March 8 Readings

You can also check out all these Reading Plans Blogs to go through the Bible in a year from Back to the Bible Reading Lists:the Chronological Reading Plan blog; OT and NT Together blog; Historical Readings blog; Blended Readings blog and Beginning to End blog In addition, there is the Theophilus1 blog in the One Year Bible format

Blended Reading Plan from Back to the Bible
Job 5-7; 1 Corinthians 3
Job 5 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 6 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 7 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Job 5.1-7 Eliphaz thought that Job was acting like a fool. In v. 8-16, Eliphaz spoke of God's goodness and Justice. In v. 17-26 he spoke about the blessedness of the man whom God disciplines. This must have been hard for Job to hear since he lost everything and his children. But the reality was that he was not under God's discipline but that he was innocent. Eliphaz gave some good theology that was not applicable to Job. Sometime friends think they are helping but in reality, it best that they give no advice!

In Job 6, Job responds to Eliphaz. Job said that he had spoken a little harshly in chapter 3 and would like some sympathy from Eliphaz. In v. 4, Job said that the arrows of the mighty were in him. This is a very common phrase used in the Old Testament, meaning that God is pointing his arrow of judgment on him (Deut 32.23; Psa 7.13; 38.2). Job had agreed with Eliphaz that the righteous would suffer when they sinned. In v. 14 he said to Eliphaz that his friends were of no comfort to him.

In Job 7, Job turns his complaints now to God. In v. 1-5, he spoke of how hard life is, in v. 6-10, he spoke of how life is fragile, and spoke about death. In verse 17-18 Job said "What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention that you examine him every morning and test him every moment." This is not what the Psalmist said in Psa 8.4. In this case, God is interested in man to scrutinize him unmercifully and nitpick at his smallest sins. God is NOT like this, Job was just complaining. When we complain we say unreasonable things about God and our fellow-human beings.

Other Links
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on Job 1
Deffinbaugh on the man, Job
Malik-Intoduction to Job
Malik-Argument for Job
Piper on Job
Spurgeon on Job
Spurgeon, Edwards on Job
Stedman on Job
With the Word Commentary-Warren Wiersbe
Wycliffe Bible Commentary
Keil & Delitzsch Commentaries on the Old Teatament
J. Vernon McGee Commentaries
Evangelical Commentary on the Old Testament

1Corinthians 3 with Commentaries, verse by verse

1Corinthians 3, Paul spoke about divisions in the church. This was caused because they were worldly (this was repeated three times in v. 1-3). Paul was the planter and Apollos the waterer, with the Corinthian church being the field, but God is the one who makes the church grows.. They were just mere men doing God's work and each will be rewarded for what they do. Because of that there should be no divisions.
In verse 10, He also told them that he had built a foundation for them to grow, and this was Jesus Christ. He warned them to be careful what building materials (works) they use on that foundation because on the Day, the works will be revealed by fire, and the fire will burn up the works that are useless. He then reminded them in verse 16, that their bodies are the temple of the living God, and that God's Holy Spirit lives in that body. He warned if any body destroys the temple, God will destroy them. He finally presented the paradox of the wisdom of the world is foolishness with God so there should be no boasting from men. Jeremiah 9.23-24

Other Links
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 1-9
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 10-16
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on 1Corinthians
Index to Sermons by McArthur, Ryle, Edwards and Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Stedman on 1 Corinthians
Pett on 1Corinthians 1-7
Pett on 1Corinthians 8-16
Piper on 1Corinthians
Wallace on 1 Corinthians

Expositor's Bible Commentary
Pulpit Bible Commentary on the New Testament
With the Word Commentary NT-Warren Wiersbe

Jesus Saves
This Posting is NOT a commentary of the passages read today but it is a devotional. Please send a comment if something spoke to you today from the passages, links or thoughts that I have shared with you.