“Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he help the evil doers:”
Job 8:20 KJV
Yet another friend, Bildad the Shuhite, tries to comfort Job, “There’s no way that God will reject a good person, and there is no way He’ll help a bad one.” Bildad straightaway accuses that Job must have done something wrong and therefore is having to suffer. Even today, self righteous people afflict others instead of comforting, by saying that God has brought calamity because some evil must be there in your past. Such thinking is based on your action, works or deeds and its effect or consequences in your life. Bildad didn’t really know God and His goodness but tried to comfort Job in this uncomfortable way! The God Who loves all humanity, says the opposite of Bildad’s philosophy! Jesus says, “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” Jesus died on the Cross to take the penalty of sin for humanity. This shows God's love and forgiveness, and that believers in Christ will not be condemned by death. Christ suffered and died for sins once and for all—the innocent for the guilty —to bring you near to God by His body being put to death and by being raised to life by the Spirit. That is why Jesus suffered, so that mankind would receive salvation. This is the Gospel. Let’s believe it. Amen!
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