“For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, And fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, And their belly prepareth deceit.”
Job 15:34-35 KJV
It’s now Job’s third friend Eliphaz the Temanite who answers him. “The godless are fruitless—a barren crew; a life built on bribes goes up in smoke. They have sex with sin and give birth to evil. Their lives are wombs for breeding deceit. Eliphaz calls Job a hypocrite and accuses him that his life is built on bribes so it has gone up in smoke. What a sad commentary from a friend. Thank God that He rebuked Job’s friends for speaking the wrong thing. In the new covenant Jesus is our Friend, for He said, “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends, if you do whatsoever I command you.” We can be real with Jesus and tell Him everything that is in our heart - the pain, the confusion, the grief - anything! Christ will teach us the power of forgiveness and of letting go. Let’s make Jesus our greatest Friend. Amen!
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