Believe Right!

Growing up, I often heard that Job 17 was read to people who were about to pay their death penalty via firing squad. For this reason, for a long time, I thought the Book of Job was for condemned people. I avoided it. But nothing could be further from the truth! It is written to show us God’s heart of love for us— not in Job’s restoration alone but before and even during his calamity. It is written to show us our utter need for Jesus Christ the Way, the Truth and the Life.  Romans 15:4 tells us: “Everything written in the Scriptures was written to teach us, in order that we might have hope through the patience and encouragement which the Scriptures give us.” All of the Scriptures have to do with our Saviour Jesus Christ and our salvation by Grace through faith. A quick background is necessary to understand the  mindset  that Job had before and during his trial- until after the Lord answered him: Grace is a Person. His name is Jesus Christ. Titus 2:11 says of Him: "God’s marvelous

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram and said unto him, “I am the Almighty God. Walk before Me, and be thou perfect.” Romans 15:14 tells us:  “For whatsoever things were written in times past, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” The Scriptures were written to comfort us and to give us hope. In the Christian sense, hope is not just a “maybe.” Bible “hope" is a  “joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation. ” G1680 - elpis - Strong's Greek Lexicon (KJV) Interpreting Genesis 17:1 to mean God telling Abraham to be perfect by his own strength does not give us comfort, make us joyful or bring a confident expectation of eternal salvation. If anything, it puts one under the pressure of trying to be perfect and makes us pretty hopeless because always, we are imperfect of ourselves. Even right now. A quick background to help us understand Genesis 17:1 -- God is the Righteous

  The Lord Himself tells us the three things that He requires of man in His word in Micah 6 where it is written: “He has told you, O man, what is good— and what does the Lord require of you,” Before we address these three things, here’s a quick background that is Romans 15:14: “ For whatsoever things were written in times past, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” The Scriptures/Old Testament were written to comfort us and to give us hope. In the Christian sense, hope is not just a “maybe.” Bible “hope" is a “ joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation." Summarizing the Gospel of Christ and our salvation in Him to mean striving for godliness/perfection by human strength or trying to not have one's hand in the cookie jar upon Christ's return for His saints does not give any comfort, make us joyful or bring a confident expectation of eternal salvation. If anything, that false summary puts one