Coffee With Job. Episode 137
Channel: Jason Blaiklock
Date: 2022-08-05

.Praying for Errant Friends. Job 42: 8-9

They had felt so superior to Job and so knowledgeable about God.  What did they say that was wrong?  They spoke of God in the third person – Job addressed him personally.  They talked about God – Job talked to him.  And now Job has to pray for them if they are to be forgiven.  Is there not an echo of Jesus in this?  The suffering servant who intercedes for his people?  Is it not wonderful that Job prayed for his friends who had so annoyed him?  Is that not the real test of suffering – that it makes us more Christlike and forgiving? 

Notice also that they had to offer a sacrifice.  A burnt offering.  Very expensive.  Seven bulls and rams.  Only royalty could afford such a sacrifice.  Hands laid on the animal – identifying the victim with the worshipper – representation and substitution. It went up in smoke – God's anger against sin.  Shows how seriously God treated their words. Matthew ch. 5 v. 21-22.  

God's vindication of Job –  God calls Job his servant four times.  Personal prepositions.  My servants.  Also, God is vindicated.  Look at Job ch.1 v.8 – “Have you considered my servant Job?.    God has been victorious and vindicated.  Job has remained faithful. “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work”  1 John ch.3 v.8.   And he uses his servants to do so.  
Job is wise