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Job 5:1-27

The main theme which the three friends are about to develop in their discourses is the following:— God is righteous. He would not have struck Job so severely if Job himself had not deserved it. All his afflictions are a punishment and a judgment. If he will confess his sins, he will be restored. But we know from the beginning of the story that Job could not be blamed for any particular fault. The LORD Himself said to Satan: "Thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause" (Job 2:3). It was therefore wrong to consider his afflictions as punishment. This was no punishment, and vv. 17 and 18 are a wonderful summary of his whole story. We should compare them with Proverbs 3:11-12, quoted in Hebrews 12:5-6 : "My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction; for whom the LORD loveth he correcteth". The LORD certainly had something to admonish, something to set right with His servant: Job’s sense of his own righteousness. He had afflicted him, but He was also going to heal him for his good.

Whom the Lord loveth! What wonderful words of comfort! The storm which is unleashed by Satan is in the end a proof of divine love for the believer.

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