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Job 35-36

Elihu just can't seem to shut up. Must be something to do with the confidence of youth. Why else would the young Elihu declare... "You can be sure that my words are true. One who has perfect knowledge is talking to you." Wow! I'm sure Job and his three friends stood transfixed by the vision of greatness before them. Seriously?

Elihu would have us to believe that God doesn't care about what we do. "If you sin, what does that mean to God? If you sin many times, what does that do to him? If you do what is right, how does that help him? What does he get from you?" While it is true that we cannot make God greater by our good acts and we cannot subtract from God's greatness by our sin; however, God desires that we obey... he is saddened by our sin... pleased with our righteousness... as we become holy, perfectly holy, he invites us to become  one with him... in union with him through the sacrifice of his son. Elihu misses the nuance.