IMITATE THEIR FAITH/JOB - Job Stood Firm -Conclusion

What, though. about the issue of integrity?  Eliphaz and his two friends insisted that a man's integrity makes no difference to God. Did Job follow that vile teaching?  Far from it!  Job asserted that integrity matters to God. He said confidently of Jehovah:  "He will recognize my integrity." (Job 31:6) Further, Job saw clearly taht the false reasonsing of his would-be comforters amounted to an attack on his integrity. It stirred Job  to make his longest speech, one that finally closed the mouths of those three men.

Job saw that is integrity involed his everyday life. So he defended the way he lived and acted. For example, he avoided all forms of idolatry; he treated others with kindbess and dignity; he kept morally clean, cherishing his marriage; and above all, he remained loyally devoted to the only true God, Jehovah.  Thus Job was able to say with his whole heart:  "Until I die, I will not renounce my integrity!" - JOB 27:5;  31:1, 2, 9-11 16-18, 26-28.

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