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CHAPTER 25
Bildad bemoans the lowly state of man and classifies him as a worm. |
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1 THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places. 3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? |
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4 How then can man be ajustified with God? or how can he be
bclean that is born of a woman?
5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worma? |
6a man, which is a worm Bildad displays that he has no real concept either of God or of man when he classifies man as a worm. Has he never heard what it is said of man when it is asked, 'What is man that thou art mindful of him? Man in his spirit is a son or daughter of God and therein structurally and potentally of the race of God, able to develop and become as one with the Father and Son. If Bildad really had a true concept of who he was dealing with when he deals with a man, he would not treat him thus, but with some degree of respect which man's position relative to God should attain to. |
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Justification b Ether 12:37; D&C 88:74-75; D&C 135:5 (4-5) |