Out of Genesis, we continue to see the story unravel; however, Matthew Henry really gets into things point by point in noting,
Let us thank God that that which is most needful and useful is generally most cheap and common
and of the purpose behind just accepting forgiveness and giving the same,
Note, It is our wisdom to reconcile ourselves to the sorest afflictions, and make the best of them; for there is nothing got by striving with our Maker,
and finally,
And it must be our rule, in such cases, to be content with what we have, and not to grieve at what others have.
You know, I, for one, am now ready for Job to be over because his pain and suffering seem impossible to me. I guess what makes me uncomfortable is that I have the grace of God with such little daily suffering, and here Job is made the model of God's power and it is disturbing to me. Henry indicates of Job 15,
Perhaps Job was so clear, and so well satisfied, in the goodness of his own cause, that he thought, if he had not convinced, yet he had at least silenced all his three friends; but, it seems he had not: in this chapter they begin a second attack upon him, each of them charging him afresh with as much vehemence as before. It is natural to us to be fond of our own sentiments, and therefore to be firm to them, and with difficulty to be brought to recede from them.
And on a parting point, of Job 17, Matthew warns us to take heed of what this is foreshadowing of the pains that Job's friends will see,
Note, Those that wrong their neighbours may thereby, in the end, wrong their own children more than they are aware of.
With that, I bid you a great day and thank you for continuing through three weeks of our journey together. I will post week four reading today and...we will finish Genesis this week.
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