Prophecy

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Don’t Be A “Job’s Comforter
Shared by Patricia Backora, author of the book
Tough Love in Christ's Millennium
Which you can order online from: http://www.publishamerica.com
Job 16:1-2; Habakkuk 3:17-18; Romans 12:15; I Corinthians 12:26

God helps those who help themselves. Where is this time-worn maxim found in My Word? The self-satisfied saint says to the brother trapped in miserable circumstances: “Serves you right. If only you weren’t so slothful, you could prosper just like me.” Or, “You’re holding back something (usually he means money!) from the Lord, and He can’t AFFORD to prosper you!”

I can do whatever I please. Job’s so-called friends also tried to proscribe the limits within I was permitted to bless My children, or keep them from adversity. IF you keep all the rules, they told this afflicted saint, God MUST let all your circumstances be favorable ones. “Look at US”, they really meant. “WE must be pleasing in God’s sight. WE’RE well, WE’RE happy. WE aren’t destitute, sitting in a heap of ashes and moaning in pain. But God singled YOU out to put all these nasty things on. Come on now, Job. ‘Fess up! What did YOU do to make God so mad He’d want to punish YOU like this? Tell us the whole sordid story of YOUR sins!”

Job’s smug accusers were utterly ignorant of the true nature of My Holiness. For as I said in MY Word, there is not one person on earth who can stand before Me as righteous on his own merits. Only through faith in the Blessed Redeemer can My perfect righteousness be imputed to those who love Me. And, all have sinned and come short of My glory. Furthermore, My Word says: Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Job’s friends sought only to humiliate and outwit this poor man. They were expert at the game of long-winded debate, but they did not possess the tender-hearted compassion of My Son. To them, material prosperity and health were the ONLY sure signs of My approval and favor. They thought that only wickedness lay in Job’s heart, rather than steadfast faith in his Redeemer. And they ignored the fact that the wicked, who concern themselves ONLY with their own comfort and ease, often prosper materially in this present world.

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