Sue J Love
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Job was a righteous man, a man of God who worshipped the Lord in truth and in righteousness. But God permitted Satan to attack him. First Satan had all his livestock and most all his servants and all his children put to death. But in all that Job did not sin nor did he blame God, but he said,
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked I shall return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.” (Job 1:21 NASB1995)
But then God permitted Satan to attack Job’s body with sore boils, from head to foot. And when Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!” he replied, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. (see Job 2:1-10)
But then Job’s friends came to console him. And Job’s suffering was so great that he wished that he had never been born. And then Job’s friends began to accuse him falsely of sinning against God as the reason for his suffering. Job countered their words with the truth of his integrity, but his friends would not listen, and they continued to accuse him wrongfully of sin as the reason for his suffering, which then only added more suffering on to him.
But then Job did begin to complain to God about his suffering and to question the sovereignty of God over his life. For, not only had he gone through what he had already endured, by the grace of God, but now he was being faced with even more suffering at the hands of his friends and his relatives, and his servants, too. And he felt abandoned by all, including he felt abandoned by God. But in all of that, this is what he said:
“Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall see God;
Whom I myself shall behold,
And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My heart faints within me!” (Job 19:23-27 NASB1995)
I admit that I was a bit amused by Job’s statement here wishing that his words were written down and inscribed in a book and that they were engraved in the rock forever. For his words were written down, and they are inscribed in a book which is called “The Bible”. And they have been preserved for us for thousands of years, down through many generations of people, to teach us about suffering and how we must endure unjust suffering in this life for the sake of righteousness, and for our spiritual maturity.
For in all that Job suffered, and even through some of his complaints, too, which in human terms were justifiable, he did not curse God and die. Yes, he sometimes questioned God’s justice and his sovereignty during this time of suffering, not only in his body, but at the hands of his friends and relatives. But he remained faithful to the Lord, and his faith in God did not fail. For he knew that even after his skin was destroyed that he would see God. He knew his relationship with God was on solid ground and that he would see God.
But then Job had some words of counsel to his friends who were judging him unfairly, unjustly, and falsely:
“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’
Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves,
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
So that you may know there is judgment.” (Job 19:28-29 NASB1995)
Have you ever had this done to you? Have you had others, even other “Christians,” persecute you without cause, and accuse you falsely of what you did not do? I have, more than once. The Lord even had me write a short book about those persecutions, too, and of how he helped me to overcome them in his strength. The book is titled, “The Church Under Fire” (1).
So, what was Job’s counsel to his friends who were persecuting him unjustly? They should fear the judgments of God on their lives. For in the end we will all stand before the Lord on a day of judgment when we will be judged of God and we will receive our rewards for the deeds done in the body. And for those who are living for the Lord, in walks of obedience to his commands, and not in sin, eternal life with God is our reward.
But for those who are living in opposition to God and to his word, and for whom obedience to the Lord is not their practice, but sinning against God is their practice, they will not inherit eternal life with God, but they will face the wrath of God because they did not submit to the Lord and to his commands, but they continued in their sins and in living for the flesh, and not for God. So, we need to take this seriously, because God certainly does!
[Matt 7:13-14,21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 10:27-30; Ac 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10]
P.S. But this is not to say that we are all going to be perfect in this life in every way, or that we will never sin again, or that we are going to hell even if we sin at all. And I don’t really know what Job had in mind exactly when he warned his friends of the judgment of God. But I do know that if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to God, we will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of what our lips profess. So do take this seriously!
Songs in the Night
An Original Work / December 18, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.” Acts 16:25 NIV ‘84
Lord, I praise You forevermore.
You, my Savior, I now adore.
Hope in heaven awaiting me,
Because You died at Calvary.
I have been forgiven,
And I’m bound for heaven.
Jesus set me free from
All my sin, I say.
I will praise Him always!
Lord, I love You for all You’ve done:
Overcame death, my vict’ry won!
Jesus saved me, and now I’m free!
I rejoice in His love for me.
I will walk in vict’ry!
My sin is but hist’ry!
I am free to please Him
With my life today.
I will love Him always!
Lord, I thank You for giving me
A new life bought at Calvary.
Loving Jesus, I meet with Him.
Tender mercies now flow within.
Lord, I am so thankful;
Through my Lord, I’m able
To sit at His table;
Fellowship with Him.
I will thank Him always!
A Righteous Man Who Suffered
An Original Work / April 29, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
(1) The Church Under Fire (edited)
drive.google.com
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked I shall return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.” (Job 1:21 NASB1995)
But then God permitted Satan to attack Job’s body with sore boils, from head to foot. And when Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!” he replied, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. (see Job 2:1-10)
But then Job’s friends came to console him. And Job’s suffering was so great that he wished that he had never been born. And then Job’s friends began to accuse him falsely of sinning against God as the reason for his suffering. Job countered their words with the truth of his integrity, but his friends would not listen, and they continued to accuse him wrongfully of sin as the reason for his suffering, which then only added more suffering on to him.
But then Job did begin to complain to God about his suffering and to question the sovereignty of God over his life. For, not only had he gone through what he had already endured, by the grace of God, but now he was being faced with even more suffering at the hands of his friends and his relatives, and his servants, too. And he felt abandoned by all, including he felt abandoned by God. But in all of that, this is what he said:
“Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall see God;
Whom I myself shall behold,
And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My heart faints within me!” (Job 19:23-27 NASB1995)
I admit that I was a bit amused by Job’s statement here wishing that his words were written down and inscribed in a book and that they were engraved in the rock forever. For his words were written down, and they are inscribed in a book which is called “The Bible”. And they have been preserved for us for thousands of years, down through many generations of people, to teach us about suffering and how we must endure unjust suffering in this life for the sake of righteousness, and for our spiritual maturity.
For in all that Job suffered, and even through some of his complaints, too, which in human terms were justifiable, he did not curse God and die. Yes, he sometimes questioned God’s justice and his sovereignty during this time of suffering, not only in his body, but at the hands of his friends and relatives. But he remained faithful to the Lord, and his faith in God did not fail. For he knew that even after his skin was destroyed that he would see God. He knew his relationship with God was on solid ground and that he would see God.
But then Job had some words of counsel to his friends who were judging him unfairly, unjustly, and falsely:
“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’
Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves,
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
So that you may know there is judgment.” (Job 19:28-29 NASB1995)
Have you ever had this done to you? Have you had others, even other “Christians,” persecute you without cause, and accuse you falsely of what you did not do? I have, more than once. The Lord even had me write a short book about those persecutions, too, and of how he helped me to overcome them in his strength. The book is titled, “The Church Under Fire” (1).
So, what was Job’s counsel to his friends who were persecuting him unjustly? They should fear the judgments of God on their lives. For in the end we will all stand before the Lord on a day of judgment when we will be judged of God and we will receive our rewards for the deeds done in the body. And for those who are living for the Lord, in walks of obedience to his commands, and not in sin, eternal life with God is our reward.
But for those who are living in opposition to God and to his word, and for whom obedience to the Lord is not their practice, but sinning against God is their practice, they will not inherit eternal life with God, but they will face the wrath of God because they did not submit to the Lord and to his commands, but they continued in their sins and in living for the flesh, and not for God. So, we need to take this seriously, because God certainly does!
[Matt 7:13-14,21-23; Lu 9:23-26; Jn 10:27-30; Ac 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10]
P.S. But this is not to say that we are all going to be perfect in this life in every way, or that we will never sin again, or that we are going to hell even if we sin at all. And I don’t really know what Job had in mind exactly when he warned his friends of the judgment of God. But I do know that if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to God, we will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of what our lips profess. So do take this seriously!
Songs in the Night
An Original Work / December 18, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.” Acts 16:25 NIV ‘84
Lord, I praise You forevermore.
You, my Savior, I now adore.
Hope in heaven awaiting me,
Because You died at Calvary.
I have been forgiven,
And I’m bound for heaven.
Jesus set me free from
All my sin, I say.
I will praise Him always!
Lord, I love You for all You’ve done:
Overcame death, my vict’ry won!
Jesus saved me, and now I’m free!
I rejoice in His love for me.
I will walk in vict’ry!
My sin is but hist’ry!
I am free to please Him
With my life today.
I will love Him always!
Lord, I thank You for giving me
A new life bought at Calvary.
Loving Jesus, I meet with Him.
Tender mercies now flow within.
Lord, I am so thankful;
Through my Lord, I’m able
To sit at His table;
Fellowship with Him.
I will thank Him always!
A Righteous Man Who Suffered
An Original Work / April 29, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
(1) The Church Under Fire (edited)
The Church Under Fire Book (edited).pdf
drive.google.com
