Truth Streams

“Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker.” Job 4:17

The text above is a portion of Eliphaz’s first attempt to explain Job’s calamity and to answer his questions. Eliphaz is the first of Job’s three friends to respond to the rhetorical questions placed [...]

“For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.” Job 3:25-26
Job is the oldest book of the Bible and it deals with trouble. There [...]

“Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.” Job 2:11
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“And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.” Job 2:8-9
There are times when you just have to wonder if things could possibly be any worse. For days like that, there [...]

“Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. In all this Job [...]

“Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? 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. But put forth [...]

“And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil.” Job 1:8
Have you ever wondered what people say about you when you aren’t around to listen? Have you ever wondered [...]