The Biblical Illustrator - Job 1:11
Job 1:11But put forth Thine hand now. Conscious and unconscious hypocrisyThere are two kinds of hypocrisy in the world--conscious hypocrisy and unconscious. Of conscious hypocrisy it is not our intention to speak; we would fain believe that deliberate hypocrisy is as rare as deliberate atheism. We do not think that it was with conscious hypocrisy that Satan intended to charge God’s servant Job, or with knowingly serving the Lord for what he could gain by it. Had he been guilty of this his... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Job 1:6-12
Job 1:6-12Now there was a day.A fatal day1. That Satan observeth and watcheth his time to fasten his temptations most strongly upon the soul. He watcheth a day, “there was a day,” and there was not a day in the whole year upon which he could have done it with greater advantage than upon that day. As the mercies of God are exceedingly endeared to us by the season in which they come to us: When they come to us in our special need, how sweet is a mercy then! And as our sins are exceedingly... read more