Jonathan Edwards

1 month ago | estadao.com.br | Ben Brasch |Jonathan Edwards |William Wan

Crescendo, John Smith conhecia seu avô como um acadêmico sério — um professor de óculos na Universidade de Maryland que escrevia livros sobre presidentes anteriores à Guerra Civil. Ele também sabia que E.B. Smith havia viajado pelo mundo em sua juventude. O que ele não sabia até esta semana era que seu avô já tinha sido um agente do governo dos EUA, fornecendo informações da era soviética para a CIA (Agência Central de Inteligência dos Estados Unidos, na sigla em inglês).

Sep 30, 2024 | cbtseminary.org | Jonathan Edwards |Andrew Fuller |Tom Nettles

As Elihu winds down his theodicy presented to the destitute Job, he condenses his presentation to two truths. We find these in verses 22 and 23: “Behold, God is exalted in power; … and who has said, ‘You have done wrong?’” God is all powerful and nothing can hinder his accomplishing his will. God is perfectly just, so that the will he accomplishes is an expression of justice. In verses 19-21, Elihu mentions three refuges that sinners seek in order to avoid reconciliation with God’s holy wrath.

Aug 26, 2024 | cbtseminary.org | Jonathan Edwards |Andrew Fuller |Tom Nettles

Elihu interacts with Job on the mystery of God’s ways with a sinful world, its sinful people, his wrath, and his way of bringing people to repentance and obedience. The righteous are always under the protective eyes of God (7). In a prophetic word about the exalted position of the righteous, Elihu tells Job that they are exalted and seated with kings on the throne.

Aug 26, 2024 | cbtseminary.org | Jonathan Edwards |Andrew Fuller |Tom Nettles

After Elihu has given a lengthy defense of the justice of God in light of Job’s protests that he has not been allowed to present his case (Job 34, 35), he reprimanded Job for seemingly challenging God as his equal and concludes, “Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge” (35:16)  God uses this same accusation against Job (38:2).

Jul 30, 2024 | cbtseminary.org | Jonathan Edwards |Andrew Fuller |Tom Nettles

Elihu continues to uncover the faulty thinking of Job about his righteousness and its relationship to God’s process of purifying him. He argues that Job wants God to bend to his perceptions of sin, justice, and righteousness to meet his own (1-8). “Do you think this to be just?” Elihu implies that Job exalts his standard of righteousness above God’s. Job has responded to this trial, in some sense, by implying that his life should have gained him merit before God.