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>>TODAY, AGAIN, OUR
MESSAGE IS FROM THE BOOK OF JOB
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AND THIS IS OUR FOURTH
PRESENTATION, JUST IN CASE
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YOU'RE WONDERING.
THERE WILL BE FIVE - THE WAY
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IT'S PLANNED RIGHT NOW, ANYHOW.
AND TODAY IS THE BIG QUESTIONS
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OF LIFE - THE BIG QUESTIONS
OF LIFE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
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BOOK OF JOB AND JUST TO GIVE YOU
THE BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, JOB
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WAS THIS GREAT MAN AND IT
MENTIONS HIM AS A MAN WHO IS
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VERY WEALTHY, BUT THERE
IS A CHALLENGE FROM HEAVEN.
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THE DEVIL COMES AS THE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EARTH TO
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THIS HEAVENLY MEETING AND HE
SAYS, 'THE ONLY REASON THAT JOB
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IS SERVING YOU IS BECAUSE OF
WHAT'S IN IT FOR HIM.' AND THE
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LORD ALLOWS THE DEVIL TO BRING
A SERIES OF TRIALS ON JOB THAT
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REDUCES THIS MAN, THAT WAS ONE
OF THE GREATEST OF THE MEN IN
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THE WORLD, SO THAT HE'S SCARCELY
RECOGNIZABLE BY HIS FRIENDS.
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THE BOOK OF JOB IS JUST -
IT'S ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS OF
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HISTORY - NOT JUST THE BIBLE,
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE
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GREATEST BOOKS IN THE BIBLE.
MATTER OF FACT, VICTOR HUGO, THE
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FAMOUS NOVELIST, HE SUGGESTED
THAT IF ALL THE WORLD'S LITERARY
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EFFORTS WERE TO BE DESTROYED
AND HE COULD SAVE ONE SAMPLE, IT
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WOULD BE THE BOOK OF
JOB. THAT'S QUITE A STATEMENT.
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THE BOOK OF JOB,
IT'S AN OLD BOOK.
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IT'S AN ANCIENT BOOK WRITTEN
HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE MOSES.
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IT'S IN WHAT THEY
CALL PALEO-HEBREW.
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JOB AND
WHAT YOU NORMALLY READ IN THE
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WRITINGS OF MOSES AND MANY OF
THE MODERN PROPHETS - ANY OF YOU
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EVER WRITTEN - HAVE ANY OF YOU
EVER READ A 1611 VERSION OF THE
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KING JAMES BIBLE? I
WAS IN ENGLAND NOT TOO LONG
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AGO AND I WAS LOOKING AT A
WYCLIFF BIBLE - WRITTEN BY HIM -
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AND YOU COULDN'T READ A LOT OF
THE WORDS BECAUSE THEY USED AN
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'F' FOR AN 'S' AND THERE
WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENCES IN
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SOME OF THE LANGUAGE.
WELL, THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE
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BETWEEN PALEO-HEBREW
AND THE BOOKS OF MOSES.
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WHEN MOSES IS READING JOB, MOSES
IS READING AN OLD BOOK, YOU
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UNDERSTAND? SO
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
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ANCIENT BOOKS IN THE WORLD AND
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL BOOK IN THAT
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IT IS FILLED WITH SUBLIME
POETRY. NOW THE BOOK OF JOB IS
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DIVIDED IN SIX PARTS. I
KNOW I ONLY HAVE FIVE FINGERS
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ON THIS HAND, BUT IT'S ALL I GOT
- UNLESS I'M A SON OF GOLIATH.
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YOU'VE GOT - SO YOU'VE SIX PARTS
AND HERE'S WHAT THEY ARE: IT
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STARTS WITH A GREAT MAN, THEN
THERE'S A GREAT CHALLENGE, A
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GREAT TRIBULATION, A GREAT
DEBATE, A GREAT REVELATION OF
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GOD, AND A GREAT VINDICATION.
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NOW, TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO
COVER QUITE A BIT OF THE BOOK.
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THERE'S FIVE SCENES,
REALLY, IN THE BOOK OF JOB.
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IT STARTS ON EARTH, GOES TO A
SCENE IN HEAVEN, GOES BACK TO A
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SCENE ON EARTH, GOES BACK TO A
SCENE IN HEAVEN, GOES BACK TO A
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SCENE ON EARTH AND, ULTIMATELY,
GOD APPEARS AND HE SPEAKS.
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THE BOOK IS FILLED WITH A NUMBER
OF THE BIG QUESTIONS OF LIFE AND
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IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THE LORD
REVEALS HIMSELF THROUGH THIS
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BOOK BECAUSE THE CHARACTERS IN
THE BOOK OF JOB ARE ASKING A LOT
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OF THE BASIC QUESTIONS. YOU
KNOW, WHEN YOU READ THE BOOK
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OF JOB, IT DEALS WITH ZOOLOGY,
IT DEALS WITH WEATHER, IT DEALS
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WITH POLITICS, IT DEALS WITH
FARMING, IT DEALS WITH FINANCE,
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IT DEALS WITH MINERALS AND
GEOLOGY - IT DEALS WITH JUST
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ABOUT ALL THE SCIENCES IN
SOME FORM OF LIFE - SOCIAL
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RELATIONSHIPS, POLITICAL - IT'S
AMAZING, AS YOU READ THROUGH IT,
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JUST, IT COVERS THE SPECTRUM
OF LIFE - AN INCREDIBLE BOOK.
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AND IT DOES IT IN VERY
UNIQUE, RHYTHMICAL POETRY.
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FIRST PART OF THE BOOK AND THE
LAST PART OF THE BOOK IS WRITTEN
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IN PROSE. IN THE
MIDDLE IS REALLY POETRY.
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NOW HERE'S ONE OF THE FIRST
QUESTIONS THAT POPS UP IN THE
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BOOK OF JOB. SATAN
CHALLENGES GOD AND HE
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SAYS, 'DOES MAN
SERVE GOD FOR NOTHING?'
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HE SAID, 'THE ONLY REASON THAT
JOB SERVES YOU IS BECAUSE OF
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WHAT'S IN IT FOR HIM - THE WIIFM
- WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME - IS WHAT
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THE DEVIL IS SAYING.
'YOU TAKE IT AWAY, HE
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WON'T SERVE YOU ANYMORE.
THE ONLY WAY GOD GETS PEOPLE TO
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SERVE HIM IS HE
HAS TO BRIBE THEM.'
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NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PREACHERS
THAT EXPLOIT THAT DARKER SIDE OF
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HUMAN NATURE AND THEY ALWAYS
SAY, 'YOU SERVE GOD AND HE'LL' -
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YOU KNOW, 'YOU HAVE FAITH AND
HE'LL GIVE YOU MONEY, HE'LL GIVE
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YOU HEALTH, HE'LL GIVE
YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT.'
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LAST NIGHT I SAW IT AGAIN.
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YOU KNOW, I HAVE THIS SATELLITE
WITH 3ABN, AMAZING FACTS TV, AND
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IN THAT BOUQUET YOU'VE GOT
A FEW CHARISMATIC STATIONS.
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AND I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF, I
WATCHED ONE OF THESE PREACHERS
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FOR A FEW MINUTES AND WHEN HE
STARTED TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY
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WERE GOING TO GET A NEW HOME
- GOD TOLD HIM THAT SOMEONE OUT
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THERE WAS GOING TO GET A
NEW HOME, I CHANGED THE CHANNEL.
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I SAID, 'THERE THEY GO.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME.' AND JOB
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PROVES THAT HE WORSHIPED GOD
AND SERVED GOD FOR WHO GOD WAS
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INTRINSICALLY, REGARDLESS
OF WHAT WAS IN IT FOR HIM.
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YOU CAN SEE SOME
EXAMPLES FOR THAT.
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WHEN JOB LOSES EVERYTHING HE
SAYS - JOB 1:20 - "NAKED I CAME
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FROM MY MOTHER'S WOMB, AND
NAKED I SHALL RETURN THERE.
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THE LORD GAVE, AND THE LORD HAS
TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED BE THE NAME
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OF THE LORD." >>AMEN.
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>>HE'S GOD THIS IS
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
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AND THEN, AFTER HIS SECOND
SERIES OF TRIALS HE SAYS TO HIS
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WIFE, "'SHALL WE ACCEPT
GOOD FROM GOD AND NOT ACCEPT
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ADVERSITY?' IN ALL THIS, JOB DID
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NOT SIN WITH HIS LIPS."
HE WAS SUBMITTED TO THE WILL
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OF GOD AND HE LOVED GOD.
1 JOHN 4:8, "HE WHO DOES NOT
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LOVE DOES NOT KNOW
GOD, FOR GOD IS LOVE."
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THE REASON TO SERVE GOD
IS BECAUSE YOU LOVE HIM.
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NOW, NOT WANTING TO GO TO HELL
AND WANTING TO GO TO HEAVEN ARE,
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MAYBE, A SUITABLE STARTING POINT
BUT, ULTIMATELY, GOD WANTS US TO
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MATURE TO THE POINT WHERE WE
SERVE GOD BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS
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AND WE LOVE HIM REGARDLESS
OF WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME.
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>>AMEN. >>THERE MAY BE THINGS
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THAT ARE IN IT FOR US.
PETER SAID, 'LORD, WE'VE
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FORSAKEN EVERYTHING TO
FOLLOW YOU. WHAT DO WE GET?'
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IT'S KIND OF, YOU
KNOW, A NORMAL THOUGHT.
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BUT, ULTIMATELY, WE NEED TO
LOVE THE LORD - SERVE HIM - JUST
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BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM. NOW, WE'RE
GETTING READY TO ENTER INTO THE
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GREAT DEBATE. THE BOOK OF JOB
IS A GREAT DEBATE - JOB'S THREE
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FRIENDS COME AND THEY SIT DOWN
WITH HIM AND - YOU'VE MET THEM
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BEFORE - AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE
A BOXING MATCH. PICTURE, IF YOU
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WILL, THERE'S A RING - YOU'VE
GOT FOUR CORNERS. YOU'VE GOT JOB
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IN ONE CORNER - IT'S
KIND OF A VERBAL BOXING MATCH.
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YOU'VE GOT ELIPHAZ, YOU'VE
BILDAD, YOU'VE GOT ZOPHAR - AND
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THEY'RE ALL OCCUPYING DIFFERENT
CORNERS - AND JOB STEPS INTO THE
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MIDDLE OF THE RING AND HE BOXES
WITH THEM - WITH WORDS - AND
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THEN THEY TAKE TURNS
COMING OUT AND THEY BOX BACK.
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THEY GO BACK TO THEIR
CORNER AND THEN JOB COMES OUT.
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AND THEY ALWAYS - AFTER EACH ONE
OF HIS FRIENDS GETS DONE WITH
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THE DISCOURSE, JOB COMES OUT AND
HE RESPONDS AND THEN THEY COME
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OUT AGAIN. AND THEY'RE SLUGGING
AT EACH OTHER WITH WORDS AND
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THOUGHTS AND WISDOM - AND THE
THINGS THEY SAY ARE SO PROFOUND.
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IN A SENSE,
EVERYTHING THEY SAY IS TRUE.
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WHERE THEY'RE MAKING A MISTAKE
IS THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
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HAPPENING BEHIND THE VEIL LIKE
YOU AND I DO BECAUSE, IN THE
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BOOK, IT TELLS US WHAT
HAPPENED IN HEAVEN THAT HELPS US
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UNDERSTAND WHAT'S
HAPPENING ON EARTH.
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BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
GOING ON IN HEAVEN, IT'S HARD TO
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ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHY
THINGS ARE HAPPENING ON EARTH.
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AND SO, WE'RE
GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES.
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THIS IS ONE OF THE
LONGEST POEMS IN THE WORLD.
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I DON'T KNOW - ANY OF YOU GO TO
COLLEGE AND THEY MADE YOU READ
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JOHN MILTON'S PARADISE
LOST ? I SEE A COUPLE OF HANDS.
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THAT'S SOME BOOK. I
LOOKED IT UP AGAIN LAST NIGHT.
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IT'S A CHRISTIAN STORY.
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JOHN MILTON - HE WAS BLIND WHEN
HE WROTE IT - LONGEST POEM IN
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HISTORY - 186 PAGES - ONE
POEM - THOUSANDS OF VERSES.
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HOW'D YOU LIKE TO
HAVE TO MEMORIZE THAT POEM?
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SOME SENTENCES ARE THIRTY
LINES BEFORE YOU GET A PERIOD.
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ONE SENTENCE - 30
LINES - IT'S AMAZING.
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AND THE GRASP OF VOCABULARY
THAT HE HAS IN THIS POEM IS
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ASTONISHING. JOB IS A MATCH
FOR JOHN MILTON, IN THIS BOOK.
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SO, HERE WE GO. NOW I
AM GOING TO QUICKLY GO
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THROUGH THESE CHAPTERS OR WE'LL
BE HERE ALL DAY. AND SO, JOB
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COMES OUT OF HIS CORNER, IN
CHAPTER 3, HE FINALLY, AFTER
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SEVEN DAYS OF SILENCE, THEY'RE
WEEPING WITH HIM, THEY'RE
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WATCHING HIM SUFFER.
HE CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.
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HE OPENS HIS MOUTH AND HE
ASKS THE BIG QUESTION, WHICH IS,
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'WHY IS THERE
SUFFERING?' WHY DO WE SUFFER?
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YOU KNOW, JOB SAYS, IN VERSE 1,
HE CURSED THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH.
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'WHY WAS I BORN?' AND HE'S
REALLY PLEADING WITH 'WHY DO YOU
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ALLOW ME TO LIVE AND SUFFER?'
I MEAN, HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED?
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WE'RE BORN IN THIS LIFE, NOBODY
REALLY FAXED ME IN ADVANCE AND
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SAID, 'HOW'D YOU
LIKE TO BE BORN?'
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SUDDENLY WE'RE HERE - WE'RE BORN
- AND WE'RE BORN INTO A WORLD
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WHERE THERE'S
SUFFERING. BUT GOD IS GOOD.
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AND IF GOD IS GOOD AND IF GOD IS
ALL-POWERFUL, WHY DOES HE ALLOW
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BAD THINGS LIKE
SUFFERING AND PAIN?
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AND SO PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO
RECONCILE THOSE BIG QUESTIONS.
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LET ME GIVE YOU, IN A NUTSHELL,
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH
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ALL THE REASONS, BUT LET ME GIVE
YOU ABOUT EIGHT REASONS WHY WE
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SUFFER. IF
ANYONE'S INTERESTED, I CAN
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SHARE THIS WITH YOU -
IT'S NOT ORIGINAL WITH ME.
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1) SUFFERING KEEPS THE WORLD
FROM BECOMING TOO ATTRACTIVE.
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GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO BE
IN LOVE WITH THIS WORLD - WE'RE
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PILGRIMS -
WE'RE PASSING THROUGH.
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PAUL SAYS, IN 2 CORINTHIANS
5, VERSE I, "FOR WE KNOW THAT IF
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OUR EARTHLY HOUSE, THIS TENT,
IS DESTROYED, WE HAVE A BUILDING
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FROM GOD, A HOUSE NOT MADE WITH
HANDS, ETERNAL IN THE HEAVENS.
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FOR IN THIS WE GROAN, EARNESTLY
DESIRING TO BE CLOTHED WITH OUR
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HABITATION WHICH IS FROM
HEAVEN," - AS WE SUFFER WITH
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THESE BODIES WE THINK, 'OH, I
REALLY WANT THE HEAVENLY BODY.'
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IT HELPS US KEEP A PERSPECTIVE
THAT THIS IS TEMPORARY AND WE
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LIVE WITH THE IDEA
OF ETERNITY IN MIND.
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THAT'S ONE THING
ACCOMPLISHED BY SUFFERING.
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2) SUFFERING CAN BRING OUT OUR
BEST. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN WHEN
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PEOPLE OR A NEIGHBORHOOD OR SOME
CITY GOES THROUGH A TRIAL OR A
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CRISIS, PEOPLE
START SACRIFICING.
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YOU SEE THEY START GIVING.
THEY SEE OTHER PEOPLE SUFFER AND
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IT SOMETIMES BRINGS OUT
GOOD THINGS IN THE NATURE.
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AND I'VE GOT VERSES FOR ALL
THESE, I JUST DON'T HAVE TIME.
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3) SUFFERING GIVES AN OCCASION
TO SILENCE THE ENEMIES OF GOD.
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AS YOU SEE IN THE STORY OF JOB,
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE THE BEST
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WITNESS FOR THE LORD?
NOT IN YOUR PROSPERITY; WE'RE
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THE BEST
WITNESSES IN OUR ADVERSITY.
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WHEN A PEOPLE - WHEN PEOPLE ARE
CHEERFUL AND NICE WHEN THEY'VE
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GOT EVERYTHING THEY
WANT, WELL THAT'S - SO WHAT?
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BUT WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE
SUFFERING AND THEY'RE STILL KIND
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- I HAD SOMEBODY THAT - I WAS
WAITING FOR SERVICE SOMEWHERE -
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I WON'T GO INTO THE DETAILS OR
IT'LL TELL YOU TOO MUCH - AND I
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DON'T ALWAYS THINK OF MYSELF
AS A PATIENT PERSON, BUT I MUST
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HAVE BEEN FEELING PATIENT THAT
DAY, BUT I WAITED AND WAITED AND
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WAITED AND SEVERAL PEOPLE AROUND
ME BECAME IRRITABLE AND VERY
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UNKIND AND THEY - AND THE PERSON
WHO WAS ATTENDING TO US CAME UP
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LATER AND SAID, 'I COULDN'T
BELIEVE HOW PATIENT YOU WERE.'
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AND I THOUGHT THERE MUST BE A
HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT
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HOW I AM NORMALLY. I
SAID, 'WELL, I'M A CHRISTIAN.
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GOD HELPS ME. HE'S
TEACHING ME PATIENCE.' BUT
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MY SHOWING PATIENCE
THROUGH ADVERSITY BECAME AN
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OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS.
WE DO OUR BEST WITNESSING
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THROUGH TRIALS, NOT
WHEN HE SAVES US FROM TRIALS.
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THE GREATEST WITNESS OF
CHRIST WAS ON THE CROSS AND THE
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GREATEST WITNESS OF BELIEVERS
IS WHEN WE'RE BARING OUR CROSS
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PATIENTLY. SO THAT'S
ONE REASON WE SUFFER.
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SUFFERING MAKES US APPRECIATIVE.
IF YOU ALWAYS GET EVERYTHING YOU
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WANT WHEN YOU WANT, YOU
DON'T APPRECIATE ANYTHING.
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BUT SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU'RE
SUFFERING - BOY, IT FEELS SO
00:12:22.94\00:12:27.71
GOOD TO FEEL HEALTHY
AFTER YOU'VE HAD A FEW WEEKS OF
00:12:27.71\00:12:30.75
FEELING SICK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
00:12:30.75\00:12:33.82
IT IS SO NICE TO WAKE UP AND NOT
HAVE YOUR HEAD SPIN AFTER IT'S
00:12:33.82\00:12:36.89
BEEN SPINNING FOR A WEEK.
NORMALLY YOU DON'T APPRECIATE
00:12:36.89\00:12:41.46
GOD - THAT YOUR
HEAD ISN'T SPINNING.
00:12:41.46\00:12:45.53
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT
YOU WOULD BE THANKFUL FOR RIGHT
00:12:45.53\00:12:48.00
NOW, IF THOSE
THINGS WERE TAKEN AWAY.
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SO WHEN YOU SUFFER, AND THE
SUFFERING'S REMOVED, YOU ARE
00:12:51.07\00:12:54.04
VERY GRATEFUL. >>AMEN.
00:12:54.04\00:12:55.84
>>SUFFERING CAN
MAKE YOU APPRECIATIVE.
00:12:55.84\00:12:58.44
SUFFERING MAKES US
MORE DEPENDENT ON GOD.
00:12:58.44\00:13:00.61
HAVE YOU NOTICED YOU
PRAY MORE WHEN YOU STRUGGLE?
00:13:00.61\00:13:03.81
IT'S - WHEN YOU'VE GOT A BURDEN
ON YOUR BACK IT SEEMS TO SEND
00:13:03.81\00:13:06.75
YOU TO YOUR
KNEES. SUFFERING MAKES
00:13:06.75\00:13:08.48
US MORE DEPENDENT.
SUFFERING HELPS PURIFY US.
00:13:08.48\00:13:11.72
THERE'S A SANCTIFYING INFLUENCE.
IN THE BOOK OF JOB IT TALKS
00:13:11.72\00:13:15.19
ABOUT YOU'LL BE TRIED
LIKE GOLD THAT IS PURIFIED.
00:13:15.19\00:13:19.06
AND PETER TALKS ABOUT THAT.
SUFFERING MAKES US SYMPATHETIC.
00:13:19.06\00:13:24.97
I REMEMBER HEARING ONE
TIME ABOUT A MAN THAT WAS IN A
00:13:24.97\00:13:26.74
HOSPITAL AND HE HAD HAD THIS
SURGERY AND I GUESS IT WAS A
00:13:26.74\00:13:31.97
PAINFUL SURGERY AND THIS NURSE
CAME IN THE ROOM AND SHE SAID,
00:13:31.97\00:13:35.04
'IT'S TIME TO
CHANGE YOUR SHEETS!'
00:13:35.04\00:13:36.75
AND SHE'S THROWING THEM AROUND
AND HE'S GROANING AND HOWLING
00:13:36.75\00:13:38.91
FROM THE PAIN AS SHE MOVES HIM.
AND SHE CHANGES THE BED AND THEN
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SHE WALKS OUT AND HE THOUGHT
THAT SHE WAS PRETTY ROUGH.
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NEXT DAY THE BED NEEDED TO
BE CHANGED AGAIN AND THIS NURSE
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CAME AND SHE WAS SO GENTLE
AND SHE WAS SO KIND AND HE SAID,
00:13:49.36\00:13:53.56
'WOW, I'VE JUST GOT TO TELL
YOU, THAT OTHER NURSE - SHE WAS
00:13:53.56\00:13:55.63
PRETTY MEAN - PRETTY ROUGH.'
AND HE SAID, 'YOU'RE SO NICE.
00:13:55.63\00:13:59.20
BIG DIFFERENCE.' SHE SAID,
'WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHY.' SHE
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SAID, 'I HAD THE
SAME SURGERY YOU HAD.
00:14:01.44\00:14:04.24
I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.'
SUFFERING MAKES US SYMPATHETIC.
00:14:04.24\00:14:11.01
I HAD A PROCEDURE FROM A DOCTOR
A LITTLE WHILE BACK THAT WAS
00:14:11.01\00:14:13.55
RATHER UNCOMFORTABLE. I
WANTED TO ASK THE DOCTOR,
00:14:13.55\00:14:15.58
'HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANYONE DO
THIS TO YOU?' (LAUGHTER) 'I BET
00:14:15.58\00:14:19.32
YOU'D BE A LITTLE GENTLER IF
YOU HAD SOMEONE DO THIS TO YOU.
00:14:19.32\00:14:25.86
THAT'S TOO MUCH
INFORMATION, ISN'T IT?
00:14:25.86\00:14:29.46
SUFFERING
TEACHES US HOW TO PRAY.
00:14:29.46\00:14:31.80
SO THAT'S JUST LIKE
A LIST OF EIGHT THINGS.
00:14:31.80\00:14:33.34
I'M SURE THERE'S MORE
BUT THERE ARE BLESSINGS.
00:14:33.34\00:14:35.47
THERE ARE GOOD THINGS
THAT COME FROM SUFFERING.
00:14:35.47\00:14:37.31
NONE OF US PRAYS FOR SUFFERING,
BUT GOD, IN HIS LOVE, SOMETIMES
00:14:37.31\00:14:42.88
ALLOWS EVEN THOSE THAT HE CARES
ABOUT TO SUFFER BECAUSE HE DOES
00:14:42.88\00:14:46.98
CARE. SO JOB CURSES
THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH.
00:14:46.98\00:14:50.69
ELIPHAZ COMES OUT - CHAPTER
4 - AND HE STARTS TO BOX BACK.
00:14:50.69\00:14:56.66
"REMEMBER NOW, WHO EVER
PERISHED BEING INNOCENT?"
00:14:56.66\00:14:59.03
- 'IF YOU'RE SUFFERING AND
YOU'RE JUST ABOUT DYING, YOU'VE
00:14:59.03\00:15:01.50
DONE SOMETHING WRONG.' - "OR
WHERE WERE THE UPRIGHT EVER CUT
00:15:01.50\00:15:04.27
OFF?" WELL, THERE
ARE TIMES WHEN THE
00:15:04.27\00:15:06.70
UPRIGHT ARE CUT
OFF, ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:15:06.70\00:15:09.80
HE ALSO SAYS - ELIPHAZ GOES ON
FOR SEVERAL CHAPTERS - JOB 5:17,
00:15:09.80\00:15:14.11
"BEHOLD, HAPPY IS THE MAN WHOM
GOD CORRECTS;" - HE'S RIGHT,
00:15:14.11\00:15:17.38
THERE - "THEREFORE DO NOT
DESPISE THE CHASTENING OF THE
00:15:17.38\00:15:20.28
ALMIGHTY. FOR HE
BRUISES, BUT HE BINDS UP;
00:15:20.28\00:15:22.92
HE WOUNDS, BUT
HIS HANDS MAKE WHOLE."
00:15:22.92\00:15:26.22
JOB, THEN, COMES OUT OF HIS
CORNER - CHAPTER 7 - BY THE WAY,
00:15:26.22\00:15:29.96
THE NAME 'JOB' MEANS
'PERSECUTED' OR 'HATED'.
00:15:29.96\00:15:34.66
NOW, WE DON'T KNOW IF IT MEANT
THAT BEFORE OR IF IT CAME TO
00:15:34.66\00:15:37.17
MEAN THAT BECAUSE OF
WHAT HE WENT THROUGH.
00:15:37.17\00:15:39.73
JOB 7:17, "WHAT IS MAN, THAT
YOU SHOULD EXALT HIM, THAT YOU
00:15:39.73\00:15:43.64
SHOULD SET YOUR HEART ON HIM,
THAT YOU SHOULD VISIT HIM EVERY
00:15:43.64\00:15:46.57
MORNING, AND TEST
HIM EVERY MOMENT?"
00:15:46.57\00:15:48.78
JOB IS ASKING A BIG QUESTION:
'WHY DOES GOD SPEND ALL THIS
00:15:48.78\00:15:52.55
TIME ON MAN?'
EVEN SHAKESPEARE SAID,
00:15:52.55\00:15:56.05
'WHAT A WONDER IS MAN'.
YOU THINK ABOUT IT - HE'S MADE
00:15:56.05\00:15:59.39
US THE HEAD OF THE CREATION
OF THIS WORLD - GOD HIMSELF.
00:15:59.39\00:16:02.52
THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING IN THE
UNIVERSE - HOW BIG IT IS - HOW
00:16:02.52\00:16:05.79
MANY UNFALLEN WORLDS THERE ARE.
WHY WOULD GOD LEAVE ALL THAT,
00:16:05.79\00:16:09.80
BECOME A HUMAN, COME TO THIS
WORLD TO SAVE THESE CREATURES?
00:16:09.80\00:16:12.50
HE DIDN'T COME TO SAVE GORILLAS.
HE DIDN'T COME TO SAVE WHALES.
00:16:12.50\00:16:17.67
I MEAN, I LIKE ANIMALS
TOO, BUT HE CAME TO SAVE PEOPLE.
00:16:17.67\00:16:22.04
>>AMEN. >>WHAT IS
MAN? JOB IS SAYING
00:16:22.04\00:16:25.95
SOMETHING - DAVID QUOTES
JOB. DID YOU KNOW THAT? DAVID
00:16:25.95\00:16:28.15
ACTUALLY QUOTES JOB IN PSALM
8, "WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE
00:16:28.15\00:16:31.35
MINDFUL OF HIM AND THE
SON OF MAN THAT YOU VISIT HIM?
00:16:31.35\00:16:34.46
FOR YOU HAVE MADE HIM A LITTLE
LOWER THAN THE ANGELS, AND YOU
00:16:34.46\00:16:36.49
HAVE CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND
HONOR. YOU HAVE MADE HIM TO HAVE
00:16:36.49\00:16:39.36
DOMINION OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR
HANDS; YOU HAVE PUT ALL THINGS
00:16:39.36\00:16:41.70
UNDER HIS FEET," -
JOB ASKED THAT QUESTION.
00:16:41.70\00:16:44.57
WHAT IS MAN THAT
YOU SHOULD EXALT HIM?
00:16:44.57\00:16:46.90
BY THE WAY, THAT
WAS PSALM 8, VERSE 4.
00:16:46.90\00:16:49.70
JOB THEN GOES BACK TO HIS CORNER
AND BILDAD COMES OUT IN CHAPTER
00:16:49.70\00:16:54.51
8, VERSE 3, "DOES
GOD SUBVERT JUDGMENT?
00:16:54.51\00:16:57.48
OR DOES THE
ALMIGHTY PERVERT JUSTICE?"
00:16:57.48\00:16:59.35
THERE'S A QUESTION: IS
EVERYTHING GOD DOES JUST?
00:16:59.35\00:17:04.29
>>YES. >>IS
EVERYTHING GOD DOES FAIR?
00:17:04.29\00:17:09.26
>>YES. AMEN.
>>IS EVERYTHING FAIR?
00:17:09.26\00:17:18.33
ARE WE ALL BORN WITH
THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES?
00:17:18.33\00:17:22.37
ARE WE ALL BORN
WITH THE SAME IQ?
00:17:22.37\00:17:23.97
>>NO. >>ARE WE ALL BORN IN
00:17:23.97\00:17:26.04
THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES?
SAME GOOD - NICE FAMILIES -
00:17:26.04\00:17:29.51
EVERYTHING NORMAL - NO
BAGGAGE - NO PHYSICAL ADVERSITY.
00:17:29.51\00:17:34.95
IS LIFE ALWAYS FAIR? GOD
IS JUST, BUT THIS WORLD IS A
00:17:34.95\00:17:40.09
WAR ZONE AND SO YOU WON'T ALWAYS
SEE THAT EVERYTHING SEEMS FAIR.
00:17:40.09\00:17:45.73
NOW, OUR POLITICIANS PROMISE
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT
00:17:45.73\00:17:47.46
ALL FAIR, BUT I SUSPECT THEY'RE
GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME DOING
00:17:47.46\00:17:51.13
THAT. SO JOB -
SO BILDAD IS ASKING
00:17:51.13\00:17:54.10
THAT QUESTION AND HE
GOES THROUGH HIS WHOLE POEM.
00:17:54.10\00:17:56.64
I CAN'T READ THAT WHOLE CHAPTER,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO READ IT.
00:17:56.64\00:17:58.41
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READING
THE BOOK OF JOB AS WE'RE GOING
00:17:58.41\00:18:00.04
THROUGH THIS? I'M HOPING SOME OF
00:18:00.04\00:18:01.51
YOU ARE LOOKING AT
IT. WHAT A GREAT BOOK.
00:18:01.51\00:18:04.31
THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A
SUBSTITUTE FOR YOUR READING THE
00:18:04.31\00:18:06.85
BOOK. THEN JOB
COMES OUT, AFTER BILDAD
00:18:06.85\00:18:11.25
- HE COMES BACK FROM HIS CORNER
- JOB 9, VERSE 2, "...BUT HOW
00:18:11.25\00:18:15.42
CAN A MAN BE
RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD?"
00:18:15.42\00:18:17.49
- CAN A MAN - THERE'S A QUESTION
FOR YOU - ALL HAVE SINNED - I
00:18:17.49\00:18:22.93
THINK IT WAS ELIPHAZ THAT SAYS,
'MAN IS PRONE TO EVIL AS SPARKS
00:18:22.93\00:18:26.10
FLY UPWARD.' CAN A MAN
BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD?
00:18:26.10\00:18:29.94
IS THERE A WAY FOR US
TO BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD?
00:18:29.94\00:18:32.94
THERE IS. GOD HAS
PROVIDED A WAY THAT WE
00:18:32.94\00:18:36.48
CAN BE RIGHTEOUS IN HIS
SIGHT. JESUS HAS TOLD US TO SEEK
00:18:36.48\00:18:39.81
FIRST HIS KINGDOM AND
WHAT? HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:18:39.81\00:18:44.09
JOB 10:9, "REMEMBER, I PRAY,
THAT YOU HAVE MADE ME LIKE CLAY.
00:18:44.09\00:18:49.29
AND WILL YOU TURN
ME INTO DUST AGAIN?"
00:18:49.29\00:18:51.89
THIS IS WHAT MOSES QUOTES
IN GENESIS - 'ASHES YOU ARE AND
00:18:51.89\00:18:55.50
UNTO ASHES' - THE WORD IS THE
SAME - DUST - CLAY - 'YOU SHALL
00:18:55.50\00:18:59.00
RETURN.' MAN IS - HE'S EXALTED
MAN AND, YET, WE KNOW WHAT
00:18:59.00\00:19:05.74
HAPPENS WHEN YOU
DIE, GIVEN A LITTLE TIME.
00:19:05.74\00:19:08.71
WE JUST RETURN BACK TO
THE ELEMENTS OF THE EARTH.
00:19:08.71\00:19:12.21
BUT HERE WE ARE, 150 POUNDS
OF CHEMICALS, THINKING, MOVING,
00:19:12.21\00:19:18.25
ALTERING THE FACE OF THE WORLD,
WONDERING WHERE WE COME FROM AND
00:19:18.25\00:19:20.82
WHERE WE'RE GOING. CLAY THAT GOD
00:19:20.82\00:19:25.06
ANIMATED INTO LIFE.
ZOPHAR, THEN, COMES OUT OF HIS
00:19:25.06\00:19:30.63
CORNER - JOB 11, "CAN YOU SEARCH
OUT THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD?
00:19:30.63\00:19:34.57
CAN YOU FIND OUT THE
LIMITS OF THE ALMIGHTY?
00:19:34.57\00:19:37.21
THEY ARE HIGHER THAN HEAVEN" -
HE SAYS, 'JOB, YOU'RE TRYING TO
00:19:37.21\00:19:39.07
EXPLAIN GOD. HE'S
BEYOND EXPLANATION.' -
00:19:39.07\00:19:41.78
WHICH IS TRUE - "WHAT CAN YOU
DO? DEEPER THAN [HELL] SHEOL" -
00:19:41.78\00:19:45.65
IS THE WORD -
"WHAT SHALL YOU KNOW?"
00:19:45.65\00:19:48.52
- THIS IS WHAT PAUL SAYS -
ROMANS 11:33, "OH, THE DEPTH OF
00:19:48.52\00:19:52.05
THE RICHES BOTH OF THE
WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD!
00:19:52.05\00:19:54.69
HOW UNSEARCHABLE ARE HIS
JUDGMENTS AND HIS WAYS PAST
00:19:54.69\00:19:58.16
FINDING OUT!" AND SO,
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE WONDERING,
00:19:58.16\00:20:01.40
'WHY DID THIS HAPPENED?
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?'
00:20:01.40\00:20:05.73
HAVE YOU ALWAYS EVER TRIED
TO ANALYZE WHEN GOOD THINGS
00:20:05.73\00:20:08.44
HAPPEN/BAD THINGS - WONDER, 'DID
I DO SOMETHING TO CAUSE THIS?'
00:20:08.44\00:20:11.77
'DID I DO
SOMETHING GOOD TO EARN THIS?'
00:20:11.77\00:20:13.78
'DID I DO SOMETHING BAD
WHERE I'M BEING CHASTISED?'
00:20:13.78\00:20:17.61
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS SEARCH OUT
THE REASON FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S
00:20:17.61\00:20:20.15
HAPPENING.
SOMETIMES GOD'S WAYS ARE
00:20:20.15\00:20:23.28
MARVELOUS AND MYSTERIOUS.
ISAIAH 55, "FOR AS THE HEAVENS
00:20:23.28\00:20:27.09
ARE HIGHER THAN THE EARTH,
SO ARE MY WAYS HIGHER THAN YOUR
00:20:27.09\00:20:30.13
WAYS," - NOW THAT -
ZOPHAR WAS MAKING THAT POINT.
00:20:30.13\00:20:34.20
HE GOES BACK TO HIS CORNER AND
JOB COMES BACK OUT AND ANSWERS
00:20:34.20\00:20:36.87
AGAIN. YOU SEE HOW THEY'RE GOING
BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH?
00:20:36.87\00:20:40.20
JOB SAYS, IN CHAPTER 14, "IF A
MAN DIES, SHALL HE LIVE AGAIN?"
00:20:40.20\00:20:44.91
NOW THAT'S A BIG
QUESTION. THIS MESSAGE IS ABOUT
00:20:44.91\00:20:47.74
THE GREAT QUESTIONS. "ALL
THE DAYS OF MY HARD SERVICE
00:20:47.74\00:20:51.18
I WILL WAIT,
TILL MY CHANGE COMES.
00:20:51.18\00:20:54.18
YOU SHALL CALL AND I WILL ANSWER
YOU;" - THE LORD WILL DESCEND
00:20:54.18\00:20:57.59
FROM HEAVEN - "YOU SHALL
DESIRE THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS."
00:20:57.59\00:21:02.19
SEE YOU JUMP TO VERSE - CHAPTER
19 HE TALKS ABOUT THIS AGAIN -
00:21:02.19\00:21:06.03
JOB 19:25, "FOR I KNOW THAT
MY REDEEMER LIVES, AND HE SHALL
00:21:06.03\00:21:11.20
STAND AT LAST ON THE EARTH; AND
AFTER MY SKIN IS DESTROYED, THIS
00:21:11.20\00:21:15.70
I KNOW, THAT IN MY
FLESH I SHALL SEE GOD."
00:21:15.70\00:21:18.57
HOW WILL THAT BE IF, AFTER HIS
FLESH IS DESTROYED, HE SEES HIM
00:21:18.57\00:21:21.84
AGAIN? GOD'S GOING TO GIVE
00:21:21.84\00:21:23.28
US NEW BODIES, AMEN. >>AMEN.
00:21:23.28\00:21:26.11
>>AFTER JOB DEALS WITH THIS
QUESTION ABOUT 'WILL WE LIVE
00:21:26.11\00:21:29.48
AGAIN?' 'IS THIS ALL
THERE IS?' ISN'T THAT A
00:21:29.48\00:21:32.72
QUESTION PEOPLE ASK?
ELIPHAZ COMES OUT - CHAPTER 15
00:21:32.72\00:21:36.49
OF JOB, VERSE 14, "WHAT IS
MAN, THAT HE COULD BE PURE?
00:21:36.49\00:21:41.70
AND HE WHO IS BORN OF A WOMAN,
THAT HE COULD BE RIGHTEOUS?
00:21:41.70\00:21:44.63
IF GOD PUTS NO TRUST IN HIS
SAINTS,"AND THAT WORD 'SAINTS'
00:21:44.63\00:21:47.60
THERE MEANS 'ANGELS' - THEY
KNEW SOME ANGELS HAD FALLEN.
00:21:47.60\00:21:51.07
THAT'S HOW THE DEVIL ENTERS INTO
THIS STORY - "AND THE HEAVENS
00:21:51.07\00:21:54.91
ARE NOT PURE IN HIS SIGHT, HOW
MUCH LESS MAN, WHO IS ABOMINABLE
00:21:54.91\00:21:59.31
AND FILTHY, WHO
DRINKS INIQUITY LIKE WATER!"
00:21:59.31\00:22:03.15
IS IT POSSIBLE
FOR A MAN TO BE PURE?
00:22:03.15\00:22:06.15
JOB ASKED 'IS IT POSSIBLE
FOR A MAN TO BE RIGHTEOUS?'
00:22:06.15\00:22:08.62
JESUS SAID,
'BLESSED ARE THE' - WHAT?
00:22:08.62\00:22:10.83
- 'THE PURE IN
HEART'. SO IS IT POSSIBLE?
00:22:10.83\00:22:14.40
ONLY THROUGH THE LORD.
JOB SAYS - AND THEY'RE GIVING
00:22:14.40\00:22:20.40
HIM A HARD TIME - THEY'RE
SAYING, 'HOW ARE YOU - HOW
00:22:20.40\00:22:22.44
DARE YOU SAY YOU'RE
PURE, JOB? NOBODY'S PURE.
00:22:22.44\00:22:25.94
YOU'RE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF YOUR
WICKEDNESS.' JOB IS SAYING - I
00:22:25.94\00:22:30.21
JUST WANTED TO THROW THIS - IN
CHAPTER 16 HE COMES BACK OUT AND
00:22:30.21\00:22:33.01
HIS RESPONSE, "I ALSO COULD
SPEAK AS YOU DO, IF YOUR SOUL
00:22:33.01\00:22:36.75
WERE IN MY SOUL'S PLACE."
- THAT MEANS, IF WE TRADED
00:22:36.75\00:22:40.02
PLACES - "I COULD HEAP UP WORDS
AGAINST YOU, AND SHAKE MY HEAD
00:22:40.02\00:22:43.83
AT YOU; BUT I WOULD STRENGTHEN
YOU WITH MY MOUTH AND THE
00:22:43.83\00:22:47.86
COMFORT OF MY LIPS
WOULD RELIEVE YOUR GRIEF."
00:22:47.86\00:22:51.30
HE SAID, 'SOME FRIENDS YOU ARE.
IF THE ROLES WERE REVERSED HERE,
00:22:51.30\00:22:54.94
I WOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT,
'WELL, YOU'RE GETTING WHAT
00:22:54.94\00:22:57.34
YOU DESERVE.' THAT'S NOT VERY
ENCOURAGING TO A FRIEND WHO'S
00:22:57.34\00:23:00.14
SUFFERING.' BILDAD THE SHUHITE,
HE COMES OUT THEN - THAT'S
00:23:00.14\00:23:07.32
CHAPTER 18 OF JOB - VERSE
15, "THEY DWELL IN HIS TENT WHO
00:23:07.32\00:23:11.65
ARE NONE OF HIS; BRIMSTONE
IS SCATTERED ON HIS DWELLING."
00:23:11.65\00:23:14.56
- HE'S TALKING ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS TO THE WICKED - "HIS
00:23:14.56\00:23:16.49
ROOTS ARE DRIED OUT BELOW,
AND HIS BRANCH WITHERS ABOVE."
00:23:16.49\00:23:19.69
- 'GOOD THINGS DON'T HAPPEN
TO THE WICKED.' - JOB SAYS, 'YES
00:23:19.69\00:23:22.90
THEY DO.' MALACHI CHAPTER 4:1 -
MALACHI'S QUOTING BILDAD WHEN HE
00:23:22.90\00:23:28.14
SAYS, "AND THE DAY WHICH IS
COMING SHALL BURN THEM UP...THAT
00:23:28.14\00:23:31.61
WILL LEAVE THEM
NEITHER ROOT NOR BRANCH."
00:23:31.61\00:23:33.78
- TALKING ABOUT THE
ERADICATION OF THE WICKED.
00:23:33.78\00:23:35.48
I WAS PULLING WEEDS YESTERDAY
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU PULL
00:23:35.48\00:23:39.21
SOME WEEDS, IF YOU JUST PINCH
OFF THE PARTS STICKING ABOVE THE
00:23:39.21\00:23:41.42
GROUND, IT'S GOING TO BE BACK IN
A COUPLE OF DAYS, ESPECIALLY IN
00:23:41.42\00:23:44.72
THIS WEATHER. I'VE
GOT TO STICK MY FINGERS
00:23:44.72\00:23:47.19
RIGHT DOWN IN THE DIRT AND GET
THAT LITTLE HEART OF THE ROOT
00:23:47.19\00:23:49.62
BALL AND PULL IT UP AND THEN IT
WON'T COME BACK. YOU GET RID OF
00:23:49.62\00:23:53.06
IT ROOT AND BRANCH.
THE ONLY WAY TO PULL WEEDS.
00:23:53.06\00:23:56.90
CAN I GET AN 'AMEN'? >>AMEN.
00:23:56.90\00:23:59.87
>>I JUST WANT
SOMETHING FROM YOU.
00:23:59.87\00:24:01.24
(LAUGHTER) JOB THEN COMES OUT -
HE RESPONDS TO BILDAD - CHAPTER
00:24:01.24\00:24:06.98
19 - SEE, WE'RE MOVING
RIGHT ALONG - "HOW LONG WILL YOU
00:24:06.98\00:24:10.15
TORMENT MY SOUL, AND BREAK ME
IN PIECES" - HERE'S A QUESTION -
00:24:10.15\00:24:13.82
"WITH WORDS?" -
THEY'RE BOXING WITH WORDS
00:24:13.82\00:24:16.82
- "THESE TEN TIMES YOU
HAVE REPROACHED ME; YOU ARE NOT
00:24:16.82\00:24:19.85
ASHAMED THAT YOU
HAVE WRONGED ME."
00:24:19.85\00:24:21.79
- HERE, YOU'RE MY FRIENDS, AND
YOU'RE JUST HITTING ME RIGHT AND
00:24:21.79\00:24:24.49
LEFT AND TELLING ME I'M GETTING
WHAT I DESERVE AND I NEED TO
00:24:24.49\00:24:26.83
'FESS UP BECAUSE
OF MY WICKEDNESS.
00:24:26.83\00:24:29.60
JOB 19:21 - "HAVE PITY ON ME,"
00:24:29.60\00:24:32.63
- YOU KNOW, I JUST PUT THIS
IN HERE - I'M JUST TAKING SOUND
00:24:32.63\00:24:34.67
BITES FROM EACH
CHAPTER, YOU REALIZE?
00:24:34.67\00:24:37.37
AND THIS ONE TOUCHED MY HEART
- "HAVE PITY ON ME, HAVE PITY ON
00:24:37.37\00:24:41.28
ME," - HE SAID IT TWICE - "O YOU
MY FRIENDS, FOR THE HAND OF GOD
00:24:41.28\00:24:45.81
HAS STRUCK ME!" - IF
YOU SEE SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN
00:24:45.81\00:24:48.38
STRUCK DOWN BY
CIRCUMSTANCES, SHOW THEM MERCY.
00:24:48.38\00:24:52.65
MAYBE THEY ARE
GETTING WHAT THEY DESERVE.
00:24:52.65\00:24:56.16
YOU KNOW, DON'T YOU HATE IT WHEN
YOU'RE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF A
00:24:56.16\00:25:00.60
MISTAKE YOU MADE AND SOMEONE
REMINDS YOU THAT'S WHY YOU'RE
00:25:00.60\00:25:03.53
SUFFERING. MOST
PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING
00:25:03.53\00:25:06.57
BECAUSE OF A BAD
DECISION KNOW IT.
00:25:06.57\00:25:09.00
THEY DON'T NEED
YOU TO TELL THEM.
00:25:09.00\00:25:12.97
SOMETIMES MY KIDS HAVE
DONE THINGS THAT CAUSE PROBLEMS.
00:25:12.97\00:25:18.18
YOU KNOW, THEY CALL YOU AND THEY
SAY, 'UH, DAD, CAR'S OUT OF GAS.
00:25:18.18\00:25:21.78
I'M ON THE ROAD.' AND I
BRING THEM A CAN OF GAS.
00:25:21.78\00:25:27.22
DO I NEED TO TELL THEM, 'IF
YOU'D WATCH YOUR GAS GAUGE, YOU
00:25:27.22\00:25:30.99
WOULDN'T RUN OUT OF
GAS'? OR DID THEY KNOW
00:25:30.99\00:25:32.56
THAT AT THAT
POINT? THEY ALREADY KNOW
00:25:32.56\00:25:33.83
THAT, DON'T THEY? 'YOU
KNOW THAT IDIOT LIGHT THAT
00:25:33.83\00:25:36.36
COMES ON THAT DINGS THAT
SAYS YOU'RE ALMOST OUT OF GAS?'
00:25:36.36\00:25:39.37
THEY DON'T NEED
YOU TO TELL THEM THAT.
00:25:39.37\00:25:41.94
THE LESSON IS THAT THEY HAD
TO CALL YOU AND ASK FOR HELP.
00:25:41.94\00:25:44.94
THEY ALREADY KNOW. NOW
THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF
00:25:44.94\00:25:46.91
A THOUSAND TIMES, BUT WE STILL
TELL THEM ANYWAY, DON'T WE?
00:25:46.91\00:25:52.58
(LAUGHTER) JUST IN CASE
THEY'VE MISSED THE LESSON.
00:25:52.58\00:25:57.45
SO JOB SAYS, 'I'D ENCOURAGE YOU.
00:25:57.45\00:26:00.99
HAVE PITY ON ME.' "FOR THE
HAND OF THE LORD HAS STRUCK ME!"
00:26:00.99\00:26:05.79
NOW WAS IT THE HAND
OF THE LORD OR THE DEVIL?
00:26:05.79\00:26:09.36
SO JOB DOESN'T
KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
00:26:09.36\00:26:12.07
SOMETIMES, WHEN BAD THINGS
HAPPEN TO US WE THINK, 'WHY IS
00:26:12.07\00:26:13.84
THE LORD DOING THIS?'
MAYBE IT'S NOT THE LORD.
00:26:13.84\00:26:19.07
CAN THE LORD STRIKE PEOPLE?
SOMETIMES THE DEVIL STRUCK
00:26:19.07\00:26:23.81
PEOPLE AND THEY DIED, AND
SOMETIMES THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
00:26:23.81\00:26:26.41
STRUCK PEOPLE AND THEY DIED.
GOD CAN SEND A STORM; THE DEVIL
00:26:26.41\00:26:32.69
CAN SEND A STORM - AS HE DID
IN THE STORY OF JOB. AND THEN IT
00:26:32.69\00:26:38.89
SAYS - ZOPHAR, THE NAAMATHITE
COMES OUT - CHAPTER 20, VERSE 4,
00:26:38.89\00:26:43.60
"DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS OF OLD,
SINCE MAN WAS PLACED ON EARTH,
00:26:43.60\00:26:47.34
THAT THE TRIUMPHING OF THE
WICKED IS SHORT, AND THE JOY OF
00:26:47.34\00:26:50.31
THE HYPOCRITE IS BUT FOR A
MOMENT? THOUGH HIS HAUGHTINESS
00:26:50.31\00:26:53.81
MOUNTS UP TO THE HEAVENS, AND
HIS HEAD REACHES TO THE CLOUDS,
00:26:53.81\00:26:56.64
YET HE WILL PERISH FOREVER LIKE
HIS OWN REFUSE; THOSE WHO HAVE
00:26:56.64\00:26:59.55
SEEN HIM WITH
SAY, 'WHERE IS HE?'"
00:26:59.55\00:27:01.35
IS IT TRUE THAT THE
TRIUMPHING OF THE WICKED
00:27:01.35\00:27:04.09
IS ALWAYS SHORT? >>NO.
00:27:04.09\00:27:06.89
>>IS FIDEL CASTRO
STILL ALIVE TODAY?
00:27:06.89\00:27:11.33
57 YEARS SO FAR, SINCE 1959
WHEN HE CAME INTO POWER THERE IN
00:27:11.33\00:27:16.00
CUBA, AND THE COUNTRY
HAS BEEN SUFFERING UNDER HIS
00:27:16.00\00:27:19.63
LEADERSHIP AND
COMMUNISM EVER SINCE.
00:27:19.63\00:27:22.04
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE
BEEN TO CUBA, BUT THEY DON'T
00:27:22.04\00:27:24.01
HAVE A LOT OF PROSPERITY
THERE BECAUSE OF THEIR POLICIES.
00:27:24.01\00:27:26.98
SO IT ISN'T ALWAYS TRUE THAT THE
WICKED - OR THE TRIUMPHING OF
00:27:26.98\00:27:33.62
THE WICKED IS
SHORT. GOD IS VERY PATIENT.
00:27:33.62\00:27:36.35
WHO WAS THE LONGEST
REIGNING KING OF JUDAH?
00:27:36.35\00:27:41.66
MANASSEH. WHO WAS THE WICKEDEST
00:27:41.66\00:27:45.03
KING OF JUDAH? >>MANASSEH.
00:27:45.03\00:27:47.36
>>MANASSEH. WHY
DID GOD BEAR WITH
00:27:47.36\00:27:50.77
THAT WICKED KING SO
LONG? HE DID TERRIBLE THINGS.
00:27:50.77\00:27:54.27
HE MADE HIS CHILDREN PASS
THROUGH THE FIRE TO PAGAN GODS.
00:27:54.27\00:27:57.87
HE KILLED ISAIAH THE PROPHET AND
HE LIVED - HE REIGNED 55 YEARS.
00:27:57.87\00:28:02.71
HE LIVED LONGER THAN THAT - I
THINK HE WAS 12 WHEN HE CAME TO
00:28:02.71\00:28:06.11
THE THRONE. BUT,
YOU KNOW, HE REPENTED AT
00:28:06.11\00:28:10.69
THE END OF HIS LIFE
AND CAME BACK TO GOD.
00:28:10.69\00:28:15.29
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHY
GOD IS WAITING SO LONG.
00:28:15.29\00:28:18.89
THERE MAY BE HOPE
FOR FIDEL. (LAUGHTER)
00:28:18.89\00:28:22.20
THE POPE WENT TO
VISIT HIM. (LAUGHTER)
00:28:22.20\00:28:25.47
LITTLE SARCASM,
I'M SORRY. (LAUGHTER)
00:28:25.47\00:28:31.54
HE'S - OH, I THINK HE'S 89 OR 90
NOW. AND SO, HERE'S ANOTHER BIG
00:28:31.54\00:28:35.64
QUESTION: WHY DO THE
WICKED SEEM TO PROSPER?
00:28:35.64\00:28:39.41
QUITE A BIT OF THE
BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THAT.
00:28:39.41\00:28:41.22
JOB SPENDS A LOT OF TIME SAYING,
'IT'S NOT JUST BAD THINGS THAT
00:28:41.22\00:28:44.85
HAPPEN TO BAD PEOPLE.
SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO
00:28:44.85\00:28:46.89
BAD PEOPLE AND BAD THINGS HAPPEN
TO GOOD PEOPLE. JOB SAYS, IN
00:28:46.89\00:28:53.33
THIS SECTION - YOU CAN READ
IN JOB 21, VERSE 7, "WHY DO THE
00:28:53.33\00:28:58.40
WICKED LIVE AND BECOME OLD,
YES, BECOME MIGHTY IN POWER?
00:28:58.40\00:29:01.30
THEIR DESCENDANTS ARE
ESTABLISHED WITH THEM IN THEIR
00:29:01.30\00:29:03.41
SIGHT, AND THEIR
OFFSPRING BEFORE THEIR EYES.
00:29:03.41\00:29:06.07
THEIR HOUSES ARE SAFE FROM FEAR,
NEITHER IS THE ROD OF GOD UPON
00:29:06.07\00:29:09.78
THEM. THEIR BULL BREEDS WITHOUT
00:29:09.78\00:29:11.41
FAILURE; THEIR COW
CALVES WITHOUT MISCARRIAGE."
00:29:11.41\00:29:15.22
- SO, YOU KNOW, THE BOOK OF JOB,
IT'S AN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY SO
00:29:15.22\00:29:18.49
THEY'RE MEASURING SUCCESS BY HOW
THEIR FLOCKS ARE GROWING - "THEY
00:29:18.49\00:29:21.29
SEND FORTH THEIR LITTLE ONES
LIKE A FLOCK, AND THEIR CHILDREN
00:29:21.29\00:29:23.69
DANCE." - DOES DAVID TALK ABOUT
THIS? PSALM 73:3, "FOR I WAS
00:29:23.69\00:29:30.97
ENVIOUS OF THE BOASTFUL,
WHEN I SAW THE PROSPERITY OF THE
00:29:30.97\00:29:35.60
WICKED." - ARE THERE
SOME VERY RICH WICKED PEOPLE?
00:29:35.60\00:29:40.51
SO JUST BECAUSE A PERSON -
THE DEVIL, SOMETIMES, CASTS
00:29:40.51\00:29:43.98
PROSPERITY IN A PERSON'S PATH TO
TRIP THEM UP, BECAUSE IT'S HARD
00:29:43.98\00:29:47.88
FOR A RICH MAN TO
GET INTO THE KINGDOM.
00:29:47.88\00:29:51.05
THOSE AREN'T MY WORDS, TAKE THAT
UP WITH JESUS - "FOR THERE ARE
00:29:51.05\00:29:54.46
NO PANGS IN THEIR DEATH,
BUT THEIR STRENGTH IS FIRM.
00:29:54.46\00:29:57.26
THEY ARE NOT IN TROUBLE AS OTHER
MEN, NOR ARE THEY PLAGUED LIKE
00:29:57.26\00:29:59.96
OTHER MEN. THEREFORE
PRIDE SERVES AS THEIR
00:29:59.96\00:30:02.06
NECKLACE; VIOLENCE COVERS THEM
LIKE A GARMENT. THEIR EYES BULGE
00:30:02.06\00:30:05.43
WITH ABUNDANCE;" - YOU
CAN SEE THERE'S A PERSON
00:30:05.43\00:30:07.74
THAT HE'S JUST SO FULL THEIR
EYES ARE BUGGING OUT - "THEY
00:30:07.74\00:30:10.27
HAVE MORE THAN
THEIR HEART COULD WISH.
00:30:10.27\00:30:12.07
THEY SCOFF AND SPEAK WICKEDLY
CONCERNING OPPRESSION; THEY
00:30:12.07\00:30:15.08
SPEAK LOFTILY. THEY
SET THEIR MOUTH AGAINST THE
00:30:15.08\00:30:17.21
HEAVENS, AND THEIR
TONGUE WALKS THROUGH THE EARTH."
00:30:17.21\00:30:20.15
PSALM 37, VERSE 1, "DO NOT FRET
BECAUSE OF EVILDOERS, NOR BE
00:30:20.15\00:30:24.92
ENVIOUS OF THE
WORKERS OF INIQUITY.
00:30:24.92\00:30:27.16
FOR THEY SHALL SOON BE CUT DOWN"
- WRITTEN BY THE SAME PERSON -
00:30:27.16\00:30:30.73
THEY'LL BE "CUT DOWN LIKE THE
GRASS AND WHITHER AS THE GREEN
00:30:30.73\00:30:33.03
HERB. COMPARED TO
ETERNITY, THEY DON'T HAVE LONG.
00:30:33.03\00:30:36.83
THEY MIGHT
APPEAR TO BE PROSPEROUS.
00:30:36.83\00:30:39.10
YOU KNOW ONE REASON THE WICKED
MAY APPEAR TO PROSPER AT TIMES?
00:30:39.10\00:30:42.77
THE DEVIL DOESN'T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM.
00:30:42.77\00:30:46.24
HE'S GOT THEM. HE
LEAVES THEM ALONE.
00:30:46.24\00:30:49.58
HE'LL MAKE THE LIFE OF
THE LOST LOOK ATTRACTIVE.
00:30:49.58\00:30:52.61
THE DEVIL WANTS TO MAKE THE LIFE
OF THE LOST LOOK ATTRACTIVE.
00:30:52.61\00:30:57.65
AND SO, YOU'LL SOMETIMES SEE
PEOPLE OUT THERE, THEY SEEM TO
00:30:57.65\00:31:00.39
TOTALLY SCOFF AT GOD AND
RELIGIOUS THINGS AND IT SEEMS
00:31:00.39\00:31:03.59
LIKE EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL FOR
THEM. AND AS SOON AS YOU TRY TO
00:31:03.59\00:31:07.03
GET OUT OF EGYPT, THE PHARAOH
TIGHTENS HIS GRIP AND ALL
00:31:07.03\00:31:10.03
OF THESE PLAGUES HAPPEN.
WHENEVER A PERSON TRIES TO
00:31:10.03\00:31:12.83
ESCAPE THE DEVIL'S GRIP, THEN
THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE TRIALS.
00:31:12.83\00:31:16.04
ISN'T THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
ISRAELITES? JESUS SAID, 'YOU'LL
00:31:16.04\00:31:18.87
BE HATED OF ALL NATIONS FOR
MY SAKE.' DOES THE LORD PROMISE
00:31:18.87\00:31:21.21
EVERYTHING GOES WELL FOR
BELIEVERS? 'IF THEY PERSECUTED
00:31:21.21\00:31:24.31
ME' HE SAID, 'THEY'LL PERSECUTE
YOU. ALL THAT LIVE GODLY WILL
00:31:24.31\00:31:27.65
SUFFER PERSECUTION.' IT ISN'T
JUST GOOD THINGS HAPPENING TO
00:31:27.65\00:31:32.55
GOOD PEOPLE AND BAD THINGS
HAPPENING TO BAD PEOPLE, THIS IS
00:31:32.55\00:31:35.46
ONE OF THE THINGS THE BOOK OF
JOB IS TRYING TO TEACH US - IS
00:31:35.46\00:31:38.09
THERE'S A COMPLICATED WAR
GOING ON BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.
00:31:38.09\00:31:42.90
ECCLESIASTES 8 - NOW HERE,
SOLOMON REALLY GETS THE RIGHT
00:31:42.90\00:31:46.17
ANSWER - LISTEN CAREFULLY -
ECCLESIASTES 8:11, "BECAUSE THE
00:31:46.17\00:31:50.97
SENTENCE AGAINST AN EVIL WORK IS
NOT EXECUTED SPEEDILY, THEREFORE
00:31:50.97\00:31:57.68
THE HEART OF THE SONS OF MEN IS
FULLY SET IN THEM TO DO EVIL."
00:31:57.68\00:32:02.55
WHAT HE'S SAYING IS, BECAUSE GOD
IS GOOD AND HE'S PATIENT, AND
00:32:02.55\00:32:06.62
HE'S EVEN
PATIENT WITH THE WICKED.
00:32:06.62\00:32:08.66
AND "BECAUSE THE SENTENCE
AGAINST AN EVIL WORK IS NOT
00:32:08.66\00:32:11.36
EXECUTED SPEEDILY" - A
LOOSE TRANSLATION IS 'BECAUSE
00:32:11.36\00:32:14.36
LIGHTNING DOES NOT ZAP A PERSON
ON THE HEAD AS SOON AS THEY SIN,
00:32:14.36\00:32:18.83
THEY SAY, 'OH, I
STOLE; I DIDN'T GET CAUGHT.
00:32:18.83\00:32:22.97
I GUESS I'LL STEAL AGAIN.' 'I
CURSED GOD AND NOTHING HAPPENED.
00:32:22.97\00:32:26.54
I GUESS I'LL KEEP CURSING.'
- OR WHATEVER THE SIN MIGHT BE.
00:32:26.54\00:32:31.51
AND THEY SAY, "BECAUSE SENTENCE
AGAINST AN EVIL WORK IS NOT
00:32:31.51\00:32:34.18
EXECUTED SPEEDILY, THEREFORE
THE HEART OF THE SONS OF MEN IS
00:32:34.18\00:32:37.09
FULLY SET IN THEM TO DO EVIL" -
HE GOES ON, THOUGH, LISTEN - I'M
00:32:37.09\00:32:40.42
STILL READING ECCLESIASTES 8,
NOW VERSE 12, "THOUGH A SINNER
00:32:40.42\00:32:44.36
DOES EVIL A HUNDRED TIMES, AND
HIS DAYS ARE PROLONGED, YET I
00:32:44.36\00:32:49.03
SURELY KNOW THAT IT WILL BE WELL
WITH THOSE WHO FEAR GOD, WHO
00:32:49.03\00:32:52.93
FEAR BEFORE HIM. BUT IT WILL
NOT BE WELL WITH THE WICKED; NOR
00:32:52.93\00:32:57.87
WILL HE PROLONG HIS DAYS, WHICH
ARE AS A SHADOW," - LIFE IS A
00:32:57.87\00:33:01.74
SHADOW, DAVID SAYS - "BECAUSE
HE DOES NOT FEAR BEFORE GOD."
00:33:01.74\00:33:04.98
IT MAY LOOK, FOR A WHILE, LIKE
THE WICKED ARE PROSPERING, BUT
00:33:04.98\00:33:09.38
JUST WAIT. IT'S NOT
GOING TO GO ON FOREVER.
00:33:09.38\00:33:15.09
ISAIAH 57:21, "'THERE IS NO
PEACE,' SAYS MY GOD, 'FOR THE
00:33:15.09\00:33:19.73
WICKED.'" AND A LOT OF THESE
PEOPLE - A LOT OF THE WICKED
00:33:19.73\00:33:21.96
THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
PROSPERING - WOULD YOU WANT TO
00:33:21.96\00:33:24.10
BE HOWARD HUGHES FROM
HOW HE LIVED 60 YEARS ON?
00:33:24.10\00:33:29.00
HE WAS
MISERABLE. HE LIVED IN FEAR.
00:33:29.00\00:33:30.84
DO YOU KNOW, HE HAD ONE PILOT?
HE LIVED IN SO MUCH FEAR THAT,
00:33:30.84\00:33:35.21
FOR A SIX-MONTH PERIOD, HOWARD
HUGHES HAD A PRIVATE PILOT
00:33:35.21\00:33:37.91
FLY HIM TO A DIFFERENT
HOTEL, THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST,
00:33:37.91\00:33:40.85
ALMOST EVERY DAY. AND
HE WAS AFRAID FOR HIS LIFE
00:33:40.85\00:33:45.59
AND HE'D STAY IN A HOTEL ROOM
AND STAY UP ALL NIGHT WATCHING
00:33:45.59\00:33:47.29
MOVIES - JUST LIVING IN FEAR -
A BILLIONAIRE! WHAT PROFIT IS IT
00:33:47.29\00:33:52.73
IF YOU GAIN THE WHOLE
WORLD AND LOSE YOUR SOUL?
00:33:52.73\00:33:54.73
NO, THE WICKED
DON'T PROSPER THAT MUCH.
00:33:54.73\00:33:58.10
ALRIGHT, AFTER JOB SAYS THAT,
ELIPHAZ COMES OUT OF HIS CORNER
00:33:58.10\00:34:02.24
IN - JOB 22 - AND HE SAYS
TO JOB, "IS NOT YOUR WICKEDNESS
00:34:02.24\00:34:06.14
GREAT, AND YOUR
INIQUITY WITHOUT END?"
00:34:06.14\00:34:08.48
- THEY WON'T LET UP ON THE GUY.
00:34:08.48\00:34:10.18
THEY'RE SAYING, 'THIS IS
HAPPENING TO YOU' - AND THEY'RE
00:34:10.18\00:34:12.45
LOOKING AT HIM -
'YOU'VE LOST EVERYTHING.
00:34:12.45\00:34:13.82
YOU'RE COVERED WITH
SORES. YOUR FAMILY'S GONE.
00:34:13.82\00:34:15.68
YOUR WIFE REJECTED
YOU. YOU SMELL BAD.
00:34:15.68\00:34:19.22
GOD'S PUNISHING YOU.
YOUR WICKEDNESS IS GREAT.
00:34:19.22\00:34:22.22
'FESS UP JOB.' JOB THEN STEPS
TO THE MICROPHONE - THEY GO BACK
00:34:22.22\00:34:27.96
AND FORTH - JOB 23, VERSE
10, "BUT HE KNOWS THE WAY THAT I
00:34:27.96\00:34:32.27
TAKE; WHEN HE HAS TESTED
ME, I SHALL COME FORTH AS GOLD."
00:34:32.27\00:34:35.27
- THIS IS A TRIAL.
PETER'S QUOTING JOB - 1 PETER
00:34:35.27\00:34:39.07
1:6 - "IN THIS YOU GREATLY
REJOICE, THOUGH NOW FOR A LITTLE
00:34:39.07\00:34:42.84
WHILE," - DID JOB SUFFER FOREVER
OR WAS IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE?
00:34:42.84\00:34:46.31
>>A WHILE. >>FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
00:34:46.31\00:34:48.62
JESUS WAS TEMPTED IN THE
WILDERNESS; IT SAYS THAT SATAN
00:34:48.62\00:34:51.69
LEFT HIM FOR A SEASON. IT
DOESN'T LAST - "IF NEED BE,
00:34:51.69\00:34:56.09
YOU HAVE BEEN GRIEVED BY VARIOUS
TRIALS" - IF IT'S NEEDED - "THAT
00:34:56.09\00:34:59.46
THE GENUINENESS OF YOUR FAITH,
BEING MUCH MORE PRECIOUS THAN
00:34:59.46\00:35:03.30
GOLD THAT PERISHES, THOUGH IT IS
TESTED BY FIRE, MAY BE FOUND TO
00:35:03.30\00:35:07.04
PRAISE, HONOR, AND GLORY AT
THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST."
00:35:07.04\00:35:10.24
AT THE END OF HIS TRIALS,
THE GENUINENESS OF JOB'S FAITH
00:35:10.24\00:35:14.51
BROUGHT GLORY TO GOD AND
IT BROUGHT SHAME TO THE DEVIL.
00:35:14.51\00:35:18.68
SO YOU DON'T KNOW. YOU
MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH A
00:35:18.68\00:35:20.28
TRIAL AND ALL OF HEAVEN IS
WATCHING SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE
00:35:20.28\00:35:22.75
GLORY TO GOD REGARDLESS
OF WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU.
00:35:22.75\00:35:25.79
>>AMEN. >>JOB
23:11, "MY FOOT HAS HELD
00:35:25.79\00:35:29.46
FAST TO HIS STEPS; I HAVE KEPT
HIS WAY AND NOT TURNED ASIDE.
00:35:29.46\00:35:33.40
I HAVE NOT DEPARTED FROM THE
COMMANDMENT OF HIS LIPS; I HAVE
00:35:33.40\00:35:36.03
TREASURED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH
MORE THAN MY NECESSARY FOOD."
00:35:36.03\00:35:39.37
THIS IS AN INTERESTING
VERSE. I LEARNED A LOT STUDYING
00:35:39.37\00:35:42.64
FOR THIS SERIES. ONE
THING IS, 'THE WORDS OF HIS
00:35:42.64\00:35:46.11
MOUTH' - WAS ANY BIBLE WRITTEN
YET WHEN HE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE?
00:35:46.11\00:35:50.58
>>NO. >>NO, BUT DID THEY
00:35:50.58\00:35:52.68
HAVE THE WORD OF GOD? >>YES.
00:35:52.68\00:35:54.42
>>IT WAS PASSED DOWN ORALLY
BACK THEN. "I HAVE TREASURED THE
00:35:54.42\00:35:57.69
WORDS OF HIS MOUTH MORE
THAN MY NECESSARY FOOD."
00:35:57.69\00:36:00.26
DIDN'T JESUS SAY, 'MAN DOES NOT
LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY
00:36:00.26\00:36:03.53
WORD THAT PROCEEDS
FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD'?
00:36:03.53\00:36:07.03
JEREMIAH SAYS, 'I FOUND
HIS WORDS AND I DID EAT THEM' -
00:36:07.03\00:36:11.17
TALKING ABOUT THE
WORD OF GOD LIKE FOOD.
00:36:11.17\00:36:13.47
JOB FINISHES; BILDAD COMES OUT
IN VERSE - CHAPTER 25, BILDAD
00:36:13.47\00:36:18.17
THE SHUHITE - VERSE 4, "HOW THEN
CAN MAN BE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD?
00:36:18.17\00:36:23.85
OR HOW CAN HE BE PURE
THAT IS BORN OF A WOMAN?"
00:36:23.85\00:36:26.15
- THIS IS A REPEAT OF WHAT WAS
SAID BEFORE - "IF EVEN THE MOON
00:36:26.15\00:36:29.75
DOES NOT SHINE, AND THE STARS
ARE NOT PURE IN HIS SIGHT, HOW
00:36:29.75\00:36:32.55
MUCH LESS MAN, WHO IS A MAGGOT,
AND THE SON OF MAN, WHO IS A
00:36:32.55\00:36:36.06
WORM?'" NOW, JOB GOES ON UNTIL
CHAPTER 32, AND SOMETHING VERY
00:36:36.06\00:36:44.20
INTERESTING COMES UP -
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
00:36:44.20\00:36:47.24
I CAN GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS AND I
INVITE YOUR - YOUR SUGGESTIONS,
00:36:47.24\00:36:51.04
YOUR IDEAS - YOU
STUDY IT AND YOU TELL ME.
00:36:51.04\00:36:52.97
OUT OF THE BLUE A FOURTH FRIEND
APPEARS - A FOURTH CHARACTER -
00:36:52.97\00:36:58.41
HIS NAME IS ELIHU - CHAPTER
32 OF JOB - JOB HAD ENDED HIS
00:36:58.41\00:37:03.45
WORDS, YOU CAN SEE, IT BEGINS
BY SAYING "THE WORDS OF JOB ARE
00:37:03.45\00:37:06.59
ENDED." CHAPTER
32, "SO THESE THREE MEN
00:37:06.59\00:37:10.46
CEASED ANSWERING JOB, BECAUSE HE
WAS RIGHTEOUS IN HIS OWN EYES.
00:37:10.46\00:37:14.83
THEN THE WRATH OF ELIHU, THE SON
OF BARACHEL THE BUZITE," - AND
00:37:14.83\00:37:19.50
YOU CAN FIND WHERE IT TALKS
ABOUT 'HUZ' AND 'BUZ' - HE'S
00:37:19.50\00:37:21.50
EVIDENTLY A DESCENDANT OF
BUZ, WHICH WOULD BE THE BUZITES.
00:37:21.50\00:37:25.21
THE WERE HONEY MAKERS. I
MADE THAT UP. I DON'T KNOW THAT.
00:37:25.21\00:37:28.91
(LAUGHTER) "ELIHU, THE SON
OF BARACHEL THE BUZITE, OF THE
00:37:28.91\00:37:33.92
FAMILY OF RAM, WAS AROUSED
AGAINST JOB; HIS WRATH WAS
00:37:33.92\00:37:38.02
AROUSED BECAUSE HE JUSTIFIED
HIMSELF RATHER THAN GOD.
00:37:38.02\00:37:41.22
ALSO AGAINST HIS THREE FRIENDS
HIS WRATH WAS AROUSED, BECAUSE
00:37:41.22\00:37:44.59
THEY HAD FOUND NO ANSWER,
AND YET HAD CONDEMNED JOB.
00:37:44.59\00:37:48.93
NOW BECAUSE THEY WERE YEARS
OLDER THAN HE, ELIHU HAD WAITED
00:37:48.93\00:37:52.20
TO SPEAK TO JOB." -
SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID, 'OH,
00:37:52.20\00:37:55.00
THIS WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT.' WELL,
IT SAYS HE'S A MAN, IT SAYS HE'S
00:37:55.00\00:37:57.41
A FRIEND, IT SAYS HE'S YOUNG,
SO I THINK HE'S A REAL PERSON.
00:37:57.41\00:38:00.81
THEY WERE SITTING THERE AND -
SOME HAVE WONDERED IF ELIHU WAS
00:38:00.81\00:38:04.98
THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY WROTE THE
TRANSCRIPT OF WHAT EVERYONE IS
00:38:04.98\00:38:08.62
SAYING. NOW, KEEP
IN MIND, THESE PEOPLE
00:38:08.62\00:38:10.65
LIVED HUNDREDS
OF YEARS BACK THEN.
00:38:10.65\00:38:12.62
THEIR MINDS WERE MUCH
SHARPER THAN OURS ARE TODAY.
00:38:12.62\00:38:14.92
THEY HAD ALMOST PHOTOGRAPHIC
MEMORIES TO REMEMBER ORATORY.
00:38:14.92\00:38:18.63
THEY DID NOT GO AROUND WITH
EARBUDS IN THEIR HEADS HEARING
00:38:18.63\00:38:21.66
MUSIC BLARING ALL DAY LONG SO
THEIR BRAINS WERE FRIED AND THEY
00:38:21.66\00:38:24.63
COULDN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING.
WHEN PEOPLE SPOKE BACK THEN,
00:38:24.63\00:38:27.27
THAT WAS THE ENTERTAINMENT.
AND THEY HAD BETTER MEMORIES.
00:38:27.27\00:38:29.94
AND SO THEY HAD - HE EITHER
WROTE THIS DOWN - THEY DID HAVE
00:38:29.94\00:38:33.91
WRITING BECAUSE JOB TALKS IN
HIS BOOK ABOUT 'THOUGH IT WAS
00:38:33.91\00:38:36.71
WRITTEN' SOMETHING WAS WRITTEN,
AND SO THEY - THERE WAS WRITING,
00:38:36.71\00:38:40.05
CERTAINLY, BACK THEN. ELIHU
MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE WRITER.
00:38:40.05\00:38:43.08
HE TAKES UP SEVERAL CHAPTERS AND
THEY SIT AND THEY LISTEN TO HIM.
00:38:43.08\00:38:47.79
HE'S VERY ELOQUENT. HE'S A YOUNG
MAN, BUT HE'S A BRIGHT YOUNG
00:38:47.79\00:38:50.73
MAN. MOST OF WHAT
HE SAYS IS RIGHT ON.
00:38:50.73\00:38:53.06
SO ELIHU, HE'S SORT OF A MYSTERY
CHARACTER, BUT HE GOES ON AND -
00:38:53.06\00:39:00.20
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO
READ ALL THAT HE SAYS.
00:39:00.20\00:39:02.30
HE SPENDS QUITE A BIT OF TIME
SAYING, 'JOB, LISTEN TO ME' - IN
00:39:02.30\00:39:05.14
VERSE 10, "THEREFORE I
SAY, 'LISTEN TO ME, I WILL ALSO
00:39:05.14\00:39:07.74
DECLARE MY OPINION.
INDEED I WAITED FOR YOUR WORDS,
00:39:07.74\00:39:10.11
I LISTENED TO YOUR REASONINGS,"
- NOW ONE THING YOU NOTICE HERE,
00:39:10.11\00:39:13.31
THE RESPECT FOR
AGE IN THE BOOK OF JOB.
00:39:13.31\00:39:16.85
JOB TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE
RESPECT THAT THEY HAD FOR AGE.
00:39:16.85\00:39:20.09
THIS FELLOW SAT
THROUGH 31 CHAPTERS.
00:39:20.09\00:39:25.93
HE'S GOT VERY STRONG OPINIONS,
BUT BECAUSE THE ELDERS ARE
00:39:25.93\00:39:28.93
SPEAKING, HE DOESN'T SAY A
WORD. HE WAITS UNTIL THEY'RE ALL
00:39:28.93\00:39:31.90
DONE BEFORE HE SAYS ANYTHING.
TODAY, THEY KEEP INTERRUPTING.
00:39:31.90\00:39:38.51
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE
SAME ATTITUDE ABOUT ELDERS AND
00:39:38.51\00:39:41.31
PARENTS BACK THEN
THAT THEY HAVE NOW.
00:39:41.31\00:39:43.21
THEY USED TO
HONOR THEIR PARENTS.
00:39:43.21\00:39:46.08
I HEARD SOMEONE ASKED A FATHER,
THEY SAID, 'DO YOU EVER STRIKE
00:39:46.08\00:39:52.75
YOUR CHILD?' HE SAYS,
'ONLY IN SELF-DEFENSE.'
00:39:52.75\00:39:55.09
(LAUGHTER) "LEST YOU SAY" -
VERSE 13, CHAPTER 32 - "'WE HAVE
00:39:55.09\00:40:07.87
FOUND WISDOM'; GOD
WILL VANQUISH HIM, NOT MAN.
00:40:07.87\00:40:11.37
NOW HE HAS NOT DIRECTED HIS
WORDS AGAINST ME; SO I WILL NOT
00:40:11.37\00:40:14.68
ANSWER HIM WITH YOUR WORDS.
THEY ARE DISMAYED AND ANSWER NO
00:40:14.68\00:40:18.28
MORE;" - HE SAID
-"WORDS ESCAPE THEM.
00:40:18.28\00:40:20.82
AND I HAVE WAITED, BECAUSE
THEY DID NOT SPEAK, BECAUSE THEY
00:40:20.82\00:40:23.18
STOOD STILL AND
ANSWERED NO MORE.
00:40:23.18\00:40:24.95
I ALSO WILL ANSWER MY PART,"
- HE'S TAKING A WHOLE CHAPTER TO
00:40:24.95\00:40:27.42
EXPLAIN WHY HE'S
GOING TO SAY SOMETHING.
00:40:27.42\00:40:28.86
(LAUGHTER) "INDEED MY BELLY
IS LIKE WINE THAT HAS NO VENT;
00:40:28.86\00:40:34.40
[FERMENTING WINE] IT IS READY
TO BURST LIKE NEW WINESKINS."
00:40:34.40\00:40:36.93
- YOU EVER WANTED TO SAY
SOMETHING SO BAD YOU JUST FEEL
00:40:36.93\00:40:38.57
LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO EXPLODE?
PAUL SAID, 'WOE UNTO ME IF I
00:40:38.57\00:40:41.04
PREACH NOT CHRIST.' HE
HAD SOMETHING HE HAD TO SAY.
00:40:41.04\00:40:43.61
SO HE GOES ON NOW FOR SEVERAL
CHAPTERS AND HE TALKS ABOUT THE
00:40:43.61\00:40:49.28
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD AND HOW
HE DEALS WITH MAN AND - OH, YOU
00:40:49.28\00:40:55.12
KNOW, I'VE GOT TO LEAVE OUT
SO MUCH BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT
00:40:55.12\00:40:58.92
POSSIBLE TO READ
ALL THESE CHAPTERS.
00:40:58.92\00:41:02.06
IN CHAPTER 34, "ELIHU FURTHER
ANSWERED AND SAID: 'HEAR MY
00:41:02.06\00:41:06.13
WORDS YOU WISE MEN; GIVE EAR
TO ME, YOU WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE.
00:41:06.13\00:41:09.20
FOR THE EAR TESTS WORDS
AS THE PALATE TASTES FOOD.
00:41:09.20\00:41:12.23
LET US CHOOSE JUSTICE FOR
OURSELVES; LET US KNOW AMONG
00:41:12.23\00:41:15.37
OURSELVES WHAT IS
GOOD. FOR JOB HAS SAID, 'I AM
00:41:15.37\00:41:18.04
RIGHTEOUS, BUT GOD HAS
TAKEN AWAY MY JUSTICE; SHOULD I
00:41:18.04\00:41:21.21
LIE CONCERNING MY RIGHT? MY
WOUND IS INCURABLE, THOUGH I
00:41:21.21\00:41:24.75
AM WITHOUT TRANSGRESSION.'
WHAT MAN IS LIKE JOB, WHO DRINKS
00:41:24.75\00:41:27.98
SCORN LIKE WATER, WHO GOES
IN COMPANY WITH THE WORKERS OF
00:41:27.98\00:41:30.79
INIQUITY, AND
WALKS WITH WICKED MEN?
00:41:30.79\00:41:33.05
FOR HE HAS SAID, 'IT PROFITS
A MAN NOTHING THAT HE SHOULD
00:41:33.05\00:41:35.52
DELIGHT IN GOD.'" HE IS NOW
ACCUSING JOB, LIKE HIS FRIENDS -
00:41:35.52\00:41:38.89
"THEREFORE LISTEN TO ME, YOU MEN
OF UNDERSTANDING: FAR BE IT FROM
00:41:38.89\00:41:41.76
GOD TO DO WICKEDNESS, AND FROM
THE ALMIGHTY TO COMMIT INIQUITY.
00:41:41.76\00:41:45.50
FOR HE REPAYS MAN ACCORDING TO
HIS WORK, AND MAKES MAN TO FIND
00:41:45.50\00:41:48.84
A REWARD ACCORDING TO HIS WAY."
IS IT TRUE THAT GOD REWARDS
00:41:48.84\00:41:52.11
PEOPLE ACCORDING TO
THEIR WORKS? >>ULTIMATELY.
00:41:52.11\00:41:55.88
>>ULTIMATELY, YEAH IT IS.
IN THE GREAT JUDGMENT EVERY MAN
00:41:55.88\00:41:59.55
IS REWARDED
ACCORDING TO HIS WORK.
00:41:59.55\00:42:02.25
I'M GOING TO JUMP ON HERE
BECAUSE I THINK WE OUGHT TO GIVE
00:42:02.25\00:42:05.15
GOD A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
GO TO CHAPTER 38 - JOB NEVER
00:42:05.15\00:42:13.33
SPEAKS IN RESPONSE
TO ELIHU, HE LISTENS.
00:42:13.33\00:42:19.40
AND THEN, FINALLY, THE
LORD INTERRUPTS - CHAPTER 38.
00:42:19.40\00:42:22.20
NOW THESE FELLOWS HAVE BEEN
TALKING ALL DAY AND, AT THE END
00:42:22.20\00:42:25.24
OF THE DAY, GOD SPEAKS.
THIS ALL HAPPENS IN ONE DAY,
00:42:25.24\00:42:28.81
WHEN YOU ADD UP THE TIME
IT WOULD TAKE TO READ THESE.
00:42:28.81\00:42:32.58
AND GOD SPEAKS FROM A WHIRLWIND
AND HE SAYS, "WHO IS THIS WHO
00:42:32.58\00:42:37.15
DARKENS COUNSEL BY
WORDS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE?"
00:42:37.15\00:42:40.49
NOW WE DON'T KNOW -
WHO'S HE TALKING TO?
00:42:40.49\00:42:43.56
GOD MAY BE TALKING
TO ALL THREE OF THEM.
00:42:43.56\00:42:45.39
HE - THEY'RE ALL
STILL SITTING THERE.
00:42:45.39\00:42:46.83
"WHO IS THIS WHO DARKENS COUNSEL
BY WORDS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE?"
00:42:46.83\00:42:50.70
- SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, MUCH
OF WHAT'S ON TV - WORDS WITHOUT
00:42:50.70\00:42:53.60
KNOWLEDGE - "NOW PREPARE
YOURSELF LIKE A MAN; I WILL
00:42:53.60\00:42:57.81
QUESTION YOU," - NOW HE'S
ADDRESSING JOB - "AND YOU SHALL
00:42:57.81\00:43:00.38
ANSWER ME. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN
I LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE
00:43:00.38\00:43:03.85
EARTH? TELL ME, IF
YOU HAVE UNDERSTANDING.
00:43:03.85\00:43:06.65
WHO DETERMINED ITS
MEASUREMENTS? SURELY YOU KNOW!
00:43:06.65\00:43:09.45
OR WHO" - IS THAT GOD
BEING A LITTLE SARCASTIC?
00:43:09.45\00:43:12.25
(LAUGHTER) "OR WHO
STRETCHED THE LINE UPON IT?
00:43:12.25\00:43:16.86
TO WHAT WERE ITS
FOUNDATIONS FASTENED?
00:43:16.86\00:43:19.13
OR WHO LAID ITS CORNERSTONE,
WHEN THE MORNING STARS SANG
00:43:19.13\00:43:21.66
TOGETHER, AND ALL THE
SONS OF GOD SHOUTED FOR JOY?"
00:43:21.66\00:43:24.57
THESE ARE THE WATCHING ANGELS
THAT WERE AT THE MEETING AT THE
00:43:24.57\00:43:26.94
BEGINNING OF THE BOOK OF JOB
- "OR WHO SHUT IN THE SEA WITH
00:43:26.94\00:43:30.41
DOORS, WHEN IT BURST FORTH
AND ISSUED FROM THE WOMB; WHEN I
00:43:30.41\00:43:33.54
MADE THE CLOUDS ITS GARMENT,
AND THICK DARKNESS ITS SWADDLING
00:43:33.54\00:43:36.21
BAND; WHEN I FIXED MY LIMIT FOR
IT, AND SET BARS AND DOORS; WHEN
00:43:36.21\00:43:41.22
I SAID, 'THIS FAR YOU MAY COME,
BUT NO FARTHER, AND HERE YOUR
00:43:41.22\00:43:45.02
PROUD WAVES MUST
STOP!'" AND GOD GOES ON NOW FOR
00:43:45.02\00:43:49.02
SEVERAL CHAPTERS AND HE'S ASKING
THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT CREATION,
00:43:49.02\00:43:53.29
ABOUT THE MOUNTAINS, ABOUT
THE ANIMALS - AND HE MENTIONS A
00:43:53.29\00:43:58.47
COUPLE OF VERY INTERESTING
ANIMALS. HE MENTIONS ONE CALLED
00:43:58.47\00:44:02.34
'THE BEHEMOTH' AND THERE'S BEEN
A LOT OF SPECULATION ABOUT WHAT
00:44:02.34\00:44:07.14
WAS THIS CREATURE?
BECAUSE IT DESCRIBES A CREATURE
00:44:07.14\00:44:09.81
THAT - BEHEMOTH - IT'S BIG
- HE'S SAYING THE GREATEST OF
00:44:09.81\00:44:12.78
GOD'S WORKS - THE CHIEF OF
HIS WORKS - GREAT CREATURE.
00:44:12.78\00:44:15.78
IT'S NOT AN ELEPHANT - IT SAYS
IT'S GOT A TAIL LIKE A CEDAR
00:44:15.78\00:44:18.79
TREE - ELEPHANTS
HAVE A LITTLE ROPE TAIL.
00:44:18.79\00:44:22.02
IT TALKS ABOUT IT BEING IN
THE MARSHES, SLEEPING UNDER THE
00:44:22.02\00:44:25.96
WILLOWS, AND SOME - IT'S
SAID ITS POWER IS IN ITS THIGHS.
00:44:25.96\00:44:31.50
IT TALKS ABOUT ITS HIND LEGS
- AND DINOSAURS, IF YOU'VE SEEN
00:44:31.50\00:44:35.24
THEM, THEIR HIND LEGS WERE MUCH
BIGGER THAN THEIR FRONT LEGS AND
00:44:35.24\00:44:38.64
SOME OF THEM HAD TAILS LIKE
A CEDAR AND A NUMBER OF BIBLE
00:44:38.64\00:44:42.18
SCHOLARS HAVE WONDERED IF
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF DINOSAURS
00:44:42.18\00:44:45.35
LIVING CONTEMPORANEOUSLY
WITH MAN AND GOD IS ASKING JOB,
00:44:45.35\00:44:49.72
'WHAT DO YOU
THINK OF THE BEHEMOTH?'
00:44:49.72\00:44:51.19
AND THEN HE TALKS
ABOUT THE LEVIATHAN.
00:44:51.19\00:44:52.65
I'LL SAY SOMETHING
ABOUT THE LEVIATHAN NEXT WEEK.
00:44:52.65\00:44:55.46
AND SO, BASICALLY, GOD IS
TALKING ABOUT THE BIGNESS OF THE
00:44:55.46\00:44:57.89
WORLD - THE BIGNESS OF THE SEA
- THE BIGNESS OF THE CREATURES -
00:44:57.89\00:45:00.80
THE MYSTERY OF THE CREATURES
- AND HE'S SAYING, 'HOW CAN YOU
00:45:00.80\00:45:06.94
SAY YOU
UNDERSTAND THE WAYS OF GOD?'
00:45:06.94\00:45:09.94
HE SAID, 'I'M SO MUCH GREATER
THAN YOU.' AND JOB, HE HEARS GOD
00:45:09.94\00:45:14.38
TALKING, JOB ANSWERED - GO TO
CHAPTER 42, VERSE 1, "THEN JOB
00:45:14.38\00:45:17.98
ANSWERED THE LORD AND SAID: 'I
KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING,
00:45:17.98\00:45:21.12
AND THAT NO PURPOSE OF
YOURS CAN BE WITHHELD FROM YOU."
00:45:21.12\00:45:24.62
- MATTER OF FACT, JOB ANSWERS IN
CHAPTER 40 ALSO - I JUMPED OVER
00:45:24.62\00:45:28.26
THAT - "MOREOVER THE LORD
ANSWERED JOB, AND SAID: "SHALL
00:45:28.26\00:45:30.76
THE ONE WHO CONTENDS WITH
THE ALMIGHTY CORRECT HIM?"
00:45:30.76\00:45:33.36
- VERSE 3 - "THEN JOB ANSWERED
THE LORD AND SAID: 'BEHOLD, I AM
00:45:33.36\00:45:35.56
VILE; WHAT SHALL I ANSWER YOU?
I LAY MY HAND OVER MY MOUTH.
00:45:35.56\00:45:40.14
ONCE I HAVE SPOKEN, BUT I WILL
NOT ANSWER; YES, TWICE, BUT I
00:45:40.14\00:45:43.10
WILL PROCEED NO FURTHER.'" THEN
THE LORD ANSWERED JOB FROM THE
00:45:43.10\00:45:47.04
WHIRLWIND AND SAID, "NOW PREPARE
YOURSELF LIKE A MAN; I WILL
00:45:47.04\00:45:50.08
QUESTION YOU, AND YOU
SHALL ANSWER ME.'" - YOU'VE BEEN
00:45:50.08\00:45:52.35
ASKING QUESTIONS - CHAPTER 42 -
HE SAYS, "I KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO
00:45:52.35\00:45:56.89
EVERYTHING AND THAT NO PURPOSE
OF YOURS CAN BE WITHHELD...YOU
00:45:56.89\00:46:02.02
ASKED, 'WHO IS THIS WHO HIDES
COUNSEL WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE?'
00:46:02.02\00:46:04.96
THEREFORE I HAVE UTTERED WHAT
I DID NOT UNDERSTAND, THINGS TOO
00:46:04.96\00:46:07.83
WONDERFUL FOR ME,
WHICH I DID NOT KNOW."
00:46:07.83\00:46:10.90
YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, ONE OF THE
IMPORTANT LESSONS FROM THE BOOK
00:46:10.90\00:46:12.80
OF JOB? TRUST GOD WHEN YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
00:46:12.80\00:46:16.17
>>AMEN. >>JUST TRUST THE LORD.
00:46:16.17\00:46:18.81
DON'T TRY AND HAVE AN ANSWER
FOR EVERYTHING - "THINGS TOO
00:46:18.81\00:46:22.64
WONDERFUL FOR ME...LISTEN,
PLEASE, AND LET ME SPEAK; YOU
00:46:22.64\00:46:25.48
SAID, 'I WILL QUESTION YOU,
AND YOU SHALL ANSWER ME.' I HAVE
00:46:25.48\00:46:28.48
HEARD OF YOU BY THE HEARING
OF THE EAR, BUT NOW MY EYES SEE
00:46:28.48\00:46:32.39
YOU." - THE LORD APPEARS TO JOB
IN THIS WHIRLWIND - "THEREFORE I
00:46:32.39\00:46:35.66
ABHOR MYSELF, AND
REPENT IN DUST AND ASHES."
00:46:35.66\00:46:39.23
NOW, YOU NOTICE, ALL THROUGH THE
BOOK - THIS IS SOMETHING OF A
00:46:39.23\00:46:41.93
MYSTERY. DOES GOD EVER
SAY JOB DID ANYTHING WRONG?
00:46:41.93\00:46:45.50
>>NEVER. >>DOES JAMES REFER TO
00:46:45.50\00:46:48.40
THE PATIENCE OF JOB? >>YES.
00:46:48.40\00:46:50.57
>>DOES EZEKIEL REFER TO
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JOB?
00:46:50.57\00:46:52.84
>>YES. >>HE DOES.
00:46:52.84\00:46:55.04
GOD HONORS JOB AS A RIGHTEOUS
MAN AT THE END OF THE BOOK -
00:46:55.04\00:46:57.58
TELLS JOB TO PRAY FOR HIS
FRIENDS - CALLS HIM A RIGHTEOUS
00:46:57.58\00:47:00.88
MAN AT THE BEGINNING - SAYS TO
THE DEVIL, 'HAVE YOU CONSIDERED
00:47:00.88\00:47:02.88
MY SERVANT JOB? HE'S JUST AND
UPRIGHT.' BUT WHEN JOB SEES GOD
00:47:02.88\00:47:07.39
- ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN
SHORT - HE SAYS, 'I REPENT IN
00:47:07.39\00:47:10.19
DUST AND ASHES.' YOU SEE, IT'S
- IS IT WRONG FOR - WELL, LET ME
00:47:10.19\00:47:18.00
PUT IT DIFFERENTLY- IF
MICHAEL JORDAN SAYS, 'I'M A GOOD
00:47:18.00\00:47:23.71
BASKETBALL
PLAYER' IS IT BRAGGING?
00:47:23.71\00:47:26.64
>>NO. >>IF HE
SAID HE'S NOT A GOOD
00:47:26.64\00:47:29.38
BASKETBALL PLAYER, IT'S NOT
HUMILITY, IT'S LYING, RIGHT?
00:47:29.38\00:47:34.82
>>RIGHT. >>HE'S AN
INCREDIBLE BASKETBALL
00:47:34.82\00:47:37.65
PLAYER - AT LEAST HE WAS.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S KEPT UP
00:47:37.65\00:47:39.22
WITH IT. WHEN
JOB IS DEFENDING HIS
00:47:39.22\00:47:42.56
RIGHTEOUSNESS, HE'S NOT DOING
IT OUT OF SELF OR PHARISAISM OR
00:47:42.56\00:47:46.76
PRIDE, HE IS SAYING,
'I HAVE LIVED FOR GOD.'
00:47:46.76\00:47:50.37
HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER
WHEN HEZEKIAH WAS DYING?
00:47:50.37\00:47:52.53
ISAIAH SAID, 'YOU'RE GONNA
DIE. SET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER.'
00:47:52.53\00:47:54.64
HEZEKIAH TURNS HIS FACE
TO THE WALL, HE STARTS TO
00:47:54.64\00:47:56.47
PRAY, AND HE CRIES. HE
SAYS, 'LORD, PLEASE REMEMBER
00:47:56.47\00:47:59.17
NOW HOW I HAVE FOLLOWED YOU AND
I HAVE KEPT YOUR COMMANDMENTS
00:47:59.17\00:48:01.74
AND I HAVE SERVED YOU.' AND GOD
SAID, 'YOU KNOW, YEAH, YOU HAVE.
00:48:01.74\00:48:05.35
AND SO, I'M GOING TO HEAR YOUR
PRAYER AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
00:48:05.35\00:48:07.72
15 MORE YEARS.' WAS
HEZEKIAH LYING? WAS HE BRAGGING?
00:48:07.72\00:48:13.86
OR WAS HE SAYING,
'GOD, I'VE SERVED YOU.
00:48:13.86\00:48:16.12
I'VE LOVED YOU.' AND SO THIS IS
ALL THAT JOB IS DOING WHEN HE'S
00:48:16.12\00:48:19.63
DEFENDING
HIMSELF THROUGH THE BOOK.
00:48:19.63\00:48:20.96
HE'S SAYING, 'NO, GOD IS NOT
PUNISHING ME FOR MY WICKEDNESS.
00:48:20.96\00:48:24.80
I'VE LIVED FOR GOD TO THE BEST
OF MY HUMAN ABILITY.' SO NOW HE
00:48:24.80\00:48:29.87
SEES GOD AND HE SAYS, 'I REPENT
IN DUST AND ASHES.' "AND SO IT
00:48:29.87\00:48:33.98
WAS, AFTER THE LORD HAD SPOKEN
THESE WORDS" - WE'RE ALMOST DONE
00:48:33.98\00:48:37.25
- "THAT THE LORD SAID TO ELIPHAZ
THE TEMANITE, 'MY WRATH IS
00:48:37.25\00:48:41.08
AROUSED AGAINST YOU'" - ELIPHAZ
MUST HAVE BEEN THE OLDEST - HE
00:48:41.08\00:48:43.45
ADDRESSES HIM - "'MY WRATH IS
AROUSED AGAINST YOU AND YOUR TWO
00:48:43.45\00:48:46.65
FRIENDS,'" -
WAIT, WHAT ABOUT ELIHU?
00:48:46.65\00:48:49.22
HE ONLY ADDRESSES THE THREE OF
THEM - NOTICE - "'FOR YOU HAVE
00:48:49.22\00:48:53.40
NOT SPOKEN OF ME WHAT IS RIGHT,
AS MY SERVANT JOB HAS.'" NOW,
00:48:53.40\00:48:56.40
WHAT DID HE SAY
ABOUT WHAT JOB SAID?
00:48:56.40\00:48:58.37
'YOU'VE NOT SPOKEN RIGHT LIKE
MY SERVANT JOB HAS.' IN GETTING
00:48:58.37\00:49:03.00
READY FOR THIS SERMON,
I LISTENED TO SOME OTHER
00:49:03.00\00:49:04.87
PREACHERS, AND ON PREACHER
WAS SAYING HOW BAD JOB WAS.
00:49:04.87\00:49:07.14
I SAID, 'THAT'S NOT
WHAT I'M GETTING FROM THIS.
00:49:07.14\00:49:09.28
GOD SAID JOB SPOKE WHAT WAS
RIGHT.' "NOW THEREFORE, TAKE FOR
00:49:09.28\00:49:12.58
YOURSELVES SEVEN BULLS AND SEVEN
RAMS, GO TO MY SERVANT JOB, AND
00:49:12.58\00:49:16.48
OFFER UP FOR YOURSELVES A BURNT
OFFERING; AND MY SERVANT JOB
00:49:16.48\00:49:19.92
SHALL PRAY FOR YOU." -
THIS MAN WHO YOU THOUGHT WAS
00:49:19.92\00:49:22.82
SO WICKED - HE'S
GOING TO BE YOUR PRIEST.
00:49:22.82\00:49:26.36
"LEST I DEAL WITH YOU ACCORDING
TO YOUR FOLLY; BECAUSE YOU HAVE
00:49:26.36\00:49:29.53
NOT SPOKEN OF ME WHAT IS
RIGHT, AS MY SERVANT JOB HAS."
00:49:29.53\00:49:33.64
DOESN'T THAT
SETTLE IT FOR EVERYBODY?
00:49:33.64\00:49:36.07
THAT'S THE WORD OF GOD, RIGHT?
"SO ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE AND
00:49:36.07\00:49:40.31
BILDAD THE SHUHITE AND ZOPHAR
THE NAAMATHITE WENT AND DID AS
00:49:40.31\00:49:42.91
THE LORD COMMANDED THEM;
FOR THE LORD HAD ACCEPTED JOB.
00:49:42.91\00:49:48.02
AND THE LORD RESTORED" - HE
NEVER MENTIONS ELIHU - DIDN'T
00:49:48.02\00:49:51.42
SAY PRAY FOR ELIHU - HE'S A
MYSTERY - "AND THE LORD RESTORED
00:49:51.42\00:49:56.29
JOB'S LOSSES WHEN HE
PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS.
00:49:56.29\00:50:00.33
INDEED THE LORD GAVE JOB
TWICE AS MUCH AS HE HAD BEFORE.
00:50:00.33\00:50:04.37
THEN ALL HIS BROTHERS, ALL HIS
SISTERS, AND ALL THOSE WHO HAD
00:50:04.37\00:50:07.04
BEEN HIS ACQUAINTANCES BEFORE,
CAME TO HIM AND ATE FOOD WITH
00:50:07.04\00:50:10.37
HIM IN HIS HOUSE; AND THEY
CONSOLED HIM AND COMFORTED HIM
00:50:10.37\00:50:14.24
FOR ALL THE ADVERSITY THAT
THE LORD HAD BROUGHT UPON HIM."
00:50:14.24\00:50:16.85
THESE FRIENDS LEFT,
THEY SAID, 'GOD SPOKE TO JOB.
00:50:16.85\00:50:19.25
WE HEARD THAT JOB WAS
JUST AND HE DIDN'T DESERVE WHAT
00:50:19.25\00:50:23.02
HAPPENED.' AND WORD GOT OUT THAT
JOB WAS STILL HOLY AND EVERYONE
00:50:23.02\00:50:26.49
THEN FELT VINDICATED TO COME AND
SEE JOB; OTHERWISE THEY THOUGHT
00:50:26.49\00:50:28.72
HE HAD A CURSE ON HIM. AND
THEY ALL CAME AND THE LORD -
00:50:28.72\00:50:32.56
AND THEY ALL GAVE HIM A PIECE OF
SILVER AND EACH A RING OF GOLD.
00:50:32.56\00:50:37.53
THIS CONTRIBUTES TO HIS
WISE INVESTMENT OF THAT, WHICH,
00:50:37.53\00:50:40.50
AGAIN, DOUBLES HIS INCREASE.
"NOW THE LORD BLESSED THE LATTER
00:50:40.50\00:50:44.41
DAYS OF JOB MORE THAN HIS
BEGINNING;" - I DON'T KNOW HOW
00:50:44.41\00:50:48.31
HE COULD BE BLESSED MORE, BUT
HE DOUBLED HIS ANIMALS - "FOR HE
00:50:48.31\00:50:52.08
HAD FOURTEEN THOUSAND SHEEP," -
INSTEAD OF SEVEN - "SIX THOUSAND
00:50:52.08\00:50:55.85
CAMELS," - INSTEAD OF THREE
- "ONE THOUSAND YOKE OF OXEN,"
00:50:55.85\00:50:58.65
INSTEAD OF FIVE HUNDRED - "AND
ONE THOUSAND FEMALE DONKEYS.
00:50:58.65\00:51:03.56
HE ALSO HAD SEVEN
SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS."
00:51:03.56\00:51:07.23
AND SOMETHING INTERESTING
ABOUT THE BOOK OF JOB.
00:51:07.23\00:51:10.73
UNLIKE THE REST OF THE BIBLE,
IT DOESN'T NAME HIS SONS, BUT IT
00:51:10.73\00:51:14.84
GIVES THE NAMES OF HIS
DAUGHTERS. I'LL TELL YOU WHY
00:51:14.84\00:51:17.27
NEXT WEEK. GOTTA COME BACK.
THERE'S MORE. AND IT SAYS THE
00:51:17.27\00:51:26.15
NAMES OF HIS DAUGHTERS: JEMIMAH,
KEZIAH, AND THE NAME OF THE
00:51:26.15\00:51:30.12
THIRD WAS KEREN-HAPPUCH" -
KAREN'S NAME IS IN THE BIBLE.
00:51:30.12\00:51:33.15
(LAUGHTER) DOUG IS IN THE
BIBLE TOO, DID YOU KNOW THAT?
00:51:33.15\00:51:37.16
ISAAC DUG THE
WELLS OF HIS FATHER.
00:51:37.16\00:51:38.99
(LAUGHTER) IT'S
JUST SPELLED DIFFERENTLY.
00:51:38.99\00:51:41.76
AND THEN ALL - AND THEN
IT COMMENTS ON HIS DAUGHTERS.
00:51:41.76\00:51:44.03
IT SAYS, "IN ALL THE LAND WERE
FOUND NO WOMEN SO BEAUTIFUL AS
00:51:44.03\00:51:48.27
THE DAUGHTERS OF JOB; AND THEIR
FATHER GAVE THEM AN INHERITANCE
00:51:48.27\00:51:52.97
AMONG THEIR BROTHERS." -
VERY INTERESTING - "AFTER THIS
00:51:52.97\00:51:57.18
JOB LIVED ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY
YEARS," - BEYOND THIS - "AND SAW
00:51:57.18\00:52:01.55
HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
FOR FOUR GENERATIONS.
00:52:01.55\00:52:06.29
SO JOB DIED, OLD
AND FULL OF DAYS."
00:52:06.29\00:52:09.79
NOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF
JOB - ARE YOU ALL WITH ME?
00:52:09.79\00:52:12.99
WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE
THIS OFF FOR A SECOND.
00:52:12.99\00:52:15.40
IF I SAY, 'WOULD YOU LIKE
TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF JOB?'
00:52:15.40\00:52:19.23
MOST OF YOU WOULD SAY, 'OH,
NO.' (LAUGHTER) BUT OUT OF THE
00:52:19.23\00:52:24.94
TWO-HUNDRED-PLUS YEARS THAT JOB
LIVED, HOW LONG DID HE SUFFER?
00:52:24.94\00:52:31.38
A FEW MONTHS. WE
DON'T KNOW, BUT IT MAY HAVE
00:52:31.38\00:52:34.32
BEEN, YOU KNOW, TWO MONTHS
- IF YOU ADD IT UP - AND THE
00:52:34.32\00:52:38.59
DISCOURSE ALL
HAPPENED IN ONE DAY.
00:52:38.59\00:52:41.66
DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS
VERY LONG BETWEEN ONE TRIAL AND
00:52:41.66\00:52:44.33
ANOTHER. WE GO
THROUGH TRIALS, BUT WHEN
00:52:44.33\00:52:48.40
YOU LOOK AT THE LIFE OF
JOB, IS IT A CURSED LIFE OR
00:52:48.40\00:52:50.50
IS IT A BLESSED LIFE?
IT'S ABUNDANTLY BLESSED.
00:52:50.50\00:52:53.67
NOW, WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
TRIALS, IT FEELS LIKE IT'LL LAST
00:52:53.67\00:52:55.47
FOREVER, BUT YOU WAIT. IF
YOU KEEP TRUSTING GOD, HE'LL
00:52:55.47\00:52:59.94
GENERALLY BRING US OUT THE OTHER
SIDE OR HE GIVES US GRACE, AMEN?
00:52:59.94\00:53:04.31
NOW THE BIG THING THAT THE BOOK
OF JOB IS DEALING WITH HERE IS
00:53:04.31\00:53:08.38
THAT WE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT'S
GOING ON, BUT WE CAN TRUST THE
00:53:08.38\00:53:11.12
LORD. >>AMEN.
00:53:11.12\00:53:12.69
>>YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD
THE STORY ABOUT AUGUSTINE, THAT
00:53:12.69\00:53:15.59
GREAT THEOLOGIAN, HE WAS TRYING
TO COMPREHEND THE MIND OF GOD
00:53:15.59\00:53:19.36
AND THE TRINITY AND THESE BIG
CONCEPTS. HE WAS WALKING ALONG A
00:53:19.36\00:53:21.63
BEACH MEDITATING ONE DAY
AND WHILE HE WAS WALKING HE SAW
00:53:21.63\00:53:25.30
THERE WAS A CHILD PLAYING
AT THE EDGE OF THE WATER.
00:53:25.30\00:53:27.74
THIS LITTLE CHILD HAD A SEASHELL
THAT HE RAN DOWN INTO THE WATER
00:53:27.74\00:53:31.57
AND HE SCOOPED UP SOME OF THE
WATER AND HE RAN BACK UP ON THE
00:53:31.57\00:53:33.91
SHORE AND HE POURED THE WATER
BACK DOWN THIS LITTLE CRAB HOLE.
00:53:33.91\00:53:36.64
AND THEN HE RAN BACK AGAIN AND
HE SCOOPED SOME MORE WATER IN
00:53:36.64\00:53:38.98
THE SHELL AND RAN BACK AND
POURED IT DOWN THE CRAB HOLE.
00:53:38.98\00:53:41.02
AND HE WATCHED THE PERSISTENCE
OF THIS CHILD AND HE WAS
00:53:41.02\00:53:43.65
OVERCOME WITH CURIOSITY AND
AUGUSTINE WENT UP TO HIM AND
00:53:43.65\00:53:45.85
SAID, 'CHILD, WHAT IN
THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING?'
00:53:45.85\00:53:48.46
HE SAID, 'OH MISTER, YOU
SEE ALL THAT WATER OUT THERE?
00:53:48.46\00:53:50.96
I'M GOING TO PUT IT IN THE
HOLE.' (LAUGHTER) AND THE LORD
00:53:50.96\00:53:54.40
SPOKE TO AUGUSTINE AND SAID,
'FOR YOU TO COMPREHEND GOD IS
00:53:54.40\00:53:58.17
LIKE THAT CHILD TRYING TO FIT
THE OCEAN IN THAT CRAB HOLE.'
00:53:58.17\00:54:02.27
AND THERE'S JUST SO MUCH THAT WE
WON'T KNOW AND THE BOOK OF JOB
00:54:02.27\00:54:05.04
IS SAYING, 'TRUST ME. I LOVE
YOU. I AM JUST. AND I'LL REDEEM
00:54:05.04\00:54:09.58
YOU.' AND WE'RE GOING TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT JOB - THE OVERRIDING
00:54:09.58\00:54:14.78
THEME - WE'RE GOING
TO BE TALKING ABOUT JESUS
00:54:14.78\00:54:16.82
IN THE BOOK OF JOB.
I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW
00:54:16.82\00:54:18.29
JESUS WAS IN
THERE. NEXT WEEK. (MUSIC)
00:54:18.29\00:54:30.93
>>TODAY'S SMART PHONES
ARE A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE OF
00:54:30.93\00:54:33.17
INFORMATION THAT FITS
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.
00:54:33.17\00:54:36.00
IT'S A GOOD THING WE
HAVE OPPOSABLE THUMBS!
00:54:36.00\00:54:38.11
WITH IT YOU CAN BUY YOUR
GROCERIES, TAKE CARE OF YOUR
00:54:38.11\00:54:41.64
EXERCISE REGIME, WATCH A VIDEO,
LISTEN TO MUSIC, YOU CAN SURF
00:54:41.64\00:54:45.95
THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD-WIDE
WEB, WHICH MAY NOT ALWAYS BE A
00:54:45.95\00:54:49.58
GOOD THING. AND,
YOU KNOW, THERE IS MORE
00:54:49.58\00:54:51.75
COMPUTER PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
AND POWER IN A LITTLE SMART
00:54:51.75\00:54:55.42
PHONE TODAY THAN WAS USED BY
NASA TO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON.
00:54:55.42\00:54:59.83
AND I ALMOST FORGOT, YOU CAN
ALSO USE THESE TO MAKE A PHONE
00:54:59.83\00:55:02.36
CALL, BUT WHO DOES THAT
ANYMORE? TODAY COMMUNICATION IS
00:55:02.36\00:55:06.17
NOT IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
IT'S ALL ABOUT SHORT MESSAGE
00:55:06.17\00:55:09.00
SERVICING OR SMS TEXTING.
THAT'S RIGHT, THERE ARE ABOUT
00:55:09.00\00:55:14.44
2.5 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
TODAY THAT ARE COMMUNICATING
00:55:14.44\00:55:18.18
WITH THEIR FELLOW HUMANS
IN SHORT BYTES CALLED TEXTING.
00:55:18.18\00:55:21.78
THAT'S MORE DATA THAT IS BEING
USED THAN THOSE WHO ARE SURFING
00:55:21.78\00:55:24.72
THE WEB OR EVEN
PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.
00:55:24.72\00:55:27.19
AND, FRIENDS, NOWHERE IS THIS
MORE TRUE THAN RIGHT HERE IN THE
00:55:27.19\00:55:29.79
PHILIPPINES. EVEN
THOUGH THE PHILIPPINES HAS
00:55:29.79\00:55:31.83
ABOUT 100 MILLION PEOPLE, THEY
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LARGEST
00:55:31.83\00:55:35.73
NUMBER OF TEXT MESSAGES
OF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
00:55:35.73\00:55:38.73
THEY'RE THE TWELFTH-LARGEST
COUNTRY, BUT THEY SEND 400
00:55:38.73\00:55:42.14
MILLION TEXT MESSAGES
EVERY DAY. WOW, THAT'S A LOT
00:55:42.14\00:55:46.98
OF FINGER FATIGUE. EVEN
THOUGH THE GREATEST NUMBER
00:55:46.98\00:55:49.74
OF TEXTERS IS HERE IN THE
PHILIPPINES, THE RECORD FOR THE
00:55:49.74\00:55:52.58
FASTEST TEXTER IN THE WORLD IS
FROM BRAZIL. A YOUNG MAN BY THE
00:55:52.58\00:55:55.95
NAME OF MARCEL FERNANDES FILHO
- HE WAS ABLE TO TEXT 25 VERY
00:55:55.95\00:56:00.29
COMPLICATED WORDS IN A
LITTLE MORE THAN 18 SECONDS.
00:56:00.29\00:56:03.46
WOW, IT TAKES ME LONGER THAN
THAT TO JUST SAY 'I LOVE YOU' TO
00:56:03.46\00:56:06.93
MY WIFE AND
PRESS SEND. ALL THUMBS.
00:56:06.93\00:56:11.07
ONE OF THE NEAT THINGS ABOUT
TEXTING IS YOU CAN TEXT JUST
00:56:11.07\00:56:13.17
ABOUT ANYWHERE. IF
YOU'RE SURROUNDED WITH PEOPLE
00:56:13.17\00:56:15.27
AND YOU WANT TO SEND A
PERSONAL MESSAGE, YOU TEXT.
00:56:15.27\00:56:17.57
YOU'RE IN A CROWDED SUBWAY
OR AN AIRPORT, YOU CAN TEXT.
00:56:17.57\00:56:20.74
IF YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY NOISE
OR NOSEY PEOPLE, YOU CAN TEXT -
00:56:20.74\00:56:24.85
JUST DON'T TEXT
WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING.
00:56:24.85\00:56:26.68
THAT'S WHAT'S SO WONDERFUL,
FRIENDS, YOU CAN ALWAYS TEXT GOD
00:56:26.68\00:56:29.92
A MESSAGE OF PRAYER FROM YOUR
HEART. WHEN YOU'RE WONDERING
00:56:29.92\00:56:33.42
'WHAT SCHOOL DO I GO
TO?' 'WHAT JOB DO I TAKE?'
00:56:33.42\00:56:35.82
'WHO AM I SUPPOSED TO DATE THAT
MAY BE A FUTURE LIFE PARTNER?'
00:56:35.82\00:56:39.13
YOUR PRAYERS
DON'T HAVE TO BE LONG.
00:56:39.13\00:56:40.56
THE SHORTEST PRAYER IN THE BIBLE
IS THREE WORDS - WHEN PETER
00:56:40.56\00:56:43.30
PRAYED, 'LORD SAVE ME.'
AND JESUS ANSWERED HIS PRAYER.
00:56:43.30\00:56:47.27
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW FAST YOU
CAN TEXT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO
00:56:47.27\00:56:49.84
GOD, HE'LL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING FOR AND HEAR YOUR PRAYER
00:56:49.84\00:56:52.77
BEFORE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO
SAY 'AMEN' AND PRESS THE SEND
00:56:52.77\00:56:55.71
BUTTON. IN FACT,
FRIENDS, YOU'LL BRING
00:56:55.71\00:56:57.58
JOY TO GOD WHEN YOU SEND HIM
REGULAR MESSAGES FROM YOUR HEART
00:56:57.58\00:57:01.25
TO HIS. SO WHY DON'T YOU
TALK TO HIM RIGHT NOW? (MUSIC)
00:57:01.25\00:57:16.56
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OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN
THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND
00:57:50.23\00:57:54.27
PROBABLY TELLING
STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO.
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