One Friend We Must Believe

And you would be secure, because there is hope;
​​Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety. Job 11:18

Secure, hope, rest, and safety, this verse sounds good on the surface. However, this is from that famous argument in Job that began with a bad premise: Job was not in fact guilty of any iniquity. The friends of Job waxed eloquent in their attack on him, but they assumed something and refused to believe him. One day a Man of Nazareth proclaimed His disciples friends, and they too assumed some things about Him and refused to believe Him when He told them of His coming execution and resurrection. One even stood up and refused to let the Lord complete His mission, until he was named 'Adversary' and later denied three times that he even knew Jesus of Nazareth. Friends, sometimes you have to wonder at them.

May the Lord God protect us from becoming friends of that type to our Lord Jesus or our brothers and sisters in Christ. Amen.

Bucky