Flashcards in Discuss Elihu Deck (4)
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1
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His Person: where does Elihu direct his anger?
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- Job’s self-righteous attitude
- The friends, and their inability to answer
- their inability to get Job to drop charges against the almighty God
- Elihu’s nature is characterized by anger
2
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His Apology:
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- Elihu begins his apology by announcing that he knows his place
- He knows he is young, uninitiated, passionate; he has the makings of a fool
- Elihu who has not undergone any of Job’s conflictions claims to be able to interpret them by virtue of common spirit
3
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Defence of God’s justice
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- calls wise men to judge job
- Elihu launched an attack on Job’s character
- he is a corrupt man
- he kept in company with the wicked
- he answers like a wicked man
- How could God, the creator of the universe, ever be wrong
- When God punishes someone in public, it is generally a warning to others
4
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God’s detachment
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- a life of righteousness appears to have no effect on God
- God is free to follow His personal whim
- Job’s sin does not affect God personally
- Job’s righteousness is not an obligation for God to act on