOD. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

✍🏻Acts 10:38 KJV
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD, and HEALING ALL that were OPPRESSED OF THE DEVIL; for GOD was WITH him.

Sickness is an oppression of the Devil!

👉This Jesus did. He would find any excuse to do good, Heal even if it means breaking Sabbath etc.

👉He used spoken words, spit, clay, water, laying on of hands, just about anything

👉Healing is God’s unconditional response to sicknesses and diseases

👉He wasn’t even looking out for the pious Pharisees but republicans, not so good people, He had compassion on widows raised their dead loved ones back to life etc.

👉The woman caught in adultery should have been killed according to the law, He had mercy and forgave her sins

👉His disciples wanted to call down fire to consume a whole Samaritan village, He rebuked them saying “I’m a savior not a destroyer“

👉I am a life giver not a killer

👉Even His killers He forgave them without them asking for it

👉He couldn’t have been the one causing sicknesses and healing it at the same time!

👉He doesn’t reject nor cast away anyone whosoever

👉Even during His betrayal, his consistent nature was still evident

Luke 22:49-53 KJV
When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?

[50] And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off HIS RIGHT EAR.

[51] And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And HE TOUCHED HIS EAR, and HEALED HIM.

[52] Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?

[53] When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

 

I hope it’s clear? Stay tuned for part 3

Receive ye understanding!

In Christ We always win!

©Victor Oluwatobi Fabuluje

2nd July, 2018.

Is God really All-time good—What about Job?

Oral Robert have rightly said ” GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME “

but some folks have said, ” Not all the time“,  “It depends on the time“, “It depends on who’s involved—Believer or unbeliever” 🙄

Wow wow, wonderful rev!

That would seem like someone who acts based on mood and tantamount to someone with a bi-polar disorder😷

A friend recently said “God is ALL-TIME GOOD but can allow evil sometimes” And He quickly referenced Job

Please think about this for a moment:

👉If I'm not a thief but an accomplise in anyway,
under the law am I exempted from the crime?

👉That is what it means to say God allowed evil

If He's good and a righteous judge and you say "He 
allows evil", will He still be GOOD
[in every sense of good] by allowing evil? 🤔

In this article, we would reason together from the the Known to the Unknown—The clearest of Revelation to the unclear

This article is a follow up on a series which I would recommend that you read first before checking out this post:

The God of War I

The God of War II

The God of War III

To start with:

Do you know that the OT folks don’t even know the Devil? 🤔

Statistics:
👉 In the 39 Old Testament books written over 1500 years
👉The word “SATAN” featured 19 times in 15 verses
👉In the book of Job alone (14 times)
👉1x Chronicles 21:1
👉1x Psalms 109:6
👉3x Zechariah 3:1,2

In Genesis, he was called “THE SERPENT” in Moses’ vision.

Some folks (including myself) grew up thinking literally not until the NT texts uncovered him.

Also, In the OT: The word “Devils” as in Demons featured just 4x

This is not surprising since even SATAN wasn’t known to them

👉 BECAUSE THIS FOLKS DON’T KNOW THE DEVIL, anything Supernatural [Good or bad that they can’t explain] they say it’s God’s doing. They attribute it to God! They input it unto God as “righteousness”

👉That is one of the reason(s) why the Almighty God Revealed Himself in Christ Jesus to clear all the confusion… [John 1:14,18; I John 4:12-14]

The Epistles are very loud on this [correcting the wrong (very badly badly bad) impression that God tempts with evil etc]

If a child knows that only daddy is responsible for buying him toys, gadgets and getting them off the playground. If it happens any day that  the gadgets were finally stolen, the child having no knowledge of thiefs would just say “daddy have packed my gadgets”

That’s why someone could say things like “The Lord gives and the Lord has taken away…” blessed be the name of the Lord that both gives and takes away?

NOW!!!

In the NT: Just 27 Books [written within very few centuries ]

Satan: 37x
Devil(s): 112x
Always mentioned for something bad!

Jesus was doing only GOOD liberating folks from the Devil’s oppression Acts 10:38

Oh what intense light we have in the Epistles!💥☀💃🕺

Since Christ has revealed God’s Consistently constantly constant nature to us WE NOW KNOW WHO’S CAUSING WHAT

🎯1 John 1:1-5
🎯James 1:13, 16, 17

✍🏻1 John 1:5 KJV
This then is THE MESSAGE which we have HEARD OF HIM, and DECLARE unto you, that GOD IS LIGHT, and IN HIM IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL.

There’s NO “DARKSIDE“🚫🖤🌚

✍🏻James 1:13,16-17 KJV
LET NO MAN SAY WHEN HE IS TEMPTED, I AM TEMPTED OF GOD: for GOD CANNOT BE TEMPTED WITH EVIL, NEITHER TEMPTETH HE ANY MAN:

[16] DO NOT ERR, my BELOVED brethren.

[17] EVERY GOOD GIFT and EVERY PERFECT GIFT is from above, and cometh down from THE FATHER OF LIGHTS, WITH WHOM IS NO VARIABLENESS, NEITHER SHADOW OF TURNING.

👀See that in NLT too

[NLT] James 1:13 And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong, and HE NEVER tempts anyone else.

[NLT] James 1:16 SO DON’T BE MISLED, my dear brothers and sisters.

[NLT] James 1:17 Whatever is GOOD and PERFECT COMES DOWN TO US FROM GOD OUR FATHER, who created all the lights in the heavens. HE NEVER CHANGES or CASTS A SHIFTING SHADOW.

A translation says “Don’t delude yourselves…“

Ya’akov (Jas) 1:13‭, ‬16‭-‬17 CJB
No one being tempted should say, “I am being tempted by God.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, and God himself tempts no one.

Don’t delude yourselves, my dear brothers.

Every good act of giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father who made the heavenly lights; with him there is NEITHER VARIATION NOR DARKNESS caused by turning.

For Further studies:

Hebrews 1:1-4 (AMP/AMPC)
Colossians 1:13-15
Colossians 3:10
2 Corinthians 3:4-18
2 Corinthians 4:4

The Devil is exposed already!

On Job’s case…,

To be continued.

©Victor Oluwatobi Fabuluje

30th June, 2018