A LOOK AT JOB- GOODMORNING

A Look at Job
Job 1:8
Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. (NIV)
It is important to understand what this statement means. What does it mean that God said that Job was blameless and upright? Does it mean that Job was sinless and perfect? Hmm? Is that what God means? Does God mean that Job walked by faith and was therefore covered by the future blood of the Lamb, and so when God looked at Job he saw the righteousness of Christ?
What being blameless and upright before God means is almost universally misunderstood today.
Romans 10:8-11
But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame. (NIV)
Typically, a church’s doctrine regarding salvation is supported by the above passage. Conventional thinking says that if you can persuade a “sinner” to acknowledge repentance, and get them to confess Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and then baptize them, that they are then a Christian. This “saved” person is then taught to go to church, and attend church Bible studies and such, and that they should support the church with tithes as it is “God’s work.” Further, this “saved” person is taught that Jesus Christ paid the price for all sin on the cross, and that because they now believe that this is true, that they are blameless and upright before God, by virtue of what Christ did, that is, when God looks at the “saved” person, he sees the righteousness of Christ because…
Romans 10:4
Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. (NIV)
1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God — that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. (NIV)
Philippians 1:9-11
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ — to the glory and praise of God. (NIV)
Now all these passages seem to support this modern doctrine of salvation, but there is one thing that makes the modern doctrine of salvation wrong. It is tempting to think that you can apply the Holy Scripture as if it were a lawbook, but you can’t. This is the common error found in all flavors of “Christianity”, that is, what calls itself the “Church” today.