"Then Job answered and said: 'Truly I know it is so, but how can a man be righteous before God?' "
Job's question here (above) is very important. After all, just *how* can a human being, conceived in original sin, actually "be righteous before God"? This is a big problem, since God Himself is totally righteous and holy, and nothing short of absolute sinless perfection will, can, or should satisfy Him.
Nothing we could ever do would give us this righteousness before God. No amount of religion, prayers, or effort will or could suffice. A sinful person gets righteous before God when he/she realizes that Jesus alone is his/her righteousness. Christ is apprehended by faith. There-
fore, a person is "righteous before God" through faith in the Redeem-
er, and in no other way. (There is your answer, Job!)
[Puritan quote of the day: "A Christian may come to lead a comfort-
able life, even a heaven upon earth, be the times what they will: by Christian contentment." --Thomas Watson, in, "The Art of Divine Con-
tentment"]
