Job 22:22

22 Receive [laqach], I pray thee, the law [towrah] from his mouth [peh], and lay up [suwm] his words ['emer] in thine heart [lebab]. KJV-Interlinear

22 'Please receive instruction from His mouth, And establish His words in your heart. NASB

To receive means more then just to hear, but it means to accept that which you hear and incorporate it into your daily life. To develop a pattern of living, which will lead to more reception of Gods Word and to more exclusion of the views of the world. To transform your mind, to transform your thoughts, to transform your thought pattern, and finally to transform your entire life.

The 'law' is the instruction in all good things. It is a reference to the body of precepts, proverbs, statutes and so forth by which you may accomplish your mental and therefore spiritual transformation.

The precepts etc. come from Gods mouth. We do not know all of the formats of communication, which were available in Jobs time, but we can have a general idea from what we have studied. References have been made to papyrus, so we know that written records existed. We know of dreams and visions, or men who communicated what they knew. We know of parents who taught their children, handing down their wisdom from generation to generation.

Regardless of the form, the doctrines of God, came from God, and were distributed by men to others. It is not so different now. We all read various studies of the scriptures and we compare them with our logic, with our prior knowledge, or with our common sense. In every case, God the Holy Spirit makes the truth clear and the lies obvious. And thus we learn, and as we learn, we become able to discern right from wrong, fact from fiction, truth from lies, and so forth.

Our repetition of study launches a spiritual building program within our soul. This building program, or an edification process as mentioned in Ephesians, establishes for permanent residence, spiritual resources within our soul. We also call this the construction of a fortress, a temple, a mansion, a palace, within our soul.

It is from inside of this complex that we establish and live our spiritual lives. The heart does not reside within our soul, but is a pump, which is in our chest. The location is irrelevant, because the function of the heart is what is in view here. The heart is a pump. It circulates the blood throughout our body. And thus the heart of the soul, is the activity of the circulation of Bible doctrine throughout our mental thinking process.

What you think is what you are. Learning Bible doctrine is not enough, you need to think it, and utilize it everyday throughout your daily life (the subject of James). And by this thinking process your actions in life follow your thinking and that becomes your spiritual production, or your gold, silver, and precious stone accumulation within your soul. Something you definitely want when one day you stand before the Lord for your evaluation.

By Eliphaz's words, we know that even in those very early times in ancient history, there was adequate information and communication of Gods Word, to enable folks to grow up spiritually.

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