Originally Posted by Dirtfarmer
Originally Posted by DBT
The book of Job does not paint a nice picture of God or the company He keeps.

Job is a wonderful account of God's grace and mercy..

Job was refined by fire and purified. Job at the end of the book is a better man than when it started. Job was initially said to be a righteous man, but somewhat self righteous. Job thought God was his ace card. When it's over, Job is God's ace card, not the other way around.

The refiner's fire is usually pretty hot. Adversity makes one bitter or better depending on what he brings to the equation.

Some understand it, some don't. Here's why:

1 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV)
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.


DF



Not to worry about his family, servants and livestock, killed by God to prove a point that he himself raised, knowing the outcome from the beginning. A fine display of mercy and justice, haha.