Deep Theological Questions From Job’s Mind. Part [8] 11/10/2025 (Morning thought)

Exodus 34: 6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.

When the Scriptures are read correctly, you will see that God’s mercies, goodness, and grace are granted as gifts because of His loving character, but they are never presented as being a moral obligation on His part. No, not once!… 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty…. Genesis 32:9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said unto me, return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee.

Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which You have shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff, I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children…. Psalms 103: 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

It is fitting that we pause for a moment to search out the meaning of those two words: Mercy and Grace, because they occur quite often in the Bible, to the tune of 159 times for grace and 262 times for mercy. Merriam Webster Dictionary. Mercy: Compassion or forbearance shown especially to an offender. Grace: Unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification.

Psalms 103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear him.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Deep Theological Questions From Job’s Mind. Part [7] 11/10/2025 (Evening thought)

Job 1:9 Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nothing? 10 Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

This question needed to be settled once and for all, because earth’s inhabitants are to serve, love, and obey God, only from their free will, because God is inherently good and merciful to the core. Thus, the episodes which followed gave Job cause for concern as he grappled with the deep theological questions swirling around in his mind. Some of these questions we will address from the Bible, so that our perspectives and views would be clear cut.

This is the case especially as we head into unchartered waters. Our faith in God is directly linked to what we believe about Him, and therefore, we will have to address these questions very reverently. Question [1] As our Creator, does God have a moral obligation to protect us in our fallen state? This first question includes persons who’re in a covenant relationship with God, and individuals who are not. Does He have a moral duty to protect us?

In all of our interpretations of Who God is, we must bear in mind that through Adam’s sin, man forfeited some of the natural safeguards, and provisions that the inhabitants of other unfallen worlds are given. Christ came along, and He has paid the price for our redemption, but until such time when humanity will be fully restored to God, His protection and blessing occur strictly because of His mercy. Not because of a moral obligation or duty incumbent upon Him.

 Job 1:Lamentations 3: 22 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!