Trinity

The doctrine of the Trinity developed over several centuries, originating from early Christian interpretations of the New Testament (c. 50–100 AD) and formally defined at the Councils of Nicaea (325 AD) and Constantinople (381 AD). While rooted in scriptural phrases, the term "Trinity" was first applied to God by the church father Tertullian around 200–213 AD.

Key Historical Stages of the Trinity - 1st Century (New Testament): The foundation is found in the triadic understanding of God and baptismal formulas, though not explicitly spelled out as a formula.

Mid-2nd Century: Early Church Fathers began formulating the relationship between Jesus and God, laying the groundwork.

c. 200–213 AD (Tertullian): The Latin term trinitas (Trinity) was first used by Tertullian to define one God in three persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) to oppose heresies.

325 AD (Council of Nicaea): Formally defined to confirm the divinity of Jesus against Arianism.

381 AD (Council of Constantinople): Finalized the doctrine to include the divinity of the Holy Spirit.The doctrine arose to interpret biblical passages where Jesus is worshipped as God while also being distinct from God the Father. While some argue the doctrine was heavily influenced by later Greek philosophy and church politics, most scholars agree it was a gradual development in response to early theological disputes.

Tertullian (c. 155–220 AD) was a prolific early Christian theologian, apologist, and lawyer from Carthage (modern-day Tunisia) known as the "father of Latin Christianity". He was the first to write extensively in Latin, coining key terms like trinitas (Trinity) and shaping Western theological thought.

Key Aspects of Tertullian - The Founder of Latin Theology: He introduced a distinct legal and rhetorical framework to Christian theology, moving it away from the purely Greek-dominated discourse. (The early scriptures, far predating Tertullius, were written in Greek!)

Prolific Apologist: Tertullius defended Christianity against pagan accusations and heresy, most notably in his work Apologeticum.

Key Concepts: He coined the term Trinitas to describe the Godhead and used the formulation "one substance, three persons".

Life and Conversion: Born to pagan parents, he became a trained lawyer and was converted to Christianity around 185 AD, potentially influenced by the courage of Christian martyrs.

Later Years: Late in life, he became strict in his moral views and affiliated with the Montanist movement, a rigorous puritanical sect.

Tertullian is remembered for his passionate defense of the faith, his legalistic approach to theology, and his memorable, often harsh, arguments against compromising with Roman society.

Tertullian had an ex opere operato view of the baptism, thus the efficacy of baptism was not dependent upon the faith of the receiver. According to the ex opere operato interpretation of the sacraments, any positive effect comes not from any human worthiness or faith, but from the sacrament as an instrument of God. He also believed that in an emergency, the laity can give the baptism. 

Tertullian believed the efficacy of baptism had nothing to do with the faith of an individual! Genesis 15:6 tells the reader that, “... he (Abraham) believed in the Lord; and He (God) credited it to him as righteousness.” Romans 4 elaborates on this further. The Believer is baptized as an act of faith! Baptism, in itself, cannot save.

The Montanist movement (or New Prophecy), of Tertullian affiliation, was a 2nd-century Christian charismatic revival, originating in Phrygia around 156–172 AD, led by Montanus and prophetesses Prisca and Maximilla. It stressed ecstatic prophecies, strict asceticism (fasting, celibacy), and imminent apocalyptic expectations. Condemned as heresy by mainstream church leaders, it was considered a "new dispensation" of the Holy Spirit, challenging emerging church structures before largely fading by the 5th century.

Key Aspects of the Montanist Movement - Origin: Started in Phrygia (modern-day Turkey), often called "Cataphrygians".

Leadership: Montanus, a former pagan priest, along with his followers Priscilla (Prisca) and Maximilla, claimed direct, inspired revelations from the Holy Spirit.

Core Beliefs: They believed the era of the Holy Spirit (the "New Prophecy") surpassed apostolic times, expecting the New Jerusalem to descend at Pepuza.

Strict Morality: Followers practiced intense fasting, condemned second marriages, and welcomed martyrdom, viewing themselves as a spiritual elite against a softening church.

Key Defender: The famous Church Father Tertullian in North Africa became a major supporter, attracted by its moral rigor.

Condemnation: The church rejected the movement due to its perceived "ecstatic" (uncontrolled) prophecy, the elevating of new revelations over Scripture, and the disorderly ministry of women. 

Long-term Influence:While deemed heretical, Montanism highlighted tension regarding the role of spiritual gifts and holy living. Some researchers link its emphasis on immediate inspiration and strict discipline to later reform movements like the Anabaptists and Pentecostalism.

One can extract from these observations - and even a deeper study of Tertullian - that he was changeable in doctrine, even adding to the doctrine handed down by the Apostles. Ephesians 4:14 warns that we are no longer to be children “tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming…” While Tertullian was ‘’defending’ the gospel from the Greek influence - translating scriptures into Latin - he was also to write "Christians are made, not born”. This contradicts the words of Jesus Christ, Himself, saying, “You must be born again!”

This is a cautionary warning against ‘’Trinity’ doctrine - or any doctrine deviating from the Gospel handed down by the Apostles. Tertullian - author of the Trinity doctrine - was deviant in other areas of doctrine. Why would we accept Trinity, then, as doctrine? The Holy Spirit of God will never lead the Body of Christ into multiple doctrines! Ever. We should not accept a truth sandwiched between lies from the devil as pure and uncorrupted. The Trinity doctrine departs the Church from the foremost command first mentioned by God in Deuteronomy 6:4-5, saying, "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” (One command - two parts.) And repeated by Jesus in Mark 12:28-30 (Old Testament references in caps):

‘One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, "What commandment is the foremost of all?" Jesus answered, "The foremost is, 'Hear, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD; and YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.’ (Again, one command, two parts.)

God is to be referred to as One. God the Father (YHWH), God the Living Word ( who is Jesus, the Son, John 1:1), and God the Holy Spirit were there at creation, and they are One. Not 'same'. Not 'three in one'. One. 

In all the Old Testament the word ‘’one’ [echad], in reference to God, is both singular and plural in meaning. As well, God's name 'Elohim' (used in the Old Testament) is both singular and plural in meaning! The Apostles never taught of ‘’Trinity’, even while speaking of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Gospel handed down by the Apostles says that in Christ Jesus we become One, also! One… yet, the hand is not the foot, and the finger is not the toe. One body, many parts! The Trinity teaching defiles the teaching of One, and many now lack understanding. The Trinity is a Satanic replica and distortion of the One True God. It is harmful, and not benign. It has led to much confusion and distortion.

There is an equally harmful doctrine that asserts Jesus is the Father. Scriptures tell us that this is the antichrist spirit. 1 John 2:22-23 says, “Who is the liar except the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.”

1 Corinthians 15:21-28 tells us, ‘’For since by a man death came, by a Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ’s at His coming, then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to our God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death. For He has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, “All things are put in subjection,” it is clear that this excludes the Father who put all things in subjection to Him. When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all.”’

The Trinity doctrine is a departure from the truth. A departure from the Gospel handed down by the Apostles.

Galatians 1:6-9

I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!

2 Thessalonians 2:14-15

It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.

Acts 2:42

They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

When God's Child Begs To Die, and Curses The Day Of Their Birth

Several biblical figures, primarily prophets and leaders, asked God to let them die due to overwhelming despair, burnout, or anger - most notably Elijah, Jonah, and Moses. Others expressing similar death wishes include Jeremiah and Job. There are more, but let's look at these individuals.

Elijah begged to die under a broom tree after fleeing Jezebel, saying, "It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life" (1 Kings 19:4). Here is his account told in 1 Kings 19:4-21. But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers." He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, "Arise, eat." Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. The angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you." So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" He said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." So He said, "Go forth and stand on the mountain before the LORD." And behold, the LORD was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" Then he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." The LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you have arrived, you shall anoint Hazael king over Aram; and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. It shall come about, the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death. Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him." So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him. He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?" So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave it to the people and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and ministered to him.

Jonah desired to die out of anger that God spared Nineveh. Here is his account told in Jonah 3:10 and 4:1-11. When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry. He prayed to the LORD and said, "Please LORD, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life." The LORD said, "Do you have good reason to be angry?" Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of it. There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city. So the LORD God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant. But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered. When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, "Death is better to me than life." Then God said to Jonah, "Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?" And he said, "I have good reason to be angry, even to death." Then the LORD said, "You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight. Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”

Moses asked God to kill him rather than continue bearing the burden of leading Israel alone. We find his account in Numbers 11:11-15. So Moses said to the LORD, "Why have You been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all this people on me? Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers'? Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me, saying, 'Give us meat that we may eat!' I alone am not able to carry all this people, because it is too burdensome for me. So if You are going to deal thus with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.”

Jeremiah cursed the day of his birth. Jeremiah 20:14-18 tells us, “Cursed be the day when I was born; Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me! Cursed be the man who brought the news To my father, saying, "A baby boy has been born to you!" And made him very happy. But let that man be like the cities Which the LORD overthrew without relenting, And let him hear an outcry in the morning And a shout of alarm at noon; Because he did not kill me before birth, So that my mother would have been my grave, And her womb ever pregnant. Why did I ever come forth from the womb To look on trouble and sorrow, So that my days have been spent in shame?”

Job wished for death during his suffering. In Job 3 we read, Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. And Job said, "Let the day perish on which I was to be born, And the night which said, 'A boy is conceived.' "May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it. "Let darkness and black gloom claim it; Let a cloud settle on it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it. "As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months. "Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it. "Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. "Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; Let it wait for light but have none, And let it not see the breaking dawn; Because it did not shut the opening of my mother's womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes. "Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire? "Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck? "For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest, With kings and with counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves; Or with princes who had gold, Who were filling their houses with silver. "Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light. "There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest. "The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster. "The small and the great are there, And the slave is free from his master. "Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul, Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures, Who rejoice greatly, And exult when they find the grave? "Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in? "For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, And my cries pour out like water. "For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me. "I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes.”

These requests from God's people to die, and wishes that one had never been born alive, stemmed from burnout, fear, anger, and feeling alone in their struggles. These accounts were expressions of extreme emotional distress and fatigue rather than prayers for suicide. God did not cause any of them to die at the time of their cries. Yet, He did meet them in these times with counsel and provision. 

Do you feel extreme sorrow? Are you just plain tired as you continually are zealous for the Lord, and prompted into His purpose for you in service to the Kingdom? Do you just want to go on to the Lord because the sorrows and labors here have become too great to bear? Do you just want to go Home and be with Jesus? 

If so, you are in good company! Yet, if you are reading this, God has brought you to another day. The day He has brought you to is the day He will bring you through until the time He calls you Home. He has counsel and provision for our days already in place for us. In Him we are not alone. “In returning (repentance) and rest is your salvation. In quietness and confidence (in Him) is your strength.” Isaiah 30:15

Go on and read the Chapter of Isaiah 30 and see that God is positioned to fight our battles for us. He is named “Lord of Hosts (Armies)” many times in scripture! He wants us to actively rest in Him. He wants us to actively trust in Him - confidently!

Do you lament over the burden of sin in the world? Has the burden and awful regret of a fallen world brought painful assault upon you? If so, you are marked with the Blood of the Lamb. Ezekiel 9:4 says, “The LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.” Revelation 7:3 says, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.” 

Are you sealed by the Blood of the Lamb? Following Jesus comes with a Cup and a Cross. He set the path and walked it before us. He bore our burdens, and now we are called to bear the burdens of others. Our Heavenly Father may not take the Cup and the Cross from us (it is our calling), but Jesus bears it with us, saying, “Abide in me and I will abide in you, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5

Believe. Abide. Endure. Remain confident in the Lord. Merciful God be with you to the end. Amen.

Ezekiel's Wife

 

Last year I underwent a long spell of months of demonic oppression. I was under attack by some whom I had called ‘’Brother’ and ‘’Sister’. I was having health and pain issues. I was being 'accused'. It was generally a very difficult and trying time. I brought myself continually before the Lord for examination with the invitation and plea for His correction upon me. 

God used that time to teach me some things… one being that it is very important to Him that His children exercise correct (righteous) judgement. Sometimes when we are incorrectly judging God's child it becomes not only an accusation against that person, but also against God! God told me I was ‘’standing on holy ground' during this oppressive time. Sometimes God allows His children to go through difficult times and circumstances they don't really understand at the time. Yet, it is for a (good) purpose! It is not always due to a particular sin in their life, or lack of faith. It may even be an exercise to practice and increase their faith. God builds our faith. He doesn't tear it down.

As I was being incorrectly judged and accused by those I had called Brother and Sister God brought me to the account of Job and his ‘’friends’. Job was being incorrectly judged, and finally it came down to God telling Job's friends that they had not spoken what was right about God as they were judging Job. They did not exercise righteous judgement.

Job 42:7-11 says, "It came about after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has. Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has." So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job. The LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD increased all that Job had twofold. Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

Recently an individual wrote an account of Ezekiel that did not set right in my spirit. I prayed about it. This person asserted that God killed Ezekiel's wife as a punishment for Ezekiel's disobedience. This individual said that Ezekiel was in disobedience to God, and that God showed her this by bringing her to Ezekiel 22:30-31 where God says, “I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one. Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads," declares the Lord GOD.” 

The context of this scripture is found in the proceeding and following verses - and Ezekiel's disobedience was never mentioned in any of the scriptures. In fact, Ezekiel was an exceptionally obedient prophet with a very difficult calling! God prepared Ezekiel for his calling as we see in Ezekiel 3:8-9 where God tells Ezekiel, “Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. Like emery harder than flint I have made your forehead. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed before them, though they are a rebellious house.”

This person went on to say that God had made Ezekiel mute because ‘’perhaps the Lord didn't trust Ezekiel to not speak from his flesh during this most challenging time…’’ (of God's discipline upon the people). 'Perhaps' isn't enough. It is best to stick with the script rather than to judge on speculations.

The 'disobedience’ this individual accused Ezekiel of was that he had failed as an ‘intercessor’ for Israel based upon the aforementioned scripture Ezekiel 22:30-31. However, in Ezekiel 3:17 God tells Ezekiel, "Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me.” God tells Ezekiel, specifically, in scripture that Ezekiel is to WARN the people, and give them God's words. The word ‘’Watchman’ here means:

- to look out or about, spy, keep watch.

- To peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await.

- Usage: behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).

A watchman warns - sounds the alarm. This Ezekiel obediently did.

As far as Ezekiel being made mute, we find out ‘’why’ in Ezekiel 3:26-27. It does not have to do with God's trust in Ezekiel, but in God's purpose. God tells Ezekiel, “Moreover, I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and cannot be a man who rebukes them, for they are a rebellious house. (The ‘’why’) But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.' He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.”

Now let's address WHY God takes Ezekiel's wife. Ezekiel 24:15-17 says, “And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you what is precious to your eyes with a fatal blow; but you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come. Groan silently; do no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet, and do not cover your mustache, and do not eat the bread of other people.” Ezekiel then goes on to address the people with the explanation as to why God did this thing, and why Ezekiel did not mourn - behaving in exact obedience to God's instruction - continuing in verses 18-27, “So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded. And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are doing?” Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “This is what the Lord God says: ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, that which is precious in your eyes and the longing of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword. And you will do just as I have done; you will not cover your mustache, and you will not eat the bread of other people. Your turbans will be on your heads, and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn and you will not weep; but you will rot away in your guilty deeds, and you will groan to one another. So Ezekiel will be a sign to you; according to all that he has done, you will do. When it comes, then you will know that I am the Lord God.’” ‘As for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their splendor, that which is precious in their eyes and their heart’s longing, their sons and their daughters, that on that day the one who escapes will come to you with information for your ears? On that day your mouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and no longer be silenced. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”

God told Ezekiel that he would be a sign to the people. God often had Ezekiel do physical acts as a demonstration and warning to the people of what God was going to do. Ezekiel was obedient to perform these acts - even to his own loss and hardship. And God miraculously assisted him all along the way.  

God desires of us righteousness (correct judgement). We must repent of unrighteous judgement and seek forgiveness, just as Job's friends were required when their false accusations against Job became falsehood against God. God is accused and dishonored when we falsely judge and accuse His Prophets and people.