Job 13:3: “Surely I would speak to the Almighty and I desire to reason with God.” I really can’t blame Job for wanting to reason with God. After all, God can be so unreasonable at times. I know I would like to just sit down with Him and explain my circumstances. Surely once
Jeremiah 7:24: “But they harkened not nor inclined their ear.” I get the part of not harkening unto the Word of God which is the context here. I mean God spells out in his Word what we are to do and not to do. The Bible tells us not to steal, so if
Judges 16:18: “And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, come up at this once for he has shown me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her and brought money in their hand.”
Isaiah 30:10: “Which say to the seers, see not and to the prophets, prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things and prophesy deceit.” The way this is translated only contributes to the arrogance of modern Christians. You read this and you think: “How amazing that people would tell the prophets
I Kings 22:8: “And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said; Let not the king say so.” I Kings
Exodus 19:3; “And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying: ‘Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the sons of Israel.’” What is the different between the house of Jacob and the sons of Israel? Moses is to relate the commandments of God to both
