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Little_1 -> RE: The patience of Job...... (8/16/2008 4:21:02 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Butterflytearz
......Job saw the Lord work in his life and that God never left him no matter how the circumstances seemed. That is truly a blessing
I would say Job was blessed but before any blessing comes obedience and Job was obedient and God in turn blessed his obedience very evidently. Most of the promises of God are preceded by our obedience, e.g. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths." (Prov 3:5-6). If we trust and lean on God - He will direct our steps. Many Christians like the promises but don't want the obedience part which goes before the promise of blessing and tend to skim over these parts but believe they can still claim the promise(s).
During this past week, I have seen things printed in the media and am very much aware that the media take the bits of a story which makes for interesting and attention grabbing reading. However, what they don't always do is take the story they are writing about in it's full context because the whole truth is not so interesting! However, by doing so, they are not touching on the complete truth - just the sensationalised bits (or bits that would not be so sensationalised if they were printed in their full context). Such trappings can even change the meaning of a paragraph. Christians can also be guilty of this! We take the bits of the Bible which we like and are comfortable with but don't want the not-so-interesting bits because promises in their full context don't seem so interesting. Also, by taking only parts of the Bible, we can take a text out of context and have it mean something that it was not originally intended. [&o]
Does anyone else agree?
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