Posts by Josh Moody

John 15:18-27, Revelation 3:14-22, Job 29, Joel 1 Job 29: Job now is moving towards the final part of his defense. As we remember, Job has suffered extreme suffering. The pain of physical ailments, but also the deep horrendous pain of the sudden loss of his children. His finances are ruined, his family is destroyed,…

John 15:9-17, Revelation 3:1-13, Job 28, Hosea 13-14 Job 28:  This chapter is something of a break in the proceedings. Having been defending himself at length against the attacks of his “friends,” Job now takes the time to ask a question of a more principled nature which the occasion of his defense naturally brings to…

John 15:1-8, Revelation 2:18-29, Job 27, Hosea 9-12 Job 27: Job now concludes his words to the beginning group of his comforters. And he concludes with a note of defiance:   “I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity. I will maintain my innocence and never let go…

John 14:22-31, Revelation 2:1-17, Job 25-26, Hosea 7-8 Job 25-26: In the two chapters we are looking at this morning, we first read (in chapter 25) of Bildad’s attempted correction of Job, and then (in chapter 26) of Job’s reply to Bildad. Bildad (chapter 25) basically says that because no one is righteous before God,…

John 14:15-21, Revelation 1:9-20, Job 24, Hosea 4-6 Job 24: As Job continues his “bitter complaint” (23:1), in this chapter he makes two basic movements. In the first half of the chapter, he asks a question and then exposits on his answer to it. “Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment?” (24:1). Having…

John 14:1-14, Revelation 1:1-8, Job 23, Hosea 1-3 Job 23: Once more, we are back to Job and his replies to the testing so-called “comforters” that surround him. When you listen to their words, you can all-too-often hear the fake piety of some cultural Christianity. They speak as if the answer was always simple, as…

Daniel 10-12, Job 22, John 13:31-38, Jude 17-25 Job 22: Eliphaz comes back to Job with a more blatant attempt to accuse of Job of wrongdoing. So far Job has consistently rebutted the charges that the reason why he is suffering is that he has done wrong. So Eliphaz ramps up the pressure by specifying what—he imagines—are…

Daniel 9, Job 21:22-34, John 13:18-30, Jude 8-16 Job 21:22-34: As Job continues his reply to the accusations of his so-called “comforters,” he lands on a line of argument that is hard to refute. First, he lets it be known that we cannot lecture God about the rights and wrongs of what he does or does not…

Daniel 7-8, Job 21:1-21, John 13:12-17, Jude 1-7 Job 21:1-21: Job’s reply is especially devastating to his so-called “comforters.” They have argued that the reason why Job is suffering is because he has done something to deserve such suffering. To prove their case, they have argued that the wicked receive their comeuppance from God. What can Job do to answer…

Daniel 5-6, Job 20, John 13:1-11, 3 John 1-14 Job 20: Now it is Zophar’s turn at the pump. Job has once again replied to his accusers: he is not guilty. The reason he is suffering is not because he has done something wrong. But Zophar comes at him now to increase the pressure on Job. Why…