Read Job 8.
Some comforter Bildad turned out to be!
1. He called Job a wind bag. (v.1)
2. He said Job's children had it coming to them due to sin.
(v.4)
3. He urged Job to repent and God would restore his
fortunes. (vv.5-6)
4. He concluded that where there is smoke, there is fire.
(vv.11-12)
5. He accused Job of forgetting God. (v.13)
Bildad's theology was not wrong in itself, but his
applications were incorrect. He judged
Job upon a false premise that did not allow for the fact that Job had done
nothing wrong. Bildad's thinking was
that Job's suffering was the result of sin in his life. And, if Job was truly living a godly life,
then he would experience health, wealth, position and power. This is simply not true and is totally false
to anyone who knows their Bible.
On earth, Jesus possessed no wealth. Paul experienced a physical problem that
never went away. The Psalmist observed
that the wicked around him prospered.
Are all world leaders godly people?
It is easy to destroy Bildad's argument, yet so many continue to be
sucked into that thinking.
Evaluating life only in temporal terms is to miss the very
essence of truly knowing the God of heaven.
Like The Great Gatsby, it leads to living in a false and fantasized
hope. The results include a
self-centered and rebellious life.
"It is all about me and what I can get from God."
What are the evidences of a godly life?
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control..."
(Galatians 5:22-23) These are the
qualities that will be evident regardless of one’s life circumstances. It is the work of God in a life and cannot be
self-imposed by wishful thinking.
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