Day 144: March 7, 2026 – Job 8-10 and Romans 6-8

There is a nice synchronicity between the Job and the Romans Scriptures. Romans reminds us that nothing can separate us from God, and I mean absolutely nothing. Job has once again another friend accuse him of doing evil, which has to be why he is suffering and Job defending himself and daring anyone to put him on trial to see what wrongdoing he may have committed. As a reminder, it is important for us to know that we are sinners and that the wages of sin are death, as we read in Romans. So in a sense we do all stand accused. But Job was living under the law and there was a real cause and effect going on with him. When Job sins he asks for forgiveness and offers a sacrifice and all is forgiven. But without that act, nothing is forgiven. For us under the new covenant, and in Christ, we choose to whom we are slaves, sin or Jesus. If we are slaves to Christ then no longer is there a need for continual sacrifice for Jesus was that sacrifice once and for all.