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 We are into our last sermon on Job.

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 We've done three weeks of it so far.

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 And you've probably discovered much about Job's life,

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 which aligns with your own in terms of suffering.

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 Also discovered there another link between me and Job

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 and that he had three, the most beautiful daughters in all the land.

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 And so I'm happy to claim that one as well.

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 Well, it's been a great journey for three weeks.

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 We've been growing in wisdom as we have journeyed with Job,

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 particularly in the face of suffering.

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 It has helped us see the pathway to wisdom

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 when the world is not as we would want it to be.

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 I said right at the beginning of this series

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 that wisdom is knowing how to live well in God's world.

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 It's knowing how to live well in every situation.

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 And last week we turned in Job 28

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 and discovered the nature of wisdom,

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 of what it means to live well in God's world.

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 And it said there right at the end,

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 the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

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 The fear of the Lord is not a psychological

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 or an emotional response to God.

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 It is in fact a total commitment to God

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 within the boundaries of the relationship

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 that he has set up between us and him

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 through the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 That is what it means to fear the Lord.

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 It's a total commitment to the God

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 who has established relationship with us

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 through the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And so I would suggest to you

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 that to treasure Jesus,

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 as our mission statement says,

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 is in fact the wise life.

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 That is wisdom.

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 To treasure Jesus is wisdom.

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 Because wisdom is not knowledge,

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 it is relational.

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 We will see that the wise life

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 is demonstrated in these final chapters of Job.

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 Chapter 28,

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 which is where Sam was with us last week,

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 is part of the final protest

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 that Job makes against his three mates

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 and their cruel and naive reasoning

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 to why he is suffering.

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 Job's protest goes from chapters 26 to 31.

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 And in his protest,

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 he almost demands that God show up

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 so he can talk to God himself about his suffering.

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 And instead of God showing up,

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 we hear from a young man named Elihu

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 who appears in chapter 32

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 for the very first time

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 and he speaks all the way to chapter 37.

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 He's got a lot to say.

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 Elihu says that he has been listening for some time

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 to Job and his three friends,

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 dialoguing and arguing and backing

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 and toing and froing.

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 And he says that because he's younger,

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 he doesn't want to be disrespectful to his elders

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 and jump in.

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 But he soon forgets that and he jumps in.

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 Finally, in chapter 38,

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 after Elihu's gone on this long monologue,

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 God himself speaks.

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 And in chapter 38, verse 2,

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 he criticizes those who have spoken words

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 without knowledge.

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 And in one of the most remarkable descriptions

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 of his work of creation,

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 God paints a picture

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 of his unique and sovereign power.

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 In these chapters,

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 he considers the many things he has made

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 from the sea to the stars,

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 from the ostriches to the oxen.

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 And then at the beginning of chapter 40,

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 God speaks to Job directly.

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 Will the one who contends with the Almighty

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 correct him?

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 Let the one who accuses God answer him.

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 In other words,

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 who are you to question me?

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 Did you put the stars in their place?

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 Did you create the oxen?

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 And Job's response to that is very simple.

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 Have a look there in chapter 40,

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 verses 4 and 5.

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 I am unworthy.

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 How can I reply to you?

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 I put my hand over my mouth.

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 I spoke once,

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 but I have no answer twice.

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 But I will say no more.

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 God replies to him in verse 8,

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 Would you discredit my justice?

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 This is the very thing

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 that Job's been crying out for

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 the whole way through the book.

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 Would you discredit my justice?

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 Would you condemn me

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 to justifying yourself?

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 Do you have an arm like God's?

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 And can your voice thunder like his?

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 Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor

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 and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.

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 Unleash the fury of your wrath.

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 In the remainder of chapters 40 and 41,

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 God continues to instruct Job

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 and the others about who he is.

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 Have a look there in chapter 41,

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 verses 10 and 11.

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 This is sort of the summary of it.

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 Who then is able to stand against me?

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 Who has a claim against me

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 that I must pay?

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 Everything under heaven belongs to me.

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 You see what he's saying?

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 I am the owner of it all

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 and I am no man's debtor.

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 I don't owe anyone anything.

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 And at the beginning of chapter 42,

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 very last chapter,

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 we have Job's response

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 to God's mighty self-revelation.

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 And notice there at the beginning of chapter 42,

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 Job doesn't say,

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 Oh, now I understand.

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 Oh, now I get it.

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 Now all the questions have been answered

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 and I get the big picture now.

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 Verse 2,

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 I know that you can do all things

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 and no plan of yours can be thwarted.

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 You see, Job is finally assured

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 that God's power and justice are in fact established

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 across all of the creation.

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 Even though his specific questions of why

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 have not been addressed by God,

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 he is content with what he has heard

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 from the mouth of God.

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 His contentment is revealed

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 as he summarizes God's argument

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 and throws it back at God.

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 In verse 3,

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 You asked,

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 Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge

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 and without even trying to justify himself at all?

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 Job responds in the second half of verse 3

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 See what he's saying there?

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 Even if you answered my questions,

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 you are so great,

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 I would not understand the answers.

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 Even if you told me the reason,

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 I couldn't comprehend it.

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 And his contentment comes from who God is,

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 not from God's explanation of himself.

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 Now there is no doubt

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 that God's reply to Job's questioning

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 is powerful and it is overwhelming.

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 But,

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 it is not destructive.

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 There has been a massive self-disclosure by God

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 and as a result of God's revelation,

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 Job now sees

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 that human events are part of a cosmic whole.

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 Job now sees the intimate connection

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 between God and his world.

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 He has a new appreciation of the scope

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 and the harmony of God's creation,

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 of which he is but just a teeny, teeny part.

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 The world is both beautiful and terrifying

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 and God is in it everywhere,

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 seen to be powerful and wise.

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 He now sees God's careful

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 and detailed superintendence of his world.

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 And so all mechanical views of God

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 and his power and his sovereignty

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 have been pushed aside by Job.

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 God's sovereignty is not something to be argued about

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 and theologized about.

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 It is the very basis of his survival.

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 Job now knows God differently.

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 You see it there in verse 5

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 of chapter 42.

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 You see Job here contrasts his presence,

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 seeing of God

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 with what he had only heard of God in the past.

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 There is a greater knowledge

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 and intimacy with God.

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 Do you remember what Job's hope was back in...

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 I know it's a long way to think back.

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 Back into chapter 19.

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 Job's hope back in chapter 19 was this.

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 Let me read it to you.

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 He says,

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 His heart was burning to see God.

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 And here in chapter 42,

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 he says,

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 Now I have seen God.

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 His desire to see God

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 is partly fulfilled here in chapter 42.

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 You see, he longs to see God in the flesh

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 and he will through his Redeemer.

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 His Redeemer means that

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 when his flesh rots,

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 when he dies

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 and his Redeemer brings him into the presence of God,

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 he will see God physically.

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 But right now he says

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 that he has seen God

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 through God's self-revelation

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 by his word.

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 God has spoken to Job

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 and he has seen God

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 in his word.

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 Job has been overwhelmed

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 by the gracious presence of God

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 through his word

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 and what he has revealed about himself

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 and his purposes.

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 Ironically,

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 now that God has revealed himself to Job

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 and that God has made himself known,

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 he is much more mysterious to Job now

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 than what he was before.

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 much more mysterious

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 than when he was dimly discerned

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 and theologized about.

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 It's interesting,

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 when I first became a Christian

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 and, you know,

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 I knew the gospel

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 because I knew two ways to live

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 and I figured that was

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 kind of all that you need to know.

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 And so when I read passages

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 about the mystery of Christ,

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 I used to think,

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 what mystery?

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 I know Christ,

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 I know what he's done,

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 there's no mystery there.

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 And 18 years later,

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 there is a whole lot more mystery there

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 as God has slowly

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 and gradually revealed himself

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 through his word to me.

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 There's a lot more mystery now

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 than what there used to be.

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 Job has received

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 a great revelation of God

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 and he is delighted to see God.

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 But,

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 he is also ashamed.

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 He has seen the magnificence of God

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 and so he bows in humility

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 in verse 6.

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 Therefore,

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 I despise myself

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 and I repent

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 in dust and ashes.

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 That verse,

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 right there,

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 that is the wise life.

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 He's finally arrived at wisdom.

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 Job has grown in wisdom.

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 He has grown in wisdom

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 because he has grown

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 in relationship with God.

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 He sees God for who he is

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 and with that now,

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 he understands himself

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 and so,

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 the response is

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 repentance.

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 That's wisdom.

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 He, in fact,

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 treasures God

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 more than the answers

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 that God will give him.

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 Now,

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 let's not get confused here.

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 Job's three mates

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 weren't right after all.

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 Job is not now

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 finally admitting

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 to a life of hidden sin

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 that resulted in his suffering.

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 What he is repenting of

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 is the demanding

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 that God give him

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 a thorough answer

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 to the reason

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 for his suffering.

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 It was a fault

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 to be corrected,

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 not a sin

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 that need punishing

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 because Job

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 doesn't actually

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 confess any sin here.

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 A better way

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 to understand it

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 is instead of

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 Job repented,

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 a better use

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 is Job

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 relented

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 is, in fact,

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 a better translation

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 of the word.

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 It's like

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 I'm at a bakery, right?

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 I'm there to buy

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 some bread

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 and in the corner

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 of my eye

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 I see an apple slice

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 and it's $3

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 and I get a glint

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 in my eye

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 and I start justifying

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 the fact it's $3,

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 that's a good deal

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 and it's only one slice,

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 it can't hurt you.

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 I mean,

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 it's apple after all,

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 we're meant to eat fruit.

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 But there's a lot

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 of sugar in it as well

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 and that's not good

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 for a diabetic.

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 But surely it's balanced out

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 by the goodness

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 of the apple.

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 And then I think,

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 no, stop,

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 enough.

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 I'm not going to get it.

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 I relent

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 of the course of action

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 I was heading towards.

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 I hadn't done

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 anything wrong

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 up until that point.

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 But I was edging

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 towards a decision

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 that would have been

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 bad for me

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 and it's that kind

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 of idea

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 when it talks

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 about Job

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 repenting.

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 Job relented,

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 if you like.

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 He realized

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 that he was walking

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 down a path

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 that would have led

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 him to conclude

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 that God

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 has done wrong.

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 But what Job

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 has realized

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 is that he's dealing

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 with a God

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 who speaks

00:16:19.099 --> 00:16:20.519
 about planets

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 and stars

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 like they are

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 decorations

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 on a Christmas tree

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 to be arranged

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 and played

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 with

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 at his will.

00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:35.679
 Job has finally

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 seen God

00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:37.379
 for who he is

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 and he's saying,

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 he's not saying here,

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 I haven't been

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 beaten into submission.

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 I have just

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 finally realized

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 who it is

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 that I'm dealing

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 with.

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 And Job

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 finally finds

00:16:51.420 --> 00:16:51.840
 comfort.

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 It's as if

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 the contentment

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 which has eluded

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 him for so long

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 has been found

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 in submitting

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 himself to

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 this God.

00:17:03.900 --> 00:17:04.900
 Job has found

00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:05.960
 peace with God

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:07.600
 and it's through

00:17:07.600 --> 00:17:09.200
 humble submission

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 to God.

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 and that's

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 wisdom.

00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.599
 That's wisdom.

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 And Job's mates

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:20.839
 are about to

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 grow in wisdom

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 too.

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 Have a look

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 there in verse

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 7.

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 After the Lord

00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.319
 had said these

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 things to Job,

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 he said to Eliphaz,

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 I am angry

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 with you

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 and your two

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 friends because

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 you have not

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 spoken to me

00:17:31.860 --> 00:17:32.700
 what is right

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 as my servant

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 Job has.

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 So now

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 take seven

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 bulls and seven

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 rams and go

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 to my servant

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 Job and

00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:41.519
 sacrifice a

00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:42.259
 burnt offering

00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:43.599
 for yourselves.

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 My servant

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:46.099
 Job will pray

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 for you and

00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:48.120
 I will accept

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 his prayer and

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 not deal with

00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:50.759
 you according

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 to your folly.

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 You have not

00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:54.559
 spoken of me

00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.360
 what is right

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 as my servant

00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:57.680
 Job has.

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 So Eliphaz,

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 Bildad and

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.860
 Zophar did

00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:03.660
 what the Lord

00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:04.500
 told them

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.860
 and the Lord

00:18:05.860 --> 00:18:07.259
 accepted Job's

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:07.599
 prayer.

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 You see

00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.599
 right through

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 this book

00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:11.500
 from chapter

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:12.419
 three onwards

00:18:12.419 --> 00:18:14.139
 Job's longing

00:18:14.139 --> 00:18:15.099
 was for his

00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:16.500
 day in court

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:19.399
 so that he

00:18:19.399 --> 00:18:19.699
 would be

00:18:19.699 --> 00:18:20.279
 vindicated

00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:22.219
 and in those

00:18:22.219 --> 00:18:22.980
 verses Job's

00:18:22.980 --> 00:18:23.480
 vindicated.

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 It's finally

00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.459
 come.

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 In verse

00:18:26.139 --> 00:18:26.679
 eight we see

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 that God

00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:28.139
 still regards

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 him as he

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 did back in

00:18:29.859 --> 00:18:30.339
 chapter one

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 and two.

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 He calls him

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.980
 here my

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.799
 servant.

00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:35.680
 verse seven

00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.200
 has God

00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:36.740
 saying that

00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:37.659
 it is Job

00:18:37.659 --> 00:18:38.419
 who has in

00:18:38.419 --> 00:18:39.079
 fact spoken

00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:39.599
 right of

00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:39.899
 him.

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 No matter

00:18:40.399 --> 00:18:41.339
 how foolish

00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:42.200
 he may have

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.740
 said it,

00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:43.599
 Job was

00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:44.180
 looking for

00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:44.619
 a God

00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:45.599
 big enough

00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:47.039
 to comprehend

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.879
 his suffering

00:18:47.879 --> 00:18:48.740
 experience.

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 And on the

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.599
 other hand,

00:18:50.899 --> 00:18:51.980
 however eloquently

00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.779
 they have

00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.299
 spoken,

00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:54.759
 his friends

00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:55.740
 were upholding

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.259
 a God

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.419
 small enough

00:18:57.419 --> 00:18:58.559
 to conform

00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:59.819
 it to their

00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:00.299
 minds.

00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:03.960
 And there

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.419
 is one

00:19:04.419 --> 00:19:06.079
 very subtle

00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:07.279
 but very

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.799
 big difference

00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:09.980
 between Job

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.759
 and his

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.440
 friends.

00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:13.200
 Get this.

00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:15.619
 His mates

00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:17.019
 were always

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:18.339
 talking about

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:19.039
 God.

00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:21.480
 But Job

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:22.220
 in talking

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:23.279
 about God

00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:24.440
 keeps turning

00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:25.940
 to God.

00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:26.940
 God

00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:30.940
 is

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.080
 the

00:19:31.080 --> 00:19:31.440
 difference

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:31.900
 between

00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.840
 theologizing

00:19:32.840 --> 00:19:34.039
 and

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.700
 relationship.

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.240
 God's

00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:39.980
 assessment

00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:41.200
 is that

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:41.600
 they had

00:19:41.600 --> 00:19:42.440
 not spoken

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:42.980
 what is

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.680
 right about

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.039
 him.

00:19:45.620 --> 00:19:45.980
 And my

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.640
 friends,

00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.860
 let's be

00:19:47.860 --> 00:19:48.539
 very clear

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.180
 about that,

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:51.019
 that statement

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:52.940
 right there

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:54.000
 ought to

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.779
 come crashing

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.799
 down on us

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:57.259
 right now.

00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.700
 Right now.

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.680
 As we are

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.259
 gathered in

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:03.579
 the middle

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.039
 of corporate

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.440
 worship,

00:20:05.159 --> 00:20:07.619
 right now,

00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:10.619
 in the

00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:11.740
 last 55

00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.379
 minutes,

00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.399
 we have

00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:14.259
 spoken of

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.899
 God and

00:20:14.899 --> 00:20:15.579
 to God

00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.180
 in corporate

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:17.480
 worship and

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.519
 how easily

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:20.299
 we babble

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:21.180
 stuff about

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.799
 God without

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.720
 giving any

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.279
 thought to the

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.839
 fact that our

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.440
 words will be

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:24.960
 weighed by

00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:25.299
 God.

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.799
 God

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:30.299
 is

00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:31.480
 weighed by

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:31.799
 God.

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.359
 And what is

00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:32.500
 weighed is not

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:32.940
 just the

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:34.099
 correctness of

00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:35.119
 what we say

00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:36.480
 and what we

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.759
 sing and

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.240
 what we

00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:39.159
 pray.

00:20:39.160 --> 00:20:44.279
 speaking of

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:46.519
 God demands

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:48.779
 great care of

00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:50.300
 us so that

00:20:50.300 --> 00:20:50.920
 we do not

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.620
 distort,

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:53.300
 trivialize,

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.460
 or pervert

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:54.920
 what is

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.860
 true about

00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:56.400
 the God

00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:56.820
 who will

00:20:56.820 --> 00:20:57.500
 weigh our

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.019
 words.

00:21:00.120 --> 00:21:00.660
 His

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.240
 mates were

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.720
 wrong about

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.400
 God with

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:04.320
 their simplistic

00:21:04.320 --> 00:21:05.180
 tit-for-tat

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:06.200
 merit theology.

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.299
 theology.

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:08.080
 They have

00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:08.660
 not allowed

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.059
 for the

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.840
 mystery and

00:21:09.840 --> 00:21:10.460
 the majesty

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.160
 of God

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.700
 and crucially

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:14.819
 their tit-for-tat

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.940
 view of God

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:17.360
 leaves no

00:21:17.360 --> 00:21:19.259
 room for a

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.779
 forgiving,

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:21.080
 gracious,

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.279
 and merciful

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:22.880
 God.

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.840
 That's the

00:21:24.840 --> 00:21:25.559
 thing that gets

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.400
 dropped out

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:27.660
 in their

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.180
 theology,

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.860
 the grace

00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:30.319
 of God.

00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:33.099
 The roles

00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.619
 are now

00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:34.399
 reversed as

00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:34.740
 Joe's

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.359
 vindication

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:36.259
 goes public

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:37.079
 in the

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.579
 course of

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.299
 their speeches.

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.059
 Not one of

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.619
 Joe's mates

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.559
 ever hinted

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.439
 that they

00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:42.480
 might be

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.259
 the object

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.980
 of God's

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.960
 anger and

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.519
 in need of

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.279
 his grace.

00:21:46.899 --> 00:21:47.500
 And it is a

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.099
 delightful

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:50.659
 irony that

00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.240
 they now

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:52.099
 need grace

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.500
 from the

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:52.980
 God who

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.319
 in their

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.019
 theologizing

00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.480
 was not

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:54.919
 big enough

00:21:54.919 --> 00:21:55.179
 to be

00:21:55.179 --> 00:21:55.679
 gracious to

00:21:55.679 --> 00:21:56.000
 the wicked.

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:59.420
 And it is a

00:21:59.420 --> 00:21:59.740
 further

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.220
 delightful

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.940
 irony that

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:01.559
 grace must

00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:02.420
 be mediated

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:02.839
 by the

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.599
 very one

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.400
 that they

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.160
 had treated

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:07.200
 as in

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:08.160
 such need

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.660
 of their

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.180
 spiritual

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:09.799
 resources.

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.339
 And so

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:14.339
 here is

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:15.259
 Job's final

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:16.380
 trial in

00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:16.759
 the book.

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:19.299
 This is

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:20.119
 Job's final

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:21.079
 trial of

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.480
 wisdom,

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.819
 his last

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.400
 test.

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.799
 Will he

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.380
 lay down

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:27.940
 the weapons

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.880
 of revenge

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:30.779
 and accept

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.359
 the terms

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.960
 of God's

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:33.240
 treaty and

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.279
 extend forgiveness

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:35.000
 and fellowship

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.960
 to his three

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:37.299
 friends in

00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:38.000
 the way that

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.940
 God has?

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.039
 Will he

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.559
 say,

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:43.900
 you got

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.319
 what you

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.960
 deserved?

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.940
 And play

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.420
 into their

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:49.920
 tit-for-tat

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.440
 theology?

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.680
 And reveal

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.059
 that he's

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.799
 learned nothing?

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.559
 Or will

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.079
 he find

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.880
 his vindication

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.759
 in God

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:01.000
 and humbly

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:02.500
 intervene for

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.259
 his friends

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.700
 who have

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.319
 treated him

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.019
 so badly?

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.279
 There's a

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:11.640
 whole lot of

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.460
 application just

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.700
 there.

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.819
 We see at

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.319
 the end of

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.880
 verse 9 that

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.460
 Job has in

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.019
 fact grown in

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.339
 wisdom.

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.380
 The Lord

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:22.460
 accepted Job's

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.680
 prayer.

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:25.740
 The drama

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.380
 ends with

00:23:26.380 --> 00:23:26.820
 the massive

00:23:26.820 --> 00:23:27.799
 restoration of

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.120
 Job.

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.740
 His wealth

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.360
 is restored.

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:29.940
 He is given

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.740
 a new family

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.160
 and all the

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.580
 old honour

00:23:31.580 --> 00:23:31.960
 which is

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:33.440
 held previously

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:35.000
 is restored.

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.500
 And in fact,

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:36.120
 everything is

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:37.100
 increased dramatically

00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:37.740
 for Job.

00:23:38.560 --> 00:23:39.100
 Don't you just

00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:39.700
 love the

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.440
 happy ending

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:40.960
 of Job?

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.440
 It's like a

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.240
 Hollywood ending

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.960
 except for those

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.960
 movies like

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.720
 Arlington Road

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.360
 which don't have

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:46.740
 the Hollywood

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.340
 ending where

00:23:47.340 --> 00:23:48.460
 the bad guys

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:48.880
 win and the

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.279
 good guys

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.620
 don't.

00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:51.119
 You go,

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.639
 oh that's

00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:52.199
 bad.

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.459
 It makes

00:23:53.459 --> 00:23:53.719
 you feel

00:23:53.719 --> 00:23:54.099
 awful.

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.559
 But don't

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.119
 you think

00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:57.659
 there's something

00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:58.599
 really strange

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.059
 about the

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.539
 way this

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.199
 book ends?

00:24:03.179 --> 00:24:04.319
 The ending

00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:05.959
 of Job is

00:24:05.959 --> 00:24:06.799
 frustrating,

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.819
 happy and

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.839
 confusing all

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:09.319
 at the same

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.739
 time.

00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:10.859
 It is

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.539
 frustrating

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.399
 because there

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.119
 are so many

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:13.859
 loose ends

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.259
 that need to

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.639
 be cleared

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:14.939
 up.

00:24:15.419 --> 00:24:15.619
 You see,

00:24:15.699 --> 00:24:16.159
 Job's three

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:16.739
 mates get put

00:24:16.739 --> 00:24:16.979
 in their

00:24:16.979 --> 00:24:17.899
 place but what

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.259
 about the

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.719
 young punk

00:24:18.719 --> 00:24:19.139
 Elihu?

00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:20.599
 Nothing's

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.339
 ever said of

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:21.579
 him.

00:24:23.159 --> 00:24:23.919
 And what

00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:25.879
 about Satan?

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:28.019
 He's such a

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.659
 major player

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.139
 there in the

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:29.599
 first couple

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.000
 of chapters,

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.459
 he doesn't

00:24:30.459 --> 00:24:31.000
 even get a

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.539
 mention at

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.159
 the end.

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.659
 None of

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.479
 Job's questions

00:24:34.479 --> 00:24:35.299
 about suffering

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.979
 ever get

00:24:35.979 --> 00:24:36.699
 answered and

00:24:36.699 --> 00:24:37.199
 let's be honest,

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.479
 they're the

00:24:37.479 --> 00:24:37.699
 sort of

00:24:37.699 --> 00:24:38.279
 questions that

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.859
 we have and

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.319
 want answers

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.539
 to.

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:42.179
 But it is

00:24:42.179 --> 00:24:42.899
 also a happy

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.459
 ending because

00:24:43.459 --> 00:24:44.219
 things work

00:24:44.219 --> 00:24:44.679
 out the way

00:24:44.679 --> 00:24:45.199
 we want them

00:24:45.199 --> 00:24:45.639
 to work

00:24:45.639 --> 00:24:45.939
 out.

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.039
 You see it

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.339
 there in

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.859
 verse 12,

00:24:47.959 --> 00:24:48.339
 the Lord

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:49.139
 blessed the

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:49.599
 latter part of

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.459
 Job's life

00:24:50.459 --> 00:24:51.299
 more than

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.919
 the first.

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.679
 Family,

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.359
 wealth,

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:53.759
 health,

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.139
 they're all

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:55.399
 back and

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:55.899
 the last

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:57.159
 sentence leaves

00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:57.759
 us with a

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.279
 feeling of

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.199
 just completeness

00:24:59.199 --> 00:25:00.599
 of life and

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.799
 so he died

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:03.199
 old and full

00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:03.959
 of years.

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.079
 happiness.

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.059
 But the

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.640
 happiness of

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:09.980
 the ending

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.840
 contributes to

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:11.680
 the confusion.

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.299
 Up until

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.880
 now the

00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:16.019
 book has

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.720
 been saying

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.559
 that Job's

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.279
 mates are

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.259
 wrong because

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.220
 their life is

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.039
 so neat,

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.319
 their theology

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:23.380
 is so neat,

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.279
 innocent

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.000
 suffering can

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.500
 happen and

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.000
 good people

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.880
 don't necessarily

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.900
 have good

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.539
 things happen

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:28.980
 to them.

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.440
 And yet all

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.079
 of a sudden,

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.000
 here at the

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.680
 end of the

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.220
 book, Job

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.980
 repents or

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.660
 he relents

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.640
 and good

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.220
 things happen

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.560
 to him

00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:36.980
 again.

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.480
 So were

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.880
 Job's

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.660
 friends right?

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.680
 Job has

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.779
 been vindicated

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.660
 by God and

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:47.160
 now we see

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.779
 God doing

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.440
 good things for

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:49.259
 a good person.

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.660
 I mean,

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.460
 come on!

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:54.360
 God

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:59.680
 and so

00:25:59.680 --> 00:25:59.980
 with the

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.380
 end of the

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:00.660
 book,

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:01.980
 we are

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.319
 left with

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.620
 the same

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.059
 confusion

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.380
 that we

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.620
 had at

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:03.960
 the beginning

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:06.640
 and such

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:08.000
 is the

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.519
 experience of

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:08.799
 life.

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.620
 It is the

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.000
 mysterious

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.779
 aspect of

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.279
 life that

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.740
 takes us

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.180
 right to

00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.620
 the heart

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:15.880
 of what

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.220
 the whole

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.660
 book of

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.400
 this Job

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.920
 is about

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:19.420
 and so

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:19.740
 what we

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.060
 need to

00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:21.320
 do as

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.820
 a final

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:22.220
 point,

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:22.779
 we need

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.519
 to see

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.800
 the end

00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:25.120
 of the

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.759
 book of

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.700
 Job in

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.320
 light of

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:28.120
 it all,

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.680
 the whole

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:29.960
 lot.

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.480
 What was

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.080
 Job's

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:33.340
 major issue

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:33.660
 in the

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:33.900
 book?

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:35.980
 It wasn't

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.640
 so much

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.920
 tell me

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.420
 why I'm

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.039
 suffering,

00:26:40.300 --> 00:26:41.360
 his major

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.740
 issue,

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.500
 give me my

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.320
 day in

00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:44.039
 court that I

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.480
 might be

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.320
 vindicated.

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:49.099
 my integrity

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.839
 is at stake.

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.980
 That's his

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.319
 issue.

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.839
 And one

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.139
 of the

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.839
 points that

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.480
 we find

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.919
 here at

00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:56.559
 Job is

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.359
 it's finally

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.899
 brought to

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.279
 bear,

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.059
 in the

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.460
 end the

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.939
 people of

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:02.359
 God are

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.960
 vindicated.

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.980
 God is

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.740
 a just

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.200
 God.

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.179
 Life has

00:27:07.179 --> 00:27:07.839
 purpose and

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.099
 meaning,

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.899
 life is not

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.339
 random,

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.460
 God is a

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.220
 merciful God

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.659
 and he

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:12.279
 does not

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.899
 ask his

00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:13.439
 people to

00:27:13.439 --> 00:27:14.700
 suffer without

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.480
 vindication.

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.360
 He doesn't

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:17.019
 call us

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.640
 into self

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.340
 denial and

00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:19.059
 sacrifice

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:20.019
 without the

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.680
 promise of

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.039
 heaven.

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:22.680
 Evil might

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.660
 be mysterious

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.880
 right now

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.480
 but the

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.220
 point of the

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.779
 end of Job

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.400
 is that it

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:28.100
 won't be

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.660
 triumphant

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.000
 in the

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.500
 end.

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.620
 Evil

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.259
 won't be

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.980
 triumphant.

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.400
 Christians are

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.920
 not spiritual

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:37.380
 masochists who

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:38.500
 find pleasure

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.100
 and fulfilment

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.819
 in suffering.

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.220
 If there is

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:42.420
 any delight in

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.880
 suffering,

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.740
 it is that we

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.640
 delight in

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.759
 following the

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.620
 Lord Jesus

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.559
 who suffered.

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.259
 Even the

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.920
 Lord Jesus

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.319
 did not

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.839
 delight in

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.259
 suffering.

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.220
 Hebrews 12

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.920
 tells us that

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.539
 the pioneer

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 and the

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 perfecter of

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 our faith

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 was the

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 one who

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 for the

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 joy set

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 before him

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 endured the

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:04.099
 cross scorning

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.700
 its shame

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 and sat down

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 at the right

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 hand of the

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 throne of God.

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 The joy that

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 was before him

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.460
 was the

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.220
 presence of

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 his father

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 in heaven

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 and that

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.460
 is why he

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 endured the

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.019
 suffering of

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 the cross.

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 Suffering was

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 not the

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 end and

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 the end of

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 Job confirms

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.940
 that suffering

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 will not be

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 the end.

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 Justification and

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 vindication and

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.220
 restoration will

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 come and it

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 will be better

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.000
 than before.

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 It will be

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 final.

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 It will be

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.420
 complete.

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 It will be

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.079
 eternal.

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 The end of

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.659
 Job does not

00:28:42.659 --> 00:28:43.279
 promise that

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.519
 it will

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.379
 happen now

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 but it

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.319
 does confirm

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 the character

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 of a good

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 and compassionate

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.679
 and merciful

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.279
 God

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:53.399
 who will

00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:54.419
 restore

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:55.679
 all things.

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 James 5

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.299
 tells us

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.720
 what the

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.199
 stance of

00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:01.659
 the Christian

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.339
 should be

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.339
 while we

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.039
 wait for the

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.399
 day of

00:29:04.399 --> 00:29:05.019
 vindication.

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.859
 it is to

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.700
 stand firm

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.299
 in faith

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.779
 in the

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.859
 one who

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.940
 has perfected

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.960
 our faith.

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.700
 Be patient

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.339
 then brothers

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:15.519
 and sisters

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.700
 until the

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.359
 Lord's coming.

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.099
 See how the

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:19.900
 farmer waits

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.680
 for the land

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.779
 to yield

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.299
 his valuable

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.519
 crop and

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.220
 how patient

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.920
 he is for

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.359
 the autumn

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.900
 and spring

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.480
 rains.

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.859
 You too

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.559
 be patient

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.259
 and stand

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.400
 firm because

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:31.160
 the Lord's

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:32.079
 coming is

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.480
 near.

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.180
 Don't grumble

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.880
 against each

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.640
 other brothers

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.860
 or you

00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:37.220
 will be

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.680
 judged.

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:38.900
 The judge

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.560
 is standing

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:39.880
 at the

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.200
 door.

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.240
 Brothers

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.820
 as an

00:29:41.820 --> 00:29:42.340
 example

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:43.279
 of patience

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.740
 in the

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.200
 face of

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.620
 suffering

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.840
 take the

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.320
 prophets

00:29:46.320 --> 00:29:47.180
 who spoke

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.539
 in the

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:47.860
 name of

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.320
 the Lord.

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.480
 As you

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.779
 know

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.799
 we consider

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.279
 blessed

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.860
 those who

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.000
 have

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.700
 persevered.

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:53.580
 You

00:29:53.580 --> 00:29:54.380
 have heard

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:55.299
 of Job's

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.920
 perseverance

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:57.060
 and have

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:57.820
 seen what

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.320
 the Lord

00:29:58.320 --> 00:29:59.160
 finally brought

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.600
 about.

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.700
 The Lord

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.960
 is full

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.860
 of compassion

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:05.440
 and mercy.

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:08.380
 Both Job

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.220
 and James

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.880
 call us

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.340
 to stand

00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:11.140
 firm in

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.740
 Christ in

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.120
 the face

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.680
 of suffering

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:14.259
 and one

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.480
 of the

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.900
 important

00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.660
 lessons here

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:15.980
 is the

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.680
 need for

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:18.620
 us to

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.600
 turn to

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:20.519
 God in

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.080
 the face

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:21.920
 of suffering.

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:25.140
 Don't just

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.960
 theologize

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.680
 about him

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:28.660
 but to

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.380
 turn to

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:29.860
 him

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:31.480
 turn to

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.400
 his word

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:34.380
 to seek

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:35.180
 his face

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.160
 to seek

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:37.279
 his revelation

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.960
 of himself

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:39.920
 to cry

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.460
 out to

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.140
 him in

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:42.000
 tears

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:44.480
 until you

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:44.740
 are able

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.220
 to say

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.920
 we Job

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:47.940
 I see

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.299
 him

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.880
 I see

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.740
 him

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:54.720
 oh that

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.240
 we might

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.180
 see him

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:57.799
 until we

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.539
 see him.

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.400
 May the

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.960
 Lord grant

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.580
 us grace

00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:03.320
 to learn

00:31:03.320 --> 00:31:04.539
 that while

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.240
 his ways

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.680
 may not

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.240
 be our

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.920
 ways and

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.539
 his thoughts

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.940
 may not

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.480
 be our

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.960
 thoughts

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:10.539
 yet they

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.259
 are the

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.980
 wisest of

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:13.480
 all and

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.160
 his ways

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:14.740
 are full

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.299
 of mercy.

00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:16.980
 So stand

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.440
 firm

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:19.000
 persevere

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.460
 be patient

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.120
 until the

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.940
 Lord comes.

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.060
 Job

00:31:23.060 --> 00:31:23.580
 affirms

00:31:23.580 --> 00:31:24.320
 that in

00:31:24.320 --> 00:31:25.100
 the confusion

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:25.500
 and the

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.000
 uncertainty

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.660
 of life

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:26.980
 and the

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.380
 pain

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:27.700
 and the

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.279
 tears

00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:30.119
 the Lord

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:31.000
 is in

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.279
 fact

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.920
 good

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:34.400
 and to

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.220
 live well

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.720
 is to

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.559
 fear him

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:39.220
 because the

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.599
 Lord is

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:39.960
 full of

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.420
 compassion

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.000
 and mercy.

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.619
 Let's

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:42.839
 pray.

00:31:42.839 --> 00:32:01.519
 Father who

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.899
 am I to

00:32:01.899 --> 00:32:02.279
 say these

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:02.759
 things about

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.000
 you?

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:07.359
 Father we

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:08.079
 pray that

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:10.720
 we would

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.220
 cling to

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:12.139
 you in

00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:12.599
 the moments

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:13.220
 of trial

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:15.539
 we pray

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.319
 Father that

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:18.179
 you would

00:32:18.179 --> 00:32:19.740
 rescue us

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:21.240
 if we are

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:22.299
 trivialising

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.659
 you

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:23.879
 perverting

00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.500
 you

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.720
 and what

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.079
 you have

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.759
 revealed about

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.379
 yourself

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:29.119
 Lord we

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:29.559
 pray that

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:29.819
 you would

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.539
 rescue us

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.519
 from babbling

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.960
 and theologising

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:34.279
 about you

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:36.259
 we pray that

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.799
 we might be

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.440
 a church that

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.100
 speaks true

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:39.259
 things about

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.660
 you

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:41.840
 that we

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.380
 might humbly

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.019
 submit to

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.340
 you

00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:44.660
 that we

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.420
 might treasure

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:45.920
 you

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:47.160
 that we

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.799
 might turn

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.400
 to you

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:51.220
 Father we

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:52.660
 pray that

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.039
 you would

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.920
 grow us

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.720
 in wisdom

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.900
 that we

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.559
 might fear

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.140
 you the

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.680
 Lord of

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.480
 compassion and

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.640
 mercy and we

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.120
 ask it for

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.660
 your glory

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.320
 Amen