Week 4, Part 2: Lessons from the Prophets Day 4 – Isaiah: The Backdrop Post Theme: Historical Backdrop for the book of Isaiah Today’s post is a little different. It is simply a bit, okay, maybe a lot, of background information on the book of Isaiah – but it is very important. Not only does …
Week 4, Part 1: Lessons from Psalms and Proverbs Day 3 – God’s People and the Fatherless: Psalm 82:3,4; Proverbs 23:10,11 Psalm 82:3,4 – “Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.” Defend The Poor and Fatherless …
Post Theme: God, Government, and the Fatherless Week 4, Part 1: Lessons from Psalms and Proverbs Day 2 – God, Government, and the Fatherless: Psalm 10:14-19 I’ve debated about the title of this post for an hour now. First, it was “God and the Fatherless” and then the one you see above. Then it went …
Post Theme: The Wicked and the Fatherless Week 4, Part 1: Lessons from Psalms and Proverbs Day 1 – The Wicked and the Fatherless: Psalm 10:18; 94: 3-6; 109:9,12; 146:9 It never pays to do evil. Job and his friends painted a picture of wicked men being those who oppress and abuse the poor, the …
Post Theme: God’s Purposes for Ministry to the Fatherless Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 4: God’s Purposes – Review While, as we learned from Job, it is possible for us to have the wrong purpose in ministry, it is never possible for GOD to have the wrong purpose. Let’s review some of …
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 3 – Job’s Reasoning (Part 2 – Avoiding Self-righteousness): Job 42:5,6 “I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” Yesterday, we looked at Job’s first reason for his …
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 2: Job’s Reasoning (part 1 – What Do We Believe About God?): Job 31:23 “For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.” The reason for Job’s commitment to meeting the needs of the fatherless is two-fold. …
Week 3 – Lessons from Job Cont’d Day 1: After “If” comes “Then” We finished up last week looking at a list of “Ifs”: things that Job had either done or not done toward the fatherless (See Job 31: 16-21). Today we see the “then” that follows. His level of dedication regarding his responsibility toward …
Week 2 – Lessons From Job Day 5: Making It Personal: Job 31:16-23 Today’s post is where the rubber meets the road. Job goes on speaking to his friends. In chapter thirty-one, he expounds on his relationship to the fatherless and the seriousness with which he regards it: “If I have withheld the poor from …
Week 2 – Lessons From Job Day 4: Job’s First Defense: Job 29: 11,12 Job’s answer to Eliphaz’s accusation all but silences Job’s friends. Bildad makes a pitiful attempt at a protest in chapter twenty-five (which is all of six verses long!), but from there on, they have little to say. Three chapters into his …
