ACQUITTED BY READON OF MERCY

Job 23:1-7 1 Then Job spoke again:

2 "My complaint today is still a bitter one, and I try hard not to groan aloud. 3 If only I knew where to find God, I would go to his throne and talk with him there. 4 I would lay out my case and present my arguments. 5 Then I would listen to his reply and understand what he says to me. 6 Would he merely argue with me in his greatness? No, he would give me a fair hearing. 7 Fair and honest people can reason with him, so I would be acquitted by my Judge. NLT

I like the way NLT puts this verse. Job is feeling pretty bad by now and he begins to view his condition. His final report is "I am fair and honest and that means I can reason with Him and I know that I will be acquitted by Him."

Are you fair and honest? I mean really? check out your life and see what fruit you produce. You see it's only by His mercy that you can come before Him and find Him. He is willing to aquit you, He's just waiting for you to find Him and plead your case before Him. Notice Job says "God is a fair God" and Job knows that he would get a fair hearing before God. The catch here for you and me is that God judges us according to His word, the bible. I mean, it's like getting the text book and we need to read it because throughout our lives we will have little tests that come along and it's important that we have been reading the text book (bible) because that is what we are tested on. Will you pass the test? KEEP READING.....

Pastor Dave