Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: EG
Program Code: EG021623A
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00:10 >>TODAY'S SMART PHONES ARE A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE OF 00:12 INFORMATION THAT FITS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND. 00:15 IT'S A GOOD THING WE HAVE OPPOSABLE THUMBS! 00:17 WITH IT YOU CAN BUY YOUR GROCERIES, TAKE CARE OF YOUR 00:20 EXERCISE REGIME, WATCH A VIDEO, LISTEN TO MUSIC, YOU CAN SURF 00:25 THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD-WIDE WEB, WHICH MAY NOT ALWAYS BE A 00:28 GOOD THING. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS MORE 00:31 COMPUTER PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY AND POWER IN A LITTLE SMART 00:34 PHONE TODAY THAN WAS USED BY NASA TO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON. 00:39 AND I ALMOST FORGOT, YOU CAN ALSO USE THESE TO MAKE A PHONE 00:41 CALL, BUT WHO DOES THAT ANYMORE? 00:44 TODAY COMMUNICATION IS NOT IN COMPLETE SENTENCES. 00:46 IT'S ALL ABOUT SHORT MESSAGE SERVICING OR SMS TEXTING. 00:52 THAT'S RIGHT, THERE ARE ABOUT 2.5 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 00:56 TODAY THAT ARE COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR FELLOW HUMANS IN 00:58 SHORT BYTES CALLED TEXTING. THAT'S MORE DATA THAT IS BEING 01:02 USED THAN THOSE WHO ARE SURFING THE WEB OR EVEN 01:05 PLAYING VIDEO GAMES. AND, FRIENDS, NOWHERE IS THIS 01:07 MORE TRUE THAN RIGHT HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 01:10 EVEN THOUGH THE PHILIPPINES HAS ABOUT 100 MILLION PEOPLE, THEY 01:13 ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LARGEST NUMBER OF TEXT MESSAGES OF 01:16 ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. THEY'RE THE TWELFTH-LARGEST 01:19 COUNTRY, BUT THEY SEND 400 MILLION TEXT MESSAGES EVERY DAY. 01:24 WOW, THAT'S A LOT OF FINGER FATIGUE. 01:27 EVEN THOUGH THE GREATEST NUMBER OF TEXTERS IS HERE IN THE 01:30 PHILIPPINES, THE RECORD FOR THE FASTEST TEXTER IN THE WORLD IS 01:33 FROM BRAZIL. A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF 01:35 MARCEL FERNANDES FILHO - HE WAS ABLE TO TEXT 25 VERY COMPLICATED 01:40 WORDS IN A LITTLE MORE THAN 18 SECONDS. 01:42 WOW, IT TAKES ME LONGER THAN THAT TO JUST SAY 'I LOVE YOU' TO 01:46 MY WIFE AND PRESS SEND. ALL THUMBS. 01:50 ONE OF THE NEAT THINGS ABOUT TEXTING IS YOU CAN TEXT JUST 01:52 ABOUT ANYWHERE. IF YOU'RE SURROUNDED WITH PEOPLE 01:54 AND YOU WANT TO SEND A PERSONAL MESSAGE, YOU TEXT. 01:56 YOU'RE IN A CROWDED SUBWAY OR AN AIRPORT, YOU CAN TEXT. 02:00 IF YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY NOISE OR NOSEY PEOPLE, YOU CAN TEXT - 02:04 JUST DON'T TEXT WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING. 02:06 THAT'S WHAT'S SO WONDERFUL, FRIENDS, YOU CAN ALWAYS TEXT GOD 02:09 A MESSAGE OF PRAYER FROM YOUR HEART. 02:11 WHEN YOU'RE WONDERING 'WHAT SCHOOL DO I GO TO?' 02:14 'WHAT JOB DO I TAKE?' 'WHO AM I SUPPOSED TO DATE THAT 02:16 MAY BE A FUTURE LIFE PARTNER?' YOUR PRAYERS DON'T 02:18 HAVE TO BE LONG. THE SHORTEST PRAYER IN THE BIBLE 02:21 IS THREE WORDS - WHEN PETER PRAYED, 'LORD SAVE ME.' AND 02:25 JESUS ANSWERED HIS PRAYER. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW FAST YOU 02:27 CAN TEXT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO GOD, HE'LL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE 02:30 ASKING FOR AND HEAR YOUR PRAYER BEFORE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO 02:33 SAY 'AMEN' AND PRESS THE SEND BUTTON. 02:35 IN FACT, FRIENDS, YOU'LL BRING JOY TO GOD WHEN YOU SEND HIM 02:38 REGULAR MESSAGES FROM YOUR HEART TO HIS. 02:41 SO WHY DON'T YOU TALK TO HIM RIGHT NOW? (MUSIC) 03:07 >>WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A SERIES DEALING WITH 03:09 ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS OF THE BIBLE: THE BOOK OF JOB. 03:13 AND THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD PRESENTATION IN THAT LINE, AND 03:17 THE MESSAGE TODAY IS ABOUT DESPAIR AND FAITHLESS FRIENDS. 03:23 WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AND 03:26 RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. 03:32 YEARS AGO, WE DON'T DO IT SO MUCH ANYMORE, OUR FAMILY USED TO 03:35 KAYAK AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY HAD A KAYAK - AND I THINK 03:42 THAT'S ME. THE ONLY REASON I CAN TELL IS 03:44 BECAUSE I HAD ALL THE BLUE STUFF. AND WE WOULD GO DOWN, 03:48 PRINCIPALLY THE EEL RIVER BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT NEAR COVELO 03:51 AND THERE'S SOME GREAT KAYAKING - WE'VE GONE DOWN THE MIDDLE 03:54 FORK AND THE SOUTH FORK AND THE NORTH FORK OF THE EEL RIVER - 03:58 AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT KAYAKING, THERE ARE VARYING 04:00 DEGREES OF DIFFICULTY. DEPENDING UPON THE RAPIDS AND 04:04 THE WATERFALLS, IT GOES ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 6 AND, WITHOUT 04:10 EXAGGERATING, WE WENT THROUGH ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS AND 04:15 IT GOT PRETTY EXCITING. IT WASN'T ALWAYS PLANNED. 04:18 SOMETIMES - I REMEMBER ONE TRIP IN PARTICULAR, WE WERE GOING TO 04:23 GO DOWN THE NORTH FORK OF THE EEL RIVER AND, WE'D DONE IT 04:27 BEFORE, BUT WE USUALLY DID IT LATER IN THE YEAR. 04:30 THE WATER WAS LOWER AND - WHEN THE WATER'S TOO LOW, IT'S NOT 04:35 MUCH FUN BECAUSE YOU'RE SCRAPING BOTTOM. 04:37 YOU HAVE TO PICK UP AND DRAG YOUR BOAT THROUGH THE DRY 04:39 SECTIONS AND GET WHERE IT'S FLOWING AGAIN. 04:41 SO WE THOUGHT, 'OH, THERE WAS A GOOD RAIN; LET'S GO NOW.' AND SO 04:46 - KAREN AND I WERE TALKING THIS MORNING. 04:47 I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER - THERE WAS LIKE FIVE OR SIX OF US ON 04:49 THIS TRIP - KAREN AND I AND THE TWO OLDER BOYS AND SOME 04:53 NEIGHBORS - AND OUR NEIGHBOR'S WIFE TOOK ALL THE BOATS IN THIS 04:57 BIG TRUCK AND WE - THEY BROUGHT US UP TO THIS WILDERNESS AREA 05:01 WHERE THEY DUMP US OUT WITH OUR GEAR - AND WE HAVE CAMPING GEAR 05:04 BECAUSE IT'S AN OVERNIGHT TRIP. 05:07 YOU DRAG YOUR BOAT THROUGH THE WOODS FOR MILES, IT SEEMS LIKE, 05:13 AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR CAMPING GEAR AND YOUR FOOD AND EVERYTHING - 05:17 YOUR PADDLE ALL STRAPPED IN THERE - AND YOU'RE WEARING YOUR 05:20 WETSUIT BECAUSE THE WATER WAS COLD. 05:23 AND WE GOT DOWN AND WE FOUND OUT, WHEN WE FINALLY GOT TO THE 05:26 RIVER, THAT IT RAINED MUCH MORE THAN WE THOUGHT AND IT WAS JUST 05:31 ROARING AND WE ACTUALLY GOT SCARED. 05:34 WE THOUGHT, 'THERE'S NO WAY OUT.' YOU CAN'T CALL. 05:38 THERE'S NO CELL PHONE SERVICE BACK THERE - AND THIS IS A VERY 05:40 REMOTE AREA WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE JUST SHEER ROCK WALLS THAT 05:45 GO UP ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT AND YOU'RE JUST GOING THROUGH 05:46 THIS CANYON. THIS IS A PART OF THE COUNTRY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 05:49 IN CALIFORNIA WHERE YOU CAN BE ON THE RIVER FOR TWO OR THREE 05:53 DAYS AND NOT SEE A SINGLE PERSON - NO HOUSE, NO ROAD - 05:56 IT'S JUST VERY REMOTE. 'AND WE STARTED DOWN THE RIVER 06:00 AND, I'LL TELL YOU, WE WERE DOING A LOT OF PRAYING. 06:02 BECAUSE WHEN YOU FALL OUT AND THE WATER'S HIGH AND IT'S ROUGH, 06:07 YOU CAN GET CAUGHT IN A WHIRLPOOL OR AN EDDY AND YOU 06:10 CAN'T GET BACK UP AGAIN - YOU CAN DROWN. 06:13 AND WE'D FALLEN OUT A FEW TIMES AND GOTTEN KIND OF SUCKED UNDER 06:17 AND CAUGHT OR YOU GET PULLED UNDER A LOG OR SOMETHING. 06:20 AND ONE THING WE LEARNED THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL, IS HOW TO USE 06:26 - WHEN YOU'RE KAYAKING WITH MORE THAN ONE PERSON, WHICH IS ALWAYS 06:28 A GOOD IDEA, HOW TO CREATE THE PONTOON EFFECT. 06:32 THE PONTOON EFFECT IS IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A PLACE IN 06:34 THE RIVER WHERE IT'S WIDE ENOUGH, YOU COME ALONG SIDE 06:37 ANOTHER MEMBER OF YOUR TEAM - YOU GRAB THE LIP OF THEIR KAYAK 06:42 OPENING, THEY GRAB THE LIP OF YOUR KAYAK OPENING AND YOU 06:47 STEADY EACH OTHER AS YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU HAVE A MUCH 06:51 BETTER CHANCE OF AVOIDING A TURNOVER IF YOU DO THAT. 06:56 AND YOU COULD EVEN GO WHERE THERE'S THREE - WIDE PLACES IN 06:58 THE RIVER, SOMETIMES FOR FUN WE GET FOUR OR MORE OF US, WE'RE 07:01 ALL KIND OF LINKED TOGETHER HOLDING EACH OTHER'S BOATS. 07:04 AND YOU'D BE AMAZED. THE WATER COULD JUST BE 07:06 BOUNCING, YOU COULD BE GOING THROUGH NUMBER 4 RAPIDS - IF YOU 07:09 DON'T LET GO OF YOUR NEIGHBOR'S BOAT AND THEY DON'T LET GO OF 07:11 YOURS, IT STEADIES YOU, LIKE OUTRIGGERS, AND IT KEEPS 07:15 YOU FROM FLIPPING OVER. WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE 07:18 RAPIDS OF LIFE, IT'S NICE TO HAVE A FRIEND. 07:21 SOMEONE WHO WILL HELP STEADY THE BOAT SO YOU DON'T SPIN OVER AND 07:26 DROWN. AND SOME PEOPLE, BY THEMSELVES, 07:29 DROWN IN THEIR GRIEF. AND WE ALL KNOW OR HAVE HEARD 07:34 STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO SO DESPAIR OF LIFE, THEY TAKE THEIR LIVES. 07:37 JOB HAD REACHED THAT POINT - AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE 07:40 LATER. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALSO, ON THE 07:42 COAST OF CALIFORNIA - ONE MORE ILLUSTRATION - WE LIVE 07:46 HERE IN REDWOOD COUNTRY. WE'VE GOT REDWOODS TO THE SOUTH 07:48 - THEY'RE THE INLAND REDWOODS - THE SEQUOIAS THERE BY HALF DOME. 07:54 AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE REDWOODS TO THE NORTH ON THE COAST - 07:58 THEY'RE CALLED THE COASTAL REDWOODS - OR SEQUOIAS - THEY'RE 08:01 DIFFERENT IN THAT THE COASTAL SEQUOIAS, THEIR ROOT SYSTEM IS 08:06 VERY SHALLOW SO THEY CAN ABSORB AS MUCH SURFACE WATER AS 08:09 POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM GET UP TO 08:11 300 FEET - THEY'RE THE TALLEST TREES IN THE WORLD. 08:14 BUT IT'S AMAZING, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE 300 FEET HIGH, THE ROOTS 08:18 ONLY GO, MAYBE, 6 FEET DOWN AND YOU WONDER HOW IN THE WORLD ARE 08:22 THEY ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE STORMS THAT COME ROLLING IN OFF 08:26 THAT MASSIVE PACIFIC OCEAN? IT'S BECAUSE THEY 08:29 INTERLOCK THEIR ROOTS. YOU VERY SELDOM SEE THEM 08:32 GROWING BY THEMSELVES. THEY'RE USUALLY GROWING IN 08:36 CLUSTERS BECAUSE THEY HOLD EACH OTHER UP BY INTERLOCKING 08:40 THEIR ROOTS. THIS IS GOD'S PLAN FOR CHURCH. 08:43 THAT'S WHY, WHEN YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN AND YOU'RE BAPTIZED - 08:46 AS WE WITNESSED A BAPTISM - OR A COUPLE - THIS MORNING, YOU 08:50 BECOME PART OF A FAMILY. AND, YES, UNLIKE WHAT CAIN SAID, 08:55 WE ARE OUR BROTHER AND OUR SISTER'S KEEPER. 08:58 WE DO NEED TO CARE FOR AND LOVE AND PRAY FOR AND WATCH OUT FOR 09:02 EACH OTHER, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE GO THROUGH SOME 09:04 TREMENDOUS STORMS. THIS MORNING I GOT AN E-MAIL 09:10 FROM A FAMILY THAT ATTENDS CHURCH HERE. 09:13 THEY'RE NOT MEMBERS YET, BUT THEY COME AND THEY SAID, 09:16 'PASTOR, PLEASE PRAY FOR US.' I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO MENTION 09:19 IT TO BROTHER MICHAEL BEFORE THE PRAYER. 09:20 I WAS GOING TO ASK HIM TO INCLUDE THIS BUT I WAS BACK 09:23 CHANGING AFTER THE BAPTISM. THEY SAID, 'WE WERE COMING 09:26 BACK FROM ONE OF OUR SON'S GRADUATIONS' - AND THE PARENTS 09:32 FLEW BACK WITH THE KIDS - GRANDPARENTS DECIDED TO DRIVE 09:37 AND THEY'RE IN THEIR 80S - FROM CALIFORNIA TO ATLANTA AND BACK - 09:43 EIGHT MILES FROM HOME, I THINK, YESTERDAY, THEY ROLLED THE CAR. 09:48 MOM - GRANDMA AND GRANDPA ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED. 09:51 THEY'RE BOTH IN ICU AND THEY SAID, 'PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS 09:53 FAMILY. IT'S THE BURMUDEZ FAMILY. 09:56 THE FAMILY INJURED IS THE BROWN FAMILY. 09:58 AND I PROMISED THAT WE WOULD KEEP THEM IN PRAYER. 10:02 AND SHE SAID IT IS VERY HARD. 10:06 SHE PUT IN THE NOTE, 'IT IS VERY HARD TO HAVE BOTH YOUR PARENTS 10:11 SO SERIOUSLY INJURED RIGHT AFTER SUCH A GREAT OCCASION.' 10:16 NOW, THIS IS THE THEME OF THE STORY OF JOB. 10:19 THESE ARE - I KNOW THE FAMILY. WE'VE EATEN IN THEIR HOME. 10:21 LOVELY CHRISTIAN PEOPLE - AND GOOD AND BAD COMES TO ALL - 10:27 JOB'S FRIENDS KIND OF DIDN'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT 10:31 GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE, BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD 10:33 PEOPLE. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO NOW AND 10:37 PICK UP OUR STORY AND A LITTLE BIT OF REVIEW - SOME OF YOU 10:40 MAYBE WERE NOT HERE FOR THE FIRST TWO SECTIONS OF JOB, BUT 10:43 IN THE BOOK OF JOB, YOU'VE GOT THIS MAN WHO WAS THE GREATEST 10:46 OF THE MEN OF THE EAST. LIVES IN THE AREA OF THE DESERTS 10:50 OF EDOM SOMEWHERE, BUT IT WASN'T DESERT BACK THEN, IT WAS MORE 10:54 PASTURE LAND - IT WAS MORE OF A LUSH LAND, ACTUALLY. 10:57 AND THIS IS SOUTHEAST OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL, DIRECTLY EAST OF 11:04 THE LAND OF EGYPT. THIS IS WHERE ABRAHAM SENT THE 11:09 CHILDREN THAT HE HAD BY KETURAH. YOU KNOW, ABRAHAM HAD NOT ONLY A 11:15 SON BY SARAH, THEN HE HAD A SON BY HAGAR, BUT THEN HE MARRIED 11:19 KETURAH AND HE HAD SEVERAL SONS THROUGH KETURAH, BUT HE DIDN'T 11:23 WANT THEM TO INTERFERE WITH THE INHERITANCE OF ISAAC IN THE 11:27 PROMISED LAND SO HE SAID, 'YOU TAKE THE LAND TO THE EAST.' 11:30 THIS IS WHERE JOB AND HIS FAMILY ARE FROM. 11:33 NOW, IF YOU READ - AND JOB, OF COURSE, GOOD MAN, 11:37 RICH MAN - BUT THERE'S A MEETING IN HEAVEN. 11:40 THE DEVIL SAYS 'THE ONLY REASON THAT JOB IS SERVING YOU IS 11:43 BECAUSE YOU BLESS HIM.' AND GOD GIVES THE DEVIL LIMITED ACCESS 11:47 TO JOB SO THAT HE, BASICALLY, WIPES OUT ALL OF JOB'S 11:52 POSSESSIONS, WIPES OUT HIS FAMILY, AND THEN WIPES OUT HIS 11:56 HEALTH TO TRY TO INSTIGATE JOB TO CURSE GOD. 12:01 AND THE DEVIL IS SAYING, 'THE ONLY REASON JOB SERVES YOU IS 12:03 BECAUSE YOU BLESS HIM. STOP BLESSING HIM AND HE'LL STOP 12:05 LOVING YOU.' WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO US? 12:08 IF GOD HOLDS BACK HIS BLESSINGS, DO WE WITHDRAW OUR LOVE? 12:13 OR DO WE LOVE HIM IN THE GOOD TIMES AND THE BAD TIMES? 12:16 SO NOW JOB HAS LOST EVERYTHING: HE'S LOST HIS HEALTH, HE'S 12:22 COVERED WITH BOILS FROM THE SOLE OF HIS FOOT TO THE CROWN OF HIS 12:25 HEAD. HE SHAVES HIS HEAD, HE TEARS HIS 12:29 CLOTHES, HE SITS IN THE ASH HEAP OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BY A DUMP. 12:36 HE'S IN TERRIBLE MISERY. HIS WIFE IS SO DISTRAUGHT 12:41 BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED SHE SAYS, 'WHY DO YOU STILL 12:44 RETAIN YOUR INTEGRITY? JUST CURSE GOD AND DIE. 12:47 AND AGAIN, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S BEEN THROUGH AS WELL. 12:50 SHE'S GRIEVING. THIS HAS BROKEN HER HEART. 12:53 AND, AS THIS GOES ON, WE TAKE UP THE STORY - JOB 2 - THE BOOK OF 12:57 JOB CHAPTER 2, VERSE 11, "NOW WHEN JOB'S THREE FRIENDS" - 13:03 HE MAY HAVE HAD MANY OTHER ACQUAINTANCES, BUT HE HAD THREE 13:05 CLOSE FRIENDS - THESE ARE OTHER LEADERS - THESE ARE SHEIKS, 13:10 THESE ARE CHIEFTAINS, THESE ARE THE PATRIARCHS OF AREAS - "NOW 13:15 WHEN JOB'S THREE FRIENDS HEARD OF ALL THIS ADVERSITY THAT HAD 13:18 COME UPON HIM, EACH ONE CAME FROM HIS OWN PLACE" - AND IT 13:21 NAMES HIS FRIENDS - "ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE, BILDAD THE SHUHITE, 13:27 AND ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE." NOW, JUST A LITTLE TIP: THERE'S 13:32 - WE ARE ABLE TO, SORT OF, IDENTIFY JOB'S THREE FRIENDS - 13:36 WHO THEY WERE - THROUGH OTHER SCRIPTURES. IN READING ABOUT 13:40 THIS, I THOUGHT I OUGHT TO LET YOU KNOW THERE MAY BE ONE 13:43 MENTION OF JOB, HIMSELF, SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE BIBLE. 13:46 WHEN YOU READ THE GENEALOGIES IN GENESIS - WHO WROTE GENESIS? 13:50 >>MOSES. >>WHO WROTE JOB? 13:53 >>MOSES. >>PROBABLY MOSES. 13:55 GENESIS 36, IN VERSES 31 AND 33, "NOW THESE WERE THE KINGS" - 14:03 CHIEFTAINS, SHEIKS, THE PATRIARCHS - THE WORD IN HEBREW, 14:08 IT MEANS 'THE LEADERS' - 'WHO REIGNED IN THE LAND OF EDOM 14:12 BEFORE ANY KING REIGNED OVER THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL:" - EVEN 14:14 BEFORE ISRAEL HAD A KING. OBVIOUSLY, BEFORE, 14:16 BECAUSE MOSES WROTE IT. IT SAYS, "AND WHEN BELA DIED, 14:20 JOBAB THE SON OF ZERAH OF BOZRAH REIGNED IN HIS PLACE." 14:25 AND SO, IT TALKS ABOUT THIS PERSON IN THE LAND OF EDOM - 14:29 RIGHT AREA - HIS NAME IS NOT THE SAME AS JOB, BUT THE HEBREW 14:32 CHARACTERS, THERE'S SOME SIMILARITIES. 14:34 JUST LIKE IN ENGLISH YOU'VE GOT - YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT JOB AND 14:37 JOBAB - MY NAME'S DOUGLAS, MOST PEOPLE CALL ME 'DOUG' - ONLY A 14:41 FEW CALL ME DOUGIE, BUT SOME OF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE NAME AND 14:44 YOU EVEN SEE THIS IN THE BIBLE. AND SO, SOME HAVE 14:48 WONDERED, WAS THIS JOB? THIS KING IN THE AREA OF EDOM? 14:52 IT SAYS HE WAS THE GREATEST MAN OF THE EAST. 14:54 IT'S POSSIBLE - BUT IT TELLS US ABOUT HIS FRIENDS. 14:56 LET'S GO THROUGH THEM. 14:57 THEIR NAMES, AGAIN, ELIPHAZ - HE'S THE TEMANITE - NOW, IF YOU 15:01 LOOK IN GENESIS 36:11 - I'VE GOT A LOT OF NOTES, SO I DON'T KNOW 15:05 IF YOU'LL - ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE TAKEN IN. 15:08 YOU MAY WANT TO WRITE SOME OF THESE DOWN: GENESIS 36:11 - IT 15:13 SAYS, 'THE SONS OF ELIPHAZ WERE TEMAN, OMAR, ZEPHO, GATAM, AND 15:17 KENAZ." NOW, IT SAYS ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE. 15:21 WHY WOULD HE BE FROM TEMAN IF HIS SON IS TEMAN? 15:24 WELL, THAT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT HAPPENED IN THE BIBLE. 15:27 LOOK IN GENESIS 4:17, "AND CAIN KNEW HIS WIFE, AND SHE CONCEIVED 15:30 AND BORE ENOCH. AND HE BUILT A CITY AND CALLED THE NAME OF THE 15:33 CITY AFTER HIS SON - ENOCH." SO YOU HAVE CAIN FROM ENOCH 15:40 AND SO IT'S NOT UNUSUAL. LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE. 15:43 YOU CAN READ, IN THE BOOK OF OBADIAH 9 - THERE'S ONLY ONE 15:47 CHAPTER IN OBADIAH - "THEN YOUR MIGHTY MEN, O TEMAN, SHALL BE 15:51 DISMAYED, TO THE END THAT EVERYONE FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF 15:55 ESAU MAY BE CUT OFF..." 15:57 AND SO IT TALKS ABOUT FROM THE AREA OF ESAU WAS EDOM. 16:02 AND THAT'S - THIS IS WHERE ELIPHAZ IS FROM. 16:04 HE IS ONE OF THE LEADERS - PROBABLY ONE OF THE PATRIARCHS 16:06 IN THAT AREA. THEN YOU GO DOWN TO 16:08 BILDAD THE SHUHITE. THE WORD 'BILDAD' MEANS 'SON OF 16:13 CONTENTION' AND THERE'S A LITTLE CONTENTION THAT HE OFFERS IN THE 16:16 DISCOURSES THAT YOU FIND IN THE BOOK OF JOB. 16:19 OH, I DIDN'T TELL YOU, ELIPHAZ MEANS - THE NAME, IT MEANS 16:23 'ENDEAVOR' OR 'STRENGTH OF GOD'. AND YOU READ IN GENESIS - BACK 16:27 TO BILDAD - BILDAD IS NOT MENTIONED BY NAME, BUT IT TALKS 16:31 ABOUT HIS FATHER SHUAH - GENESIS 25, VERSES 1 AND 2, "ABRAHAM 16:38 AGAIN TOOK A WIFE, AND HER NAME WAS KETURAH." 16:40 THIS IS AFTER SARAH DIES - "AND SHE BORE HIM ZIMRAN, JOKSHAN, 16:45 MEDAN, MIDIAN, ISHBAK, AND SHUAH." 16:48 - SO BILDAD IS THE SON OF SHUAH. 16:50 THE CHILDREN OF KETURAH WENT TO THE EAST - BY THE WAY, THAT'S 16:53 GENESIS 25:6 - BUT ABRAHAM GAVE GIFTS TO THE SONS OF HIS 16:58 CONCUBINES, WHICH ABRAHAM HAD - CONCUBINE MEANING HAGAR AND 17:03 KETURAH - "AND WHILE HE WAS STILL LIVING," - BEFORE HE EVEN 17:08 DIED - "HE SENT THEM EASTWARD, AWAY FROM ISAAC HIS SON, TO THE 17:12 COUNTRY OF THE EAST." THAT WOULD BE EDOM, AGAIN. 17:15 SO, IT'S - WE'RE FILLING IN THE PIECES FOR WHERE THIS IS 17:18 HAPPENING AND WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE. 17:20 YOU READ IN JOSHUA 15:21, SPEAKING ABOUT - IT TALKS ABOUT 17:25 - STILL TALKING ABOUT ZOPHAR, THE NAAMATHITE - AND THE WORD 17:29 'ZOPHAR' MEANS 'TO LEAP'. IN JOSHUA 15:21 - 'THE UTTERMOST 17:34 CITIES OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH TOWARDS THE COAST OF EDOM' - 17:38 THERE YOU'VE GOT IT AGAIN - AND 17:40 IT SAYS IN VERSE 41, "GEDEROTH, BETH DAGON, NAAMAH,' - AND 17:45 ZOPHAR IS THE NAAMATHITE, SO THAT'S WHERE HE COMES FROM - 17:48 'SIXTEEN CITIES WITH THEIR VILLAGES.' ALRIGHT, SO THESE 17:52 ARE THREE FRIENDS - THESE ARE INTELLIGENT PEOPLE - YOU READ 17:55 THE DISCOURSE, THEY'RE MEN OF AGE AND EXPERIENCE. 17:58 THEY ACTUALLY TAKE TURNS TALKING, BASED UPON AGE, AND 18:02 THEY'VE COME - THEY HEARD ABOUT THE MISFORTUNE THAT'S COME TO 18:05 THEIR FRIEND JOB - GREATEST MAN - THE BIBLE SAYS - GODLY MAN, 18:09 WEALTHIEST MAN - AND HE HAS JUST BEEN BLIND-SIDED BY ALL THESE 18:13 CALAMITIES TO HIS FAMILY, TO HIS PROPERTY, TO HIS PERSON, AND 18:20 THEY SEND MESSENGERS AND SAY, 'LOOK, LET'S MEET TOGETHER. 18:22 IT LOOKS LIKE JOB IS TERMINAL. LET US COME AND LET'S 18:27 SEE HIM BEFORE HE DIES. HE'S OUR FRIEND.' 18:31 AND SO THEY GATHER. IT SAYS THEY MADE AN APPOINTMENT 18:34 - I'M IN VERSE 11 - JOB 2, VERSE 11 - THEY MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO 18:38 COME AND TO MOURN WITH HIM AND TO COMFORT HIM. 18:42 AND, AS THEY GET TOGETHER, AND THEY GO TOWARDS THE CITY AND 18:46 THEN THEY SEE WHERE HE IS SITTING ON THE PILE OF BROKEN 18:49 POTTERY AND THE DUMP, AND THEY RAISE THEIR EYES FROM AFAR AND 18:55 THEY DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM. I WENT AND I MADE A HOSPITAL 19:03 VISIT ONE TIME ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AGO - HAD A MEMBER THAT 19:07 WAS 101 - SMALL CHURCH, I USED TO VISIT HIM FAIRLY REGULAR - 19:12 NICEST MAN IN THE WORLD - CLYDE COCHRAN. 19:15 I USED TO WONDER WHAT PROFESSION WOULD GIVE YOU SUCH A LONG LIFE? 19:19 HE WAS A PAPER HANGER. AND I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE A 19:21 GOOD REASON TO HANG WALLPAPER - YOU LIVE A LONG TIME. 19:25 AND HE WAS IN GREAT SHAPE - 101 - HEARING AND EYESIGHT WASN'T SO 19:30 GOOD, BUT HE WAS UP AND AROUND. 19:32 HE WAS SO SWEET, HE COULDN'T ALWAYS MAKE IT TO CHURCH, BUT 19:35 EVERY SABBATH HE'D GET UP, HE'D DRESS, HE'D PUT ON HIS SABBATH 19:39 CLOTHES, HE'D WEAR HIS TIE, HE'D SIT DOWN, HE'D DO HIS SABBATH 19:42 SCHOOL LESSON - BY HIMSELF - HE'D DRESS UP FOR SABBATH IN 19:44 SABBATH CLOTHES, EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T GO TO CHURCH. 19:46 HE SAID, 'IT'S A HOLY DAY, I'M GOING TO WEAR MY SABBATH 19:48 CLOTHES. >>AMEN. 19:49 >>JUST A DEDICATED MAN. AND THEN HE GOT SHINGLES - 101 - 19:56 AND SO I WENT BY THE HOSPITAL TO VISIT. 20:00 I SAID, 'WHAT ROOM IS MR. COCHRAN IN?' 20:03 AND I DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT ANYONE RECOGNIZING HIS NAME 20:07 BECAUSE ALL OF HIS RELATIVES DIED OFF - HE'S SO OLD - AND 20:13 THEY SAID, 'HE'S IN THIS ROOM OVER HERE.' I WENT IN, I LOOKED, 20:16 I CAME BACK OUT - I SAID, 'NO, I'M LOOKING FOR MR. COCHRAN.' 20:20 THEY SAID, 'THAT'S HIM.' AND I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM. 20:27 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT SHINGLES, BUT IT'S AWFUL. 20:32 AND HE WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN AND I SAT BY HIS BEDSIDE AND I SAID, 20:36 'CLYDE' - HE COULDN'T SEE ME, BUT FINALLY WHEN HE HEARD ME AND 20:39 REALIZED IT WAS ME HE SAID, 'OH PASTOR,' AND HE TOOK MY HAND AND 20:43 I HAD NO IDEA THAT A MAN 101 COULD SQUEEZE YOUR HAND LIKE A 20:47 VICE GRIP. PART OF IT WAS, I THINK, THE 20:50 PAIN HE WAS IN, BUT HE HAD SUCH A GRIP. 20:54 AND HE WAS SAYING, 'WHY DOESN'T GOD LET ME DIE?' 20:58 AND HE WAS IN SO MUCH AGONY. AND I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HIM. 21:03 AND SO, I THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN I READ THEY SEE THEIR FRIEND - 21:06 THEY KNOW THEIR FRIEND, HE WAS A ROBUST MAN OF DIGNITY AND NOW HE 21:09 HAS JUST BEEN DECIMATED BY THIS DISEASE. 21:14 THEY "DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM, THEY LIFTED THEIR VOICES AND 21:16 WEPT; AND EACH ONE TORE HIS ROBE AND SPRINKLED DUST ON HIS HEAD 21:22 TOWARD HEAVEN." THAT WAS A SIGN OF MOURNING. 21:25 THEY OFTEN DID IT AFTER A PERSON DIED. HE'S STILL ALIVE. 21:29 "SO THEY SAT DOWN WITH HIM ON THE GROUND SEVEN DAYS AND SEVEN 21:33 NIGHTS, AND NO ONE SPOKE A WORD TO HIM, FOR THEY SAW THIS HIS 21:38 GRIEF WAS VERY GREAT." YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, IF YOU HAVE 21:41 A FRIEND AND THEY'VE EXPERIENCED A GREAT LOSS, OR MAYBE THEY'RE 21:44 SICK AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH GREAT PHYSICAL PAIN - ONE OF THE 21:47 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN DO IS TO JUST BE WITH THEM. 21:51 YOU'RE THERE. THEY KNOW YOU CARE. 21:54 AND YOU'RE DIVIDING THEIR SORROWS AND THEIR PAIN JUST BY 21:57 SHARING IT WITH THEM. YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING. 22:01 I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE, AS A PASTOR, I GO VISIT - I'VE GOT TO SAY 22:03 SOMETHING - I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT TO SAY. 22:05 I USUALLY SAY SOMETHING DUMB LIKE, 'HOW ARE YOU FEELING?' 22:08 BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. AND SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER IF YOU 22:11 DON'T SAY ANYTHING AND YOU'RE JUST WITH THEM. 22:15 NOW, I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD YOU WITH A SERMON TITLE WHERE I TALK 22:19 ABOUT FAITHLESS FRIENDS, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THEY 22:22 WERE FRIENDS. IF YOU GO SEE SOMEBODY WHEN 22:26 THEY'RE SICK, AND YOU SIT DOWN FOR SEVEN DAYS AND SEVEN NIGHTS 22:31 WITH THEM, YOU'VE GOT TO BE A FRIEND. THEY DID CARE. 22:34 THEY WERE FRIENDS, BUT THEIR FAITH IN JOB WAVERED, AND THAT'S 22:38 WHY I TITLED IT FAITHLESS FRIENDS . 22:40 SO THEY'RE SITTING THERE SEVEN DAYS - AND THIS IS A TIME OF A 22:44 NUMBER OF COMPLETENESS IN THE BIBLE. 22:47 THEY SAW HIS GRIEF WAS VERY GREAT. 22:50 HE'S LOST EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS IF 22:52 YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN AND YOU'VE GOT FRIENDS, ROMANS 12:15, 22:56 "REJOICE WITH THOSE WHO REJOICE, AND WEEP WITH THOSE WHO WEEP." 23:02 SOMETIMES WE NEED SOMEONE TO SHARE GOOD NEWS WITH; SOMETIMES 23:07 WE NEED SOMEONE TO HELP US CARRY THE BAD NEWS OR TO HELP SHARE 23:09 OUR SUFFERINGS. 1 CORINTHIANS 12:26, "AND IF ONE 23:13 MEMBER SUFFERS, ALL THE MEMBERS SUFFER WITH IT." 23:18 WE ALL BEAR EACH OTHERS' SORROWS. 23:21 PSALM 35:13, "BUT AS FOR ME, WHEN THEY WERE SICK, MY CLOTHING 23:26 WAS SACKCLOTH;" - DAVID SAYS - "I HUMBLED MYSELF WITH FASTING; 23:30 AND MY PRAYER WOULD RETURN TO MY OWN HEART." 23:32 IN OTHER WORDS, I WASN'T PRAYING FOR MYSELF, I WAS PRAYING FOR 23:34 THEM. AND DAVID SAID, 'I CARED ABOUT 23:37 MY FRIENDS.' NOW EVERYBODY NEEDS FRIENDS. WE ALL NEED FRIENDS. 23:45 THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS AND DEGREES OF FRIENDS. 23:47 I REMEMBER MY FATHER USED TO TELL ME, 'IN YOUR LIFE YOU'LL BE 23:50 ABLE TO COUNT ALL YOUR REAL FRIENDS ON ONE HAND.' 23:52 I THOUGHT, 'WOW, HOW SAD. I'VE GOT A SCHOOL FULL OF 23:55 FRIENDS.' HE SAID, 'THEY'RE NOT 23:56 YOUR FRIENDS.' HE SAID, 'THEY'RE YOUR ACQUAINTANCES.' 24:02 YOU GO THROUGH A TRIAL, YOU FIND OUT WHO YOUR REAL FRIENDS ARE. 24:06 IF YOU GO THROUGH A FINANCIAL TRIAL, YOU REALLY FIND OUT WHO 24:09 YOUR REAL FRIENDS ARE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE RICH YOU'VE GOT A 24:13 LOT MORE FRIENDS THAN WHEN YOU'RE POOR. 24:15 HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT? THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS - THE 24:19 RICH HAVE MANY FRIENDS - THEY'RE NOT REALLY FRIENDS. 24:22 THESE WERE REALLY JOB'S FRIENDS. FACEBOOK RIGHT NOW HAS 24:31 1.65 BILLION USERS. THAT MEANS, IF FACEBOOK WERE A 24:36 COUNTRY, IT WOULD BE THE MOST POPULOUS NATION ON EARTH. 24:42 THAT'S MORE THAN THE POPULATION OF CHINA - 1.36 BILLION - YOU'VE 24:46 GOT THE NATION OF FACEBOOK. HOW DID THIS COMPUTER PROGRAM 24:52 GROW TO BE SUCH A PHENOMENON? BECAUSE EVERYONE 24:57 WANTS TO BE FRIENDED. PEOPLE WANT FRIENDS - THEY 25:01 WANT TO FIND THEIR OLD FRIENDS THEY'VE LOST CONTACT WITH. 25:05 NOW, I WON'T ASK HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ON FACEBOOK, BUT I WOULD 25:09 ESTIMATE SOME OF YOU ARE PART OF THAT 1.65 BILLION OUT THERE. 25:15 LITTLE PASTORAL ADVICE: IF YOU'RE SPENDING MORE THAN 20 25:19 MINUTES ON FACEBOOK A DAY YOU NEED TO GET SOME HELP. 25:24 YOU NEED TO GET SOME REAL FRIENDS. 25:30 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS LONELINESS - ACTUALLY IT WAS 25:34 JOHN MILTON THAT SAID "LONELINESS IS THE FIRST THING 25:37 GOD NAMED 'NOT GOOD.'" WHEN GOD MADE THE WORLD HE SAID, 25:40 'EVERYTHING IS GOOD, GOOD, VERY GOOD.' RIGHT? 25:43 BUT THEN HE SAYS IT'S NOT GOOD THAT A MAN SHOULD BE ALONE. 25:48 GOD MADE US TO BE SOCIAL CREATURES. 25:50 WE NEED EACH OTHER. MOTHER THERESA SAID, 'LONELINESS 25:54 IS THE GREATEST POVERTY.' AND ALBERT EINSTEIN SAID, 'IT'S 25:58 STRANGE TO BE KNOWN SO UNIVERSALLY AND YET BE SO 26:01 LONELY.' HERE'S THIS GENIUS, BUT HE FELT SO LONELY. 26:09 ECCLESIASTES 4:9, "TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE BECAUSE THEY 26:13 HAVE A GOOD REWARD FOR THEIR LABOR. 26:15 FOR IF THEY FALL, ONE WILL LIFT UP HIS COMPANION." 26:19 - IT'S THE PONTOON EFFECT - "BUT WOE TO HIM WHO IS ALONE WHEN HE 26:22 FALLS, FOR HE HAS NO ONE TO HELP HIM UP." 26:26 PROVERBS 17:17, "A FRIEND LOVES AT ALL TIMES, AND A BROTHER IS 26:30 BORN FOR ADVERSITY." WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH 26:33 TERRIBLE TROUBLE, IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE A BROTHER - MEANING A 26:36 FRIEND - OR A SISTER - SOMEBODY THAT YOU CAN CONFIDE IN. 26:40 AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FRIENDS, I'LL SHARE A LITTLE 26:43 ECCENTRIC QUIRK I HAVE WITH YOU, IS I THINK, ONCE YOU'RE MARRIED, 26:49 IF YOU'RE A MAN, YOUR FRIENDS SHOULD BE MEN. AND IF YOU'RE A 26:54 WOMAN, YOUR FRIENDS SHOULD BE WOMEN. NOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME 26:57 REAL YOUNG OR REAL OLD FRIENDS, BUT IF ANYBODY IS IN THE 27:02 BALLPARK OF SUSPICION, I BELIEVE YOU SHOULDN'T BE INTIMATE WITH 27:06 PEOPLE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IF YOU'RE MARRIED. 27:10 AND THEY SAY, 'OH, THEY'RE JUST FRIENDS.' AND BEING A PASTOR - 27:13 YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU START SEEING SOMETHING LOOK ODD 27:16 AND THEY SAY, 'OH, NO, WE'RE JUST FRIENDS.' 'WE'RE JUST GOOD 27:19 FRIENDS.' AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY'RE WIFE-SWAPPING AND 27:22 DIVORCING EACH OTHER. I'VE SEEN IT. 27:26 HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? 27:30 DAVID NEEDED A FRIEND FOR ADVERSITY - WHO WAS HIS FRIEND? 27:34 JONATHAN. HE HAD SOMEBODY - THEY WEPT 27:35 TOGETHER, THEY - HE WAS GOING THROUGH A TRIAL - RUNNING FOR 27:38 HIS LIFE AND IT HELPED HIM SO MUCH. DAVID WAS HIDING IN A CAVE 27:41 - JONATHAN CAME TO HIM TO HOLD HIM UP - TO BE HIS FRIEND. 27:46 WE NEED FRIENDS - BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT WILL HELP US. 27:51 PROVERBS 18:24 - NOW, IF YOU WANT FRIENDS - SOME PEOPLE SAY, 27:55 'I DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS.' WELL, ARE YOU HARD TO HAVE - BE 27:59 FRIENDS WITH? IT'S NOT EVERYBODY ELSE'S FAULT ALL THE TIME. 28:05 "A MAN WHO HAS FRIENDS" - PROVERBS 18:24 - "MUST HIMSELF 28:09 BE FRIENDLY." - AMEN? >>AMEN. 28:13 >>SO IF YOU SAY, 'I CAN'T FIND ANYBODY TO BE MY FRIEND.' WELL, 28:17 ARE YOU BEING A FRIEND? EVERYBODY WANTS SOMEONE TO 28:20 LISTEN TO THEIR TROUBLES, SO ARE YOU A GOOD LISTENER? 28:22 DO YOU ONLY WANT SOMEBODY TO LISTEN TO YOU, OR WILL YOU 28:24 LISTEN TO THEM? THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 28:28 PROVERBS 19:6, "MANY ENTREAT THE FAVOR OF THE NOBILITY, AND EVERY 28:32 MAN IS A FRIEND TO ONE WHO GIVES GIFTS." 28:35 WHEN THE PRODIGAL SON RAN AWAY FROM HOME, HE HAD A LOT OF 28:38 FRIENDS - WHEN HE HAD HIS FATHER'S CREDIT 28:40 CARD - BUT ONCE THAT RAN OUT, THEY WERE ALL GONE. 28:46 A FEW QUOTES ON FRIENDSHIP: 'A FRIEND IS A PERSON WITH WHOM I 28:50 CAN THINK OUT LOUD.' THAT'S WHAT EMERSON SAYS. 28:54 'A FRIEND IS ONE WHO COMES IN WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD HAS GONE 28:57 OUT.' 'A FRIEND IS ONE WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT YOU AND LIKES YOU 29:02 ANYWAY.' 'A FRIEND IS SOMEONE WITH WHOM YOU CAN DARE TO BE 29:08 YOURSELF.' ARISTOTLE SAID, 'WHAT IS A FRIEND? 29:12 A SINGLE SOUL DWELLING IN TWO BODIES.' IF YOU'VE GOT A CLOSE 29:15 FRIEND - THOSE ARE THE KIND WHERE YOU ONLY HAVE A FEW IN 29:17 LIFE. SOMEONE SAID - THERE'S AN OLD COWBOY SAYING THAT SAYS, 29:22 'EVERY MAN'LL HAVE ONE GOOD HORSE AND ONE GOOD DOG.' 29:26 AND SOMETIMES IN LIFE YOU MAY HAVE ONE REALLY GOOD FRIEND. 29:30 NOW JOB, HIS FRIENDS HAVE COME - SEVEN DAYS THEY'VE SAT THERE AS 29:36 LOYAL FRIENDS. THEY'VE LISTENED AS HE'S GROANED IN PAIN. 29:41 THEY'VE WEPT WITH HIM. THEY'RE KEEPING VIGIL. 29:45 HAVE YOU EVER GONE TO THE HOSPITAL OF SOMEBODY AND YOU 29:47 WONDER WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BREATHE THEIR LAST? 29:50 AND, AS A PASTOR, I'VE MADE HOSPITAL VISITS BEFORE WHERE 29:54 FAMILY ARE AT THE BEDSIDE AND SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH WHAT 29:57 APPEARS TO BE A TERMINAL ILLNESS. 30:00 AND THE FAMILY MEMBERS - I'VE SEEN THEM BRING IN AN EXTRA BED 30:03 - THEY'RE AFRAID TO LEAVE THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO 30:06 DIE ALONE. AND SO THEY HAVE THIS VIGIL AND 30:11 SOMETIMES I'VE HEARD THEM SAY THEY THINK THEY'VE ONLY GOT A 30:14 MATTER OF HOURS AND, IN REALITY, IT LASTED DAYS. 30:19 AND THEY NEVER LEAVE THE HOTEL ROOM - OR THE HOSPITAL ROOM - 30:22 SORRY. AND THEY'RE THERE JUST - BASICALLY, IT'S A VERY PAINFUL 30:28 VIGIL. SOMETIMES IT WEARS OUT THE FAMILY. THEY'RE TAKING TURNS 30:32 BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THE PERSON TO BE ALONE. 30:34 SO JOB'S FRIENDS, THEY SAID, 'BOY, IT'S JUST GONE FROM BAD TO 30:38 WORSE FOR JOB AND NOW HE IS AS SICK AS ANYBODY WE'VE EVER SEEN. 30:43 WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE HIM NOW BECAUSE AS SOON AS WE WALK AWAY, 30:45 HE'LL DIE ALONE. SO THEY'RE KIND OF - IT'S 30:48 ALMOST LIKE A DEATH VIGIL. THEY'RE WAITING WITH HIM. 30:51 BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS AFTER SEVEN DAYS. 30:55 JOB CANNOT CONTAIN HIMSELF ANYMORE. 30:57 INSTEAD OF JUST GROANING AND SCRAPING HIMSELF, HE FINALLY 31:01 BEGINS TO SPEAK. AND NOW I'D LIKE YOU TO GO IN 31:05 YOUR BIBLES - AND YOU CAN FIND THIS IN JOB CHAPTER 3. WE 31:12 FINISHED OUT JOB CHAPTER 2 AND JOB BEGINS TO CURSE THE DAY OF 31:18 HIS BIRTH. HE'S WISHING FOR DEATH IS WHAT'S REALLY 31:20 HAPPENING. "AFTER THIS JOB OPENED HIS MOUTH 31:24 AND CURSED THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH. AND JOB SPOKE, AND SAID: 'MAY 31:29 THE DAY PERISH ON WHICH I WAS BORN, AND THE NIGHT IN WHICH 31:33 IT WAS SAID, 'A MALE CHILD IS CONCEIVED.' MAY THAT DAY BE 31:37 DARKNESS; MAY GOD ABOVE NOT SEEK IT, NOR THE LIGHT SHINE UPON IT. 31:41 MAY DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH CLAIM IT;" - YOU KNOW, 31:44 THAT IS ALMOST AN EXACT QUOTE OF SOMETHING THAT YOU FIND IN THE 31:50 BOOK OF JEREMIAH. IF YOU LOOK IN JEREMIAH CHAPTER 31:52 20, VERSE 14, JEREMIAH SAYS - AND THIS IS - IF YOU KNOW THE 31:56 STORY OF JEREMIAH, HE GOT LOWERED INTO A DUNGEON FILLED 32:00 WITH - IT WAS A CISTERN THAT HAD BEEN TURNED INTO A DUMP - AND 32:04 HE'S IN THERE - HE SINKS INTO THE MIRE AND HE'S LEFT TO DIE. 32:09 YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY JEREMIAH WOULD BE A LITTLE DEPRESSED. 32:11 LISTEN TO WHAT JEREMIAH SAYS, "CURSED BE THE DAY IN WHICH I 32:14 WAS BORN! LET THE DAY NOT BE BLESSED 32:16 IN WHICH MY MOTHER BORE ME! LET THE MAN BE CURSED WHO 32:19 BROUGHT THE NEWS TO MY FATHER, SAYING, 'A MALE CHILD 32:21 HAS BEEN BORN TO YOU!' MAKING HIM VERY GLAD." 32:25 SO JEREMIAH - CURSING THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH. 32:28 JOB - CURSING THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH. 32:31 - "MAY DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH CLAIM IT. 32:34 MAY CLOUDS SETTLE ON IT." - YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR BIBLES OPEN? 32:37 BECAUSE I'M GOING TO READ A FEW PASSAGES FROM JOB. 32:40 YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING, 'PASTOR DOUG' - YOU'RE THINKING 32:43 - 'JOB HAS GOT 42 CHAPTERS. HOW LONG ARE WE 32:45 GOING TO DO THIS?' (LAUGHTER) WE'RE GOING TO COVER 32:47 A LOT OF GROUND TODAY, DON'T WORRY. 32:49 BUT I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE DIALOGUE. 32:52 I'M HOPING YOU'RE GOING TO READ THE BOOK OF JOB. 32:54 IT'S JUST - IT'S - LIKE I SAID, IT'S THE CREAM IN THE MILK OF 32:57 THE BIBLE. OH, BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT ALL SAD. 33:01 JOB ENDS - IT'S A GOOD ENDING TO THE BOOK, SO JUST HANG IN THERE 33:08 - "AS FOR THAT NIGHT, MAY DARKNESS SEIZE IT; MAY IT NOT 33:10 REJOICE AMONG THE DAYS OF THE YEAR, MAY IT NOT COME INTO THE 33:13 NUMBER OF THE MONTHS. OH, MAY THAT NIGHT BE BARREN! 33:15 MAY NO JOYFUL SHOUT COME INTO IT! MAY THOSE CURSE IT WHO CURSE 33:19 THE DAY, THOSE WHO ARE READY TO AROUSE LEVIATHAN." 33:23 - LEVIATHAN COMES UP LATER - "MAY THE STARS OF ITS MORNING BE 33:26 DARK; MAY IT LOOK FOR LIGHT, BUT HAVE NONE, AND NOT SEE THE 33:30 DAWNING OF THE DAY; BECAUSE IT DID NOT SHUT UP THE DOORS OF MY 33:33 MOTHER'S WOMB, NOR HIDE SORROW FROM MY EYES. 33:36 'WHY DID I NOT DIE AT BIRTH?'" - NOW, ARE THERE ANY OF YOU 33:42 WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO ADMIT THAT THERE WAS A TIME IN YOUR 33:46 LIFE WHEN YOU SAID, 'WHY WAS I EVER BORN?' 33:52 COME ON, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR HANDS. 33:53 COME ON. TEENAGER - YOU NEVER WONDERED? 33:56 YOU NEVER HAVING A HARD TIME? I SEE SOME OF YOU 33:57 ARE 'FESSING UP. 'WHY DID I HAVE TO BE BORN?' 34:04 I REMEMBER GETTING MAD AT MY FATHER AND SAYING TO HIM ONCE, 34:06 'IT'S YOUR FAULT THAT I'M HERE.' ANY OF YOU EVER TRY THAT? 34:13 "WHY DID I NOT DIE AT BIRTH? WHY DID I NOT PERISH WHEN 34:16 I CAME FROM THE WOMB? WHY DID THE KNEES RECEIVE ME? 34:19 OR WHY THE BREASTS THAT I SHOULD NURSE? 34:20 FOR NOW I WOULD HAVE LAIN STILL AND BEEN QUIET, I WOULD HAVE 34:23 BEEN ASLEEP; THEN I WOULD HAVE BEEN AT REST WITH KINGS AND 34:26 COUNSELORS OF THE EARTH; WHO BUILT RUINS FOR THEMSELVES, OR 34:29 WITH PRINCES WHO HAD GOLD, WHO FILLED THEIR HOUSES WITH 34:31 SILVER; OR WHY WAS I NOT HIDDEN LIKE A STILLBORN CHILD, LIKE 34:35 INFANTS WHO NEVER SAW LIGHT? THERE THE WICKED CEASE FROM 34:39 TROUBLING, AND THERE THE WEARY ARE AT REST. 34:42 THERE THE PRISONERS REST TOGETHER; THEY DO NOT HEAR THE 34:44 VOICE OF THE OPPRESSOR." BY THE WAY, IF YOU EVER WONDERED 34:46 ABOUT THE STATE OF THE DEAD, THIS BOOK MAKES IT REALLY CLEAR 34:49 THERE'S NO CONSCIOUSNESS IN DEATH - "THE SMALL AND THE GREAT 34:53 ARE THERE, AND THE SERVANT IS FREE FROM HIS MASTER." 34:56 AND SO JOB IS BASICALLY WISHING FOR HIS DEATH. 34:59 NOW, DID HE SIN? JOB IS JUST VENTING. 35:05 IS IT OKAY, SOMETIMES, TO CRY OUT TO GOD? 35:08 HAVE YOU READ SOME OF THE DISCOURAGING PSALMS OF DAVID? 35:11 WHEN I SAY DISCOURAGING, THERE ARE PSALMS THAT ARE A LITTLE 35:13 DARK, WHERE DAVID IS COMPLAINING - I MEAN, HE'S RUNNING FOR HIS 35:17 LIFE, HE'S HIDING, HE'S CHASED OUT OF HIS INHERITANCE, 35:20 HE'S BEING PURSUED. THEY'VE GOT A PRICE 35:21 ON HIS HEAD AND HE'S DISCOURAGED. 35:24 AND DAVID ARTICULATES THAT - AND THOSE PSALMS ARE INSPIRED. 35:30 WOULD THIS BE THE FIRST TIME A MAN OF GOD WISHED FOR DEATH? 35:34 NUMBERS 11:15, "IF YOU TREAT ME LIKE THIS," - MOSES SAID - 35:39 "PLEASE KILL ME HERE AND NOW - IF I HAVE FOUND FAVOR IN YOUR 35:43 SIGHT - AND DO NOT LET ME SEE MY WRETCHEDNESS!" - ELIJAH - 35:48 1 KINGS 19:4, "BUT HE HIMSELF WENT A DAY'S JOURNEY INTO THE 35:51 WILDERNESS, AND CAME AND SAT DOWN UNDER A BROOM TREE." - 35:55 IF I WAS UNDER A BROOM TREE, I'D BE DEPRESSED TOO - "AND HE 35:59 PRAYED THAT HE MIGHT DIE, AND SAID, 'IT IS ENOUGH! 36:03 NOW, LORD, TAKE MY LIFE, FOR I AM NO BETTER THAN MY FATHERS!'" 36:07 HE PRAYED THAT HE MIGHT DIE. THAT'S AMAZING - THE DAY BEFORE 36:10 HE WAS ON THE MOUNTAIN PRAYING AND FIRE CAME DOWN. 36:13 AND THEN HE PRAYED AND RAIN CAME DOWN - AND NOW HE'S PRAYING THAT 36:16 HE MIGHT DIE. HE ACTUALLY JUST HAD LOW BLOOD 36:20 SUGAR - AN ANGEL CAME DOWN AND FED HIM - HE FELT MUCH BETTER. 36:24 REALLY - YOU GET TIRED AND HUNGRY AND YOU SAY ALL KINDS OF 36:27 THINGS. JONAH 4:3, "THEREFORE NOW," - 36:30 JONAH IS A PROPHET - ELIJAH IS A PROPHET - MOSES IS A PROPHET - 36:33 "THEREFORE NOW, O LORD, PLEASE TAKE MY LIFE FROM ME, FOR IT IS 36:36 BETTER FOR ME TO DIE THAN TO LIVE!" 36:41 SAMSON - IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN DELILAH PESTERED HIM DAILY. 36:46 A NUMBER OF THINGS CAN BRING YOU TO THE POINT OF DEATH. 36:51 SAMSON WAS PESTERED DAILY WITH HER WORDS PRESSED IN HIM SO HIS 36:54 SOUL WAS VEXED TO DEATH. WHEN HE TOLD DELILAH HIS SECRET 36:59 AND SHE HAD, THREE OTHER TIMES, TRIED TO MAKE HIM LOSE HIS 37:02 STRENGTH, DID HE NOT KNOW WHICH WAY THIS WAS GOING TO END? 37:06 IT WAS ALMOST SUICIDE WAY BACK THEN. 37:09 HE ENDED UP BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE ON HIMSELF. 37:13 MATTER OF FACT, IN JOB CHAPTER 3 - WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT JOB 37:16 CHAPTER 3 - SIX TIMES JOB ASKS 'WHY? WHY? WHY?' 37:21 IS IT OKAY TO ASK GOD THOSE QUESTIONS? 37:23 >>YES. >>I GET IRRITATED WHEN PEOPLE 37:25 SAY, 'WELL, JUST ACCEPT IT. GOD IS SOVEREIGN. 37:27 YOU SHOULDN'T ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.' 37:28 I THINK GOD WANTS US TO REASON WITH HIM. 37:30 HE SAYS, "WHY DID I NOT DIE AT BIRTH? 37:32 WHY DID I NOT PERISH...WHY DID THE KNEES RECEIVE ME? 37:35 OR WHY THE BREASTS," - AND SO SIX TIMES HE SAYS, 'WHY? 37:37 WHY? WHY? WHY HAS THIS HAPPENED?' NOW, IF YOU READ IN 37:41 JOB, CHAPTER 3 AND CHAPTER 4 IS ALL ONE DISCOURSE OF JOB'S. 37:47 JUST - AND LET ME GIVE YOU THE PICTURE: JOB IS - HE WAS THE 37:51 GREATEST MAN - YOU READ THROUGH THE BOOK, IT TALKS ABOUT THE 37:54 TOWN, IT TALKS ABOUT THE CITY GATES - THERE'S CITIES THERE - 37:59 THERE'S TOWNS - HE WAS THE JUDGE. 38:02 EVERYBODY KNEW HIM. HE IS NOW OUTSIDE THE TOWN - THE 38:05 CITY DUMP - PEOPLE IN THE TOWN KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED. 38:09 WHEN THEY HEAR THAT ELIPHAZ AND BILDAD AND ZOPHAR HAVE ALL COME 38:15 FROM AFAR, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO WATCH THIS. 38:18 THEY SEE THEM SITTING THERE WITH JOB. 38:20 IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE ALL THERE BY THEMSELVES - THE TOWN IS 38:21 AWARE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO JOB. ONE REASON THIS IS WRITTEN DOWN 38:25 IS BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS THERE WRITING DOWN THEIR DIALOGUE. 38:29 ANOTHER CHARACTER, WHO IS A FRIEND OF JOB, APPEARS IN 38:33 CHAPTER 32 - YOU DON'T EVEN HEAR ABOUT HIM. 38:35 HE APPEARS OUT OF NOWHERE - THE SOMEWHAT MYSTERIOUS ELIHU. 38:38 HE MAY HAVE COME AND JOINED THE DISCUSSION AND STARTED WRITING 38:41 THIS DOWN. SO THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING. 38:43 SO AFTER JOB GIVES OUT THIS TWO CHAPTERS OF COMPLAINT TO GOD, 38:47 CURSING THE DAY OF HIS - OF HIS BIRTH - AND HE DOES IT VERY 38:50 ELOQUENTLY - FINALLY ELIPHAZ, THIS FAITHFUL FRIEND WHO HAS 38:56 COME FROM AFAR TO MOURN WITH JOB - HE'S BEEN THERE FOR A WEEK - 39:00 HE CAN TAKE NO MORE. YOU SEE, SOMETHING'S HAPPENED. 39:04 WHILE THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING JOB SUFFER AND HE DOESN'T DIE AND 39:07 THEY SEE ALL THIS - THEY - HE'S LOST EVERYTHING - THEY BEGIN TO 39:10 THINK TO THEMSELVES, 'WHY WOULD GOD DO THIS TO ANY MAN?' 39:16 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A PERSON SUFFER AND THOUGHT, 'WHY IS GOD 39:18 ALLOWING THIS?' OR YOU SEE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS 39:21 A POW CAMP OR CONCENTRATION CAMP AND FOLKS ASK THE QUESTION: 'IF 39:26 GOD IS GOOD, WHY WOULD HE ALLOW THAT?' 39:29 OR SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS - A PLANE GOES DOWN AND YOU THINK, 39:34 'I GUESS EVERYBODY ON THAT PLANE DESERVED IT.' THIS IS ONE OF THE 39:38 MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT THE BOOK OF JOB IS DEALING WITH. 39:43 GOOD AND BAD COMES TO THE GOOD AND THE BAD. 39:49 IN THIS LIFE, IT IS A WAR. WAR IS NOT FAIR. 39:52 GOOD PEOPLE AND BAD PEOPLE DIE IN A WAR. 39:54 IN THIS LIFE THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE THAT ARE TEMPTED AND THE 39:58 DEVIL SOMETIMES WILL GIVE BAD PEOPLE BLESSINGS. 40:02 AND IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. ELIPHAZ IS BEGINNING TO THINK 40:06 TO HIMSELF, 'JOB IS SUFFERING BECAUSE HE MUST HAVE 40:09 SOME SIN IN HIS LIFE. HE'S DONE SOMETHING WRONG AND HE 40:12 NEEDS TO CONFESS THIS.' AND HE FINALLY CAN'T HOLD IT IN AND HE 40:17 SAYS WHAT THE OTHER TWO FRIENDS ARE ALSO THINKING. 40:19 GO TO CHAPTER 4 - ELIPHAZ RESPONDS - ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE 40:23 - HE ANSWERED AND HE SAID - YOU GOT YOUR BIBLES? 40:26 CHAPTER 4 - JOB - "IF ONE ATTEMPTS A WORD WITH YOU, WILL 40:30 YOU BECOME WEARY?" - IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING. 40:32 WE'VE JUST BEEN LISTENING AND WE'VE BEEN PRAYING. 40:34 WE'VE BEEN CRYING WITH YOU BUT, JOB, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE MAKING 40:39 IT SOUND LIKE YOU'RE RIGHTEOUS AND YOU'RE WONDERING WHY GOD LET 40:42 THIS HAPPEN TO YOU - PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT.' 40:45 NOW, DID JOB SUFFER BECAUSE HE DESERVED IT? NO. 40:49 BEFORE I GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS OF ELIPHAZ AND ZOPHAR AND BILDAD, 40:56 BIG QUESTION COMES UP: THESE CHAPTERS - JOB - HIS FRIEND - 41:03 JOB - HIS FRIEND - JOB - HIS FRIEND - JOB ALTERNATES BETWEEN 41:06 ALL THE FRIENDS - THEY TAKE TURNS. 41:09 WHEN YOU READ THE BOOK OF JOB, ARE ONLY THE WORDS OF JOB TRUE 41:14 AND THE WORDS OF HIS THREE FRIENDS, THEY'RE NOT SCRIPTURE? 41:19 WHAT DO YOU DO WITH WHAT THEY SAY? 41:21 IS IT SCRIPTURE? BECAUSE THEY GO ON QUITE A WAYS. 41:23 ELIPHAZ IS ONE OF THE MOST VERBOSE - OR I LIKE USING THE 41:26 WORD 'LOQUACIOUS' - OF ALL OF JOB'S FRIENDS, HE HAS QUITE A 41:30 BIT TO SAY. I THINK BILDAD SAYS THE LEAST. 41:34 YOU KNOW THE OLD JOKE, 'HE'S THE SHORTEST MAN IN THE BIBLE'? 41:38 BILDAD THE SHUHITE? THAT WAS A BAD JOKE - I JUST - NATHAN SAID, 41:43 'YOU NEED TO TELL THAT DURING THE SERMON' SO I...BUT HE DOES 41:46 GIVE THE SHORTEST RESPONSES, ALSO, IN THE BIBLE. 41:50 SO I'M ASKING A QUESTION: IS ALL OF THE BOOK INSPIRED? 41:56 I CONTEND THAT ALL OF WHAT JOB'S FRIENDS SAY IS TRUE. 42:02 THEY'RE SPEAKING, THOUGH, IN GENERAL TERMS - HOW GOD BLESSES 42:06 THE GODLY AND PUNISHES THE WICKED. 42:09 IN GENERAL TERMS, EVERYTHING THEY SAY IS TRUE - AND THEY SAY 42:12 SOME INCRED - THESE GUYS - THIS IS BACK WHEN PEOPLE LIVED A 42:15 HUNDRED YEARS AND THEY STILL HAD CLEAR MINDS. 42:17 THESE GUYS WERE VERY BRIGHT. 42:19 THEY HAD A LOT OF LIFE EXPERIENCE. 42:21 THEY'RE THE LEADERS OF TOWNS - LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE CHIEFTAINS 42:24 OR THEY USE THE WORD 'SHEIKS' - THEY USE THE WORD 'KINGS' - 42:29 THEY'RE PATRIARCHS - AND I THINK THEY WERE SAYING SOMETHING THAT 42:34 IS TRUE, BUT THEY WERE WRONG IN APPLYING THAT GENERAL TRUTH TO 42:39 JOB'S UNIQUE SITUATION. THEY DID NOT KNOW THAT JOB WAS 42:44 UNDER SPECIAL ATTACK BY THE DEVIL AND A SPECIAL 42:47 TESTING FROM GOD. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE 42:51 PRINCIPLES THAT THEY SHARE ARE GOOD PRINCIPLES. 42:53 SO WHEN YOU OPEN THE BOOK OF JOB AND YOU QUOTE, YOU'LL SEE SOME 42:56 AMAZING STATEMENTS THERE. YOU BACK UP AND SAY, 'NOW WHO SAID 42:59 THIS? IS THIS JOB OR BILDAD OR ZOPHAR?' 43:02 AND YOU SAY, 'OH, THIS IS ELIPHAZ. 43:04 IT'S WRONG.' NO, NO, IT'S - THE WHOLE BOOK OF JOB IS INSPIRED. 43:08 IS THAT CLEAR? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 43:11 THEY DID NOT SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEHIND THE VEIL. 43:13 THEY'RE SPEAKING IN GENERAL TERMS ABOUT HOW GOD DEALS 43:16 WITH THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED. 43:18 ALRIGHT, ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE SAYS, 'LORD' - 'JOB, CAN I SAY 43:21 SOMETHING?'"...WILL YOU BECOME WEARY? - 43:23 "BUT WHO CAN WITHHOLD HIMSELF FROM SPEAKING? SURELY YOU HAVE 43:26 INSTRUCTED MANY, AND YOU HAVE STRENGTHENED WEAK HANDS. 43:29 YOUR WORDS HAVE UPHELD HIM WHO WAS STUMBLING, AND YOU HAVE 43:32 STRENGTHENED THE FEEBLE KNEES; BUT NOW IT COMES UPON YOU, AND 43:35 YOU ARE WEARY;" - YOU'RE ASKING GOD, 'WHY?' 43:38 YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WAS CHEERING EVERYONE ELSE UP - "IT TOUCHES 43:40 YOU, AND YOU ARE TROUBLED. IS NOT YOUR REVERENCE YOUR 43:43 CONFIDENCE?" - YOU'RE HAVING CONFIDENCE IN YOUR HOLINESS - 43:47 "AND THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR WAYS YOUR HOPE?" 43:49 - YOU'RE TRUSTING IN A FALSE REVERENCE AND A FALSE HOPE - 43:52 "REMEMBER NOW," - HE SAID, 'LET'S JUST THINK ABOUT IT: "WHO 43:55 EVER PERISHED BEING INNOCENT?" - HE SAYS, 'YOU'RE SUFFERING - 43:58 YOU'RE ON THE VERGE OF PERISHING, YOU MUST BE GUILTY.' 44:01 YOU SEE WHERE THE IMPLICATION IS? - 44:03 "OR WHERE WERE THE UPRIGHT EVER CUT OFF? 44:06 EVEN AS I HAVE SEEN THOSE WHO PLOW INIQUITY AND SOW TROUBLE, 44:10 REAP THE SAME." DOESN'T PAUL QUOTE THAT? 44:13 DON'T MOCK GOD, YOU'RE GOING TO REAP WHAT YOU - WHAT YOU PLANT. 44:17 YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO HARVEST WHATEVER YOU PLANT. 44:21 NUMBER - VERSE 9, "BY THE BLAST OF GOD THEY PERISH, AND BY THE 44:25 BREATH OF HIS ANGER THEY ARE CONSUMED. 44:27 THE ROARING OF THE LION, THE VOICE OF THE FIERCE LION, AND 44:30 THE TEETH OF THE YOUNG LIONS ARE BROKEN. 44:32 THE OLD LION PERISHES FOR LACK OF PREY, AND THE CUBS OF THE 44:34 LIONESS ARE SCATTERED." AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HE GOES ON - 44:39 I DON'T HAVE TIME, AS YOU HAVE GATHERED - WHAT I'M GOING TO DO 44:41 IS JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID BY THE 44:44 FRIENDS OF JOB IN THE ONGOING. SO, NOW LISTEN TO WHAT JOB SAYS 44:51 AND GO TO CHAPTER 6 - I'M GOING TO VERSE 14. 44:55 JOB SAYS, "TO HIM WHO IS AFFLICTED, KINDNESS SHOULD BE 44:59 SHOWN BY HIS FRIEND, EVEN THOUGH HE FORSAKES THE FEAR OF THE 45:03 ALMIGHTY." IF YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND THAT IS 45:05 SUFFERING - KAREN AND I GOT A PHONE CALL - I HAD AN OLD FRIEND 45:11 - USED TO GO TO CHURCH - DOESN'T ANYMORE - KIND OF BACKSLID. 45:15 GOT A CALL THAT HE'S IN PRETTY FEEBLE HEALTH. 45:17 WE WENT TO VISIT. WE WENT TO ENCOURAGE. 45:19 WE WENT TO PRAY FOR HIM. LAST THING IN THE WORLD HE 45:21 NEEDED ME TO SAY WAS TO CHASTISE HIM FOR HIS BACKSLIDING. 45:25 HE NEEDED A FRIEND TO ENCOURAGE HIM IN HIS SUFFERING - TO GIVE 45:28 HIM HOPE. AND JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS TURNED AWAY OR 45:32 FALLEN AWAY, THAT'S WHEN FRIENDS ARE REALLY NEEDED. 45:35 WAS JESUS A FRIEND OF SINNERS? >>YES. 45:39 >>WELL, THEY ACCUSED HIM OF THAT. 45:40 THEN SHOULD WE SOMETIMES HAVE FRIENDS OUT THERE THAT WE CAN 45:43 REACH - FOR THE PURPOSE OF INFLUENCING THEM AND NOT THEM 45:46 INFLUENCING US? JOB 6, VERSE 24, "TEACH ME AND I WILL HOLD MY 45:51 TONGUE; CAUSE ME TO UNDERSTAND WHEREIN I HAVE ERRED." - 45:54 HE SAID, 'YOU SHOW ME. WHERE IS MY SIN? I'M FOLLOWING GOD. 45:59 JOB 7, VERSE 13, "WHEN I SAY, 'MY BED WILL COMFORT ME, MY 46:02 COUCH WILL EASE MY COMPLAINT,' THEN YOU SCARE ME WITH DREAMS 46:06 AND TERRIFY ME WITH VISIONS, SO THAT MY SOUL CHOOSES STRANGLING 46:09 AND DEATH RATHER THAN MY BODY. 46:12 I LOATHE MY LIFE; I WOULD NOT LIVE FOREVER. 46:14 LET ME ALONE, FOR MY DAYS ARE BUT A BREATH.'" AND YOU GO TO 46:18 JOB 13, VERSE 15 - YOU CAN SEE HE'S STILL IS HOLDING ON TO HIS 46:22 FAITH - "THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST HIM." 46:27 AND SO THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE STATEMENT - NO MATTER WHAT 46:29 HAPPENS, JOB IS SAYING, 'EVEN IF HE WERE TO SLAY ME, I WILL NOT 46:32 STOP TRUSTING HIM.' JOB 19, VERSE 25 - ONE OF THE 46:37 GREAT - IF YOU WERE TO HAVE THE STORY OF JOB - THIS DISCOURSE BE 46:42 A MOUNTAINTOP, 19 WOULD, SORT OF, BE THE PEAK. 46:46 FOR JOB SAYS - IT'S LIKE A MOMENT OF TRIUMPH WHEN THE 46:48 CLOUDS BROKE AND THE SUN SHONE THROUGH - "FOR I KNOW THAT MY 46:52 REDEEMER LIVES, AND HE SHALL STAND AT LAST ON THE EARTH; AND 46:56 AFTER MY SKIN IS DESTROYED, THIS I KNOW, THAT IN MY FLESH I SHALL 47:00 SEE GOD" - THAT MUST MEAN A RESURRECTION IF, AFTER YOUR 47:03 FLESH IS DESTROYED BY WORMS, YOU WILL SEE GOD IN YOUR FLESH - 47:07 "WHOM I SHALL SEE FOR MYSELF, AND MY EYES SHALL BEHOLD," - 47:10 EVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM - "AND NOT ANOTHER. 47:13 HOW MY HEART YEARNS WITHIN ME!" JOB SAYS, IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING 47:17 THAT WAS HAPPENING, 'THOUGH HE SLAY ME I WILL STILL TRUST HIM.' 47:21 HIS FAITH WAS NOT CONDITIONAL ON GETTING SOMETHING FROM GOD. 47:25 HAVE YOU GONE THROUGH TRIALS OR SOME DISCOURAGEMENT OR YOU FEEL 47:29 LIKE YOUR FRIENDS DON'T UNDERSTAND AND YOU FEEL LIKE 47:31 YOU'RE ALL ALONE? CAN YOU SAY 'THOUGH HE SLAYS 47:34 ME, I'LL STILL TRUST HIM'? CIRCUMSTANCES DO NOT 47:37 CONTROL YOUR CHRISTIANITY. IT DOESN'T DEPEND ON WEALTH OR 47:42 HEALTH, IT'S JUST BECAUSE GOD IS GOOD. 47:46 AND IF YOU GO TO, LET ME SEE HERE, GO TO CHAPTER 8, VERSE 1, 47:54 "THEN BILDAD THE SHUHITE ANSWERED AND SAID: 'HOW LONG 47:57 WILL YOU SPEAK THESE THINGS, AND THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH BE LIKE 48:00 A STRONG WIND?'" - THAT'S NOT VERY NICE. 48:06 WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOUR FRIEND SAID YOUR MOUTH'S LIKE A STRONG 48:09 WIND? - "DOES GOD SUBVERT JUDGMENT? OR DOES THE ALMIGHTY 48:14 PERVERT JUSTICE? IF YOUR SONS HAVE SINNED 48:16 AGAINST HIM, HE HAS CAST THEM AWAY FOR THEIR TRANSGRESSION. 48:21 IF YOU WOULD EARNESTLY SEEK GOD AND MAKE YOUR SUPPLICATION TO 48:23 THE ALMIGHTY, IF YOU WERE PURE AND UPRIGHT, SURELY NOW HE WOULD 48:27 AWAKE FOR YOU, AND PROSPER YOUR RIGHTFUL DWELLING PLACE. 48:30 THOUGH YOUR BEGINNING WAS SMALL, YET YOUR LATTER END WOULD 48:33 INCREASE ABUNDANTLY." IN OTHER WORDS, GOD IS NOT UNJUST. 48:35 IF THIS IS HAPPENING TO YOU, YOU DESERVE IT. 48:38 SEE WHAT HE'S SAYING? AND, OF COURSE, CHAPTER 8 IS 48:40 PRETTY SHORT BECAUSE IT'S BILDAD. 48:42 YOU KNOW, JOB SAYS SOMETHING ELSE IN CHAPTER 3, HE SAYS, 'THE 48:47 THING THAT I FEARED HAS COME UPON ME.' HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED 48:51 - DOES THAT MEAN THAT JOB LIVED IN FEAR? 48:54 DOES THAT MEAN JOB DIDN'T HAVE FAITH? 48:57 PEOPLE SAID, 'JOB FEARED HE'D LOSE HIS MONEY.' 'JOB FEARED 49:00 HE'D LOSE HIS HEALTH.' YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING THE BOOK OF JOB 49:03 TELLS US HE WAS FEARFUL OF? WHEN HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS WERE 49:08 FEASTING HE WAS AFRAID THAT THEY MIGHT DIE UNPREPARED AND 49:12 SO HE PRAYED FOR THEM. AS SOON AS THEIR DAYS OF 49:15 FEASTING WERE DONE, HE CALLED THEM TOGETHER - HE INTERCEDED. 49:17 YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD LESSON FOR US THAT WE SHOULD KEEP SHORT 49:20 ACCOUNTS WITH GOD AND IF THERE IS SOME SIN, RIGHT AWAY PRAY - 49:28 REPENT OF IT IMMEDIATELY. JOB FEARED FOR THE SALVATION OF 49:31 HIS KIDS AND SO WHEN HE SAYS, 'THE THING I FEARED HAS COME 49:34 UPON ME.' IT WASN'T FOR HIS MONEY. 49:36 IT WASN'T FOR HIS HEALTH. IT WAS FOR THE ONES HE LOVED, 49:39 AND THAT WAS THE THING THAT WAS TROUBLING HIM. 49:41 ALRIGHT, SO YOU HEARD FROM BILDAD AND THEN, IF YOU KEEP 49:46 GOING HERE - LET'S SEE, I THINK YOU'VE GOT ZOPHAR IS VERSE 11 - 49:51 CHAPTER 11, SORRY - "THEN ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE ANSWERED AND 49:56 SAID:" - LET'S SEE, JOB ANSWERS BILDAD, JOB ANSWERS ELIHAZ - 50:00 ELIPHAZ, RATHER - "THEN ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE ANSWERED AND 50:03 SAID: 'SHOULD NOT THE MULTITUDE OF WORDS BE ANSWERED?" 50:06 - HE SAID, 'JOB, YOU'VE GOT A MULTITUDE OF WORDS.' THEY ALL 50:08 START LIKE THAT. WE'VE GOT TO ANSWER YOU. 50:11 "SHOULD NOT A MAN FULL OF TALK BE VINDICATED? 50:13 SHOULD YOUR EMPTY TALK MAKE MEN HOLD THEIR PEACE? 50:16 AND WHEN YOU MOCK, SHOULD NO ONE REBUKE YOU? 50:19 FOR YOU HAVE SAID, 'MY DOCTRINE IS PURE, AND I AM CLEAN IN YOUR 50:22 EYES.' BUT OH, THAT GOD WOULD SPEAK AND OPEN HIS LIPS AGAINST 50:25 YOU, THAT HE WOULD SHOW YOU THE SECRETS OF WISDOM! 50:28 FOR THEY WOULD DOUBLE YOUR PRUDENCE. 50:30 KNOW THEREFORE THAT GOD EXACTS FROM YOU LESS THAN YOUR INIQUITY 50:33 DESERVES." 'JOB, YOU'RE SUFFERING, BUT YOU 50:35 PROBABLY DESERVE MORE.' PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY, 'PASTOR 50:39 DOUG, HOW ARE YOU DOING?' I ALWAYS SAY, 'BETTER THAN I 50:40 DESERVE.' BECAUSE IT IS TRUE. WHAT IS THE 50:44 PENALTY FOR SIN? DEATH. 50:47 BUT COMPARED TO PEOPLE ON THE PLANET, THE ONLY MAN ON EARTH 50:50 GOD COULD LOOK DOWN TO AND SAY, 'HAVE YOU BEHELD MY SERVANT JOB? 50:53 ONE WHO FEARS GOD AND HATES EVIL' - WAS JOB. 50:56 SO IF ANYBODY ON THE PLANET HAD A RIGHT TO SAY, 'WHY, GOD?' 51:00 IT WAS JOB. HE WAS FAITHFUL. 51:02 ZOPHAR GOT IT WRONG, BILDAD GOT IT WRONG, ELIPHAZ GOT IT WRONG. 51:06 THEY WERE HIS FRIENDS, BUT THEY MISUNDERSTOOD JOB. 51:12 YOU KNOW, ONE OTHER THING: IN ONE OF JOB'S ANSWERS, CHAPTER 10 51:17 - I'M ALMOST DONE - CHAPTER 10, VERSE 18, JOB SAYS, "WHY THEN 51:23 HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME OUT OF THE WOMB? 51:26 OH, THAT I HAD PERISHED AND NO EYE HAD SEEN ME! 51:30 I WOULD HAVE BEEN AS THOUGH I HAD NOT BEEN. 51:32 I WOULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED FROM THE WOMB TO THE GRAVE." 51:35 I KNOW THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT VERSE, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHY I 51:37 READ THAT TO YOU: I GET ASKED A QUESTION FREQUENTLY, 'PASTOR 51:42 DOUG, THERE' - YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS I HEAR ARE 50 MILLION 51:45 BABIES IN NORTH AMERICA ABORTED EACH YEAR AND WILL THEY ALL BE 51:51 IN HEAVEN?' AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE 51:56 CHILDREN RESURRECTED AND BROUGHT TO THEIR PARENTS. 51:59 BUT SOMEONE SAYS, 'WILL EVERY ABORTED BABY BE SAVED?' 52:03 THIS IS ONE OF THE VERSES IN THE BIBLE THAT MAKE IT SOUND LIKE 52:05 THERE WILL BE SOME THAT WILL BE AS THOUGH THEY HAD NOT BEEN. 52:09 AND HE TALKS ABOUT A MISCARRIED BABY. 52:11 NOW, IF THERE ARE CHRISTIANS PARENTS, I THINK THE LORD'LL 52:14 BRING THOSE PARENTS THAT BABY. BUT I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO STOP 52:17 SHORT OF SAYING THAT EVERY MISCARRIED CHILD IS 52:21 AUTOMATICALLY SAVED OF THE SAVED OR LOST, BECAUSE IF YOU DO THE 52:24 MATH, HEAVEN WOULD BE A VIRTUAL NURSERY. 52:27 WE WILL BE SWIMMING IN BABIES IN THE RESURRECTION. 52:29 AND I KNOW THAT'S A DIFFICULT VERSE, BUT THAT'S WHERE I GET 52:34 THAT FROM THE WORD OF GOD. AND, BY THE WAY, THAT'S 52:35 SUPPORTED BY THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. 52:38 SO JOB'S FRIENDS ARE SITTING THERE AND THEY START OUT - 52:41 THEY'RE COMING TO ENCOURAGE HIM, BUT THEY END UP BEING A SOURCE 52:44 OF DISCOURAGEMENT AND FINALLY, YOU GO TO CHAPTER 16, VERSE 5 - 52:51 CHAPTER 16, I'M SORRY, VERSE 1 - JOB 16:1, "THEN JOB ANSWERED AND 52:56 SAID: 'I HAVE HEARD MANY SUCH THINGS;" - I'VE BEEN LISTENING 53:00 TO YOU - "MISERABLE COMFORTERS ARE YOU ALL!" 53:04 (LAUGHTER) THEY'VE COME TO COMFORT HIM, SUPPOSEDLY. 53:10 AND THEY DID AT FIRST - THEY SAT, THEY WEPT WITH HIM, THEY 53:12 WERE QUIET, BUT THEN THEY STARTED TALKING. 53:14 CAN YOU SEE HOW MUCH TROUBLE YOU CAN GET IN WHEN YOU TRY TO TELL 53:16 SOMEONE WHY? I'VE HAD TO DO FUNERALS BEFORE 53:20 WHERE YOU HAVE A LITTLE WHITE CASKET. 53:23 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? SOMEONE LOST THEIR CHILD. 53:26 AND PEOPLE COME UP AND THEY SAY, 'PASTOR DOUG, WHY DID THIS 53:29 HAPPEN?' YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF 53:31 THINKING YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING. 53:33 SOMETIMES YOU'VE JUST GOT TO SAY, 'YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW 53:36 WHY. I TRUST GOD. 53:37 THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST HIM. 53:40 I DON'T KNOW WHY.' AND JOB SAYS, 'YOU CAME TO COMFORT ME' - 53:44 "MISERABLE COMFORTERS ARE YOU ALL!...I COULD ALSO SPEAK AS 53:48 YOU DO, IF YOUR SOUL WERE IN MY SOUL'S PLACE. 53:51 I COULD HEAP UP WORDS AGAINST YOU, AND SHAKE MY HEAD AT YOU; 53:54 BUT I WOULD STRENGTHEN YOU WITH MY MOUTH, AND THE COMFORT OF MY 53:58 LIPS WOULD RELIEVE YOUR GRIEF." 54:01 HE SAID, 'I WOULDN'T COME TO ACCUSE YOU.' SO EVEN IF YOU 54:03 THINK A PERSON IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THEIR MISTAKES OR 54:06 THEIR BAD JUDGMENT, GOD WANTS YOU TO COMFORT THEM - TO LIFT 54:09 THEM UP. NOW, IN CONCLUSION - YOU'VE 54:15 HEARD ME SAY THAT ALREADY, HAVEN'T YOU? 54:18 I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO READ ALL OF JOB, BUT WE'VE STILL GOT 54:20 A COUPLE MORE MESSAGES ON JOB. JOB HAS REACHED THE BOTTOM. 54:25 I SAID EVERYTHING I JUST SAID IN THE LAST THREE MESSAGES BECAUSE 54:28 I WANTED YOU TO REALIZE THAT HE HAS BEEN SCRAPED DOWN TO THE 54:31 CORE OF HIS SOUL. HE HAS BEEN LEFT JUST ABSOLUTELY AT THE 54:34 BITTER END. HE LOST HIS STUFF. HE LOST HIS CHILDREN. 54:42 HIS WIFE DESPAIRED. HE LOST HIS HEALTH. 54:47 NOW HIS FRIENDS THAT HE THOUGHT WERE THERE TO COMFORT HIM - HE'S 54:50 FINALLY THROWN HIS HANDS IN THE AIR AND SAID, 'YOU ARE A BUNCH 54:53 OF MISERABLE COMFORTERS.' HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS FRIENDS' 54:55 SUPPORT. HE HAS LOST EVERY EARTHLY SUPPORT. 54:59 I WANT TO READ YOU A QUOTE FROM THE BOOK MARANATHA PAGE 173, "IN 55:03 THE LAST GREAT CONFLICT OF THE CONTROVERSY WITH SATAN, THOSE 55:10 WHO ARE LOYAL TO GOD WILL SEE EVERY EARTHLY SUPPORT CUT OFF." 55:16 WHY AM I PREACHING ABOUT JOB? BECAUSE THE DAY MAY COME, AS WE 55:19 NEAR THE END, THAT WE WILL SEE EVERY EARTHLY SUPPORT CUT OFF 55:24 AND OUR ONLY DEPENDENCE IS GOING TO BE ON GOD. 55:26 DOES THAT MEAN YOUR FAMILY'S ALL GOING TO TURN ON YOU? 55:28 NOT NECESSARILY. YOU MIGHT BE IN JAIL WHERE YOU 55:30 JUST CAN'T GET THEIR SUPPORT. YOU MIGHT BE ALONE IN THE WOODS 55:34 - I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE 55:37 THE BARRENNESS OF SOUL THAT JOB EXPERIENCED. AND THE ONLY THING 55:42 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANG YOUR HOPE ON IS 'WHAT A 55:46 FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS.' >>AMEN. 55:49 >>WE STARTED WITH THIS VERSE IN JOHN 15 - JESUS IS OUR FRIEND - 55:55 "GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS: THAT HE WOULD LAY DOWN HIS 55:58 LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." DO YOU EVER QUESTION 56:00 IF HE'S YOUR FRIEND? HE DIED FOR YOU. 56:04 "YOU ARE MY FRIENDS IF YOU DO WHATEVER I COMMAND YOU." 56:06 JESUS SAID, 'ARE YOU MY FRIEND?' ARE WE LIKE JOB'S FRIENDS? 56:10 "NO LONGER DO I CALL YOU SERVANTS. 56:11 A SERVANT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HIS MASTER IS DOING." 56:14 'BUT I'VE CALLED YOU FRIENDS. I'VE OPENED MY HEART TO YOU.' 56:16 "FOR ALL THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM MY FATHER I 56:18 HAVE MADE KNOWN TO YOU." SHORT OF THE SECOND-COMING DATE. 56:23 HE OPENED HIS HEART TO THEM. JESUS WANTS TO BE OUR FRIEND. 56:28 THERE WAS A POEM I READ ONCE, IT SAYS, 'THERE ARE THOSE WHO PASS 56:31 LIKE SHIPS IN THE NIGHT, WHO MEET FOR A MOMENT AND THEN SAIL 56:34 OUT OF SIGHT. WHO NEVER A BACKWARD GLANCE OF 56:37 REGRET, FOLKS WE KNOW BRIEFLY AND THEN QUICKLY FORGET. 56:41 THEN THERE ARE FRIENDS WHO SAIL ON TOGETHER, THROUGH QUIET 56:46 WATERS AND ALL STORMY WEATHER, HELPING EACH OTHER THROUGH JOY 56:50 AND THROUGH STRIFE, AND THESE ARE THE KIND WHO GIVE MEANING TO 56:53 LIFE.' WE ALL NEED FRIENDS. WE NEED FRIENDS AS 56:56 A CHURCH COMMUNITY. WE NEED FRIENDS IN OUR FAMILIES. 56:59 BUT ESPECIALLY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE JESUS IS OUR FRIEND BECAUSE 57:03 HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO WILL NEVER LEAVE US OR FORSAKE US. 57:07 WE WILL SEE EVERY EARTHLY SUPPORT TAKEN AWAY. 57:10 YOU MAY LOSE YOUR POSSESSIONS, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HEALTH, YOU 57:13 MAY LOSE YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS BUT JESUS SAID, 57:16 'I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU.' 57:20 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? 57:22 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE 57:25 TRUTH-FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT THE AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY 57:29 AT 'AFTV.ORG'. AT 'AFTV.ORG' YOU CAN ENJOY 57:35 VIDEO AND AUDIO PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS PRINTED MATERIAL ALL 57:39 FREE OF CHARGE, 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK, RIGHT FROM YOUR 57:43 COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE. VISIT 'AFTV.ORG'. 57:50 >>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 57:54 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY 57:58 OF THE WEEK. 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