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

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

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 It's on page 443, Job 38.

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

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 And finally the moment is here.

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

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 where up to this point God has been audibly silent.

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

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

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

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 We're going to hear his words.

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 What will he say?

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

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

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 What will he say?

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 How will God set all the things back in order?

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 Well, of course, God has not been silent.

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 And we've seen that throughout the whole book.

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 And while his voice has not been audible,

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

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

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 We've seen it in Job himself,

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 as he addresses God and draws truth out of creation.

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 We've seen it from Elihu and how Elihu will state very true things about God

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 that he's observed in creation.

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

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

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 he says,

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 Notice all the times where voice and speech and knowledge

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

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 that comes through the created order,

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 the heavens that declare the glory of God.

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

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

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

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

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

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 What can be known about God is plain to them,

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

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

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 namely, his eternal power, his divine nature,

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 have been clearly perceived ever since the creation of the world

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

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 God has made himself known.

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 God has declared truth about himself through creation

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

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 that is accessible to us.

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

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

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 That while we see God's nature,

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 while we can experience God's power,

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

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 and we make assumptions based upon the truths we see.

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 So that when Romans 1 goes on,

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

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 For although they knew God, it says,

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

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 But they became futile in their thinking,

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 and their foolish hearts were darkened.

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

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 And God says directly to Job,

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 who is this who darkens counsel?

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 That's where we're all left,

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 without the Scripture in front of us.

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 The way that we interpret the truths

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

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 We all know this.

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

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 and you thought you knew the facts,

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

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

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 This past Friday night, our family was at a sporting event.

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

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 and three of the members of this family,

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 a little girl who was seven,

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 and two young women who were there.

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

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 the bleachers that were there,

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 hopping from the top to the bottom,

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 and then on the way to the top.

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 And I turned to look at the sporting event,

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 and all of a sudden I hear a thud.

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 And then I hear a, a cry.

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

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 She's down on the floor of the bleachers,

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 and she's crying her eyes out.

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

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 will you stop it already?

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 Will you just be quiet?

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 That's enough.

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 And I thought to myself,

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 wow, that seems a little hard.

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 What should I do?

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 Should I intervene?

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

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

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

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 is that she is a,

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 she is one of ten siblings in a family.

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

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 hey, so you're the youngest of ten.

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

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 And without hesitation, she said, the most attention.

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

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 She has learned how to manipulate the situation

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

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 And she was fine.

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

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 knew that she was fine,

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 knew that she was a drama queen,

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 knew that she often does this to try to get attention.

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 And just to be, just be quiet.

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 I've had enough.

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 And it was a, it was a delightful interchange.

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 The rest of the evening as she talked our ear off

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

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 But God has made himself known through creation.

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 There are things that we can perceive,

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 truths that we can perceive about God,

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

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 And it wasn't until our family,

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 I had a conversation with this little girl

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 that now things began to be clear

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

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 We're going to see through the course of our time this morning

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 that God is going to show up

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

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 He's had a, he's had a lot of things right.

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 He's declared a lot of truths about God,

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

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 And now God will finally break the silence

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 and help to establish who he really is

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 and help to set the grid by which his creation needs to be understood.

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 So open up, if you would, if you're not already there,

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 to Job chapter 38.

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 We're going to cover this morning,

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 the plan was to cover chapter 38 and 39,

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 but my plan is just to cover verses 1 to 3

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

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 We're just going to lay the foundation for this

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 and help us understand the framework

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 for what God is doing.

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 Maybe review a lot of the complaints that Job had,

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

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 so we can really appreciate what God is doing here.

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 And it's amazing.

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 Job 38 verses 1 to 3 says this,

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 Then the Lord answered.

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 He answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

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 Who is this that darkens counsel

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 by words without knowledge?

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 Dress for action like a man

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 and I will question you

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 and you make it known to me.

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 Here at the very beginning,

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 the Lord will answer Job.

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 The Lord answered Job.

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 And in his answer,

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 in the way that he answers,

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 we're going to see three very distinct

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 and very significant things about God.

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 Things that should encourage all of us

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 and certainly were a blessing to Job

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 through the course of this conversation.

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 That Job answered God

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 meant that God was present first of all.

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 First, God is present.

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 With these opening words,

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 Then the Lord answered Job.

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 You can almost sense this sigh of relief.

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 God is here.

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 God is present.

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 God hasn't abandoned me.

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 God isn't really my enemy

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 like I thought he was.

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 God has not pushed me aside.

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 God has not counted me as unworthy.

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 God is present.

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 God is here and God is speaking.

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 He's answered me.

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 Almost like a child

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 who's kind of wandered away in the store

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 and maybe you've had this experience.

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 Maybe you've been that kid

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 or maybe you've been that parent

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 where you've told your kids

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 who are younger,

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 Hey, stay close to me.

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 Don't move away from where I am.

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 This is a big store.

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 There are a lot of people here.

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 I don't want you to get lost.

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 But that child,

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 and maybe it was you,

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 you saw that thing in the last aisle.

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 You were passing by with your mom

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 and it just seemed so enticing.

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 You know, it had the button

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 that said touch here

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 and you didn't get a chance to touch

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 because it was out of reach

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 and you just want to go back

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 and see what touching does.

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 And so mom's not looking.

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 She's at the shelves

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 and you kind of slip away

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 just briefly and quickly

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 to go do what you wanted to do

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 and to touch whatever it was

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 and to hear that sound

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 or to see that motion

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 and then you make your way back

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 to the first aisle

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 where your mother was

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 and now she's missing.

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 You've been rebellious.

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 You've been disobedient.

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 You have done what your mom

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 said not to do

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 in leaving her side

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 and now you know

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 there will be consequences

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 because of your disobedience

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 but it does not matter

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 because all you want

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 is to have the presence

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 of mom again.

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 And so what do you do?

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 You cry out,

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 Mommy, where are you?

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 Willing to accept

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 whatever consequences might come

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 but it doesn't matter

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 because you need mommy

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 to be there.

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 I'm lost.

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 I'm alone.

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 But all of that doesn't matter

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 as long as I have

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 mommy back in my presence.

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 And now Job

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 is finally experiencing

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 the presence of God again.

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 And I can,

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 you can better believe

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 that Job is feeling

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 a sense of relief.

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 Whatever my complaint was,

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 whatever the answer is,

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 it really doesn't matter

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 because God is here.

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 God is present.

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 And whatever consequences

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 will come,

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 whatever this darkening

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 of counsel means,

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 whatever the confrontation

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 or rebuke will be,

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 at least God is present here.

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 At least God has come.

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 And Job knows

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 it's going to be

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 a terrible encounter.

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 He's stated so much

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 through the course

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 of this book.

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 We've seen back in Job

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 chapter 9 verse 11

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 and some of the complaints

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 of Job's heart.

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 Behold, he says,

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 he passes by me

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 and I see him not.

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 He moves on

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 but I do not perceive him.

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 Where is the Lord?

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 How then can I answer him?

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 Choosing my words with him.

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 Though I am in the right,

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 I cannot answer him.

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 I must appeal for mercy

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 to my accuser.

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 I don't understand

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 what's going on here.

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 I used to enjoy

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 such fellowship with God.

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 We had sweet communion together.

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 I worshipped him.

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 I pointed my family to him.

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 I enjoyed the blessings from him

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 and somehow he's distant.

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 Somehow I feel like

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 I've become his enemy

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 and I have no idea

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 what has happened.

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 Oh God, just come

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 and let me know

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 what's taken place.

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 I'll fix whatever it is

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 and then we can get

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 right on with

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 how things were.

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 In Job chapter 13,

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 he echoes this complaint

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 in verse 3,

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 but I would speak

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 to the Almighty.

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 I desire to argue

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 my case with God.

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 Withdraw your hand from me.

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 Let not dread of you

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 terrify me.

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 Then call

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 and I will answer

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 or let me speak

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 and you reply to me.

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 How many are my iniquities

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 and my sins?

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 Make me know

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 my transgressions

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 and my sins.

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 Why do you hide your face

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 and count me

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 as your enemy?

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 That's really what

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 this has been about.

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 It's not necessarily

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 been about

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 Job's complaint

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 about God's injustice,

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 but it's been about

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 Job understanding

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 the justice of God,

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 but also seeing

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 the integrity

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 of his own heart

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 and the two

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 he just cannot reconcile.

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 How can both be true?

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 If I just speak with God,

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 he can set the record straight.

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 He can just tell me

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 what's going on.

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 I can make this right.

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 We can get on

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 with the way things were.

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 In Job 23,

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 I don't have this

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 in this slide.

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 Oh, he says,

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 that I knew

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 where I might find him,

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 that I might come

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 even to his seat.

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 I would lay my case

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 before him

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 and fill my mouth

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 with arguments.

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 There an upright man

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 could argue with him

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 and I would be acquitted

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 forever by my judge.

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 Behold,

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 I go forward,

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 but he is not there,

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 and backward,

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 but I do not perceive him

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 on the left hand

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 when he is working.

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 I do not behold him.

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 He turns to the right hand,

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 but I do not see him,

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 but he knows

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 the way I take.

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 When he has tried me,

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 I shall come out

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 as gold.

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 Therefore,

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 I am terrified

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 of his presence

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 when I consider

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 I am in dread

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 of him.

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 Job understands

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 that meeting with God

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 is a fearful venture,

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 but if that's what it takes

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 to resolve the issue

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 between him and God,

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 it's worth the cost.

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 More than anything,

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 Job just wanted

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 to hear from God.

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 More than anything,

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 Job just wanted

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 to understand

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 that things were good.

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 They were cleared.

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 That he could reconcile

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 between God

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 and he could enjoy

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 that relationship

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 with him again.

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 But the counsel

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 that he was getting

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 throughout the course

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 of this book

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 is a counsel

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 that would say,

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 God doesn't care

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 about you.

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 God is not going

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 to show up

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 and meet with you,

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 Job.

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 Eliphaz would say

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 something along

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 those lines

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 in Job chapter 5 verse 1.

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 He says,

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 Call now.

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 Is there anyone

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 who will answer you?

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 To which of the holy ones

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 will you turn?

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 Job,

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 God doesn't care

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 about your situation.

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 God is not going

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 to answer

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 your pleas

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 for meeting

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 with him.

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 The only way

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 that God is going

00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.619
 to meet with you

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 is if you resolve

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 the sin in your life

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 and then maybe

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 God will entertain

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 the possibility

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 of meeting

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 with you again.

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 Elihu will say

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 much the same thing

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 in Job chapter 35

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 verses 13 and 14.

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 Surely God

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 does not hear

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 an empty cry

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 nor does the Almighty

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 regard it

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 how much less

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 when you say

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 that you do not

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 see him.

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 That the case

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 is before him

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 and you are

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 waiting for him.

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 I'm quoting you,

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 Job.

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 These are your words.

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 When you say

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 that God does not

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 hear you

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 and God is not there

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 how can you imagine

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 that empty kinds

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 of cries

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 are going to elicit

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 from a response

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 from God?

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 And here we are

00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:02.500
 in Job 38 verse 1.

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 And the Lord answered.

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 The Lord answered

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 because

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 the Lord

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 delighted in Job.

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 And the Lord

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 delights

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 in answering

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 the cries

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 of those

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 who come to him.

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 Those who call

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 on the name

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 of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 They will be delivered.

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 They will enjoy

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 his help.

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 You see

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 Eliphaz

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 didn't speak

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 for God.

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 Elihu

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 didn't speak

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 for God.

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 They were both

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 dead wrong.

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 And God

00:18:34.100 --> 00:18:35.060
 shows up

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 to answer

00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:37.240
 Job.

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 And he will hear

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 and answer

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 those who call

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 on him

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 in humility.

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 I want to take

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 just a mini

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 detour

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 so you can see

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 the wonder

00:18:49.139 --> 00:18:50.519
 of this God

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.339
 that we serve

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 from Psalm 107.

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 It's one of my

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.199
 favorites.

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 Who will God

00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:56.059
 answer?

00:18:57.379 --> 00:18:57.979
 Who will God

00:18:57.979 --> 00:18:58.399
 save?

00:18:58.479 --> 00:18:58.979
 Who will God

00:18:58.979 --> 00:18:59.359
 deliver?

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 And we get

00:19:00.459 --> 00:19:01.599
 snapshots of

00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.759
 four different

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 groups of individuals

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 who experience

00:19:04.899 --> 00:19:05.859
 the delivering

00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:07.039
 hand of God.

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.980
 and the

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 one

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 similarity

00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:11.240
 between every

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 single one

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 of them

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 is they

00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.639
 will call

00:19:13.639 --> 00:19:14.659
 and they

00:19:14.659 --> 00:19:15.139
 will ask

00:19:15.139 --> 00:19:15.720
 for help

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 and God

00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:16.720
 will deliver.

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.599
 Notice this

00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.200
 in verse 1.

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 Oh give thanks

00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:20.340
 to the Lord

00:19:20.340 --> 00:19:21.200
 for he is

00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:21.480
 good.

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.799
 His steadfast

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.580
 love endures

00:19:23.580 --> 00:19:23.960
 forever.

00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:24.940
 His love

00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:25.880
 is dependable.

00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:26.840
 His love

00:19:26.840 --> 00:19:27.460
 is steady.

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 His love

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 can be counted

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:29.680
 on.

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 You can count

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.880
 on the love

00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:32.279
 of God.

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 Here's some

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.720
 examples

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.640
 beginning in

00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:36.039
 verse 4.

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 Some have

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.259
 wandered in

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.660
 the desert

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.900
 wastes

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 finding no

00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:42.180
 way to a

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.799
 city to dwell

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 in.

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 Hungry and

00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:44.700
 thirsty their

00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:45.580
 soul fainted

00:19:45.580 --> 00:19:46.180
 within them.

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 Then they

00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:48.759
 cried to the

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.120
 Lord.

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 in their

00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:50.740
 trouble.

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:51.940
 And he

00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:52.840
 delivered them

00:19:52.840 --> 00:19:53.680
 from their

00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:54.420
 distress.

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 He led

00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:56.819
 them by a

00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:57.420
 straight way

00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:57.779
 till they

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.299
 reached a

00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:58.880
 city to dwell

00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.100
 in.

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 Let them

00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:00.840
 thank the

00:20:00.840 --> 00:20:01.319
 Lord for

00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:01.980
 his steadfast

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.720
 love for

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.480
 his wondrous

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.220
 works to the

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:05.259
 children of

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.539
 men.

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:06.880
 Then moving

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.180
 down to

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:07.660
 verse 10.

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.380
 Some sat

00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:09.900
 in darkness

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.779
 in the

00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.180
 shadow of

00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:11.440
 death.

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 Prisoners

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.059
 in affliction

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.720
 in an iron

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.500
 for they had

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.100
 rebelled

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:15.779
 against the

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.319
 words of

00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:17.120
 God and

00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:18.080
 spurned the

00:20:18.080 --> 00:20:18.759
 counsel

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.359
 of the

00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:19.879
 Most High.

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.299
 Now do you

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.799
 get that for

00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.099
 a second?

00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.339
 They're

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:23.920
 experiencing the

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.539
 devastating

00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.920
 consequences of

00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.299
 their own

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.759
 actions.

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.720
 They're in

00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.140
 prison.

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.000
 They're

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.599
 experiencing

00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:30.940
 difficulty and

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.640
 suffering because

00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:32.339
 of their own

00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:32.740
 rebellion.

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:36.119
 Verse 13,

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:37.419
 then they cried

00:20:37.419 --> 00:20:37.939
 to the Lord in

00:20:37.939 --> 00:20:38.319
 their trouble.

00:20:39.159 --> 00:20:40.279
 He delivered

00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:41.219
 them from

00:20:41.219 --> 00:20:42.079
 their distress.

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:44.819
 He brought

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.239
 them out of

00:20:45.239 --> 00:20:46.439
 darkness in

00:20:46.439 --> 00:20:46.859
 the shadow

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.319
 of death.

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:48.579
 He burst

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.459
 their bonds

00:20:49.459 --> 00:20:49.879
 apart.

00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:50.659
 Let them

00:20:50.659 --> 00:20:51.719
 thank the

00:20:51.719 --> 00:20:52.500
 Lord for

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.179
 his steadfast

00:20:53.179 --> 00:20:53.619
 love for

00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:54.339
 his wondrous

00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:55.519
 works to

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:55.939
 the children

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 of men.

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 And in

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 verse 17,

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 some were

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 fools through

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 their sinful

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 ways and

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 because of

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 their iniquities

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 they suffered

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 affliction.

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 They loathed

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 any kind

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 of food and

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 they drew

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 near to the

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 gates of

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 death.

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 Then they

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.600
 cried to the

00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.100
 Lord in

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 their trouble.

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 He delivered

00:21:14.060 --> 00:21:14.519
 them from

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 their distress.

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 Let them

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 thank the

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 Lord for

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 his steadfast

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 love for

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 his wondrous

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.279
 works to

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:20.740
 the children

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 of men.

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 And in

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 verse 23,

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 some went

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 down to

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 the sea and

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 ships doing

00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.460
 business on

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 the great

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 waters.

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 They saw

00:21:31.060 --> 00:21:31.700
 the deeds

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.279
 of the Lord,

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 his wondrous

00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.700
 works in the

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 deep.

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 For he

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 commanded and

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 raised the

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 stormy wind.

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 I've

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 underlined that

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 because that's

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 the same

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 word as

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 the whirlwind

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 that we see

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 in our

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 passage.

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 Which lifted

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 up the

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 waves of

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 the sea.

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 They mounted

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 up to the

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 heavens.

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 They went

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 down to

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 the depths.

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 Their

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 courage

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 melted

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 away.

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 And in

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 their evil

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:52.920
 plight,

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 then they

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.580
 cried to

00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:54.880
 the Lord

00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.140
 in their

00:21:55.140 --> 00:21:55.420
 trouble.

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:56.700
 He

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.040
 delivered

00:21:57.040 --> 00:21:57.460
 them from

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:57.620
 their

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 distress.

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 Let

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 them

00:21:59.540 --> 00:22:00.240
 thank the

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.160
 Lord for

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.840
 his steadfast

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.220
 love,

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.300
 for his

00:22:03.300 --> 00:22:03.860
 wondrous

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:05.019
 works to

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.439
 the children

00:22:05.439 --> 00:22:06.259
 of men.

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.759
 God delights

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.919
 in answering

00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:10.839
 the prayers

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.339
 of those who

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.579
 cry.

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.979
 He delights

00:22:13.979 --> 00:22:14.259
 in the

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:15.000
 humility of

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.459
 those who

00:22:15.459 --> 00:22:16.199
 will recognize

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 the desperation

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 of their need

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.839
 and they turn

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 to God and

00:22:20.679 --> 00:22:20.979
 say,

00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:22.059
 save me,

00:22:22.959 --> 00:22:23.519
 deliver me,

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.219
 help me.

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 And the

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.339
 greatest

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:26.559
 deliverance we

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:26.939
 need,

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.559
 of course,

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.259
 is the

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.879
 deliverance

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.580
 from sin

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.780
 and God

00:22:30.780 --> 00:22:31.460
 sent his

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.300
 son Jesus

00:22:32.300 --> 00:22:33.460
 to deal

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.200
 with that

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.620
 on the

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.580
 cross so

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:36.140
 that those

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:36.740
 who ask

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.220
 forgiveness

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:38.020
 for their

00:22:38.020 --> 00:22:38.940
 sin and

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.720
 believe that

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.600
 he died

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:41.160
 and rose

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:42.080
 again can

00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:42.920
 enjoy the

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.880
 benefits of

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.340
 forgiveness

00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:45.300
 in salvation

00:22:45.300 --> 00:22:46.560
 and deliverance.

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 So we find

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:49.000
 from Romans

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.800
 chapter 10

00:22:49.800 --> 00:22:50.760
 verses 9

00:22:50.760 --> 00:22:51.240
 to 13

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.660
 where it

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:51.960
 says,

00:22:52.040 --> 00:22:53.000
 because if

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.740
 you confess

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.540
 with your

00:22:54.540 --> 00:22:55.140
 mouth that

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.680
 Jesus is

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.520
 Lord and

00:22:56.520 --> 00:22:57.020
 believe in

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.500
 your heart

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:57.920
 that God

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.379
 raised him

00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:58.680
 from the

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:58.879
 dead,

00:22:59.160 --> 00:22:59.980
 you will

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:01.059
 be saved.

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.400
 For the

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:02.940
 heart one

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.500
 believes in

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.099
 is justified

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.559
 and with

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.039
 the mouth

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:06.420
 one confesses

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:06.980
 and is saved.

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.579
 For the

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:08.440
 scripture says,

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.859
 everyone who

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.700
 believes in

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.519
 him will

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.539
 not be put

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.160
 to shame.

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.619
 There is no

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.019
 distinction

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:16.480
 between Jew

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:16.859
 and Greek.

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.379
 For the

00:23:17.379 --> 00:23:18.059
 same Lord

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.660
 is Lord

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.220
 of all,

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.180
 bestowing

00:23:20.180 --> 00:23:20.700
 his riches

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.759
 on all

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:23.079
 who call

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:24.059
 on him.

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:26.160
 For everyone

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:27.640
 who calls

00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:28.380
 on the

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.640
 name of

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.019
 the Lord

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.900
 will be

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.320
 saved.

00:23:31.800 --> 00:23:32.019
 Do you

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.180
 need

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.680
 deliverance

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.200
 this morning?

00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:34.759
 The greatest

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.259
 deliverance

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.500
 you could

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.420
 ever need

00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:37.200
 is deliverance

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:38.060
 of the

00:23:38.060 --> 00:23:38.519
 bondage

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:38.860
 of sin

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:39.100
 in your

00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:39.400
 life.

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:41.060
 It's the

00:23:41.060 --> 00:23:41.779
 forgiveness

00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.660
 and cleansing

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:43.400
 that comes

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.080
 from God

00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:44.440
 through

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.779
 belief

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.480
 in his

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.000
 son Jesus

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.500
 Christ.

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.240
 And the

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.680
 deliverance

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.120
 that God

00:23:50.120 --> 00:23:50.620
 gives is

00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:51.560
 not deliverance

00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:53.240
 always from

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.560
 the struggles

00:23:54.560 --> 00:23:55.019
 that you

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.380
 face,

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.780
 but it's

00:23:55.780 --> 00:23:56.640
 always a

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.040
 struggle.

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:57.680
 It's the

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.160
 deliverance

00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.340
 that he

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:58.520
 gives,

00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:59.120
 the peace

00:23:59.120 --> 00:23:59.960
 that passes

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.840
 understanding

00:24:00.840 --> 00:24:01.600
 and the

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:02.340
 strength that

00:24:02.340 --> 00:24:03.720
 God delivers

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.880
 to carry us

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.920
 through the

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.660
 trials that

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.240
 we face.

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.620
 And an

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.340
 awareness of

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:09.800
 the fact that

00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:10.120
 God is

00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:11.200
 present in

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.660
 our life.

00:24:11.800 --> 00:24:12.480
 Even when

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.320
 he seems

00:24:13.320 --> 00:24:14.360
 so distant

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.860
 that God

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.320
 is there,

00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:17.400
 he delights

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.980
 in answering

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.520
 those who

00:24:18.520 --> 00:24:19.280
 call on

00:24:19.280 --> 00:24:20.260
 him because

00:24:20.260 --> 00:24:20.880
 he's present.

00:24:22.260 --> 00:24:22.500
 Well,

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.460
 God is also

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.300
 powerful,

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:24.800
 not just

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.279
 present,

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.159
 that God

00:24:26.159 --> 00:24:27.059
 is powerful.

00:24:28.139 --> 00:24:28.440
 The Lord

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.279
 answered Job

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:29.779
 out of the

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.859
 whirlwind and

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.200
 said,

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.680
 Who is this

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.639
 that darkens

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.259
 counsel by

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.099
 words without

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.680
 knowledge?

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.359
 The fact that

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.279
 God shows up

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.720
 in this

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.440
 whirlwind is

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:40.339
 to establish

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.539
 emphatically

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.419
 that he is

00:24:42.419 --> 00:24:43.099
 a God that

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:44.519
 cannot be

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.220
 trifled with.

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.139
 He's a God

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:47.259
 of unstoppable

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.119
 power.

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.799
 He comes to

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.559
 Job in this

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.099
 whirlwind

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:52.399
 to help

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:52.699
 him

00:24:52.699 --> 00:24:53.500
 recognize

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.539
 that God

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:54.919
 is a

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.379
 force.

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:56.919
 And of

00:24:56.919 --> 00:24:57.139
 course,

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.480
 Job

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.019
 understood

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:59.480
 the force

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.819
 and the

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.319
 power

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.839
 and the

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.240
 supremacy

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.359
 of God.

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:02.639
 But he's

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.619
 reminded now

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.879
 again of

00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.419
 God's

00:25:05.419 --> 00:25:06.980
 power in

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.559
 the whirlwind.

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.719
 We'll see

00:25:08.719 --> 00:25:09.439
 this again in

00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:10.099
 Job 40

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:11.279
 verses 6

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.740
 and 7.

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.339
 Next week,

00:25:12.439 --> 00:25:12.779
 the Lord

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.579
 answered Job

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.059
 out of a

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.699
 whirlwind and

00:25:14.699 --> 00:25:14.939
 said,

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.000
 Dress for

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.619
 action like a

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:16.799
 man.

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.119
 I will

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:18.200
 question you

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.200
 and you

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.559
 make it

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.039
 known to

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.279
 me.

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.259
 Well,

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.879
 why a

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.379
 whirlwind?

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.220
 It's a

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:25.379
 way to

00:25:25.379 --> 00:25:25.839
 arrest

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.319
 Job's

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.799
 attention.

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.059
 It's a

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.419
 way for

00:25:28.419 --> 00:25:28.839
 him to

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.639
 recognize

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:31.180
 again in

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.720
 a very

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.619
 visual way

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.279
 that God

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.720
 is in

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.099
 charge,

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.639
 that God

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.579
 is powerful.

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:36.879
 But so

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.619
 often throughout

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.119
 the Old

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.519
 Testament

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.039
 especially,

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:39.980
 we see that

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.819
 God shows

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.579
 up in this

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.680
 way to

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.200
 show the

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.899
 unstoppable

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.639
 nature of

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.159
 his power.

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:46.940
 we see it

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.380
 in Isaiah

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 chapter 29

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 verses 5

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 to 7

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 where the

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 nation of

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 Israel,

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 Jerusalem in

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 particular,

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 they're under

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 siege and

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 these powerful

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 nations are

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 coming against

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 them and

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 from a human

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 standpoint,

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 there was no

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 answer,

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 there was no

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 solution,

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 there was no

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 helper,

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 but God shows

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 up through the

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 prophet Isaiah

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 to say,

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 I am a

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 helper and

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 I'm going to

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 show you how

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 this is going

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 to happen.

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 The multitude

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 of your foreign

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 foes shall be

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 like a small

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 dust,

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 the multitude

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 of the ruthless

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 like passing

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 chaff,

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 in an instant

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 suddenly you

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 will be visited

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 by the Lord

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 of hosts with

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 thunder and

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 earthquakes and

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 a great noise,

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 with a whirlwind

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 and a tempest

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 and flame and

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 devouring fire,

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 and the multitude

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 of all the nations

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 that fight against

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 Ariel,

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 that's another word

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 for Jerusalem,

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 all that fight

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 against her

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 and her stronghold

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 and distress her

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 shall be like

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 a dream,

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 like a vision

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 of a night,

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 like nothing,

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 nothing before

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 the power of

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 God represented

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 by Isaiah

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 as an earthquake

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 and a fire

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 and this tempest

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 or whirlwind,

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 this unstoppable

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 power

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 is a way for

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 God to

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 demonstrate through

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 even the

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 physical world

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 that Job and

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 his friends have

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 been drawing

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 from the

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 nature of

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 God that

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 has become

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 clear to

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 them,

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 is now showing

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 up and

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 represented once

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 again by

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 power in

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 this whirlwind.

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 It reminds us

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 as well that

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 grace is cheap

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 without a proper

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 understanding or

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 fear of God.

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 This tempest,

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 if you've ever

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 been in a

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 situation,

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 maybe even a

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 tornado,

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 I remember as a

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 young child

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 and just moving

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 to Ohio

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 too.

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 And growing

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 up in

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 Cedarville,

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 it had a

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 reputation just

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 a couple of

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 years before

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 of this huge

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 tornado that

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 came through

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 and did

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 massive devastation.

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 And as a

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 six-year-old

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 boy, I was

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 terrified of

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 the tempest.

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 I had a hard

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 time getting to

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 sleep at night

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 because of the

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 power of a

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 tornado and the

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 whirlwind as it

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 were.

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 And God

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 reminds us

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 through this

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 whirlwind that

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 the grace that

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 he offers to

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 us is cheap

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 unless we

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 understand his

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 power, unless

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 we stand in

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 reverence in

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 fear of him.

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 Job will even

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 say in chapter

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 9 verse 15,

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 though I am in

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 the right, I

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 cannot answer

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 him.

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 I must appeal

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 for mercy to

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 my accuser.

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 He recognizes

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 that he stands

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 in reverence to

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 God and he is

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 pleading for

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 mercy.

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 You see, we

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 must never lose

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 sight of the

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 glory of God.

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 We must never

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 make God

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 common and

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 that's what the

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 writer to the

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 Hebrews is

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 constantly referring

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 to.

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 How through our

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 sin and through

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 our disobedience,

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 we bring God

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 down.

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 We make him

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 common.

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 It's okay, I

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 can offend him,

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 he's just like

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 anyone else.

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 Maybe that's not

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 what we say in

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 our hearts, but

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 that's essentially

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 what we are

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 affirming through

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 our actions.

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 Job understood

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 the fear of

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 God.

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 He understood

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 the terror of

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 standing before

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 him.

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 He understood

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 the mercy and

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 the grace of

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 God's presence and

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 that's what he was

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 appealing to.

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 And finally here,

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 God is wise.

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 God is present.

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 God is powerful.

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 God is wise.

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 God is wise.

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 Again, in verse

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 1, the Lord

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 answered Job out

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 of the whirlwind

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 and said,

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 Who is this that

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 darkens counsel by

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 words without

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 knowledge?

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 Who do you think

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.720
 you are, Job?

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 The knowledge you've

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:46.680
 had about me is so

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 convoluted.

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 You're speaking

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

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 And Job understood

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:53.180
 the significance of

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:54.180
 God's wisdom.

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 He appeals to that

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.819
 in Job 28,

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.519
 verse 28,

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 when he says

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.419
 this,

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.960
 he said to

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.740
 man,

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 Behold the fear

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.799
 of the Lord.

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 That is wisdom.

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 And to turn away

00:30:05.179 --> 00:30:06.319
 from evil is

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.919
 understanding.

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 He understood and

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:09.079
 grasped some

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:10.159
 aspects of this.

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.119
 But there are also

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:13.439
 times in Job's life

00:30:13.439 --> 00:30:14.539
 where he couldn't

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.480
 compute, he couldn't

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.200
 put the pieces

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:17.480
 together and so he

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.220
 made assumptions

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.700
 about God that

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.279
 weren't true.

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:22.799
 There are a number

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

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:24.980
 throughout the

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.859
 book of Job that

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.879
 draw on this

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.899
 illusion of light

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.660
 and darkness.

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 Light that appeals

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.920
 or refers to

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:35.039
 clarity and truth

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 and darkness that

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:37.779
 refers to ignorance

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:39.539
 and blindness to

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.899
 the truth that's in

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.460
 front of them.

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.579
 In Job 12,

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.339
 verse 22,

00:30:45.639 --> 00:30:46.079
 Job says,

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:47.019
 He uncovers deep

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.779
 things out of

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.099
 darkness.

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.679
 He brings the

00:30:49.679 --> 00:30:50.659
 shadow of death

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.259
 to life.

00:30:51.699 --> 00:30:51.939
 Light.

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 He takes away the

00:30:53.179 --> 00:30:54.500
 understanding of

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.359
 the chiefs, of

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:55.839
 the people.

00:30:56.199 --> 00:30:57.199
 They grope in the

00:30:57.199 --> 00:30:58.699
 dark without light.

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.359
 Job understood the

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:01.159
 significance of

00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:02.559
 getting wisdom from

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:02.859
 God.

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:04.419
 He desired to have

00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:05.019
 that wisdom.

00:31:05.179 --> 00:31:06.039
 He knew there was

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.699
 a difference between

00:31:06.699 --> 00:31:07.639
 light and darkness.

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.000
 And while he

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:11.359
 understood some

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:12.719
 things about God,

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.819
 there were some

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.659
 gaps in his

00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:15.219
 understanding.

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.459
 They've been

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

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.600
 He had spoken in

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:20.980
 ignorance.

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.880
 He tried to put the

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:23.259
 pieces together, but

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:24.180
 he made the wrong

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.059
 assumptions.

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.600
 He was limited.

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.940
 He was limited

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

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:30.120
 have access to the

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:31.100
 special revelation,

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

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

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

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:35.319
 And so while he was

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.140
 trying to reconcile

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:37.480
 the justice of God,

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:40.420
 he didn't have a

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.960
 category for life

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.880
 after death.

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.200
 And so in his

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.980
 mind, he thought

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:46.380
 the justice of God

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:47.760
 needed to be meted

00:31:47.760 --> 00:31:48.740
 out in the here

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.220
 and now.

00:31:49.520 --> 00:31:50.620
 And so if wicked

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:52.580
 people prosper and

00:31:52.580 --> 00:31:53.660
 righteous people

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:55.520
 suffer, how can that

00:31:55.520 --> 00:31:57.060
 equate and compare

00:31:57.060 --> 00:31:57.960
 with God's justice?

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.120
 He had no category

00:31:59.120 --> 00:32:00.300
 for life after death.

00:32:01.260 --> 00:32:01.980
 And interestingly,

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:04.020
 there is no mention

00:32:04.020 --> 00:32:06.140
 by Job or even

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:07.640
 Job's friends of

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.020
 Satan.

00:32:09.020 --> 00:32:10.440
 They had no concept

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:12.320
 of an adversary,

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:14.040
 the devil, who is

00:32:14.040 --> 00:32:15.560
 coming against God's

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.279
 plans and seeking

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.940
 to undermine God's

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.740
 good things.

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.359
 While they knew

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

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.480
 they seemed to be

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:24.240
 oblivious to Satan

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:25.819
 and his part in

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:26.720
 all of these things.

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.779
 And so they assign

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:31.019
 the suffering to God

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.879
 instead of seeing

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.460
 that it's coming

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

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:35.339
 of Satan and

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.980
 seeking to undo

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.960
 God's plans.

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.720
 And of course,

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:41.159
 God is ultimately

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:41.839
 in control.

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:44.019
 in Job chapter 2

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:45.720
 verse 3, God in

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.939
 speaking with Satan

00:32:46.939 --> 00:32:49.720
 says, Job still

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.659
 holds fast his

00:32:50.659 --> 00:32:51.139
 integrity.

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.779
 Although you,

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:54.439
 Satan, have incited

00:32:54.439 --> 00:32:56.019
 me against him to

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:57.459
 destroy him without

00:32:57.459 --> 00:32:58.859
 reason.

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.939
 God is ultimately

00:33:00.939 --> 00:33:01.879
 responsible.

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:03.079
 He's the one who

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:05.179
 permits Satan to do

00:33:05.179 --> 00:33:05.699
 his thing.

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:08.119
 But Satan is the one

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:09.579
 who is coming after

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:09.879
 Job.

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:11.300
 Satan is the one

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

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:13.160
 this suffering on

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.440
 Job.

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

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

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

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.980
 chapter 6 verse 4,

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

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:20.020
 The arrows of the

00:33:20.020 --> 00:33:21.240
 Almighty are in me.

00:33:21.540 --> 00:33:22.660
 My spirit drinks

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.340
 their poison.

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.960
 The terrors of God

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.940
 are arrayed against

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.240
 me.

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:28.320
 In Job chapter 9

00:33:28.320 --> 00:33:29.560
 verse 17, he says,

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.840
 For he, speaking of

00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:32.120
 the Lord, crushes me

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:33.620
 with a tempest and

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:34.980
 multiplies my wounds

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:36.040
 without cause.

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:40.119
 In Job 19 verse 6,

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:42.700
 8 and 22, he says,

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:44.339
 God has wronged me.

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:46.519
 He has fenced up my

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.859
 way.

00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:48.180
 He has stripped me of

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.539
 glory.

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:50.180
 He breaks me down on

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:50.819
 every side.

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:52.139
 He has kindled his

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:53.019
 wrath against me.

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:54.879
 He counts me as one of

00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.399
 his enemies.

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:57.799
 The hand of God has

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.460
 struck me.

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.980
 And Job, of course,

00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:02.339
 was wrong.

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:04.319
 He speaks ignorantly.

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:05.779
 He's trying to derive

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:07.179
 the truths that he

00:34:07.179 --> 00:34:08.699
 knows about his own

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.860
 suffering and he

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:11.900
 doesn't recognize the

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.779
 parts that he's not,

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.779
 that he's missing.

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:16.000
 Of course, God has

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.940
 given to us his word.

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:20.299
 And in Psalm 19, God

00:34:20.299 --> 00:34:21.739
 has not only given us

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:23.219
 the words of himself

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:24.559
 through the heavens,

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:25.759
 the heavens declaring

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:27.139
 the glory of God, but

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.340
 the rest of the Psalm

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:30.119
 speaks about the wonder

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:31.380
 of the scriptures that

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:31.799
 we have.

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.699
 The law of the Lord is

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:35.579
 perfect, reviving the

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:35.899
 soul.

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.379
 The testimony of the

00:34:37.379 --> 00:34:38.819
 Lord is sure, making

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:40.339
 wise the simple.

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.879
 The precepts of the

00:34:41.879 --> 00:34:43.739
 Lord are right, rejoicing

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.259
 the heart.

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:45.519
 The commandment of the

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:47.219
 Lord is pure, enlightening

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.799
 the eyes.

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:49.619
 The fear of the Lord is

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:51.059
 clean, enduring forever.

00:34:51.419 --> 00:34:53.119
 The rules of the Lord are

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.719
 true and righteous

00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:55.379
 altogether.

00:34:56.419 --> 00:34:57.460
 More to be desired are

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:58.819
 they than gold, even much

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.519
 fine gold.

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.259
 Sweeter also than

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:03.280
 honey and drippings of

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:03.900
 the honeycomb.

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:07.080
 Moreover, by them is

00:35:07.080 --> 00:35:07.940
 your servant warned.

00:35:08.060 --> 00:35:09.540
 In keeping them, there

00:35:09.540 --> 00:35:10.320
 is great reward.

00:35:11.560 --> 00:35:13.960
 The word of God now

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:15.940
 becomes the compass that

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:17.920
 we can understand the

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.880
 revelation of God

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

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:22.000
 We can begin to

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:23.360
 interpret it and

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:25.280
 understand it accurately.

00:35:26.040 --> 00:35:27.300
 And God has given to us

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

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:28.559
 Lord, we have the

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:30.199
 completed revelation of

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:31.319
 the word of God that we

00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:33.059
 have access to every day.

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:35.299
 I trust and pray that you

00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:37.079
 are allowing your heart to

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:39.399
 be encouraged, refined,

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:41.099
 and directed through the

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:42.919
 words of God day by day.

00:35:44.259 --> 00:35:46.039
 As God ministers to you and

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:48.039
 fellowships with you through

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

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:51.179
 And finally, we'll come

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:53.519
 back to this next week and

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:54.559
 try to fill this out some

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:54.779
 more.

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:56.720
 Not only does the Lord

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:58.120
 answer Job, but we see

00:35:58.120 --> 00:35:59.160
 that the Lord questions

00:35:59.160 --> 00:35:59.500
 Job.

00:36:00.140 --> 00:36:01.920
 The Lord questions Job.

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:04.320
 We'll see that in the

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.519
 remaining parts of chapter

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:07.840
 38 and in chapter 39 and

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.860
 40 and 41.

00:36:09.640 --> 00:36:10.640
 And what's fascinating

00:36:10.640 --> 00:36:11.680
 about the way that the

00:36:11.680 --> 00:36:13.660
 Lord questions Job is how

00:36:13.660 --> 00:36:14.440
 he does it.

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:16.780
 How will God now that he

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:18.480
 finally speaks, how will

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:20.280
 God finally address Job's

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:20.820
 situation?

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:22.560
 How will God finally

00:36:22.560 --> 00:36:24.580
 resolve the conflict that

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:25.819
 Job has in his heart?

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:28.239
 How will God help to

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:31.980
 clarify the confusion that

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.920
 Job had?

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:36.460
 And God says in verse 3,

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.639
 dressed for action like a

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:37.900
 man.

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:41.480
 I will question you and you

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:42.400
 make it known to me.

00:36:43.299 --> 00:36:44.860
 God begins by establishing

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.920
 who the authority is.

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:49.179
 God begins by helping Job to

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:51.159
 understand his rightful place.

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:53.699
 not as one who has the

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:55.779
 right to challenge God, but

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:57.460
 as the one who is a subject

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:59.599
 of God who is over all.

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:01.839
 And Job is referred to God

00:37:01.839 --> 00:37:03.059
 throughout this book as

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:04.920
 Shaddai, the one who is

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:06.079
 over all creation.

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:08.399
 And God wants Job to be

00:37:08.399 --> 00:37:09.139
 reminded of the fact,

00:37:09.379 --> 00:37:11.279
 remember who your creator is.

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:14.699
 Remember who the one who has

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:17.019
 the right to ask questions is

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:19.559
 and let that settle your own

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.880
 heart.

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.480
 I just want to read a few

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.639
 pieces of this.

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:25.619
 See if you can begin to hear

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:27.719
 the answer that God gives to

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:29.400
 Job about his situation.

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.340
 Verse 4.

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:34.500
 Where were you when I laid the

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.440
 foundation of the earth?

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:37.260
 Tell me if you have

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

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:39.800
 Who determined its

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.260
 measurements?

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:41.059
 Surely you know.

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:43.519
 Or who stretched the line

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

00:37:45.120 --> 00:37:47.280
 On what were its bases sunk?

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:50.100
 Or who laid its cornerstone?

00:37:50.660 --> 00:37:52.000
 When the morning stars sang

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:53.340
 together and all the sons of

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:54.740
 God shouted for joy?

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

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:59.039
 Who shut in the seas with the

00:37:59.039 --> 00:38:01.000
 doors when it burst out from

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.519
 the womb?

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:03.119
 Verse 12.

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:05.260
 Have you commanded the morning

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:07.119
 since your days began and

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:08.679
 caused the dawn to know its

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.139
 place?

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.860
 Verse 16.

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:13.500
 Have you entered into the

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:15.360
 springs of the sea or walked

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:18.059
 in the recesses of the deep?

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.460
 Verse 19.

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:21.400
 Where is the way to the

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:22.320
 dwelling of light?

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.960
 Where is the place of

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.340
 darkness?

00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:26.059
 Verse 22.

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.900
 Have you entered the

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:29.559
 storehouse of the snow or

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:30.980
 have you seen the storehouse

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.639
 of the hail?

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:33.079
 Verse 25.

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:36.019
 Who has cleft a channel for

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:37.920
 the torrents of rain and a

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:39.340
 way for the thunderbolt?

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:41.000
 Verse 28.

00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:43.019
 Has the rain a father?

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:45.659
 Or who has begotten the

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:46.559
 drops of dew?

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.139
 Verse 31.

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:50.719
 Can you bind the chains of

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.799
 the chains of Pleiades or

00:38:51.799 --> 00:38:52.859
 loose the cords of

00:38:52.859 --> 00:38:53.239
 Orion?

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:55.099
 Can you lead forth the

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:56.319
 mazeroth, which is another

00:38:56.319 --> 00:38:58.159
 word for constellations, in

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:58.799
 their season?

00:38:59.219 --> 00:39:00.759
 Or can you guide the bear with

00:39:00.759 --> 00:39:01.339
 its children?

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:02.859
 Verse 34.

00:39:03.859 --> 00:39:05.440
 Can you lift up your voice to

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:07.619
 the clouds that a flood of

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:09.279
 waters may cover you?

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:10.500
 Verse 41.

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:13.340
 Who provided for the raven its

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:15.639
 prey when its young ones cry

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:17.860
 to God for help and wander

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:19.739
 about for lack of food?

00:39:20.780 --> 00:39:21.820
 What is the answer?

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:24.940
 How does God begin to answer

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:26.539
 Job's question?

00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:31.139
 What's fascinating about this

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:32.460
 whole discourse that we're

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:34.139
 going to see from chapters 38

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:37.340
 to 41 is God will not give

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:40.260
 Job any new revelation.

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:44.660
 God will tell Job exactly the

00:39:44.660 --> 00:39:46.300
 things that Job has already

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:48.820
 affirmed about who God is.

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:50.720
 He is sovereign.

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.900
 He is just.

00:39:52.240 --> 00:39:53.280
 He is benevolent.

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.539
 He is over all.

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:57.220
 He is the one who guides and

00:39:57.220 --> 00:39:57.740
 governs.

00:39:57.800 --> 00:39:59.840
 He is wise and strong.

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:02.100
 All of these things that Job has

00:40:02.100 --> 00:40:05.200
 already given assent to, God

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:07.399
 will confirm through this

00:40:07.399 --> 00:40:07.819
 speech.

00:40:08.759 --> 00:40:11.159
 There is nothing in this

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:14.339
 speech from God that Job

00:40:14.339 --> 00:40:15.419
 doesn't already know.

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:20.619
 That's really amazing to me.

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:24.019
 You see, Job already had what

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.359
 he needed.

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:27.619
 Job had access to revelation

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:31.939
 and Job had drawn out from

00:40:31.939 --> 00:40:34.799
 creation those truths and those

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:37.120
 truths were enough to help Job

00:40:37.120 --> 00:40:38.340
 through this situation.

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:40.900
 Essentially, to summarize and to

00:40:40.900 --> 00:40:42.900
 kind of pull it all together, God's

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:44.539
 like, I am creator.

00:40:45.080 --> 00:40:46.600
 I am not destroyer.

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:51.340
 I am a God of benevolence in care.

00:40:51.720 --> 00:40:53.840
 I take care of my creatures.

00:40:54.100 --> 00:40:55.840
 I do not crush them.

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:59.720
 I am a God of order and design.

00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:01.320
 I'm not a God of chaos.

00:41:02.080 --> 00:41:03.600
 I'm a God of wisdom.

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:07.420
 I'm not a God who can be trifled

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:07.739
 with.

00:41:08.279 --> 00:41:09.319
 You can be challenged.

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:11.440
 I am the God who is overall.

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:14.699
 I am sovereign and ultimate.

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:17.179
 And you can trust me, Job.

00:41:18.059 --> 00:41:20.279
 There's nothing about what God

00:41:20.279 --> 00:41:22.880
 says that Job didn't already know.

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:25.940
 And that, by the way, is the issue

00:41:25.940 --> 00:41:27.039
 for all of us.

00:41:27.819 --> 00:41:29.619
 There are things that we know about

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:37.279
 God and we can't accuse God of leading

00:41:37.279 --> 00:41:42.039
 us into sin when he's already revealed

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:43.699
 himself to us through his word.

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:47.319
 And that every disobedience of our life

00:41:47.319 --> 00:41:50.259
 is a result of a lack of faith,

00:41:50.799 --> 00:41:52.819
 not a lack of knowledge.

00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:54.740
 Let me just give you a couple examples

00:41:54.740 --> 00:41:56.200
 as I close.

00:41:58.539 --> 00:42:03.700
 To the one who struggles with lust,

00:42:04.700 --> 00:42:07.720
 God is the one who takes care of your needs.

00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:12.920
 The one who struggles with stealing,

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:15.559
 God is the one who provides.

00:42:16.080 --> 00:42:18.100
 You can trust him to take care of your needs.

00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:20.980
 To the one who is often afraid,

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:24.339
 God is the one who delivers.

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:27.099
 God is the one who is in control.

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:29.699
 God is the one who is strong.

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:32.839
 To the one who struggles with jealousy,

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:37.819
 God has made me in his image.

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:41.279
 And God has made me the way he wants me to be

00:42:41.279 --> 00:42:44.440
 and he desires to use those things

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:45.699
 according to his purpose.

00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:48.099
 And I don't need to be jealous of other

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:49.579
 people's gifts.

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:52.539
 For those who dishonor their parents,

00:42:53.399 --> 00:42:56.960
 we understand that we're not at the top

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 of the pile.

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 That God is the one who is ultimate.

00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:02.799
 For those who lie,

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:06.539
 we know that God knows it all.

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 God is not disguised and we are exposed

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 to him.

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 He's not limited.

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 For those who feel at the end of themselves,

00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:22.339
 we recognize that God's yoke is easy,

00:43:22.799 --> 00:43:23.819
 his burden is light,

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 and he just desires for us to entrust

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 our anxieties and our pressures to him,

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:31.919
 to cast all your cares upon him

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 because he cares for you.

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 We know those things to be true,

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 and so when we wrestle with anxiety

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:39.039
 in fear,

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:39.960
 in lust,

00:43:40.420 --> 00:43:41.000
 in lying,

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:42.059
 in jealousy,

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:43.019
 in bitterness,

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:44.240
 in frustration,

00:43:44.700 --> 00:43:45.260
 in anger,

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 whatever it is,

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 it is not a deficiency of knowledge

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 but a deficiency of faith.

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 And that's what I believe

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 God is doing for Job.

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 You know these truths.

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 Put them to work.

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 Trust me.

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 I am these things.

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 And you can rest in those truths.

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 And God wants us to do the same.

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 And when we feel at the end of ourselves,

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 and I trust we feel that often,

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 that is a gift to us.

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 And so in that wrestling with God

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 where we feel like we're at the end of ourselves,

00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:19.419
 it is a gift to us

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 to point us to dependence on him.

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 Oh may God help us to do

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 what the folks in Psalm 107 did,

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 and that is

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 that we cry out to the Lord

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 and he delivers us

00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:34.599
 and helps to answer

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 those struggles that we face.

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:36.920
 Let me pray.

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 Lord, thank you for your steadfast love.

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 That loyal, dependable love

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 in your presence

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 and your power

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 and for your wisdom.

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 And Lord, I pray that you would help us

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 to put our confidence in that.

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 Whatever the situation is

00:44:56.760 --> 00:44:57.440
 that we're facing

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 and that we would see

00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:00.460
 that you are

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:01.900
 who you say you are.

00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:03.660
 You are wise.

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:05.300
 You are sovereign.

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 You are strong.

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 You are in control.

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 And we can trust you.

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 May our lives reflect the truths

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 that we say we believe in.

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 And may they show up from day to day.

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 So the world around us says,

00:45:20.059 --> 00:45:22.539
 I want to know your God.

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 May that be true of us,

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 I pray in Jesus' name.

00:45:26.679 --> 00:45:26.900
 Amen.

00:45:27.779 --> 00:45:28.400
 God bless you.

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 Have a great week.