Day 143: March 6, 2026 – Job 4-7 and Romans 4-5

We have to believe that Romans finds itself at the core of our theological understanding. In 5 we read about how we are justified in Jesus Christ, while in Adam we were condemned. It is important to understand how we were made and who we are today. We were all made in the image of God and so we need a Savior not because of any original sin that Adam had committee and as a result we come under judgment. No, we are under judgment because of the sin that we have committed and because we have decided to not be reconciled with God.

In Job we read about his “friends” who come to visit him and plead with him to confess his wrongdoing, after all, it must have been something that he had done in order for him to find himself in this position. But Job responds and pleads with God to answer for him to his friend, or it is not his righteousness that is at stake, as we will see later, but rather potentially God’s actions which might come under trial.