Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
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… can the reeds flourish without water while it is yet green and not cut down it withers before any other plant. So are the paths of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish. Great friend, huh? he uses the illustration of river reeds growing in marshes that depend on a source of water. But when it's a dry season and the water dries up, then those things just are gone. likewise job has shriveled up like the marshes because his source of trust is gone he's been trusting the implication is you've been trusting in yourself you hypocrite you're you think you're mr holy mr blameless they don't know that god said he is indeed blameless and perfect and upright. But they knew Job had the reputation and they're saying, oh, you're so perfect, Mr. Perfect. Well, you're not as Mr. Perfect as you think you are. You're really a hypocrite. And your source in which you trust is dried up. So are all those who forget God. …
… Verse 13, here is he just drives it home with a hammer and nail. So are the paths of all who forget God. What's the implication? Job has forgotten God. and the hope of the godless will perish. He's now calling him even godless. And then he mentions a spider's web whose confidence is fragile, whose trust a spider's web. Can you lean on a spider's web and be sustained? No, of course not. No matter how confident, the web is fragile and will break. Job, your confidence is like that. You will soon break and you will fall. And then having said that, he turns to the garden, no matter how luxuriant the plant, no matter how strong the root system, when it is pulled up verse 18, if he is removed from his place, then it will deny him saying, I never saw you. The implication is that that is what has happened. God has uprooted you, Job, and, um, or something has happened to your root system that has led to this death-like condition in which you find yourself. Now you say, well, that's pretty complicated. Well, it's philosophy. Remember? They're the people who talk about things. They don't know what it's all about. They make it sound like it's your fault. And that's the way it is with Bildad. He is meandering around all these philosophical thoughts. And Job is sitting there trying to put them together and think, what is there that I can gain from this? And then he …
… perishing because you haven't a pure heart and a right relationship before a holy God. Verse 13, here is, he just drives it home with a hammer and nail. So are the paths of all who forget God. What's the implication? Job has forgotten God. And the hope of the godless will perish. He's now calling him even godless. And then he mentions a spider's web whose confidence is fragile, whose trust a spider's web. Can you lean on a spider's web and be sustained? No. Of course not. No matter how confident, the web is fragile and will break. Job, your confidence is like that. You will soon break and you will fall. And then having said that, he turns to the garden. No matter how luxuriant the plant, no matter how strong the root system, when it is pulled up, verse 18, if he is removed from his place, then it will deny him saying, I never saw you. The implication is that that is what has happened. God has uprooted you, Job, and or something has happened to your root system that has led to this death-like condition in which you find yourself. Now you say, well, that's pretty complicated. Well, it's philosophy. …