"Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous? Does He profit if you perfect your behavior?" (22:3).
Eliphaz might be a poor source of comfort - but he brings to light a great truth here. God doesn't need us. He has nothing to gain by our piety. God never gains anything - He is complete, lacking nothing.
We need Him. He does not need us.
Job's hope ... "Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold" (23:10).
Read it here.
Eliphaz might be a poor source of comfort - but he brings to light a great truth here. God doesn't need us. He has nothing to gain by our piety. God never gains anything - He is complete, lacking nothing.
We need Him. He does not need us.
Job's hope ... "Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold" (23:10).
Read it here.
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