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!

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Blessings!

©Victor Oluwatobi Fabuluje

27th 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