![]() “Those whose hearts are upright with God, in walking not after the flesh but after the Spirit may be sure that through Christ there shall be no condemnation to them, but that, whoever lays any thing to their charge, they shall be justified,” Henry wrote. Job claimed that he knew he would be justified because his Redeemer lived (19:25). These are the two great things we hope for through Christ. ![]() Like all of us, Job depended upon God for two things: justification and salvation. He, therefore, proclaimed his dependence upon God and his need to appeal directly to God for relief: “He also shall be my salvation, for a hypocrite could not come before Him … I know that I shall be vindicated.” ![]() Job realized his utter dependence upon God for justification-justification that is based solely on God’s mercy. He never denied that he was a sinner in need of God’s grace. Contrary to his friends’ accusations, Job never trusted in his own righteousness for salvation. Job gives us one of the most powerful expressions of trust in God in all of Scripture not only for temporal relief from suffering, but for eternal salvation. “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him”
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