Coffee With Job. Episode 62
Channel: Jason Blaiklock
Date: 03/08/2022

Troubled Thoughts

 It is interesting how these men (and others in the OT) describe wickedness.  The wicked are those who do something wrong to others in the community.  In particular the wicked are those who oppress the poor.   Neglect of the poor is the worst fault of the rich.  He is saying the higher you go further you fall.  

In one sense it is almost the perfect sermon – pointed application – short – hard hitting – consistent – easy to understand – lots of good illustrations.    The key imagery he uses is that of food. – Mouth, tongue, palate, savoring, swallowing, food, sweetness, oil, honey, and cream are all mentioned.  Sin may taste sweet but it will come back on you.  It will make you sick. Proverbs ch. 20 v.17 – “Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel”.  Sin comes sugar-coated. Things which are sweet on the outside are often poisonous on the inside.   Sin may be pleasant when committed but its consequences are bitter.   If you are sick it is because of your own sin.   Bildad has said the godless will perish.  Eliphaz has said that the wicked man will have emptiness before his time.  Although the wicked may for a short time be wealthy and healthy in the long run they will become worthless as in dung v.7.  Fleeting like a dream absent, poor, forgotten. Perished.   The punishment for sin is certain.  There is a certain realism and truth in Zophar’s remarks.    God does sometimes use the wicked person's own wickedness to bring about their own downfall.