Robert Sutherland wrote:

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> 2. Job rightly puts God on trial through an Oath of Innocence
> demanding an answer to question of why God created that evil.

Man cannot "rightly" put God on trial, since man has no basis by which
to judge God. God Himself is the arbiter of what is right and wrong and
He is not answerable to anyone but Himself.

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(~) Bible Readings for Sunday Octuber 30


Micah 3:5-12
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13,17-20
Matthew 23:1-12

Old Testament Micah 3:5-12

Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets
who lead my people astray,
who cry "Peace"
when they have something to eat,
but declare war against those
who put nothing into their mouths.
Therefore it shall be night to you, without vision,
and darkness to you, without revelation.
The sun shall go down upon the prophets,
and the day shall be black over them;
the seers shall be disgraced,
and the diviners put to shame;
they shall all cover their lips,
for there is no answer from God.
But as for me, I am filled with power,
with the spirit of the LORD,
and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression
and to Israel his sin.
Hear this, you rulers of the house of Jacob
and chiefs of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice
and pervert all equity,
who build Zion with blood
and Jerusalem with wrong!
Its rulers give judgment for a bribe,
its priests teach for a price,
its prophets give oracles for money;
yet they lean upon the LORD and say,
"Surely the LORD is with us!
No harm shall come upon us."
Therefore because of you
Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
and the mountain of the house a wooded height.

The Epistle 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13,17-20

You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and
day, so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the
gospel of God. You are witnesses, and God also, how pure, upright, and
blameless our conduct was toward you believers. As you know, we dealt with
each one of you like a father with his children, urging and encouraging
you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into
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