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 And before he does, just by way of introduction, this word, Psalm 88, it's on page 597.

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 O Lord, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you.

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 May my prayer come before you, turn your ear to my cry.

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 For my soul is full of trouble, and my life draws near the grave.

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 I am counted among those who go down to the pit.

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 I am like a man without strength.

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 I am set apart from the dead, with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave,

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 whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.

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 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

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 Your wrath lies heavily upon me.

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 You have overwhelmed me with all your waves.

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 You have taken from me my closest friends, and have made me repulsive to them.

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 I am confined and cannot escape.

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 My eyes are dim with grief.

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 I call to you, O Lord, every day.

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 I spread out my hands to you.

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 Do you show your wonders to the dead?

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 Do those who are dead rise up and praise you?

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 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in destruction?

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 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness?

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 Or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

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 But I cry to you for help, O Lord.

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 In the morning my prayers come before you.

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 Why, O Lord, do you reject me and hide your face from me?

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 From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death.

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 I have suffered your terrors and am in despair.

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 Your wrath has swept over me.

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 Your terrors have destroyed me.

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 All day long they surround me like a flood.

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 They have completely engulfed me.

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 You have taken my companions and loved ones from me.

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 The darkness is my closest friend.

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 It's miserable.

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 Well, it's a psalm that Job could have written himself.

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 It is very dark.

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 But we need to learn from these experiences in life.

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 So I'm going to ask if you'd turn please to Job.

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 Chapter 2.

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 It's on page 510.

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 There's some sheets and pens going round with notes if you would like to follow on.

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 As I say, we're going through the book of Job.

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 Today we're just really looking at chapter 3.

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 Next week we're going to be going from chapters 4 to 27.

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 So we're going to be taking some bigger chunks.

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 But this is a lament.

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 It's Job grieving as he remembers the loss of his family, his health and his wealth.

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 So let's pray and ask for God's help as we look at this section together.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Our Father God, we thank you for your word.

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 We thank you for the stories and the people that we meet.

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 Not just made up stories, but real people.

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 Real lives.

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 Real events.

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 Help us to learn from it.

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 But we pray that we would also meet their God through it.

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 And that as we seek to understand what it is to grieve when suffering comes.

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 That our focus and our minds would be turned upon a God who is the source of all compassion.

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 And all comfort.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 The God who does not leave us.

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 But the God who is always with us.

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 So we pray for your help in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So Job chapter 2 verse 11 through to chapter 3 verse 26.

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 When I was at college, I had a good friend called Stephen.

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 Stephen was married.

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 He had grown-up kids.

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 And most of his working life was always with people.

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 And while he was at college, he was voted in as the student president.

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 He was very mature.

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 He was wise.

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 He was a caring kind of guy.

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 He had experienced all kinds of different things through life.

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 So that he could be a help and a support to others.

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 He was understanding of people's situations.

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 Now soon after that, he ended up in hospital with cancer.

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 And I went to see him.

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 And during the time I was there, I was with him about an hour, I'd say, altogether.

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 He said absolutely nothing.

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 I walked into the ward.

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 And he just looked straight through me.

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 And for the entire time, he just looked blankly into that open ward.

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 I tried to talk to him.

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 There was no response.

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 I prayed with him.

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 I no doubt tried even to be humorous.

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 Looking back, I was trying to bring him out of his despair.

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 I was trying to give him hope.

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 I was trying to give reasons and answers.

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 But sometimes it's right just to grieve.

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 The writer of another wisdom book, it's called Ecclesiastes, says this.

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 There is a time for everything.

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 And a season for every activity under heaven.

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 A time to be born.

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 And a time to die.

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 A time to weep.

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 And a time to laugh.

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 A time to mourn.

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 And a time to dance.

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 A time to be silent.

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 And a time to speak.

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 You see, sometimes there is no room for joyful singing or for happy worship songs.

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 Sometimes there are no words of comfort or hope.

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 Romans 8 verse 28, which says,

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 All things work together for good for those who love God,

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 is not always the appropriate thing to say.

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 Sometimes we just need to weep and mourn.

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 Like Job in chapter 3, we just need to grieve before God.

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 Job, as we saw in chapters 1 and 2, has experienced enormous suffering.

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 And for reasons that we're not given and that we struggle with,

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 God had given Satan permission to inflict terrible suffering in his life.

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 Job loses his family, his grandchildren.

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 All his children are wiped out.

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 He loses all his wealth and his servants.

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 And he also loses his health.

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 Remarkably, though, Job responds with great faith.

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 Look at chapter 1 verse 20.

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 It says there that,

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 It's a remarkable response,

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 considering everything that he's gone through.

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 Now, although his faith proves genuine,

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 his faith is not without struggle.

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 And through his mourning and through his weeping,

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 he opens his heart to God.

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 He lets out how he feels and what he thinks before God.

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 And listening to Job in this chapter,

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 it helps us to see how we too should learn to grieve ourselves

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 and how at times we should maybe understand how others grieve in their suffering.

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 So the first thing is this,

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 the loneliness of suffering.

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 As we'll see,

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 Job had friends who came to support them.

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 And we can have friends who can support us in times of suffering.

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 But even though friends come,

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 there is still a terrible loneliness.

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 Look at chapter 2 verse 11.

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 We're introduced there to Job's three friends.

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 They're called Eliphaz,

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 Bildad,

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 and Zophar.

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 They heard about all the troubles that had come upon him.

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 And they set out from their homes and met together by agreement

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 to go and sympathize with him

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 and to comfort him.

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 It's what we would expect from any of our friends.

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 And it's the kind of things we would hopefully do for our friends.

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 Verse 12.

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 When they saw Job from a distance,

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 they could hardly recognize him.

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 They began to weep aloud,

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 and they tore their robes,

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 and they sprinkled dust on their heads.

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 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days

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 and for seven nights.

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 No one said a word to him

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 because they saw how great his suffering was.

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 You know, traditionally,

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 funerals lasted for seven days in those days.

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 It shows how bad Job's suffering was.

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 They were treating him as if he were dead.

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 After all, he had lost all his family.

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 He had lost his children, his grandchildren.

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 He had lost his health,

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 and he had lost all his possessions.

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 Completely wiped out.

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 But as much as they desire to comfort

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 and they plan that we're going to go and sympathize with him,

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 they're helpless.

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 They could do nothing,

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 and they could say nothing.

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 All they actually bring into the situation is further despair.

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 They're overwhelmed with the impact of the suffering.

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 They can't comprehend what has happened to this man.

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 Now, if that's how his friends feel,

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 how do you think Job feels?

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 You see, they witness the suffering,

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 but it's Job who experiences the suffering.

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 So when friends come,

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 Job still suffers alone.

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 It's his suffering.

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 It's a pain that they can't bear or lessen.

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 It's a hurt that they can't release or repair.

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 So Job must suffer alone.

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 Now, I think it's important that we understand that.

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 As much as we want to help and to support

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 and to bring comfort and care to people,

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 those who suffer,

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 though they're surrounded with family and with friends,

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 there's a sense in which they suffer alone.

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 Everybody else is a witness to the suffering,

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 but they are the ones who experience the suffering.

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 And that might be your story.

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 Maybe you've lost a loved one.

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 Maybe you have to deal with disappointment.

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 Perhaps you struggle with health.

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 Maybe you've experienced a relationship breakdown.

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 And people do comfort you.

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 And while we appreciate their prayers and their words,

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 which are invaluable at those times,

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 deep inside,

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 we still feel terribly alone.

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 Because after all, it's your suffering.

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 It's your heartache.

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 And it's your pain.

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 So there's a loneliness in suffering.

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 And it's from this dark place of loneliness

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 that Job begins to voice his cries towards God.

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 And as we read through chapter 3,

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 it's not easy listening.

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 It's like Psalm 88.

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 It's raw.

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 And it reflects the agony and the pain that he's suffering.

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 But let's not be mistaken.

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 This is not a lack of faith.

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 This is not Job turning away from God.

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 This is real faith

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 in the midst of his darkness.

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 Look at how Job responds

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 as we try to contemplate the suffering that he's in.

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 First of all, Job starts by wishing

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 that he was never born,

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 that he never existed.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 May the day of my birth perish,

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 and the night it was said,

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 a boy is born.

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 That night may it turn to darkness.

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 May God above not care about it.

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 May no light shine upon it.

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 May darkness and deep shadow claim it once more.

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 May a cloud settle over it.

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 May blackness overwhelm its light.

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 That night may thick darkness seize it.

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 May it not be included among the days of the year,

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 nor be entered in any of the months.

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 Erase my birthday, he says.

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 Scratch it out with a big marker.

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 Better still, wind back the clock

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 and make sure that my birth never even happens.

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 Verse 7.

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 May that night be barren.

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 May no shout of joy be heard in it.

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 May there never have been any balloons or flowers

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 or cards of congratulations.

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 Verse 8.

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 May those who curse days curse that day.

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 Those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.

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 Leviathan there is a symbol of one

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 who brings disorder and destruction.

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 May its morning stars become dark.

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 May it wait for daylight in vain

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 and not see the first rays of dawn.

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 For it did not shut the doors on the womb on me

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 to hide trouble from my eyes.

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 But as the grieving intensifies

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 and it gets deeper and darker,

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 Job not only wishes that his birth is cursed,

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 Job actually wishes that he were dead.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 Why did I not perish at birth

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 and die as I came from the womb?

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 Why were there knees to receive me

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 and breasts that I might be nursed?

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 For now I would be lying down in peace.

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 I would be asleep and at rest.

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 Not only does Job long to die,

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 he wishes that his life never even started.

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 Verse 16.

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 Why was I not hidden in the ground

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 like a stillborn child,

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 like an infant who never saw the light of day?

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 There the wicked cease from their turmoil

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 and there the weary are at rest.

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 Captives also enjoy their ease.

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 They no longer hear the slave driver shout.

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 The small and the great are there

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 and the slave is freed from his master.

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 You see, Job longs to be released from his pain.

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 He longs to end his days of emotional

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 and physical agony

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 and die

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 and be at rest

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 so it's no more.

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 In fact, the longer Job has to live

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 with this suffering,

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 the more pointless life becomes.

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 Look at verse 20.

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 Why is light given to those in misery?

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 Why is life given to the bitter of soul?

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 To those who long for their death?

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 That does not come.

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 For those who search for it

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 more than they do hidden treasure.

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 Who are filled with gladness

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 and rejoice when they reach the grave.

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 Why is life given to a man

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 whose way is hidden,

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 whom God is hedged in?

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 You see, to Job,

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 the only reason he can see for living

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 is to experience heartache and sadness.

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 God, it seems to him,

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 has boxed or hedged Job in

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 to a life of inescapable suffering.

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 Verse 24.

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 For sighing comes to me instead of food.

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 My groans pour out like water.

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 What I feared has come upon me.

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 What I dreaded has happened to me.

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 I have no peace,

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 no quietness.

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 I have no rest,

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 but only turmoil.

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 It's uncomfortable reading, isn't it?

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 Condescendingly, we look on and we say,

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 well, I'm sure he doesn't really mean it.

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 Or worse, if we were there,

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 we might want to interrupt him.

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 We could imagine Job sitting in a prayer meeting

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 and he starts crying out to God

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 and we put a hand on his shoulder

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 and we say,

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 Job, don't say that.

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 It's not as bad as what it seems.

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 But the reality is,

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 he does mean it.

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 Life for Job is as bad as what this is.

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 Every time he remembers his children

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 and his grandchildren

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 that were destroyed in that tornado,

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 he wishes that he was never born.

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 Every time he thinks about his servants

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 and his wealth being completely wiped out,

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 he longs that he had died along with them.

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 And every time he feels

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 the excruciating pain of his illness,

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 every dart and every arrow

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 that goes through his life,

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 he just sees it as wasteless,

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 pointless,

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 and useless.

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 You know, reading through this chapter,

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 I couldn't help think

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 that Job is perhaps contemplating suicide.

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 Or if it existed back then

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 that he would be going down

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 to visit his local doctor

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 to ask the question about euthanasia.

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 Look at verse 21.

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 Those who long for death

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 that does not come,

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 who search for it

00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:02.039
 more than for hidden treasure.

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 I remember listening to a story

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 of a very godly man.

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 We know him well as a family

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 and as a pastor of a church.

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 He loved Jesus

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 and he lived to serve Jesus.

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 And in his life,

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 he was struck down

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 with something that brought

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 unbearable physical pain

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 to his life.

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 And as he shared his story with us,

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 he told us that how one day

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 he sat on his bed

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 with an open bottle of tablets

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 ready to end his life

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 and leave his wife

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 and his children behind.

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 Like Job in his suffering,

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 he wished he had never been born.

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 He longed to die

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 and he thought life

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 as wasteful.

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 You see,

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 that's how God,

00:22:06.360 --> 00:22:08.460
 how people who love God

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 feel at times.

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 This is the story

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 of a man who was blameless,

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 who loved God

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 and who hated evil.

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 And so we should not

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.980
 criticise

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 or we should never

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 condemn somebody

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 for feeling like that.

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 In hard times,

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 it's a real experience.

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 And maybe you felt like that

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 at times.

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 For others,

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 your pain is maybe

00:22:35.360 --> 00:22:36.460
 expressed differently.

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 Maybe it's a desire

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 just to hide away,

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 to stay indoors

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 and not meet with anybody.

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 Maybe you felt

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 that all your energy is gone

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.039
 and you just want

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 to stay in your bed

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 and you actually haven't got

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 the physical strength

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 to get out of bed

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 and get dressed.

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 just because we are Christians,

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 it doesn't mean

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 that we are immune

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 from the heartache

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:06.560
 of suffering

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 and the cry of pains

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 that it brings.

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 Now, before we move on,

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 I want us just

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:21.380
 to take a little tangent

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 to the left here

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 and just ask this question

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 about euthanasia.

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 We said here that

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.519
 in chapter 3,

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 I think Job is considering

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:32.759
 ending his life.

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 Sometimes it's called

00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:37.700
 assisted suicide.

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 suicide.

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 And if you've been

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.539
 watching the news recently,

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 you will see that

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 it's come up again

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 in the UK.

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 A man who is suffering terribly

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 and he wants to end his life.

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 And euthanasia is this,

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 I have it up on the screen,

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 it's about the rights

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.900
 of individuals

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 to choose for themselves

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 the quality of life

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 they want

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 and when they no longer

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.980
 enjoy that quality of life

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.980
 to end it.

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 That's basically

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:07.019
 what euthanasia is.

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 Now, as a Christian,

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.799
 as myself,

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:11.000
 who loves God

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.440
 and who submits

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.200
 to God's word,

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.660
 the Bible,

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 I need to ask myself,

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.240
 is that right?

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 Is euthanasia

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.620
 an option

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.900
 for the Christian today?

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 Well, the short answer

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:25.519
 is no.

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.519
 Let me explain.

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 I don't think

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.220
 we could find a person

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 who suffered

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:34.059
 as much in life

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.400
 than Job.

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 I don't think

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:38.480
 we've come across

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.380
 anybody who's

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:40.759
 contemplated ending

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:42.019
 his life as much

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:43.160
 as Job

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.820
 as expressed

00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:45.200
 in these chapters here.

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.380
 But yet,

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.640
 Job never did

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:50.380
 end his life.

00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:51.440
 Why?

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.860
 Well, Job understood

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:56.360
 life from God's perspective.

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.740
 You see,

00:24:56.800 --> 00:24:57.400
 it's not about

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:59.140
 the quality of life,

00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.980
 it's about

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.920
 the value

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:03.040
 of a life.

00:25:03.280 --> 00:25:03.900
 Not about

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.960
 the quality of life,

00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:05.920
 but the value

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:07.020
 of life.

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.759
 Let me just show you

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.560
 four things

00:25:09.560 --> 00:25:10.420
 about life

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:12.400
 from God's perspective

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.480
 that we see

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.060
 through Job.

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.720
 I have them all

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.400
 up on the screen.

00:25:15.520 --> 00:25:16.259
 You can just listen.

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:16.960
 First,

00:25:17.080 --> 00:25:17.620
 Job understood

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.140
 that God

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:19.000
 is the creator

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.860
 of all of life.

00:25:20.520 --> 00:25:21.080
 So he says,

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.359
 remember that

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:23.259
 you moulded me

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.000
 like clay.

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.939
 Did you not

00:25:25.939 --> 00:25:26.599
 clothe me

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.359
 with skin

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.079
 and flesh

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.720
 and knit me

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.379
 together with

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:30.799
 bones and sinews?

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:31.960
 You see,

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.619
 it's a reference

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.939
 back to Genesis 1

00:25:33.939 --> 00:25:34.899
 that God

00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.919
 created us

00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:37.079
 in his image.

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.460
 Male and female,

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.500
 he created us.

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.799
 We were designed

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.859
 to live

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:42.639
 in relationship

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.399
 with each other

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:44.460
 and with God.

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.720
 God is our creator

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:47.160
 and life

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.339
 is valuable.

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.180
 Second,

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.039
 Job understood

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.640
 that God

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.700
 is the sustainer

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.500
 of all life.

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.960
 He says this,

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.720
 in his hand

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.380
 is the life

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.480
 of every creature

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.640
 and the breath

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.720
 of all mankind.

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.440
 If it were

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.240
 his intention

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.299
 and he withdrew

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:06.039
 his spirit

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:07.059
 and breath,

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.880
 all mankind

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:09.259
 would perish together

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:10.440
 and man

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.100
 would return

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:11.720
 to dust.

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:13.860
 So our life,

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.880
 whatever circumstance

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.700
 we are in,

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:17.059
 is in

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:18.100
 the hand

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.660
 of God.

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.700
 He is the sustainer

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.240
 of life.

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.720
 And third,

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.620
 Job understood

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.299
 that God

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.120
 is the planner

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:28.039
 of his life.

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.700
 He understood

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.640
 that from the beginning

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.200
 of his life

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.980
 to the very end

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.200
 of it.

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.579
 God was in charge

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.039
 of it.

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.640
 He plans it.

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.200
 And so he says

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.120
 at the very end

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.759
 of this book,

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.180
 I know that you

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:40.640
 can do all things

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:42.539
 and that no plan

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.360
 of yours

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:45.079
 can be frustrated.

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:47.839
 life is completely

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:49.539
 in the hands

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.279
 and the plans

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.960
 and the ways

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.460
 of God.

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:54.160
 And fourth,

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.740
 as we saw

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.559
 last week,

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.519
 Job understood

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.799
 that God alone

00:26:58.799 --> 00:27:00.640
 is the one

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.779
 who can take life.

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:04.700
 The Lord gave

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:06.740
 and the Lord

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:08.100
 has taken away.

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:10.200
 So you see,

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:11.920
 despite all the suffering,

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:14.059
 and we see it here,

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:15.620
 the depths of the darkness

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.500
 and the struggles

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.840
 that Job is going through,

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.539
 through it all,

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:20.440
 he sees that

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.860
 life is a gift

00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:22.539
 from God

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.660
 and it's all

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:24.920
 controlled by God.

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:26.039
 all of life

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.840
 is precious

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:28.200
 and valuable

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.880
 to God.

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.380
 Even a life

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:31.480
 that is suffering

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.279
 to the extent

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.900
 that it is,

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:34.180
 is precious

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:36.039
 and valuable

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.740
 to God.

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.880
 And so we do not

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.759
 have a right

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:43.160
 to end

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.740
 our life.

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.640
 And I think

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.720
 that's why Job,

00:27:48.840 --> 00:27:50.039
 in all his suffering,

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.200
 never did.

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:55.360
 Well, let's get back

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:56.080
 into Job

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:57.600
 a little bit more.

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.180
 We've looked at

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.700
 the loneliness

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.840
 of suffering,

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:01.080
 the cry of suffering.

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.360
 But this loneliness,

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.519
 yes, it leads

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.259
 to a cry,

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.819
 but there's also

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.519
 a hope

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:09.580
 within this suffering.

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.700
 Job's grieving

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.900
 is very deep,

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:14.120
 it's very dark,

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:15.759
 but it is not

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.440
 detached.

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.299
 And while he is

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.220
 still struggling

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.799
 with God

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.600
 and he's crying

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.419
 out to God,

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:24.139
 it's a cry

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:25.259
 that does go

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.519
 out to God.

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:28.480
 Look at verse 11.

00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:29.779
 He has these questions

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.619
 that repeat,

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:32.879
 why did I not

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.839
 perish at birth?

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.339
 Verse 12,

00:28:35.719 --> 00:28:36.939
 why were there

00:28:36.939 --> 00:28:38.519
 needs to receive me?

00:28:39.219 --> 00:28:39.980
 Verse 20,

00:28:40.439 --> 00:28:41.919
 why is light

00:28:41.919 --> 00:28:42.859
 given to those

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:43.559
 in misery?

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.199
 Verse 23,

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:47.139
 why is life

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:48.199
 given to a man

00:28:48.199 --> 00:28:48.679
 whose way

00:28:48.679 --> 00:28:49.199
 is hidden?

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:51.519
 All these questions

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.319
 there's this

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.400
 inner conflict

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:54.619
 within Job's life.

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.839
 He's questioning

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:57.240
 God with all

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.819
 the wise,

00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:00.240
 but he's still

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:01.440
 turning to God.

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.200
 Yes,

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:04.059
 he's angry

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.639
 with God

00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:05.119
 and we see

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.720
 the anger

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.519
 intensify

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.160
 as we read

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.720
 through the book,

00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:09.119
 but he's still

00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:09.839
 calling out

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.359
 to God.

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:14.559
 God does not

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.079
 answer

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.659
 from those

00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:16.359
 questions.

00:29:17.419 --> 00:29:18.379
 God does

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.139
 not respond

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.759
 to Job,

00:29:19.959 --> 00:29:20.719
 not yet,

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.539
 he does

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.199
 eventually,

00:29:23.479 --> 00:29:24.799
 but for Job

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.439
 this is where

00:29:25.439 --> 00:29:26.079
 his journey

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.959
 must start.

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.939
 And if there

00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:29.579
 is anybody

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.219
 who's going

00:29:30.219 --> 00:29:31.240
 to understand

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.159
 Job in all

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.839
 his suffering,

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:34.459
 it is God

00:29:34.459 --> 00:29:36.139
 who also

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:37.240
 suffered for him.

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:39.240
 You see,

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.819
 in faith,

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.539
 Job looks

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.599
 beyond himself

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.759
 to a God

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.279
 as we read

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.759
 at the beginning

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.380
 this morning,

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.779
 the God

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.220
 who is the

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.720
 source of

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.779
 all comfort

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.740
 and all

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.339
 compassion,

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.519
 and this is

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.920
 who he's

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.500
 looking to.

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.920
 And we know

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.380
 that God

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:54.960
 did show

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.819
 his compassion

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:57.259
 and his

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.680
 comfort.

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.319
 Job is

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.120
 suffering alone,

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:03.559
 but we

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.059
 remember

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.699
 Jesus

00:30:04.699 --> 00:30:07.759
 who went

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.099
 to the

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.559
 cross

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.479
 alone.

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.579
 Jesus

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.339
 would suffer

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.159
 and die

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:14.619
 alone.

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.319
 And on

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.739
 the cross,

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.439
 Jesus would

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:18.139
 cry out

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.879
 in despair.

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.159
 Do you

00:30:19.159 --> 00:30:19.699
 remember those

00:30:19.699 --> 00:30:20.039
 words?

00:30:20.479 --> 00:30:21.079
 My God,

00:30:21.199 --> 00:30:21.819
 my God,

00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:22.719
 why have

00:30:22.719 --> 00:30:23.439
 you forsaken

00:30:23.439 --> 00:30:23.739
 me?

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.799
 Those words

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.359
 are a quote

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.979
 from Psalm

00:30:27.979 --> 00:30:28.599
 22.

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.239
 Let me

00:30:30.239 --> 00:30:30.719
 just read

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:30.980
 to you

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.400
 the first

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.839
 couple of

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.400
 verses of

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.940
 that Psalm,

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.920
 Psalm 22,

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.440
 that Jesus

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.140
 cried out

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.539
 from the

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:36.900
 cross.

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.039
 And listen

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.500
 to the

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.559
 depth of

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.660
 Christ's

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.039
 grieving.

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.620
 He says,

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.259
 My God,

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.860
 my God,

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.380
 why have

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.059
 you forsaken

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.360
 me?

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.660
 Why are

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.220
 you so

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.900
 far from

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.720
 saving me,

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.819
 so far

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.279
 from the

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.860
 words of

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.600
 my groaning?

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.480
 Oh,

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.140
 my God,

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.799
 I cry

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.380
 out by

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:55.779
 day,

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.100
 but you

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:57.539
 do not

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.000
 answer.

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.680
 By night

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.920
 and I'm

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.160
 not

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.580
 silent.

00:31:03.580 --> 00:31:04.340
 This is

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:04.840
 Job's

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.240
 God.

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.900
 This is

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.600
 God who

00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:08.480
 understands

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.000
 what it

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.440
 is to

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:09.940
 suffer

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.320
 alone,

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.940
 to cry

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.360
 out,

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.560
 and to

00:31:12.560 --> 00:31:12.960
 have no

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.700
 response.

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.660
 And it

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.279
 introduces

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:17.060
 us to

00:31:17.060 --> 00:31:18.160
 this God

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.660
 who does

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.299
 understand,

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.080
 Christ who

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.860
 was forsaken

00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:22.019
 for us so

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.480
 that we

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.019
 would never

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.779
 be forsaken

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.380
 by him.

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.360
 That Christ

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:25.980
 who suffered

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.900
 alone on the

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:28.380
 cross did

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:30.019
 so that we

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.540
 would never

00:31:30.540 --> 00:31:31.040
 have to

00:31:31.040 --> 00:31:31.720
 suffer alone.

00:31:33.040 --> 00:31:33.519
 And it's

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.440
 only here as

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.019
 we come to

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.660
 terms with

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.360
 this, as

00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:37.040
 we cry

00:31:37.040 --> 00:31:37.580
 out to

00:31:37.580 --> 00:31:37.980
 God,

00:31:38.580 --> 00:31:39.880
 that we

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.500
 do find

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:40.940
 one who

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.560
 does know,

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.240
 a God

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.660
 who does

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.120
 care,

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.140
 a God

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:47.080
 who understands,

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.759
 a God

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.380
 who has

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:49.340
 been there,

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.640
 and one

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.100
 who gives

00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:53.040
 hope in

00:31:53.040 --> 00:31:53.420
 the midst

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:53.900
 events.

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.820
 But while

00:31:57.820 --> 00:31:58.360
 the hope

00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:59.100
 does come,

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.080
 let's

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:01.900
 remember it's

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.539
 only through

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.300
 grieving in

00:32:03.300 --> 00:32:03.900
 the darkness

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:06.220
 that we

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.779
 can begin

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.440
 to see the

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.920
 light of

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:09.580
 hope come

00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:10.400
 shining through.

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.620
 We need

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.120
 to learn

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.920
 to grieve

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:16.440
 like Job

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:18.680
 did in

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.400
 our days

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.019
 of struggle

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.539
 and our

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.100
 days of

00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:21.519
 suffering.

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.759
 It's not

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.240
 sinful,

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.539
 it's not

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:24.940
 wrong,

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.340
 it's

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:28.060
 right to

00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.779
 cry out to

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.259
 our God

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.320
 who understands

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:31.680
 and who

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.220
 knows what

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.759
 it is to

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:34.180
 suffer alone.

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:36.900
 Let's

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.180
 pray.

00:32:49.300 --> 00:32:50.060
 As we

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:50.580
 pray, let

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:50.920
 me just

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.460
 read these

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.080
 words of

00:32:52.080 --> 00:32:52.720
 comfort.

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.960
 that speak

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.920
 about our

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.320
 God

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:58.120
 towards his

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.580
 people.

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:04.180
 Shout for

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:05.019
 joy, O

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.539
 heavens,

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:08.440
 rejoice, O

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:08.840
 earth,

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.519
 burst into

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.279
 song, O

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.900
 mountains,

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:15.080
 for the

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:16.320
 Lord comforts

00:33:16.320 --> 00:33:17.180
 his people

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:18.980
 and will

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.960
 have compassion

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:21.120
 on his

00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.660
 afflicted

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:24.059
 on his

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.460
 and

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:24.840
 his people

00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:25.160
 said,

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.600
 the Lord

00:33:25.600 --> 00:33:26.480
 has forsaken

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:26.740
 me,

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.500
 the Lord

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.340
 has forgotten

00:33:28.340 --> 00:33:28.700
 me.

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.480
 The Lord

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:31.980
 answers,

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:34.319
 can a

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.980
 mother forget

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.620
 the baby

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.299
 at her

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.720
 breast

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:38.420
 and have

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:39.220
 no compassion

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.680
 on the

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.360
 child she

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.900
 has born?

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.620
 Though she

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.440
 may forget,

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:46.299
 I will

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:47.680
 not forget

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.480
 you.

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.840
 See, I

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.680
 have engraved

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.460
 you on the

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.299
 palms of

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:54.140
 my hands.

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:56.380
 Your walls

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:57.580
 are ever

00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:58.279
 before me.

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.600
 Our

00:34:01.600 --> 00:34:02.140
 Father God,

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.480
 as we

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.180
 remember the

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.820
 Lord Jesus

00:34:03.820 --> 00:34:06.019
 who stretched

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.700
 out his

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:08.000
 arms on

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.599
 the cross,

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.599
 who suffered

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.059
 alone,

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.400
 who was

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.980
 forsaken

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.840
 for us,

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.820
 as we

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.519
 picture those

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.539
 nails in

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.440
 his hands,

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.880
 the scars

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.940
 in his

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.539
 hands,

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:23.119
 they remind

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:25.240
 us that

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:25.980
 our names

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.579
 are written

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.260
 in the palm

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:28.680
 of his

00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:29.099
 hand,

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.700
 that we

00:34:30.700 --> 00:34:31.160
 will never

00:34:31.160 --> 00:34:31.880
 be forgotten.

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.780
 God

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.360
 will be

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.740
 our

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.220
 comfort

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:39.700
 and our

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:40.280
 compassion

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:41.920
 in our

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.460
 days of

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.920
 struggle

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.200
 and in

00:34:44.200 --> 00:34:44.680
 our days

00:34:44.680 --> 00:34:45.260
 of suffering.

00:34:46.600 --> 00:34:47.360
 He will

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:47.880
 not leave

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.240
 us.

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.620
 He will

00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:50.300
 not abandon

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 us

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:53.600
 because Christ

00:34:53.600 --> 00:34:54.300
 was abandoned

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:55.040
 for us so

00:34:55.040 --> 00:34:55.580
 that we

00:34:55.580 --> 00:34:56.320
 would never

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:57.880
 have to

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.640
 suffer alone.

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.580
 We thank

00:35:01.580 --> 00:35:02.100
 you for who

00:35:02.100 --> 00:35:02.580
 you are

00:35:02.580 --> 00:35:03.920
 and the

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.440
 great God

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.800
 that you

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.080
 are.

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.860
 In

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.200
 Jesus'

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.660
 name,

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.080
 Amen.

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:11.660
 We

00:35:11.660 --> 00:35:12.240
 are

00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:12.500
 there

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:23.960
 and

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 there

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:29.800
 are

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.600
 you