THE BANKRUPTCY OF THE COMFORTERS
Job
25:1-6
The last words of Job’s friends come from Bildad, which is the shortest response of all three friends. It brief and has no eternal value of hope for a sinner to rest in as they go through suffering. A quick tongue friend speaking his mind rather than speaking with sensitivity to Job. Bildad last response comes out with both gun barrels a blazing. John Wesley was once approached by a young lady who said,“I think I know what my talent is.”Wesley said,“Tell me.”Without hesitation she replied, “I think it is to speak my mind.”Wesley responded with, “I do not think God would mind if you bury that talent.”
Anyone who speaks their mind, running overtop of others, should bury that talent in a heartbeat.
The Bible has some things to say about the tongue… The sinfulness of the tongue causes destruction. “For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.” Psalm 5:9. The Bible says whoever guards his ton…
The last words of Job’s friends come from Bildad, which is the shortest response of all three friends. It brief and has no eternal value of hope for a sinner to rest in as they go through suffering. A quick tongue friend speaking his mind rather than speaking with sensitivity to Job. Bildad last response comes out with both gun barrels a blazing. John Wesley was once approached by a young lady who said,“I think I know what my talent is.”Wesley said,“Tell me.”Without hesitation she replied, “I think it is to speak my mind.”Wesley responded with, “I do not think God would mind if you bury that talent.”
Anyone who speaks their mind, running overtop of others, should bury that talent in a heartbeat.
The Bible has some things to say about the tongue… The sinfulness of the tongue causes destruction. “For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.” Psalm 5:9. The Bible says whoever guards his ton…
