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 Today we are starting a new book of the Bible. We're going to look at the book of Job.

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 It is not, as we said last week, it's not Job. This isn't the book of the Bible that tells us about our faith and work.

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 This is the book of Job.

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 And it is a shockingly bewildering account of a good and honest man and how he suffers unbelievably.

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 And he suffers for a reason that he doesn't know or understand.

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 And even those of us that have the Bible and get to see behind the scenes, even we struggle with it to understand it.

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 And we're going to look at it for the next seven weeks.

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 Now, the book of Job is part of a genre or the section of our Bibles known as the wisdom literature.

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 So it's not part of the history. It's not primarily narrative.

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 It doesn't involve the nation of Israel and how God's salvation history through them or the covenant people of God.

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 Really, it's the wisdom literature like Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.

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 And one of the things that wisdom literature is concerned about is who God is rather than what God has done

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 and how we get to live wisely in light of who he is.

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 And so, while most of the Bible has to do with the people of God as a community,

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 the wisdom books really push us individually.

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 They say, what about you?

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 If you were in Job's shoes, how would you respond?

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 And they call us, they question us.

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 But one of the things that's interesting about the wisdom literature

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 is you'd think that a section of the Bible called the wisdom literature

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 would have all the answers to life's big questions.

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 And actually, they very seldom do.

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 One of the things that the wisdom literature does is it actually asks us the questions

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 that we should be asking but very seldom ask.

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 And they kind of provoke us and they prod us by asking these really big and challenging questions.

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 For instance, last year we looked at Ecclesiastes.

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 What is the meaning of life?

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 Where can we find hope and purpose?

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 And Job is going to do similarly.

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 Secondly, the wisdom literature helps us find wisdom by asking us these questions

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 that are going to bring us face to face with who God is.

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 They're going to challenge us with who is our understanding of God.

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 Now, at first, the book of Job seems to be about suffering.

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 And in some ways it is.

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 And we're going to see an incredible amount of suffering by this really good man.

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 But actually, the book of Job is much more than just about suffering.

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 What it's really about, it's actually about the limits of our understanding.

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 It asks us the question, what will we do when our understanding of God and who He is

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 and how He ought to run the world makes no sense to us?

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 When our understanding of who God is and whether God is really sovereign is turned on its head,

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 how will we respond?

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 Will we throw our hands in the air and say, that's it, I'm done?

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 Or will we come and trust Him?

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 Will we trust Him?

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 And so what the book of Job wants us to do is to step back and to see that our knowledge

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 and our understanding of the world and how it works

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 and how we think God ought to run the world is tremendously limited.

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 And when our questions aren't answered and when the world seems completely disorientated

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 and storm-tossed and when God's ways of dealing with the world seem nonsensical, unfair, even unjust,

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 will we walk away or will we trust Him?

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 That's what the book of Job is going to ask us.

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 And so let's listen as we, Angelina comes and reads to us,

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 Job chapter 1 and most of Job chapter 2.

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 So let's listen to the reading of God's word this morning.

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 Reading from Job chapter 1 and 2.

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 Starting in verse 1 we read,

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 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job.

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 And that man was blameless and upright,

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 one who feared God and turned away from evil.

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 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

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 He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels,

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 500 yoke of oxen and 500 female donkeys and very many servants,

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 so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.

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 His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day.

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 And they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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 And when the days of feast had run their course,

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 Job would send and consecrate them.

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 And he would rise early in the morning

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 and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all.

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 For Job said,

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 It may be that my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.

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 Thus Job did continually.

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 Now there was a day when the sons of God came

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 to present themselves before the Lord,

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 and Satan also came among them.

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 The Lord said to Satan,

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 From where have you come?

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 Satan answered the Lord and said,

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 From going to and fro on the earth

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 and from walking up and down on it.

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 And the Lord said to Satan,

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 Have you considered my servant Job,

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 that there is none like him on the earth,

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 a blameless and upright man

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 who fears God and turns away from evil?

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 Then Satan answered the Lord and said,

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 Does Job fear God for no reason?

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 Have you not put a hedge around him

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 and his house and all that he has on every side?

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 You have blessed the work of his hands

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 and his possessions have increased in the land.

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 But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has

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 and he will curse you to your face.

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 And the Lord said to Satan,

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 Behold, all that he has is in your hand.

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 Only against him do not stretch out your hand.

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 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

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 Now there was a day

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 when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking

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 wine in their oldest brother's house

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 and there came a messenger to Job and said,

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 The oxen were plowing,

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 the donkeys feeding beside them

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 and the Sabians fell upon them

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 and took them

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 and struck down the servants

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 with the edge of the sword

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 and I alone have escaped to tell you.

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 While he was still yet speaking,

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 there came another and said,

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 The fire of God fell from heaven

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 and burned up the sheep and the servants

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 and consumed them

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 and I alone have escaped to tell you.

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 While he was yet speaking,

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 there came another and said,

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 The Chaldeans formed three groups

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 and made a raid on the camels

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 and took them

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 and struck down the servants

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 with the edge of the sword

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 and I alone have escaped to tell you.

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 While he was yet speaking,

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 there came another and said,

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 Your sons and daughters

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 were eating and drinking wine

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 in their oldest brother's house

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 and behold,

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 a great wind came across the wilderness

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 and struck the four corners of the house

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 and it fell upon the young people

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 and they are dead

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 and I alone have escaped to tell you.

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 Then Job arose and tore his robe

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 and shaved his head

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 and fell on the ground

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 and worshipped.

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 And he said,

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 Naked I came from my mother's womb

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 and naked shall I return.

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 The Lord gave

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 and the Lord has taken away.

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 Blessed be the name of the Lord.

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 In all this,

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 Job did not sin

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 or charge God with wrong.

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 Again,

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 there was a day

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 when the sons of God

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 came to present themselves

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 before the Lord

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 and Satan also came among them

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 to present himself

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 before the Lord.

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 And the Lord said to Satan,

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 From where have you come?

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 Satan answered the Lord

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 and said,

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 From going to and fro on the earth

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 and from walking up and down on it.

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 And the Lord said to Satan,

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 Have you considered my servant Job

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 that there is none like him on the earth,

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 a blameless and upright man

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 who fears God

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 and turns away from evil?

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 He still hoses fast his integrity

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 although you incited me against him

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 to destroy him without reason.

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 Then Satan answered the Lord

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 and said,

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 Skin for skin,

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 all that a man has

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 he will give for his life.

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 But,

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 stretch out your hand

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 and touch his bone

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 and his flesh

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 and he will curse you

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 to your face.

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 And the Lord said to Satan,

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 Behold,

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 he is in your hand.

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 Only

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 spare

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 his life.

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 So Satan went

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 from the presence

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 of the Lord

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 and struck Job

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 with loathsome

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 sores

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 from the sole

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 of his feet

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 to the crown

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 of his head.

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 And he took

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 a piece

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 of broken pottery

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 with which

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 to scrape himself

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 while he sat

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 in the ashes.

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 Then his wife

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 said to him,

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 Do you still

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 hope fast

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 your integrity?

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 Curse God

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 and die.

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 But he said

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 to her,

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 You speak

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 as one of the foolish

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 women would speak.

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 Shall we receive

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 good from God

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 and shall we not

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 receive evil?

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 in all this

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 Job

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 did not

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 sin

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 with his lips.

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 This

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 is the word

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 of God.

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 Angelina,

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 thank you for reading us

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 this long passage.

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 Let's pray together

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 as we come

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 with us.

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 Heavenly Father,

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 Lord Jesus Christ,

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 Holy Spirit,

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 your word

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 is so challenging,

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 God.

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 It confronts us,

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 it challenges us,

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 it sometimes offends us.

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 But God,

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 we know it's true,

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 we know it's good

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 because it comes

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 from you

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 and you are true

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 and you are good.

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 And so God,

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 I pray,

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 won't you help us

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 to understand

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 your word?

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 Won't you open

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 the eyes of our hearts

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 to see you

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 in your word?

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 God,

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 bring us

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 to your throne room

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 this morning,

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 God.

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 Help us to see

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 you afresh.

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 God,

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 won't you both

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 challenge us

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 and comfort us

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 from your word

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 and help us

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 to trust you,

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 I pray.

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 God,

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 this morning

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 we also want to

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 just pray for

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 our friends

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 Gary and Kathy

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 as Gary's in hospital

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 and just going

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 through his

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 tremendous trial.

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 Won't you again

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 draw near to them?

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 Won't you by

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 your Holy Spirit

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 really draw near

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 to them today,

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 God?

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 Won't you bring

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 healing to Gary's

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 body in the hospital bed

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 as they're in Beijing

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 this morning

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 and as they come back

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 to Hong Kong tonight?

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 Father,

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 we pray for your

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 protection

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 just on the

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 transition

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 back to Hong Kong

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 and we pray

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 for the doctors

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 to have profound wisdom.

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 God,

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 we pray above all

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 for your healing hand

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 to be involved

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 in Gary

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 this weekend

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 and the next few weeks

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 as he recovers

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 from his fainting episode

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 this week.

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 Lord,

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 we bring our friends

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 before your throne

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 of grace this morning

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 and ask in your mercy

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 won't you heal them?

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 In your great name

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 we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Okay,

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 well,

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 if you've got your Bible

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 or your bulletin,

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 keep it open.

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 We're going to be looking

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 at this passage,

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 Job chapter 1 and 2.

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 Now,

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 Job 1 starts off

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 telling us really

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 how amazing Job is.

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 I mean,

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 that's the point

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 of the first few verses,

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 right?

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 It says,

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 there's this man

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 in the land of Uz

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 and his name was Job

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 and he was blameless

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 and he was upright

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 and he feared God

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 and he turned away

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 from evil

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 and he was super rich

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 and had all sorts

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 of amazing,

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 life was really

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 wonderful for him

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 and it says,

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 verse 3,

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 he was the greatest man

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 of all the people

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 of the east.

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 And the narrator

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 is not just trying

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 to give us

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 background information,

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 he's not just

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 painting the scene,

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 he's making a point here

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 and he's saying,

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 Job was a really,

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 really good man,

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 a really righteous man.

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 In fact,

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 a more righteous,

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 more good man

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 you could,

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 you would struggle

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 to find.

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 He says he's blameless,

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 which doesn't mean

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 sinless perfection.

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 Later on,

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 Job repents

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 of his sin

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 and he says,

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 listen,

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 I've sinned in my youth

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 but what it means is

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 he's genuinely authentic.

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 His inside life

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 and his outside life,

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 his public life

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 and his private life

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 are completely aligned.

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 He's not one thing

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 in public

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 and another thing

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 in private.

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 It says he's upright

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 in his dealings

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 with people,

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 fair and honest,

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 just,

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 transparent.

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 He's one who fears God.

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 He relates to God

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 out of reverence

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 and humility.

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 In verse 5,

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 we read that he offers

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 sacrifices on behalf

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 of his children

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 in case his children

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 might possibly

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 have sinned

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 in their hearts.

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 He's someone

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 who loves

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 what God loves

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 and hates

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 what God hates.

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 We're told he's

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 someone who

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 turned away

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 from evil.

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 Whatever is even

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 smells of anything

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 unlike God,

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 he wants nothing

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 to do with it.

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 And in verse 8,

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 we see that God

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 says the same thing

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 about Job.

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 He is blameless

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 and upright,

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 fears God

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 and turns away

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 from evil.

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 In chapter 2,

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 God says the same thing

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 about him a second time.

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 And so three times

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 we read,

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 here is this amazing,

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 amazing man.

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 And the narrator's point

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 is in Job,

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 we have someone

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 who is truly righteous,

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 truly God-fearing,

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 truly honorable

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 and honest.

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 He's walked with God

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 and he's reaped

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 the blessings.

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 He's abundantly

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 prosperous.

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 He's blessed.

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 He is prosperous

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 and successful.

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 He's described

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 as the greatest

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 of all the people

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 of the East.

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 And the narrator

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 wants us to have

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 no doubt

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 that a more

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 upright,

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 godly,

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 religious,

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 devout,

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 wonderful man

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 you will never find.

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 Christopher Ash writes,

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 here is a good man

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 who's become

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 a great man,

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 a pious man

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 who's become

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 a prosperous man.

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 It's a picture

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 of the world

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 as the world

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 ought to be,

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 a world

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 where the righteous

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 lead and are prosperous,

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 where prosperity,

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 gospel of health,

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 wealth,

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 and happiness

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 seems to be true.

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 Job is faithful

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 and everything

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 is good

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 and wonderful

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 and very short-lived

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 because the picture

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 doesn't last

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 very long.

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 Five verses

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 of Disneyland

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 and 41 and a half

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 chapters

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 of hell

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 because verse 6

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 everything seems

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 to go wrong

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 and it goes wrong

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 for anybody

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 who takes Job

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 seriously.

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 From verse 6

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 onwards

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 and the rest

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 of the scripture

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 that Angela

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 read to us,

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 there are two

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 narratives

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 that are going

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 to happen

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 in parallel,

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 one in heaven

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 and one on earth

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 and these two

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 narratives

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 are deeply troubling

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 and challenging

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 and Job

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 is somehow

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 caught in the

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 middle of them

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 and so let's look

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 at what happens

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 here.

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 Verse 6,

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 one day God

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 is having a meeting

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 with his angels

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 here called

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 the sons of God,

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 kind of like

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 God's heavenly

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 counsel

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 in the spiritual realm

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 and there's this

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 character called

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 the Satan

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 that somehow

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 appears and arrives

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 and I picture

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 that he's off

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 in the distance

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 somehow,

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 I don't think

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 he is part

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 of God's heavenly

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 counsel

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 but he's in the

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 spiritual realm

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 and God is meeting

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 with his heavenly

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 counsel

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 and he calls off

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 to Satan

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 and says,

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 Satan by the way

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 just come and

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 talk to us

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 for a minute,

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 what have you

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 been up to?

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 And the Satan

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 says,

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 oh you know,

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 I've been going

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 to and fro

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 of the earth,

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 walking up and down

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 and doing my business

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 and what is his business?

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 Well his business

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 is to tempt

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 and to taunt

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 those who want

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 to follow God

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 and remain faithful

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 and trust him,

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 to tempt them

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 away from trusting God

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 and following him

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 to living lives

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 of self-dependence,

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 self-sufficiency,

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 ultimately lives

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 of destruction.

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 And we know

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 from the rest

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 of scripture

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 that Satan does

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 this in various ways,

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 sometimes division

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 and conflict

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 in the church,

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 sometimes through lies

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 and accusations

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 that he'll put

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 in our mind,

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 sometimes through

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 suffering and sickness,

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 sometimes through

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 bitterness and resentment

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 and hardness of heart,

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 sometimes actually

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 he'll do it through

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 prosperity and blessing

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 and pride,

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 but Satan uses

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 various mechanisms

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 to tempt

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 and taunt

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 those that want

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 to trust God

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 and follow him

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 away from trusting

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 the Lord

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 towards trusting

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 themselves.

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 And so,

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 God starts

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:51.980
 this conversation

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 and he says,

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 well,

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 Satan,

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 this is your job

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 to draw people

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 away from trusting me.

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 Have you considered

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 my servant Job?

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 And it looks like

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 you're not doing

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 a very good job

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 because here's my

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 servant Job

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 and he's pretty blameless,

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 pretty upright,

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 pretty faithful.

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 He loves what I love

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 and he hates

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 what I hate.

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 Have you seen Job?

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 It doesn't look like

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 you're doing a very good job.

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 And Satan replies,

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 look what he says,

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 does Job fear you

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 for nothing?

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 In other words,

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 does he trust you

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 for no reward?

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 You've put a hedge

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 around him.

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 You've blessed him.

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 You've protected him.

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 You've made sure

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 that nothing wrong

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 can happen to him.

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 Take that hedge

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 of protection away.

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 Withdraw your hand.

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 Let him suffer

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 for a bit.

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 Let him go

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 through hardship

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 and you will see

00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:43.860
 he will curse you

00:18:43.860 --> 00:18:45.279
 to your face.

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 Satan says,

00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:49.319
 Job doesn't love you.

00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:51.460
 He doesn't serve you

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.379
 because he really

00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:53.099
 honors you

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:54.740
 or treasures you.

00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:56.379
 He serves you

00:18:56.379 --> 00:18:57.680
 because you serve him.

00:18:58.660 --> 00:18:59.599
 And as long as

00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:00.240
 you serve him,

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:01.039
 he will keep on

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.740
 serving you.

00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:03.079
 Satan says,

00:19:03.139 --> 00:19:03.819
 as long as you're

00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:04.519
 good to him,

00:19:04.639 --> 00:19:05.799
 he will be good to you.

00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:07.399
 But Job doesn't

00:19:07.399 --> 00:19:08.599
 actually love you.

00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:10.399
 He just loves,

00:19:10.399 --> 00:19:11.740
 he's just using you.

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:12.980
 This is why

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.579
 he's devoted.

00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:15.319
 He doesn't love you.

00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:16.480
 He loves the things

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.199
 that you give him.

00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:18.960
 He doesn't truly

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:20.079
 treasure you.

00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:21.220
 No, he loves

00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:21.839
 the treasures

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.779
 that come his way

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.899
 because he serves you.

00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:26.159
 Job doesn't really

00:19:26.159 --> 00:19:26.879
 honor you

00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:27.480
 or think you are

00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:28.319
 worthy of worship.

00:19:29.059 --> 00:19:30.839
 No, he is faithful

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:32.879
 because faithfulness

00:19:32.879 --> 00:19:33.519
 gets him

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:34.599
 certain results.

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 And so Satan says,

00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:37.500
 remove your blessings

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.279
 from his life.

00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.599
 Let him suffer

00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.799
 and come to difficulty.

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:42.019
 Pain and heartache

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.859
 will come his way

00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:44.240
 and he will curse

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.740
 you to your face.

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 Now friends,

00:19:48.179 --> 00:19:48.839
 it's a profound

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.779
 question that

00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:50.839
 the Satan asks,

00:19:50.939 --> 00:19:51.199
 right?

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.359
 It's a question

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:53.879
 that we need

00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.919
 to ask ourselves.

00:19:56.479 --> 00:19:56.959
 Friends,

00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.619
 do we truly

00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:58.259
 love God

00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:59.059
 or do we simply

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.839
 love the benefits

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.719
 that come our way

00:20:00.719 --> 00:20:01.479
 from serving him?

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:03.219
 Do we truly

00:20:03.219 --> 00:20:03.899
 treasure him

00:20:03.899 --> 00:20:05.779
 or do we treasure him

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.539
 simply because

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.240
 we think

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.879
 that doing so

00:20:08.879 --> 00:20:10.139
 will allow him

00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:11.060
 to bless us,

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:13.440
 cause him to bless us?

00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:14.640
 Friends,

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:16.800
 do we adore God

00:20:16.800 --> 00:20:18.360
 or do we simply

00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:19.340
 use him?

00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:22.100
 Satan says that

00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:22.780
 Job is someone

00:20:22.780 --> 00:20:24.120
 who simply uses God

00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.800
 for the good things

00:20:24.800 --> 00:20:26.200
 that God will give him

00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.840
 and bless him.

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.520
 And so God

00:20:28.520 --> 00:20:29.300
 amazingly

00:20:29.300 --> 00:20:30.060
 gives Satan

00:20:30.060 --> 00:20:30.540
 permission

00:20:30.540 --> 00:20:31.400
 to test,

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.620
 to tent,

00:20:33.020 --> 00:20:34.340
 and to taunt Satan

00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:36.040
 and to allow

00:20:36.040 --> 00:20:37.000
 hardship to come

00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.680
 his way.

00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:39.080
 Now,

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:39.960
 before we continue,

00:20:40.320 --> 00:20:40.980
 a couple of things

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.779
 to think about here.

00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:43.340
 This raises all sorts

00:20:43.340 --> 00:20:43.900
 of questions,

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.180
 right?

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:45.180
 Especially about this

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.580
 character,

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.480
 the Satan.

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:46.840
 I mean,

00:20:46.860 --> 00:20:47.720
 who is this guy

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.840
 and what's going on

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.340
 with this?

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.400
 Well,

00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:51.340
 there's a lot here

00:20:51.340 --> 00:20:52.140
 that's not particularly

00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.560
 clear.

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:54.100
 Whether he's the same

00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:55.000
 character as the rest

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.820
 of the Bible calls

00:20:55.820 --> 00:20:56.720
 the Satan or not,

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.640
 we're not sure.

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.500
 I think he is.

00:20:58.700 --> 00:21:00.180
 But here are a couple

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.960
 of things to think about.

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.019
 One thing,

00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:02.980
 it's clear that

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:04.200
 Satan is certainly

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:05.660
 not as smart

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.980
 as we generally

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.759
 think he is.

00:21:08.320 --> 00:21:09.160
 We tend to think

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.640
 of the Satan

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:11.600
 as this omniscient,

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.420
 all-knowing,

00:21:12.540 --> 00:21:13.460
 powerful being.

00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:14.320
 But look,

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:14.740
 there's actually

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.220
 a whole lot

00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:16.120
 that he doesn't know.

00:21:16.560 --> 00:21:17.460
 He doesn't know

00:21:17.460 --> 00:21:18.200
 what's going on

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.259
 inside Job's heart.

00:21:19.820 --> 00:21:20.400
 He says,

00:21:20.580 --> 00:21:21.360
 this is what's going

00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:22.620
 on inside Job's heart.

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:24.380
 And he's completely wrong.

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:26.060
 He doesn't know

00:21:26.060 --> 00:21:26.680
 the future.

00:21:27.320 --> 00:21:27.800
 He says,

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.259
 listen,

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:29.420
 if you do this,

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.360
 this is what's going

00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:30.800
 to happen.

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:32.040
 Just like you said

00:21:32.040 --> 00:21:33.240
 in Genesis chapter 3.

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.480
 And yet he's

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.220
 completely wrong.

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.160
 So Satan

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.640
 is certainly

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.380
 not as smart

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.360
 as we sometimes

00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:40.000
 think he is.

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:41.100
 He doesn't know

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.720
 what's going on

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.060
 with Job

00:21:42.060 --> 00:21:42.620
 and he doesn't

00:21:42.620 --> 00:21:43.259
 know the future.

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.600
 But also,

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.779
 he's not as powerful

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.340
 as we tend

00:21:46.340 --> 00:21:47.160
 to think he is.

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.720
 Satan is

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.800
 on a chain.

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.060
 God gives him

00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:51.860
 certain latitude.

00:21:52.560 --> 00:21:53.360
 God allows him

00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:54.360
 to inflict injury

00:21:54.360 --> 00:21:54.880
 on Job.

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.019
 But notice,

00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:57.560
 he can affect

00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:59.040
 Job's circumstances

00:21:59.040 --> 00:22:00.960
 if God allows,

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.160
 but he cannot

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:03.820
 touch Job's heart.

00:22:04.679 --> 00:22:05.259
 He is not

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.819
 the master

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.819
 of Job's destiny.

00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:08.059
 He is not

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.659
 the captain

00:22:08.659 --> 00:22:09.579
 of his fate.

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:10.919
 Friends,

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:12.119
 Satan can test us,

00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:13.179
 he can tempt us,

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.579
 he can taunt us,

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.700
 he can lie to us,

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.779
 but he cannot

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.700
 make you do anything.

00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.399
 He has no power

00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:20.379
 over your heart,

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.799
 over your decisions.

00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.119
 He does not

00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:24.119
 control your life.

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.480
 And the reason

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.419
 is because thirdly,

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.839
 Satan is not

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:29.019
 equal to God.

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.240
 Friends,

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.240
 the spiritual realm

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.819
 of the Bible

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:33.720
 is not yin and yang,

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:35.720
 of two cosmic beings

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.720
 battling it out

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.440
 for the good

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.000
 of the world.

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.579
 There is a God

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.420
 and he is sovereign

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.240
 and he rules

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:42.180
 the world.

00:22:42.620 --> 00:22:43.200
 And there is

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.319
 a created being,

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:45.480
 a fallen angel

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.980
 called the Satan.

00:22:47.620 --> 00:22:48.180
 And yes,

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.579
 he is a rival

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.640
 to God in sense

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.339
 that he wants

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.539
 to bring down

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.039
 his kingdom

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:54.160
 and draw people

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.640
 away from,

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.620
 but God

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.700
 has no equals.

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.559
 He has no rivals.

00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:00.079
 Satan is a

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:01.519
 fallen created being

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.599
 who will one day

00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:03.419
 be consigned

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:04.319
 to an eternity

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.500
 in the lake of fire

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:07.119
 which is always burning

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:08.399
 but never consuming.

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.019
 And so friends,

00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:11.299
 do not fear the Satan.

00:23:11.939 --> 00:23:12.899
 Do not be anxious

00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.720
 or worried about him.

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.919
 He is not in control

00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.579
 of your life.

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.460
 Submit to God.

00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.679
 Surrender to God.

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.899
 He is the only one

00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:21.359
 who is all powerful.

00:23:22.179 --> 00:23:23.220
 Satan does not own you.

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:25.359
 He does not control you.

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.980
 He is not all-knowing.

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.059
 He is not all-powerful.

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:29.859
 He is not God's equal.

00:23:30.939 --> 00:23:32.279
 And so what happens

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.399
 is God says to Satan,

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:33.879
 okay,

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.759
 Job is in your hands

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.919
 to a limited extent.

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:38.679
 You can cause difficulty,

00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.059
 pain,

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.500
 and suffering

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.119
 to come his way

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:41.299
 but do not touch him.

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.759
 And what happens next

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:45.619
 is maybe apart

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.859
 from Good Friday,

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:49.139
 one of the most dreadful days

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.839
 in the history

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.579
 of the world.

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.199
 First,

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.659
 the Sabians,

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:55.619
 this dreadful nation

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.179
 from the north,

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:58.000
 come and attack

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:59.000
 Job's,

00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:01.019
 his oxen,

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.619
 his donkeys,

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.240
 his wealth,

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.559
 his portfolio

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.200
 of animals

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.299
 is wiped out.

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:07.440
 While he's hearing

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.440
 the report of this,

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.900
 a fire falls from heaven,

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.900
 possibly lightning,

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.339
 and wipes out

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:13.700
 a second part

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.400
 of his portfolio.

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.319
 His sheepfold

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.500
 and all his servants

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.059
 are killed.

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:19.299
 While he's hearing

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.220
 the report of this,

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.079
 his manager

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.440
 is busy giving him

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.140
 the bad news,

00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:24.440
 another messenger

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:25.060
 comes in

00:24:25.060 --> 00:24:25.440
 and says,

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.680
 this other part

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.520
 of your portfolio,

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.620
 your thousands

00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:29.280
 of camels

00:24:29.280 --> 00:24:30.040
 are all killed

00:24:30.040 --> 00:24:31.400
 and so are your servants

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.460
 at the hands

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.380
 of the Chaldeans.

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.620
 And just when Job

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.700
 thinks things

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.360
 couldn't get

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:39.460
 any possibly worse,

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.640
 the final servant

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.240
 comes in

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.800
 and says,

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.500
 natural disaster

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.040
 is struck

00:24:45.040 --> 00:24:47.140
 and all your children

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:48.900
 have been killed

00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:50.700
 and all your servants

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.420
 and I alone

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:52.740
 am left.

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:55.900
 And friends,

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.980
 suddenly everything

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.980
 that is precious

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.700
 to Job

00:24:58.700 --> 00:25:00.000
 and everything

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.040
 that makes Job

00:25:01.040 --> 00:25:01.920
 a great man

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:03.220
 and everything

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.180
 makes his life

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.860
 worthwhile

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.820
 and worth living

00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:08.180
 in one miserable

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:09.480
 and disastrous day

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:11.340
 is taken from him.

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.360
 It all comes

00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:14.220
 crashing down.

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.700
 It's like the music

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:18.220
 in the playground

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:19.340
 in Disney Park

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:20.400
 suddenly comes

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:21.400
 to a screeching halt.

00:25:21.520 --> 00:25:22.560
 The rides come

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.980
 to a grinding halt

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:25.240
 or the laughter

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.839
 and the joy

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.419
 fade out

00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:27.119
 in the background

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:28.379
 and Job

00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:29.200
 goes from looking

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:30.519
 at this happy scene

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.279
 to staring

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.159
 into the abyss

00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:32.819
 of darkness

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.980
 and hell itself.

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.299
 And the point

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.019
 that the writer

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.480
 of Job

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.500
 wants to make

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:39.960
 is that

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.799
 the end

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:42.000
 of Job chapter 1

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:43.500
 couldn't possibly

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.440
 be more different

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.379
 from its beginning.

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.079
 In the beginning

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:48.099
 we have this blessed

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:49.039
 and prosperous

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.759
 and happy

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.700
 and wonderful man

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:52.039
 and at the end

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.720
 we have a man

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.799
 who is marked

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.580
 with shame

00:25:54.580 --> 00:25:55.819
 and disgrace

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:57.559
 and despised.

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.860
 And the point

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:01.120
 is why is this?

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.600
 Is it because

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:03.720
 Job is secretly

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.360
 in his heart

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:05.259
 a wicked man?

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.880
 Is it that he is

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:08.420
 reaping what he has sown?

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.000
 No, the point

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.920
 is just the opposite.

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.620
 It's not because

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.500
 he's a bad man

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.920
 it's because

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:15.240
 he's such a righteous man.

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:17.180
 If Job was somehow

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:18.500
 harboring some evil

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.119
 or darkness

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:19.839
 in his life

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:21.599
 the whole story

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.460
 wouldn't make sense.

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.839
 It's precisely

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.819
 because he's such

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.339
 a good man

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:26.240
 because he's so

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.819
 God-fearing

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.299
 and righteous

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.500
 that the story

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.180
 makes sense.

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.079
 That Satan

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:31.279
 can allow this

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.839
 to happen.

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.980
 Job's suffering

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.920
 is simply

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:36.880
 beyond comprehension.

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.480
 And so look

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.259
 at verse 20.

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.019
 Job hears

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:42.000
 the report of this

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.500
 and it says

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.319
 Job rose

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.380
 and tore

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.079
 his robe

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:46.720
 perhaps symbolizing

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.319
 the tearing

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.279
 that is taking place

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.019
 in his heart.

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:51.039
 He shaves his head

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:52.059
 as a sign of mourning

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:53.519
 and an identification

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.600
 with the dead

00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:56.420
 and he falls

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.380
 on the ground.

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.180
 And so friends

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:01.220
 let me ask you

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.900
 have you ever

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.299
 gone through

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:04.039
 a dark night

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.700
 of the soul

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:06.500
 where everything

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.400
 that was precious

00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:08.220
 and good

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:09.980
 was taken from you?

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.860
 Friends

00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:13.259
 have you ever

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.059
 found yourselves

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:15.500
 so crushed

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.259
 and compressed

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.960
 by the weight

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.539
 of pain

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.659
 and agony

00:27:18.659 --> 00:27:19.519
 and desperation

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.899
 having nowhere

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.519
 to turn

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:21.919
 and nothing

00:27:21.919 --> 00:27:22.720
 to hold on to

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:24.000
 that it seems

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:25.019
 like the insides

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.960
 were going to burst.

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.179
 Friends

00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:29.919
 maybe you've

00:27:29.919 --> 00:27:31.119
 had to bury

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.779
 a child.

00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:34.299
 It's not the way

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.919
 it should happen.

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:35.779
 Children should bury

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.419
 their parents.

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:37.799
 Friends

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.559
 maybe you've watched

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.299
 a loved one

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.539
 being eaten alive

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.839
 by cancer

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:43.480
 until you eventually

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.519
 had to say goodbye.

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:47.599
 Friends

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:47.980
 have you been

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.159
 unfairly accused

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:50.759
 sidelined

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.539
 ridiculed

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.939
 have your name

00:27:52.939 --> 00:27:53.519
 tarnished

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.079
 dragged through

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.539
 the mud

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:56.079
 your reputation

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.740
 your career

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.500
 destroyed

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.720
 unfairly

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.419
 unjustly

00:27:59.419 --> 00:28:01.939
 and how

00:28:01.939 --> 00:28:02.839
 did we respond?

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.179
 How do we respond?

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:06.139
 This is the question

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.559
 that Job

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.480
 is asking us.

00:28:08.439 --> 00:28:08.980
 When we are

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.720
 unrighteously

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.619
 and unfairly

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.599
 and unjustly

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:13.159
 brought to our knees

00:28:13.159 --> 00:28:15.479
 how will we respond?

00:28:17.179 --> 00:28:18.419
 Well I must confess

00:28:18.419 --> 00:28:19.739
 that I have not

00:28:19.739 --> 00:28:20.219
 experienced

00:28:20.219 --> 00:28:21.239
 many of those things

00:28:21.239 --> 00:28:22.239
 not to the level

00:28:22.239 --> 00:28:22.919
 that many of you

00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:23.799
 have this morning

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:26.699
 but let's look

00:28:26.699 --> 00:28:27.619
 at how Job responds.

00:28:27.739 --> 00:28:28.659
 Look at verse 20.

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.459
 Job arose

00:28:30.459 --> 00:28:31.859
 and he tore his robe

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:33.579
 he shaved his head

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:35.359
 he fell down

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:36.159
 onto the ground

00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:37.079
 and he

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.599
 worshipped.

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:41.459
 he worshipped.

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.059
 Friends

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.579
 how few

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.500
 of us

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:47.839
 find worship

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.799
 to be our first

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.619
 reaction

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.419
 even at the best

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:51.000
 of times.

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.519
 Many of us

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.299
 struggle to worship

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:54.199
 even when it's all

00:28:54.199 --> 00:28:55.000
 laid out for us

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.719
 and all we have to do

00:28:55.719 --> 00:28:56.619
 is just arrive.

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.539
 And here is a man

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.299
 who is staring

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.859
 in the face

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.500
 a multitude

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.319
 of losses

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.279
 and bereavements

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.319
 who's been

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:05.480
 utterly stripped

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.579
 of everything

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.220
 that's precious

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.759
 to him

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.779
 and is walking

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.420
 through loss

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.160
 after loss

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.839
 after loss

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.539
 and his first

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:12.059
 response

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.740
 is to lift

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.379
 his eyes

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:14.119
 God would

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:15.279
 and somehow

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.039
 whether out of

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.759
 instinct

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:18.139
 or discipline

00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:19.139
 or maybe

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.779
 just sheer

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.539
 desperation

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.339
 he falls on

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.859
 his knees

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.819
 and he

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.619
 worships.

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.519
 And when it says

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.079
 he worships

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.500
 I don't think

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.920
 that means

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.920
 he belts

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.579
 out a worship

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.059
 song.

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.940
 I think

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.339
 it means

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:31.359
 that he

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.859
 somehow

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.879
 finds the

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:33.740
 strength

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.259
 to out of

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.759
 the words

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.339
 of his mouth

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:35.899
 and out of

00:29:35.899 --> 00:29:36.500
 his mind

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.299
 if not yet

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.059
 his heart

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:39.059
 to say

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.639
 God

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.679
 you are God

00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:41.279
 and you are

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.859
 worthy of

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.379
 adoration

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:43.240
 and reverence.

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.759
 It's

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.419
 shockingly

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:48.079
 provocative

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.819
 and challenging

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:50.099
 and C.S. Lewis

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:51.019
 I don't have

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.720
 the exact quote

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:53.079
 to paraphrase him

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.000
 in his book

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:55.399
 The Screwtape

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.720
 Letters

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.039
 says

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:57.200
 there is nothing

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.099
 so dangerous

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.779
 to the cause

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.339
 of Satan

00:29:59.339 --> 00:30:00.980
 as when a person

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.619
 no longer

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.399
 desiring

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.980
 but still

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.440
 attending

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.899
 to do

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.559
 God's will

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:06.000
 looks round

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.920
 upon a universe

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.319
 in which

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.119
 every trace

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.619
 of God

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.279
 seems to have

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:09.680
 vanished

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.960
 and asks

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.720
 why he has

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.319
 been utterly

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.000
 forsaken

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:14.220
 and yet

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.240
 still trusts

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.619
 and obeys.

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.259
 Friends

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:19.920
 one of the things

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.359
 that the Bible

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:20.940
 tells us

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.200
 is that

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.139
 if you live

00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.859
 long enough

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.879
 you will

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.440
 suffer

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.539
 tremendously

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:27.139
 and every

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:27.579
 one of us

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:27.859
 will go

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.599
 through some

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:28.980
 kind of

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.459
 dark night

00:30:29.459 --> 00:30:30.000
 of the soul

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.939
 we are

00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.240
 looking

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.839
 around

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.459
 the universe

00:30:32.459 --> 00:30:33.000
 upon us

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.299
 it will

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.599
 seem

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:33.919
 as if

00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:34.859
 every trace

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.379
 of God

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:36.219
 has vanished

00:30:36.219 --> 00:30:37.480
 where God

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.019
 is silent

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.699
 and the world

00:30:38.699 --> 00:30:39.699
 seems amuck

00:30:39.699 --> 00:30:40.859
 with injustice

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.539
 and pain

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.299
 and heartache

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:43.379
 and God

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:43.799
 will seem

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.500
 either not

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.179
 to care

00:30:45.179 --> 00:30:45.939
 or not

00:30:45.939 --> 00:30:46.879
 to be able

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.279
 to do

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.699
 anything

00:30:47.699 --> 00:30:48.339
 about it

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.259
 and in

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:49.939
 those moments

00:30:49.939 --> 00:30:50.619
 the question

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.119
 that Job

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.839
 asks us

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.159
 is

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:53.259
 how will

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.879
 we respond

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:55.860
 how will

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.580
 we respond

00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:58.100
 Job

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.520
 arose

00:30:58.520 --> 00:30:59.120
 and tore

00:30:59.120 --> 00:30:59.740
 his robe

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.740
 shaved

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.140
 his hair

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.560
 fell

00:31:01.560 --> 00:31:02.080
 to his

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.560
 knees

00:31:02.560 --> 00:31:04.500
 and worshipped

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:06.380
 verse 21

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.860
 he says

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.380
 naked I

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:07.920
 came from

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.460
 my mother's

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:08.720
 womb

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.860
 naked I

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:10.480
 shall return

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.980
 the Lord

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.580
 gave and the

00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:11.920
 Lord has

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.600
 taken away

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:13.720
 blessed

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.880
 means praise

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:16.260
 blessed be

00:31:16.260 --> 00:31:16.620
 the name

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.180
 of the Lord

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:18.360
 in all this

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:19.160
 Job did not

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.940
 sin or charge

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.540
 God with

00:31:20.540 --> 00:31:20.880
 wrong

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:22.940
 it's an

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.520
 unbelievable

00:31:23.520 --> 00:31:24.340
 conclusion

00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:24.880
 to the

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.540
 most shocking

00:31:25.540 --> 00:31:26.400
 story

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:28.580
 except it's

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:28.900
 not the

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.340
 conclusion

00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:30.940
 it's only

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.560
 half way

00:31:31.560 --> 00:31:33.100
 and the

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.420
 book of

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.900
 Job is

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.260
 going to

00:31:34.260 --> 00:31:34.740
 keep on

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.040
 shocking

00:31:35.040 --> 00:31:35.460
 us for

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.720
 another

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.280
 41

00:31:36.280 --> 00:31:37.080
 chapters

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:38.180
 it's

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.400
 going to

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:38.600
 be an

00:31:38.600 --> 00:31:38.960
 emotional

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.640
 rollercoaster

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:39.940
 of the

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.120
 next

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.380
 seven

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:40.740
 weeks

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.780
 and so

00:31:41.780 --> 00:31:42.080
 Job

00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:42.640
 chapter 2

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.240
 starts off

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.680
 the same

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:43.840
 way

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.120
 we are

00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:44.560
 back in

00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:44.820
 heaven

00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:45.840
 and God

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.300
 is meeting

00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:46.680
 with his

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.240
 council of

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.500
 angels

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.880
 at some

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.120
 point

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:48.380
 God

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.840
 sees

00:31:48.840 --> 00:31:49.400
 Satan

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:49.720
 and he

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:49.940
 says

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.600
 Satan

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:51.079
 come over

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.299
 here

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.659
 and talk

00:31:51.659 --> 00:31:52.000
 to us

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.279
 for a

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.579
 second

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.679
 he says

00:31:53.679 --> 00:31:54.019
 have you

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.480
 considered

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.099
 my servant

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.539
 Job

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.719
 that upright

00:31:56.719 --> 00:31:57.359
 and blameless

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:57.839
 man

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.539
 who

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.459
 trusts God

00:31:59.459 --> 00:32:00.699
 and honors

00:32:00.699 --> 00:32:01.019
 him

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:02.339
 he still

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.059
 holds to his

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.539
 integrity

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.240
 though you

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.039
 incited me

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.719
 against him

00:32:05.719 --> 00:32:06.740
 to destroy

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.019
 him

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.619
 without

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.339
 reason

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:09.679
 Satan

00:32:09.679 --> 00:32:10.259
 you father

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.740
 of lies

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.399
 says God

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:12.439
 your cynical

00:32:12.439 --> 00:32:12.980
 ignorance

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.500
 has found

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.919
 you out

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:14.839
 you thought

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.219
 you knew

00:32:15.219 --> 00:32:15.559
 Job

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.000
 you thought

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.299
 you could

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.759
 turn him

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.439
 against me

00:32:17.439 --> 00:32:18.459
 you thought

00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:19.019
 his devotion

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.779
 depended on

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.559
 his circumstances

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.220
 but you

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.700
 were wrong

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.559
 for you

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.240
 are always

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:23.539
 wrong

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:23.980
 Satan

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:25.119
 and even

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.740
 after you

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.299
 did that

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.839
 even after

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.319
 I allowed

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.700
 you to

00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:27.960
 nearly

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.419
 destroy

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:28.679
 him

00:32:28.679 --> 00:32:29.460
 still

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.899
 he

00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:31.000
 worships

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.980
 so the

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.200
 Satan

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.799
 goes again

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.220
 he says

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.619
 oh that's

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:34.859
 because you

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.579
 haven't really

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.099
 allowed me

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.519
 to touch

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.700
 him

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.460
 you only

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.940
 allowed me

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.339
 to touch

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.579
 him on

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.079
 a surface

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.399
 level

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:40.000
 skin for

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.319
 skin

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:41.220
 which is

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.879
 a shocking

00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:42.980
 statement

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.279
 as if that

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:45.139
 didn't penetrate

00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:45.659
 deeply

00:32:45.659 --> 00:32:47.079
 allow me to

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.759
 really hurt

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:47.960
 him

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.799
 and then

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.200
 you'll see

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.759
 he'll curse

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.079
 you to

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.660
 your face

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:52.620
 and Christopher

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:53.340
 Ash points

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:53.880
 out that if

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.319
 we were

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.840
 writing the

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.160
 book of

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.600
 Job

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:56.860
 or if

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.220
 we were

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.500
 God

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:57.920
 we would

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.259
 have said

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.660
 that's

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.019
 enough

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.620
 enough

00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.200
 is enough

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:01.000
 the man

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.440
 has suffered

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:01.900
 more than

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.500
 anyone else

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.160
 in one day

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.940
 he has

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.180
 suffered

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.720
 tremendously

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.440
 no more

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.759
 Satan

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.579
 be banished

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:08.380
 but we're

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.960
 not God

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:10.319
 and that's

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.840
 the point

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:12.200
 and one of

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.400
 the things

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:12.640
 we're going

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:12.940
 to learn

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.519
 again and

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.880
 again

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.820
 in the book

00:33:14.820 --> 00:33:15.180
 of Job

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.500
 is that

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.900
 we are

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.400
 not God

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:16.760
 and God

00:33:16.760 --> 00:33:17.140
 does not

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.600
 act like

00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:17.980
 us

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.000
 and so

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.280
 God

00:33:19.280 --> 00:33:19.640
 agrees

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.060
 to allow

00:33:20.060 --> 00:33:20.400
 Satan

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.960
 to strike

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.260
 Job

00:33:21.260 --> 00:33:21.900
 once again

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.760
 more intensely

00:33:22.760 --> 00:33:23.420
 and more

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.840
 intimately

00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:24.640
 than before

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.640
 and so

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.160
 verse 7

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.800
 of chapter 2

00:33:26.800 --> 00:33:27.160
 Satan

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.800
 went out

00:33:27.800 --> 00:33:28.080
 from the

00:33:28.080 --> 00:33:28.360
 presence

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:28.640
 of the

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:28.860
 Lord

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:29.900
 and struck

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.160
 Job

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.900
 with loathsome

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.460
 sores

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:31.840
 from the

00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:32.300
 sole of

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.720
 his foot

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.440
 to the

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:33.860
 crown of

00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:34.220
 his head

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.500
 a total

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.160
 and intimate

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.780
 suffering

00:33:36.780 --> 00:33:38.180
 all of

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.560
 Job's

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:39.360
 personhood

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:40.160
 is invaded

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:41.780
 with this

00:33:41.780 --> 00:33:42.220
 suffering

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.380
 and verse

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.680
 8

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.880
 Job

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.520
 goes out

00:33:45.520 --> 00:33:45.760
 in the

00:33:45.760 --> 00:33:46.040
 rubbish

00:33:46.040 --> 00:33:46.360
 heap

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:47.380
 of the

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.640
 city

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.920
 he takes

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.280
 a piece

00:33:49.280 --> 00:33:49.800
 of broken

00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.320
 pottery

00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:51.020
 scrapes

00:33:51.020 --> 00:33:51.420
 himself

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:52.340
 and he

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:52.640
 sits

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.080
 in the

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:53.580
 ashes

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:55.300
 and as if

00:33:55.300 --> 00:33:55.580
 Job

00:33:55.580 --> 00:33:55.920
 hasn't

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.260
 suffered

00:33:56.260 --> 00:33:56.660
 enough

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:56.940
 now

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.180
 the

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.760
 person

00:33:57.760 --> 00:33:58.180
 closest

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.560
 to him

00:33:58.560 --> 00:33:59.240
 his wife

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:00.580
 turns to

00:34:00.580 --> 00:34:00.880
 him

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.520
 and says

00:34:01.520 --> 00:34:02.600
 curse

00:34:02.600 --> 00:34:02.920
 God

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.460
 and die

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:05.820
 curse

00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:06.120
 God

00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:06.640
 and die

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:08.059
 but in

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.559
 all this

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.660
 Job

00:34:09.660 --> 00:34:10.300
 did not

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.599
 sin

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:14.059
 friends

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.500
 what do

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.880
 we do

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.139
 with

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.440
 Job

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:15.759
 chapter

00:34:15.759 --> 00:34:16.159
 one

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.420
 and

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.719
 two

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:18.460
 well

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.639
 one of

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:19.759
 the

00:34:19.759 --> 00:34:20.079
 things

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.460
 as I

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.860
 said

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.299
 earlier

00:34:21.299 --> 00:34:21.980
 the

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.139
 book

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.299
 of

00:34:22.299 --> 00:34:22.519
 Job

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:22.839
 doesn't

00:34:22.839 --> 00:34:23.039
 actually

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.400
 give us

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:23.619
 many

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.019
 answers

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.440
 and even

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.739
 when he

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:24.940
 gets

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.380
 right

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.719
 to the

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.039
 end

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.559
 God

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:26.940
 does

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.179
 not

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.599
 answer

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:27.900
 many

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.059
 of

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.460
 Job's

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.019
 questions

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:30.980
 and

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.819
 that's

00:34:31.819 --> 00:34:32.199
 deeply

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:33.199
 provocative

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.539
 and

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.039
 challenging

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:35.440
 it's

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.000
 offensive

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.739
 it's

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.000
 gut

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.559
 wrenching

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.059
 it's

00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:39.099
 confrontational

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.699
 so what

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:40.900
 are we

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.239
 meant to

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.420
 do

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.619
 with

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:41.900
 it

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:43.559
 well

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:43.739
 I

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.079
 think

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:45.019
 coming

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.300
 back

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:45.539
 to what

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:45.759
 I said

00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:45.940
 in the

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.199
 beginning

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:47.219
 the

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.440
 book

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.619
 of

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:47.980
 Job

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.500
 asks

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:48.739
 us

00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:48.960
 this

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.440
 question

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.639
 when

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:51.139
 God

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.320
 and

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.539
 his

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.039
 ways

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.360
 seem

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.900
 deeply

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.980
 unjust

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.880
 unfair

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.719
 and

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:55.980
 make

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.199
 no

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.460
 sense

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.639
 when

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:56.980
 God

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.460
 allows

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:58.480
 severe

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:59.019
 hardship

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.279
 to

00:34:59.279 --> 00:34:59.599
 come

00:34:59.599 --> 00:34:59.820
 our

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.079
 way

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.019
 and

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.159
 it

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.500
 seems

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.840
 that

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.500
 God

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.940
 leaves

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.239
 us

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:03.500
 and

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.619
 is

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.019
 abandoned

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.460
 us

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:05.639
 what

00:35:05.639 --> 00:35:05.820
 will

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:05.980
 we

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.259
 do

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:07.840
 will

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:07.980
 we

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.239
 shake

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:08.440
 our

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.639
 fists

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:08.800
 at

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:08.920
 the

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.179
 heavens

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.380
 and

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.619
 walk

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:09.960
 away

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:11.079
 will

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.239
 we

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:11.759
 accuse

00:35:11.759 --> 00:35:12.199
 God

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:13.360
 or

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:13.539
 will

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:13.759
 we

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:14.159
 somehow

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.659
 turn

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:14.920
 our

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.280
 eyes

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.639
 heaven

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:15.840
 would

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:15.980
 and

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.139
 say

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.579
 God

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:16.739
 I

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:16.880
 do

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.059
 not

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.639
 understand

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.679
 I

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:18.920
 do

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.139
 not

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.340
 know

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.619
 why

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:19.800
 you

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:19.900
 are

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.059
 doing

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.219
 the

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.440
 things

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:20.579
 you

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:20.780
 do

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.000
 but

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.280
 one

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:21.480
 thing

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:21.619
 I

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.780
 know

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:21.940
 is

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.199
 you

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.400
 are

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:22.780
 God

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:22.920
 and

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.099
 I

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.259
 am

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.559
 not

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.460
 and

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:24.619
 I

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:24.800
 will

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.079
 let

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.280
 you

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:25.519
 be

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:26.000
 God

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:28.039
 and

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.179
 so

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.340
 what

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.519
 are we

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:28.679
 to

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:28.799
 do

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:28.940
 with

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.079
 this

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.359
 well

00:35:29.359 --> 00:35:30.779
 Job

00:35:30.779 --> 00:35:31.139
 asks

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.299
 us

00:35:31.299 --> 00:35:31.519
 one

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.039
 question

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.899
 and

00:35:32.899 --> 00:35:33.059
 that

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.179
 is

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:33.319
 the

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:33.739
 question

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.419
 how

00:35:34.419 --> 00:35:34.619
 will

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:34.739
 we

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:35.159
 respond

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.359
 when

00:35:35.359 --> 00:35:35.739
 God's

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:35.960
 ways

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.299
 seem

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:36.799
 unjust

00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:38.099
 friends

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.279
 when

00:35:38.279 --> 00:35:38.460
 we

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:38.859
 read

00:35:38.859 --> 00:35:39.279
 God's

00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:39.639
 word

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:39.859
 and

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.000
 it

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.500
 offends

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:40.899
 us

00:35:40.899 --> 00:35:41.539
 and

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:41.719
 it

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.299
 challenges

00:35:42.299 --> 00:35:42.799
 us

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:43.460
 when

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.879
 God's

00:35:43.879 --> 00:35:44.139
 ways

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.379
 go

00:35:44.379 --> 00:35:44.799
 against

00:35:44.799 --> 00:35:45.019
 how

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.219
 you

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.699
 feel

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:45.919
 what

00:35:45.919 --> 00:35:46.239
 must

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.460
 be

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.839
 right

00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:47.059
 with

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.199
 the

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.599
 world

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.579
 will

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:48.739
 you

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.059
 curse

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.339
 God

00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:49.500
 and

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.799
 die

00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:50.639
 will

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:50.779
 you

00:35:50.779 --> 00:35:51.019
 shake

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.199
 your

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.419
 fist

00:35:51.419 --> 00:35:51.599
 at

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:51.799
 God

00:35:51.799 --> 00:35:51.940
 and

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.259
 walk

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:52.559
 out

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.519
 or

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:53.739
 will

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:53.899
 you

00:35:53.899 --> 00:35:54.299
 somehow

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.920
 resolve

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.160
 out

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:55.300
 of

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.000
 desperation

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.980
 better

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.280
 still

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.480
 out

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.640
 of

00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:58.019
 faith

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:59.080
 to

00:35:59.080 --> 00:35:59.760
 will

00:35:59.760 --> 00:35:59.880
 you

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.320
 find

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:00.480
 it

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:00.600
 in

00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:00.720
 your

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.000
 heart

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.200
 to

00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:01.700
 trust

00:36:01.700 --> 00:36:01.940
 him

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.260
 to

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.720
 worship

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.080
 him

00:36:03.080 --> 00:36:03.740
 to

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.060
 obey

00:36:04.060 --> 00:36:04.360
 him

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:05.060
 will

00:36:05.060 --> 00:36:05.340
 you

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.720
 let

00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:06.220
 God

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:06.580
 be

00:36:06.580 --> 00:36:07.420
 God

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:08.800
 the

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.140
 question

00:36:09.140 --> 00:36:09.320
 that

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.519
 Job

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.860
 asks

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.300
 us

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:11.920
 but

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.160
 maybe

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:12.400
 you're

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.800
 thinking

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.600
 Kevin

00:36:13.600 --> 00:36:13.840
 you've

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:13.980
 got to

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.080
 be

00:36:14.080 --> 00:36:14.240
 out

00:36:14.240 --> 00:36:14.280
 of

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.420
 your

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:14.920
 mind

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.820
 right

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.039
 after

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.240
 all

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.480
 we've

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:16.640
 read

00:36:16.640 --> 00:36:16.860
 this

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.140
 morning

00:36:17.140 --> 00:36:17.400
 how

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.560
 on

00:36:17.560 --> 00:36:17.780
 earth

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:18.060
 why

00:36:18.060 --> 00:36:18.240
 would

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.380
 I

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.680
 ever

00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:19.039
 trust

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.280
 God

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:19.400
 and

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:19.600
 that's

00:36:19.600 --> 00:36:19.680
 a

00:36:19.680 --> 00:36:19.800
 good

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:20.260
 question

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:21.220
 and

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:51.199
 the

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.359
 God

00:36:51.359 --> 00:36:51.399
 hasn't

00:36:51.399 --> 00:36:51.679
 left

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:51.879
 us

00:36:51.879 --> 00:36:51.980
 in

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.099
 the

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.480
 dark

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.399
 in

00:36:53.399 --> 00:36:53.579
 fact

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:53.819
 he's

00:36:53.819 --> 00:36:54.139
 given

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.439
 us

00:36:54.439 --> 00:36:54.679
 his

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:55.099
 Bible

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.500
 he's

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.739
 given

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:55.960
 us

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.159
 his

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.559
 word

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.199
 so

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.379
 that

00:36:57.379 --> 00:36:57.599
 though

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:57.799
 we

00:36:57.799 --> 00:36:57.980
 may

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.179
 not

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.379
 have

00:36:58.379 --> 00:36:58.579
 the

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:58.899
 answer

00:36:58.899 --> 00:36:59.099
 to

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.399
 every

00:36:59.399 --> 00:36:59.960
 question

00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.759
 one

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:00.980
 thing

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.139
 we

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.399
 do

00:37:01.399 --> 00:37:01.619
 know

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:01.819
 is

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:02.000
 that

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.419
 God

00:37:02.419 --> 00:37:02.599
 is

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:02.719
 in

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:02.980
 heaven

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.219
 and

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.419
 he

00:37:03.419 --> 00:37:03.579
 is

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:03.879
 God

00:37:03.879 --> 00:37:04.019
 and

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.139
 we

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:04.480
 can

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:04.779
 hold

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:04.980
 on

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.139
 to

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.379
 him

00:37:05.379 --> 00:37:06.579
 remember

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.379
 Isaiah

00:37:07.379 --> 00:37:08.159
 55

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.419
 I

00:37:08.419 --> 00:37:08.599
 think

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:08.719
 it

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:08.859
 is

00:37:08.859 --> 00:37:08.980
 it

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.199
 says

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:09.739
 my

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:10.239
 ways

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:10.460
 are

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.059
 infinitely

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.539
 higher

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:11.799
 than

00:37:11.799 --> 00:37:12.000
 your

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.339
 ways

00:37:12.339 --> 00:37:12.619
 my

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.339
 thoughts

00:37:13.339 --> 00:37:13.539
 are

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:21.239
 we

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:21.359
 would

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:21.419
 have

00:37:21.419 --> 00:37:21.539
 been

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:21.759
 left

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:21.899
 in

00:37:21.899 --> 00:37:22.019
 the

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.379
 dark

00:37:22.379 --> 00:37:23.139
 but

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.299
 he

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:23.719
 tells

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:23.919
 us

00:37:23.919 --> 00:37:24.099
 that

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.339
 not

00:37:24.339 --> 00:37:24.659
 because

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:24.859
 he's

00:37:24.859 --> 00:37:24.980
 going

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.079
 to

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.219
 give

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:25.359
 us

00:37:25.359 --> 00:37:25.579
 every

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:25.960
 answer

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.559
 he

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:26.980
 tells

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.179
 us

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:27.359
 that

00:37:27.359 --> 00:37:27.539
 so

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:27.699
 that

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:28.000
 when

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.199
 it

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.539
 feels

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:28.759
 like

00:37:28.759 --> 00:37:28.939
 we

00:37:28.939 --> 00:37:29.239
 are

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:29.619
 walking

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:29.759
 in

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:29.839
 the

00:37:29.839 --> 00:37:30.099
 dark

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:30.619
 we

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.019
 can

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.359
 hold

00:37:31.359 --> 00:37:31.559
 on

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:31.699
 to

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:31.980
 him

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:32.599
 and

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:32.739
 we

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:32.919
 can

00:37:32.919 --> 00:37:33.139
 say

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:33.539
 God

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:33.719
 I

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:33.899
 do

00:37:33.899 --> 00:37:34.079
 not

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.579
 understand

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.759
 your

00:37:34.759 --> 00:37:35.059
 ways

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.239
 I

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:35.399
 do

00:37:35.399 --> 00:37:35.599
 not

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:36.059
 understand

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.239
 your

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:36.539
 thoughts

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.000
 but

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.279
 one

00:37:37.279 --> 00:37:37.500
 thing

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.639
 I

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:37.879
 know

00:37:37.879 --> 00:37:38.019
 is

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.179
 that

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.439
 you

00:37:38.439 --> 00:37:38.619
 are

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.000
 God

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.179
 and

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:39.339
 I

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:39.500
 am

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:39.800
 not

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.480
 and

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:40.640
 we

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:40.860
 can

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.180
 hold

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.380
 on

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:41.539
 to

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:41.800
 him

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.720
 and

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:42.880
 so

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.240
 friends

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:43.720
 when

00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:44.280
 God's

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:44.559
 ways

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:44.720
 are

00:37:44.720 --> 00:37:45.180
 traveling

00:37:45.180 --> 00:37:45.860
 and

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.460
 challenging

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:47.240
 and

00:37:47.240 --> 00:37:47.800
 difficulty

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.519
 the

00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:48.960
 reason

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.160
 that

00:37:49.160 --> 00:37:49.320
 we

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.700
 have

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:49.880
 the

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.260
 Bible

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:50.559
 is

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:50.720
 so

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:50.940
 that

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:54.059
 deconstruction

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.380
 and

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:54.820
 doubt

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.100
 and

00:37:55.100 --> 00:37:55.500
 walking

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:55.820
 away

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.059
 from

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.380
 God

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.640
 is

00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:56.860
 not

00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.079
 the

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.300
 only

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:57.660
 option

00:37:57.660 --> 00:37:57.920
 left

00:37:57.920 --> 00:37:58.079
 to

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.400
 us

00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:00.140
 God

00:38:00.140 --> 00:38:02.200
 doesn't

00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:02.539
 give us

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:02.720
 the

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:03.039
 Bible

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.340
 just

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.500
 to

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.920
 entertain

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.400
 us

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:04.840
 or

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.039
 to

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.480
 scold

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.680
 us

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:05.800
 for

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.000
 not

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.260
 being

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.460
 as

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.660
 good

00:38:06.660 --> 00:38:06.820
 as

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:08.260
 Job

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:08.920
 but

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.360
 calls

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:09.539
 us

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:09.740
 to

00:38:09.740 --> 00:38:10.280
 trust

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:10.539
 in

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:10.960
 God

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.760
 like

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.039
 Job

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.320
 did

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:12.900
 and

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.059
 to

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.400
 trust

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.500
 in

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:13.619
 the

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:13.840
 God

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:14.039
 that

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.360
 Job

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:14.700
 did

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:15.099
 trust

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.260
 in

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:16.139
 and

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.260
 so

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:16.539
 friends

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:16.860
 as

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.039
 we

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.340
 read

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:17.559
 this

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.840
 book

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.019
 of

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.340
 Job

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:18.780
 it's

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:18.940
 going

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.019
 to

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.159
 be

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.619
 challenging

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:20.460
 but

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:20.760
 let's

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.000
 cry

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.180
 out

00:38:21.180 --> 00:38:21.320
 to

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:21.539
 God

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:21.720
 to

00:38:21.720 --> 00:38:21.900
 give

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:22.019
 us

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.180
 the

00:38:22.180 --> 00:38:22.579
 faith

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.380
 to

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:23.880
 trust

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.139
 him

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.820
 as

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.300
 Job

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:25.659
 did

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:27.380
 Job

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:27.619
 didn't

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:27.780
 have

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:27.920
 a

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.200
 Bible

00:38:28.200 --> 00:38:29.119
 and

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.220
 he

00:38:29.220 --> 00:38:29.420
 didn't

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:29.579
 know

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:29.740
 about

00:38:29.740 --> 00:38:29.880
 the

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.380
 conversation

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:30.639
 in

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:30.920
 heaven

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.780
 but

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:31.960
 we

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.300
 do

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:33.079
 and

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.200
 so

00:38:33.200 --> 00:38:33.440
 let's

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.740
 trust

00:38:33.740 --> 00:38:34.000
 him

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:35.460
 secondly

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:36.440
 Job

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:36.700
 didn't

00:38:36.700 --> 00:38:36.880
 know

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.079
 about

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.240
 the

00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:37.579
 gospel

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.000
 and

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.119
 he

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:38.340
 didn't

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:38.500
 know

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:38.720
 about

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:39.079
 Jesus

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:40.300
 but

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.480
 we

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:40.820
 do

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:41.559
 and

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:41.720
 so

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:42.019
 let's

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:42.320
 trust

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:42.579
 him

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:44.200
 now

00:38:44.200 --> 00:38:44.380
 the

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.740
 cross

00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:44.920
 of

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.200
 Jesus

00:38:45.200 --> 00:38:45.559
 Christ

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:45.720
 is

00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:45.860
 not

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.059
 the

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.599
 primarily

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:47.139
 point

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.280
 of

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:47.400
 the

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:47.539
 book

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:47.720
 of

00:38:47.720 --> 00:38:48.059
 Job

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:49.220
 but

00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:49.380
 it's

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:49.880
 impossible

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.320
 to

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:51.159
 read

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.320
 the

00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:51.440
 book

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:51.579
 of

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:51.800
 Job

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.119
 without

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:52.700
 seeing

00:38:52.700 --> 00:38:52.980
 in

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.099
 it

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.340
 the

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:53.820
 shadows

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:54.619
 of

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:54.780
 the

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.099
 truly

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:55.480
 innocent

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:55.920
 man

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.619
 who

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:56.980
 truly

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.559
 suffered

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:58.599
 friends

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:58.760
 the

00:38:58.760 --> 00:38:59.179
 entire

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.619
 Bible

00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:00.220
 revolves

00:39:00.220 --> 00:39:00.619
 around

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:01.139
 the

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.559
 one

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.300
 righteous

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:02.900
 man

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.440
 the

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.700
 one

00:39:03.700 --> 00:39:04.119
 innocent

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.519
 man

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.039
 who

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:05.220
 was

00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:05.700
 infinitely

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.160
 more

00:39:06.160 --> 00:39:06.519
 innocent

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.780
 than

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:07.079
 Job

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:07.519
 and

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:07.720
 yet

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:08.139
 suffered

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:08.780
 innocently

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.160
 more

00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:09.360
 than

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.639
 Job

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:09.920
 ever

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.380
 suffered

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.500
 and

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:11.840
 friends

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:13.660
 Jesus

00:39:13.660 --> 00:39:14.440
 sacrificial

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:14.960
 suffering

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.260
 on the

00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:15.579
 cross

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:16.000
 makes

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.260
 no

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:16.720
 sense

00:39:16.720 --> 00:39:17.300
 to us

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:17.920
 and

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.039
 to

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.280
 many

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:18.440
 in

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:18.539
 the

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.740
 world

00:39:18.740 --> 00:39:18.900
 for

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.160
 those

00:39:19.160 --> 00:39:19.260
 of

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:19.380
 us

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:19.480
 who

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.599
 are

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:19.980
 Christians

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.160
 who

00:39:20.160 --> 00:39:20.260
 have

00:39:20.260 --> 00:39:20.400
 come

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.559
 to

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:20.880
 love

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:21.059
 and

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:21.400
 trust

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.780
 Jesus

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.579
 and

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:23.260
 see

00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:23.519
 him

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:23.700
 for

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:23.900
 who

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:23.960
 he

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.180
 is

00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:24.780
 the

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.320
 suffering

00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:25.980
 servant

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.680
 Jesus

00:39:26.680 --> 00:39:26.920
 the

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.180
 Lord

00:39:27.180 --> 00:39:27.980
 it

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.220
 gives

00:39:28.220 --> 00:39:28.340
 us

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:28.519
 such

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.860
 hope

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.019
 and

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.180
 such

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.779
 confidence

00:39:29.779 --> 00:39:30.559
 but

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:30.739
 for

00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:31.059
 most

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:31.179
 of

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.299
 the

00:39:31.299 --> 00:39:31.639
 world

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:32.199
 a

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:32.759
 naked

00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:33.419
 suffering

00:39:33.419 --> 00:39:34.079
 servant

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.639
 hanging

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.000
 on a

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.339
 cross

00:39:35.339 --> 00:39:35.779
 as a

00:39:35.779 --> 00:39:36.119
 savior

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.839
 is

00:39:36.839 --> 00:39:37.279
 utterly

00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:37.879
 scandalous

00:39:37.879 --> 00:39:38.079
 and

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:38.519
 ridiculous

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:39.279
 it

00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:39.579
 makes

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:39.859
 no

00:39:39.859 --> 00:39:40.159
 sense

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.299
 at

00:39:40.299 --> 00:39:40.559
 all

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:41.440
 just

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:41.679
 like

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:41.859
 the

00:39:41.859 --> 00:39:42.139
 story

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.319
 of

00:39:42.319 --> 00:39:42.599
 Job

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:42.799
 and

00:39:42.799 --> 00:39:42.980
 yet

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:43.139
 for

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:43.480
 those

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:43.599
 of

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:43.739
 us

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:43.839
 who

00:39:43.839 --> 00:39:43.940
 have

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.099
 come

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.239
 to

00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:44.399
 be

00:39:44.399 --> 00:39:45.079
 saved

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.339
 by

00:39:45.339 --> 00:39:45.500
 it

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.259
 is

00:39:46.259 --> 00:39:46.440
 our

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:46.839
 hope

00:39:46.839 --> 00:39:47.480
 it

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:47.619
 is

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:47.779
 our

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:47.980
 sure

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.539
 foundation

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:49.399
 it

00:39:49.399 --> 00:39:49.539
 is

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:49.659
 an

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:49.839
 anchor

00:39:49.839 --> 00:39:50.039
 for

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.179
 the

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.500
 soul

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.279
 it

00:39:51.279 --> 00:39:51.399
 is

00:39:51.399 --> 00:39:51.559
 a

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:51.759
 rock

00:39:51.759 --> 00:39:51.980
 upon

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.219
 which

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:52.359
 we

00:39:52.359 --> 00:39:52.519
 can

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:52.759
 build

00:39:52.759 --> 00:39:52.919
 our

00:39:52.919 --> 00:39:53.299
 lives

00:39:59.179 --> 00:40:01.440
 Christ

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:01.859
 the

00:40:01.859 --> 00:40:02.139
 sure

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.319
 and

00:40:02.319 --> 00:40:02.519
 steady

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:02.960
 anchor

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.339
 while

00:40:03.339 --> 00:40:03.579
 the

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:04.159
 tempest

00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:04.639
 rages

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:05.039
 on

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:06.019
 Christ

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.259
 the

00:40:06.259 --> 00:40:06.519
 sure

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:06.699
 and

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:06.879
 steady

00:40:06.879 --> 00:40:07.299
 anchor

00:40:07.299 --> 00:40:08.000
 through

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.219
 the

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:08.599
 floods

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:08.799
 of

00:40:08.799 --> 00:40:09.119
 doubt

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.299
 and

00:40:09.299 --> 00:40:09.940
 unbelief

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:11.099
 Christ

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:11.379
 the

00:40:11.379 --> 00:40:11.639
 sure

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:11.799
 and

00:40:11.799 --> 00:40:12.019
 steady

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.440
 anchor

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:13.299
 as

00:40:13.299 --> 00:40:13.460
 we

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:13.859
 face

00:40:13.859 --> 00:40:14.460
 the

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:14.799
 waves

00:40:14.799 --> 00:40:15.000
 of

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.339
 death

00:40:15.339 --> 00:40:16.460
 friends

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:16.779
 Job

00:40:16.779 --> 00:40:17.019
 didn't

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.199
 know

00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:17.399
 about

00:40:17.399 --> 00:40:17.579
 the

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:17.899
 suffering

00:40:17.899 --> 00:40:18.419
 servant

00:40:18.419 --> 00:40:19.440
 but

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:19.639
 we

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:19.980
 do

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:21.239
 Job

00:40:21.239 --> 00:40:21.480
 didn't

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:21.659
 know

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:21.879
 that

00:40:21.879 --> 00:40:22.119
 Jesus

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:22.319
 would

00:40:22.319 --> 00:40:22.599
 die

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:22.779
 and

00:40:22.779 --> 00:40:23.099
 rise

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:23.480
 again

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.379
 and

00:40:24.379 --> 00:40:24.779
 promise

00:40:24.779 --> 00:40:24.980
 that

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.139
 he

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:25.359
 would

00:40:25.359 --> 00:40:26.000
 come

00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:26.399
 again

00:40:26.399 --> 00:40:27.419
 but

00:40:27.419 --> 00:40:27.619
 we

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:27.960
 do

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:29.159
 and

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:29.460
 when

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:29.699
 the

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.019
 storms

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.220
 of

00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:30.480
 life

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:30.800
 seem

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:31.659
 unbearable

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:32.380
 and

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:32.619
 when

00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:33.019
 life

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.659
 has

00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:33.880
 more

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:34.340
 questions

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:34.519
 than

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:34.880
 answers

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.099
 and

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.280
 when

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:35.460
 we

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:35.639
 have

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:36.019
 nothing

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.260
 to

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:36.579
 hold

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:36.760
 on

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:36.960
 to

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.760
 let

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:37.940
 us

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.199
 hold

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:38.380
 on

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:38.519
 to

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:38.900
 Jesus

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:39.159
 who

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:39.400
 went

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:39.740
 into

00:40:39.740 --> 00:40:39.960
 the

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:40.240
 depth

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:40.440
 of

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:40.659
 hell

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.159
 itself

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:41.940
 on

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.139
 our

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.539
 behalf

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:42.920
 for

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.260
 us

00:40:43.260 --> 00:40:43.860
 and

00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:44.159
 came

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.340
 out

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:44.480
 the

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:44.639
 other

00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:45.079
 side

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.740
 and

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:46.000
 let's

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.199
 hold

00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:46.380
 on

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:46.500
 to

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:46.780
 him

00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:47.800
 and

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:47.920
 so

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.099
 dear

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.360
 friends

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.679
 Job

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:49.099
 poses

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.320
 the

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:49.720
 question

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:50.019
 when

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 life

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:50.699
 hits

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:51.059
 rock

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:51.400
 bottom

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:52.059
 and

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.320
 God

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:52.619
 seems

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.099
 silent

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:59.000
 how

00:40:59.000 --> 00:40:59.159
 will

00:40:59.159 --> 00:40:59.300
 we

00:40:59.300 --> 00:40:59.920
 respond

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.960
 will

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.099
 we

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:01.380
 turn

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:01.539
 our

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:01.800
 backs

00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:02.000
 and

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.240
 figure

00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:02.440
 out

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:02.760
 life

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:02.980
 on

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.159
 our

00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:03.519
 own

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:04.559
 or

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:04.800
 will

00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:05.019
 we

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.720
 somehow

00:41:05.720 --> 00:41:07.440
 find

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:07.619
 it

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:07.699
 in

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:07.840
 our

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:08.280
 hearts

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:09.220
 to

00:41:09.220 --> 00:41:09.500
 turn

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:09.699
 to

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:09.960
 him

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:11.199
 to

00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:11.619
 trust

00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:11.920
 him

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:13.059
 to

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.360
 obey

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:13.720
 him

00:41:13.720 --> 00:41:15.119
 even

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:16.019
 to

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:16.519
 worship

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:18.119
 let's

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:18.400
 pray

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:25.460
 Father

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.679
 God

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:26.059
 Job

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:26.559
 chapter

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:26.840
 1

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:26.980
 and

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:27.260
 2

00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:28.420
 leaves

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:28.620
 us

00:41:28.620 --> 00:41:28.820
 this

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.060
 morning

00:41:29.060 --> 00:41:29.220
 with

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:29.400
 many

00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:30.040
 questions

00:41:30.040 --> 00:41:31.540
 it

00:41:31.540 --> 00:41:31.760
 leaves

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:31.960
 our

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.420
 hearts

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:33.380
 wondering

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:35.520
 but

00:41:35.520 --> 00:41:35.680
 God

00:41:35.680 --> 00:41:35.840
 it's

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:35.960
 not

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.100
 the

00:41:36.100 --> 00:41:36.220
 end

00:41:36.220 --> 00:41:36.300
 of

00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:36.440
 the

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:36.820
 story

00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:39.400
 God

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.540
 I

00:41:39.540 --> 00:41:39.720
 know

00:41:39.720 --> 00:41:39.940
 that

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.180
 many

00:41:40.180 --> 00:41:40.340
 of

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:40.480
 us

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:40.620
 here

00:41:40.620 --> 00:41:40.860
 this

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:41.260
 morning

00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:41.560
 may

00:41:41.560 --> 00:41:42.060
 feel

00:41:42.060 --> 00:41:42.400
 like

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:42.720
 Job

00:41:42.720 --> 00:41:42.900
 in

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:43.080
 the

00:41:43.080 --> 00:41:43.540
 storms

00:41:43.540 --> 00:41:43.760
 of

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:44.060
 life

00:41:44.060 --> 00:41:44.240
 when

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:44.400
 the

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.840
 tempest

00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:45.280
 rages

00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:45.640
 on

00:41:45.640 --> 00:41:47.700
 God

00:41:47.700 --> 00:41:47.840
 I

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:48.120
 pray

00:41:48.120 --> 00:41:48.300
 by

00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:48.480
 your

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:48.800
 spirit

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:49.060
 won't

00:41:49.060 --> 00:41:49.180
 you

00:41:49.180 --> 00:41:49.400
 draw

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:49.640
 near

00:41:49.640 --> 00:41:49.840
 to

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.140
 us

00:41:50.140 --> 00:41:51.040
 and

00:41:51.040 --> 00:41:51.280
 lift

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:51.500
 our

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:51.820
 eyes

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:52.000
 and

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.280
 see

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:52.760
 Christ

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:52.960
 our

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.220
 sure

00:41:53.220 --> 00:41:53.380
 and

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:53.600
 steady

00:41:53.600 --> 00:41:54.020
 anchor

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:57.360
 father

00:41:57.360 --> 00:41:57.759
 when we

00:41:57.759 --> 00:41:57.900
 are

00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:58.280
 tempted

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:59.480
 to give

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.800
 up on

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:00.019
 you

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.420
 and to

00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:00.900
 take

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:01.539
 the

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:01.860
 reins

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:02.099
 of our

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.360
 life

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:02.719
 and to

00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:03.519
 be our

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:03.719
 own

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:04.099
 God

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:05.360
 lord

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:05.599
 won't

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:05.739
 you

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:06.000
 draw

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.259
 near

00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:06.480
 to

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:06.800
 us

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:07.659
 and

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:07.940
 help

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:08.099
 us

00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:08.539
 to turn

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:08.719
 our

00:42:08.719 --> 00:42:09.059
 eyes

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:09.420
 God

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:10.719
 and

00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:10.920
 to

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:11.320
 trust

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:11.820
 you

00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:15.320
 father

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.500
 I

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:15.779
 pray

00:42:15.779 --> 00:42:15.960
 by

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:16.139
 your

00:42:16.139 --> 00:42:16.420
 spirit

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:16.639
 won't

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:16.759
 you

00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:16.960
 draw

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.119
 us

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:17.320
 near

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:17.480
 to

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:17.960
 yourself

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:19.360
 and

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:19.639
 help

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:20.019
 us

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.840
 God

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:21.039
 won't

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.139
 you

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.340
 give

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:21.500
 us

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:21.900
 faith

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:22.299
 like

00:42:22.299 --> 00:42:22.699
 Job

00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:24.139
 won't

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:24.279
 you

00:42:24.279 --> 00:42:24.659
 cause

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:24.860
 us

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:25.139
 God

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:25.299
 in

00:42:25.299 --> 00:42:25.460
 the

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:25.779
 storm

00:42:25.779 --> 00:42:26.000
 to

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.139
 look

00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:26.320
 to

00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:26.599
 you

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:28.199
 and

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:28.440
 God

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:28.679
 by

00:42:28.679 --> 00:42:29.059
 your

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:30.519
 spirit

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:30.759
 we

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:31.000
 pray

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.320
 won't

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:31.480
 you

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:31.920
 comfort

00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:32.360
 us

00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:34.039
 and

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:34.219
 won't

00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:34.320
 you

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:34.480
 give

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:34.639
 us

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:35.000
 hope

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:36.420
 won't

00:42:36.420 --> 00:42:36.539
 you

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:36.820
 cause

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:36.980
 us

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:37.139
 to

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:37.599
 trust

00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:38.320
 to

00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:38.719
 obey

00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:39.939
 to

00:42:39.939 --> 00:42:40.379
 worship

00:42:40.379 --> 00:42:41.619
 in

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:41.739
 your

00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:41.939
 name

00:42:41.939 --> 00:42:42.099
 we

00:42:42.099 --> 00:42:42.439
 pray

00:42:42.439 --> 00:42:44.419
 amen