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? Jesus is worthy ?
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? oh yes, he's worthy
? ? worthy of all... ?
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? all the praise... ? [music]
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Pastor Byrd: I want to welcome
those who watch in the services
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at the Oakwood University
Church, Breath of Life Ministry,
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and we want you to
turn in your Bibles now
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to the book of Job.
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Job chapter 13, just one
verse, Job chapter 13, verse 15.
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I wanted to preach this
this week because there's been
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a lot of death in our church,
a lot of sickness, and so I
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believe that we need a
healing Word in a hurting world.
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Can you say amen?
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Aud.: Amen.
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PB: When I first
arrived here over two years ago,
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you'll remember
my first year here we
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had 34 funerals.
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It just seems that they come
in bunches, and now this week
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it appears that they're coming
in bunches, and so I just have
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one verse that I would
encourage you with today,
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and that's taken from
Job 13, verse number 15.
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Job 13:15, the Word of
God says, "Though he slay me,
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yet will I trust in
him: but I will maintain
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mine own ways before him."
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Though He slay me,
yet will I trust in Him.
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Today you've got to learn
how to trust without limits.
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[Aud. reaction] PB:
Father in heaven, Lord,
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now breathe on us,
speak for Your servants here.
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Hide us behind Your cross,
may Your Holy Ghost bring today,
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bring healing, bring
comfort, to Thy people we pray.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Aud.: Amen.
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PB: The book of Job is
one of the oldest books
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in the Bible.
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In fact, though the book
of Job is placed in the Bible
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after the book of Esther
and before the book of Psalms,
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many theologians believe
that the book of Job was written
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after Exodus, and so its
authorship is ascribed to Moses.
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Remember, the
Bible is not written
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in chronological order.
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All the things in Genesis
did not necessarily happen
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first, and all the
things in Revelation
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did not necessarily
happen last because how could
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war in heaven with Satan
being thrown out of heaven,
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as written in Revelation,
happen after the fall of man,
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as written in Genesis?
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[Aud.
reaction]: PB: Yes, Genesis
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comes before Revelation,
but Satan's fall from heaven
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happened before
Adam and Eve ate fruit.
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Because they couldn't
have been deceived to eat fruit
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if Satan hadn't
fallen in the first place.
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The book of Job tells
the story about a man who
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had everything.
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Lost everything.
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But in the end got
everything plus interest back.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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[Aud. reaction]:
PB: In the book of Job,
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you will discover that
disaster took his fortune.
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Disease tortured his flesh.
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Death touched his family.
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Deceit turned his friends.
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But God's deliverance gave
him double for his trouble.
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[Aud. reaction]: PB:
Let this be a reminder
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for us.
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I don't care how rough it gets,
I don't care how tough it gets,
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no weapon formed
against you is going to prosper.
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Somebody knows that if God be
for us, who can be against us?
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Job, however, is not remembered
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for his triumphs.
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Job is
remembered for his trials.
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The story of Job
is not a fairy tale.
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Job is not some
fictitious figure of the past,
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Job was a real man
who lived in a real world,
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who faced real problems
and fought a real devil.
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Job was a man of flesh and
blood, just like you and me.
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Job lost the three
things that are considered signs
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of a man's well-being.
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Number one, he lost his wealth.
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He lost his health.
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And then, he
also lost his family.
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In one 24-hour period, Job's
life is turned upside-down.
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Job has lost everything that
he worked for his entire life.
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In one day it's all gone.
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Job's own wife said,
"Why don't you just go ahead
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and curse God and die?"
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Job received bad
news on top of bad news.
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The devil said,
"Okay, just watch now.
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Just watch him, because
he's now about to have a cussin'
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fit and turn away from God."
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The Bible says Job
was a righteous man.
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[Aud. reaction]: PB:
Job did not turn from God
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when bad things
started happening to him.
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It was Job who
said, "Though he slay me,
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yet will I trust in him."
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In other words, God, you
can kill me, but I'm not leaving
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You.
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God, I'm not going anywhere.
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Trust in You is more important
than living is to me, because
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even in the depths of his
sorrow, Job mourns more over
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what seems to be his
loss of God than he does over
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the loss of his
prosperity and family.
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To live is Christ.
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To die is gain.
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After Job loses everything,
after Job's wife tells him
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to curse God and die.
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The Bible says that Job rent
his mantle, shaves his head,
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falls down to the ground
and then he starts worshiping
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and praising God.
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I believe that I've got a
witness in this place that
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knows that some of your best
worship is when you're broken.
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When everything in
your life is breaking loose.
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Because that's when the Master
Mender puts everything back
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together again.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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[Aud. reaction]: PB: That's why
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I'm a praiser.
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That's why I'm a worshiper.
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That's why I lift my
hands and I bless Him.
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Not just when I'm in trouble
but when things are also going
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well, because in the
good times, praise His name.
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[Aud. reaction]:
PB: In the bad times,
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we've got to do the same.
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In everything, give the
King of Kings all the praise.
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But in the middle of the book,
Job gets into a conversation
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with his friends.
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His friends suggest that because
of his troubles, that in some
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form or fashion he must
have sinned against God.
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Job and his friends were
stepped in the tradition that
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claimed suffering was always
a punishment for a specific sin,
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but the philosophy of suffering
as set forth by the friends
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of Job was not correct.
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Listen to me carefully.
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As a child of God you
must always distinguish between
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the truth of an infinite
God versus the faulty ideas
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expressed by infinite speakers.
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Aud.: Amen.
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PB: Rain falls on
the just and the unjust.
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Just because you
love God doesn't mean
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you won't have trouble.
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Aud.: Amen.
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PB: Just because you
go to church doesn't mean
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everything is going
to be peaches and cream.
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Some people think that if
they serve God, if they worship
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God, if they praise God
that your marriage will always
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be great, your
kids will be great,
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your finances will be
great, your job will be great
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and your health will be great.
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But the Bible says that they
that live godly lives are going
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to suffer persecution.
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[Aud.
reaction]: PB: Which means,
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you can believe God and
still go through trouble.
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You can believe God
and still go through tests.
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Go through trials,
go through persecution,
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adversities,
perplexities and complexities,
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because just because you have
a connection with God doesn't
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mean you won't
go through trouble.
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Aud.: Amen.
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PB: In life I've
learned things happen.
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Stuff happens.
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It happens to good people.
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It happens to bad people.
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It happens to old
people, to young people.
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It happens to rich people,
it happens to poor people,
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it happens to black people,
it happens to white people,
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it happens to everybody
in spite of your commitment
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to the church.
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In spite of the fact that
you return tithes and offerings,
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in spite of the fact that you
may sing in the choir or usher
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in the church,
trouble will still come.
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[Aud. reaction]:
PB: But you understand
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you have to go through
something where your faith
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is tried.
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Faith is not
proven in abundance.
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Faith is proved in lack.
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Tough times.
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Dark days.
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Faith is proven when the lights
are out, not when the lights
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are on.
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When your tuition is
due and your money is low.
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When the cancer has been found.
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When you're standing there
in divorce court, when your
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friends have walled out on
you, God you see cannot let you
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go through life easily,
because that wouldn't build
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your faith.
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Aud.: Amen.
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PB: And so God will let you
experience and get in trouble
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so He can teach you
how to survive trouble
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and its attack.
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Job quickly goes through
three cycles of conversation
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with his so-called friends.
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Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar,
and then the Bible says Elihu
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shares four speeches.
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In a nutshell, these so-called
friends tell Brother Job
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that his
suffering is linked to sin.
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But Job is not aware
of this sin, and so Job
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was faced with the predicament
of finding an explanation
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for his misfortune.
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Can you imagine, friends
of mine, losing everything you
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had?
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Everything gone.
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Your health, gone.
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Your wealth, gone.
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Your family, gone.
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And then on top of that your
so-called friends, who you've
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given money to help out,
come by and folks you helped,
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because you do know the people
you help the most appreciate
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it the least.
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[Aud. reaction]: PB:
The people you've helped
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come by and instead
of saying "God bless you,
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Brother," or, "We're
praying for you, Brother,"
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they say no, we're just
going to criticize you by saying
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"The reason, Job, you're going
through this must be because
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you're not right with God."
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The text, Job 13,
expounds on the second cycle
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of conversations
with Job and his friends.
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But after charges of being
accused a sinner, my friends,
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Job then says, "Let me respond."
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In verse 1 and 2, Job confirms
that he has seen and heard
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the same thing that
his friend Zophar has.
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Job is not ignorant of
the things that are taking
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place around him,
nor is he ignorant
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of the theology of the day.
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In verse 4, Job tells his
friends, "Look, I've talked
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to you enough.
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I'm tired of talking to
you, let me know take you
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to the top.
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Let me take it and
talk to the One who says
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the buck stops here."
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Job has already heard what
his friends have had to say,
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and they are of no
help, so now he says,
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"Let me speak to the
One who's in charge."
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In verse number 4 then,
Job goes on the offensive.
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He has listened to the
"wisdom" of his friends and now
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he wants to speak.
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You see, I must
admit, I'm a little like Job.
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Job was one who believed,
if you're going to say what
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you're going to
say, then in the spirit
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of reciprocity let me
say what I'm going to say.
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And because of this,
you're going to listen.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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[Aud. reaction]:
PB: The Bible says Job
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calls them worthless liars.
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He calls them worthless doctors.
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Job calls his friends
worthless physicians because
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they have given advice,
but they have no cure for it.
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We know a lot of times what
the problem is, but if you don't
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have a solution then I suggest
you just ought to be quiet.
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He says that the wisest
thing you can do is sit down
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somewhere and listen.
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So Job then begins to
ask his friends a series
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of rhetorical questions.
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Number one, in verse 7, he
says, "Will you speak falsely
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for God?"
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Verse 8, he says,
"Are you God's mouthpiece?"
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Verse 9, he says, "When it's
all said and done, where will
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you stand with God?
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And so, in verse 12 Job tells
his friends that their wisdom
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is nothing more
than ashes and clay.
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Job asks his
friends to let him speak.
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He says that once he
says what he has to say,
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then let the chips
fall where they may.
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And so he comes to
the text of Scripture.
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In verse number
15, "Though he slay me,
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yet will I trust in him."
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I like the way the
Holman Christian Standard Bible
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puts it.
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It says, "Even if God kills
me, I will have hope in him."
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Regardless of what comes
my way, I still will have hope
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in God.
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Hallelujah, friends of mine.
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So then, what do you
do when trouble strikes?
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What do you do when
the bottom falls out?
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What do you do when you
feel like throwing in the towel?
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What do you do when you've
been diagnosed with cancer
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or some incurable disease?
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What do you do when you
or someone you love has been
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diagnosed with HIV.
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What do you do when
your loved one dies?
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What do you do when your
daughter dies, when she's only
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four months old?
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What do you do?
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Three things I want to suggest
to you then Iím going to sit
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down.
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Number one, and this is
no theological masterpiece.
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When trouble comes, you've
got to learn how to trust God.
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[Aud. reaction]:
PB: "Trust in the Lord
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with all thine heart,
and lean not unto thine own
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understanding but in all
thy ways acknowledge him,
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and he shall direct thy path."
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"Faith is the
substance of things hoped for,
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the evidence of things
not seen." "Without faith
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it is impossible to please God."
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"God is the rewarder
of those that diligently
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seek him."
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Friends of mine,
things may get rough.
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But you've got to
keep trusting in God.
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Things may get tough,
but you've got to keep
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trusting in God.
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You may feel like giving
up sometimes, but you've got
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to keep trusting in God.
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Sickness may be running
through your body, but you've
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got to keep
trusting in your God.
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You might not have a penny
to your name, but you've got
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to keep trusting in God.
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Your marriage may be in
trouble, your children may
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be out of control, but you've
got to keep trusting in God
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because I once was young,
but now Iím old, but I've never
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seen the righteous
forsaken nor his seed begging
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for bread.
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You have to have
faith - [Aud. reaction]:
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PB: in God.
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Regardless of your troubles,
you've got to keep trusting
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in God.
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No matter how you're
suffering, you've got to keep
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trusting God.
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No matter what you deal with,
you've got to keep trusting
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God.
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No matter what people do
to you, you've got to keep
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trusting God.
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No matter the diagnosis,
you've got to keep trusting
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God.
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Man's extremity
is God's opportunity.
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Your setback is a
setup for a comeback.
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[Aud. reaction]: PB:
What lessons can I learn
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from a setback?
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A setback will teach you that
something is about to break.
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And I'm not talking
about a breakdown or a breakup,
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I'm talking
about a breakthrough.
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I wish I had a
witness in this place.
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[Aud. reaction]: PB:
The very thing that somebody
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in this church right now,
you're dealing with right now.
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Maybe a death of a friend,
death of a church member,
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death of a loved
one, finances in trouble.
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The thing you're dealing
with right now, the issues
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that you're confronting
right now have everything to do
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with your walk with God.
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Friends, let's be clear.
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That doesn't mean that if
you're going through trouble
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that it's a sign that
you don't have a connection
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with God.
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Listen, it might not
be the lack of your faith
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that got you into
it, but it's the strength
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of your faith that's
going to get you out of it.
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[Aud. reaction]: PB:
I'm trying to help somebody
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understand that we can
trust God in times of trouble.
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Ellen White says in
"Prophets and Kings" that "Hope
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and courage are essential
to perfect service for God."
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She said, "These
are the fruit of faith.
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Despondency," she says,
"Is sinful and unreasonable."
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She says, "God is
willing and able more abundantly
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to bestow upon His servants
the strength that they need
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for test and trial."
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Friends, she says, "The
enemies of God and the enemies
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of Satan's work may seem
to be well laid and firmly
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established."
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But this is what
gives me encouragement.
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She says, "But God can
overthrow the strongest
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of beings and
this I've had to learn.
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He does in His own way,"
she says, "and His own time,
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when He sees that
the faith of His servants
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has been sufficiently tested."
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Aud.: Hallelujah.
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PB: Do you all
realize what happened?
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That in one day Job
lost all of his donkeys.
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Lost all of his oxen.
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All his sheep, all his animals,
all his children, all his
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servants except the four
who came to tell him the news.
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The only thing he
didn't lose was his wife.
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But seeing how she told him
to curse God and die, maybe Job
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would have been better
off if he had lost her too.
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Come on, say amen.
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[Aud. reaction]: PB:
Job was a broken man.
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He had very good reason
to think and feel that God
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had left him.
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But Job says, You can kill
me, but God I'm not leaving You.
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I'm not letting go that easily.
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Number two: In
trouble, you've got to know
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the Word of God.
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Knowing God's Word increases
your faith and trust in God.
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Paul said, "Faith
cometh by hearing, hearing
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by the word of God."
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David said, "Thy word have
I hid in my heart that I might
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not sin against thee.
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Thy word is a lamp unto my
feet, a light unto my path."
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Peter says, in 1 Peter 5:8
that "We are kept by faith."
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You see, our joy is
not zeal without knowledge.
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There are a lot of us who
say amen, a lot of us who shout.
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And folk don't know why
you shout or why you say amen.
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But our joy is
based on a revelation.
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It's based on a Word
from the Most High God.
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That's why I
love the Word of God.
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I don't care what you
obtain on this side of life,
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you'd better have a
Word from the Lord in time
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of trouble.
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You can know the ruats
of Hebrew, you can know
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the evangelions of Greek,
you can know the buenos noches
00:20:31.66\00:20:34.93
of Spanish, but like
wood it will deteriorate.
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Put water in a
glass, it will evaporate.
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The car you drive,
it will depreciate.
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The money in your
pocket will devaluate.
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Heaven and earth may
pass away, but somebody knows
00:20:47.16\00:20:55.23
that the Word of God
is going to stand forever.
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You see, when you get enough
Word in you, you can look at
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folk and say, If you knew
what I knew, you'd understand
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why I act like I act.
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Oh, y'all don't hear me.
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[Aud. reaction]: PB:
Let me tell you something.
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Talking about when
you have a Word in you,
00:21:17.43\00:21:19.43
when God's Word is in you.
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When growing up, when I was
growing up, in fact, probably
00:21:20.43\00:21:22.43
all of us when we were growing
up there was a little toy
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you used to have.
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Maybe you didn't have
it, but I remember having it.
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I don't know if
they still have it today.
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I looked in the store,
my daughter being a baby,
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but they don't seem to have it.
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But some of you may remember
this, there was a toy and it
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was called a See and Say.
00:21:36.03\00:21:38.86
[Aud. reaction]:
PB: Anybody know what
00:21:38.86\00:21:40.93
I'm talking about?
00:21:40.93\00:21:41.96
[Aud. reaction]: PB:
Everybody say "See and Say."
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Aud.: See and Say.
00:21:44.96\00:21:46.10
PB: Now, for those that didn't
know and don't know, it was
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a round toy and it
had an arrow on the toy.
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And if you would pull the
string, the arrow would turn
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and after turning a while
it would land on an animal.
00:22:01.56\00:22:05.26
And if landed on a sheep,
it would say, "This is what
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a sheep sounds like: Baa. Baa."
00:22:11.16\00:22:13.76
[Aud. reaction]: PB:
You pull the string again,
00:22:13.76\00:22:19.50
and it would land on a cow.
00:22:19.50\00:22:22.23
And it would say, "This
is what a cow sounds like:
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Moo. Moo."
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You pull the string
again and the string
00:22:27.90\00:22:32.03
would land on a pig.
00:22:32.03\00:22:34.66
And it would say, "This
is what a pig sounds like:
00:22:34.66\00:22:37.96
Oink. Oink. Oink-oink."
00:22:37.96\00:22:39.73
[Aud. reaction]: PB:
What's interesting here
00:22:39.73\00:22:42.50
is the engineers
of the See and Say,
00:22:42.50\00:22:44.50
they put a chip or
something in the See and Say.
00:22:44.50\00:22:47.60
They recorded words,
they recorded voices,
00:22:47.60\00:22:50.03
and they recorded and
stored them in the See and Say.
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You wouldn't know the
voices were in the See and Say.
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You wouldn't know the
words were in the See and Say
00:22:54.83\00:22:56.83
until you pulled the string.
00:22:56.83\00:22:58.93
[Aud. reaction]: PB:
I'm trying to help somebody.
00:22:58.93\00:23:04.63
Aolineís got it, but
Iím trying to help somebody.
00:23:04.63\00:23:07.63
The devil's been
messing with somebody's stuff.
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Devil, you
pulled the wrong string.
00:23:12.06\00:23:17.76
[Aud. reaction]: PB:
The devil's been saying,
00:23:17.76\00:23:21.70
"You're going to be sick."
00:23:21.70\00:23:23.66
Devil, you
pulled the wrong string.
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"He was wounded for my
transgressions, bruised for my
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iniquities: the chastisement
of our peace was upon him,
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but by his stripes I am healed."
00:23:38.43\00:23:41.43
The devil's been
messing with somebody's money.
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Devil, you messed
with the wrong somebody.
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You pulled the wrong
string, for my God shall supply
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all of my needs according
to His riches in glory.
00:23:51.90\00:23:54.16
The devil's been
messing with somebody's mind.
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Get thee behind me, Satan.
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In the name of Jesus, God
shall keep me in perfect peace
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when my mind is stayed on Him.
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Hallelujah, somebody.
00:24:07.60\00:24:08.60
[Aud. reaction]:
PB: Do me a favor.
00:24:08.60\00:24:10.60
You're a little stiff.
00:24:10.60\00:24:11.60
Turn to your
neighbor and say, "Neighbor."
00:24:11.60\00:24:13.60
Aud.: Neighbor.
00:24:13.60\00:24:14.60
PB: "Don't pull my string."
00:24:14.60\00:24:15.60
Aud.: Don't pull my string.
00:24:15.60\00:24:16.60
PB: Let me tell you something.
00:24:16.60\00:24:19.60
In time of trouble, you're going
to need a Word from the Lord.
00:24:19.60\00:24:24.56
Finally, number three: In
time of trouble, you're going
00:24:24.56\00:24:32.33
to need a strong prayer life.
00:24:32.33\00:24:35.46
But I want to share and suggest
that you don't need a strong
00:24:35.46\00:24:39.60
prayer life just in trouble.
00:24:39.60\00:24:42.80
But you need a strong prayer
life all the time, because
00:24:42.80\00:24:45.00
when you get in trouble,
you're going to need something
00:24:45.00\00:24:46.76
saved up on the inside.
00:24:46.76\00:24:47.90
You need a strong prayer life
because when the enemy comes
00:24:47.90\00:24:54.10
in like a flood, God
will lift up a standard.
00:24:54.10\00:25:00.86
The effectual, fervent
prayer of the righteous
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availeth much.
00:25:04.83\00:25:05.16
The effectiveness of our
prayers is directly related to
00:25:05.16\00:25:08.96
the authenticity
of our walk of faith.
00:25:08.96\00:25:12.46
Now, it's tough for a
hypocrite to get God's ear.
00:25:12.46\00:25:17.96
If you look on in verse 16
of Job 13, it says, "He also
00:25:19.76\00:25:23.56
shall be my salvation:
for an hypocrite shall not
00:25:23.56\00:25:25.93
come before him."
00:25:25.93\00:25:27.30
Isaiah 59:2 says, "But
your iniquities have separated
00:25:27.30\00:25:30.06
between you and your God,
and your sins have hid his face
00:25:30.06\00:25:32.13
from you, that
he will not hear."
00:25:32.13\00:25:34.13
John 9:31, "Now we know
that God heareth not sinners:
00:25:34.13\00:25:36.70
but if any man be a worshipper
of God, and doeth his will,
00:25:36.70\00:25:38.66
him he heareth."
00:25:38.66\00:25:39.36
For the eyes of the Lord
are over the righteous, his ears
00:25:39.36\00:25:42.56
are not open to their prayers,
but the face of the Lord
00:25:42.56\00:25:45.06
is against them that do evil.
00:25:45.06\00:25:46.43
He that turneth his way,
his ear from hearing the law,
00:25:46.43\00:25:48.90
even his prayer
shall be an abomination.
00:25:48.90\00:25:55.26
But Jesus said, in Matthew
7:7, but "Ask, and it shall
00:25:55.26\00:25:56.53
be given you;
seek, and ye shall find.
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can you
imagine, friends of mine,
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losing everything you had?
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Everything gone.
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Your health, gone.
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Your wealth, gone.
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Your family, gone.
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And then on top of
that your so-called friends,
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who you've given
money to help out, come by
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and folks you
helped, because you do know
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the people you help the
most appreciate it the least.
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