If you are pure and upright,
Surely now He will stir Himself for you
And restore your righteous estate.
Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your end will increase greatly. (vv. 6-7)

These are Bildad’s words. Most people think Bildad is right. Many Christians use the same rhetoric when seeing others in distress and trouble. But God was angry at Bildad. So what is wrong with his ideas of God?

Theologians and ministers like to blame people and their actions for the troubles they face. People come to churches to seek peace and help from God. Sadly, many ministers make them think they must obey them so that disasters won’t occur. They make them worse sinners than themselves. They appoint evil people as elders. So they build their kingdom.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. (Matthew 23:15)

God let those evil people live securely so that they would not repent. They entice others who are not the elect. God punishes them in the end. The elect people go through much suffering and the evil people make situations worse. We eventually learn that only God’s words prevail, not humans. There are people chosen by God to help them. But we must have a solid relationship with God first to know what is right and wrong. My relationship with God is built on the Rock, Jesus Christ. Christ is the Word. If I do not understand God’s words, I do not have the Father-child relationship. Many Christians interpret God’s words as they like. Theologians and ministers claim that they have the understanding. But most of them quote Greek philosophers and Aquinas, who did not know God.

Aquinas’ understanding of God is no different than that of Job’s three friends. Perfect morality does not make one holy. The same goes with righteousness. If we focus on morality, we judge people by what they do externally. Many people turned away from churches for this reason. They did not see the difference between Christianity and other religions.

The reason why I am against the Active Obedience of Christ is that it shifts the focus from Christ’s death and resurrection to Christ’s morality (or perfect keeping of the law). This is not what the Bible teaches. It appears that this theory is from Anselm of Canterbury and Aquinas. You don’t need to read their words to know if they are right or wrong. Evil people always mix truth and lies.

We do not read theology books tainted by human philosophies and man-made stories. We read God’s words every day and pray to God for guidance.

But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him. (Habakkuk 2:20)