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Jesus' Fulfillment of Job 9:14-35  Job is not stating a prediction of the Messiah but is expressing a longing, a desire. Job was longing for an umpire who could somehow go between himself and God and lead to Job receiving a fair trial and being pronounced innocent before God. The word for umpire in the NASB was translated mediator in the LXX. In the NT this word is used of the work of Jesus in I Tim. 2:5; Heb. 8:6; 9:15; 12:24. This is particularly tied to what was accomplished by the death of Jesus in several of these passages. Job as an innocent man (9:15, 20-21) longed for a mediator that he could get a fair trial before such a holy God. Jesus' work as mediator goes far beyond what Job expected. It is not only innocent people who can stand before God, but guilty people, guilty people who have turned to Him for forgiveness. Rom. 4:5 tells us that God “justifies the ungodly.” These same three Greek words translated “justifies the ungodly” are used in the same order in the LXX of Ex. 23:7 to warn judges not to kill the innocent or righteous because God “will not acquit the guilty.” The reason God can now justify the ungodly is because Christ died for the ungodly in Rom. 5:6.  In Jesus we have One who is both God and man and can serve in the way that Job 9:32-33; 16:19-21; 19:23-27 describe. The deity of Jesus is stressed in the New Testament (John 1:1-3; 8:58; Phil. 2:5-8; Titus 2:13). The humanity of Jesus is also stressed (John 1:14; I Tim. 2:5-6; I John 4:1-3; II John 7). While Job lamented “He is not a man as I am,” Paul proclaimed Jesus as the “man Christ Jesus” (I Tim. 2:5; Acts 17:31).  The deity/ humanity of Jesus qualifies Him as a faithful and merciful high priest Heb. 2:17-18; 4:14-16; 5:7-10. Jesus would live and die to bridge the gap between God and man. Job complained that God mocks the despair of the innocent (Job 9:23), but in Jesus' death man mocks the pain and suffering of God (Matt. 20:19; 27:29, 31, 41; Mk. 10:34) (The Greek word in the LXX in Job 9:23 is not the same as used in these NT passages).   In Job 9 Job proclaimed his innocence (9:15, 20, 21) and stated that his wounds were without cause (9:17). Job had done nothing to earn them his suffering. His suffering showed (to Job) that God made no distinction between the blameless and the guilty (9:22-24). Job's innocence does not compare to Jesus' innocence (II Cor. 5:21; I Peter 2:22). While Job will complain in the bitterness of his soul (10:1), Jesus offered no complaint or protest (Isa. 53:6-7).  Job feared that even though He was innocent the words of his mouth would be used against him (9:20). Unjust judges condemned Jesus by words from His own mouth (Matt. 26:64-66; Lk. 22:70-71).  Job 9:30-31 In the Bible story it is we who have plunged ourselves in the pit and soiled our clothes and it is God who washes us and makes us clean. God far from mocking the despair of the innocent (9:23) enters into this world of sin and suffering to redeem us. Jesus weeps with us and for us (John 11:35; Luke 19:41-44; Heb. 5:7).  Job lamented the brevity of life in Job 9:25-26. Job's life was so full of pain that he could say he despised his life (9:21, 27-28). Jesus answered this lament via His resurrection. He gives eternal life (John 11:23-26; I Cor. 15:50-58; I Thess. 4:13-18). The pain that Job feared would One day pass away and be no more (Rev. 21:4).

"O que é nascido da carne é carne, e o que é nascido do Espírito é espírito." João 3:6"Assim que, se alguém está em Cristo, nova criatura é; as coisas velhas já passaram; eis que tudo se fez novo." II Coríntios 5:17"E quando o Filho do homem vier em Sua glória, e todos os santos anjos com Ele, então Se assentará no Trono da Sua glória; E todas as nações serão reunidas diante dEle, e apartará uns dos outros, como o pastor aparta dos bodes as ovelhas; E porá as ovelhas à Sua direita, mas os bodes à esquerda. Então dirá o Rei aos que estiverem à Sua direita: Vinde, benditos de Meu Pai, possuí por herança o Reino que vos está preparado desde a fundação do mundo…" Mateus 25:31-34

II Cor. 6:17-18, II Cor 7:1, I Thess. 4:1-9, I Thess. 5:22-24, II Cor 6:14-18, Romans 12:1-2, I Tim 4:8-9, Phil 2:12-15, Matt. 5:14, Prov. 27:12 (NLT), Eph.2:7-10, James 2:14-26

"E é por Cristo que temos tal confiança em Deus; Não que sejamos capazes, por nós, de pensar alguma coisa, como de nós mesmos; mas a nossa capacidade vem de Deus, O qual nos fez também capazes de ser ministros de um Novo Testamento, não da letra, mas do espírito; porque a letra mata e o Espírito vivifica." II Coríntios 3:4-6"Mas recebereis O Poder do Espírito Santo, que há de vir sobre vós; e Ser-Me-eis Testemunhas, tanto em Jerusalém como em toda a Judeia e Samaria, e até aos confins da Terra." Atos 1:8"O Espírito é o que vivifica, a carne para nada aproveita; as Palavras que Eu vos digo são Espírito e Vida." João 6:63"Jesus respondeu: Na verdade, na verdade te digo que aquele que não nascer da água e do Espírito, não pode entrar no Reino de Deus. O que é nascido da carne é carne, e o que é nascido do Espírito é espírito." João 3:5-6

Running Grave, book Seven of the ten novel Cormoran Strike murder mystery series by Joanne Murray (‘J. K. Rowling') writing as ‘Robert Galbraith,' is what the author described as her “cult novel.” The cult in question is the Universal Humanitarian Church led by Jonathan Wace; the Strike-Ellacott Agency is hired by a father to rescue his youngest son who has disappeared into the UHC's Chapman Farm property. Robin Ellacott successfully infiltrates the compound and she and the young man escape.Soon after Robin's near-thing deliverance and return to London, Strike attends a UHC rally in that city with hopes that he will be spotted by Wace and invited to meet back-stage. ‘Papa J' takes the bait and he and Strike square off in the cult leader's dressing room. Strike reveals much of what Robin and he have learned about the UHC's criminal past and present in that verbal confrontation. Strike exits only after delivering a warning; stay away from his partner or “I will burn your church to the f*****g ground” (Part 8, chapter 112, 808; italics in original).In the midst of this tense back-and-forth between private detective and religious guru, Strike thrice mentions a book published in 1930, Who Moved the Stone?, a relatively short work of popular Christian apologetics:‘I see you're one of those who prides themselves on disrespecting rites, mysteries, and religious observance,' said Wace, smiling again. ‘I shall pray for you, Cormoran. I mean that sincerely.'‘I'll tell you one book I've read, that's right up your street,' said Strike. ‘Came across it in a Christian mission where I was spending a night, just outside Nairobi. This was when I was still in the army. I'd drunk too much coffee, and there were only two books in the room, and it was late, and I didn't think I'd be able to make much of a dent in the Bible, so I went for Who Moved the Stone? by Frank Morison. Have you read it?'‘I've heard of it,' said Wace, sitting back in his chair, still smiling. ‘We recognise Jesus Christ as an important emissary of the Blessed Divinity, though, of course, he's not the only one.'‘Oh, he had nothing on you, obviously,' said Strike. ‘Anyway, Morison was a non-believer who set out to prove the resurrection never happened. He did an in-depth investigation into the events surrounding Jesus' death, drawing on as many historical sources as he could find, and as a direct result, was converted to Christianity. You see what I'm driving at?'‘I'm afraid not,' said Wace.‘What questions d'you think Morison would've wanted answered, if he set out to disprove the legend of the Drowned Prophet?' (805)This calling into question of the UHC's historical claim to other-worldly power causes those of Wace's inner-circle minions to chafe and counter with traditional Oriental wisdom about wrestling with pigs. Strike again alludes to Morison's book:‘Is that from the I Ching?' asked Strike, looking from Zhou to Mazu. ‘Funnily enough, I've got a few questions on the subject of degradation, if you'd rather hear those? No?' he said, when nobody answered. ‘Back to what I was saying, then.'‘Let's suppose I fancy writing the new Who Moved the Stone? – working title, “Why Paddle in the North Sea at Five a.m.?” As a sceptical investigator of the miraculous ascension into heaven of Daiyu, I think I'd start with how Cherie knew Jordan Reaney would oversleep that morning. Then I'd be finding out why Daiyu was wearing a dress that made her as visible as possible in the dark, why she drowned off exactly the same stretch of beach as your first wife and – parallels with Who Moved the Stone? here – I'd want to know where the body went. But unlike Morison, I might include a chapter on Birmingham' (805-806).John Granger and Nick Jeffery, as part of their Kanreki celebration of Rowling-Galbraith's 60th birthday last July, discussed Texts-Within-the-Text as a Golden Thread that runs through all of the author's work. Most of those embedded texts, though, are of Rowling's invention, e.g., Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog Card, Tales of Beedle the Bard, Bombyx Mori, The Predictions of Tycho Dodonus, Wace's The Answer, etc. It's fairly rare for Rowling-Galbraith to drop a reference to a real world book even in the relatively non-magical Strike series.In addition to the I Ching, however, Running Grave has Prudence Donleavy recommend two psychology texts to Robin (Lifton's Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of Brain Washing in China and Hassan's Combatting Cult Mind Control: Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults) in addition to Strike's weaponization of Morison's Who Moved the Stone?John and Nick chose to discuss Who Moved the Stone? this week rather than an embedded text that works as a template (cf., Aurora Leigh) or a Rowling favorite-book that shaped her perspective (e.g., I Capture the Castle) or a real-world book tied to the plot of Hallmarked Man (Bridge to Light, Pike's Morals and Dogma) because it seemed to connect the dots of several recent Rowling revelations:* the “God-shaped vacuum” tweet; * the unforced admission that she suffers from VWD, a blood-clotting disorder; * the search for the coming Big Twist in the final books of the Strike series;* the Psalter charm on the Strike9 Christmas gift bracelet-of-clues; * the Church of St Giles in the Fields' existence and its incredible absence from the first eight Strike books despite its overshadowing Denmark Street; and* the absence of Strike-series parallels to the Christian content and meaning of the Potter series, especially with respect to the Struggle to Believe in Deathly Hallows.For reasons the two discuss, all the above are pointers to possible Christian content of Strike books nine and ten, even that this content will be a substantial part of the mind-bending surprise finish to the series, namely, Strike's transformation from a skeptic with respect to all things religious to believer. What bigger clue has Rowling presented in the series for that possibility than Strike's confronting a religious “fraud and hypocrite” (799) with a book by an English skeptic about the evidence for belief in Christ's Resurrection from the dead?Nick and John discuss both Who Moved the Stone? itself, its use in Running Grave in the Strike-Wace confrontation, and its possible meaning as a pointer to revelations and transformations to come:1. Why is a Rowling Reader interested in Frank Morison's Who Moved the Stone? ? 2. Who was ‘Frank Morison‘? What is the story behind the writing of Who Moved the Stone? ? What place does it have, if any, in UK Christian apologetics?3. Do you think there are echoes of ‘Morison's conclusions in the Passion parts of Dorothy Sayers' Man Born to be King series for the BBC (1941)? 4. Chesterton per Wikipedia wrote in his review of Stone that he had been “under the impression it was a detective story” when he picked it up; how much does it read like a murder mystery, something akin to how Strike might sift through the evidence of a case?5. Five instances of deductive insights Ross-Morison offers by reasoning that even most Christian believers would have considered —6. A compare-and-contrast exercise of different perspectives -- John, believer, familiar with passion gospels; Nick, seeker, not so much -- how did their reading experiences differ?7. Why would Rowling-Galbraith have Strike mention this book, one that fosters conversions to Christian faith, in his face-to-face meeting with a religious charlatan? Shouldn't he be belittling faith at that point?8. If there is a single ‘keyword' in Stone, John believes it is “vacancy.” Nick and John discuss (1) the possibility that Rowling may have read this book as a young person and been struck by the God-shaped “vacancy” or “Vacuum” in her own life and (2) whether it could have been an influence on the Casual Vacancy title. They review Rowling comments about “the light of God shining from every soul” in her Vacancy interviews.9 - John expresses his bewilderment that Robin and Cormoran have never discussed their faith backgrounds or lack of one in the course of their relationship, especially in light of their UHC cult experiences and Talbot's True Book with its occult and Christian content. Nick explains the fall out of the English Civil War to John.10. Could Strike's familiarity with and seeming sympathy with the arguments of Stone a place-marker for future conversations about faith, not to mention revelations of why both Strike and Robin are so casual about the vacancy of a spiritual dimension in their lives?The remarkable take-away from this conversation was a discussion of the possibility that Rowling's tweeted ‘Psyche Ascendant' suggests the imminent death of Robin Ellacott in Strike 9 with Strike 10 being fallout of that death in the life of Cormoran Strike. ‘Fall out' meaning Strike will learn the truth about all the questions to which he mistakenly thought he knew the answers — the suicides of his mother and Charlotte Campbell-Ross, the character of Jonny Rokeby, Ryan Murphy's real motivation for pursuing Robin Ellacott, Cormoran's relationships with his half-sister Lucy and “oldest mate” Dave Polworth — as well as ‘Who Killed the Better Half of the Strike Ellacott Detective Agency?'John thinks the revelations coupled with Strike's grief may drive him to his knees in St Giles in the Fields Church, a ‘Digging Dobby's Grave on Easter morning' parallel. Make your case in the comment boxes below if you think that he has lost his mind somewhere on the drive east from Oklahoma to the Carolinas.The Granger family is now well settled in their South Carolina bungalow and Hogwarts Professor will be posting with regularity. Nick and John thank you for your patience and for your support!Links to Sources and Subjects Mentioned in Conversation:‘A Ring Reading of Running Grave, Part Eight' (John Granger)Who Moved the Stone? by Frank Morison (Amazon)‘Albert Henry Ross' aka ‘Frank Morison' (Wikipedia)‘Frank Morison and Who Moved the Stone? Advertiser, Novelist, Apologist, Spy' (Philip Johnson, Lecturer, Morling College, New South Wales, 2018)* Most of the information that Nick and John shared about Ross/Morison and his book Who Moved the Stone? came from this carefully researched paper.‘Philip Johnson' UC Berkeley Law Professor, author Darwin on Trial (Wikipedia)Darwin Retried: An Appeal to Reason (Norman MacBeth)Dorothy Sayers' Man Born to be King series for the BBC (1941)?G. K. Chesterton review of Who Moved the Stone? in The Illustrated London News (5 April 1930)‘Reading Troubled Blood as a Medieval Moral Play and Allegory:' Roy Phipps the “bloody bleeder” as King Philip of Spain (John Granger)‘Justin Martyr and the Fourth Gospel' (Fr John Romanides, 1958, on the relationship of the Synoptic Gospels and the Gospel According to St John)An examination of the Biblical sources reveals the fact that underlying the New Testament is the catechetical principle that one is able to discern the will and acts of God only according to the measure and degree in which he has been liberated from demonic influences and by spiritual exercise learns to distinguish between divine and satanic energies. This liberation is accomplished in Christ by the power of the Spirit but its effect on man is not automatic. Where it does begin its process is generally gradual as is evident in the tardy way in which the Apostles came to a full understanding of the way the kingdom of God had come upon them. Failure to understand and partake of the mysteries of the kingdom is attributed to continuance in the ways of Satan (e.g., Mtth. 13, 1-23; Mk. 4, 1-20; Lk. 8, 4-15; II Cor. 4, 3-4).Before a person was admitted to baptism, he had to be instructed in the old Testament revelations of the divine activities as well as in the ways of satan. Otherwise, he would continue being blinded by the devil and would be in danger of confounding divine and satanic activities as happened in the case of the Jews who went so far as to say that Jesus cast out demons by the power of Belzebub (Mtth. 12, 22-37; Mk. 3, 22-30; Lk. 11, 14-23). This is the blasphemy against the Spirit which cannot be forgiven. Those who are not able to recognize the energies of God are those who by hearing hear but do not understand and seeing see but do not discern (Is. 6, 9; Mtth. 13, 14; Mk. 4,12; Lk. 8, 10; John 12, 40; Acts 28, 26 ff.). The fourth gospel is a continuous play on the divinity of Christ as witnessed to by the divine activities which He shares in common with the Father and the Spirit and which are eventually understood by those who are defeating the devil but continuously misunderstood by those blinded by the prince of darkness. The fourth gospel is understood only by those who have been previously exercised in the discernment of the saving and sanctifying acts of God in both the Old Testament and Synoptic tradition, apart from whose soteriological presuppositions it is totally meaningless.Contemporary Case for Religious Belief in General:Believe: Why Everyone Should Be ReligiousAdvice to the Serious SeekerWhy Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of DisbeliefThe Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New AtheismAtheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable EnemiesSeven Christian Apologetics ClassicsThe Case for Christ (Movie version!)Evidence that Demands a Verdict: Life Changing Truth for a Skeptical WorldMere Christianity (C. S. Lewis)Handbook of Christian ApologeticsExposing Myths about ChristianityDid the Resurrection Happen?Elements of Faith: An Introduction to Orthodox TheologyHogwarts Professor is a reader-supported publication. 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"E Jesus, respondendo, disse-lhe: Bem-aventurado és tu, Simão Barjonas, porque to não revelou a carne e o sangue, mas Meu Pai, que está nos Céus. E também Eu te digo que tu és Pedro, e sobre Esta Pedra edificarei a Minha Igreja, e as portas do inferno não prevalecerão contra ela…" Mateus 16:17-18"Mas, se ainda o nosso Evangelho está encoberto, para os que se perdem está encoberto.Nos quais o deus deste século cegou os entendimentos dos incrédulos, para que lhes não resplandeça a Luz do Evangelho da Glória de Cristo, que é a Imagem de Deus." II Coríntios 4:3-4

TEMPO DE REFLETIR 01622 – 23 de dezembro de 2025 II Coríntios 13:14 – A graça do Senhor Jesus Cristo, o amor de Deus e a comunhão do Espírito Santo sejam com todos vocês. Graça não é o mesmo que amor. Ao concluir a Segunda Carta aos Coríntios, Paulo fez distinção entre o amor de Deus e a graça do Senhor Jesus Cristo. A graça possui um enfoque mais específico do que o amor. O amor é geral; a graça é o mesmo que deve demonstrar amor àqueles que não merecem, oferecer livremente, perdoar e conceder vida nova. A graça sempre nos conecta a Jesus. Ele é “cheio de graça”, a personificação da graça. Ele é a demonstração divina, a revelação do caráter de Deus – o Todo-Poderoso que tomou a forma de servo, o Mantenedor do Universo que Se submeteu à cruz para nos libertar da culpa e do poder do pecado e nos conceder vida eterna. Amor e graça. Essas duas palavras tiveram trajetórias totalmente diferentes na história. Uma se tornou sinônimo de uma vasta gama de emoções e experiências; a outra permanece pura, imaculada. Uma foi falsificada, ganhou conotações negativas; a outra ainda é positiva, uma linda palavra. Pense no modo como usamos a palavra “amor” hoje. Amo comer laranjas. Amo meu cachorro. Amo futebol. Amo meu amigo. Amo meu cônjuge. Amo a Deus. Apenas uma palavra! Mas a maneira como nos relacionamos com as laranjas (ou torta de maçã ou macarronada) é totalmente diferente da maneira como nos relacionamos com o nosso cônjuge, sem falar de como nos relacionamos com Deus. Nossa geração se tornou aficionada por sexo. Explora-se o corpo humano, especialmente o corpo feminino, devido ao insensível interesse comercial, à manipulação e ao estímulo à sensualidade. Para muitas pessoas, usadas e abusadas ou rejeitadas pela exploração da sexualidade, “amor” é apenas uma palavra de quatro letras. Enquanto isso, a graça permanece. Não se desgastou, por mais que o hino “Graça Excelsa” tenha sido entoado. Não imergiu no cinismo. Por incrível que pareça, numa época em que a linguagem é distorcida, colocada de cabeça para baixo e invertida, a graça permanece. Será que é porque a graça sempre nos conecta a Jesus? Ele é sempre novo, sempre puro, sempre amável. Reflita sobre isso no dia de hoje e ore comigo agora: Pai, que essa maravilhosa graça me abrace agora e a cada um destes que me ouvem neste instante. Que o Teu perdão generoso e o Teu abraço confortador nos acompanhem neste dia. Em nome de Jesus, amém! Saiba como receber as mensagens diárias do Tempo de Refletir: -> No celular, instale o aplicativo MANAH. -> Para ver/ouvir no YouTube, inscreva-se neste Canal: youtube.com/AmiltonMenezes7 -> Tenha os nossos aplicativos em seu celular: https://www.wgospel.com/aplicativos -> Para receber pelo WhatsApp, adicione 41 99893-2056 e mande um recadinho pedindo os áudios. -> Participe do nosso canal no TELEGRAM: TELEGRAM AMILTON MENEZES . -> Participe do nosso canal no WhatsApp: WHATSAPP CHANNEL Amilton Menezes . -> Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amiltonmenezes7/ -> Threads: https://www.threads.net/@amiltonmenezes7 -> X (Antigo Twitter): https://x.com/AmiltonMenezes -> Facebook: facebook.com/AmiltonMenezes

Paul comforts the Christians with the assurance of God's peace. I. The Content of Peace A. Peace with God B. Peace within one's soul II. The Peculiar Characteristic of Peace A. "which surpasses all comprehension"—lit., "all mind" B. It's almost beyond belief; superlative beyond description III. The Power of Peace A. "shall guard your hearts and minds" 1. To guard—II Cor. 11:32; Gal. 3:23; I Pet. 1:5 2. Your hearts [innermost being] and minds [rational part] 3. Various kinds of peace serve as comfort to the believer 4. Peace of personal salvation protects against Satan B. "in Christ Jesus" 1. A reference to union with Christ 2. It also means that in His Person one can find peace Application A. Avoid the opposites of peace—weeds and false peace B. Pay attention to the conditions for peace C. Develop this true fruit D. If you don't have this peace . . . 1. Be careful not to fall into great resentment 2. Acknowledge your restless condition (Is. 57:20) 3. Surrender to the God of peace (Phil. 4:9)

TEMPO DE REFLETIR 01586 – 17 de novembro de 2025   II Coríntios 4:16 – Por isso não desanimamos; pelo contrário, mesmo que o nosso homem […]

"…Não darás tuas filhas a seus filhos, e não tomarás suas filhas para teus filhos; Pois fariam desviar teus filhos de MIM para que servissem a outros deuses; e a ira do Senhor se acenderia contra vós, e depressa vos consumiria." Deuteronômio 7:3-4"Não vos prendais a um jugo desigual com os infiéis; porque, que sociedade tem a Justiça com a injustiça? E que comunhão tem a Luz com as trevas? E que concórdia há entre Cristo e Belial? Ou que parte tem o fiel com o infiel?E que consenso tem o Templo de Deus com os ídolos? Porque vós sois o Templo do Deus vivente, como Deus disse: Neles habitarei, e entre eles andarei; e Eu serei o seu Deus e eles serão o Meu povo.Por isso saí do meio deles, e apartai-vos, diz o Senhor; e não toqueis nada imundo, e Eu vos receberei; E Eu serei para vós Pai, e vós sereis para Mim filhos e filhas, diz o Senhor Todo-Poderoso." II Coríntios 6:14-18

"E, para que não me exaltasse pela excelência das Revelações, foi-me dado um espinho na carne, a saber, um mensageiro de Satanás para me esbofetear, a fim de não me exaltar.Acerca do qual três vezes orei ao Senhor para que se desviasse de mim.E disse-me: A Minha Graça te basta, porque o Meu Poder se aperfeiçoa na fraqueza. De boa vontade, pois, me gloriarei nas minhas fraquezas, para que em mim habite o Poder de Cristo." II Coríntios 12:7-9

"Não vos prendais a um jugo desigual com os infiéis; porque, que sociedade tem a Justiça com a injustiça? E que comunhão tem a Luz com as trevas?E que concórdia há entre Cristo e Belial? Ou que parte tem o fiel com o infiel?E que consenso tem o Templo de Deus com os ídolos? Porque vós sois o Templo do Deus vivente, como Deus disse: Neles habitarei, e entre eles andarei; e EU SEREI o seu Deus e eles serão o MEU povo.Por isso saí do meio deles, e apartai-vos, diz o Senhor; e não toqueis nada imundo, e EU vos receberei;E EU SEREI para vós Pai, e vós sereis para MIM filhos e filhas, diz o Senhor Todo-Poderoso." II Coríntios 6:14-18

 What roles do God and Satan play in Job's suffering and suffering throughout Scriptures?Satan appears in Job 1:6-12 and 2:1-6, 7. His hand in suffering is particularly emphasized in Job 1:12 and 2:6, 7. Satan's hand in suffering is stressed in several New Testament passages as well. In Luke 13:16 the woman Jesus heals in the synagogues is one “whom Satan has bound for eighteen years.” In Acts 10:38 Jesus went about doing good and “healing all who were oppressed of the devil.” II Cor. 12:7 describes Paul's thorn in the flesh as a “messenger of Satan.” In Jesus' letter to the church of Smyrna he says that “the devil is about to cast some of you into prison” (Rev. 2:10). Each of these passages speak of Satan, the devil playing a significant role in human suffering. There are certainly other passages that tie Satan to temptation, sin, and spiritual suffering, but now we are focusing on physical suffering. These truths from the book of Job about God's hand in human suffering are consistent with the rest of Scripture. Deuteronomy 32:39 “See now that I, I am He, and there is no god besides Me; It is who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.”I Samuel 2:6-7 “The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. The LORD makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts.”Isaiah 30:26 “The LORD binds up the fracture of His people and heals the bruise He has inflicted.”Isaiah 45:7 “The One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these.”Jer. 32:42 “Just as I brought all this great disaster on this people, so I am going to bring on them all the good that I am promising them.”Lam. 3:37-38 “Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, unless the LORD has commanded it? Is in not from the mouth of the Most High that both good and ill go forth?”Amos 3:6 “If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it?”Heb. 12:1-11 The hostility followers of Jesus experienced from sinners in 12:1-4 seems to be the same as the discipline of the LORD in 12:5-11. There are several events in which both God and Satan are said to be active. Jesus was led into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil (Matt. 4:1; Luke 4:1).  The devil is trying to get Jesus to sin and undo God's entire plan of salvation. God using to the same event to qualify Jesus as the perfect high priest (Heb. 2:17-18; 4:14-16). While Paul's thorn in the flesh was a messenger of Satan, it was given to keep Paul from exalting himself (II Cor. 12:7-10). Obviously, keeping Paul from becoming proud was not Satan's purpose but it was God's purpose. While Satan entered Judas to entice him to betray Jesus (Luke 22:3; John 13:2, 27), all the things that happened around the crucifixion were to fulfill the will of God (Acts 2:23; 3:13-15; 4:27-28; 13:27). While Satan and God were both involved in these events, in none of these cases are God and Satan acting together. Satan is seeking to cause man to curse God. But God is working in the same events to seek to teach man things he would not have learned otherwise (Ps. 119:67, 71, 75). God is seeking to help man see Him more clearly than previously (Job 42:5-6).  God is working to save man from sin. The message of the Bible is that nothing happens to us that is not ultimately controlled by the knowledge, love, wisdom, and power of our God of all comfort (II Cor. 1:3). The test of Job was ultimately a step in the utter defeat of Satan and not Job.

"Tu crês que há Um Só Deus; fazes bem. Também os demônios o creem, e estremecem. (demônios são religiosos)…" Tiago 2:19"… o deus deste século (satanás) cegou os entendimentos dos incrédulos, para que lhes não resplandeça a Luz do Evangelho da Glória de Cristo, que é a Imagem de Deus." II Coríntios 4:4

"Porque brotará um rebento do tronco de Jessé, e das suas raízes um renovo frutificará. E repousará sobre Ele o Espírito do Senhor, o Espírito de Sabedoria e de Entendimento, o Espírito de Conselho e de Fortaleza, o Espírito de Conhecimento e de Temor do Senhor." Isaías 11:1-2Por isso:"Se esperamos em Cristo só nesta vida, somos os mais miseráveis de todos os homens." I Coríntios 15:19"Jesus respondeu: Na verdade, na verdade te digo que aquele que não nascer da água e do Espírito, não pode entrar no Reino de Deus. O que é nascido da carne é carne, e o que é nascido do Espírito é espírito." João 3:5-6"Assim que, se alguém está em Cristo, nova criatura é; as coisas velhas já passaram; eis que tudo se fez novo." II Coríntios 5:17

Your thoughts don't have you, you have them! So what do you do? It's simple! If your thoughts try to take you over, you overtake them by thinking about something else! We'll talk about it. II Cor 10:5

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"Assim que, se alguém está em Cristo, nova criatura é; as coisas velhas já passaram; eis que tudo se fez novo." II Coríntios 5:17. "O que é nascido da carne é carne, e o que é nascido do Espírito é espírito." João 3:6

"E, para que não me exaltasse pela excelência das revelações, foi-me dado um espinho na carne, a saber, um mensageiro de Satanás para me esbofetear, a fim de não me exaltar.Acerca do qual três vezes orei ao Senhor para que se desviasse de mim.E disse-me: A Minha Graça te basta, porque o Meu Poder se aperfeiçoa na fraqueza. De boa vontade, pois, me gloriarei nas minhas fraquezas, para que em mim habite o Poder de Cristo.Por isso sinto prazer nas fraquezas, nas injúrias, nas necessidades, nas perseguições, nas angústias por amor de Cristo. Porque quando estou fraco então sou forte." II Coríntios 12:7-10

"E, para que não me exaltasse pela excelência das revelações, foi-me dado um espinho na carne, a saber, um mensageiro de Satanás para me esbofetear, a fim de não me exaltar.Acerca do qual três vezes orei ao Senhor para que se desviasse de mim.E disse-me: A Minha Graça te basta, porque o Meu Poder se aperfeiçoa na fraqueza. De boa vontade, pois, me gloriarei nas minhas fraquezas, para que em mim habite o Poder de Cristo.Por isso sinto prazer nas fraquezas, nas injúrias, nas necessidades, nas perseguições, nas angústias por amor de Cristo. Porque quando estou fraco então sou forte." II Coríntios 12:7-10

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"E, vendo ele muitos dos fariseus e dos saduceus, que vinham ao seu batismo, dizia-lhes: Raça de víboras, quem vos ensinou a fugir da ira futura?Produzi, pois, frutos dignos de arrependimento;" Mateus 3:7-8"Porque para Deus somos o bom perfume de Cristo, nos que se salvam e nos que se perdem.Para estes certamente cheiro de morte para morte; mas para aqueles cheiro de vida para Vida. E para estas coisas quem é idôneo?" II Coríntios 2:15-16

II Cor 11-13 Paul engages in a bit of folly and sarcasm as he warns the Corinthians about false teachers, and calls both the false teachers, and those suffering fools gladly to repentance! Paul compares himself and his fellows to … Continue reading →

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II Cor 10 This time we look at God’s unspeakable gift and the spiritual weapons of our warfare, “the whole armor of God.” We ask and answer: Can unbelievers love one another or do good? What a re the “strongholds” … Continue reading →

Psalm 144A Psalm of David“Herman Gunkel once proposed that this poem was an ‘imitation' of Psalm 18, but, especially because some of the topics it touches on are unlike anything in Psalm 18, it seems more accurate to speak of certain citations from the earlier psalms woven into a different poetic context” Alter, 495. Psalm 144 is often called by form critics a royal psalm. This is because of the mention of David within the psalm-144:10 and because of the connections to Psalm 18. “The psalm may be divided into two major sections, based on the switch from first person singular language in vv. 1-11 to first person plural language in vv. 12-15” NICOT, 985. This psalm incorporates Psalms 18, 8, 39, and 33. “Our circumstances change, but the words that sustained us in the past continue to sustain in the present and will continue to sustain us in the future. For that is the nature of Scripture- indeed ‘old, tried, and true,' but ever new in changing circumstances” NICOT, 989.144:1 Blessed be the LORD, my rock- Ps. 18:2, 31, 46; 19:14; 28:1; 62:2, 6, 7; Deut. 32:4, 13, 15, 18, 30, 31.Who trains my hands for war- Ps. 18:34; II Sam. 22:35. Vs. 1 deals with the Psalmist's hands, vs. 7 God's hands, vs.7, 8, 11, 11 the alien's hands. The word trains was translated teach in 143:10.And my fingers for battle- The fingers may be mentioned because “the fingers refer to the pulling of the bowstring” Alter, 495. The only other mention of fingers in Psalms is God's finger in Ps. 8:3.144:2 My lovingkindness and my fortress- Speaking of God as my lovingkindness “is not unique: cf. Jonah 2:8 (9 Heb.), where it should against be taken as a designation of the Lord and His loyalty, rather than of man's loyalty to Him” Kidner, 478. Similar uses of this word in Psalm 59:10, 17; 89:28 emphasize God's lovingkindness to us and not man's response to God.  Lovingkindness in Ps. 143:8, 12 and Pss. 107:1, 8, 15, 21, 31, 43; 108:4; 109:12, 16, 21, 26.Fortress in Ps. 18:2; 31:2, 3; 71:3; 91:2. God's defense of him is because of God's love. My stronghold- Ps. 9:9; 18:2; 46:7, 11 and my deliverer- Ps. 18:2; 40:17; 70:5My shield- 3:3; 5:12; 7:10; 18:2, 30, 35 and He in whom I take refuge- 141:8; 142:5; 7:1; 11:1; 16:1; 31:1.Who subdues my people under me- Ps. 18:39, 47 “The violence of the verb suggests that ‘my people' is not intended. A plural ‘peoples' appears in the seemingly basis 18:48 (47) and II Sam. 22:48. “Every virtue he possesses every victory won…are His alone (I Cor. 15:10)” Laymen, 698. 144:3 O LORD, what is man that You take knowledge of him?- Ps. 8:4; Job 7:17. His view of God is exalted in 144:1-2, 5-8 leads him here in vs. 3-4 to humble himself and be astonished that God cares for him. This contrast between God's greatness and man's dependence on Him is seen in II Cor. 4:7. “What is man, king or commoner, that he should be worthy of such glorious beneficence from God?” Alter, 496. 144:4 Man is like a mere breath- Ps. 39:5-6, 11; 62:9; 90:9; 109:23 “The word breath is hebel, the same word used by the author of Qoheleth to describe life in this world” NICOT, 987.His days are like a passing shadow- Job 8:9; 14:2; Psalm 102:11; 109:23. “The line moves from mere breath to something still more insubstantial, a passing shadow” Alter, 496. Write for more notes

Rom 8:18-27 Matt 6:8 II Cor 12:7-9 Rom 8:33-34

May 27, 2025 Isaiah 14:3-32; Ps. 58:1-9; Prov. 16:4-5; II Cor. 13:7-14

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