Job 35

Is God true? Yes.

Well, let's see the example of Job, because Job thought he was as righteous as God.

Well, what do you think people thought? make themselves out to be when they claim that the law was nailed to the cross.

Now, we'll get to that difficult scripture in Colossians 2 a little bit later.

But let's start right here.

Job 35, the three friends, list everything that Job had to say.

And Job was as righteous as you can be.

But there's one thing the three friends did not do.

Well, yes, it is, but Elihu wants to make the point that God is much higher than men and women, and therefore what we do has no impact on him.

He says, "If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him? If you are righteous, what do you have to give to him? Or what does he receive from your hand?" And that's in Job 35 verses six and seven.

So is, is Elihu then arguing that God is indifferent to human suffering? And since our virtue or our sin has no actual effect on him, it only affects other people, then he doesn't care what happens to us or what we do

doThat's certainly where that kind of argument leads to, but Elihu steps back from that conclusion because he knows it isn't correct.

I like what God says in this scripture.

And it's found in Job 35.

It's short, but I like it.

Job 35, verse 6 through 7.

If you sin, which let's be honest, we all definitely have and probably will do again before today's end.

I can't wait till I've made it past that, till I can say by week's end, okay? But by today's end, most of us will have got something wrong.

For God speaks once, yea, twice, but nobody notices.

Let's go to Job 35.

This is Elihu speaking again, this time to Job and his friends.

Job 35.

Elihu answered and said, Do you think this to be right that you say, I am more just than God? For you say, What will it benefit you? What good have I more than if I had sinned? I will answer your words and your friends with you.

Look to the heavens and see.