Job 11:20

20 But the eyes [`ayin] of the wicked [rasha`] shall fail [kalah], and they shall not escape ['abad] [manowc], and their hope [tiqvah] shall be as the giving up [mappach] of the ghost [nephesh]. KJV-Interlinear

20 'But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last.' NASB

This final verse of chapter eleven gives us two principles of doctrine. The first is obvious. Evil people fail in every respect. And the second principle which is not so obvious, is that opinionated people will criticize you irrespective of the facts, but they will none the less use principles of truth in their arguments against you, because they are convenient.

The second principle is applied here by Zophar. He ignores the facts because he has an overriding opinion with which he has already condemned Job.

Job has done nothing wrong, but in Zophar's mind, Job is making scriptural statements, which are inconsistent with his current situation.

Often times people, out of hate, or jealousy, or anger, will throw your words right back in your face. 'You had better listen to your own words.' 'You don't practice what you preach.' 'You don't follow your own advice, you hypocrite.'

And when someone is arguing with you, then they will stop at nothing in order to win their argument. Truth is never the issue, their winning and putting you down, is.

Zophar has known Job for a very long time. Eliphaz has said it in so many words, that Job was a very honest and well thought of man. But all three of the friends threw Jobs reputation out the window when they saw his suffering, assuming that his life was a lie, that they had been fooled, that Job was misleading everyone.

Therefore, in their minds, God has revealed to the general public, because Jobs suffering was now a very public event, that Job was in fact evil, and this suffering was Gods revelation of his true nature.

People who may know many principles of doctrine, but lack in their spiritual growth, will jump to conclusions, conclusions which support their own subjective beliefs.

Academic knowledge of the scriptures, is not the same as spiritual possession of those principles of life.

Academic knowledge, no matter what it is, is no better than ones subjective approach to truth. Academic knowledge takes facts and manufactures its own truth.

In today's world, evolution, global warming, homosexuality, abortion, war, and nearly every topic you can think of, have been twisted into beliefs that completely and intentionally avoid the realities of truth. Beliefs that are twisted for the convenience of political gain, for prejudicial advantage, for emotional ego, for social ostracism, and so forth.

As for the first principle, the destiny of the wicked is failure and extreme loss. Anyone who ignores God in their life, anyone who is indifferent toward their spiritual life, anyone who prefers the 'seen' opportunities offered by this world over those unseen opportunities offered by the spiritual life, then their life will result in failure.

What you see around you is people being born, living and dying. This is a temporary world, and nothing better than temporary is available in it. We are trapped in this world and from it we cannot escape. No matter what you want to believe, no matter how many vitamins you take, no matter how many cosmetic surgeries you have, no matter how much you exercise, no matter how often you sit in a corner and hum or chant yourself to a higher plane, your life, in this life, will never get any better than temporary.

The person who pursues religion, philosophies, or their own invented beliefs, is negative toward God, Christ, and doctrine. That person will never have anything permanent in this life. Their plans, their ambitions, their hopes will never be realized and their life will, in every case, end in disappointment, frustration, and misery.

Many successful but negative people will never admit this in public, but in the privacy of their own soul, God sees their sad failure.

Spiritually impotent people, do not see their own flaws, but they see the flaws of others and they take those errors of others to issue, in public. They won't hesitate to embarrass their victims before strangers, friends, family, even before their own children, because it serves their egotistic purpose to win their argument no matter what the cost, no matter what the truth.

Spiritually advancing people recognize their own flaws and they take them in private before God. There is no need for public involvement in ones private spiritual life.

Now is the time to post a prayer.