>>I LOVE THE QUOTE: "THE
GREATEST WANT OF THE WORLD IS
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THE WANT OF MEN ... MEN WHO WILL
STAND FOR THE RIGHT THOUGH THE
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HEAVENS FALL." YET
STUDIES ARE SHOWING, FOR
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SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THE SECULAR
MEDIA AND CULTURE HAVE SOUGHT
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TO PORTRAY MEN AS
THE FAMILY IDIOTS.
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SADLY, RESPECT FOR THE ROLE OF
FATHERS AND HUSBANDS HAS REACHED
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AN ALL-TIME LOW. SO
NOW, AS THE DISPIRITED MEN
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ABANDON THEIR ROLES OF GODLY
LEADERSHIP, IT'S NOT SURPRISING
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THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING A
MORAL FREE-FALL IN OUR COUNTRY.
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THAT'S WHY, STARTING SEPTEMBER
30TH I'LL BE PRESENTING A NEW
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PROGRAM CALLED
MIGHTY MEN OF GOD .
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USING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES, THIS
ENCOURAGING FOUR-PART SERIES
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WILL ADDRESS HOW TO BE A LOVING
FATHER, FAITHFUL HUSBAND, AND
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ALL-AROUND MAN OF GOD IN
THE FAMILY, CHURCH, AND NATION.
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PLEASE PLAN NOW TO JOIN ME FOR
THIS LIVE EVENT AND LEARN FROM
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THE WORD HOW TO LIVE
COURAGEOUSLY FOR THE KING.
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(MUSIC)
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>>YOU EVER THOUGHT YOU
MIGHT WANT YOUR IMAGE CHISELED
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ON MOUNT RUSHMORE?
YOU KNOW, IN THE BACK -
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I'VE ONLY SEEN IT ONCE. I
WAS IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND IN THE
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BACK YOU'VE GOT THE
FAINTEST OF THE THREE IMAGES.
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YOU'VE GOT THE FOREGROUND, YOU
KNOW, WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN AND
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- WHO'S THE OTHER
ONE, JEFFERSON? I FORGET.
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I JUST KNOW THAT IN THE
BACK YOU'VE GOT TEDDY ROOSEVELT.
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AND IT COSTS SOMETHING TO
GET YOUR FACE CHISELED UP THERE.
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HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
BLINDSIDED BY GRIEF?
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OR DISASTER? OR
LOSS YOU DIDN'T EXPECT?
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AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU
HAVE SOME TERRIBLE PHONE CALL OR
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AN ACCIDENT AND
YOUR WHOLE LIFE CHANGED.
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AND I JUST REMEMBER, ONE TIME,
READING IN HISTORY THAT TEDDY
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ROOSEVELT HAD ONE OF THOSE DAYS
WHERE HIS WIFE WAS LIVING WITH
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HIS MOTHER AND
SHE WAS EXPECTING.
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HE, YOU KNOW, HAD BEEN GOVERNOR
OF NEW YORK AT ONE POINT, HE WAS
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AWAY ON BUSINESS, HE HAD HEARD
THAT HIS WIFE WASN'T WELL AND HE
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CAME HOME AND HIS WIFE DIED
GIVING BIRTH. HE DEARLY LOVED
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HIS WIFE - AND HIS MOTHER
HAD A HEART ATTACK THE SAME DAY.
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AND NOW HE'S GOT THIS LITTLE
BABY GIRL, NO WIFE, HIS MOTHER'S
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GONE, AND HE WROTE IN HIS DIARY,
'TODAY MY LIGHT HAS GONE OUT.'
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AND HE JUST FELT
LIKE HIS LIFE WAS OVER.
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HE PUT HIS LITTLE GIRL
IN THE CARE OF HIS SISTER.
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HE TOOK OFF AND
WENT TO THE DAKOTAS.
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HE JUST WENT OFF THE MAP, SO
TO SPEAK, OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF
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NOWHERE - DECIDED
TO BECOME A COWBOY.
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BUT, YOU KNOW, HE LEARNED SOME
THINGS IN THAT FROZEN COUNTRY
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AND THAT ROUGH LIFE AND GOD WAS
PREPARING HIM FOR A VERY BIG JOB
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IN LEADING THE COUNTRY.
BUT IT WAS ALL SORT OF FORGED
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OUT OF A GREAT PERSONAL
LOSS THAT NOBODY WOULD WANT.
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HE ALSO LOST SEVERAL OF HIS
SONS IN WORLD WAR I AND OTHER
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TRAGEDIES. AND,
YOU KNOW, HISTORY TALKS
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ABOUT PEOPLE THAT THE LORD
PREPARES THROUGH GREAT TRIALS.
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AND JOB, WHO WAS ONE OF THE
GREATEST MEN - A BOOK DEDICATED
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TO HIM - IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
WE STARTED LAST WEEK WITH PRETTY
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MUCH AN
INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JOB.
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I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO
BACK THERE AGAIN NOW, AND WE'LL
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DO A LITTLE BIT OF REVIEW, BOTH
FOR JUST CATCHING UP TO SPEED
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AND SOME OF YOU MAY
HAVE NOT HAVE BEEN HERE.
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OF THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE,
IF THE BIBLE IS THE MILK OF THE
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WORD, THEN JOB IS THE
CREAM. THERE IS SOMETHING
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EXTRAORDINARY, SUBLIME, MAJESTIC
ABOUT THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT
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REALLY COVERS THE
GREAT CONTROVERSY.
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IT TALKS ABOUT THE CONTEST THAT
IS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES,
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WHERE THERE'S A BATTLE THAT IS
BEING RAGED FOR EVERY SOUL AND
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JOB DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING
ON IN HEAVEN WHERE GOD AND THE
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DEVIL ARE FIGHTING OVER HIM.
IT TALKS ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL
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MAN FROM THE LAND OF UZ THERE
IN THE AREA THAT WAS EAST OF
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MIDIAN IN THE WILDERNESS. IT
WAS MORE BEAUTIFUL BACK THEN.
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BLAMELESS AND UPRIGHT MAN -
SEVEN SONS, THREE DAUGHTERS,
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GREAT POSSESSIONS - AND THEN,
TAKE IT UP WITH VERSE 4 - AND I
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WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THIS - WE'RE
GOING BACK TO THIS BECAUSE IT
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COMES UP IN CHAPTER - IN
THE NEXT SECTION, AS WELL.
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IT SAYS, "AND HIS SONS WOULD GO
AND FEAST IN THEIR HOUSES, EACH
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ON HIS APPOINTED DAY," - NOW WE
DON'T KNOW IF THAT APPOINTED DAY
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MEANT THEIR BIRTHDAY - OR IT
COULD MEAN WHENEVER THERE WAS A
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NEW MOON - ONCE A MONTH THE
FAMILY WOULD HAVE A GET TOGETHER
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- AND THIS WAS COMMON IN
THE EAST - "AND WOULD SEND AND
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INVITE THEIR THREE SISTERS
TO EAT AND DRINK WITH THEM.
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SO IT WAS, WHEN THE DAYS OF
FEASTING HAD RUN THEIR COURSE,"
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- IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THEY SET
ASIDE TWO OR THREE DAYS - "THAT
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JOB WOULD SEND AND SANCTIFY
THEM," - HE WOULD SEND FOR THEM
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- NOW, THEY'RE GROWN.
THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN HOMES -
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AND HE'D SEND AND HE'D
SANCTIFY - HE'D BRING THEM.
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HE'D SAY, 'LET'S PRAY.
AND LET'S RE-CONSECRATE
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OURSELVES.' IT'S THE SAME WORD
THAT USED WHEN THE CHILDREN OF
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ISRAEL WERE ABOUT TO HAVE
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS GIVEN.
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THEY WERE CONSECRATED TO
GOD - PREPARED TO MEET THE LORD.
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JOB WANTED TO MAKE SURE HIS
CHILDREN WERE PREPARED TO MEET
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THE LORD. "IT MAY
BE THAT MY SONS HAVE
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SINNED AND CURSED GOD" - AND THE
WORD THERE 'CURSED' DOESN'T MEAN
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THEY SHOOK THEIR FIST AND SAID
DIRTY WORDS, IT MEANS THAT THEY
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MAY HAVE DISMISSED GOD IN
THEIR HEARTS OR FORGOTTEN ABOUT
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GOD OR DESPISED GOD.
"THUS JOB DID REGULARLY."
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SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCOVER
ABOUT JOB IS, EVEN THOUGH HE'S A
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WEALTHY MAN AND HE HAS MANY
SERVANTS AND HE'S A GODLY MAN,
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HE IS A PRAYING MAN. NOW,
IN OUR FAMILY WORSHIP LAST
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NIGHT, WE ARE READING A BOOK
THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT PRAYER
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AND, BOY, I WAS SO CONVICTED
I WANTED TO GET ON MY KNEES
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BEFORE I WAS EVEN
DONE WITH OUR CHAPTER.
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IT JUST TALKS ABOUT IF YOU DON'T
HAVE A PRAYING CHURCH, THEN
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YOU'VE GOT A CHURCH THAT'S
JUST GOING THROUGH THE FORMS.
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AND IF A PASTOR'S NOT PRAYING
- THE PASTOR WHO WROTE THE BOOK
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SAID, 'IF YOU DON'T SPEND TWO
HOURS A DAY IN PRAYER, YOU'RE
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WASTING YOUR TIME. I
THOUGHT, 'WELL, I'M IN TROUBLE.'
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HE TALKS ABOUT
SPENDING ENTIRE NIGHTS IN PRAYER
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AND HOW THIS IS WHERE
THE POWER IS - IT'S IN THE
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RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
LORD. JOB WAS A PRAYING MAN.
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I BELIEVE THE REASON YOU'VE GOT
A BOOK IN THE BIBLE NAMED JOB IS
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BECAUSE OF THE SECTION
WHERE IT SAYS HE PRAYED.
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THE REASON THERE'S A BOOK IN THE
BIBLE CALLED DANIEL IS BECAUSE
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IT TALKS ABOUT MORNING, EVENING,
AND AT NOON DANIEL HAD A HABIT
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OF PRAYING. IT
WASN'T JUST THE EXTERNAL
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PRACTICE OF RELIGION, IT WAS AN
INTERNAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD -
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A SEEKING AFTER AND A
PLEADING TO KNOW THE LORD.
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AND, YOU KNOW, IF GOD BLESSES
THIS CHURCH IN EVERY WAY WITH
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GOOD PROGRAMS, GOOD FACILITIES,
NICE PEOPLE - AND WE'RE NOT A
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PEOPLE THAT IS A PRAYING PEOPLE
- THAT WE'RE NOT COMMUNICATING
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WITH GOD, THEN
WE'VE MISSED IT ALL.
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THAT'S ALL THE TRAPPINGS
OF RELIGION IF WE DON'T HAVE A
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SPIRITUAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.
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NOW WHAT WAS THE - WHAT WAS THE
MAIN THING THAT JOB WAS PRAYING
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ABOUT? WAS HE
PRAYING FOR HIMSELF OR
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WAS HE PRAYING FOR OTHERS?
WHEN YOU BEGIN PRAYING FOR
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OTHERS, WHERE DOES THAT START?
IF A MAN DOESN'T CARE FOR HIS
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OWN HOUSEHOLD, THEN
HE'S WORSE THAN AN INFIDEL.
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IT STARTS WITH PRAYING FOR YOUR
FAMILY AND HE'S PRAYING FOR HIS
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CHILDREN AND HE'S
PRAYING FOR THEIR SALVATION.
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AND HE DOES THIS REGULARLY - AND
I CAN SEE IT - IT SAYS HE WOULD
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SEND FOR THEM. THEY'D ALL COME.
HE'D SAY, 'LET'S CONSECRATE
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OURSELVES.' 'OKAY,
DAD.' AND HE'D PRAY FOR THEM.
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HE REALIZED LIFE IS
SHORT. IT'S UNCERTAIN.
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AND THEN IT TALKS ABOUT THIS
FIRST HEAVENLY MEETING WE READ
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ABOUT, WHEN THE SONS OF
GOD CAME BEFORE THE LORD.
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INTERESTING, YOU'VE GOT THE SONS
AND THE DAUGHTERS OF JOB AND
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THEN YOU'VE GOT THE SONS OF GOD.
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YOU'VE GOT THE MEETINGS AMONG
THE CHILDREN OF JOB AND THEN A
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MEETING AMONG GOD'S CHILDREN.
YOU'VE GOT A MEETING ON EARTH
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AND THEN YOU'VE GOT
A MEETING IN HEAVEN.
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AT - INTO BOTH THESE MEETINGS,
SATAN INSERTS HIMSELF AND HE
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BEGINS TO CHALLENGE GOD.
YOU SEE, SATAN IS COMING TO THIS
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HEAVENLY MEETING WHERE
THE SONS OF GOD ARE GATHERED.
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THESE ARE, OSTENSIBLY,
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER
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UNFALLEN WORLDS - HOLY WORLDS
- AND, NORMALLY, ADAM WOULD HAVE
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COME, BECAUSE THE BIBLE
SAYS ADAM WAS A SON OF GOD.
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BUT, INSTEAD OF ADAM, THE
BIBLE SAYS, IN ROMANS CHAPTER 6,
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'WHOEVER YOU OBEY, THAT'S WHOSE
SERVANT YOU ARE.' AND THE DEVIL
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SAID, 'THE WORLD
OBEYS ME. I AM ITS KING.
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I AM ITS REPRESENTATIVE.' AND HE
SHOWS UP AT THIS MEETING AND YOU
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CAN JUST HEAR THE MURMURS AMONG
THE OTHER SONS OF GOD - 'OH,
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LOOK WHO'S HERE. HE'S
CAUSED SO MUCH TROUBLE, WE
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WISH HE DIDN'T COME.' THE LORD
SAYS, 'WHERE'D YOU COME FROM?'
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NOW, IS GOD ASKING QUESTIONS
BECAUSE GOD DOESN'T KNOW?
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YOU KNOW, GOD ASKED
ADAM, 'WHERE ARE YOU?'
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DID GOD KNOW WHERE ADAM WAS?
AND WHEN GOD SAID TO LUCIFER,
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'WHERE'D YOU COME
FROM?' DIDN'T GOD KNOW
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WHERE LUCIFER
WAS? WHERE CAN YOU RUN
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FROM HIS PRESENCE?
GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING.
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GOD'S ASKING FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE OTHER INTELLIGENT BEINGS
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THAT ARE NOT OMNISCIENT.
THEY DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.
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AND HE SAYS, 'I'M COMING AS
A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EARTH.
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THAT'S MY DOMAIN.' GOD SAID,
'OH, IS IT REALLY YOUR DOMAIN?
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IT'S NOT ALL YOUR DOMAIN,
BECAUSE I'VE GOT A PIECE OF MY
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KINGDOM IN THAT WORLD.
IT'S IN THE HEART OF A PERSON
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NAMED JOB.' JESUS
SAID THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
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IS AT HAND. DOES
THE LORD HAVE SOME
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TERRITORY IN THIS WORLD
BECAUSE HE'S GOT YOUR HEART?
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DOES HE HAVE SOME
ACREAGE IN YOU IN THIS WORLD?
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AND THAT BOTHERED THE DEVIL SO
MUCH THAT HE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE
00:10:04.47\00:10:07.14
COMPLETE DOMINION OF THE WORLD,
BECAUSE THERE WAS JOB, A THORN
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IN HIS SIDE, WHICH WAS FAIR
ENOUGH BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS A
00:10:10.34\00:10:12.81
THORN IN EVERYONE ELSE'S SIDE.
AND SO, THERE'S THIS CHALLENGE.
00:10:12.81\00:10:19.05
AND IF YOU READ ABOUT IT, YOU
CAN GO HERE IN VERSE 8, "THEN
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THE LORD SAID TO SATAN, 'HAVE
YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB,"
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- HE'S NOT YOUR SERVANT - "THAT
THERE IS NONE LIKE HIM ON THE
00:10:28.76\00:10:31.46
EARTH," - IT'S TOO BAD THERE
WEREN'T MORE - "ONE WHO FEARS
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GOD AND [ESCHEWS OR
HATES OR] SHUNS EVIL?'
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SO SATAN ANSWERED THE LORD
AND SAID, 'DOES JOB FEAR GOD FOR
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NOTHING?'" - HE'S DOING IT
BECAUSE HE'S A RICE CHRISTIAN.
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IT'S BECAUSE OF
WHAT HE'S GOING TO GET.
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IT'S BECAUSE OF THE
LOAVES AND THE FISHES.
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IT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE
BLESSED HIM ON EVERY SIDE.
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NOW WE'RE GOING TO BRING OUT
SOME POINTS HERE AS WE PROCEED.
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NOT ONLY DID JOB PRAY OVER HIS
FAMILY, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD
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HAD PUT A HEDGE ABOUT JOB.
NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE
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TO BE HEDGED IN
BY THE LORD? >>AMEN.
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>>WHERE - WHAT DOES IT MEAN
WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT A HEDGE?
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WHAT IS THIS HEDGE OF GOD?
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MATTHEW 21:33, "HEAR ANOTHER
PARABLE:" - JESUS SAID - "THERE
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WAS A CERTAIN LANDOWNER WHO
PLANTED A VINEYARD AND SET A
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HEDGE AROUND IT, DUG A WINEPRESS
IN IT AND BUILT A TOWER."
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BACK IN BIBLE TIMES THEY DID NOT
HAVE BARBED WIRE AND IF YOU HAD
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FARMS AND IF YOU HAD, YOU KNOW,
PRODUCE AND THINGS YOU WANTED TO
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PROTECT, THEY WOULD PLANT
A LIVING FENCE AROUND THESE
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THINGS. SOMETIMES
IT WOULD EVEN HAVE
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BRAMBLES AND THORNS IN IT
THAT WOULD KEEP THE CRITTERS OUT
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AND IT CREATED A
BOUNDARY - IT CREATED A BARRIER.
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AND SO, THE OXEN, THE DONKEYS
AND THE CAMELS AND THE GOATS AND
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EVERYTHING, THEY
COULDN'T GET THROUGH IT.
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AND SO, IT PROTECTED EVERYTHING
THAT WAS INSIDE THE HEDGE.
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AND GOD HAS SET - THE BIBLE
TALKS ABOUT THE LORD STATIONING
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HIS ANGELS AROUND US. THE
ANGEL OF THE LORD DOES WHAT?
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ENCAMPS ROUNDABOUT - THAT'S THE
HEDGE - THOSE THAT SERVE HIM.
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AND SO, SATAN WAS
RIGHT. GOD HAD HEDGED IN JOB.
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HE'D BLESSED
HIM. HE PROTECTED HIM.
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I READ YOU LAST WEEK, IN
DEUTERONOMY 28, THE PROMISED
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BLESSINGS THAT GOD WOULD
GIVE TO THOSE THAT SERVE HIM.
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HOW MANY OF YOU
REMEMBER THE STORY OF JOSEPH?
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EVEN THOUGH JOSEPH WENT THROUGH
TERRIBLE TRIALS, WAS HE BLESSED
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IN SPITE OF THOSE TRIALS?
GENESIS 39, VERSE 2, "THE LORD
00:12:32.25\00:12:37.62
WAS WITH JOSEPH," - WHY, HE'D
JUST BEEN SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS.
00:12:37.62\00:12:40.92
BUT THE LORD'S STILL WITH HIM -
"AND HE WAS A SUCCESSFUL MAN;" -
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'SUCCESSFUL? HE'S A SERVANT.'
00:12:44.56\00:12:46.59
CAN YOU BE
BLESSED AND STILL BE POOR?
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CAN YOU BE BLESSED BY GOD
AND STILL HAVE A LOWLY STATION?
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- "AND HE WAS IN THE HOUSE
OF HIS MASTER THE EGYPTIAN.
00:12:53.00\00:12:56.04
AND HIS MASTER SAW THAT THE LORD
WAS WITH HIM AND THAT THE LORD
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MADE ALL HE DID TO
PROSPER IN HIS HAND.
00:12:59.34\00:13:02.84
SO JOSEPH FOUND FAVOR IN
HIS SIGHT, AND SERVED HIM.
00:13:02.84\00:13:07.75
THEN HE MADE HIM THE OVERSEER OF
HIS HOUSE AND ALL THAT HE HAD,
00:13:07.75\00:13:12.15
HE PUT UNDER HIS AUTHORITY.
00:13:12.15\00:13:13.69
SO IT WAS, FROM THE TIME THAT HE
MADE HIM OVERSEER OF HIS HOUSE
00:13:13.69\00:13:17.19
AND ALL THAT HE HAD, THAT
THE LORD BLESSED THE EGYPTIAN'S
00:13:17.19\00:13:19.76
HOUSE FOR JOSEPH'S SAKE; AND THE
BLESSING OF THE LORD WAS ON ALL
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THAT HE HAD IN THE
HOUSE AND IN THE FIELD."
00:13:23.87\00:13:27.04
HE PUT A HEDGE ABOUT IT.
WHY? BECAUSE JOSEPH WAS THERE.
00:13:27.04\00:13:31.11
NOW, WHO DOES JOSEPH REPRESENT?
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>>JESUS. >>JESUS.
00:13:32.24\00:13:34.44
IF JESUS IS IN OUR HOUSE
THEN THE LORD WILL BLESS US.
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AND I DO BELIEVE
THAT GOD BLESSES.
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THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
YOU WILL NOT HAVE PROBLEMS.
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I LIKE THAT PSALM OF DAVID -
DAVID WAS BLESSED BY GOD BUT DID
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HE HAVE TROUBLE? HE
SAYS, "YOU HAVE HEDGED ME
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BEHIND AND BEFORE AND
LAID YOUR HAND UPON ME" -
00:13:52.16\00:13:55.50
PSALM 139, VERSE 5.
SOMETIMES I READ THE VERSE AND
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THEN I GIVE THE
REFERENCE, SORRY.
00:13:58.33\00:14:00.54
THAT'S CALLED
DYSLEXIA. I GET EVERYTHING
00:14:00.54\00:14:02.97
KIND OF BACKWARDS. I'M SERIOUS.
00:14:02.97\00:14:05.47
ISAIAH 5:5, "AND NOW, PLEASE LET
ME TELL YOU WHAT I WILL DO TO MY
00:14:05.47\00:14:09.28
VINEYARD:" - THIS IS
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
00:14:09.28\00:14:11.58
GOD HAD BLESSED THEM ON EVERY
SIDE, BUT WHEN THEY TURNED FROM
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THE LORD, DO YOU
NOTICE WHAT HAPPENED?
00:14:16.02\00:14:17.45
HE REMOVED THE HEDGE.
THEIR ENEMIES CAME IN.
00:14:17.45\00:14:21.76
DIDN'T THAT HAPPEN TO ISRAEL?
- AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO
00:14:21.76\00:14:24.73
TO MY VINEYARD - "I WILL TAKE
AWAY ITS HEDGE, AND IT SHALL BE
00:14:24.73\00:14:27.60
BURNED; AND BREAK DOWN ITS WALL,
AND IT SHALL BE TRAMPLED DOWN."
00:14:27.60\00:14:32.83
NOW, YOU PRAY SOMETIMES, I
SUPPOSE, THAT GOD'LL PUT A HEDGE
00:14:32.83\00:14:36.94
OF PROTECTION AROUND
YOUR FAMILY AND JOB HAD THAT.
00:14:36.94\00:14:43.81
THE DEVIL'S SAYING -
HE'S CHALLENGING GOD.
00:14:43.81\00:14:45.98
YOU CAN JUST HEAR THE GASPS
AMONG THE SONS OF GOD IN HEAVEN
00:14:45.98\00:14:49.12
WHEN HE SAID - HE SNEERED, 'THE
ONLY REASON HE SERVES YOU IS
00:14:49.12\00:14:52.85
BECAUSE OF WHAT'S IN IT FOR
HIM. ALL HE'S THINKING ABOUT
00:14:52.85\00:14:55.69
- HE DOESN'T LOVE YOU. HE
DOESN'T WANT TO WORSHIP YOU.
00:14:55.69\00:14:57.83
HE JUST KNOWS THIS IS WHAT HE
HAS TO DO BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING
00:14:57.83\00:15:00.16
TO BLESS HIM IF YOU DO ALL
THIS. HE WORSHIPS YOU BECAUSE
00:15:00.16\00:15:05.40
HE'S THINKING OF HIMSELF.'
NOW, HONESTLY, WHEN WE GO OUT
00:15:05.40\00:15:11.07
AND SHARE THE GOSPEL, AND WE
TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF BEING
00:15:11.07\00:15:14.18
A CHRISTIAN - FOLLOW
JESUS AND YOU DON'T GO TO HELL,
00:15:14.18\00:15:18.21
YOU DO GO TO HEAVEN. AND
SO IF A PERSON SAYS, 'THAT
00:15:18.21\00:15:21.18
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.' WHO
ARE THEY THINKING ABOUT?
00:15:21.18\00:15:24.32
'I DON'T WANT TO GO TO
HELL. I DO WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN.
00:15:24.32\00:15:29.02
I'M THINKING ABOUT ME.' NOW THAT
MIGHT BE A SUITABLE STARTING
00:15:29.02\00:15:33.53
POINT FOR ANYBODY, AND THE BIBLE
TALKS ABOUT THESE THINGS BECAUSE
00:15:33.53\00:15:36.60
WE ALL ARE NATURALLY INCLINED TO
WORRY ABOUT SELF-PRESERVATION,
00:15:36.60\00:15:40.67
BUT YOU'VE NOT MATURED AS A
CHRISTIAN IF YOU'RE THINKING
00:15:40.67\00:15:43.37
ONLY ABOUT
'WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?'
00:15:43.37\00:15:45.91
AND THE DEVIL'S SAYING, 'HE'S
ONLY DOING IT BECAUSE YOU'VE
00:15:45.91\00:15:48.34
BLESSED HIM. TAKE
AWAY THE BLESSINGS, HE'LL
00:15:48.34\00:15:50.18
CURSE YOU LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.'
SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGE
00:15:50.18\00:15:53.35
THAT THE DEVIL IS MAKING TO
GOD? AND SO, GOD SAYS, 'OKAY.' -
00:15:53.35\00:16:00.76
ISN'T IT AMAZING TO YOU THAT GOD
WOULD ANSWER THE DEVIL'S PRAYER?
00:16:00.76\00:16:06.26
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE STORY
WHERE THE DEMONIAC - THIS MAN IS
00:16:06.26\00:16:09.13
FILLED WITH A LEGION OF DEMONS
AND HE'S GOING TO CAST THE
00:16:09.13\00:16:12.33
DEVILS OUT AND THE DEVILS
SAID, 'DON'T CAST US INTO THE
00:16:12.33\00:16:14.24
NOTHINGNESS, PLEASE' - THE
DEVILS PRAY - 'CAST US INTO THE
00:16:14.24\00:16:17.21
PIGS.' AND JESUS ANSWERS
THE DEVILS' PRAYER AND CAST THEM
00:16:17.21\00:16:21.68
INTO THE PIGS. I
MEAN, HERE YOU'VE GOT SATAN
00:16:21.68\00:16:24.58
MAKING AN APPEAL
TO GOD IN HEAVEN.
00:16:24.58\00:16:27.45
GOD ANSWERS SATAN'S PRAYER.
DEVILS PRAY MORE THAN WE DO.
00:16:27.45\00:16:31.72
AND IF GOD ANSWERS THEIR
PRAYERS, WHY DON'T WE PRAY MORE?
00:16:31.72\00:16:35.82
AMEN? HE SAID,
'OKAY.' "AND THE LORD
00:16:35.82\00:16:39.93
SAID TO SATAN," - I'M IN VERSE
12 - HE SAID - THE DEVIL SAID IN
00:16:39.93\00:16:43.87
VERSE 11, "...STRETCH OUT YOUR
HAND AND TOUCH ALL THAT HE HAS,"
00:16:43.87\00:16:46.77
- NOT HIM, WHAT HE HAS -
"AND HE WILL SURELY CURSE
00:16:46.77\00:16:50.81
YOU TO YOUR FACE!"
HE'S ISSUED THE CHALLENGE.
00:16:50.81\00:16:55.01
HE'S CAST DOWN THE GAUNTLET
- "AND THE LORD SAID TO SATAN,
00:16:55.01\00:16:58.91
'BEHOLD, ALL THAT HE HAS IS IN
YOUR POWER; ONLY'" - SATAN CAN'T
00:16:58.91\00:17:04.32
GO BEYOND THE WORD OF THE LORD
- "'DO NOT LAY A HAND ON HIS
00:17:04.32\00:17:07.79
PERSON.' SO SATAN WENT OUT
FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD."
00:17:07.79\00:17:12.76
HE WAS CAST OUT
OF HEAVEN EARLIER.
00:17:12.76\00:17:15.50
YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY OUGHT TO
TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE I GO TOO
00:17:15.50\00:17:17.47
FAR. IT SEEMS
LIKE SATAN IS ABLE TO
00:17:17.47\00:17:20.07
FREELY ACCESS THESE HEAVENLY
MEETINGS. CAN HE STILL DO THAT?
00:17:20.07\00:17:25.04
NO, JESUS SAYS, IN THE GOSPEL
OF LUKE, 'I SAW SATAN FALL FROM
00:17:25.04\00:17:28.28
HEAVEN LIKE LIGHTNING.' AND WHEN
CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS, HE
00:17:28.28\00:17:33.85
REDEEMED OUR WORLD.
NOW, THE BATTLE'S NOT OVER,
00:17:33.85\00:17:36.25
OBVIOUSLY, BUT SATAN NO LONGER
HAS ACCESS TO REPRESENT THIS
00:17:36.25\00:17:40.29
WORLD BECAUSE
CHRIST HAS PAID THE PRICE.
00:17:40.29\00:17:42.86
HE SUCCESSFULLY DIED
FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD.
00:17:42.86\00:17:45.09
HE'S RECLAIMED IT. AND
THE DEVIL HAS COME DOWN
00:17:45.09\00:17:47.96
HAVING GREAT WRATH BECAUSE
HE KNOWS HE HAS A SHORT TIME.
00:17:47.96\00:17:50.63
AND SO, IT TALKS ABOUT - TALKS
HERE ABOUT WHAT THE DEVIL DOES
00:17:50.63\00:17:58.04
NEXT WHEN HE GOES OUT
FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
00:17:58.04\00:18:01.44
IT JUST - YOU KNOW
WHAT A BLITZKRIEG IS?
00:18:01.44\00:18:04.98
I THINK, IN GERMAN, IT MEANS
SOMETHING LIKE 'RAPID WAR'.
00:18:04.98\00:18:08.82
WE'VE GOT SOME GERMANS HERE
THAT COULD PROBABLY - IT MEANS A
00:18:08.82\00:18:11.42
QUICK WAR OR RAPID WAR - BUT THE
WHOLE IDEA OF WHAT HITLER DID
00:18:11.42\00:18:16.93
AND THE NAZIS DURING
WORLD WAR II IS THEY JUST WENT
00:18:16.93\00:18:19.63
'BANG! BANG!' AND
BEFORE THESE COUNTRIES COULD
00:18:19.63\00:18:21.40
FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS
GOING ON, THEY WERE OVERWHELMED
00:18:21.40\00:18:23.73
AND CONQUERED.
AND THEY JUST CAME
00:18:23.73\00:18:26.20
POURING INTO POLAND.
THEY CAME POURING INTO THESE
00:18:26.20\00:18:28.40
- CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND
THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND
00:18:28.40\00:18:30.11
THEY WERE JUST OVERWHELMED.
IT'S CALLED A BLITZKRIEG.
00:18:30.11\00:18:33.24
AND THE DEVIL, HE THINKS, 'I'M
GOING TO JUST USE SHOCK AND AWE
00:18:33.24\00:18:38.08
AND I AM GOING TO JUST HIT HIM
ALL AT ONCE.' YOU KNOW WHAT'S
00:18:38.08\00:18:42.02
THE MOST IMPORTANT
ELEMENT IN A BATTLE?
00:18:42.02\00:18:45.09
SURPRISE. JUST A - ABSOLUTELY
OVERWHELMING SURPRISE.
00:18:45.09\00:18:51.16
AFTER YOU GIVE HIM A RIGHT,
DON'T LET HIM RECOVER AND GIVE
00:18:51.16\00:18:53.06
HIM A LEFT, GIVE HIM A RIGHT
THEN A LEFT THEN A RIGHT THEN A
00:18:53.06\00:18:54.83
LEFT UNTIL HE'S OUT.
AND - YOU EVER HEARD SOMEONE
00:18:54.83\00:19:00.57
SAY, 'THESE
PROBLEMS COME IN THREES'?
00:19:00.57\00:19:03.64
WELL, FOR JOB THEY CAME IN
FOURS. BUT - SO IT TELLS US THE
00:19:03.64\00:19:08.48
DEVIL GOES OUT FROM
THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
00:19:08.48\00:19:11.08
AND LISTEN, YOU CAN READ IN
VERSE 13, "NOW THERE WAS A DAY
00:19:11.08\00:19:18.49
WHEN HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS
WERE EATING AND DRINKING WINE IN
00:19:18.49\00:19:23.83
THEIR OLDEST BROTHER'S HOUSE;
AND A MESSENGER CAME TO JOB AND
00:19:23.83\00:19:28.56
SAID, - THIS MESSENGER
COMES - HE'S COVERED WITH DIRT.
00:19:28.56\00:19:30.63
HE'S HUFFING AND PUFFING.
HE'S COVERED WITH SWEAT.
00:19:30.63\00:19:32.43
HIS CLOTHES ARE TORN.
AND HE SAYS, "'THE OXEN WERE
00:19:32.43\00:19:35.87
PLOWING'" - NOW IT
SAYS HE HAD 500 OXEN.
00:19:35.87\00:19:39.11
THAT'S A LOT OF OXEN BECAUSE
- NO, NO, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT.
00:19:39.11\00:19:41.91
IT SAYS HE HAD 500 YOKE
- HOW MANY OXEN IN A YOKE?
00:19:41.91\00:19:45.48
>>TWO. >>TWO.
00:19:45.48\00:19:46.75
SO IF YOU'VE GOT 500 YOKE,
HOW MANY OXEN DOES HE HAVE?
00:19:46.75\00:19:49.72
A THOUSAND - YOU EVER SEE A
THOUSAND - YOU KNOW HOW MUCH
00:19:49.72\00:19:51.72
LAND A PERSON MUST HAVE TO
HAVE A THOUSAND OXEN PLOWING?
00:19:51.72\00:19:55.92
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SERVANTS
YOU NEED TO HAVE TO MANAGE
00:19:55.92\00:19:57.96
THOSE? BECAUSE
THEY DIDN'T JUST SET
00:19:57.96\00:19:59.79
THEM ON CRUISE CONTROL, THEY HAD
TO HAVE SOMEONE LOOKING AT THE
00:19:59.79\00:20:03.57
SOUTH END OF THOSE OXEN
AS THEY WERE GOING NORTH.
00:20:03.57\00:20:06.30
AND THERE WAS AT
LEAST ONE PERSON PLOWING.
00:20:06.30\00:20:10.17
AND, BY THE WAY, DON'T FORGET
IT SAYS HE HAD MANY SERVANTS.
00:20:10.17\00:20:12.54
JOB HAD MANY -
VERY MANY SERVANTS.
00:20:12.54\00:20:15.71
SO HE COMES AND HE SAYS,
"'THE OXEN WERE PLOWING AND THE
00:20:15.71\00:20:19.78
DONKEYS'" - 500 DONKEYS - WERE
"'FEEDING BESIDE THEM, WHEN THE
00:20:19.78\00:20:23.79
SABEANS RAIDED THEM'" - NOW,
YEARS LATER YOU HEARD ABOUT A
00:20:23.79\00:20:29.66
QUEEN OF THAT AREA;
SHE WAS CALLED SHEBA.
00:20:29.66\00:20:31.96
SABEANS WERE THE PEOPLE WHO
LIVED IN SHEBA. SHEBA WAS A SON
00:20:31.96\00:20:35.66
OF JOCHTHAN - YOU READ ABOUT IT
IN, I THINK IT'S GENESIS CHAPTER
00:20:35.66\00:20:38.50
10 - AND MANY OF THESE ARE
RELATED TO AND DESCENDANTS OF
00:20:38.50\00:20:42.14
ABRAHAM. AND THEY'D GROWN INTO
NATIONS AT THIS POINT AND THEY
00:20:42.14\00:20:46.68
THOUGHT, 'THIS MAN JOB, HE'S THE
GREATEST MAN OF THE EAST. HE'S
00:20:46.68\00:20:48.81
GOT TOO MUCH STUFF AND
HE'S DWELLING AT EASE AND PEACE.
00:20:48.81\00:20:51.88
HE DOESN'T HAVE AN ARMY. LET'S
JUST TAKE IT.' - "'THE SABEANS
00:20:51.88\00:20:55.42
AND TOOK THEM AWAY - INDEED THEY
HAVE KILLED THE SERVANTS'" -
00:20:55.42\00:21:00.76
THOSE VERY MANY SERVANTS -
"'WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD;
00:21:00.76\00:21:03.93
AND I'" - IF YOU'VE GOT 500 YOKE
OF OXEN, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE ONE
00:21:03.93\00:21:07.83
SERVANT WITH EACH
YOKE - 500 SERVANTS -
00:21:07.83\00:21:12.70
"AND I ALONE HAVE
ESCAPED TO TELL YOU!'"
00:21:12.70\00:21:16.37
YOU REMEMBER WHEN - THE BIBLE
TELLS US WHEN KING SAUL WAS
00:21:16.37\00:21:19.87
SLAIN, SOMEONE CAME TO TELL THE
NEWS OF THE WAR TO DAVID - ONE
00:21:19.87\00:21:24.11
PERSON - AND WHEN ELI - WHEN THE
ARK WAS STOLEN, AND ELI'S SONS
00:21:24.11\00:21:28.02
WERE KILLED, SOMEONE ESCAPED AND
CAME FROM THE BATTLE WITH DIRT
00:21:28.02\00:21:31.25
ON THEIR HEAD AND
THEY TOLD ELI THE BAD NEWS.
00:21:31.25\00:21:35.19
WELL, THAT'S NOT IT - "WHILE HE
WAS STILL SPEAKING," - VERSE 16
00:21:35.19\00:21:39.49
- "ANOTHER ALSO CAME AND
SAID, 'THE FIRE OF GOD FELL FROM
00:21:39.49\00:21:44.17
HEAVEN AND BURNED UP THE SHEEP
AND THE SERVANTS, AND CONSUMED
00:21:44.17\00:21:48.34
THEM; AND I ALONE
HAVE ESCAPED TO TELL YOU!'"
00:21:48.34\00:21:51.97
NOW, THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER
PART OF HIS VAST COUNTRY THAT'S
00:21:51.97\00:21:55.54
PROBABLY GOT SOME
GRASS THAT WAS DRY.
00:21:55.54\00:21:57.71
WHEN IT SAYS - HE'S
GOT THOUSANDS OF SHEEP.
00:21:57.71\00:22:01.72
I DON'T THINK THAT MEANS THAT
GOD OR EVEN THE DEVIL WAS UP
00:22:01.72\00:22:04.79
THERE WITH ONE
LIGHTNING BOLT PER SHEEP.
00:22:04.79\00:22:07.69
YOU KNOW, JUST 'WAA! BAA!
BAA!' AND IT JUST - AND THEY'RE
00:22:07.69\00:22:10.66
BURNING THEM ALL UP. I
THINK LIGHTNING HIT THE GRASS
00:22:10.66\00:22:13.43
AND IT CAUSED SOME PRAIRIE FIRES
AND IT BURNT UP - THEY COULDN'T
00:22:13.43\00:22:17.70
ESCAPE AND IT KILLED THEM AND
YOU CAN STILL SEE THIS HAPPEN
00:22:17.70\00:22:21.70
IN AFRICA, WHERE THEY
HAVE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND THE
00:22:21.70\00:22:23.84
PRAIRIE FIRES TRAP THE
ANIMALS AND IT KILLS THEM.
00:22:23.84\00:22:27.64
THEY CAN DIE FROM THE SMOKE
AND THEN, ULTIMATELY, THE FIRE.
00:22:27.64\00:22:31.11
SO IT'S A TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN BAD WEATHER
00:22:31.11\00:22:34.08
THAT DAY BECAUSE
IT'S NOT OVER YET.
00:22:34.08\00:22:37.59
FIRE OF GOD - WAIT A
SECOND, WAS IT THE FIRE OF GOD?
00:22:37.59\00:22:43.43
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL HAVE
IT, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T READ THE
00:22:43.43\00:22:45.26
FINE PRINT LATELY, BUT YOU EVER
SEE THOSE INSURANCE POLICIES
00:22:45.26\00:22:48.80
WHERE IT SAYS, 'AND IF YOUR
HOUSE IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND
00:22:48.80\00:22:51.67
BURNED UP, THIS IS AN ACT OF
GOD.' ANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN
00:22:51.67\00:22:55.57
THEY USED TO CALL
THAT 'AN ACT OF GOD'?
00:22:55.57\00:22:58.01
NOW, WITH ALL THE POLITICAL
CORRECTNESS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
00:22:58.01\00:23:00.08
IF YOU CAN PUT GOD IN
YOUR INSURANCE POLICY.
00:23:00.08\00:23:04.21
BUT THEY NEVER DID
SAY 'AN ACT OF LUCIFER'.
00:23:04.21\00:23:08.08
BUT, BIBLICALLY, WHAT HAPPENED
TO JOB, IT WASN'T AN ACT OF GOD,
00:23:08.08\00:23:12.49
IT WAS AN ACT OF THE DEVIL.
00:23:12.49\00:23:14.76
I HEARD A FASCINATING STORY
- SUPPOSED TO BE A TRUE STORY -
00:23:14.76\00:23:20.36
YEARS AGO, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO
WATCH THESE EVANGELISTS, THAT
00:23:20.36\00:23:23.93
THERE WAS A SMALL TOWN IN THE
MIDWEST WHERE A SALOON OPENED IN
00:23:23.93\00:23:29.10
THE TOWN AND THE CHURCH MEMBERS
WERE SO OUTRAGED THAT LIQUOR
00:23:29.10\00:23:35.01
SALES HAD COME TO THEIR COUNTY,
THAT THEY HAD AN ALL-NIGHT
00:23:35.01\00:23:38.71
PRAYER MEETING THAT GOD WOULD
DO SOMETHING TO DESTROY THIS
00:23:38.71\00:23:43.32
SALOON. AND A
THUNDER STORM CAME THROUGH
00:23:43.32\00:23:47.46
AND LIGHTNING STRUCK THE
SALOON AND BURNED IT DOWN.
00:23:47.46\00:23:52.89
WELL, THE SALOON KEEPER HEARD
ABOUT WHAT THE CHURCH HAD BEEN
00:23:52.89\00:23:56.23
PRAYING FOR AND HE TOOK THEM TO
COURT TO SUE THEM FOR DESTROYING
00:23:56.23\00:24:01.87
HIS SALOON. WELL,
THE CHRISTIANS AT THE
00:24:01.87\00:24:05.14
CHURCH SAID, 'WE
ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE.
00:24:05.14\00:24:07.91
WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
IT.' AND THE JUDGE FINALLY SAID,
00:24:07.91\00:24:10.88
'I'VE NEVER SEEN A CASE
LIKE THIS BEFORE, WHERE THE
00:24:10.88\00:24:13.55
SALOONKEEPER BELIEVES IN GOD
AND THE CHURCH MEMBERS DON'T.'
00:24:13.55\00:24:16.95
(LAUGHTER) AN ACT OF
GOD - DIVINE DESTRUCTION.
00:24:16.95\00:24:28.33
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THERE
IS A TIME, IN ECCLESIASTES 3:6,
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TO GAIN AND A TIME TO LOSE.
WHILE THAT SERVANT IS STILL
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SPEAKING, YOU READ VERSE 17,
"...ANOTHER ALSO CAME AND SAID,
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'THE CHALDEANS'" -
NOW YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
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THEY LATER GREW INTO A GREAT
NATION CALLED THE BABYLONIANS.
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THEY LATER DESTROYED JERUSALEM.
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"THE CHALDEANS FORMED THREE
BANDS, RAIDED THE CAMELS AND
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TOOK THEM AWAY," - THAT'S LIKE,
YOU KNOW, TODAY, YOU HAVE AN 18
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WHEELER - IF YOU'VE GOT A
TRUCKING INDUSTRY - JOB HAD THAT
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TRUCKING INDUSTRY, HE HAD A
FARMING BUSINESS, HE HAD SHEEP
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AND WOOL CLOTHING BUSINESS, AND
NOW THEY TAKE AWAY HIS TRUCKS -
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THE CAMELS. THEY
"RAIDED THE CAMELS AND TOOK
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THEM AWAY, YES, AND KILLED THE
SERVANTS WITH THE EDGE OF THE
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SWORD; AND I ALONE
HAVE ESCAPED TO TELL YOU!'"
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THE DEVIL COULD HAVE KILLED
THEM ALL, BUT HE NEEDED SOMEONE
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TO BRING BAD NEWS. YOU
KNOW, WHEN THE DEVIL HAS HIS
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WAY, HE'LL ALWAYS SAVE SOMEONE
THAT'LL BRING YOU THE BAD NEWS.
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WHAT IS THE GOSPEL? GOOD NEWS.
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THE DEVIL PRESERVES
PEOPLE THAT CARRY BAD NEWS.
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"AND I ALONE HAVE
ESCAPED TO TELL YOU."
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THE DEVIL TOOK AWAY ALL OF HIS
MATERIAL POSSESSIONS SO FAR AND
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DID THIS DESTROY
JOB? WILL YOU LOVE HIM IN
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PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY?
PROVERBS 11:4 SAYS "RICHES DO
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NOT PROSPER IN THE DAY
OF WRATH, BUT RIGHTEOUSNESS
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DELIVERS FROM DEATH." AND
SO JOB STILL WAS NOT SHAKEN.
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BUT THE HARDEST THING
WAS THE LAST OF THE FOUR.
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YOU KNOW, I THINK THE REASON
FOUR THINGS HAPPENED - FOUR IN
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THE BIBLE INDICATES
SOMETHING THAT IS UNIVERSAL.
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THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT HIS
SENDING HIS ANGELS TO GATHER
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TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM
THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH.
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YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION ABOUT
HE'S GOT FOUR ANGELS HOLDING
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BACK THE WINDS OF STRIFE, LEST
THEY SHOULD BLOW UPON THE EARTH.
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IT SIMPLY MEANS
NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST.
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THAT MEANS JOB WAS
HIT FROM EVERY CORNER.
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HE WAS HIT IN EVERY
WAY A PERSON CAN BE HIT.
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YOU NOTICE HERE HE LOSES
ALL OF HIS POSSESSIONS, BUT NOW
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HE'S ABOUT TO
LOSE HIS POSTERITY.
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"WHILE HE WAS STILL SPEAKING,"
- I'M IN VERSE 18 - YOU SHOULD
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HAVE YOUR BIBLES OPEN TO JOB
CHAPTER 1 - WE'RE NOT TURNING
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AROUND TOO MUCH HERE - "WHILE HE
WAS STILL SPEAKING, ANOTHER ALSO
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CAME AND SAID, 'YOUR SONS
AND DAUGHTERS WERE EATING AND
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DRINKING WINE IN THEIR
OLDEST BROTHER'S HOUSE,'" - THE
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FIRSTBORN'S HOME - "'AND
SUDDENLY A GREAT WIND CAME FROM
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ACROSS THE WILDERNESS AND STRUCK
THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE HOUSE,
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AND IT FELL ON THE YOUNG PEOPLE,
AND THEY ARE DEAD; AND I ALONE
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HAVE ESCAPED TO TELL
YOU!'" NOW, WHAT WAS THE OBJECT?
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CHAPTER 1 TELLS US THAT THE
SUPREME OBJECT OF HIS PRAYERS
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WAS FOR HIS
CHILDREN. HE WAS WORRIED
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ABOUT HIS CHILDREN. HE
WAS PRAYING FOR HIS CHILDREN.
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AND HE'S ESPECIALLY PRAYING
FOR THEM ON THE DAYS OF THEIR
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FEASTING. AND IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE DAYS
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OF THEIR FEASTING - AND
IT SPECIFIES 'WHILE THEY WERE
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DRINKING WINE' THEY
SUDDENLY DIE - A TORNADO.
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THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT SOUNDS
LIKE IT WAS - A GREAT WIND -
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SOMETHING SO POWERFUL THAT
IT JUST, YOU KNOW, PULVERIZES A
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HOUSE INSTANTLY - ALL
FOUR CORNERS COLLAPSED -
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A GREAT WIND CAME
FROM THE WILDERNESS.
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EVEN IN THESE REGIONS THEY HAVE
THESE GREAT SUPER-CELL THUNDER
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CLOUDS OUT IN THE
DESERT AND TORNADOES FORM.
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WE DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT THEM IN
OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD BECAUSE
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THEY FREQUENTLY DON'T HIT
POPULATED PLACES, BUT IT HIT THE
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HOUSE. WHO
CAUSED THAT DESTRUCTION?
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>>SATAN. >>CAN
THE DEVIL DO THINGS
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WITH WEATHER? CAN THE
DEVIL CAUSE LIGHTNING?
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DOES REVELATION SAY THAT
THE BEAST POWER BRINGS FIRE DOWN
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FROM HEAVEN ON THE EARTH IN THE
SIGHT OF MEN TO DECEIVE THEM?
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PROBABLY GOING TO
CLAIM IT'S FIRE OF GOD.
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CAN GOD BRING
FIRE DOWN FROM HEAVEN?
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>>YES. >>WHEN ELIJAH PRAYED,
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DID FIRE COME DOWN? >>YES.
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>>AND HERE YOU SEE THE
DEVIL CAN BRING DOWN FIRE.
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HE'S GOT A COUNTERFEIT FOR
JUST ABOUT EVERY MIRACLE OF GOD.
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EVIDENTLY, HE CAN DO THINGS WITH
TORNADOES BECAUSE GOD, HE SAID,
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'ALRIGHT SATAN, HE'S IN YOUR
HAND.' NOW, I'M GOING TO GET
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BACK TO HIS SONS AND I'M GOING
TO GET BACK TO JOB'S RESPONSE,
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BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I THINK
I NEED TO PAUSE AND JUST ASK WHO
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CAUSED THESE PROBLEMS
FOR JOB, THE DEVIL OR GOD?
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>>SATAN. >>HAVE YOU
EVER HEARD, LIKE WHEN
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IT SAYS THAT THE LORD SENT AN
EVIL SPIRIT TO HARASS KING SAUL?
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AND IN ISAIAH IT
SAYS 'GOOD AND EVIL'.
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AND EVEN JOB, IN HIS PRAYER,
SAYS, 'SHALL WE NOT RECEIVE GOOD
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FROM THE HAND OF
THE LORD AND EVIL ALSO?'
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NOW THIS IS - WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT RIGHT NOW - AND I TOLD
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YOU, THIS STUDY IS NOT GOING
TO BE JUST THE MILK OF THE WORD,
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THERE'LL BE SOME MEAT IN HERE
- THE GREAT RELIGIOUS MINDS OF
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AGES HAVE PONDERED THIS QUESTION
OF THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD:
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BECAUSE GOD IS ALL-POWERFUL AND
BECAUSE GOD IS SOVEREIGN, AND
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BECAUSE THE DEVIL CAN'T GO ANY
FARTHER THAN GOD ALLOWS, IN ONE
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SENSE, CAN YOU SEE WHY PEOPLE
BLAME GOD FOR EVEN WHEN BAD
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THINGS HAPPEN? ISN'T
IT TRUE THAT GOD HAD TO
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GIVE THE DEVIL ENOUGH
LEASH TO DO THESE THINGS TO JOB?
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CAN GOD WORK ALL
THINGS TOGETHER FOR GOOD?
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>>AMEN. >>DOES IT
MEAN THAT THE DEVIL
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SENT - THAT GOD SENT THE
EVIL? NO, THE DEVIL DID IT.
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IF THERE WAS NO DEVIL,
IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
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THE DEVIL HAS A FREE CHOICE.
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WHAT THE LORD DOES IS HE
SETS LIMITS ON THE DEVIL.
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THE VERY FACT YOU'RE HERE IS
EVIDENCE THAT GOD HAS LIMITED
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THE DEVIL IN YOUR LIFE OR YOU
WOULDN'T BE HERE, BECAUSE THE
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DEVIL WOULD LIKE
TO KILL AND DESTROY.
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HE IS A MURDERER AND WE'LL
SAY MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.
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SO, JOB IS ABSOLUTELY DECIMATED.
HE'S LOST HIS POSSESSIONS, HE
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LOSES HIS POSTERITY - DOESN'T
TAKE SOME OF HIS CHILDREN - ALL
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OF HIS CHILDREN IN ONE
DAY. CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
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I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE TO
DWELL ON IT, BUT WE'VE HAD IT
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HAPPEN WHERE WE GOT A PHONE
CALL - ONE OF OUR CHILDREN DIED.
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I WOULDN'T WISH
THAT ON MY WORST ENEMY.
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IT'S THE MOST PAINFUL THING I
CAN IMAGINE, IS TO GET THE NEWS
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THAT YOU'VE LOST A CHILD TO
DEATH - AND TO LOSE THEM ALL -
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HE WAS ABSOLUTELY REELING FROM
GRIEF. WHO WOULDN'T BE? HE'S
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LOST ALL HIS POSSESSIONS.
NOW, HE WAS PROBABLY THINKING
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TO HIMSELF, HOW TERRIBLE IT WAS
THAT HE LOST ALL OF HIS STUFF,
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BUT SUDDENLY, WHEN HE GOT
THE NEWS THAT HE HAD LOST ALL OF
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HIS CHILDREN, THE STUFF
MEANT NOTHING. WOULD YOU AGREE?
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>>YES. >>SOMEONE
SAID THAT BIG PROBLEMS
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ARE CANNIBALS THAT
EAT LITTLE PROBLEMS.
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YOU KNOW, YOU JUST - YOU COULD
BE SO FRUSTRATED THAT YOUR CAR
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NEEDS A MAJOR REPAIR AND YOU'VE
GOT TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP AND
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IT'S GOING TO COST, YOU KNOW, A
THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THAT'S JUST
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BOTHERING YOU AND STRESSING YOU,
AND THEN YOU GET A PHONE CALL
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FROM A FAMILY MEMBER THAT'S JUST
HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT - YOU'RE
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NOT WORRIED ABOUT
THE TRANSMISSION ANYMORE.
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THE BIG PROBLEMS ARE CANNIBALS
THAT EAT THE LITTLE PROBLEMS.
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JOB DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE STUFF
ANYMORE, HE'S LOST THE THING
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THAT HE WAS PRAYING FOR
AND WHAT'S PROBABLY AS HARD AS
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ANYTHING, IT SEEMED LIKE GOD
SAID 'NO' TO HIS REGULAR PRAYER
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FOR HIS CHILDREN. THEY
DIE IN THE MIDST OF IT.
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HE'D BEEN PLEADING THE BLOOD.
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HE OFFERED SACRIFICE FOR EACH
ONE OF THEM, THE BIBLE SAYS.
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TEN CHILDREN - TEN SACRIFICES
- REGULARLY, WHENEVER THEY
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FEASTED, BECAUSE HE
WANTED THEM TO BE SAVED.
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AND SUDDENLY, THEY DIE.
SO WHAT IS JOB'S RESPONSE?
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VERSE 20 - JOB 1:20: "THEN JOB
AROSE, TORE HIS ROBE," - WHICH
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WAS CUSTOMARY AS A SIGN OF
MOURNING BACK THEN - "AND SHAVED
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HIS HEAD;" - LIKEWISE A CUSTOM
- "AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND AND
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WORSHIPED." - YOU
NOTICE HE DOESN'T KNEEL,
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HE FALLS. HE IS SWAYING.
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HE IS STAGGERING UNDER
THE WEIGHT OF THIS GRIEF.
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HE FALLS TO THE GROUND, BUT
IN SPITE OF HIS SOBBING AND HIS
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BROKEN HEART, HE SAID, "'NAKED I
CAME FROM MY MOTHER'S WOMB, AND
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NAKED SHALL I RETURN THERE.
THE LORD GAVE, AND THE LORD HAS
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TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED BE THE NAME
OF THE LORD.' IN ALL THIS JOB
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DID NOT SIN NOR
CHARGE GOD WITH WRONG."
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WAIT, HE JUST SAID THE LORD HAS
TAKEN - THE LORD HAS GIVEN AND
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THE LORD HAS TAKEN
AWAY. WHY IS HE NOT CHARGING
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GOD WITH WRONG?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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HE'S BELIEVING THAT
GOD IS DOING WHAT IS BEST.
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HE'S TRUSTING GOD EVEN
THOUGH HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
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LATER ON - I'LL READ IT AGAIN
- YOU READ WHERE JOB, IN HIS
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DIALOGUE WITH HIS FRIENDS,
HE SAYS, 'THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET
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WILL I TRUST HIM.' SO, WHEN -
YOU KNOW WHAT THE JOB - BOOK OF
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JOB IS OFTEN DEALING WITH IS
'WHY DO GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO
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BAD PEOPLE? AND WHY DO BAD
THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?'
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IF I WAS GOD, I WOULD ONLY
MAKE GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD
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PEOPLE AND I'D ONLY MAKE
BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD PEOPLE.
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AND PEOPLE LOOK AROUND AND
THEY SEE GOOD SUFFERING AND BAD
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THRIVING AND THEY SAY,
'HOW CAN THERE BE A GOD?'
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THIS IS THE BIG QUESTION THAT'S
EXPLORED - OR ONE OF THE BIG
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QUESTIONS - IN THE BOOK
OF JOB. JOB UNDERSTANDS THAT
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GOD HAS A PURPOSE. HE
DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS,
00:34:23.93\00:34:27.03
BUT HE'S ACCEPTING
THAT GOD IS SOVEREIGN AND HE
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TRUSTS THE LORD. IT
SAYS HE DOES NOT SIN.
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YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER IN THE
BIBLE, WHEN DAVID WAS PRAYING
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OVER A CHILD THAT WAS TERMINALLY
ILL - PRAYING THAT GOD
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WOULD FORGIVE AND
TO HEAL THE CHILD.
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2 SAMUEL 12, AND AFTER SEVEN
DAYS OF PRAYING ON HIS FACE THAT
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GOD WILL HEAL THIS BABY -
DAVID'S SIN WITH BATHSHEBA
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WASN'T THE BABY'S FAULT, AND
HE'S REALIZING 'THIS CHILD IS
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DYING FOR MY SIN.'
WOULDN'T THAT HURT?
00:34:54.79\00:34:58.76
AND SO HE'S - SEVEN DAYS - IS
ON HIS FACE PRAYING AND HE HEARS
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HIS SERVANTS WHISPERING AND HE
DOESN'T EAT - THEY'RE AFRAID TO
00:35:02.23\00:35:06.37
TELL HIM. THEY'RE THINKING,
'LOOK AT HOW HE'S ACTING.
00:35:06.37\00:35:08.60
WAIT UNTIL WE GIVE HIM THE
NEWS THAT THE CHILD'S DEAD.' AND
00:35:08.60\00:35:12.31
DAVID HEARD THEM WHISPERING AND
HE PERCEIVED THE CHILD WAS DEAD,
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THEREFORE, DAVID SAID TO HIS
SERVANTS, 'IS THE CHILD DEAD?'
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THEY SAID, 'HE IS DEAD.'
"SO DAVID AROSE FROM THE GROUND,
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WASHED AND ANOINTED HIMSELF, AND
CHANGED HIS CLOTHES; AND HE WENT
00:35:23.79\00:35:28.19
INTO THE HOUSE OF
THE LORD AND WORSHIPED."
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HE'S COMPLETELY PLACED HIMSELF
IN GOD'S HANDS IN THE MIDST OF
00:35:31.56\00:35:35.00
HIS TRAGEDY AND SAYS, 'LORD,
I DON'T UNDERSTAND BUT YOU ARE
00:35:35.00\00:35:37.23
GOD; I STILL LOVE YOU.' YOU'D
THINK AFTER THE BABY WOULD DIE
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HE WOULD SHAKE HIS
FIST AT GOD AND CURSE HIM.
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'I PRAYED SEVEN DAYS AND
NOW THIS IS HOW YOU ANSWER MY
00:35:43.51\00:35:46.07
PRAYER.' SO, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH
FAITH TO LOVE AND TO TRUST GOD
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EVEN WHEN YOUR
PRAYERS AREN'T ANSWERED?
00:35:51.08\00:35:53.45
EVEN WHEN YOU DO NOT GET THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU'VE BEEN
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PRAYING FOR - THAT
TAKES INCREDIBLE FAITH.
00:35:57.22\00:36:01.52
THERE WAS NONE LIKE HIM IN THE
EARTH, WHO FEARED GOD AND HATED
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EVIL. 1 TIMOTHY 6, VERSE 7
- YOU REMEMBER WHAT JOB SAYS?
00:36:05.03\00:36:11.60
'NAKED I CAME INTO THIS WORLD;
NAKED I'LL LEAVE.' AND DO YOU
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KNOW, THEY MUST HAVE BEEN
QUOTING JOB, "FOR WE BROUGHT
00:36:17.24\00:36:20.88
NOTHING INTO THIS WORLD, AND IT
IS CERTAIN WE CAN CARRY NOTHING
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OUT." YOU'VE
PROBABLY HEARD THAT MAXIM
00:36:23.41\00:36:26.25
BEFORE: 'THERE ARE NO POCKETS
IN A SHROUD.' THEY USED TO USE A
00:36:26.25\00:36:29.28
DEATH SHROUD WHEN THEY BURIED
SOMEBODY. AND MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD
00:36:29.28\00:36:32.32
THE SAYING: 'YOU NEVER
SEE A HEARSE PULLING A U-HAUL.
00:36:32.32\00:36:38.93
YOU BROUGHT NOTHING - YOU'VE
HEARD THE EXPRESSION 'NAKED AS A
00:36:38.93\00:36:41.16
JAY BIRD' WE
COME INTO THE WORLD.
00:36:41.16\00:36:44.23
NOW, JAY BIRDS
ARE NOT LIKE CHICKENS.
00:36:44.23\00:36:45.70
A LITTLE CHICKEN, AFTER THEY
HATCH, THEY FLUFF UP A LITTLE
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BIT IN A FEW DAYS AND
THEY'VE GOT FEATHERS RIGHT AWAY.
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JAY BIRD - THEY GOT
NOTHING. AND WE COME INTO THIS
00:36:50.07\00:36:53.38
WORLD WITH NOTHING. AND
I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT TO
00:36:53.38\00:36:57.65
SEE MY FATHER IN THE FUNERAL
HOME, BEFORE THEY FLEW HIS BODY
00:36:57.65\00:37:02.52
TO OKLAHOMA, KAREN WAS WITH
ME, MULTI-MILLIONAIRE - WHOEVER
00:37:02.52\00:37:09.76
PREPPED HIM, THEY
EVEN TOOK HIS WEDDING RING.
00:37:09.76\00:37:11.63
HE HAD NOTHING. YOU
CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU.
00:37:11.63\00:37:16.40
NAKED YOU COME INTO THE WORLD
AND NAKED YOU LEAVE - AND YOU
00:37:16.40\00:37:18.73
STILL WORSHIP GOD.
PSALM 34:1, "I WILL BLESS THE
00:37:18.73\00:37:21.60
LORD AT ALL TIMES; HIS PRAISE
SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IN MY
00:37:21.60\00:37:25.41
MOUTH." THAT WAS WRITTEN BY
DAVID. YOU BLESS AND YOU PRAISE
00:37:25.41\00:37:28.08
THE LORD IN THE GOOD TIMES AND
YOU BLESS AND YOU PRAISE HIM IN
00:37:28.08\00:37:30.45
THE BAD TIMES. >>AMEN.
00:37:30.45\00:37:33.31
>>ECCLESIASTES 5:15, "AS HE CAME
FROM HIS MOTHER'S WOMB, NAKED
00:37:33.31\00:37:36.89
SHALL HE RETURN, TO GO AS HE
CAME; AND HE SHALL TAKE NOTHING
00:37:36.89\00:37:41.19
FROM HIS LABOR WHICH HE
MAY CARRY AWAY IN HIS HAND."
00:37:41.19\00:37:45.23
AGAIN, SOLOMON, HERE, IS REALLY
QUOTING JOB BECAUSE JOB WAS
00:37:45.23\00:37:47.30
WRITTEN FIRST. 1
THESSALONIANS 5:18 - IN SPITE
00:37:47.30\00:37:51.67
OF THE TRAGEDIES THAT COME - "IN
EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS; FOR THIS
00:37:51.67\00:37:55.74
IS THE WILL OF GOD IN
CHRIST JESUS FOR YOU."
00:37:55.74\00:37:58.81
THANK GOD FOR
EVERYTHING? EVERYTHING?
00:37:58.81\00:38:02.74
THE LORD CAN WORK IT
ALL TOGETHER FOR GOOD.
00:38:02.74\00:38:04.81
EPHESIANS 5:20, "GIVING THANKS
ALWAYS FOR ALL THINGS TO GOD THE
00:38:04.81\00:38:09.65
FATHER IN THE NAME OF
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST."
00:38:09.65\00:38:11.92
PHILIPPIANS 4:11, "NOT THAT I
SPEAK IN REGARD TO NEED, FOR I
00:38:11.92\00:38:15.76
HAVE LEARNED IN WHATEVER STATE I
AM, TO BE CONTENT: I KNOW HOW TO
00:38:15.76\00:38:21.43
BE ABASED, AND I
KNOW HOW TO ABOUND.
00:38:21.43\00:38:23.53
EVERYWHERE AND IN ALL THINGS I
HAVE LEARNED BOTH TO BE FULL AND
00:38:23.53\00:38:25.97
TO BE HUNGRY, BOTH TO
ABOUND AND TO SUFFER NEED.
00:38:25.97\00:38:29.80
I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH
CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME."
00:38:29.80\00:38:34.38
JOB EVIDENTLY KNEW JESUS.
00:38:34.38\00:38:37.58
NOW, IT SAYS JOB DID NOT SIN
- AND YOU CAN JUST SEE - IF YOU
00:38:37.58\00:38:42.08
COULD PULL ASIDE THE VEIL AND
SEE INTO THE SPIRITUAL WORLD,
00:38:42.08\00:38:45.35
WHEN THE DEVIL HITS HIM -
LOSES ALL HIS POSSESSIONS - HE
00:38:45.35\00:38:49.16
EXPERIENCED THEFT AND
DESTRUCTION AND THE LOSS OF ALL
00:38:49.16\00:38:54.20
OF HIS CHILDREN AND NOTHING BUT
BAD NEWS FROM HIS SERVANTS AND
00:38:54.20\00:38:58.70
HE WAS JUST OVERWHELMED
AND JOB DOES NOT SIN.
00:38:58.70\00:39:02.80
THE DEVIL, WHEN HE SAW
THAT, HE WAS STOMPING HIS FEET.
00:39:02.80\00:39:05.94
HE WAS MAD. YOU DON'T
WANT TO GET THE DEVIL MAD.
00:39:05.94\00:39:09.68
HE WAS AS MAD AS HE
COULD BE BECAUSE GOD WAS RIGHT.
00:39:09.68\00:39:14.05
NOW, DO YOU MAKE THE DEVIL MAD
OR DO YOU DISAPPOINT THE LORD?
00:39:14.05\00:39:17.12
WHEN YOU'RE
TEMPTED, WHAT DO YOU DO?
00:39:17.12\00:39:20.56
DO YOU DO LIKE PETER,
WHERE YOU DENY CHRIST?
00:39:20.56\00:39:23.53
OR YOU DO LIKE JOB AND YOU
MAKE HEAVEN BOAST, 'HAVE YOU
00:39:23.53\00:39:28.70
CONSIDERED MY SERVANT?'
THIS IS GOING ON ALL THE TIME.
00:39:28.70\00:39:32.70
THE STORY OF JOB IS TELLING
US WHAT THE GREAT CONTROVERSY IS
00:39:32.70\00:39:35.07
ALL ABOUT. THE
DEVIL IS ACCUSING GOD.
00:39:35.07\00:39:37.94
HE'S SAYING, 'YOU'RE NOT FAIR!
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THESE PEOPLE
00:39:37.94\00:39:40.58
TO OBEY YOU.' AND WHENEVER
THERE'S SOMEONE WHO STANDS UP
00:39:40.58\00:39:43.38
FOR THE LORD AND IS FAITHFUL, IT
IS A THORN IN THE DEVIL'S SIDE.
00:39:43.38\00:39:46.55
NOW THE DEVIL IS MAD AND HE
PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO
00:39:46.55\00:39:49.95
SEE GOD RIGHT NOW.
AND, FINALLY, GOD CALLS
00:39:49.95\00:39:53.49
ANOTHER MEETING IN HEAVEN.
YOU CAN READ IN CHAPTER 2, VERSE
00:39:53.49\00:39:58.19
1, "AGAIN THERE WAS A DAY WHEN
THE SONS OF GOD CAME TO PRESENT
00:39:58.19\00:40:02.73
THEMSELVES BEFORE THE LORD, AND
SATAN CAME ALSO AMONG THEM TO
00:40:02.73\00:40:06.43
PRESENT HIMSELF
BEFORE THE LORD."
00:40:06.43\00:40:08.70
THESE BEINGS - THESE SONS OF GOD
- THEY'RE GIVING REGULAR REPORTS
00:40:08.70\00:40:13.58
TO THE LORD OF SOME - OF THEIR
WORLDS THAT THEY REPRESENT.
00:40:13.58\00:40:17.78
THERE'S SOME OFFICIAL MEETING -
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE
00:40:17.78\00:40:20.55
CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE IN
THIS LIFE THAT ARE GOING ON
00:40:20.55\00:40:22.55
IN THE GALAXIES AND THE COSMOS.
00:40:22.55\00:40:26.19
SATAN COMES AND THE LORD
SAYS, 'FROM WHERE DO YOU COME?'
00:40:26.19\00:40:29.86
AGAIN, NOT
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW.
00:40:29.86\00:40:31.83
SATAN SAYS TO THE LORD, "FROM
GOING TO AND FRO ON THE EARTH,
00:40:31.83\00:40:34.63
AND FROM WALKING
BACK AND FORTH ON IT."
00:40:34.63\00:40:36.56
AND, AGAIN NOW, THEY BEGAN TO
TALK ABOUT JOB, "THEN THE LORD
00:40:36.56\00:40:42.27
SAID TO SATAN, 'HAVE YOU
CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB, THAT
00:40:42.27\00:40:45.74
THERE IS NONE LIKE HIM ON THE
EARTH, A BLAMELESS AND UPRIGHT
00:40:45.74\00:40:48.68
MAN, ONE WHO FEARS
GOD AND SHUNS EVIL?'"
00:40:48.68\00:40:51.11
- THIRD TIME NOW IN THE BIBLE
IT SAYS THIS ABOUT JOB - "AND
00:40:51.11\00:40:54.62
STILL HE HOLDS FAST TO HIS
INTEGRITY, ALTHOUGH YOU INCITED
00:40:54.62\00:41:00.29
ME AGAINST HIM, TO DESTROY HIM
WITHOUT CAUSE.'" AND YOU'D THINK
00:41:00.29\00:41:06.90
THAT THE DEVIL WOULD
SAY, 'YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
00:41:06.90\00:41:08.70
HE IS FAITHFUL. HE
DOES REALLY LOVE YOU.
00:41:08.70\00:41:10.10
I WAS WRONG.' IS HE EVER GOING
TO GET THE DEVIL TO SAY THAT?
00:41:10.10\00:41:13.64
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T EVER WANT TO
PRAISE THE DEVIL, BUT HE DOESN'T
00:41:13.64\00:41:15.84
GIVE UP, DOES HE? HE
IS A WORKAHOLIC - AND YOU
00:41:15.84\00:41:23.01
EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION
'WORKING LIKE THE DEVIL'?
00:41:23.01\00:41:24.81
(LAUGHTER) HE IS HIGHLY
MOTIVATED. 'EVEN THOUGH YOU
00:41:24.81\00:41:33.66
MOVED ME AGAINST HIM WITHOUT
CAUSE.' "SO SATAN ANSWERED THE
00:41:33.66\00:41:37.79
LORD AND SAID - HE'S SAYING, OH
WELL, THAT REALLY - THAT WASN'T
00:41:37.79\00:41:44.33
REALLY A TEST. THAT WAS NOTHING
COMPARED WITH WHAT I HAVE
00:41:44.33\00:41:46.57
NOW.' - HE
SAYS, "'SKIN FOR SKIN!
00:41:46.57\00:41:51.01
YES, ALL THAT A MAN HAS
HE WILL GIVE FOR HIS LIFE.
00:41:51.01\00:41:54.78
BUT STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND NOW,
AND TOUCH HIS BONE'" - TOUCH HIS
00:41:54.78\00:41:59.11
BODY - "'AND HIS FLESH, AND
HE WILL SURELY CURSE YOU TO YOUR
00:41:59.11\00:42:02.35
FACE.'" NOW HE'S TAKING THE
CHALLENGE AS FAR AS HE CAN TAKE
00:42:02.35\00:42:06.76
IT, SHORT OF KILLING JOB.
HE'S SAYING - NO - HE SAID, 'YOU
00:42:06.76\00:42:10.43
KNOW, YOU TOOK AWAY ALL
HIS STUFF, BUT HE FEELS FINE.
00:42:10.43\00:42:12.83
HE'S STILL GOT ENOUGH TO
EAT. HE STILL HAS HIS HOUSE.
00:42:12.83\00:42:15.20
HIS CHILDREN'S HOUSES
WERE DESTROYED - NOT HIS HOUSE.
00:42:15.20\00:42:17.97
HE SAID, 'BUT IF HE WERE
SICK, THAT'S HIS WEAKNESS.
00:42:17.97\00:42:22.40
IT'S NOT HIS STUFF.' "AND THE
LORD SAID TO SATAN, 'BEHOLD, HE
00:42:22.40\00:42:27.68
IS IN YOUR HAND,'" - BUT GOD,
AGAIN, SETS LIMITS ON THE DEVIL.
00:42:27.68\00:42:31.65
IT SAYS, "'BUT SPARE HIS LIFE.'
SO SATAN WENT OUT FROM THE
00:42:31.65\00:42:35.75
PRESENCE OF THE LORD," - HE GOES
RIGHT "OUT FROM THE PRESENCE OF
00:42:35.75\00:42:38.19
THE LORD AND STRUCK JOB WITH
PAINFUL BOILS FROM THE SOLE OF
00:42:38.19\00:42:43.99
HIS FOOT TO THE
CROWN OF HIS HEAD."
00:42:43.99\00:42:47.13
AND HE'S IN PHYSICAL AGONY, HE'S
IN EMOTIONAL AGONY, HE'S LOST
00:42:47.13\00:42:51.17
EVERYTHING, AND ALL HE CAN THINK
ABOUT IS BEING IN TERRIBLE PAIN.
00:42:51.17\00:42:58.34
NOW, YOU NOTICE THAT THE DEVIL
COMES AGAIN TO GOD, BECAUSE HE
00:42:58.34\00:43:01.44
WANTS TO ATTACK JOB.
THE DEVIL IS OUR ENEMY.
00:43:01.44\00:43:08.62
BY THE WAY, IF THERE'S A MEETING
IN HEAVEN AND SATAN COMES, DOES
00:43:08.62\00:43:11.42
THE DEVIL GO TO
HEAVENLY MEETINGS?
00:43:11.42\00:43:14.16
DO WE HAVE
HEAVENLY MEETINGS ON EARTH?
00:43:14.16\00:43:17.09
DOES THE DEVIL SOMETIMES
COME? AND WHAT WILL THE DEVIL
00:43:17.09\00:43:21.10
DO AT MEETINGS LIKE
THIS? >>DISTRACT YOU.
00:43:21.10\00:43:24.17
>>TRY AND CAUSE
DISTRACTIONS, FOR ONE THING.
00:43:24.17\00:43:27.67
TRY AND GET YOU TO WORRY ABOUT
YOUR LUNCH SO YOU'RE NOT HEARING
00:43:27.67\00:43:30.61
THE WORD OF GOD. JOHN
8:44 - JUST IN CASE YOU
00:43:30.61\00:43:35.34
DIDN'T KNOW, LET ME INTRODUCE
YOU TO YOUR ENEMY, THE DEVIL.
00:43:35.34\00:43:39.08
CHRIST SAID TO SOME OF THE
RELIGIOUS LEADERS THAT WERE
00:43:39.08\00:43:42.45
HYPOCRITES, "YOU ARE OF
YOUR FATHER THE DEVIL, AND THE
00:43:42.45\00:43:45.22
DESIRES OF YOUR
FATHER YOU WANT TO DO.
00:43:45.22\00:43:47.52
HE WAS A MURDERER FROM THE
BEGINNING, AND DOES NOT STAND IN
00:43:47.52\00:43:51.03
THE TRUTH, BECAUSE
THERE IS NO TRUTH IN HIM.
00:43:51.03\00:43:53.73
WHEN HE SPEAKS A LIE, HE SPEAKS
FROM HIS OWN RESOURCES, FOR HE
00:43:53.73\00:43:56.53
IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF IT."
00:43:56.53\00:44:00.07
THE DEVIL'S A
LIAR. HE IS A MURDERER.
00:44:00.07\00:44:03.44
THE DEVIL BINDS AND
AFFLICTS PHYSICALLY.
00:44:03.44\00:44:05.67
JESUS HEALED A WOMAN WHO HAD
BEEN BENT OVER FOR 18 YEARS AND
00:44:05.67\00:44:08.48
HE SAID, 'SHOULDN'T THIS WOMAN,
BEING A DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM,
00:44:08.48\00:44:12.51
WHOM SATAN HAS BOUND FOR
18 YEARS, BE LOOSED ON THE
00:44:12.51\00:44:15.88
SABBATH?' - WHO
HAD BOUND HER? >>SATAN.
00:44:15.88\00:44:17.55
>>SATAN. CAN
SATAN CAUSE SICKNESS?
00:44:17.55\00:44:20.46
HE CAN CAUSE LIGHTNING, HE CAN
CAUSE TORNADOES, HE CAN CAUSE
00:44:20.46\00:44:22.52
SICKNESS. 2
CORINTHIANS 12:7, "AND LEST I
00:44:22.52\00:44:26.66
SHOULD BE EXALTED ABOVE
MEASURE BY THE ABUNDANCE OF THE
00:44:26.66\00:44:29.26
REVELATIONS, A THORN IN
THE FLESH WAS GIVEN TO ME, A
00:44:29.26\00:44:32.67
MESSENGER OF
SATAN TO BUFFET ME..."
00:44:32.67\00:44:35.84
PAUL WAS TALKING ABOUT SOME
PHYSICAL AILMENT - PAIN - YOU
00:44:35.84\00:44:39.21
KNOW, YOU GET A THORN - JUST
LAST WEEK I WAS IN THE HILLS AND
00:44:39.21\00:44:41.58
I GOT A SPLINTER IN MY FINGER.
IT'S ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT.
00:44:41.58\00:44:45.38
AND YOU WOULD LAUGH, BUT I,
YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE MY VISION -
00:44:45.38\00:44:50.29
WHEN YOUR VISION GETS BAD,
YOU CAN'T SEE THE LITTLE - I'VE
00:44:50.29\00:44:53.12
STILL GOT IT. IF YOU WANT, I'LL
SHOW IT TO YOU AFTER CHURCH.
00:44:53.12\00:44:55.32
(LAUGHTER) AND I GOT THESE -
I'VE GOT THESE JEWELER'S GOGGLES
00:44:55.32\00:45:00.86
- IT'S A HOOD THING YOU PUT ON -
YOU FLIP DOWN - TWO DIFFERENT -
00:45:00.86\00:45:03.23
VERY - THINGS OF MAGNIFICATION
YOU TURN UP - IT'S ALMOST LIKE
00:45:03.23\00:45:05.73
IT'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
A MAGNIFYING GLASS AND A
00:45:05.73\00:45:07.47
MICROSCOPE THAT YOU - DOCTOR'S
PROBABLY - AND I WAS LOOKING AT
00:45:07.47\00:45:11.07
MY FINGER JUST THINKING -
ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS THAT
00:45:11.07\00:45:12.97
LITTLE SPLINTER.
AND SO IT TALKS ABOUT
00:45:12.97\00:45:16.11
A THORN IN YOUR SIDE.
THAT'D BE PRETTY PAINFUL.
00:45:16.11\00:45:19.98
THE DEVIL CAUSED SOME SICKNESS
BUT PAUL SAYS GOD ALLOWED IT.
00:45:19.98\00:45:23.69
PAUL PRAYED
ABOUT IT THREE TIMES.
00:45:23.69\00:45:25.62
PAUL CALLS IT A MESSENGER FROM
SATAN BUT HE ASKS GOD TO TAKE IT
00:45:25.62\00:45:29.12
AWAY AND GOD SAYS, 'NO.
00:45:29.12\00:45:31.13
MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN
WEAKNESS.' SO, YOU SEE, GOD IS
00:45:31.13\00:45:34.20
SOVEREIGN BUT THE DEVIL IS
THE ONE WHO CAUSES THE PROBLEMS.
00:45:34.20\00:45:38.07
EVERY GOOD AND
PERFECT GIFT COMES FROM GOD.
00:45:38.07\00:45:41.57
WELL, THE BIBLE'S
CLEAR, THE DEVIL IS AN ENEMY.
00:45:41.57\00:45:45.34
1 KINGS 22:2 - 22, VERSE
21, RATHER - IT SAYS, "AND THERE
00:45:45.34\00:45:50.48
CAME FORTH A SPIRIT, AND STOOD
BEFORE THE LORD, AND SAID, 'I
00:45:50.48\00:45:52.81
WILL PERSUADE HIM.'" -
PERSUADING KING AHAB WHO WAS A
00:45:52.81\00:45:55.82
WICKED KING - "AND THE
LORD SAID UNTO HIM, WHEREWITH?
00:45:55.82\00:45:58.32
AND HE SAID, 'I WILL GO FORTH,
AND I WILL BE A LYING SPIRIT'" -
00:45:58.32\00:46:00.79
THESE ARE DEMONS - THEY SAID,
"'I WILL BE A LYING SPIRIT IN
00:46:00.79\00:46:03.63
THE MOUTH OF ALL HIS PROPHETS.'
AND HE SAID, 'THOU SHALT
00:46:03.63\00:46:07.20
PERSUADE HIM'" - AND GO.
00:46:07.20\00:46:09.00
YOU SEE, AHAB HAD REJECTED GOD
AND SO, BECAUSE HE HAD REJECTED
00:46:09.00\00:46:12.67
GOD, THE HEDGE WAS
GONE - LYING SPIRITS.
00:46:12.67\00:46:16.04
THE LORD ALLOWED LYING
SPIRITS TO DECEIVE HIM.
00:46:16.04\00:46:18.07
YOU'VE READ IN THE BIBLE, IF YOU
RECEIVE NOT A LOVE OF THE TRUTH,
00:46:18.07\00:46:21.14
GOD WILL WITHDRAW HIS PROTECTION
AND YOU'LL GET TO THE PLACE
00:46:21.14\00:46:24.61
WHERE YOU BELIEVE A
LIE. THAT'S MY PARAPHRASE.
00:46:24.61\00:46:27.88
AND SO, YOU SAY,
'WELL, IS GOD SENDING A LIE?
00:46:27.88\00:46:31.55
IS GOD SENDING
SICKNESS? NO, IT'S THE DEVIL.
00:46:31.55\00:46:34.52
AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT TO
BE PRAYING THAT GOD PROTECTS US
00:46:34.52\00:46:36.86
WITH HIS HOLY HEDGE OF
PROTECTION BECAUSE THE DEVIL'S
00:46:36.86\00:46:39.93
OUR ENEMY. PETER
SAYS, 'BE SOBER, BE
00:46:39.93\00:46:42.76
VIGILANT; YOUR ADVERSARY, THE
DEVIL, IS WALKING ABOUT LIKE A
00:46:42.76\00:46:46.27
ROARING LION,
SEEKING WHOM HE MIGHT DEVOUR.
00:46:46.27\00:46:50.07
JESUS WARNED PETER - LUKE 22:31
- "...'SIMON, SIMON, INDEED,
00:46:50.07\00:46:54.44
SATAN HAS ASKED FOR YOU,'"
- WOULDN'T THAT SCARE YOU?
00:46:54.44\00:46:58.68
NOW HERE, HE'S AN APOSTLE.
00:46:58.68\00:47:00.58
I THINK THE DEVIL IS UP THERE
SAYING, 'I WANT HIM.' - "'SATAN
00:47:00.58\00:47:04.69
HAS ASKED FOR YOU THAT HE MIGHT
SIFT YOU AS WHEAT: BUT I HAVE
00:47:04.69\00:47:07.96
PRAYED FOR YOU, THAT YOUR FAITH
SHOULD NOT FAIL; AND WHEN YOU
00:47:07.96\00:47:11.26
HAVE RETURNED TO ME, STRENGTHEN
YOUR BRETHREN.'" PETER ALMOST
00:47:11.26\00:47:13.93
COMPLETELY FELL
AFTER DENYING THE LORD.
00:47:13.93\00:47:16.20
COULD HAVE GONE OUT AND HUNG
HIMSELF FROM DISCOURAGEMENT LIKE
00:47:16.20\00:47:18.50
JUDAS. BUT JESUS PRAYED
FOR HIM. OH, WE NEED JESUS TO
00:47:18.50\00:47:22.64
PRAY FOR US, AMEN. >>AMEN.
00:47:22.64\00:47:25.24
>>SO HERE IS JOB, HE'S ATTACKED
PHYSICALLY - BOILS - I'VE HEARD
00:47:25.24\00:47:31.45
THAT A DIMINISHED IMMUNE SYSTEM
CAN LEAD TO A CONDITION WHERE
00:47:31.45\00:47:37.22
YOU'RE COVERED FROM - WELL, YOU
CAN GET MULTIPLE BOILS ALL OVER
00:47:37.22\00:47:41.39
YOUR BODY. I WAS
TALKING TO DR. STEVE ABOUT
00:47:41.39\00:47:43.19
IT JUST BEFORE THE SERVICE
AND I WAS LOOKING ONLINE AND
00:47:43.19\00:47:46.73
THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING CALLED
'PSYCHOSOMATIC DERMATITIS' - I
00:47:46.73\00:47:53.27
THINK THAT'S RIGHT -
OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT A DOCTOR.
00:47:53.27\00:47:55.80
BUT IT CAN ACTUALLY - I READ IT
ONLINE - THEY SAY SOME PEOPLE,
00:47:55.80\00:47:58.97
BECAUSE OF MENTAL STRESS, THEIR
IMMUNE SYSTEM IS LOWERED AND
00:47:58.97\00:48:02.81
THEY CAN HAVE BOIL
PROBLEMS. AND SO, HE'S COVERED
00:48:02.81\00:48:06.68
WITH THESE PAINFUL
BOILS. AND BOILS, YOU KNOW,
00:48:06.68\00:48:09.12
IT'S NOT PLEASANT,
FRIENDS, BUT IT'S ALSO DIRTY.
00:48:09.12\00:48:12.39
EVENTUALLY IT FORMS PUSTULES AND
- WHICH IS UNCLEAN, BIBLICALLY.
00:48:12.39\00:48:18.13
SO HERE JOB IS UNCLEAN AND HE
SITS DOWN IN THE ASH HEAP AND HE
00:48:18.13\00:48:22.93
GETS A PIECE OF BROKEN
POTTERY TO SCRAPE HIMSELF.
00:48:22.93\00:48:26.94
HIS HEAD IS SHAVED.
HE'S LOST HIS CHILDREN - THIS
00:48:26.94\00:48:29.44
MAN WHO WAS LIKE A KING IN
EVERY WAY, IS NOW LIKE JUST A
00:48:29.44\00:48:35.34
POOR, SICK, DECREPIT MAN.
AND AFTER THE PHYSICAL ATTACK -
00:48:35.34\00:48:42.32
VERSE 9 - JOB CHAPTER 2
- COMES A FAMILY ATTACK.
00:48:42.32\00:48:50.69
THE ONE WHO WAS TO BE ONE WITH
HIM AND CLOSEST TO HIM BECOMES
00:48:50.69\00:48:54.56
THE DEVIL'S MEDIUM
FOR DISCOURAGEMENT.
00:48:54.56\00:48:56.80
AND YOU CAN'T BLAME HER.
"THEN HIS WIFE SAID TO HIM, 'DO
00:48:56.80\00:49:00.57
YOU STILL HOLD FAST TO YOUR
INTEGRITY? CURSE GOD AND DIE!'"
00:49:00.57\00:49:07.71
BOY, THAT'D BE - THAT'D BE
REALLY DISCOURAGING BECAUSE
00:49:07.71\00:49:10.78
YOU'D WANT, YOU KNOW, TO
HAVE THE ONE CLOSEST TO YOU SAY,
00:49:10.78\00:49:15.85
'LET ME ENCOURAGE
YOU. IT'LL GET BETTER.
00:49:15.85\00:49:17.45
LET ME HELP YOU.' BUT
SHE'S LOST HER FAMILY.
00:49:17.45\00:49:20.02
SHE'S LOST ALL
OF HER POSSESSIONS.
00:49:20.02\00:49:22.09
SHE MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO
LOT'S WIFE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT
00:49:22.09\00:49:25.36
NOW SHE COMES AND SHE SEES HER
HUSBAND, WHO WAS THIS PRINCELY
00:49:25.36\00:49:28.93
MAN AND HE'S JUST A PULP OF
BOILS AND PUS AND SITTING ON A
00:49:28.93\00:49:34.50
GARBAGE PILE.
AND SHE SAID JUST TO
00:49:34.50\00:49:37.71
'GET IT OVER
WITH. I MEAN, GOD, LOOK
00:49:37.71\00:49:40.61
WHAT HE DID TO YOU.
JUST CURSE GOD AND DIE.
00:49:40.61\00:49:43.08
DO YOU STILL
RETAIN YOUR INTEGRITY?'
00:49:43.08\00:49:44.98
YOU CAN'T BLAME HER. I
DON'T WANT TO BE TOO HARD ON
00:49:44.98\00:49:46.82
HER, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT
- LET ME SEE - I WANT TO GO ON
00:49:46.82\00:49:49.95
RECORD WHILE KAREN IS HERE.
GOD SOMETIMES WILL USE THOSE
00:49:49.95\00:49:55.36
CLOSEST TO YOU AND SO WILL
THE DEVIL - TO DISCOURAGE YOU.
00:49:55.36\00:50:00.96
AND I KNOW THE DEVIL
HAS USED ME AND MY FAMILY
00:50:00.96\00:50:03.63
TO DISCOURAGE OTHERS.
AND IF YOU'RE ALL HONEST,
00:50:03.63\00:50:05.57
YOU'LL ADMIT THAT TOO. WE
ALL HAVE OUR MOMENTS WHERE
00:50:05.57\00:50:10.67
WE'RE FEELING SORRY FOR
OURSELVES AND WE SAY THINGS
00:50:10.67\00:50:12.67
WE WISH WE HADN'T SAID. OR
A PERSON NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT
00:50:12.67\00:50:15.98
AND, INSTEAD, WE JUST
GIVE THEM A HARD TIME.
00:50:15.98\00:50:19.28
AND SO, THE DEVIL, TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THE ONE CLOSEST TO
00:50:19.28\00:50:22.95
JOB, NOW, USES HIM AS A
SOURCE OF DISCOURAGEMENT.
00:50:22.95\00:50:28.52
SO HE'S LOST HIS POSSESSIONS,
HE'S LOST HIS POSTERITY, HE'S
00:50:28.52\00:50:32.53
LOST HIS PHYSICAL HEALTH AND
NOW THE DEVIL USES HIS FAMILY TO
00:50:32.53\00:50:36.73
SAY, 'CURSE GOD AND
DIE.' AND HOW DOES JOB RESPOND?
00:50:36.73\00:50:42.44
"BUT HE SAID TO HER, 'YOU SPEAK
AS ONE OF THE FOOLISH WOMEN
00:50:42.44\00:50:44.81
SPEAKS.'" - AND THIS WAS
OBVIOUSLY OUT OF CHARACTER FOR
00:50:44.81\00:50:47.78
HER OR HE WOULDN'T HAVE SAID
THAT - "SHALL WE INDEED ACCEPT
00:50:47.78\00:50:51.81
GOOD FROM GOD, AND SHALL
WE NOT ACCEPT ADVERSITY?"
00:50:51.81\00:50:56.58
- WOW. HE SAID,
'GOD BLESSED US FOR
00:50:56.58\00:50:59.82
YEARS - NOTHING BUT BLESSING,
BLESSING, BLESSING - AND NOW
00:50:59.82\00:51:02.09
THIS HAPPENS,
WE MUST ACCEPT IT.'
00:51:02.09\00:51:04.43
>>AMEN. >>"IN ALL THIS, JOB DID
00:51:04.43\00:51:08.70
NOT SIN WITH HIS
LIPS." YOU KNOW WHY?
00:51:08.70\00:51:12.60
OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF
THE HEART, THE MOUTH SPEAKS.
00:51:12.60\00:51:16.04
AND BECAUSE GOD WAS IN HIS
HEART, IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT THE
00:51:16.04\00:51:19.01
DEVIL THREW AT HIM, HE
DIDN'T STOP LOVING THE LORD.
00:51:19.01\00:51:22.08
YOU KNOW THAT VERSE WHERE PAUL
SAID, 'THINGS PRESENT, THINGS
00:51:22.08\00:51:27.72
PAST, NO HEIGHT, NO DEPTH,
NEITHER SHALL ANY CREATURE
00:51:27.72\00:51:31.09
SEPARATE YOU FROM THE LOVE
OF GOD.' THERE'S NOTHING THAT
00:51:31.09\00:51:33.92
CIRCUMSTANCES CAN DO TO SEPARATE
YOU FROM THE LOVE OF GOD.
00:51:33.92\00:51:36.49
NOW HERE'S THE QUESTION: IS
THERE SOMETHING THE DEVIL CAN
00:51:36.49\00:51:38.89
SEND INTO YOUR LIFE TO
SEPARATE YOU FROM LOVING GOD?
00:51:38.89\00:51:43.03
WILL YOU STOP LOVING HIM
IF HE TAKES AWAY YOUR STUFF?
00:51:43.03\00:51:46.20
OR, IF YOU LOSE YOUR HEALTH -
OR IF YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY TURN
00:51:46.20\00:51:51.21
AGAINST YOU, HAVE YOU MADE UP
YOUR MIND YOU'RE NOT JUST GOING
00:51:51.21\00:51:55.01
TO SERVE THE LORD BECAUSE, 'I
DON'T WANT TO GO TO HELL AND I
00:51:55.01\00:51:57.65
DO WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN.
BUT I'M GOING TO LOVE GOD
00:51:57.65\00:52:00.62
BECAUSE HE IS GOOD.' >>AMEN.
00:52:00.62\00:52:03.12
>>'HE IS WORTHY OF MY WORSHIP
AND MY HEART AND IT WILL NOT BE
00:52:03.12\00:52:06.89
CONDITIONAL.' DO CIRCUMSTANCES
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE
00:52:06.89\00:52:10.99
GOING TO LOVE GOD TOMORROW?
IF YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE,
00:52:10.99\00:52:13.50
WILL YOUR FAITH CHANGE?
OR WILL IT GET STRONGER?
00:52:13.50\00:52:17.77
JOB HAD A FAITH THAT
COULD NOT BE HELD CAPTIVE TO
00:52:17.77\00:52:22.07
CIRCUMSTANCES. NOTHING
THE DEVIL OR A PRISONER
00:52:22.07\00:52:25.01
OF WAR CAMP COULD TO JOB THAT
WOULD MAKE HIM STOP LOVING GOD.
00:52:25.01\00:52:29.24
THAT'S WONDERFUL TO
HAVE THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
00:52:29.24\00:52:31.88
I'M ENCOURAGED THE STORY'S
IN THE BIBLE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE
00:52:31.88\00:52:34.32
KIND OF EXPERIENCE I
WANT. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A
00:52:34.32\00:52:38.15
WHIMSICAL, WISHY-WASHY
COMMITMENT TO CHRIST THAT IS
00:52:38.15\00:52:42.96
CONSTANTLY AT THE SERVICE OF
CIRCUMSTANCES. I WANT TO LOVE
00:52:42.96\00:52:50.37
THE LORD THROUGH THE
RAIN AND THROUGH THE SUNSHINE.
00:52:50.37\00:52:52.47
JESUS SAID HE MAKES THE SUN RISE
ON THE EVIL AND THE GOOD; HE
00:52:52.47\00:52:55.77
SENDS RAIN ON THE
JUST AND THE UNJUST.
00:52:55.77\00:52:57.77
THERE'S BLESSING AND THERE'RE
TRIALS THAT COME TO EVERYBODY.
00:52:57.77\00:53:01.04
AND JOB WAS GOING
THROUGH A GREAT TEST.
00:53:01.04\00:53:03.91
HEBREWS 12:5, "AND YOU HAVE
FORGOTTEN THE EXHORTATION WHICH
00:53:03.91\00:53:08.82
SPEAKS TO YOU AS TO SONS:
'MY SON, DO NOT DESPISE THE
00:53:08.82\00:53:12.19
CHASTENING OF THE LORD, NOR BE
DISCOURAGED WHEN YOU ARE REBUKED
00:53:12.19\00:53:16.46
BY HIM; FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES
HE CHASTENS, AND SCOURGES EVERY
00:53:16.46\00:53:21.96
SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."
WAS THERE ANYONE ON THE EARTH
00:53:21.96\00:53:25.80
BACK THEN THAT GOD
LOVED MORE THAN JOB?
00:53:25.80\00:53:29.34
IF THERE WAS,
IT'S NOT MENTIONED.
00:53:29.34\00:53:31.47
AND YET, HE ALLOWED HIM TO GO
THROUGH THIS TREMENDOUS TRIAL.
00:53:31.47\00:53:34.81
WAS IT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LOVE
HIM OR BECAUSE HE DID LOVE HIM?
00:53:34.81\00:53:38.78
SO, IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A
TRIAL, WHETHER IT'S A PHYSICAL
00:53:38.78\00:53:43.52
CHALLENGE - IT MIGHT BE A
FINANCIAL REVERSE, IT MIGHT BE
00:53:43.52\00:53:47.32
SOME FAMILY OR FRIENDS
THAT HAVE FORSAKEN YOU.
00:53:47.32\00:53:51.16
DOES THAT MEAN
GOD DOESN'T LOVE YOU?
00:53:51.16\00:53:53.66
NO, GOD LOVES
YOU NO MATTER WHAT.
00:53:53.66\00:53:55.06
THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN
SEPARATE YOU FROM THE LOVE OF
00:53:55.06\00:53:56.73
GOD. HE MIGHT BE
PREPARING YOU FOR
00:53:56.73\00:53:59.57
MINISTRY IN THE
FUTURE - OR TO LOVE HIM MORE.
00:53:59.57\00:54:02.94
YOU KNOW, I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS:
THERE'S A GREAT POEM THAT WAS
00:54:02.94\00:54:06.14
WRITTEN BY ANGELA MORGAN AND
IT'S CALLED WHOM GOD CHOOSETH ,
00:54:06.14\00:54:12.75
"WHEN GOD WANTS TO DRILL A MAN
AND TO THRILL A MAN AND TO SKILL
00:54:12.75\00:54:16.95
A MAN, WHEN GOD WANTS TO HOLD
A MAN TO PLAY THE NOBLE'S PART;
00:54:16.95\00:54:21.39
WHEN HE YEARNS WITH ALL HIS
HEART TO CREATE SO GREAT AND
00:54:21.39\00:54:24.26
BOLD A MAN THAT ALL THE WORLD
SHALL PRAISE; WATCH HIS METHODS
00:54:24.26\00:54:28.86
AND WATCH HIS WAYS, HOW HE
RUTHLESSLY PERFECTS WHOM HE
00:54:28.86\00:54:33.13
ROYALLY ELECTS, HOW HE HAMMERS
HIM AND HURTS HIM AND WITH
00:54:33.13\00:54:36.50
MIGHTY BLOWS CONVERTS HIM INTO
TRIAL SHAPES OF CLAY, WHICH ONLY
00:54:36.50\00:54:41.11
GOD CAN UNDERSTAND, WHILE HIS
TORTURED HEART IS CRYING AND HE
00:54:41.11\00:54:45.41
LIFTS BESEECHING HANDS; HOW HE
BENDS BUT NEVER BREAKS WHEN HIS
00:54:45.41\00:54:49.35
GOOD HE UNDERTAKES, HOW HE USES
WHOM HE CHOOSES AND WITH EVERY
00:54:49.35\00:54:53.46
PURPOSE FUSES HIM BUT EVERY ACT
INDUCES HIM TO TRY HIS SPLENDOR
00:54:53.46\00:54:58.53
OUT, YES, GOD
KNOWS WHAT HE'S ABOUT."
00:54:58.53\00:55:02.93
SO YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHY GOD
IS DOING WHAT HE'S DOING IN YOUR
00:55:02.93\00:55:05.93
LIFE OR WHY YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
THE STRUGGLES THAT YOU'RE GOING
00:55:05.93\00:55:08.50
THROUGH, BUT GOD DOES.
THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING
00:55:08.50\00:55:12.11
BEHIND THE VEIL WE DON'T SEE,
BUT YOU'VE JUST GOT TO KNOW,
00:55:12.11\00:55:15.51
WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING THROUGH,
WHATEVER TRIALS - AND YOU MAY
00:55:15.51\00:55:18.11
NOT BE - HAVE
FACED YOUR TRIALS YET.
00:55:18.11\00:55:21.12
THERE'LL PROBABLY BE
MORE TO COME - CHEER UP!
00:55:21.12\00:55:23.25
(LAUGHTER) THE BIBLE SAYS
THERE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT
00:55:23.25\00:55:25.49
TRIBULATION THAT WILL COME
ON THE WHOLE WORLD, BUT WE DON'T
00:55:25.49\00:55:27.92
HAVE TO BE AFRAID, RIGHT?
GOD LOVES US AND HE PROMISES
00:55:27.92\00:55:30.66
HE WILL TAKE CARE OF
US. >>I LOVE THE QUOTE: "THE
00:55:30.66\00:55:35.00
GREATEST WANT OF THE WORLD IS
THE WANT OF MEN ... MEN WHO WILL
00:55:35.00\00:55:38.50
STAND FOR THE RIGHT
THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL."
00:55:38.50\00:55:41.37
YET STUDIES ARE SHOWING, FOR
SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THE SECULAR
00:55:41.37\00:55:44.87
MEDIA AND CULTURE HAVE SOUGHT
TO PORTRAY MEN AS THE FAMILY
00:55:44.87\00:55:48.21
IDIOTS. SADLY,
RESPECT FOR THE ROLE OF
00:55:48.21\00:55:52.08
FATHERS AND HUSBANDS
HAS REACHED AN ALL-TIME LOW.
00:55:52.08\00:55:55.68
SO NOW, AS THE DISPIRITED
MEN ABANDON THEIR ROLES OF GODLY
00:55:55.68\00:55:59.25
LEADERSHIP, IT'S NOT SURPRISING
THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING A MORAL
00:55:59.25\00:56:03.22
FREE-FALL IN OUR COUNTRY.
00:56:03.22\00:56:05.16
THAT'S WHY, STARTING SEPTEMBER
30TH I'LL BE PRESENTING A NEW
00:56:05.16\00:56:08.26
PROGRAM CALLED
MIGHTY MEN OF GOD .
00:56:08.26\00:56:11.47
USING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES, THIS
ENCOURAGING FOUR-PART SERIES
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WILL ADDRESS HOW TO BE A LOVING
FATHER, FAITHFUL HUSBAND, AND
00:56:14.97\00:56:18.31
ALL-AROUND MAN OF GOD IN
THE FAMILY CHURCH AND NATION.
00:56:18.31\00:56:22.18
PLEASE PLAN NOW TO JOIN ME FOR
THIS LIVE EVENT AND LEARN FROM
00:56:22.18\00:56:25.65
THE WORD HOW TO LIVE
COURAGEOUSLY FOR THE KING.
00:56:25.65\00:56:34.16
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FOREIGN LANDS WILL BE FELT FOR
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YEARS TO COME. >>YOU
KNOW, EVERY WEEK WE HEAR
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THE MOST INCREDIBLE STORIES FROM
ALL OVER THE GLOBE, OF LIVES
00:57:58.54\00:58:01.91
THAT ARE BEING CHANGED
AND HEARTS THAT ARE BEING
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TRANSFORMED BY
THE POWER OF THE WORD.
00:58:03.88\00:58:07.05
AND NONE OF IT COULD HAPPEN
WITHOUT YOUR TEAMWORK WITH THIS
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MINISTRY. GOD BLESS YOU.
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(MUSIC)
00:58:14.16\00:58:29.14