Good Bible Dads: Job
Since it’s June, I thought I would do a series on dads in the Bible. You would think I would have a lot of good examples. But, unfortunately, I could only really think of three: Job, Joshua, and Joseph.
Heh, there’s a pattern with the names.
The last post of the month will discuss patterns of bad fathers in the Bible. Unfortunately, there are many of them.
Let’s start with Job. He was a good dude. How good? Only two other people in the Old Testament could stand by his side in terms of righteousness.
“There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil.” Job 1:1
“Son of man, suppose the people of a country were to sin against me, and I lifted my fist to crush them, cutting off their food supply and sending a famine to destroy both people and animals. 14 Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, says the Sovereign Lord.” Ezekiel 14:13-14
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