Today we dive into Job 9, where Job asks how anyone can stand just before God:

• "How can man be just with God?" Job accepts his friends' premise, then asks whether anyone can truly be righteous before Him.
• Our good works cannot make us righteous. Only the blood of Jesus cleanses us (1 John 1:7), not a stack of religious checkmarks.
• Suffering does not necessarily mean God is angry with you. Unseen things can be at work for a larger purpose.
• Job longs for an umpire between himself and God, a mediator, and this ancient book already points toward Jesus as High Priest.
• Job was wrong that God mocks the trial of the innocent. God lets Job put Him on trial and answers him.
• Scripture is unified. Tens of thousands of cross-references all point toward the Messiah.

Related Episodes:

Romans 3:1-18 (From Christ) - There is No One Righteous

1 Peter 4:12-19 - (Part 2) Why Won't God Keep Good People from Suffering?

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