Chunk V. How Does God Love YOU?

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Different worldviews -Friends' Views vs. Job's View of God
The friends' condemnation of Job reveals their limited concept of God. To Job's friends, God is to be feared - man is helpless before Him. God is a distant, almighty, powerful creator . Man trembles with fear -

If God places no trust in his servants,
If He charges his angels with error,
How much more those who live in houses of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust,
Who are crushed more readily than the moth!
Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
Unnoticed, they perish forever. 4:18-21

On the other hand, Job’s insistence on his blamelessness is an indication of looking at God in a BIG way. While his friends put God in a box and have a traditional view of Him (not allowing any room for knowing Him), Job looks at God differently. Chapter 13: 3 – “ I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God” such request is unusual vs. the mindset of the traditional religion/view during his time (as exemplified by Job’s friends). The fact that Job was adamantly asking for an audience with God reveals a different outlook. God can be talked to, God listens, it is possible to have a relationship as intimate as this with the Almighty God!