Because God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding. (v.17)

God continues to speak about His knowledge and power in this chapter. We must remember that the main focus of this book is righteousness.

Do you think this is in accordance with justice? Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’ (Job 35:2)

While people boast about their good deeds, they commit injustice by thinking their righteousness is greater than God’s. You and I are no exceptions. We judge God every day, thinking, “I would do it differently,” or, “This is unfair. I’d punish those evil people if I were God.”

Indeed, God will punish those who commit injustice at the appointed time. We have no right to judge Him. We are mere creatures who understand little. We judge by what we see, hear, and touch—and even that information is often inaccurate. We form our own judgments according to our limited knowledge and experience. This is why God keeps asking us, “Do you know?” If God wanted to, He could wipe us out right now. But because of His promise and His love for us, God endures our foolishness.

Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe the calving of the deer? (v. 1)

For God, knowledge is not what we understand. Our knowledge is merely information that humans gather from external sources—He is the Creator of all things. He planned and designed everything.

People often think science is contrary to Christianity, but that is far from the truth. Because of science, we can now grasp concepts that were once beyond our comprehension. It is fascinating to see how invisible organisms act and function in an orderly manner. Even harmful mutations, like cancer cells, still carry out what God has ordained them to do.

So where is boasting? Where does our knowledge come from? How can we claim to be greater than God when we know nothing? We possess knowledge only when God teaches us and gives us understanding through the power of the Holy Spirit.

But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, but it is the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in God’s merciful restraint He let the sins previously committed go unpunished; for the demonstration, that is, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. Where then is boasting? It has been excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. (Romans 3:21-27)

Only God is righteous—and so are those whom God has made His children. We become righteous through faith in Christ because Christ is the embodiment of God’s knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. Christ is the Word and the Truth. Outside the invisible church, no one is righteous, because God designed it that way. The invisible church is the Kingdom where God rules His people.

This is not a hard science where one must gather information, analyze it, and draw a conclusion. It is a simple message—yet so many do not understand it. Job’s sufferings were necessary for him to grasp this truth: there is no one righteous other than God. We are made righteous because we become one with Him through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Faith is not a tool or a method to become righteous; it is the defining characteristic of the saints. All saints believe in God and in Jesus Christ.

Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. (John 14:1)

Faith is a gift from God. Therefore, no one can say, “I made myself righteous by believing in God.” From the very beginning, humans did not possess faith—not even Adam and Eve. So how can anyone say, “I am saved by my faith”?

If faith is a gift from God (and it is), then it is absurd to claim that anyone has earned it through works. Sinless Adam and Eve did not have faith, so how could a sinful human produce anything good—such as faith—unless it were given by God?

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. (Ephesians 2:8-10).