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- From: parsons@cis.ksu.edu (Scott S Parish )
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- Subject: Re: THE MIND OF THE BIBLE BELIEVER
- Date: 31 Dec 92 21:55:19 GMT
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- mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus) writes:
-
- Someone else writes:
- >: Then we come to the end of the story. Starting
- >: in 42:7, we read that God restores Job to a position
- >: twice as great as before (42:10), and chastises
- >: Jobs "friends" for giving Job bad advice (42:7).
-
- >Since Xians like parables and metaphores so much:
- >There was a father with two boy children. The eldest was a bully while
- >the youngest was as obedient as could be asked. The father kept the
- >eldest son from harassing the youngest son and the youngest son grew in
- >knowledge and contentment.
- >One day the eldest son appeared before the father and sad, "Yo, dude.
- >The only reason the runt loves you is because you watch over my every
- >move and don't let me torture him as I will. If you give me free reign,
- >your precious little brat will spit in your face."
- >The father said, "No, my youngest son obeys me because he loves me and
- >not because I keep you from hurting him. Go, have your way with my
- >youngest son and he will still love me."
- >So the eldest son beats the snot out of the youngest son while the father
- >stands by, headless of the suffering of the little tyke.
- >When the beating is over, the youngest son asks, "Father, what did I
- >do to deserve such a beating?"
- >To which the father replies, "How dare you question my motives? Who
- >brought you into the world? Were you there when I made your mother
- >squeal with glee? Who supplies food on your table and a roof over
- >your head? Who has showered you with presents on your birthdays and
- >who as bought your books so you could learn?"
-
- Then you ask if we would like that kind of father. First, I think
- all of our parents have responded in a similar fashion (just maybe
- not with the same rhetorical questioning). Who here can say that
- when you asked your father why he did or did not do something your
- father did not respond, "Because" at least once? That happened
- quite often when I was young as I'm sure it happened in others
- households. Maybe not exact manner of response Job got, but very
- similar. So before you go exaggerating the audacity and "injustice"
- of the response, take off your blinders and look around.
-
- Next, you completely leave out what happens after the father questions
- his son. I'll finish your parable for you...
-
- "And after the questioning, the father took his youngest child into
- the house. He cleaned up his son's wounds, fed and clothed him--
- restoring what the older brother destroyed. From that day forward
- the father blessed his son more than he ever had before."
-
- --
- Scott Parish | The Truth is still the Truth | John 14:6
- parsons@cygnus.cis.ksu.edu | even if you choose to ignore it. |
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