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 109 of the church bible and we're going to read all of chapter 1 so someone's going to read verses 1 to 12 and then 13 to 22.

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 Job chapter 1 or yeah chapter 1 sorry in verse 1.

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 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright. He feared God and shunned evil.

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 He had seven sons and three daughters and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen and 500 donkeys and had a large number of servants.

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 He was the greatest man among all the people of the east.

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 His sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes and he would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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 When a period of feasting had run its course Job would send and have them purified.

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 Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them thinking perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.

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 This was Job's regular custom.

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 One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan also came with them.

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 The Lord said to Satan, Where have you come from?

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 Satan answered the Lord, From roaming through the earth and going to and fro in it.

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 Then the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job?

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 There is no one on earth like him. He is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.

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 Does Job fear God for nothing? Satan replied.

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 Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has?

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 You have blessed the work of his hands so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.

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 But stretch out your hands and strike everything he has and he will surely curse you to your face.

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 The Lord said to Satan, Very well then.

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 Everything he has is in your hands.

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 But on the man himself do not lay a finger.

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 Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

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 One day when Job's sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother's house,

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 a messenger came to Job and said,

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 The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

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 and the Sabians attacked and carried them off.

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 They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you.

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 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said,

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 The fire of God fell from the sky and burned up the sheep and the servants,

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 and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you.

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 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said,

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 The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and carried them off.

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 They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you.

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 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said,

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 Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother's house,

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 when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house.

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 It collapsed on them, and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you.

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 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head.

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 Then he fell to the ground in worship and said,

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 Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I shall depart.

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 The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.

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 May the name of the Lord be praised.

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 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

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 Well, we are going to be looking at this book over the next number of weeks,

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 and time to time I will recommend some books that relate to this theme.

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 I have got three this morning, some that I have read that you may find helpful.

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 This one is just a very simple little book.

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 It's called Suffering and Evil, aimed at kind of teenage years.

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 But if you've got a simple mind like me, then that's the book for you.

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 It's a very simple read.

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 This one on a similar vein is,

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 If I were God, I would end all the pain,

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 written by a man whose father died in an airplane crash,

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 and he works through that whole issue of suffering and the big question, why?

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 Okay, this one is a little bit more, I think, better.

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 It's a longer read, a little bit more pastoral.

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 Suffering Well, the Predictable Surprise of Christian Suffering.

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 And it really says, look, it's not if we suffer, but when we suffer,

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 because we're all going to face it at some stage or another,

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 asking all those questions and how to deal with it as Christian people.

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 So those are three books that I recommend,

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 and there'll be others along the way that I'll be pointing out too.

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 So you can look at them afterwards if you wish.

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 Well, let's get to the book of the Bible,

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 the book that we can trust, God's Word.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we recognise that all of us will face some form of suffering,

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 and perhaps we are already in it or have gone through it.

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 And we come with all kinds of questions and struggles,

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 and we want to come with you openly and honestly,

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 asking that you would speak into our lives,

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 that you would help us to understand your ways better,

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 but ultimately that you would give us a heart

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 that submits to you and trusts you.

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 Even when the darkness closes in,

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 we would still be able to say,

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 blessed be the name of the Lord.

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 Please help us.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 A loving family,

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 with all their plans and dreams ahead of them,

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 are greeted with the unwelcome news

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 that the husband has a tumour.

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 With great strength and determination and faith in God,

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 they fight through all the operations,

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 all the treatment and the pain.

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 Just after the birth of their second child,

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 which he's become too weak to hold,

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 he leaves this world as death takes over.

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 Why?

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 A young man has become a Christian.

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 He turns from his selfish life to submit to God.

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 He was told that the cost of becoming a Christian,

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 that friends might turn their back on you,

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 and people might even criticise you.

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 But he never thought his wife would leave him,

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 taking with her their only child.

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 Why?

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 A family who obeyed God's call

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 to go and serve the people in North Asia.

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 At great sacrifice,

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 they leave their family and friends,

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 bringing with them the good news of the gospel.

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 The conditions they are at are poor and basic,

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 but filled with a love for God,

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 they go on serving their neighbours around them.

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 Tragically,

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 their little son dies in an awful accident,

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 burned from an open cooking fire.

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 Why?

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 A pastor and his wife rush to the hospital,

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 ready for the birth of their fourth child.

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 The delivery goes well,

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 but as the early days pass,

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 it becomes apparent

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 that their daughter is not going to survive for very long.

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 Amazingly, she does survive,

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 but requires 24-7 care.

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 Now more than 20 years later,

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 she still can't walk or talk

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 or go to the loo by herself.

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 Why?

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 Now I'm sure you all have your own stories

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 of people who suffer,

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 but each one of these are people that I know.

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 And their suffering is not just

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 an intellectual problem with the head,

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 it's experienced,

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 and they live with the pain

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 and the heartache

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 every single day.

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 And of course,

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 it's natural for us

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 that when we are facing suffering,

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 that we ask the question,

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 why?

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 Why me?

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 Why this?

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 Why now?

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 And it's a question

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 that we all want answers to,

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 but there are no easy answers.

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 When we ask the question,

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 why?

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 God in his wisdom

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 has given us a book

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 called Job,

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 which is 42 chapters long.

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 In other words,

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 it's telling us

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 that there is no quick fix.

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 There are no pat answers.

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 You can't just do it

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 in one easy session.

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 As one writer has put it,

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 these are not armchair questions.

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 These are wheelchair questions.

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 So as we read through Job,

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 we are invited to watch

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 and listen

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 and to learn

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 from one man's experience

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 of suffering.

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 It's a real

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 and an honest account

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 of personal pain,

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 heartache,

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 and tragedy.

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 It's a journey

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 of one man

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 as he gets angry,

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 confronting God

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 and questioning God

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 and shaking his fist

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 at God

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 to cope with suffering,

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 to deal with suffering,

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 to understand suffering.

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 We need to take time

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 to immerse ourselves

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 in this story.

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 In some way,

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 this story

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 must become

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 our story.

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 We've got to let it

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 touch our hearts

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 and to impact our minds.

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 We are to feel

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 his pain.

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 We're to ask

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 his questions

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 and we are to submit

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 to his God.

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 So as we go over

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 these studies

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 over the next few weeks,

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 there's got to be

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 some clear signposts

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 that we have in place.

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 They don't answer

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 all of our questions.

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 In fact,

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 at the end of this study,

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 there are going to be

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 more questions.

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 But what they do

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 is they begin

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 to point us

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 in the right direction.

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 They help us

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 to start the journey

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 as we live life

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 in a suffering world.

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 So signpost number one

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 is this,

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 innocent suffering.

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 Job is innocent,

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 but yet he suffers.

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 You know the stories

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 that I told

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 at the beginning

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 have all one thing

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 in common.

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 Those involved

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 are all

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 innocent people.

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 I don't mean

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 they're perfect

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 because none of them

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 will tell you

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 that they're perfect.

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 But what I mean

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 is they are hard-working,

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 loving and caring people

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 who seek to do

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 what is right

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 and good.

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 You see,

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 some suffering

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 that happens

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 as a result

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 of our foolish actions.

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 We can understand that.

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 So somebody

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 might drink too much,

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 they get in their car,

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 they end up having a crash

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 and they have brain damage.

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 And as tragic

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 and as awful

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 as that is,

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 we can understand

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 that there's a logic

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 to it.

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 But when people

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 suffer for no

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 apparent reason,

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 then that's really hard.

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 When good,

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 honest and caring

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 people get sick

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 and they struggle

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 with terrible pain

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 and then they die.

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 When people

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 who love justice

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 and seek peace

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 get mugged

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 and stabbed.

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 When hard-working,

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 generous people

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 lose their savings

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 and job,

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 we find it very difficult

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 to understand.

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 But that's the story

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 of Job.

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 Job is introduced

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 to us,

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 look at verse 3

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 of chapter 1,

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 the end of verse 3,

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 as the greatest man

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 among all the people

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 of the East.

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 He is obviously

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 a man of great influence

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 and power.

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 He has considerable wealth.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 He had seven sons

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 and three daughters

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 and he owned

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 7,000 sheep,

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 3,000 camels,

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 500 yoke of oxen

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 and 500 oxen

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 and he had a large

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 number of servants.

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 He's in millionaire status.

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 But he doesn't allow

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 his wealth to rule

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 or ruin his life.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 We're told there

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 in the middle

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 that this man

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 was blameless

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 and upright.

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 He feared God

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 and he shunned evil.

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 Or as God says

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 in verse 8,

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 there is no one

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 on earth

00:13:20.939 --> 00:13:22.019
 like him.

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 Job is a man

00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:24.659
 of integrity

00:13:24.659 --> 00:13:25.620
 and honesty.

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 He seeks

00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:27.179
 what is good.

00:13:27.439 --> 00:13:28.299
 He loves God,

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 not just in words,

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 but in his actions.

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 And he hates

00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:33.379
 evil.

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 But not only that,

00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:36.879
 he's not only concerned

00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:38.419
 for his own spiritual life,

00:13:38.460 --> 00:13:39.039
 he's concerned

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 for his whole family.

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 Look at verse 4.

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 His sons used

00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:43.639
 to take turns

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 holding feasts

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 or parties

00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:46.399
 in their homes

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 and they would invite

00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:48.700
 their three sisters

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 to eat and drink

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 with them.

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 And when a period

00:13:51.299 --> 00:13:51.939
 of feasting

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 had run its course,

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 Job would send

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 and have them purified.

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 Early in the morning

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 he would sacrifice

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 a burnt offering

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 for each of them

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 thinking,

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 perhaps my children

00:14:02.100 --> 00:14:03.060
 have sinned

00:14:03.060 --> 00:14:04.139
 and have cursed God

00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:04.980
 in their hearts.

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 You see,

00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:08.139
 Job is the kind

00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:08.700
 of neighbour

00:14:08.700 --> 00:14:10.060
 you would want,

00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:11.500
 the kind of friend

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 that you'd love

00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:13.360
 to have,

00:14:13.540 --> 00:14:14.180
 the husband

00:14:14.180 --> 00:14:14.899
 or the father

00:14:14.899 --> 00:14:16.040
 that you would dream of,

00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:17.159
 the employer

00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:18.000
 you'd love to be

00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:18.759
 working for.

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 You can't fault him.

00:14:22.920 --> 00:14:23.720
 He's innocent.

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 But then all of a sudden

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 and without warning,

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 he is destroyed

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 by personal suffering.

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 In the first scene,

00:14:33.780 --> 00:14:34.800
 look at verse 15.

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 He loses his donkeys

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 and servants

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 to some act of war,

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 not unlike what's

00:14:40.940 --> 00:14:41.960
 going on in Syria.

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 Then in verse 16,

00:14:45.040 --> 00:14:46.720
 through some natural disaster,

00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:48.060
 most likely it's

00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:48.560
 lightning,

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 but we're told

00:14:49.860 --> 00:14:51.100
 that fire wipes out

00:14:51.100 --> 00:14:51.600
 his sheep

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 and more servants.

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 And then in verse 17,

00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:56.680
 there's more violence

00:14:56.680 --> 00:14:57.660
 as all his camels

00:14:57.659 --> 00:14:58.240
 are stolen

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 and his remaining

00:14:59.439 --> 00:15:00.339
 servants are

00:15:00.339 --> 00:15:01.419
 brutally butchered.

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 And if that were

00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:04.100
 not enough,

00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:05.279
 in verse 18,

00:15:05.980 --> 00:15:07.279
 all of his children

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 and their families

00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:09.659
 and all the grandchildren

00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:11.319
 are killed

00:15:11.319 --> 00:15:12.279
 in what seems like

00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:12.799
 a tornado

00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:14.159
 or a hurricane,

00:15:14.939 --> 00:15:16.079
 a natural disaster

00:15:16.079 --> 00:15:16.879
 similar to what

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.379
 had struck

00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:18.240
 at Japan

00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:18.939
 a year ago.

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 And then in the second

00:15:24.700 --> 00:15:25.100
 scene,

00:15:25.220 --> 00:15:25.940
 in chapter 2,

00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.600
 verse 7,

00:15:27.400 --> 00:15:28.700
 it gets even

00:15:28.700 --> 00:15:29.600
 more personal.

00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:31.300
 We're told there

00:15:31.300 --> 00:15:32.620
 that Job is afflicted

00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.820
 with painful sores

00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:35.040
 from the tip of his toes

00:15:35.040 --> 00:15:36.220
 to the top of his head,

00:15:37.060 --> 00:15:38.740
 excruciating pain

00:15:38.740 --> 00:15:39.660
 all day

00:15:39.660 --> 00:15:41.380
 and all night.

00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:44.679
 In a matter of days,

00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.620
 his life is ruined,

00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:47.659
 broken,

00:15:48.419 --> 00:15:49.299
 and destroyed.

00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:51.580
 An innocent man

00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:53.139
 experiencing

00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:54.980
 unimaginable suffering.

00:15:56.740 --> 00:15:57.720
 And as we said,

00:15:57.860 --> 00:15:58.980
 suffering that happens

00:15:58.980 --> 00:16:00.179
 as a result of our

00:16:00.179 --> 00:16:01.200
 foolish actions,

00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.960
 we can understand,

00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.980
 we can kind of get

00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:05.059
 our heads around it,

00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:07.139
 but innocent people

00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:07.840
 who suffer,

00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:10.059
 well, that's too hard

00:16:10.059 --> 00:16:10.519
 to bear.

00:16:11.739 --> 00:16:12.799
 And it's that kind

00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:13.519
 of suffering that

00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:14.519
 begins to ask

00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.259
 the question,

00:16:15.959 --> 00:16:16.319
 why?

00:16:17.199 --> 00:16:18.819
 Why did God

00:16:18.819 --> 00:16:20.000
 allow this to happen?

00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:22.379
 Why did God

00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:23.579
 not intervene?

00:16:25.859 --> 00:16:27.219
 Such suffering

00:16:27.219 --> 00:16:29.000
 threatens to destroy

00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.919
 our faith,

00:16:30.659 --> 00:16:31.379
 our hope,

00:16:31.699 --> 00:16:32.919
 and our meaning

00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:33.739
 and purpose,

00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:35.359
 and to get our heads

00:16:35.359 --> 00:16:36.279
 around the world

00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:37.959
 that we live in.

00:16:40.059 --> 00:16:43.839
 Another man

00:16:43.839 --> 00:16:44.279
 who knew

00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:45.099
 great suffering

00:16:45.099 --> 00:16:45.719
 was a man

00:16:45.719 --> 00:16:46.179
 called

00:16:46.179 --> 00:16:47.079
 Elie Wiesel.

00:16:48.239 --> 00:16:49.399
 As a teenager,

00:16:50.299 --> 00:16:51.000
 he was shoved

00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:51.779
 with his family,

00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:52.719
 a Jewish family,

00:16:53.319 --> 00:16:54.639
 into a cattle hold

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.759
 onto a train

00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:57.219
 and taken

00:16:57.219 --> 00:16:58.159
 to Auschwitz.

00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:00.799
 On the first night

00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:01.699
 of being in that

00:17:01.699 --> 00:17:02.879
 concentration camp,

00:17:02.959 --> 00:17:03.459
 he witnessed

00:17:03.459 --> 00:17:04.139
 his mother

00:17:04.139 --> 00:17:05.940
 and his little sister

00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:06.700
 being forced

00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:07.539
 into a giant

00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:08.079
 furnace.

00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:10.240
 and as he

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.740
 reflects,

00:17:10.899 --> 00:17:11.559
 this is what

00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:13.019
 he writes.

00:17:21.220 --> 00:17:22.419
 He reflects

00:17:22.419 --> 00:17:23.220
 on that night.

00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:24.119
 Never

00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:25.740
 shall I forget

00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.460
 that night,

00:17:27.139 --> 00:17:28.119
 the first night

00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:28.779
 in camp

00:17:28.779 --> 00:17:30.159
 that turned

00:17:30.159 --> 00:17:30.980
 my life

00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.839
 into one

00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.720
 long night,

00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:34.079
 seven times

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.539
 sealed.

00:17:35.699 --> 00:17:36.679
 Never shall I

00:17:36.679 --> 00:17:37.819
 forget that smoke,

00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:39.819
 never shall I

00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.359
 forget the

00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:41.139
 small faces

00:17:41.139 --> 00:17:41.899
 of the children

00:17:41.899 --> 00:17:42.599
 whose bodies

00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:43.079
 I saw

00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:44.139
 transformed into

00:17:44.139 --> 00:17:45.439
 smoke under

00:17:45.439 --> 00:17:46.419
 a silent sky.

00:17:47.659 --> 00:17:48.619
 Never shall I

00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:49.740
 forget those flames

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.639
 that consumed

00:17:50.639 --> 00:17:51.740
 my faith

00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.579
 forever.

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:55.119
 Never shall I

00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:56.319
 forget the

00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:57.740
 nocturnal silence

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:59.500
 that deprived me

00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:00.779
 for all eternity

00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:02.220
 of the desire

00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:02.779
 to live.

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.740
 Never shall I

00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.839
 forget those moments

00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:06.799
 that murdered

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:06.839
 that murdered

00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:07.759
 my God

00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:09.579
 and my soul

00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:10.619
 and turned

00:18:10.619 --> 00:18:11.419
 my dreams

00:18:11.419 --> 00:18:12.220
 to ashes.

00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:14.179
 Never shall I

00:18:14.179 --> 00:18:14.839
 forget these

00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:15.339
 things,

00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:16.839
 even were I

00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:17.519
 condemned to

00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.279
 live as long

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.759
 as God

00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.240
 himself.

00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:20.879
 Never.

00:18:22.879 --> 00:18:23.599
 Do you hear

00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:24.179
 what he said?

00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:27.000
 Never shall I

00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:28.339
 forget those flames

00:18:28.339 --> 00:18:29.619
 that consumed

00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:30.720
 my faith.

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:33.000
 Never shall I

00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.599
 forget those

00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:35.240
 moments that

00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:36.779
 murdered my

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.299
 God.

00:18:38.879 --> 00:18:39.519
 You see,

00:18:39.679 --> 00:18:40.740
 innocent suffering

00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:41.740
 when it comes

00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:43.599
 threatens to

00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:44.500
 destroy our

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:45.019
 faith,

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.359
 our hope,

00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.339
 our meaning,

00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:48.259
 our purpose.

00:18:48.719 --> 00:18:49.339
 What is this

00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:50.119
 world that we're

00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:50.839
 living in?

00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:54.079
 And if we are

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:55.019
 to leave it there

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.819
 at this point,

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:57.059
 it would leave us

00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.939
 without faith,

00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.859
 without hope,

00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:01.579
 without meaning,

00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.740
 like Elie

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.199
 Wiesel.

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.539
 But God has

00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.500
 so much more

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.759
 to say.

00:19:09.679 --> 00:19:10.659
 Our second

00:19:10.659 --> 00:19:11.559
 signpost is

00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:12.059
 this.

00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.639
 Satanic

00:19:14.639 --> 00:19:15.439
 influence.

00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:16.339
 Satan is

00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:16.659
 real,

00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.299
 but not

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:18.279
 in control.

00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.500
 When suffering

00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:20.960
 happens,

00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:21.779
 people tend

00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.359
 to blame

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:22.859
 Satan.

00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:24.000
 In other

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.199
 words,

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:25.419
 everything bad

00:19:25.419 --> 00:19:26.240
 that happens

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:27.659
 in this world

00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:29.000
 is the work

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.740
 and the influence

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.299
 of Satan.

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:30.940
 But everything

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.579
 good that

00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:32.700
 happens is

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.180
 the result

00:19:33.180 --> 00:19:33.799
 of God's

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.859
 goodness and

00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.539
 his love.

00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:37.640
 But that's

00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:38.200
 not how it's

00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:38.859
 presented in

00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.220
 Job.

00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:40.980
 Unknown to

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.359
 Job,

00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:41.779
 and let's

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.539
 remember this,

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.380
 unknown to

00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:43.599
 Job,

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.079
 but known

00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:44.500
 to us,

00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:45.019
 the reader,

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.220
 God and

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:47.279
 Satan are

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:48.279
 in conversation

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:49.220
 behind the

00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:49.539
 scenes.

00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:49.920
 Look at

00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:50.539
 verse 6,

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.539
 chapter 1.

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.460
 One day

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:54.140
 the angels

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.680
 came to

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:55.519
 present themselves

00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:56.200
 before the

00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:56.480
 Lord,

00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:58.200
 and Satan

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.880
 came with

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

00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:00.620
 The Lord

00:20:00.620 --> 00:20:01.080
 said to

00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:01.420
 Satan,

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.640
 where have

00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:02.980
 you come

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.340
 from?

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:04.940
 Satan

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.559
 answered the

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:05.819
 Lord,

00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:07.160
 from roaming

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.620
 through the

00:20:07.620 --> 00:20:08.080
 earth and

00:20:08.080 --> 00:20:08.740
 going to

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.380
 and throw

00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:09.840
 in it.

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:11.539
 There's

00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:12.360
 something evil

00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:13.120
 and sinister

00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:13.460
 there,

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:13.920
 isn't there?

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.100
 Satan

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:15.779
 wandering

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.480
 around the

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:17.559
 earth looking

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.360
 for ways

00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:19.059
 to get

00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.680
 at people.

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:23.180
 Verse 8,

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.559
 then the

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.039
 Lord said

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.420
 to Satan,

00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:25.720
 if you

00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:26.460
 considered my

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:27.160
 servant Job,

00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.860
 there is

00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:28.220
 no one

00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:28.540
 on earth

00:20:28.540 --> 00:20:29.060
 like him,

00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:29.400
 he is

00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:29.920
 blameless

00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.660
 and upright,

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.120
 a man

00:20:31.120 --> 00:20:31.700
 who fears

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.259
 God and

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.580
 shuns

00:20:32.580 --> 00:20:32.960
 evil.

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:35.320
 Does Job

00:20:35.320 --> 00:20:36.160
 fear God

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:36.860
 for nothing?

00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:37.920
 Satan

00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.440
 replied.

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:39.640
 Have you

00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.140
 not put a

00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.680
 hedge around

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.000
 him and

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.580
 his household

00:20:41.580 --> 00:20:42.080
 and everything

00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:42.680
 he has?

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.700
 You have

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.180
 blessed the

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.540
 work of

00:20:44.540 --> 00:20:44.980
 his hands

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.360
 so that

00:20:45.360 --> 00:20:45.940
 his flocks

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.300
 and his

00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:46.800
 herds are

00:20:46.800 --> 00:20:47.160
 spread

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:47.560
 throughout

00:20:47.560 --> 00:20:47.779
 the

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.140
 land.

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.560
 You see,

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.240
 anyone will

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.759
 love God,

00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.040
 or the

00:20:53.040 --> 00:20:53.779
 only reason

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:55.120
 that Job

00:20:55.120 --> 00:20:56.279
 seeks good,

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.960
 the only

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.839
 reason that

00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.980
 Job loves

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.259
 God,

00:20:59.339 --> 00:20:59.599
 the only

00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:00.180
 reason that

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.980
 Job hates

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.500
 evil is

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.139
 because he's

00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:02.940
 wealthy and

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.259
 healthy.

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.379
 Do something

00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:04.819
 to him,

00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.359
 verse 11,

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.119
 stretch out

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:06.639
 your hands

00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:07.220
 and strike

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:07.960
 everything he

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.859
 has and

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.160
 he will

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:10.079
 surely curse

00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.379
 you to

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:10.920
 your face.

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:14.980
 You see,

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.579
 saying anybody

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:16.119
 will love

00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:16.460
 God,

00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:17.240
 any one of

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:17.619
 us will

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:17.980
 be a

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.379
 Christian,

00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:20.000
 if everything

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.359
 in their

00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:20.980
 life is a

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.319
 bed of

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.639
 roses.

00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:23.020
 But if

00:21:23.020 --> 00:21:23.500
 you throw

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:23.820
 in a

00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:24.000
 few

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.620
 thorns,

00:21:26.300 --> 00:21:26.759
 then that

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.360
 will soon

00:21:27.360 --> 00:21:28.040
 sort out

00:21:28.040 --> 00:21:28.560
 who is a

00:21:28.560 --> 00:21:28.960
 genuine

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.560
 believer.

00:21:30.140 --> 00:21:30.600
 Go on,

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:30.960
 God,

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.940
 make something

00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:33.020
 bad happen,

00:21:33.340 --> 00:21:33.759
 make him

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.259
 suffer,

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:34.860
 and then

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.380
 you'll soon

00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:35.900
 see that

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.120
 he is

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:36.780
 nothing more

00:21:36.780 --> 00:21:37.140
 than a

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:37.540
 fake.

00:21:41.280 --> 00:21:42.020
 Without a

00:21:42.020 --> 00:21:42.200
 doubt,

00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:42.920
 Satan is

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.200
 real.

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:44.980
 His

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.520
 influence

00:21:45.520 --> 00:21:46.040
 is real.

00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:47.460
 And we

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:47.940
 should never

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.900
 minimize his

00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:50.080
 desire and

00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:50.780
 his effort to

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.399
 keep people

00:21:51.399 --> 00:21:52.319
 from God

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:52.980
 and to

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.599
 turn people

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.519
 away from

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:54.899
 God.

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.460
 He is

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:57.180
 God's

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:58.279
 enemy and

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:59.099
 he's our

00:21:59.099 --> 00:21:59.559
 enemy.

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.720
 But we

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.220
 should never

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.779
 think that

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.279
 he has the

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.200
 power over

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:05.079
 God or

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.660
 that he has

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.839
 control over

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.359
 the world.

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.200
 The story

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:10.000
 of Job does

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.740
 not allow us

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.619
 to let Satan

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:12.899
 be the

00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.299
 boss.

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.500
 Look at

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.079
 what happens

00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:17.660
 in this

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:18.460
 conversation.

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.359
 It's all

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:21.779
 happening in

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.519
 the control

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.039
 room of

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.479
 power.

00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:23.939
 Look at

00:22:23.939 --> 00:22:24.419
 verse 6

00:22:24.419 --> 00:22:24.759
 again.

00:22:25.199 --> 00:22:25.919
 The angels

00:22:25.919 --> 00:22:26.519
 were told

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.619
 and Satan

00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:28.839
 come to

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.259
 present

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.879
 themselves

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.819
 before God.

00:22:30.879 --> 00:22:31.240
 It's like

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.740
 they've been

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.859
 summoned to

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.559
 report their

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:35.199
 activities to

00:22:35.199 --> 00:22:36.019
 the Almighty,

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.779
 to the one

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.199
 who's in

00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:37.639
 control.

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.859
 Even Satan

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.559
 knows who

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:42.919
 is in

00:22:42.919 --> 00:22:43.259
 control.

00:22:43.399 --> 00:22:43.740
 Look down

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.139
 at verse

00:22:44.139 --> 00:22:44.519
 11.

00:22:45.479 --> 00:22:45.899
 He says,

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.639
 but stretch

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.979
 out your

00:22:47.979 --> 00:22:49.299
 hand and

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.700
 strike

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.099
 everything

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.779
 he has.

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.779
 Satan

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.480
 knows he

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:52.879
 can do

00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.460
 nothing on

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:53.799
 his own.

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:54.519
 He hasn't

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:54.980
 got the

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.519
 power to

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.879
 do as

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.379
 he pleases.

00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.079
 He has

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.500
 to ask

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.039
 God to

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.399
 stretch

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:59.240
 out his

00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.819
 hand.

00:23:01.659 --> 00:23:02.559
 Verse 12.

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.379
 The Lord

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:04.859
 said to

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.159
 Satan,

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:05.839
 very well

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.119
 then,

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.500
 everything

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.379
 he has

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:09.039
 is in

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:10.460
 your hands.

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.200
 God,

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.059
 with absolute

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:16.139
 power and

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.840
 supreme

00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:17.520
 authority,

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.280
 allows

00:23:19.280 --> 00:23:21.160
 Satan to

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.460
 bring

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.220
 suffering

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:23.680
 into this

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.100
 man's

00:23:24.100 --> 00:23:24.480
 life.

00:23:25.580 --> 00:23:26.020
 But there

00:23:26.020 --> 00:23:26.500
 is a

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:26.900
 boundary.

00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:27.340
 Look at

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:27.680
 the rest

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.000
 of verse

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.380
 12.

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.320
 But on

00:23:29.320 --> 00:23:29.920
 this man

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.420
 himself,

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.680
 do not

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:33.000
 lay a

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.320
 finger.

00:23:35.020 --> 00:23:35.560
 It's

00:23:35.560 --> 00:23:35.880
 repeated

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.400
 again in

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:37.000
 chapter 2.

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.320
 There's

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:37.860
 almost the

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.380
 identical

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:38.900
 same

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.300
 scene.

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:40.000
 They come

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.660
 before God,

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.020
 present

00:23:41.020 --> 00:23:41.580
 themselves.

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:41.960
 Look at

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.540
 verse 6.

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:45.180
 Satan has

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.700
 come again

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.319
 asking for

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.659
 more

00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:47.139
 suffering.

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.019
 The Lord

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.500
 said to

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.899
 Satan,

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.740
 verse 6,

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.440
 very well

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:51.659
 then,

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.119
 he is in

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.659
 your hands,

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.420
 but you

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.099
 must spare

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.839
 his life.

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.299
 So Satan

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.839
 went out

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.180
 from the

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.759
 presence of

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.180
 the Lord

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:59.519
 and afflicted

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.059
 Job with

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.960
 painful sores

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.359
 from the

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:01.799
 soles of

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.240
 his feet

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.200
 to the

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.599
 top of

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.099
 his head.

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:06.980
 Satan

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.759
 is real,

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.700
 but he

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.159
 is under

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.920
 the control

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:12.019
 of God.

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.359
 It's

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:13.940
 like if we

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.480
 could imagine

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:14.899
 it like

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.119
 this,

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.740
 that Satan

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.319
 is on a

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:16.659
 leash,

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.119
 he's on

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.680
 a lead,

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.720
 he's tied.

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:19.639
 Yes,

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.119
 he has

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.680
 influence,

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.579
 but he

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.019
 does not

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.659
 have free

00:24:23.659 --> 00:24:24.220
 reign to

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.819
 do what

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.480
 he pleases

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.599
 when he

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:27.000
 pleases.

00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.639
 The story

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.180
 of Job

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.700
 makes it

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.460
 crystal clear

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.240
 that this

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.119
 is God's

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:33.139
 world and

00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.859
 he is the

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.859
 one who

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:36.420
 remains in

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.960
 charge.

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.500
 sin.

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.340
 So signpost

00:24:43.340 --> 00:24:43.920
 one, there

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:44.539
 is such a

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.000
 thing as

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.620
 innocent

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.220
 suffering.

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.319
 Signpost

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.880
 two, there

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.660
 is satanic

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.759
 influence, but

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.600
 he does not

00:24:52.600 --> 00:24:53.440
 have control.

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.299
 And the

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.120
 third signpost

00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.600
 is this,

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.720
 divine sovereignty

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.779
 or sovereign

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.360
 control.

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.039
 God is

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.720
 powerful,

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:04.299
 but lets

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.140
 people suffer.

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.299
 You see,

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.319
 despite all

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.079
 the suffering,

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.400
 God holds

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:11.920
 sovereign

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.579
 control.

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.279
 Nowhere are

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.960
 we ever to

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.420
 think that

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.980
 this world

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.380
 is in

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.160
 freefall,

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.240
 that it's

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.720
 some kind

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.480
 of avalanche

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.039
 that nobody

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:21.380
 can stop,

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.400
 or that

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.279
 somehow Satan

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.120
 is this force

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.579
 that God

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.140
 is struggling

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.680
 to cope

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:25.900
 with,

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.460
 trying to

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:26.759
 come up

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.180
 with plan

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.640
 B and

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.299
 plan C.

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.100
 In fact,

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.799
 the opposite

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.420
 is true.

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.660
 Behind all

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.360
 the suffering

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:33.759
 that is

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.680
 going on

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:36.079
 stands God

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.779
 who remains

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.920
 firmly in

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.700
 charge of

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.640
 Job's life,

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.620
 of your

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.039
 life,

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.819
 of my

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.200
 life,

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.160
 over Satan

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.720
 and the

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.180
 world in

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.600
 which we

00:25:44.600 --> 00:25:44.900
 live.

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.640
 In fact,

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.220
 the big

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.819
 shock and

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.220
 the big

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.920
 struggle and

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.319
 the big

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:50.900
 difficulty

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.539
 for us

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.740
 is that

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.120
 God,

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.799
 who is

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.640
 all-loving

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:56.000
 and all-powerful,

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.640
 allows

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.940
 innocent

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.660
 people

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.820
 to suffer.

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.860
 Look at

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.240
 how this

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.660
 has worked

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:08.940
 out.

00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:09.420
 God

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.799
 initiates

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:12.400
 Job's

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.820
 test.

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:14.559
 Look at

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.039
 verse 8

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.519
 of chapter

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.880
 1.

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:21.700
 Then the

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.700
 Lord said

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.400
 to Satan,

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:25.540
 have you

00:26:25.540 --> 00:26:26.380
 considered

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:27.940
 my servant

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.420
 Job?

00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:30.019
 You see,

00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:30.440
 it's not

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.160
 Satan who

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.700
 picks on

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.100
 Job.

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.600
 It is

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.320
 God who

00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:34.920
 brings

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:36.340
 his faithful

00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:37.000
 servant

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.600
 Job

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.900
 to Satan's

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.360
 attention.

00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:40.880
 To God,

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.340
 Job is

00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:41.759
 special.

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.500
 He calls

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.960
 him a

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.300
 servant.

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:43.759
 It's a

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.220
 title.

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:45.180
 The same

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.819
 title that

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.160
 were given

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.680
 to great

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.059
 men of

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.559
 honour like

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.480
 Abraham and

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.900
 Moses.

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.740
 The same

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.420
 title that

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.819
 was given

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.480
 to Jesus

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.120
 Christ.

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.140
 So there's

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:55.180
 no animosity

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.160
 between God

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.880
 and Job.

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.539
 God loves

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:58.720
 him.

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.660
 He treasures

00:26:59.660 --> 00:26:59.900
 him.

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.740
 He cares

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.279
 for him.

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.480
 But yet

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.279
 God takes

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:05.019
 this initiative.

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.519
 Have you

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:08.079
 considered

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:09.279
 my servant

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.759
 Job?

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:09.819
 Job?

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:09.860
 Job.

00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:09.900
 Job.

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:09.920
 Job.

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:09.940
 Job.

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:09.980
 Job.

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.000
 Job.

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.019
 Job.

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.039
 Job.

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.079
 Job.

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.620
 Job.

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.900
 Job.

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:11.960
 Job.

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.019
 Job.

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:14.200
 Job.

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:15.180
 But then

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.980
 God also

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.860
 permits

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:18.580
 Job's

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:19.039
 suffering.

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.120
 Verse 12.

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.920
 The Lord

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.500
 said to

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:22.880
 Satan,

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.600
 Very well

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:24.940
 then,

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.240
 everything he

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.819
 has is

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.180
 in your

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.759
 hands,

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:29.940
 but on

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.279
 the man

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.940
 himself do

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.340
 not lay

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:31.799
 a finger.

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.460
 Satan

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.180
 knows who's

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.660
 in control.

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.160
 That's why

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:36.720
 he had to

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.420
 first ask

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.799
 God,

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.500
 for God

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.039
 to stretch

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.539
 out his

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.900
 hand.

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.340
 But in

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:42.700
 what is

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.519
 perhaps the

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:43.779
 most

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.559
 surprising

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.799
 and shocking

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.660
 response

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.539
 in the

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.139
 whole of

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.799
 the story

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.160
 of the

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.500
 Bible,

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.779
 God

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.420
 turns

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.220
 Satan's

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.779
 desire

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.980
 back to

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.379
 Satan

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:57.899
 and gives

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.539
 him

00:27:58.539 --> 00:28:00.220
 permission

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:02.359
 to inflict

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:02.899
 suffering.

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.859
 It's not

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.359
 that God

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.059
 is standing

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.960
 idly by

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.399
 with his

00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:08.119
 hands tied

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.779
 behind his

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.180
 back.

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.519
 No,

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.680
 he's

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:13.240
 involved,

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.440
 he gives

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.220
 permission

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.920
 for this

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.400
 awful

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:17.920
 suffering

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.140
 that

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.560
 follows.

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:22.160
 And if

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.539
 that is

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.160
 not shocking

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.539
 enough,

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:23.960
 and it

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.340
 should

00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:24.940
 outrage

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.320
 us,

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.620
 Satan

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.180
 comes a

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.779
 second time

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.160
 to God.

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.480
 Look at

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.140
 chapter 2,

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.820
 verse 3.

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:38.259
 The Lord

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.779
 said to

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.099
 Satan,

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.700
 Have you

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.339
 considered

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:41.159
 my servant

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:41.619
 Job?

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:42.779
 There is

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.339
 no one on

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:43.939
 earth like

00:28:43.939 --> 00:28:44.179
 him.

00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:45.299
 He is

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.939
 blameless

00:28:45.939 --> 00:28:47.019
 and upright,

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:48.799
 a man who

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.639
 fears God

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.419
 and shuns

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:50.879
 evil,

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.599
 and he

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:54.000
 still maintains

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.980
 his integrity,

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.740
 though you

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.679
 incited me

00:28:57.679 --> 00:28:58.359
 against him

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:58.859
 to ruin

00:28:58.859 --> 00:28:59.439
 him without

00:28:59.439 --> 00:29:01.099
 any reason.

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.179
 Skin for

00:29:03.179 --> 00:29:03.719
 skin,

00:29:03.979 --> 00:29:04.740
 Satan replied.

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.659
 A man will

00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.240
 give all he

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.919
 has for his

00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:07.439
 own life,

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.000
 but stretch

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.339
 out your

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.779
 hands and

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.379
 strike his

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:10.779
 flesh and

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.059
 bones,

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.679
 and he

00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:12.379
 will surely

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:13.079
 curse you

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.379
 to your

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:13.759
 face.

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.879
 You see,

00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:17.219
 at this

00:29:17.219 --> 00:29:17.699
 point we

00:29:17.699 --> 00:29:18.119
 would think

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.639
 God would

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:18.939
 say,

00:29:19.979 --> 00:29:20.259
 no,

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.219
 that's it,

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.659
 stop,

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.299
 enough is

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.599
 enough.

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.219
 There's been

00:29:24.219 --> 00:29:25.000
 enough suffering

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.459
 in this

00:29:25.459 --> 00:29:26.059
 man's life,

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.719
 there's going

00:29:26.719 --> 00:29:27.299
 to be no

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.639
 more.

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:32.139
 But to

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.740
 our shocking

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.559
 surprise,

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.740
 God gives

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.119
 Satan

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.619
 permission

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.059
 again,

00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:37.779
 verse 6.

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.199
 Then the

00:29:39.199 --> 00:29:39.699
 Lord said

00:29:39.699 --> 00:29:40.299
 to Satan,

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.339
 very well

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:42.619
 then,

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.259
 he is

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.959
 in your

00:29:44.959 --> 00:29:45.459
 hands,

00:29:46.219 --> 00:29:46.619
 but you

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:47.139
 must spare

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.740
 his life.

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.039
 You see,

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:51.839
 everything

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:53.159
 within us

00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:54.319
 screams

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.139
 that this

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.699
 can't be

00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:56.099
 true.

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:58.439
 I want

00:29:58.439 --> 00:29:59.139
 to rip

00:29:59.139 --> 00:29:59.879
 those verses

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.419
 out of

00:30:00.419 --> 00:30:00.779
 the Bible.

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.339
 I don't

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.740
 want to

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.159
 read them

00:30:02.159 --> 00:30:03.019
 because I

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:04.019
 don't like

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.279
 them.

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.439
 I find

00:30:06.439 --> 00:30:06.899
 it too

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:07.539
 hard to

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.399
 come to

00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:09.179
 terms with

00:30:09.179 --> 00:30:11.139
 because the

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.719
 God that I

00:30:11.719 --> 00:30:12.139
 know is

00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:13.159
 loving and

00:30:13.159 --> 00:30:13.719
 compassionate

00:30:13.719 --> 00:30:15.000
 and in my

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.539
 thinking he

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.919
 would never

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.679
 take initiative

00:30:16.679 --> 00:30:17.099
 and he

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.579
 would never

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.359
 give permission

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.279
 for such

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.759
 terrible

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.459
 suffering to

00:30:20.459 --> 00:30:20.939
 happen to

00:30:20.939 --> 00:30:21.839
 innocent people.

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.799
 The man is

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.480
 blameless,

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.240
 people are

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.740
 blameless,

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.500
 he's done

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.299
 nothing wrong,

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:28.180
 how can we

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.759
 say that

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.400
 God is

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:30.779
 behind all

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.240
 of this?

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:40.039
 It raises

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.559
 lots of

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.980
 questions and

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.559
 there's no way

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:42.900
 that we're

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.099
 going to

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.660
 answer all

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:43.940
 of that.

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.640
 That's why

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.039
 we're going

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.400
 to take

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.059
 our time

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.900
 over these

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.620
 coming weeks

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.160
 to work

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.819
 through it,

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.920
 to battle

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.360
 with it,

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.980
 to deal

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.660
 with it.

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.420
 But at

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:55.920
 this point

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.279
 let me

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.900
 say that

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:58.500
 as far

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.920
 as this

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.700
 story so

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.160
 far,

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.380
 the story

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:02.940
 of Job

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.660
 tells us

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.299
 that God

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.420
 stands behind

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:07.000
 all good

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:09.000
 and behind

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:10.259
 all evil.

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.579
 But God

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.200
 is never

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:14.160
 ever charged

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:14.839
 with wrong

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.140
 doing.

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.860
 He's never

00:31:15.860 --> 00:31:16.779
 charged with

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.440
 doing anything

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.940
 wrong.

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.819
 He's not

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.960
 vindictive.

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:22.000
 But he

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.960
 stands behind

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.440
 it as the

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.839
 one who's

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.579
 in control

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.500
 and as

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.319
 mysterious

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.299
 as it

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.899
 is for

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.379
 us to

00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:28.919
 try and

00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:29.519
 comprehend,

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.159
 we are

00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:31.579
 left to

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:32.199
 conclude at

00:31:32.199 --> 00:31:32.759
 this point

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.099
 in the

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.559
 story

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:36.319
 that God

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.599
 is in

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:38.419
 control.

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.579
 He's in

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.179
 control of

00:31:41.179 --> 00:31:41.599
 the world.

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.279
 He's in

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.819
 control of

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.539
 your life.

00:31:45.419 --> 00:31:45.799
 He's in

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.379
 control of

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:47.220
 my life.

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.059
 He's in

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:50.459
 control of

00:31:50.459 --> 00:31:50.879
 everything.

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:50.960
 everything.

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.880
 So how

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.160
 do we

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.680
 respond?

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.440
 Well,

00:31:57.560 --> 00:31:58.100
 Job's

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:58.940
 response

00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:00.100
 helps us.

00:32:01.520 --> 00:32:02.140
 Look at

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.860
 verse 20

00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:03.400
 of chapter

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.720
 1.

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.620
 Let's

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.180
 try and put

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.920
 ourselves in

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.580
 this man's

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:12.140
 shoes and

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.820
 all that he

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.420
 has lost

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:13.980
 and the

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.520
 suffering that

00:32:14.520 --> 00:32:14.880
 has come

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.280
 his way,

00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:15.920
 verse 20.

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:16.780
 How does

00:32:16.780 --> 00:32:17.460
 he respond?

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.440
 At this,

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.380
 Job got

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.819
 up and

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.460
 he tore

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.120
 his robe

00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:21.799
 and he

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.559
 shaved his

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:25.360
 head and

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.680
 then he

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.440
 fell to

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.100
 the ground

00:32:27.100 --> 00:32:28.680
 in worship.

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:31.079
 He doesn't

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:32.000
 understand his

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.380
 suffering.

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:34.019
 He has no

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.660
 answers.

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.640
 He has no

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.259
 reasons.

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.799
 He simply

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:40.319
 responds with

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.740
 worship.

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.440
 He's not

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.079
 jumping up

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.559
 around the

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.840
 place,

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.420
 jumping up

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.740
 and down,

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.600
 singing happy

00:32:45.600 --> 00:32:46.039
 songs.

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.559
 That's not

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:46.859
 what it

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.220
 means.

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.619
 He fell

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:49.980
 to the

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:51.139
 ground in

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:51.579
 worship.

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.639
 It means

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:53.940
 that he

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.579
 just fell

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.299
 down and

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.940
 submitted

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:57.099
 himself to

00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:57.440
 God.

00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:58.480
 He bows

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:59.059
 down to

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.559
 one who

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.460
 does know

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:02.119
 and one

00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:02.619
 who we

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:03.419
 can trust

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:04.779
 in every

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.519
 circumstance

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.279
 of life.

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.419
 And then

00:33:08.419 --> 00:33:08.839
 he says,

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.659
 verse 21,

00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:11.339
 the well-known

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:11.919
 words,

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.819
 naked I

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.359
 came from

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.960
 my mother's

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.220
 womb,

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:17.079
 naked I

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.339
 shall

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.819
 depart.

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:20.039
 The Lord

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:21.740
 gave and

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.299
 the Lord

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.000
 has taken

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.380
 away.

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.180
 May the

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.680
 name of

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.200
 the Lord

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.559
 be praised.

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.559
 Do you

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.100
 notice that

00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:32.180
 Job attributes

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:33.140
 all the

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.519
 good in

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.160
 his life

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:36.400
 and all

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:37.079
 the suffering

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.839
 in his

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.279
 life,

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.600
 not to

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:40.000
 Satan,

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.819
 but to

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.200
 God.

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:43.240
 we sang

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.779
 it earlier,

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.400
 these very

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.880
 words,

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.019
 the Lord

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.759
 gave and

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.200
 the Lord

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.840
 has taken

00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.279
 away.

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:48.980
 Blessed

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.559
 be the

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.680
 name of

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.120
 the Lord.

00:33:53.120 --> 00:33:54.220
 Verse 22,

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.180
 in all

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.600
 this,

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.920
 Job did

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.680
 not sin

00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:00.140
 by charging

00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:01.860
 God with

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.480
 wrongdoing.

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.519
 Job longs

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.100
 for answers

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:06.700
 as we will

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.340
 see as we

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:08.059
 read through,

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:09.460
 and we

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.099
 desperately

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:11.099
 want answers.

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.860
 But before

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.639
 we can move

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.340
 on and start

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:14.259
 addressing some

00:34:14.259 --> 00:34:14.639
 of those,

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.920
 we've got to

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.579
 stop.

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.519
 We've got to

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.880
 stop and

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.259
 worship.

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.739
 To learn to

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.659
 trust God

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.820
 like Job

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.739
 and not

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.860
 curse God

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.779
 like his

00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.059
 wife.

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.480
 Look at

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.039
 chapter 2,

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.719
 verse 9.

00:34:30.759 --> 00:34:31.219
 His wife

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.820
 said to him,

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.559
 are you still

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.360
 holding on to

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.099
 your integrity?

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.480
 Curse God

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.199
 and die.

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.099
 He replied,

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.119
 you are

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.820
 talking like

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.460
 a foolish

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.840
 woman.

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.579
 Shall we

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.360
 accept good

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.980
 from God

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.579
 and not

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.000
 trouble?

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.639
 In all

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:46.920
 this,

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.500
 Job did

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.159
 not sin

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.300
 in what

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.800
 he said.

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.360
 There's

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.800
 no quick

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.219
 fixes.

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.079
 There's

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.579
 no pat

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:56.079
 answers.

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.019
 And if

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.519
 we are to

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.320
 live in a

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.780
 suffering

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.360
 world,

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:02.900
 we must

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.519
 stop

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:05.099
 to worship.

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:07.760
 to bow

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.619
 down with

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.300
 all of our

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.240
 questions that

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:11.079
 we have

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:12.260
 right now

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:14.059
 and submit

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:15.159
 to our

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.619
 God,

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:16.880
 who is

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:18.280
 loving and

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:18.900
 compassionate,

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.240
 who is

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:21.920
 powerful and

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:22.500
 sovereign,

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.280
 and kneel

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.159
 before him

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:26.920
 and say

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.699
 with all of

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.500
 our struggles

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.920
 that you

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.539
 are God

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.400
 and I

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:31.960
 am not.

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.059
 Amen.

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:39.179
 I'd like

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.500
 us to

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.059
 turn to

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.559
 Psalm

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:42.039
 13.

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:45.659
 Rather

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.380
 than sing,

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.400
 I think

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.980
 it's hard

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.559
 to sing

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.239
 sometimes.

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:52.079
 It's not

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.880
 always appropriate

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.500
 to sing.

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:57.079
 but we're

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.480
 going to

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.880
 read a

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.480
 psalm that

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.519
 perhaps helps

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.119
 us to

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:01.480
 express

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:04.179
 some of

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.599
 the things

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.039
 that we've

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.500
 been looking

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:05.900
 at.

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.260
 Psalm

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.880
 13.

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:10.179
 I'm going

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:10.639
 to read

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.340
 verses 1

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:11.820
 and 2

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:13.039
 and then

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.420
 I'd like

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:13.900
 us all

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.619
 together to

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.239
 read verses

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:16.280
 3 to

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.800
 6.

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:19.320
 Psalm

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:19.940
 13.

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.059
 13.

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.679
 The first

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.179
 part is

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.760
 just simply

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.599
 an expression

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.960
 of the

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.679
 questions

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.800
 of why.

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.780
 But then

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.260
 as we get

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:30.740
 into it

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.300
 then there's

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:32.179
 this trust

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.679
 in verse

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.139
 5.

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:34.460
 I will

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:35.840
 trust in

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.539
 your unfailing

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:36.940
 love.

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.500
 So let me

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.059
 read verses

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.800
 1 to 2

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:41.000
 then you

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.039
 respond by

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.820
 reading verses

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.740
 3 to 6

00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:44.519
 out loud

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.920
 and then

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.260
 we'll just

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:46.960
 simply have

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.539
 a moment's

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.240
 quietness

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:50.319
 to reflect.

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:57.419
 How long

00:36:57.419 --> 00:36:58.239
 O Lord

00:36:58.239 --> 00:37:00.439
 will you

00:37:00.439 --> 00:37:01.059
 forget me

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.519
 forever?

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:04.219
 How long

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.579
 will you

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:05.219
 hide your

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:05.899
 faith from

00:37:05.899 --> 00:37:06.179
 me?

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:09.299
 How long

00:37:09.299 --> 00:37:09.799
 must I

00:37:09.799 --> 00:37:10.479
 wrestle with

00:37:10.479 --> 00:37:11.259
 my thoughts

00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:13.299
 and every

00:37:13.299 --> 00:37:14.159
 day have

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.759
 sorrow

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.819
 in my

00:37:15.819 --> 00:37:16.299
 heart?

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:19.140
 how long

00:37:19.140 --> 00:37:20.380
 will my

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.740
 enemy

00:37:20.740 --> 00:37:21.400
 triumph

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:22.200
 over me?

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.320
 Look on

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:25.960
 me and

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.460
 answer

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.420
 O Lord

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:28.120
 my God

00:37:28.120 --> 00:37:29.539
 give light

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:29.980
 to my

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.440
 eyes

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:31.000
 or I

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.680
 will sleep

00:37:31.680 --> 00:37:32.180
 in death

00:37:32.180 --> 00:37:33.640
 my enemy

00:37:33.640 --> 00:37:34.340
 will say

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:35.160
 I have

00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:35.560
 overcome

00:37:35.560 --> 00:37:36.019
 him

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:37.060
 and my

00:37:37.060 --> 00:37:37.539
 foes

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:38.220
 will rejoice

00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:38.760
 when I

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:39.100
 fall

00:37:39.100 --> 00:37:40.460
 but I

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:41.140
 trust in

00:37:41.140 --> 00:37:41.420
 your

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:41.980
 unfailing

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.420
 love

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:43.760
 my heart

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.440
 rejoices

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:45.019
 in your

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.620
 salvation

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.739
 I

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.199
 will sing

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.599
 to the

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 Thank you.

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 Everything is possible.

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 God at that moment could have come to Jesus and said, enough is enough.

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 We won't go through this suffering.

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 Everything is possible.

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 But then he says, yet not what I will, but what you will.

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 The cross reminds us that God plans suffering for himself so that we might live.

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 And with absolute control, God in Christ suffered for you and for me.

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 Jesus submitted himself to the Father and Jesus on the cross drinks the cup of suffering.

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 He takes the wrath of God on himself for my sin, for your sin.

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 He takes the judgment of God.

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 He experiences hell, the ultimate suffering, on himself so that we don't have to.

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 God planned suffering for himself so that we might escape the greatest suffering.

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 And that's what we celebrate here with the bread and the wine.

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 The simple meal, Jesus took bread and broachers and gave it to his disciples.

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 And he said, you have to do this in remembrance of me.

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 God will not suffer anything from himself so that we might escape the most of you.

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 And the bread and the wine after I make is full of me.

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 Just in his mind, reflect on what Christ has done to me and to me.

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 And then we will continue.

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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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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 And Christ was in the garden.

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 And he prayed.

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 he cried out that if possible the suffering would pass but not my will but

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 your will be done and in his submission he suffered on the cross for you and for

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 me so that we might have life and the promise