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 20. Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshipped.

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 And he said, Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return.

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 The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

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 In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.

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 And I want to take this verse in the light of what goes before it in the chapter, but also try and relate it to the overall message and the overall theme of Job as you go through the book.

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 Job is one of those books we call the Wisdom Books of the Old Testament, along with Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon.

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 A group together as a group of what are called usually Wisdom Books, because their main theme is, in one way or another, to present us with wisdom as specified by God.

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 And in many ways Job fits into that so admirably, because the wisdom of God and the wisdom that Job himself at times revealed and spoke of,

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 is held in direct contrast to what his friends had actually wrongly thought was wrong with him,

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 which was approaching it from a different point of view, from wisdom that was mainly wisdom founded on man's own, on their own thinking, on their own conclusions.

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 Now, the difficult passages in the book of Job, particularly when you come to the remaining part of it, from chapter 3 onwards,

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 there are a lot of speeches there from Job's friends and Job himself,

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 and probably that's one of the reasons that the book is not that well used.

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 It is difficult to read through it, it is difficult to assimilate all that's in it,

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 and try and gain some understanding of why these comments are made, and why these chapters are as they are.

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 But essentially, Job is about the place of suffering in a believer's life.

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 I'm not giving any credence to the view that suffering has no part in a believer's life,

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 that it doesn't belong in a believer's life.

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 The Bible is full of evidence that God blesses suffering, that God uses suffering.

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 Instead of asking God just to simply take away our suffering,

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 we should pray, and are praying, I'm sure, that God will help us,

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 and others through the suffering that we need to endure, either small or great in amount,

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 but that through it we will actually have a greater understanding of God,

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 a greater understanding of his program, of our sanctification and cleansing,

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 and all of the things associated with the way he deals with us,

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 as we go through the various issues of life.

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 And as the purpose of suffering in a believer's life is brought out throughout the book of Job,

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 it's particularly the case that it's God's part in that that's specially emphasized,

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 or specially central to the whole theme.

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 What place does God have?

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 What is God's part in the sufferings of a believing life?

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 Is God detached from that?

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 Is it simply a bare permission, as the sovereign God, to allow such things?

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 Well, Job will say there is that, but the book also tells us that there's actually an appointment of suffering

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 on the part of God and his wisdom and sovereignty,

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 so that you have to go beyond what you might call a bare permission from God

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 for suffering to have a place in the Christian's life.

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 It's rather that God has appointed that, as well as all other things,

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 to fit together into what he has purposed in his wisdom,

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 to be the package for your life and mine,

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 and for the life of his people in every generation.

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 So, we'll look at three things, three headings tonight.

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 First of all, suffering and purpose together,

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 suffering and God's purpose especially,

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 as we find it here in these verses and in the book of Job as a whole.

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 Secondly, we'll look at the place that Satan has as the prosecutor of God's people,

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 the prosecutor of accusations against them,

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 and how that features largely in these opening chapters one and two of the book of Job as well.

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 Thirdly, we can look at the sovereignty of God in granting access to Satan

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 to actually come and have access to Job's life and experiences.

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 So, suffering and purpose.

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 Now, you see in the first part of the chapters we read through it,

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 verses one to four deliberately describe the kind of situation that Job had in the world.

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 Satan himself made reference to that as God called him to actually give a report to him, as it were.

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 And here is, in the first four verses, an account of Job's riches, of Job's status in his own society.

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 In fact, it goes so far as to say that God said that there is none like him,

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 as the greatest of all the people of the East, in verse three.

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 And why is that there at the beginning of the book?

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 Why is that important before the book goes on to describe the sufferings that he endured

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 and how these were things which he wrestled with and sought an answer from God for?

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 Well, the reason is so that we cannot say that Job was suffering or that God placed suffering in his life

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 because there was something drastically wrong with his life.

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 It wasn't that his relationship with God had begun to founder

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 or fallen on times of backsliding, you might say, on Job's part.

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 It wasn't to do with that at all.

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 Whatever we say was the reason and the purpose of God in the sufferings of Job,

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 it wasn't because he needed chastisement.

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 It wasn't because he needed something from God to bring him back into the way of obedience.

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 He was already in that.

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 And, of course, there are times in the book when Job spoke rather rashly

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 and he had to take some of these words back towards the end of the book

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 as he confessed to God his own smallness and his littleness

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 and his inability to actually think as God thought and understand all the ways of God.

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 But his suffering preceded the suffering actually precedes the words that he spoke

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 in terms of his complaint about his sufferings.

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 In other words, the Lord's sufferings were placed in his life

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 and it's from that point onwards that he came actually to make his complaints to God.

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 So, it's not because he was in need of correction.

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 It's not because he was in need of returning to the way of obedience.

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 It's something else.

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 We'll try and explore that.

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 And the suffering of Job was not designed by God to prove Job himself

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 in terms of what he was as a believer.

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 It wasn't to prove either the strength of his faith or his own commitment to God.

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 We read here in these last verses of chapter 1

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 that in all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.

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 But the whole purpose of the book of Job, while it might account for,

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 that might be part of it, it's not primarily to bring out for us the quality of Job's faith.

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 It's actually, in the book, it's that God proves himself to be the one who is wise

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 and the governor of lives, his people's lives, including their suffering.

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 And that while we may not have access to all the reasons and the purpose

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 for God's placement of suffering in our lives,

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 the book of Job tells us that God himself knows.

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 And that God himself knows full well.

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 And therefore is able to use that suffering as we depend upon him

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 to improve our relationship with himself,

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 to actually enable us to understand more of his ways.

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 And when you go through the book of Job,

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 the questions that arise in your mind as you read through it

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 are questions not so much as why was there suffering in the book of Job.

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 It's more questions to do with God himself primarily.

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 Is God just?

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 Is God a just God?

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 When you read of the life of Job and God's relationship with his sufferings.

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 Or you might say, is the world, the creation, well managed?

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 Is the reason that there are certain things in the creation that are obviously not right,

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 obviously not working in sync, if you might say,

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 is that because God isn't managing it very well?

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 And near the end of the book, the final chapters of it,

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 God actually takes Job,

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 or what you might say is a tour of the creation,

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 mentioning some of the various parts of the creation,

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 like planets and stars and so on,

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 and places before Job the question,

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 can you do any better?

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 Can you govern it the way I govern it?

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 Have you a right to complain how I arrange things?

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 When you see yourself in the light of my greatness.

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 So all of these things are things which come across in the relationship of suffering and purpose,

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 especially God's purpose in the book of Job.

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 So let's turn to, secondly, to the place of Satan,

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 Satan the prosecutor.

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 Now the word Satan, you probably know this already,

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 the word Satan is a Hebrew word,

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 and the word Satan really means adversary,

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 or to oppose in the verbal form of it.

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 It almost means to stand against someone,

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 to oppose someone,

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 to be an adversary of someone.

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 And all the way through these chapters,

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 in the early parts of these two chapters especially,

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 Satan comes across to us as

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 the chief prosecutor, if you like,

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 of God's people such as Job,

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 who wants to actually have leave of God to access their lives,

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 to attack them,

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 to deal with them in such a way as he hopes

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 will bring their trust in God crashing down.

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 Because, you see, Satan's purpose really is,

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 in terms of his own aims and purposes in Job's case,

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 is that he wants to actually prove that Job is a fraud.

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 That the only reason Job serves God faithfully

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 is just so that he will get something personal out of it himself.

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 And that's why Satan said to God,

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 does Job serve God for nothing?

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 You have put a wall around him.

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 He's protected by you.

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 It's easy for him just now.

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 But you take all that away,

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 and he will curse you to your face.

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 In other words, Satan wanted to prove

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 that Job really was something of a fraud,

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 that the only reason he trusted in God,

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 or confessed to be a believer in God,

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 was so that he could fill his life

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 with the good things he already had,

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 and multiply and increase them,

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 and enjoy a good life.

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 Take all that away, Satan said.

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 And he'll curse you to your face.

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 He will prove himself to be

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 someone who's just in a selfish sense.

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 Now, we can't get behind

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 everything that's mentioned in the chapter.

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 There was a day when the sons of God,

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 verse 6,

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 came to present themselves before the Lord,

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 and Satan also came among them.

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 We understand that the sons of God,

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 they're a reference to the angels,

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 messengers of God,

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 and that Satan came amongst them.

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 And one of the things that comes across from that

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 is that in these opening scenes,

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 all beings that are created by God,

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 including angels,

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 are answerable to him.

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 Whether they are the good angels,

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 or the bad angels that accompany Satan

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 and his designs,

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 they are all ultimately answerable to God.

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 And they all have to give,

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 as it were, their report to God,

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 which really, in a sense,

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 the way they're coming to present themselves

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 before the Lord.

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 You might take that in a literal sense,

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 although there are difficulties along with that,

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 but it certainly means that

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 God requires of them

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 an account of their doings,

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 just as he does of you and me.

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 And Satan is no exception.

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 He is called to account by God

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 to give an account of his doings.

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 That's not because God didn't know

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 that he asked Satan,

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 where have you come from?

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 The Lord knew very well.

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 But he wanted to hear from Satan's own mouth,

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 and indeed for the benefit of Job,

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 ultimately as well,

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 what Satan was up to,

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 what his aspirations were,

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 what his purposes were.

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 And that's really taking us behind the scenes

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 into the issues of eternity,

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 the things which are, if you like,

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 behind the curtain that separates us

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 from eternity.

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 And it's giving us a little glimpse

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 into that world,

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 that mysterious world

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 over which God presides

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 as he presides over everything else.

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 And he's opening that curtain up

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 just a little chink, if you like,

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 so that we'll see that

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 even there it is God

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 who is totally in charge,

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 and God is the master of all

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 the beings that he has created,

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 including those that fell,

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 such as Satan himself.

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 Now here's a point that's really,

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 I think, crucial for us to understand

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 as you try and apply all these points

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 and these related points

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 to your own life as a Christian,

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 and to apply them to your times of temptation,

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 when you know that you're being tempted

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 to be disobedient to God,

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 and being tempted to just turn aside

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 or take a little holiday

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 from reading your Bible

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 or prayer or things like that.

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 The purpose of Satan

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 is obviously that you would do that.

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 But here's the comforting thing.

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 The purpose of Satan

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 actually fits into

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 the overall purpose of God.

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 The purpose of Satan

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 fits into the overall purpose of God.

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 Here is Satan's purpose

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 brought before us

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 in the book of Job.

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 He wants to get to Job.

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 He wants to actually attack Job.

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 He wants to prove Job a fraud.

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 He wants to actually get to him

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 to such an extent

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 that through his sufferings,

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 he will turn against God

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 and be done with God.

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 But that all fits into

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 God's overarching purpose,

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 where he's going to prove to Satan

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 that it's not for nothing

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 that Job trusts in God,

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 but because Job knows

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 that God is worthy of it.

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 However much or little

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 he will get out of it

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 practically or financially

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 or materially,

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 God is saying to us

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 through the book of Job,

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 faith in God

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 is not ultimately about

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 how much we can gather

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 of a material or financial

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 or other blessings.

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 Faith is about putting God first,

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 putting God first,

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 come what may,

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 challenging though that is.

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 And so, you see,

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 the aim of Satan

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 in seeking to prove

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 that Job was a fraud

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 was pretty much,

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 you could say,

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 well, if he can prove Job

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 was a fraud,

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 if he can prove this man

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 with all that he has,

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 this man with his godliness,

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 this man who is described

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 as blameless and upright,

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 who feared God

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 and turned away from evil,

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 if he can prove

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 that he is a fraud,

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 then it stands to reason

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 or it follows

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 that the credibility

00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:16.019
 of every other believer

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 really is at issue.

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 If he can get to Job

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 and turn his life upside down

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 to deny God

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 and to turn against him,

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 well, where does that

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 leave the rest of them?

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 Where does that leave

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 other believers?

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 others.

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 And

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 if he fails with Job,

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 having been granted

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 access by God

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 to Job's life,

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 to the extent,

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 as the book shows,

00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:46.059
 that he did

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 to cause

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 severe damage

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 to his family,

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 to himself,

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 to his possessions,

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 and to his own health,

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 if he actually fails

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 to turn Job

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 against God,

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 having had such an access,

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 he's done for.

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 He's a defeated enemy.

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 He has no chance

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 against others.

00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:12.019
 God will show

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 that Job's godliness

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 is actually

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 for God's own sake.

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 So we mentioned

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 previously

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 some questions

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 that arise

00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.440
 as you go through

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 the book of Job.

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 We mentioned that one.

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 Is God just?

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 Is the world

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 well managed?

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 But other questions

00:17:31.399 --> 00:17:32.259
 that arise

00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.680
 are

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:34.460
 not so much

00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:35.740
 why is there

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 suffering

00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:38.000
 in the life

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.659
 of believers?

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 Why does God

00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:40.000
 actually

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:41.839
 appoint such things?

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 Why does God

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 not just allow

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 but give

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 such a place

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 to suffering

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 at times

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 in the lives

00:17:47.899 --> 00:17:48.420
 of his people?

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 It's not too much that.

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 The question really,

00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:51.700
 I think,

00:17:51.899 --> 00:17:52.960
 at the bottom

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 of it all is

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 why serve God

00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:56.059
 at all?

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 Why serve God

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 at all

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 if there's

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 suffering along

00:18:01.660 --> 00:18:02.700
 with doing that?

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 Is it worth

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 your while

00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:05.759
 serving God?

00:18:06.100 --> 00:18:06.480
 Would it not

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:07.559
 be just as well

00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:08.420
 to turn away

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 from that

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 and just put up

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 with whatever

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 suffering is

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 in the world

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 and live a good

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 life in a worldly

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 sense?

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 These are all

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 questions

00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.279
 that this book

00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:16.920
 as a book

00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:17.620
 of wisdom

00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:18.900
 really comes

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 out with,

00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:20.640
 although maybe

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 not specifying

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 these questions

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 exactly as I've

00:18:23.840 --> 00:18:24.480
 mentioned them,

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 but they come

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 to your mind

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 as you read

00:18:26.120 --> 00:18:26.660
 through it

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 and they come

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 to your mind

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 in such a way

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 that says,

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 well,

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 let me ask myself

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 the question,

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 why do I serve

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 God?

00:18:36.040 --> 00:18:37.160
 Why am I committed

00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:38.300
 to following Christ?

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.840
 Why am I actually

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 so concerned

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:43.259
 to keep on following

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:44.080
 and to pursuing

00:18:44.080 --> 00:18:45.120
 with a believing

00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:45.680
 life

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 when I know

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 that that

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 is a life

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 that attracts

00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:51.779
 so much suffering

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 from the world,

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 from the devil,

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 and maybe from

00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:56.660
 within my own heart?

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 And that's a message

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:03.960
 for every suffering believer

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 and I'm sure

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 every believer

00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:05.759
 suffers

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:07.299
 in different ways

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 to certain degrees

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 from time to time.

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 You know yourself

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 tonight

00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:13.160
 that there's an element

00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:14.100
 of suffering

00:19:14.100 --> 00:19:14.960
 in your life,

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:16.120
 sometimes more

00:19:16.120 --> 00:19:17.120
 than other times,

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 but have you asked

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.000
 the question,

00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:19.839
 why is it there?

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 And even more so,

00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:21.740
 have you asked

00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.319
 the question,

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 knowing that that's there,

00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:24.420
 is it worthwhile

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:25.339
 serving God?

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 How do I answer that

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 if the question

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.460
 comes to me

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 from someone

00:19:29.159 --> 00:19:30.339
 who knows my life

00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:30.940
 to be one

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:32.700
 that has such suffering

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.000
 in it

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.539
 and knows that

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:34.259
 I'm a Christian?

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.500
 How do I answer them?

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.839
 How do I actually say,

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:37.480
 well,

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:39.180
 this is why I serve God?

00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:42.039
 And that's why

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:43.039
 Job's conviction

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:45.119
 here in verse 21

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.980
 is so important.

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.399
 He said,

00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.420
 naked I came

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:49.940
 from my mother's womb

00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:50.519
 and naked

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:52.040
 I shall return.

00:19:52.540 --> 00:19:53.280
 The Lord gave

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 and the Lord has taken away.

00:19:54.540 --> 00:19:55.360
 Blessed be the name

00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:55.960
 of the Lord.

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 Now he's saying that

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:59.440
 against the background

00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:00.420
 of the losses

00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:01.240
 that are described

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:01.980
 in the middle part

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.580
 of the chapter.

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:05.420
 And against these losses

00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:06.400
 you might expect,

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:06.660
 well,

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:08.320
 I didn't expect this

00:20:08.320 --> 00:20:10.540
 to be such a tough shift

00:20:10.540 --> 00:20:11.660
 following the Lord,

00:20:11.820 --> 00:20:12.540
 believing the Lord.

00:20:12.820 --> 00:20:13.560
 Now all that this

00:20:13.560 --> 00:20:14.220
 has happened

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:15.059
 and the Lord

00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:15.579
 is obviously

00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.819
 presiding over it.

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:22.259
 I've lost so much.

00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:25.339
 Where do I stand?

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:28.500
 What am I going to make

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.039
 of God

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:30.640
 through all this?

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:31.240
 Well,

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.700
 he says,

00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:33.240
 I had nothing

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:34.440
 coming into the world

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.519
 when I came

00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:36.539
 from my mother's womb.

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:39.220
 And when I leave

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:39.839
 this world,

00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:41.460
 everything that I have

00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:42.839
 I'll have to leave behind.

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.240
 Naked I came

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:45.159
 from the mother's womb.

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.839
 Naked shall I return.

00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:48.440
 And the Lord has given,

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.559
 the Lord gave,

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:51.639
 and the Lord has taken away.

00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:53.019
 Blessed be the name

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.420
 of the Lord.

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:53.920
 In other words,

00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.559
 he's saying,

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:56.859
 whatever God has given me

00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.539
 in the past

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:58.240
 and given me

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:58.920
 an abundance

00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:00.639
 of material things

00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:01.420
 that I enjoyed,

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.539
 whatever God

00:21:03.159 --> 00:21:04.200
 takes away from me,

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:05.299
 it doesn't alter

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:06.640
 this great fact

00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:09.240
 that the Lord's name

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.720
 remains blessed.

00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:13.160
 That the Lord remains

00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:15.220
 one worthy of my worship,

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:18.000
 worthy of my service.

00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:19.980
 That's why he speaks

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:21.039
 in chapter 2

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:22.700
 there to his wife.

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.539
 You see there he,

00:21:25.120 --> 00:21:26.519
 after he lost his health

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.019
 as well,

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:28.420
 he was struck

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.660
 with loathsome souls.

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.539
 It's really difficult

00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.019
 reading it.

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.640
 Verse 8 there

00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.220
 in chapter 2,

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.819
 he took a piece

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.939
 of broken pottery

00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:36.839
 with which to scrape

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:38.339
 himself from his sores

00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:39.559
 while he sat

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.240
 in the ashes.

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.740
 And his wife said to him,

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.519
 Do you still hold

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.700
 fast your integrity?

00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.599
 Curse God

00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:47.480
 and die.

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.099
 Be done with it.

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.859
 And he said,

00:21:52.639 --> 00:21:53.619
 You speak as one

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.960
 of the foolish women speak.

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.819
 Shall we receive

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.740
 good from God

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:59.559
 and shall we not

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.379
 receive evil?

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:02.760
 in all this God

00:22:02.760 --> 00:22:04.020
 did not sin

00:22:04.020 --> 00:22:05.560
 with his lips.

00:22:07.260 --> 00:22:08.820
 So you see Satan,

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:10.160
 the prosecutor,

00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:12.100
 for all his attempts

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.640
 thus far,

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.400
 at least as you read

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:13.860
 into it,

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.540
 read into the book,

00:22:16.060 --> 00:22:17.220
 has met with failure.

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:19.320
 Because Job's conviction

00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:20.340
 is that God,

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.220
 come what may,

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.700
 is worthy

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:24.200
 of his trust.

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:26.260
 Worthy of being served.

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:28.220
 sometimes

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:29.420
 we're challenged

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.279
 in our own lives,

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:30.660
 aren't we?

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.640
 Maybe it's just

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:32.400
 a challenge

00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:32.920
 that arises

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.839
 in our own minds

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.359
 rather than

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:35.460
 from somebody else

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.960
 outside of ourselves.

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:38.140
 But a challenge

00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.619
 nevertheless

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:40.259
 through various things

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:41.099
 that we experience

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.500
 in life

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.140
 that are hard

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:42.720
 and difficult

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.960
 and unexpected

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:45.420
 and would rather

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.180
 not have

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:47.000
 in our lives.

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.819
 The challenge

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.299
 then is,

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.400
 am I going to

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:50.980
 keep on

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.839
 serving God?

00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:53.980
 Is it worth

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.419
 going on

00:22:54.419 --> 00:22:55.679
 with a Christian life?

00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:58.019
 And Job is saying,

00:22:58.539 --> 00:23:00.099
 absolutely it is.

00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:01.839
 Because the name

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.299
 of the Lord

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.259
 remains blessed

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:05.939
 and whether we receive

00:23:05.939 --> 00:23:07.559
 good or evil

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.279
 or difficulty

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.579
 from the hand of God,

00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.359
 it should never

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:12.419
 actually lead us

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:14.480
 to think of sinning

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.059
 against him,

00:23:15.659 --> 00:23:16.419
 denying him

00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:18.559
 or not being true

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:20.599
 to his calling of us.

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:22.639
 So suffering

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:23.319
 and purpose,

00:23:24.159 --> 00:23:25.259
 Satan the prosecutor,

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:27.019
 we could amplify

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:28.539
 that some more

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.099
 but I want to move

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:29.740
 on thirdly

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.799
 to the

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.959
 sovereign way

00:23:31.959 --> 00:23:32.719
 in which God

00:23:32.719 --> 00:23:35.579
 brought the suffering

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.919
 into the life

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.439
 of Job.

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.419
 Now it's very interesting

00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:39.759
 in these chapters

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:41.439
 that the focus

00:23:41.439 --> 00:23:42.480
 of the Lord

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:44.359
 is not upon Job.

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.759
 The focus of the Lord

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:48.059
 is on Satan.

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.379
 The focus of the Lord

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:51.020
 is on him.

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:53.540
 It was just the Lord

00:23:53.540 --> 00:23:54.660
 that having asked him

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.680
 where have you come from

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.980
 and Satan said

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.900
 I'm from going

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.980
 to and fro on the earth

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.680
 from walking up

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.420
 and down on it.

00:24:00.860 --> 00:24:01.480
 That's very similar

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.440
 to Peter's description

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:02.860
 isn't it?

00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:04.220
 Of the devil

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.300
 as a roaring lion

00:24:05.300 --> 00:24:06.320
 going about

00:24:06.320 --> 00:24:06.880
 seeking whom

00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:07.680
 he may devour,

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.200
 seeking to intimidate,

00:24:09.320 --> 00:24:10.040
 seeking to actually

00:24:10.040 --> 00:24:11.620
 swallow folks up

00:24:11.620 --> 00:24:13.220
 and destroy their faith

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.720
 if he could.

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.340
 Well,

00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:16.140
 here is Satan's answer

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.780
 from going to

00:24:16.780 --> 00:24:17.520
 and fro on the earth

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.119
 and walking up

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.759
 and down on it

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:20.200
 and it's the Lord

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:21.139
 that said to Satan

00:24:21.139 --> 00:24:22.720
 have you considered

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:24.240
 my servant Job?

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.879
 He's calling Satan's

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:29.180
 attention deliberately

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:31.319
 to this particular man,

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.879
 to this particular individual

00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:34.599
 and while you can't

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.339
 get behind

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.619
 all that's involved

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.059
 in that

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:38.259
 it does show you

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.359
 that the Lord's

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:40.440
 concentration there

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.599
 is on Satan

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.839
 and on the way

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.279
 that he's going

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.559
 to use Satan

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.299
 to show

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:47.599
 that faith in God

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.879
 while it may actually

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:50.099
 bring many benefits

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:51.460
 it's especially

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.039
 to do with

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.740
 bringing glory

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.819
 and praise

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.859
 to God himself.

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:57.579
 Have you considered

00:24:57.579 --> 00:25:00.000
 my servant Job?

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.720
 And it teaches us

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.440
 this as well

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:05.599
 that the way

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.839
 in which God

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:08.299
 overcomes evil

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:10.019
 in terms of

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:11.420
 the life of his people

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.720
 I'm thinking especially of

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.880
 the way that God

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:15.860
 overcomes evil

00:25:15.860 --> 00:25:17.880
 is not by destroying

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.779
 evil altogether

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:20.380
 and Job

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.400
 God could have

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.819
 instantly said

00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.420
 to Satan

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:25.279
 you can't get access

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.079
 to Job anymore

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.700
 that's it

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:28.660
 he could even have

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.460
 destroyed him

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:31.460
 he could destroy

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:31.940
 the devils

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.640
 he could destroy

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:34.160
 the source of evil

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:35.200
 just like that

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:37.120
 and say to us

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:38.380
 now I've done that

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.200
 there's no more evil

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.019
 for you to confront

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:41.880
 so you're free

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:43.280
 and you're free

00:25:43.280 --> 00:25:44.020
 from such

00:25:44.020 --> 00:25:46.340
 awful temptations

00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:47.160
 and difficulties

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.900
 and sufferings

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.580
 in your life

00:25:48.580 --> 00:25:49.920
 don't do that

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:52.940
 God's way

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:54.740
 in overcoming evil

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.220
 and sin

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.680
 and death

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:57.040
 through his people

00:25:57.040 --> 00:25:58.320
 not that God

00:25:58.320 --> 00:25:59.540
 cannot do it without

00:25:59.540 --> 00:26:00.140
 it's what I mean

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:01.400
 is when there's evil

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.040
 and suffering

00:26:02.040 --> 00:26:02.900
 and trial

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.420
 in the life

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.260
 of God's people

00:26:04.260 --> 00:26:05.920
 he doesn't overcome it

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.900
 and he doesn't enable

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:08.120
 them to overcome it

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:09.639
 by just taking it away

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.239
 altogether

00:26:10.239 --> 00:26:13.399
 the amazing thing is

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:13.679
 that

00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:16.000
 God through his people

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.399
 contends with evil

00:26:17.399 --> 00:26:18.579
 contests evil

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:20.139
 battles with evil

00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:21.279
 overcomes it

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:23.259
 by giving his people

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.839
 grace

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.979
 and strength

00:26:24.979 --> 00:26:26.299
 to overcome it

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:28.239
 and what better way

00:26:28.239 --> 00:26:28.699
 is there

00:26:28.699 --> 00:26:30.019
 rather than just

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:32.199
 by some miraculous event

00:26:32.199 --> 00:26:32.759
 though of course

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.879
 God could easily

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.519
 have done that

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.259
 in Job's case

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.879
 in your case

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.619
 in my case

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:38.240
 by some miraculous event

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.819
 that would show

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:40.220
 his mastery of evil

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.859
 and his support of you

00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.859
 instead of actually

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:44.220
 producing that

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:46.720
 and being very spectacular

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.839
 in his demonstration

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.940
 of his mastery

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.539
 over evil

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.359
 what does he do?

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.879
 He gives you grace

00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:54.379
 he gives you grace

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.200
 to overcome it

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.799
 to stand up to it

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:59.339
 to wrestle with it

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:02.400
 God overcomes

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:04.920
 the evil

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.360
 and the

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:06.880
 the sin

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.460
 and the life

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.160
 of his people

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:10.620
 not by stamping it out

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.820
 but by using them

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:14.140
 as frail human beings

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.860
 in dependence

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.600
 on himself

00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:17.200
 to show

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:18.200
 that he is

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.720
 the Lord

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:20.320
 and to show

00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:21.060
 that the best thing

00:27:21.060 --> 00:27:21.740
 we can do

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:23.080
 is to continue

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.840
 to depend

00:27:23.840 --> 00:27:25.019
 upon him

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:26.820
 he uses

00:27:26.820 --> 00:27:27.820
 our weakness

00:27:27.820 --> 00:27:28.800
 I will remind you of

00:27:28.800 --> 00:27:30.780
 what Paul says

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.339
 in his letter

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:32.720
 to the second

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:34.139
 letter of Corinthians

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.839
 you know

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.299
 the passage

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:36.299
 in chapter 12

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:39.559
 where Paul describes

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.079
 his being

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:41.059
 lifted up

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:42.319
 to the third heaven

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:44.279
 and

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.519
 mystery though

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:45.920
 there is

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.440
 in that

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.859
 he

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:49.599
 was caught up

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.440
 to the third heaven

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:51.480
 and heard things

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.759
 that

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:55.119
 whether in the body

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:55.960
 or out of the body

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.639
 I don't know

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:57.819
 he heard things

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.960
 which cannot be told

00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:00.659
 which man may not utter

00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:03.039
 and then he goes on

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.679
 to speak about

00:28:03.679 --> 00:28:05.039
 so to keep me

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:06.539
 from being too elated

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:08.240
 by the surpassing

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.679
 greatness

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.720
 of the revelations

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.939
 a thorn

00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.720
 was given me

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.639
 in the flesh

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:14.919
 God applied

00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:16.500
 we're not exactly

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.679
 sure what it was

00:28:17.679 --> 00:28:18.399
 but it was

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:18.659
 certainly

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:20.659
 a physical

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:21.939
 matter

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:22.819
 which caused

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.500
 Paul

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.319
 a whole lot

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.859
 of pain

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:26.439
 for which he prayed

00:28:26.439 --> 00:28:27.519
 three times

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.039
 that the Lord

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.740
 would take this

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.480
 away from him

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.500
 but you see

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.339
 I've described it

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:33.679
 a thorn was given

00:28:33.679 --> 00:28:34.500
 me in the flesh

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:36.139
 a messenger

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:37.079
 of Satan

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.960
 to harass me

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:40.779
 and that does not

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.059
 mean

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:42.819
 that every element

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.419
 of suffering

00:28:43.419 --> 00:28:45.000
 in your life

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.619
 is a messenger

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.259
 of Satan

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:48.419
 that doesn't mean

00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:49.960
 that when you have

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.939
 severe suffering

00:28:50.939 --> 00:28:51.879
 in the life

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.720
 of any Christian

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.920
 that the source

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.799
 of that is Satan

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:56.000
 and that the reason

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.539
 is there's something

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.519
 wrong in that person's

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:57.700
 life

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.559
 don't ever conclude

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.980
 that

00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:00.600
 Paul knows

00:29:00.600 --> 00:29:01.680
 this is the case

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.299
 because God

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:03.220
 revealed it to him

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:04.460
 and what he's saying

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.019
 is a messenger

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.579
 of Satan

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.839
 to harass me

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.720
 to keep me

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:09.259
 from being too elated

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.420
 three times

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.100
 I pleaded

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.640
 with the Lord

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.180
 about this

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:13.120
 that it should

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.660
 leave me

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.740
 in other words

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.460
 Paul himself

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.100
 this apostle

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:16.640
 of God

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.480
 was saying

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.360
 three times

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:18.860
 he pleaded

00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:19.319
 with the Lord

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.000
 please Lord

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.980
 take this away

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:23.420
 I want to serve you

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.180
 and serve you

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.039
 free from this

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.480
 hindrance

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.240
 this harassment

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.960
 please take this away

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.819
 and God said

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:33.299
 my grace is sufficient

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.740
 for you

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.539
 this was God's way

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.240
 of saying no

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:37.079
 in other words

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:38.019
 it's no

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.759
 but

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:40.440
 no but

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.720
 my grace is sufficient

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.220
 for you

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:43.460
 for my power

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:44.400
 is made perfect

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.039
 in weakness

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:46.720
 therefore I will boast

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.759
 all the more gladly

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.779
 of my weaknesses

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:50.319
 so that the power

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.779
 of Christ

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.720
 may rest on me

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.700
 for the sake

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.200
 of Christ

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.440
 then

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.720
 I am content

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.660
 with weaknesses

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.940
 insults

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.680
 hardships

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.779
 persecutions

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.920
 and calamities

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:01.839
 for when I am weak

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:04.500
 then I am strong

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:06.180
 when I know

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:07.240
 my own weakness

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.779
 when I confess

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.879
 that before God

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:11.559
 when I take

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.240
 God's promise

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.059
 that his grace

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.599
 is sufficient

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.180
 for me

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:15.759
 that I can overcome

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.519
 this pain

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.460
 this difficulty

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.380
 this suffering

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:19.480
 this buffeting

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.420
 this messenger

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:21.079
 of Satan

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.980
 when I know

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.819
 that God's grace

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.620
 is sufficient

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:24.819
 for me to do that

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:26.400
 then I will glory

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.680
 in my infirmities

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:29.120
 that's very strong language

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:31.100
 instead of

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:32.579
 having it taken away

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:34.180
 as if that was going

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:35.180
 to be the best solution

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.000
 to the problem

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.480
 he's now saying

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.480
 I accept

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.400
 what God has said

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:41.200
 I accept

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.340
 that this is

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:43.100
 the best way

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:44.720
 that he will

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.559
 give me grace

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:47.539
 so that I will

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.039
 overcome

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.519
 by his grace

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:51.639
 the difficulties

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.279
 the trials

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.539
 in my way

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.279
 and you remember

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:56.460
 in Luke chapter 22

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:57.099
 as well

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:59.899
 when the Lord

00:30:59.899 --> 00:31:00.839
 revealed to Peter

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:02.819
 that Satan

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:04.000
 had desired

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:05.119
 to have them

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.700
 he mentions

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.940
 Satan has desired

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.720
 to have you

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.759
 but as you plural

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:11.099
 the whole disciples

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:12.339
 maybe even the whole church

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.879
 but certainly

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.940
 at the very least

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.960
 the band of disciples

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.660
 at that time

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.360
 along with Peter

00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:16.760
 Satan

00:31:16.760 --> 00:31:17.780
 has desired

00:31:17.780 --> 00:31:18.540
 to have you

00:31:18.540 --> 00:31:19.820
 that he might

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.700
 scatter you

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.340
 like wheat

00:31:21.340 --> 00:31:22.160
 that he might

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.760
 sift you

00:31:22.760 --> 00:31:23.480
 like wheat

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.560
 see that's his purpose

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:26.380
 he wants to destroy

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:27.040
 he wants to

00:31:27.040 --> 00:31:28.300
 cause havoc

00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:28.980
 he wants to

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.800
 get in among

00:31:29.800 --> 00:31:30.460
 the disciples

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.860
 and cause such havoc

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.840
 that they'll be scattered

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:34.200
 and the cause of God

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.920
 will be questioned

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:36.060
 and people will say

00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:36.700
 well it's not worth

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:38.280
 serving that God

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:42.399
 but I have prayed

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:43.399
 for you

00:31:43.399 --> 00:31:43.980
 he said

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.879
 and I have prayed

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.579
 for you

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:48.000
 prayed what

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:49.940
 that God would

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.879
 take away the suffering

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.599
 in his life

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:53.639
 no

00:31:53.639 --> 00:31:54.420
 I have prayed

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.839
 for you

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:56.000
 that your faith

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:57.059
 does not fail

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:58.599
 yes

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.859
 God knew

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.579
 the Lord knew

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.399
 that

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:03.660
 Peter would deny him

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.240
 and he did so

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.160
 three times

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:07.700
 grievously

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:09.759
 against the Lord

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:12.660
 but when you are

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.060
 recovered

00:32:13.060 --> 00:32:13.880
 when you are

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.600
 turned back

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:16.540
 when you are

00:32:16.540 --> 00:32:16.980
 converted

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.420
 the old

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:18.440
 version has it

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.900
 it means

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.779
 when you have

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.220
 come back

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.759
 from your

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.840
 lapse

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:23.759
 when you have

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.180
 come back

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.779
 from that

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:26.100
 turn against me

00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:26.920
 in your denial

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:29.320
 strengthen

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:31.019
 your brethren

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:33.460
 see that was

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.660
 Satan's purpose

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.420
 to destroy

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.860
 but like I said

00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:37.340
 at the beginning

00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:38.700
 it's inside

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.660
 God's purpose

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.360
 to strengthen

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:41.140
 his church

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:42.880
 because Peter

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.660
 was going to prove

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.140
 to be

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:45.580
 one of the main

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:46.220
 means of

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:47.080
 strengthening the

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.680
 church in the

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.220
 New Testament

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.580
 as the gospel

00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:50.220
 went out

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:51.340
 both to Gentiles

00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:52.220
 as well as to

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.820
 Jews

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:54.580
 and see

00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:55.480
 in the early

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.120
 chapters there

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.779
 of Acts

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.340
 you can see

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:58.360
 the leadership

00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:59.080
 of Peter

00:32:59.080 --> 00:33:01.120
 and how strong

00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:02.140
 that leadership

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.740
 was

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.620
 how vital

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:04.259
 that leadership

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.859
 was

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:06.779
 and that's

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.160
 God

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:08.539
 demonstrating

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.980
 through Peter

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:12.299
 that overcoming

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:13.099
 evil and

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.559
 overcoming

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.079
 Satan

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:16.160
 and overcoming

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.660
 even the

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.180
 lapse on the

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.640
 sin in his

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.220
 own heart

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:20.059
 is a matter

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:21.500
 of Christ's

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.299
 prayer for him

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.960
 filling him

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.640
 with strength

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:26.120
 I have

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.860
 prayed for you

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.960
 that your

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.500
 faith does

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.180
 not fail

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.960
 and when

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.259
 you are

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.680
 recovered

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:33.100
 strengthen

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.820
 your brethren

00:33:33.820 --> 00:33:35.660
 now tonight

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:38.360
 isn't that

00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:38.800
 our prayer

00:33:38.800 --> 00:33:39.259
 as well

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:41.600
 we have no

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:42.360
 right to say

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:42.900
 to God

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.900
 Lord please

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.680
 take away

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.380
 suffering from

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:46.020
 my life

00:33:46.020 --> 00:33:47.380
 I would be a

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.940
 far better

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.400
 Christian

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:49.660
 without suffering

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.440
 in my life

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.780
 without having

00:33:51.780 --> 00:33:52.540
 such difficulties

00:33:52.540 --> 00:33:53.160
 and trials

00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:53.820
 to contend

00:33:53.820 --> 00:33:54.040
 with

00:33:54.040 --> 00:33:55.019
 to battle

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.660
 against

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:57.640
 that's not

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.160
 our prayer

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:59.320
 Job teaches

00:33:59.320 --> 00:34:00.040
 us our prayer

00:34:00.040 --> 00:34:00.940
 is Lord

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:03.240
 turn at all

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.820
 times

00:34:03.820 --> 00:34:05.140
 my sufferings

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.800
 to blessings

00:34:05.800 --> 00:34:07.600
 turn my trials

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:08.420
 and my difficulties

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.119
 to blessings

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:10.099
 for myself

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.680
 and for others

00:34:10.680 --> 00:34:11.559
 enable me

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.180
 through them

00:34:12.180 --> 00:34:13.260
 not only to

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.840
 progress

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.599
 in my own

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.200
 life as a

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:15.519
 Christian

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.360
 but to be

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.940
 of benefit

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.420
 and help

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.880
 to others

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.460
 around me

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.099
 in your

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.619
 church

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:21.940
 that I

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.659
 might strengthen

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:24.500
 your cause

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.819
 that I

00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:26.400
 might strengthen

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.619
 especially any

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:27.960
 others who

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.579
 are struggling

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:30.299
 with temptation

00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:31.880
 and questions

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.679
 in their life

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.339
 about their

00:34:33.339 --> 00:34:33.940
 relation to

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.339
 God

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:37.420
 God's purpose

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:39.500
 in Job's

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.119
 sufferings

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.779
 in all

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.199
 this

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:43.199
 would that it

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:43.739
 was true of

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.279
 me and of

00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:44.559
 you

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:46.079
 Job did

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.659
 not sin

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:48.199
 or charge

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.659
 God

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:50.219
 with any

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.639
 wrong

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:52.319
 let's pray

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:56.599
 Lord we

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:57.179
 thank you that

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:57.839
 there are such

00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:59.480
 books in the

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.099
 scriptures as

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.920
 the book of Job

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:02.719
 we acknowledge

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.399
 that you are

00:35:03.399 --> 00:35:03.879
 the author

00:35:03.879 --> 00:35:04.679
 of scripture

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:05.299
 from beginning

00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:05.839
 to end

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:07.440
 we acknowledge

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.960
 oh Lord

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.599
 that it is

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.420
 authoritative

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:10.119
 and accurate

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.739
 for us

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:12.119
 a word

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:12.440
 that is

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:13.099
 dependable

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:14.619
 we pray

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.179
 for the grace

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.819
 of your spirit

00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:16.119
 Lord

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.940
 to add to

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.679
 our understanding

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.119
 daily

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:19.619
 of what your

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.219
 word teaches

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.699
 us

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:22.279
 we thank you

00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:23.139
 especially tonight

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.980
 that as we know

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:25.019
 that there are

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.960
 powers looking down

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.579
 upon us

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.759
 more powerful

00:35:27.759 --> 00:35:28.539
 than ourselves

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.859
 who have an evil

00:35:29.859 --> 00:35:31.199
 intention against us

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:32.679
 we bless thee

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.319
 for the shelter

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:34.000
 of your wings

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:35.799
 we thank the Lord

00:35:35.799 --> 00:35:36.659
 for the security

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:38.219
 of your intercession

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:39.059
 for your people

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:40.940
 and we give thanks

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.679
 for the assurance

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.839
 you give to your people

00:35:42.839 --> 00:35:45.159
 that evil will not prevail

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:46.920
 that you will bring

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.599
 them at last

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.420
 as we've been singing

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.839
 earlier

00:35:48.839 --> 00:35:51.179
 to love the Lord

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.779
 more fully

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:53.879
 and also as we learn

00:35:53.879 --> 00:35:54.440
 from your word

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.399
 to be brought finally

00:35:55.399 --> 00:35:57.059
 to that state

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:58.099
 and into that place

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.559
 of heaven

00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:00.500
 where there is no

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.059
 temptation

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.879
 anymore

00:36:01.879 --> 00:36:03.539
 bless us then

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.299
 and bless your word

00:36:04.299 --> 00:36:04.719
 to us

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:05.500
 hear the prayers

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.219
 of your people

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:07.500
 both silent

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.079
 and spoken

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.819
 here tonight

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:10.240
 and in all other

00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:11.440
 gatherings of your people

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.940
 Lord be present

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.700
 to bless them

00:36:13.700 --> 00:36:15.160
 we ask it all

00:36:15.160 --> 00:36:16.160
 for Jesus sake

00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:16.960
 Amen

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:20.240
 this comunisan

00:36:20.240 --> 00:36:21.119
 and text

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.920
 as we understand

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:23.039
 we ask your tard 아직

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:24.079
 that

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.800
 the Helen

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:24.920
 miracle

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:26.099
 who

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:27.039
 said

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.880
 to the

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:29.260
 lord

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:30.199
 or

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.619
 for Jesusát

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.320
 where

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:31.820
 she

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.840
 saw

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.400
 the

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:33.980
 other

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.679
 thousands

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:34.840
 of Jesus

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:36.220
 as we

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:37.260
 I

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.820
 told us

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.559
 of Jesus

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:46.760
 and