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 Open your Bibles, if you would, to Job chapter 38.

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 If you're using the Pew Bible, don't have a Bible of your own, I would encourage you to turn there.

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 It's on page 443, Job 38.

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 We head into the homestretch, as it were, of our study in the book of Job.

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 And finally the moment is here.

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 The moment we've all been waiting for has finally come in Job 38,

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 where up to this point God has been audibly silent.

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 We've been learning about the suffering and the silence of God,

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 and God has been silent to Job, silent to his friends,

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 at least in an audible way up to this point, and finally God will speak.

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 We're going to hear his words.

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 What will he say?

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 How will he come and address the counsel that's been happening to Job's friends?

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 How will he address Job's heart and the strugglings and the wrestlings of his heart?

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 What will he say?

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 How will God set all the things back in order?

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 Well, of course, God has not been silent.

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 And we've seen that throughout the whole book.

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 And while his voice has not been audible,

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 it's clear that the truth about God has been present.

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 We've seen it in the address, the counsel of Job's friends.

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 We've seen it in Job himself, as he addresses God and draws truth out of creation.

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 We've seen it from Elihu and how Elihu will state very true things about God that he's observed in creation.

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 And of course, we know that this is the case.

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 As the psalmist says in Psalm 19, verses 1 to 4, he says,

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 Notice all the times where voice and speech and knowledge

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 and declare and proclaim all of these words that describe the voice of God

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 that comes through the created order, the heavens that declare the glory of God.

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 God can be perceived and truth about God can be known through creation.

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 It's an accurate picture, an accurate representation of God.

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 The challenge, though, comes to how we perceive this truth

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 and how we interpret the truths that can be known through the universe.

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 So that in Romans chapter 1, we find this in 19 and 20,

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 What can be known about God is plain to them,

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 speaking about anyone who has access to creation and the world that God made.

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 Because God has shown it to them for his invisible attributes,

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 namely, his eternal power, his divine nature,

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 have been clearly perceived ever since the creation of the world

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 in the things that have been made so that they are without excuse.

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 God has made himself known.

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 God has declared truth about himself through creation

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 that is accurate, that is clear, that can be perceived,

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 that is accessible to us.

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 The problem, however, is that it's limited by our perspective.

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 It's limited by the way that we interpret the truths that we perceive.

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 That while we see God's nature,

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 while we can experience God's power,

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 it has to run through a filter, through a grid of our interpretation,

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 and we make assumptions based upon the truths we see.

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 So that when Romans 1 goes on,

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 it helps us understand what the inevitable conclusion is every time without the Scripture.

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 For although they knew God, it says,

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 they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him.

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 But they became futile in their thinking,

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 and their foolish hearts were darkened.

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 We're going to see a measure of that as God addresses Job today,

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 and God says directly to Job,

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 who is this who darkens counsel?

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 That's where we're all left,

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 without the Scripture in front of us.

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 The way that we interpret the truths

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 is going to be polluted by our own assumptions about God.

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 We all know this.

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 There are, I'm sure, a number of times where you have observed situations,

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 and you thought you knew the facts,

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 and you thought you were able to kind of discern what was going on,

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 but you realize later on that your assumptions were made improperly.

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 This past Friday night,

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 our family was at a sporting event,

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 and there was a family sitting just in front and to the left of us,

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 and three of the members of this family,

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 a little girl who was seven,

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 and two young women who were there.

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 And she was skipping on the tops of the bench that was there,

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 the bleachers that were there,

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 hopping from the top to the bottom,

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 and then on the way to the top.

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 And I turned to look at the sporting event,

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 and all of a sudden I hear a thud.

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 And then I hear a, ah, a cry.

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 And I turn and look, and here's this little girl.

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 She's down on the floor of the bleachers,

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 and she's crying her eyes out.

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 And the young woman who's sitting next to her says,

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 will you stop it already?

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 Will you just be quiet?

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 That's enough.

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 And I thought to myself,

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 wow, that seems a little hard.

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 What should I do?

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 Should I intervene?

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 Should I help to provide some tenderness that's missing?

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 And what I came to discover over a little bit of time,

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 in talking to this little girl through the rest of the evening,

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 is that she is a,

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 she is one of ten siblings in a family.

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 And so I asked her, you know, the obvious question,

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 hey, so you're the youngest of ten.

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 Would you say that you get the most attention or the least attention?

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 And without hesitation, she said, the most attention.

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 And I thought to myself, okay, now this makes sense.

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 She has learned how to manipulate the situation

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 and to get the attention that she really, really wants.

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 And she was fine.

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 And her sister, who was sitting there, older sister,

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 knew that she was fine,

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 knew that she was a drama queen,

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 knew that she often does this to try to get attention

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 and just to be, just be quiet.

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 I've had enough.

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 And it was a delightful interchange the rest of the evening

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 as she talked our ear off

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 and we got to know the family a little bit better.

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 But God has made himself known through creation.

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 There are things that we can perceive,

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 truths that we can perceive about God,

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 but it's limited because we're missing the conversation.

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 And it wasn't until our family,

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 I had a conversation with this little girl

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 that now things began to be clear

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 and now I was beginning to read things in the right way.

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 We're going to see

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 through the course of our time this morning

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 that God is going to show up

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 and God is going to now begin to set things straight for Job.

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 He's had a lot of things right.

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 He's declared a lot of truths about God,

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 but he's come to the wrong conclusions about God.

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 And now God will finally break the silence

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 and help to establish who he really is

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 and help to set the grid

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 by which his creation needs to be understood.

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 So open up, if you would,

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 if you're not already there,

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 to Job chapter 38.

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 We're going to cover this morning,

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 the plan was to cover chapter 38 and 39,

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 but my plan is just to cover verses 1 to 3,

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 and then we'll come back to the rest of it next week.

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 We're just going to lay the foundation for this

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 and help us understand the framework

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 for what God is doing,

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 maybe review a lot of the complaints that Job had,

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 kind of catch us up to where we are in this study

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 so we can really appreciate what God is doing here.

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 And it's amazing.

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 Job 38 verses 1 to 3 says this,

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 Here at the very beginning,

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 the Lord will answer Job.

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 The Lord answered Job.

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 And in his answer,

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 in the way that he answers,

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 we're going to see three very distinct

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 and very significant things about God.

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 Things that should encourage all of us

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 and certainly were a blessing to Job

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 through the course of this conversation.

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 That Job answered God

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 meant that God was present first of all.

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 First, God is present.

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 With these opening words,

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 then the Lord answered Job.

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 You can almost sense this sigh of relief.

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 God is here.

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 God is present.

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 God hasn't abandoned me.

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 God isn't really my enemy like I thought he was.

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 God has not pushed me aside.

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 God has not counted me as unworthy.

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 God is present.

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 God is here.

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 And God is speaking.

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 He's answered me.

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 Almost like a child

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 who's kind of wandered away in the store.

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 And maybe you've had this experience.

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 Maybe you've been that kid.

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 Or maybe you've been that parent.

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 Or you've told your kids who are younger,

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 Hey, stay close to me.

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 Don't move away from where I am.

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 This is a big store.

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 There are a lot of people here.

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 I don't want you to get lost.

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 But that child,

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 and maybe it was you,

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 you saw that thing in the last aisle.

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 You were passing by with your mom

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 and it just seemed so enticing.

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 You know, it had the button that said,

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 Touch here.

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 And you didn't get a chance to touch

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 because it was out of reach.

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 And you just want to go back

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 and see what touching does.

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 And so mom's not looking.

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 She's at the shelves.

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 And you kind of slip away

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 just briefly and quickly

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 to go do what you wanted to do

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 and to touch whatever it was

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 and to hear that sound

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 or to see that motion.

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 And then you make your way back

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 to the first aisle

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 where your mother was

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 and now she's missing.

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 You've been rebellious.

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 You've been disobedient.

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 You have done what your mom said not to do

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 in leaving her side.

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 And now you know there will be consequences

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 because of your disobedience.

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 But it does not matter.

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 Because all you want

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 is to have the presence of mom again.

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 And so what do you do?

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 You cry out,

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 Mommy, where are you?

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 Willing to accept whatever consequences might come.

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 But it doesn't matter

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 because you need Mommy to be there.

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 I'm lost.

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 I'm alone.

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 But all of that doesn't matter

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 as long as I have Mommy back in my presence.

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 And now Job

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 is finally experiencing the presence of God again.

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 And you can better believe

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 that Job is feeling a sense of relief.

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 Whatever my complaint was,

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 whatever the answer is,

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 it really doesn't matter

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 because God is here.

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 God is present.

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 And whatever consequences will come,

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 whatever this darkening of counsel means,

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 whatever the confrontation or rebuke will be,

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 at least God is present here.

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 At least God has come.

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 And Job knows it's going to be a terrible encounter.

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 He's stated so much through the course of this book.

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 We've seen back in Job chapter 9 verse 11

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 and some of the complaints of Job's heart.

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 Behold, he says,

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 he passes by me

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 and I see him not.

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 He moves on,

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 but I do not perceive him.

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 Where is the Lord?

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 How then can I answer him,

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 choosing my words with him?

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 Though I am in the right,

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 I cannot answer him.

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 I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.

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 I don't understand what's going on here.

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 I used to enjoy such fellowship with God.

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 We had sweet communion together.

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 I worshipped him.

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 I pointed my family to him.

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 I enjoyed the blessings from him.

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 And somehow he's distant.

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 Somehow I feel like I've become his enemy

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 and I have no idea what has happened.

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 Oh God, just come and let me know what's taken place.

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 I'll fix whatever it is

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 and then we can get right on with how things were.

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 In Job chapter 13,

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 he echoes this complaint in verse 3.

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 But I would speak to the Almighty.

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 I desire to argue my case with God.

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 Withdraw your hand from me.

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 Let not dread of you terrify me.

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 Then call and I will answer

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 or let me speak and you reply to me.

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 How many are my iniquities and my sins?

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 Make me know my transgressions and my sins.

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 Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy?

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 That's really what this has been about.

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 It's not necessarily been about Job's complaint about God's injustice.

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 But it's been about Job understanding the justice of God

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 but also seeing the integrity of his own heart

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 and the two he just cannot reconcile.

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 How can both be true?

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 If I just speak with God,

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 he can set the record straight.

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 He can just tell me what's going on.

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 I can make this right.

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 We can get on with the way things were.

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 In Job 23,

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 I don't have this in the slide.

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 Oh, he says,

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 that I knew where I might find him,

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 that I might come even to his seat.

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 I would lay my case before him

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 and fill my mouth with arguments.

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 There an upright man could argue with him

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 and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

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 Behold, I go forward but he is not there

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 and backward but I do not perceive him

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 on the left hand when he is working.

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 I do not behold him.

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 He turns to the right hand but I do not see him

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 but he knows the way I take.

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 When he has tried me,

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 I shall come out as gold.

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 Therefore, I am terrified of his presence

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 when I consider I am in dread of him.

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 Job understands that meeting with God

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 is a fearful venture

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 but if that's what it takes

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 to resolve the issue between him and God,

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 it's worth the cost.

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 More than anything,

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 Job just wanted to hear from God.

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 More than anything,

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 Job just wanted to understand

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 that things were good.

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 They were cleared.

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 That he could reconcile between God

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 and he could enjoy that relationship with him again.

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 But the counsel that he was getting

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 throughout the course of this book

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 is a counsel that would say,

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 God doesn't care about you.

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 God is not going to show up

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 and meet with you, Job.

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 Eliphaz would say

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 something along those lines in Job 5, verse 1.

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 He says,

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 Call now.

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 Is there anyone who will answer you?

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 To which of the holy ones will you turn?

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 Job, God doesn't care about your situation.

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 God is not going to answer your pleas

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 for meeting with him.

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 The only way that God is going to meet with you

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 is if you resolve the sin in your life

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 and then maybe God will entertain

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 the possibility of meeting with you again.

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 Elihu will say much the same thing

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 in Job, chapter 35, verses 13 and 14.

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 Surely God does not hear an empty cry,

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 nor does the Almighty regard it.

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 How much less when you say

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 that you do not see him,

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 that the case is before him

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 and you are waiting for him.

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 I'm quoting you, Job.

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 These are your words.

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 When you say that God does not hear you

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 and God is not there,

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 how can you imagine

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 that empty kinds of cries

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 are going to elicit a response from God?

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 And here we are in Job 38, verse 1.

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 And the Lord answered.

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 The Lord answered because

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 the Lord delighted in Job.

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 And the Lord delights in answering

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 the cries of those who come to him.

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 Those who call on the name of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 They will be delivered.

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 They will enjoy.

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 His help.

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 You see, Eliphaz didn't speak for God.

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 Elihu didn't speak for God.

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 They were both dead wrong.

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 And God shows up to answer Job.

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 And he will hear and answer those

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 who call on him in humility.

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 I want to take just a mini detour

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 so you can see the wonder of this God

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 that we serve from Psalm 107.

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 It's one of my favorites.

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 Who will God answer?

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 Who will God save?

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 Who will God deliver?

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 And we get snapshots of four different groups

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 of individuals who experience the delivering hand of God.

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 And the one similarity between every single one of them is

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 they will call

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 and they will ask for help

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 and God will deliver.

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 Notice this in verse 1.

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 Oh, give thanks to the Lord

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 for he is good.

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 His steadfast love endures forever.

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 His love is dependable.

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 His love is steady.

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 His love can be counted on.

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 You can count on the love of God.

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 Here are some examples.

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 Beginning in verse 4.

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 Some have wandered in the desert wastes

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 finding no way to a city to dwell in.

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 Hungry and thirsty their soul fainted within them.

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 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble

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 and he delivered them from their distress.

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 He led them by a straight way

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 till they reached a city to dwell in.

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 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love

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 for his wondrous works to the children of men.

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 Then moving down to verse 10.

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 Some sat in darkness in the shadow of death.

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 Prisoners in affliction in an iron.

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 For they had rebelled against the words of God

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 and spurned the counsel of the Most High.

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 Now, do you get that for a second?

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 They're experiencing the devastating consequences

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 of their own actions.

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 They're in prison.

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 They're experiencing difficulty and suffering

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 because of their own rebellion.

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 Verse 13.

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 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble.

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 He delivered them from their distress.

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 He brought them out of darkness

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 in the shadow of death.

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 He burst their bonds apart.

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 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

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 for his wondrous works to the children of men.

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 And in verse 17.

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 Some were fools through their sinful ways.

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 And because of their iniquities,

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 they suffered affliction.

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 They loathed any kind of food,

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 and they drew near to the gates of death.

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 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble.

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 He delivered them from their distress.

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 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

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 for his wondrous works to the children of men.

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 And in verse 23.

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 Some went down to the sea and ships

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 doing business on the great waters.

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 They saw the deeds of the Lord,

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 his wondrous works in the deep.

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 For he commanded and raised the stormy wind.

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 And I've underlined that

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 because that's the same word

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 as the whirlwind that we see in our passage.

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 Which lifted up the waves of the sea.

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 They mounted up to the heavens.

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 They went down to the depths.

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 Their courage melted away.

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 And in their evil plight.

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 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble.

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 He delivered them from their distress.

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 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

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 for his wondrous works to the children of men.

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 God delights in answering the prayers of those who cry.

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 He delights in the humility of those

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 who will recognize the desperation of their need.

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 And they turn to God and say,

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 Save me!

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 Deliver me!

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 Help me!

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 And the greatest deliverance we need, of course,

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 is the deliverance from sin.

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 And God sent his son Jesus

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 to deal with that on the cross

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 so that those who ask forgiveness for their sin

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 and believe that he died and rose again

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 can enjoy the benefits of forgiveness

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 in salvation and deliverance.

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 So we find from Romans chapter 10,

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 verses 9 to 13,

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 where it says,

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 Because if you confess with your mouth

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 that Jesus is Lord

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 and believe in your heart

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 that God raised him from the dead,

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 you will be saved.

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 For with the heart one believes

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 and is justified,

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 and with the mouth one confesses

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 and is saved.

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 For the scripture says,

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 Everyone who believes in him

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 will not be put to shame.

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 There is no distinction

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 between Jew and Greek.

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 For the same Lord is Lord of all,

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 bestowing his riches on all

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 who call on him.

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 for everyone who calls

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 on the name of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 Do you need deliverance this morning?

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 The greatest deliverance

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 you could ever need

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 is deliverance

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 of the bondage of sin in your life.

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 Is the forgiveness and cleansing

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 that comes from God

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 through belief in his son Jesus Christ.

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 And the deliverance that God gives

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 is not deliverance always

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 from the struggles that you face,

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 but it's always a struggle.

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 It's the deliverance that he gives,

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 the peace that passes understanding,

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 and the strength that God delivers

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 to carry us through

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 the trials that we face.

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 And an awareness of the fact

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 that God is present in our life,

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 even when he seems so distant

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 that God is there.

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 He delights in answering those

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 who call on him

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 because he's present.

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 Well, God is also powerful.

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 Not just present,

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 that God is powerful.

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 The Lord answered Job

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 out of the whirlwind

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 and said,

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 Who is this

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 that darkens counsel

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 by words without knowledge?

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 The fact that God shows up

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 in this whirlwind

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 is to establish emphatically

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 that he is a God

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 that cannot be trifled with.

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 He's a God

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 of unstoppable power.

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 He comes to Job

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 in this whirlwind

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 to help him recognize

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 that God is a force.

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 And of course,

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 Job understood

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 the force

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 and the power

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 and the supremacy

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 of God.

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 But he's reminded now,

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 again,

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 of God's power

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 in the whirlwind.

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 We'll see this again

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 in Job 40,

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 verses 6 and 7.

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 Next week,

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 the Lord answered Job

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 out of a whirlwind

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 and said,

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 Dress for action

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 like a man.

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 I will question you

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 and you make it known to me.

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 Well, why a whirlwind?

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 It's a way

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 to arrest Job's attention.

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 It's a way for him

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 to recognize,

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 again,

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 in a very visual way

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 that God is in charge,

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 that God is powerful.

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 But so often

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 throughout the Old Testament

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 especially,

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 we see that God

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 shows up in this way

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 to show the unstoppable

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 nature of his power.

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 We see it in Isaiah

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 chapter 29,

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 verses 5 to 7,

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 where the nation of Israel,

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 Jerusalem in particular,

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 they're under siege.

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 And these powerful nations

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 are coming against them.

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 And from a human standpoint,

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 there was no answer.

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 There was no solution.

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 There was no helper.

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 But God shows up

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 through the prophet Isaiah

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 to say,

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 I am a helper

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 and I'm going to show you

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 how this is going to happen.

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 The multitude of your foreign foes

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 shall be like a small dust.

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 The multitude of the ruthless

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 like passing chaff.

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 In an instant,

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 suddenly,

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 you will be visited

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 by the Lord of hosts

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 with thunder and earthquakes

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 and a great noise.

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 With a whirlwind

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 and a tempest

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 and flame

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 and devouring fire.

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 And the multitude

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 of all the nations

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 that fight against Ariel.

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 It's another word

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 for Jerusalem.

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 All that fight against her

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 and her stronghold

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 and distress her

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 shall be like a dream,

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.079
 like a vision

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:47.019
 of a night.

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.819
 Like nothing.

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:51.940
 Nothing before the power

00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.460
 of God

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.120
 represented

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:55.120
 by Isaiah

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.420
 as an earthquake

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.279
 and a fire

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.980
 and this tempest

00:26:58.980 --> 00:27:00.140
 or whirlwind.

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:01.660
 This unstoppable power

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:03.779
 is a way

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.279
 for God

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.360
 to demonstrate

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:06.480
 through even

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:08.019
 the physical world

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:09.000
 that Job

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.599
 and his friends

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:11.339
 have been drawing from.

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:13.299
 The nature of God

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:13.900
 that has become

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.700
 clear to them

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:16.079
 is now showing up

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.700
 and represented

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.360
 once again

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:18.460
 by power

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.380
 in this whirlwind.

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.880
 It reminds us as well

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:23.599
 that grace

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.879
 is cheap

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:26.319
 without a proper

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.099
 understanding

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.919
 or fear

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:28.939
 of God.

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.980
 This tempest,

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.719
 if you've ever been

00:27:31.719 --> 00:27:33.019
 in a situation,

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:34.039
 maybe even a tornado,

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:36.099
 I remember as a young child

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:37.199
 and just moving

00:27:37.199 --> 00:27:38.459
 to Ohio

00:27:38.459 --> 00:27:40.240
 and growing up

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.919
 in Cedarville,

00:27:41.199 --> 00:27:42.779
 it had a reputation

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.740
 just a couple of years

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.219
 before

00:27:44.219 --> 00:27:45.579
 of this huge tornado

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.579
 that came through

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.839
 and did massive

00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:48.699
 devastation

00:27:48.699 --> 00:27:49.839
 and as a

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.740
 six-year-old boy,

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.740
 I was terrified

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:53.099
 of the tempest.

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.900
 I had a hard time

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:55.519
 getting to sleep

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:55.900
 at night

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.559
 because of

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.480
 the power

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.359
 of a tornado

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:59.900
 and the whirlwind

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.740
 as it were

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:02.480
 and God

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:04.480
 reminds us

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.539
 through this whirlwind

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:07.420
 that the grace

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.059
 that he offers

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.519
 to us

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.059
 is cheap

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:10.319
 unless we understand

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.940
 his power,

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.539
 unless we stand

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.480
 in reverence

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.200
 and fear

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.180
 of him.

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.880
 Job will even say

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:20.279
 in chapter 9

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.039
 verse 15,

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.799
 though I am

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.980
 in the right,

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:25.180
 I cannot answer him.

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.339
 I must appeal

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.299
 for mercy

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.319
 to my accuser.

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:29.119
 He recognizes

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:31.220
 that he stands

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.619
 in reverence

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.059
 to God

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:34.579
 and he is pleading

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.379
 for mercy.

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.160
 You see,

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.680
 we must never

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.220
 lose sight

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.740
 of the glory

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.139
 of God.

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.940
 We must never

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:42.200
 make God common

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.819
 and that's what

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.200
 the writer

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.779
 to the Hebrews

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:45.720
 is constantly

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.559
 referring to.

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:48.119
 How through

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.980
 our sin

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.640
 and through

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.660
 our disobedience

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:52.059
 we bring God

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.500
 down.

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.980
 We make him

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.599
 common.

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.700
 It's okay,

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.799
 I can offend him,

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.640
 he's just like

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.360
 anyone else.

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.299
 Maybe that's not

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:01.339
 what we say

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.740
 in our hearts

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.640
 but that's essentially

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.339
 what we are

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.299
 affirming

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.400
 through our actions.

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:09.700
 Job understood

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:11.980
 the fear of God.

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.860
 He understood

00:29:12.860 --> 00:29:13.420
 the terror

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:14.019
 of standing

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.759
 before him.

00:29:15.280 --> 00:29:15.720
 He understood

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.920
 the mercy

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.980
 and the grace

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:20.040
 of God's presence

00:29:20.040 --> 00:29:20.580
 and that's what

00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:21.140
 he was appealing

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.420
 to.

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.340
 And finally here,

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.280
 God is wise.

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.480
 God is present.

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.500
 God is powerful.

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.780
 God is wise.

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.500
 Again,

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.200
 in verse 1,

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.900
 the Lord answered

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.840
 Job out of the whirlwind

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:33.160
 and said,

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:34.580
 Who is this

00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:35.660
 that darkens

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.320
 counsel

00:29:36.320 --> 00:29:37.340
 by words

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:38.540
 without knowledge?

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.580
 Who do you think

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:41.279
 you are,

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:41.720
 Job?

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:44.540
 The knowledge

00:29:44.540 --> 00:29:45.140
 you've had

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.740
 about me

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:48.320
 is so convoluted.

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.200
 You're speaking

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:50.160
 ignorantly.

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.100
 And Job understood

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.820
 the significance

00:29:52.820 --> 00:29:54.180
 of God's wisdom.

00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:55.320
 He appeals to that

00:29:55.320 --> 00:29:56.820
 in Job 28,

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.519
 verse 28,

00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:58.440
 when he says this,

00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:00.759
 he said to man,

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.240
 behold the fear

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.779
 of the Lord.

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:03.960
 That is wisdom.

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.180
 And to turn away

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:06.140
 from evil

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.920
 is understanding.

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.759
 He understood

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.539
 and grasped

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.500
 some aspects

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.160
 of this.

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.119
 But there are also

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:13.440
 times in Job's life

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.539
 where he couldn't

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.019
 compute,

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.640
 he couldn't put

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:16.960
 the pieces together

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.660
 and so he made

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:19.000
 assumptions about

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.960
 God that weren't

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.279
 true.

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.799
 There are a number

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.379
 of references

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:25.180
 throughout the book

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.440
 of Job that draw

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.299
 on this illusion

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:28.660
 of light and darkness.

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:31.720
 light that appeals

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.900
 or refers to

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.540
 clarity

00:30:33.540 --> 00:30:35.040
 and truth

00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:35.700
 and darkness

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.980
 that refers to

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.779
 ignorance

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.700
 and blindness

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:40.560
 to the truth

00:30:40.560 --> 00:30:41.460
 that's in front of them.

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.580
 In Job 12,

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.340
 verse 22,

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:46.080
 Job says,

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.740
 he uncovers

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.440
 deep things

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.100
 out of darkness.

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:50.019
 He brings the shadow

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.660
 of death

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.259
 to life,

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:51.940
 light.

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:53.000
 He takes away

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.820
 the understanding

00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:55.200
 of the chiefs,

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.860
 of the people.

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.800
 They grope

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.579
 in the dark

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.700
 without light.

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.119
 Job understood

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.779
 the significance

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:02.259
 of getting wisdom

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.859
 from God.

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.919
 He desired

00:31:03.919 --> 00:31:05.019
 to have that wisdom.

00:31:05.159 --> 00:31:05.519
 He knew

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.419
 there was a difference

00:31:06.419 --> 00:31:07.079
 between light

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.639
 and darkness

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:09.639
 and while he understood

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:11.799
 some things

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.720
 about God,

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.259
 there were

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:14.339
 some gaps

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.220
 in his understanding.

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.460
 It had been

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.440
 concealed from him.

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.259
 He had spoken

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.980
 in ignorance.

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:21.700
 He tried to put

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.680
 the pieces together

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.619
 but he made

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.180
 the wrong

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.039
 assumptions.

00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.599
 He was limited.

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.940
 He was limited

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.759
 because he didn't

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.259
 have access

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.579
 to the special

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.099
 revelation,

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:32.319
 the word of God

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.480
 that we have access

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.799
 to.

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:35.319
 And so while he was

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.159
 trying to reconcile

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:37.480
 the justice of God,

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.659
 he didn't have

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:41.019
 a category

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.960
 for life

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.879
 after death.

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.519
 And so in his mind

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:44.980
 he thought

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:46.379
 the justice of God

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.240
 needed to be

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.139
 meted out

00:31:48.139 --> 00:31:49.220
 in the here and now.

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.039
 And so if

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:51.139
 wicked people

00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:51.839
 prosper

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:53.079
 and righteous

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:54.200
 people suffer,

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.539
 how can that

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.200
 equate

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:57.059
 and compare

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.599
 with God's

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:57.980
 justice?

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.579
 He had no

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.500
 category for

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.299
 life after death.

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.980
 And interestingly,

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.379
 there is no

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:04.019
 mention

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:05.359
 by Job

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.139
 or even

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:07.279
 Job's friends

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.019
 of Satan.

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.819
 They had no

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.440
 concept

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.680
 of an

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.319
 adversary,

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:12.960
 the devil,

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:14.420
 who is coming

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.539
 against God's

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.299
 plans and seeking

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.059
 to undermine

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:18.159
 God's good

00:32:18.159 --> 00:32:18.740
 things.

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.359
 While they knew

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:21.200
 about angels,

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.500
 they seemed to be

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:24.240
 oblivious to Satan

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:25.660
 and his part

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.299
 in all of these

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.720
 things.

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.880
 And so they

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:29.559
 assign the

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:31.000
 suffering to God

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.880
 instead of seeing

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.460
 that it's coming

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.700
 through the avenue

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:35.000
 of Satan

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:36.359
 and seeking to

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:37.420
 undo God's

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.960
 plans.

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.720
 And of course,

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:41.160
 God is ultimately

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.839
 in control.

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:44.019
 In Job chapter 2

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.599
 verse 3,

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.119
 God in speaking

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.940
 with Satan

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.420
 says,

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:50.079
 Job still holds

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.660
 fast his

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.140
 integrity.

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.779
 Although you,

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.279
 Satan,

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.700
 have incited me

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.640
 against him

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.920
 to destroy him

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:58.860
 without reason.

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.940
 God is ultimately

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.880
 responsible.

00:33:02.040 --> 00:33:02.620
 He's the one

00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:03.740
 who permits

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.279
 Satan

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.340
 to do his

00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:05.700
 thing.

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.600
 But Satan

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.120
 is the one

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:09.240
 who is coming

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.880
 after Job.

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.300
 Satan is the one

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:11.980
 who is unleashing

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.620
 this suffering

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.440
 on Job.

00:33:14.060 --> 00:33:14.700
 But Job doesn't

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.620
 understand this.

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.880
 And so in Job

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.480
 chapter 6

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.980
 verse 4,

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:18.460
 he says,

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.540
 the arrows

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.480
 of the Almighty

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.240
 are in me.

00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.200
 My spirit

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.879
 drinks their

00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:23.339
 poison.

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.119
 The terrors

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.960
 of God

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.599
 are arrayed

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.240
 against me.

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:27.799
 In Job

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.319
 chapter 9

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:29.019
 verse 17,

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.559
 he says,

00:33:29.899 --> 00:33:30.339
 for he,

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.940
 speaking of the

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.159
 Lord,

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.119
 crushes me

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.980
 with a tempest

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:34.339
 and multiplies

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.980
 my wounds

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:36.039
 without cause.

00:33:37.180 --> 00:33:37.859
 In Job

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.440
 19

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:40.119
 verse 6,

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.659
 8,

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:42.299
 and 22,

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.700
 he says,

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.639
 God has

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:44.339
 wronged me.

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:45.700
 He has

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.299
 fenced up

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.859
 my way.

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.480
 He has

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.000
 stripped me

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.539
 of glory.

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.440
 He breaks

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:50.019
 me down

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.420
 on every

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:50.819
 side.

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:51.420
 He has

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:51.900
 kindled

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:52.400
 his wrath

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:53.019
 against me.

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.880
 He counts

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.359
 me as

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:54.880
 one of

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.400
 his enemies.

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.700
 The hand

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.359
 of God

00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:58.160
 has struck

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.460
 me.

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.180
 And Job,

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.980
 of course,

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.339
 was wrong.

00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:03.660
 He speaks

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.339
 ignorantly.

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.180
 He's trying

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.779
 to derive

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.880
 the truths

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.660
 that he knows

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.519
 about his

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.139
 own suffering

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.880
 and he

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.460
 doesn't

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.300
 recognize

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:12.239
 the parts

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:12.579
 that he's

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.679
 missing.

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.679
 Of course,

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.019
 God has

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.539
 given to us

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.940
 his word.

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:18.579
 And in

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.320
 Psalm 19,

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.420
 God has

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.800
 not only

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.740
 given us

00:34:21.740 --> 00:34:22.579
 the words

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.220
 of himself

00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:24.159
 through the

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.559
 heavens,

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.300
 the heavens

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.940
 declaring the

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.320
 glory of

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.579
 God,

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.440
 but the

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:27.840
 rest of

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.380
 the psalm

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:29.400
 speaks about

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.119
 the wonder

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.740
 of the

00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:31.079
 scriptures

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.500
 that we

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.800
 have.

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.059
 The law

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.320
 of the

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.700
 Lord is

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.220
 perfect,

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.340
 reviving

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.900
 the soul.

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.099
 The testimony

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.539
 of the Lord

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.059
 is sure,

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.679
 making wise

00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:40.340
 the simple.

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.679
 The precepts

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.059
 of the Lord

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.920
 are right,

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.940
 rejoicing the

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.260
 heart.

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.280
 The commandment

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:45.679
 of the Lord

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.400
 is pure,

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:47.220
 enlightening

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:47.800
 the eyes.

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.639
 The fear

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.400
 of the Lord

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.099
 is clean,

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:51.059
 enduring forever.

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.220
 The rules

00:34:52.220 --> 00:34:52.900
 of the Lord

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.619
 are true

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.720
 and righteous

00:34:54.720 --> 00:34:55.400
 altogether.

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.880
 More to be

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.460
 desired are

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.740
 they than

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:58.059
 gold,

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:58.800
 even much

00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.539
 fine gold,

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.000
 sweeter also

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.599
 than honey,

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.920
 and drippings

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.900
 of the honeycomb.

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.200
 Moreover,

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.420
 by them

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.579
 is your servant

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:07.940
 warned.

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.559
 In keeping

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.019
 them,

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.700
 there is

00:35:09.700 --> 00:35:10.320
 great reward.

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:11.559
 God

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.140
 the word

00:35:12.140 --> 00:35:12.680
 of God

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:14.519
 now becomes

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.280
 the compass

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:16.300
 that we can

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:17.260
 understand

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:18.380
 the revelation

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.880
 of God

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:20.000
 through creation.

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.740
 We can begin

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:23.220
 to interpret it

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:23.800
 and understand

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:25.280
 it accurately.

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.300
 And God

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:26.740
 has given

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:27.300
 to us

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.680
 his word.

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.360
 We have

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.080
 the completed

00:35:29.080 --> 00:35:30.000
 revelation

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.480
 of the word

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.920
 of God

00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.460
 that we have

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.380
 access to

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:33.059
 every day.

00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:34.100
 I trust

00:35:34.100 --> 00:35:34.660
 and pray

00:35:34.660 --> 00:35:35.300
 that you

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:36.400
 are allowing

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:36.900
 your heart

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.400
 to be

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.340
 encouraged,

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.400
 refined,

00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:40.440
 and directed

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.099
 through the

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:42.079
 words of

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.639
 God day by

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:42.940
 day.

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:44.960
 As God

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.639
 ministers to

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.019
 you and

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.880
 fellowships with

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:48.039
 you through

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.539
 the scriptures.

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.079
 And finally,

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.180
 we'll come

00:35:51.180 --> 00:35:52.119
 back to this

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:53.019
 next week

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.840
 and try to

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.340
 fill this out

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:54.780
 some more.

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.039
 Not only

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.720
 does the Lord

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:57.619
 answer Job,

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:58.119
 but we see

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.579
 that the Lord

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.500
 questions Job.

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.559
 The Lord

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.920
 questions Job.

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.320
 We'll see

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.320
 that in the

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.099
 remaining parts

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:06.139
 of chapter 38

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:07.019
 and in chapter

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:08.159
 39 and 40

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.859
 and 41.

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.059
 And what's

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.980
 fascinating about

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.519
 the way that

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:11.960
 the Lord

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:13.219
 questions Job

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.859
 is how he

00:36:13.859 --> 00:36:14.440
 does it.

00:36:15.359 --> 00:36:16.119
 How will God

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.779
 now that he

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:17.839
 finally speaks,

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.699
 how will God

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:19.739
 finally address

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:20.819
 Job's situation?

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:22.139
 How will God

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:23.219
 finally resolve

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:24.039
 the conflict

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.839
 that Job

00:36:24.839 --> 00:36:25.519
 has in his

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:25.839
 heart?

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:27.659
 How will God

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.239
 help to

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:30.099
 clarify

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:31.659
 the confusion

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.500
 that Job

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.920
 had?

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.659
 And God

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.219
 says in verse

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.480
 3,

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.000
 dress for

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.519
 action like

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.899
 a man.

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.239
 I will

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:40.119
 question you

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:41.480
 and you

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.819
 make it

00:36:41.819 --> 00:36:42.159
 known to

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.399
 me.

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.059
 God begins

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.859
 by establishing

00:36:44.859 --> 00:36:45.279
 who the

00:36:45.279 --> 00:36:45.920
 authority is.

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.619
 God begins

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.219
 by helping

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:49.179
 Job to

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.819
 understand

00:36:49.819 --> 00:36:50.679
 his rightful

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:51.159
 place.

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.719
 Not as one

00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:53.219
 who has

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:54.059
 the right

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:55.159
 to challenge

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.599
 God,

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.139
 but as the

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.779
 one who

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:57.440
 is a subject

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.339
 of God

00:36:58.339 --> 00:36:58.960
 who is

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.599
 over all.

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.480
 And Job

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.019
 is referred

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.839
 to God

00:37:01.839 --> 00:37:02.539
 throughout this

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.059
 book as

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.899
 Shaddai,

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.599
 the one

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:04.920
 who is

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.519
 over all

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:06.079
 creation.

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.019
 And God

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.880
 wants Job

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.400
 to be

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.860
 reminded of

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.139
 the fact,

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:09.820
 remember

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.380
 who your

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:11.280
 creator is.

00:37:12.180 --> 00:37:12.539
 Remember

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:12.960
 who the

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:14.380
 one who

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:14.920
 has the

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.340
 right to

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:16.460
 ask questions

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.559
 is and

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.139
 let that

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:19.400
 settle your

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:19.880
 own heart.

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:21.720
 I just

00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:21.920
 want to

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.500
 read a few

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:23.360
 pieces of

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:23.639
 this.

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.720
 See if you

00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:25.200
 can begin

00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:25.820
 to hear the

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:26.820
 answer that

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.500
 God gives

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:28.119
 to Job

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.860
 about his

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.400
 situation.

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.340
 Verse 4,

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:33.120
 Where were

00:37:33.120 --> 00:37:34.100
 you when

00:37:34.100 --> 00:37:34.360
 I laid

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.920
 the foundation

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.180
 of the

00:37:35.180 --> 00:37:35.440
 earth?

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.360
 Tell me

00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:37.140
 if you

00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:37.260
 have

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.840
 understanding.

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:39.019
 Who

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.519
 determined

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.800
 its

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.240
 measurements?

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:40.600
 Surely

00:37:40.600 --> 00:37:41.059
 you know.

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.240
 Or who

00:37:42.240 --> 00:37:42.760
 stretched

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.519
 the line

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.260
 upon it?

00:37:45.120 --> 00:37:45.760
 On what

00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:46.180
 were its

00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:46.620
 bases

00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:47.280
 sunk?

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.340
 Or who

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.860
 laid

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.360
 its

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:50.100
 cornerstone

00:37:50.100 --> 00:37:51.059
 when the

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.680
 morning stars

00:37:51.680 --> 00:37:52.380
 sang together

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:52.700
 and all

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:53.140
 the sons

00:37:53.140 --> 00:37:53.640
 of God

00:37:53.640 --> 00:37:54.059
 shouted

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.740
 for joy?

00:37:55.740 --> 00:37:56.380
 Verse 8,

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.760
 Who shut

00:37:57.760 --> 00:37:58.220
 in the

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:58.860
 seas with

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.400
 the doors

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:00.079
 when it

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.720
 burst out

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.179
 from the

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:01.519
 womb?

00:38:02.379 --> 00:38:03.139
 Verse 12,

00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:04.259
 Have you

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.719
 commanded

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.259
 the morning

00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.819
 since your

00:38:05.819 --> 00:38:06.599
 days began

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:07.519
 and caused

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.059
 the dawn

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.500
 to know

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.139
 its place?

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.879
 Verse 16,

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:12.359
 Have you

00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:12.959
 entered

00:38:12.959 --> 00:38:13.500
 into the

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:13.919
 springs of

00:38:13.919 --> 00:38:14.359
 the sea

00:38:14.359 --> 00:38:15.359
 or walked

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:15.779
 in the

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.459
 recesses

00:38:16.459 --> 00:38:16.739
 of the

00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:18.059
 deep?

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.459
 Verse 19,

00:38:20.459 --> 00:38:20.859
 Where is

00:38:20.859 --> 00:38:21.159
 the way

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.399
 to the

00:38:21.399 --> 00:38:21.719
 dwelling

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:22.319
 of light?

00:38:22.919 --> 00:38:23.339
 Where is

00:38:23.339 --> 00:38:23.799
 the place

00:38:23.799 --> 00:38:24.359
 of darkness?

00:38:25.319 --> 00:38:26.059
 Verse 22,

00:38:26.959 --> 00:38:27.379
 Have you

00:38:27.379 --> 00:38:27.659
 entered

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.480
 the storehouse

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:28.819
 of the

00:38:28.819 --> 00:38:29.559
 snow or

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:29.939
 have you

00:38:29.939 --> 00:38:30.579
 seen the

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.099
 storehouses

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:31.400
 of the

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:31.639
 hail?

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:33.079
 Verse 25,

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:34.779
 Who has

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.380
 cleft a

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:36.019
 channel for

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.759
 the torrents

00:38:36.759 --> 00:38:37.319
 of rain

00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:37.920
 and a

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.539
 way for

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:38.860
 the

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:39.360
 thunderbolt?

00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:41.019
 Verse 28,

00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:42.199
 Has the

00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:42.719
 rain a

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:43.019
 father?

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:44.219
 Or who

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:45.480
 has begotten

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:46.079
 the drops

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.579
 of dew?

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.139
 Verse 31,

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.519
 Can you

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:50.119
 bind the

00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:50.719
 chains of

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.139
 Pleiades

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:52.199
 or loose

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.719
 the cords

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.219
 of Orion?

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.139
 Can you

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.900
 lead forth

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.099
 the

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:55.659
 Maseroth,

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.019
 which is

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.519
 another word

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.519
 for constellations,

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.340
 in their

00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:58.799
 season?

00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.639
 Or can you

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:00.259
 guide the

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:00.759
 bear with

00:39:00.759 --> 00:39:00.960
 its

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.339
 children?

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.859
 Verse 34,

00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:04.239
 Can you

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:04.719
 lift up

00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:05.299
 your voice

00:39:05.299 --> 00:39:05.579
 to the

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.059
 clouds,

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:07.079
 that a

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:07.619
 flood of

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.379
 waters may

00:39:08.379 --> 00:39:09.279
 cover you?

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:10.500
 Verse 41,

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.279
 Who provided

00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:12.639
 for the

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:13.339
 raven its

00:39:13.339 --> 00:39:13.659
 prey,

00:39:14.259 --> 00:39:14.679
 when its

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:15.319
 young ones

00:39:15.319 --> 00:39:15.859
 cry to

00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:16.319
 God for

00:39:16.319 --> 00:39:16.619
 help,

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:17.859
 and wander

00:39:17.859 --> 00:39:18.559
 about for

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.460
 lack of

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:19.739
 food?

00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:21.339
 What is

00:39:21.339 --> 00:39:21.819
 the answer?

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.299
 How does

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:24.039
 God begin

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.940
 to answer

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:25.839
 Job's

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:26.559
 question?

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:28.119
 God

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.239
 What's

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:28.900
 fascinating

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:31.139
 about this

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:32.159
 whole discourse

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.460
 that we're

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:32.880
 going to see

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.480
 from chapters

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:34.539
 38 to

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.159
 41,

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:36.039
 is God

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.840
 will not

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.779
 give Job

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.539
 any

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:39.500
 new

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.259
 revelation.

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:41.960
 God

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.460
 will tell

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.059
 Job

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:44.679
 exactly the

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.179
 things that

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:45.639
 Job has

00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:46.299
 already

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:47.179
 affirmed

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:48.099
 about who

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.820
 God is.

00:39:49.779 --> 00:39:50.219
 He is

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:50.719
 sovereign,

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.400
 he is

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:51.920
 just,

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.599
 he is

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.299
 benevolent,

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:53.840
 he is

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.539
 over all,

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:55.340
 he is

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:55.779
 the one

00:39:55.779 --> 00:39:56.960
 who guides

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.739
 and governs,

00:39:57.800 --> 00:39:58.179
 he is

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:59.199
 wise and

00:39:59.199 --> 00:39:59.840
 strong.

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.759
 All of

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:01.400
 these things

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:01.920
 that Job

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.599
 has already

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.880
 given assent

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.259
 to,

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:05.460
 God will

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:06.259
 confirm

00:40:06.259 --> 00:40:07.400
 through this

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:07.820
 speech.

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:09.599
 There is

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.800
 nothing in

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.719
 this speech

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:12.779
 from God

00:40:12.779 --> 00:40:14.340
 that Job

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.739
 doesn't

00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:15.420
 already know.

00:40:17.779 --> 00:40:18.460
 That's

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:20.219
 really amazing

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:20.619
 to me.

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.400
 You see,

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:23.619
 Job already

00:40:23.619 --> 00:40:24.139
 had what he

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:24.360
 needed.

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.440
 Job had

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:27.159
 access to

00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:27.619
 revelation

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:29.599
 and Job

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.940
 had drawn

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.920
 out from

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.860
 creation

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.960
 those truths

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.800
 and those

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:35.559
 truths were

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.500
 enough to

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.119
 help Job

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:37.860
 through this

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.340
 situation.

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:38.840
 Essentially,

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.460
 to summarize

00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:41.059
 and to kind

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.619
 of pull it

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.179
 all together,

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.079
 God's like,

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:43.860
 I am

00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:44.539
 creator,

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.519
 I am

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:45.880
 not

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.599
 destroyer.

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.940
 I am

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.500
 a God

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:50.659
 of benevolence

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:51.340
 and care.

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:52.199
 I take

00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:53.099
 care of

00:40:53.099 --> 00:40:53.880
 my creatures,

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.500
 I do

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:54.960
 not

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.559
 crush

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:55.880
 them.

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:57.539
 I am

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:57.920
 a God

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.920
 of order

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.720
 and design.

00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:00.300
 I am

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:00.740
 not a God

00:41:00.740 --> 00:41:01.320
 of chaos.

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:02.500
 I am

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:02.880
 a God

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.619
 of wisdom.

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.680
 I am

00:41:04.680 --> 00:41:05.340
 not a God

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:06.440
 who can

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:07.420
 be trifled

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:07.760
 with,

00:41:08.440 --> 00:41:08.920
 can be

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.320
 challenged.

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:09.920
 I am

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.280
 the God

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:10.720
 who is

00:41:10.720 --> 00:41:11.680
 over all.

00:41:12.680 --> 00:41:13.340
 I am

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:14.119
 sovereign

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:14.700
 and ultimate

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.660
 and you

00:41:15.660 --> 00:41:16.320
 can trust

00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:16.640
 me,

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.180
 Job.

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:18.639
 there is

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:18.960
 nothing

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.379
 about

00:41:19.379 --> 00:41:20.279
 what God

00:41:20.279 --> 00:41:20.799
 says

00:41:20.799 --> 00:41:21.859
 that Job

00:41:21.859 --> 00:41:22.159
 didn't

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.500
 already

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:22.859
 know.

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:23.279
 That,

00:41:23.679 --> 00:41:24.059
 by the

00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:24.339
 way,

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.599
 is the

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:26.199
 issue for

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:26.699
 all of

00:41:26.699 --> 00:41:27.059
 us.

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:28.399
 There are

00:41:28.399 --> 00:41:28.839
 things that

00:41:28.839 --> 00:41:29.259
 we know

00:41:29.259 --> 00:41:29.940
 about God

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:31.839
 and we

00:41:31.839 --> 00:41:33.719
 can't

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:34.379
 accuse

00:41:34.379 --> 00:41:35.199
 God

00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:36.379
 of

00:41:36.379 --> 00:41:37.519
 leading us

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:38.119
 into sin

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:40.199
 when

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:41.099
 he has

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:41.339
 already

00:41:41.339 --> 00:41:42.039
 revealed

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:42.859
 himself to

00:41:42.859 --> 00:41:43.299
 us through

00:41:43.299 --> 00:41:43.699
 his word.

00:41:43.699 --> 00:41:44.980
 and that

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.500
 every

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:46.579
 disobedience

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:46.919
 of our

00:41:46.919 --> 00:41:47.299
 life

00:41:47.299 --> 00:41:48.339
 is a

00:41:48.339 --> 00:41:48.759
 result

00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:49.239
 of a

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:49.559
 lack

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:49.839
 of

00:41:49.839 --> 00:41:50.259
 faith,

00:41:50.799 --> 00:41:51.579
 not a

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:51.799
 lack

00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:52.339
 of

00:41:52.339 --> 00:41:52.819
 knowledge.

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:53.719
 Let me

00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:53.980
 just give

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.119
 you a

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:54.239
 couple

00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:54.659
 examples

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:55.799
 as I

00:41:55.799 --> 00:41:56.199
 close.

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:58.779
 To the

00:41:58.779 --> 00:41:59.079
 one

00:41:59.079 --> 00:42:00.599
 who

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:01.219
 struggles

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:02.899
 with

00:42:02.899 --> 00:42:03.699
 lust,

00:42:04.899 --> 00:42:06.079
 God

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:06.319
 is the

00:42:06.319 --> 00:42:06.739
 one who

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:07.299
 takes care

00:42:07.299 --> 00:42:07.480
 of your

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:07.719
 needs.

00:42:09.419 --> 00:42:09.799
 The

00:42:09.799 --> 00:42:10.099
 one

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:11.759
 who

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.339
 struggles

00:42:12.339 --> 00:42:12.579
 with

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:12.919
 stealing,

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:14.719
 God

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:14.919
 is the

00:42:14.919 --> 00:42:15.139
 one who

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:15.579
 provides.

00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:16.619
 You can

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:16.919
 trust

00:42:16.919 --> 00:42:17.299
 him to

00:42:17.299 --> 00:42:17.639
 take care

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:17.839
 of your

00:42:17.839 --> 00:42:18.119
 needs.

00:42:19.159 --> 00:42:19.480
 To the

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:19.859
 one who

00:42:19.859 --> 00:42:20.559
 is often

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:20.980
 afraid,

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:22.739
 God

00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:23.019
 is the

00:42:23.019 --> 00:42:23.980
 one who

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:24.339
 delivers.

00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:25.739
 God

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:25.980
 is the

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:26.259
 one who

00:42:26.259 --> 00:42:26.539
 is in

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.099
 control.

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:28.299
 God

00:42:28.299 --> 00:42:28.579
 is the

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:29.059
 one who

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:29.699
 is strong.

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.500
 To the

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:31.819
 one who

00:42:31.819 --> 00:42:32.139
 struggles

00:42:32.139 --> 00:42:32.399
 with

00:42:32.399 --> 00:42:32.839
 jealousy,

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:35.239
 God

00:42:35.239 --> 00:42:35.779
 has made

00:42:35.779 --> 00:42:37.359
 me in

00:42:37.359 --> 00:42:37.480
 his

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:37.819
 image.

00:42:38.919 --> 00:42:39.179
 And God

00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:39.899
 has made

00:42:39.899 --> 00:42:40.199
 me the

00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:40.619
 way he

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.039
 wants me

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.279
 to be

00:42:41.279 --> 00:42:41.599
 and he

00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:42.599
 desires

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:43.279
 to use

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:43.980
 those

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:44.440
 things

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:44.960
 according

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.300
 to his

00:42:45.300 --> 00:42:45.720
 purpose.

00:42:46.140 --> 00:42:46.420
 And I

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:46.740
 don't need

00:42:46.740 --> 00:42:47.400
 to be

00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:47.680
 jealous

00:42:47.680 --> 00:42:48.100
 of other

00:42:48.100 --> 00:42:49.120
 people's

00:42:49.120 --> 00:42:49.580
 gifts.

00:42:50.640 --> 00:42:51.200
 For those

00:42:51.200 --> 00:42:51.840
 who dishonor

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:52.540
 their parents,

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:54.360
 we understand

00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:56.300
 that we're

00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:56.760
 not at the

00:42:56.760 --> 00:42:57.140
 top of the

00:42:57.140 --> 00:42:57.380
 pile.

00:42:58.040 --> 00:42:58.460
 That God

00:42:58.460 --> 00:42:58.700
 is the

00:42:58.700 --> 00:42:58.940
 one who

00:42:58.940 --> 00:42:59.380
 is ultimate.

00:43:01.700 --> 00:43:02.360
 For those

00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:02.800
 who lie,

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:04.740
 we know

00:43:04.740 --> 00:43:05.200
 that God

00:43:05.200 --> 00:43:06.320
 knows it

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:06.540
 all.

00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:07.480
 God

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:07.920
 is not

00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:09.180
 disguised

00:43:09.180 --> 00:43:09.480
 and we

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:10.019
 are exposed

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:10.660
 to him.

00:43:11.720 --> 00:43:12.300
 He's not

00:43:12.300 --> 00:43:12.720
 limited.

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.840
 For those

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:16.880
 who feel

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:17.920
 at the

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:18.200
 end of

00:43:18.200 --> 00:43:18.680
 themselves,

00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:20.039
 we recognize

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:20.920
 that God's

00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:21.880
 yoke is

00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:22.360
 easy,

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:23.260
 his burden

00:43:23.260 --> 00:43:23.820
 is light,

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:24.680
 and he

00:43:24.680 --> 00:43:25.320
 just desires

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:25.840
 for us

00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:26.580
 to entrust

00:43:26.580 --> 00:43:27.960
 our anxieties

00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:28.720
 and our

00:43:28.720 --> 00:43:29.280
 pressures to

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:29.440
 him,

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:30.100
 to cast

00:43:30.100 --> 00:43:30.840
 all your

00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:31.560
 cares upon

00:43:31.560 --> 00:43:32.539
 him because

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:32.920
 he cares

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.280
 for you.

00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:34.740
 We know

00:43:34.740 --> 00:43:35.220
 those things

00:43:35.220 --> 00:43:35.680
 to be true

00:43:35.680 --> 00:43:36.000
 and so

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:36.320
 when we

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:37.320
 wrestle with

00:43:37.320 --> 00:43:37.920
 anxiety

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:39.039
 and fear

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:40.019
 and lust

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:41.000
 and lying

00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:42.059
 and jealousy

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:43.039
 and bitterness

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:44.239
 and frustration

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:45.259
 and anger,

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:46.099
 whatever it

00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:46.460
 is,

00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:47.420
 it is not

00:43:47.420 --> 00:43:48.000
 a deficiency

00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.739
 of knowledge

00:43:48.739 --> 00:43:49.039
 but a

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:49.440
 deficiency

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:49.980
 of faith.

00:43:51.759 --> 00:43:52.880
 And that's

00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:53.599
 what I believe

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:54.599
 God is doing

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:55.159
 for Job.

00:43:55.259 --> 00:43:55.800
 You know

00:43:55.800 --> 00:43:56.800
 these truths,

00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:57.719
 put them

00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:58.639
 to work.

00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:00.519
 Trust me,

00:44:01.139 --> 00:44:01.780
 I am

00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:02.460
 these things

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:03.579
 and you

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.059
 can rest

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.820
 in those

00:44:04.820 --> 00:44:05.199
 truths.

00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:06.380
 And God

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:06.719
 wants us

00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:07.099
 to do the

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:07.320
 same.

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:08.659
 And when we

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:09.179
 feel at the

00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:09.480
 end of

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:09.859
 ourselves

00:44:09.859 --> 00:44:10.139
 and I

00:44:10.139 --> 00:44:10.799
 trust we

00:44:10.799 --> 00:44:11.359
 feel that

00:44:11.359 --> 00:44:11.779
 often,

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.500
 that is a

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:13.000
 gift to

00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:13.239
 us.

00:44:13.339 --> 00:44:13.739
 And so

00:44:13.739 --> 00:44:14.839
 in that

00:44:14.839 --> 00:44:15.519
 wrestling

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:16.179
 with God

00:44:16.179 --> 00:44:16.460
 where we

00:44:16.460 --> 00:44:16.759
 feel like

00:44:16.759 --> 00:44:16.980
 we're at

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:17.399
 the end

00:44:17.399 --> 00:44:18.019
 of ourselves,

00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:18.779
 it is a

00:44:18.779 --> 00:44:19.199
 gift to

00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:19.619
 us to

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:20.319
 point us

00:44:20.319 --> 00:44:21.079
 to dependence

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:21.579
 on him.

00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:22.480
 Oh may

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:23.019
 God help

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.699
 us to do

00:44:23.699 --> 00:44:24.639
 what the

00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:25.679
 folks in

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.779
 Psalm 107

00:44:26.779 --> 00:44:27.219
 did and

00:44:27.219 --> 00:44:27.739
 that is

00:44:27.739 --> 00:44:29.339
 that we

00:44:29.339 --> 00:44:29.940
 cry out to

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:30.259
 the Lord

00:44:30.259 --> 00:44:31.879
 and he

00:44:31.879 --> 00:44:32.659
 delivers us

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:34.039
 and helps

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:34.599
 to answer

00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:35.619
 those struggles

00:44:35.619 --> 00:44:36.399
 that we face.

00:44:36.539 --> 00:44:36.940
 Let me pray.

00:44:39.179 --> 00:44:40.379
 Lord thank

00:44:40.379 --> 00:44:40.619
 you for

00:44:40.619 --> 00:44:41.239
 your steadfast

00:44:41.239 --> 00:44:41.579
 love.

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:43.419
 That loyal

00:44:43.419 --> 00:44:44.339
 dependable

00:44:44.339 --> 00:44:45.059
 love

00:44:45.059 --> 00:44:45.859
 and your

00:44:45.859 --> 00:44:46.480
 presence

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:47.359
 and your

00:44:47.359 --> 00:44:47.839
 power

00:44:47.839 --> 00:44:48.659
 and for

00:44:48.659 --> 00:44:49.159
 your wisdom.

00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:50.919
 And Lord I

00:44:50.919 --> 00:44:51.219
 pray that you

00:44:51.219 --> 00:44:51.759
 would help us

00:44:51.759 --> 00:44:52.559
 to put our

00:44:52.559 --> 00:44:53.679
 confidence in

00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:54.039
 that.

00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:55.919
 Whatever the

00:44:55.919 --> 00:44:56.779
 situation is

00:44:56.779 --> 00:44:57.059
 that we're

00:44:57.059 --> 00:44:57.440
 facing

00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:58.899
 and that we

00:44:58.899 --> 00:44:59.480
 would see

00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:00.019
 that you

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:01.119
 are who

00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:01.480
 you say

00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:01.899
 you are.

00:45:02.619 --> 00:45:03.199
 You are

00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:03.679
 wise,

00:45:04.299 --> 00:45:04.779
 you are

00:45:04.779 --> 00:45:05.299
 sovereign,

00:45:05.940 --> 00:45:06.359
 you are

00:45:06.359 --> 00:45:06.960
 strong,

00:45:07.639 --> 00:45:08.059
 you are in

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:09.079
 control and

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:09.320
 we can

00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:09.779
 trust you.

00:45:10.759 --> 00:45:11.179
 May our

00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:12.259
 lives reflect

00:45:12.259 --> 00:45:13.279
 the truths

00:45:13.279 --> 00:45:13.860
 that we

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:14.380
 say we

00:45:14.380 --> 00:45:14.980
 believe in.

00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:16.279
 And may

00:45:16.279 --> 00:45:16.860
 they show

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:17.299
 up from

00:45:17.299 --> 00:45:17.599
 day to

00:45:17.599 --> 00:45:18.400
 day so

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:18.860
 the world

00:45:18.860 --> 00:45:19.759
 around us

00:45:19.759 --> 00:45:20.299
 says I

00:45:20.299 --> 00:45:21.159
 want to

00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:22.139
 know your

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:22.539
 God.

00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:24.039
 May that

00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:24.440
 be true

00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:25.360
 of us I

00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:25.820
 pray in

00:45:25.820 --> 00:45:26.440
 Jesus name.

00:45:26.679 --> 00:45:26.900
 Amen.

00:45:27.799 --> 00:45:28.279
 God bless

00:45:28.279 --> 00:45:28.400
 you.

00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:28.739
 Have a

00:45:28.739 --> 00:45:29.099
 great week.