Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: SSH
Program Code: SSH021650A
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00:35 >>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS. WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. 00:38 A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR FRIENDS JOINING US ACROSS THE 00:40 COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD - OUR EXTENDED SABBATH SCHOOL 00:43 CLASS - AND ALSO THE MEMBERS AND THE VISITORS HERE AT THE GRANITE 00:46 BAY CHURCH - ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU ON A SABBATH MORNING HERE TO 00:49 STUDY THE LESSON TOGETHER. WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH THE 00:52 BOOK OF JOB AND WE'RE NEARING THE END OF THIS QUARTER. 00:55 WE'RE ON LESSON #11 ENTITLED OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND. 00:58 SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT BE JOINING US ONLINE, IF YOU DON'T 01:02 HAVE A COPY OF TODAY'S LESSON, JUST GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS 01:05 WEBSITE - AMAZINGFACTS.ORG AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD LESSON #11 01:10 ENTITLED OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND AND YOU CAN STUDY ALONG WITH US. 01:14 WE HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT GOES ALONG WITH OUR STUDY TODAY, A 01:17 BOOK ENTITLED THE VOICE OF GOD - AND THIS IS THE FREE OFFER FOR 01:20 TODAY. IF YOU'D LIKE TO RECEIVE IT, 01:22 GIVE US A CALL ON OUR RESOURCE PHONE NUMBER. 01:25 THE NUMBER IS 866-788-3966 AND YOU CAN ASK FOR OFFER #816. 01:33 THAT NUMBER, ONE MORE TIME, 866-788-3966. 01:38 ASK FOR OFFER #816 AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU. 01:42 WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR STUDY, AS USUAL, WE'D LIKE TO 01:45 BEGIN BY LIFTING OUR VOICES IN SONG. 01:48 I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG LEADERS TO COME AND JOIN US 01:50 ONSTAGE. (LIGHT PIANO MUSIC) 01:58 >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS, THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, IT'S THAT TIME 02:03 OF YEAR AGAIN AND, OH, THE YEAR GOES SO FAST, BUT THESE ARE MY 02:08 FAVORITE SONGS SO I AM NOT COMPLAINING. 02:12 WE'RE GOING TO START WITH HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING , WHICH 02:15 YOU'LL FIND ON PAGE 122 IN YOUR HYMNALS, SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE, 02:21 PULL THEM OUT AND JOIN WITH US AT HOME. 02:23 WE'RE GOING TO SING ALL THREE STANZAS - 02:25 HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING . (PIANO MUSIC) 05:12 >>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SINGING ALONG WITH US 05:14 AND, AT THIS TIME, PASTOR ROSS WILL HAVE OUR OPENING PRAYER. 05:22 >>JUST BEFORE WE HAVE OUR OPENING PRAYER AND THEN GET TO 05:24 THE LESSON, FROM TIME TO TIME HERE AT THE CHURCH, SEEING AS 05:27 THIS DEALS WITH SABBATH SCHOOL, THERE IS A STRONG EMPHASIS ON 05:30 MISSION AND THE WORK HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD. 05:33 AND, FROM TIME TO TIME, WE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE MISSION 05:36 ACTIVITIES THAT ONE OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS OR AMAZING FACTS 05:39 IS INVOLVED IN, AND TODAY WE HAVE ONE OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS, 05:42 OSTAP, WHO IS HERE WITH ME. HE JUST RECENTLY CAME BACK FROM 05:45 A MISSION TRIP TO SOUTHERN AFRICA, WHERE THEY'RE INVOLVED 05:48 IN A BUILDING AND OUTREACH PROGRAM. 05:50 AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME OF OUR MEMBERS HERE THAT HELPED SUPPORT 05:52 THAT PROGRAM SO HE'S GOING TO SHARE WITH US JUST A BRIEF 05:55 MISSION REPORT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR PRAYER AND GO INTO OUR 05:58 LESSON. >>THANK YOU. 06:02 GOOD MORNING, CHURCH FAMILY. >>GOOD MORNING. 06:04 >>EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TO SHARE THE MISSION PROJECT THAT 06:07 WE WERE A PART OF IN SOUTH AFRICA. 06:10 WANTED TO THANK THE CHURCH FAMILY WHO PRAYED FOR US - WHO 06:13 SUPPORTED US - WHO TOLD US 'YOU CAN DO IT. 06:16 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN AND WE'LL CONTINUE SUPPORT AS THE 06:21 PROJECT MOVES FORWARD.' AND SO WE WANTED TO SHARE SOME PICTURES 06:24 WITH YOU THIS MORNING TO SEE HOW THE PROJECT WENT AND, ALSO, TO 06:28 SHARE WITH YOU HOW THE LORD WAS MOVING AND WORKING ON THE HEARTS 06:32 OF THE PEOPLE THERE IN SOUTH AFRICA. 06:34 IT IS A FAIRLY POOR REGION THAT WE WERE IN - ABOUT 60 KM OUTSIDE 06:39 OF EAST LONDON, ALL THE WAY DOWN IN THE EASTERN CAPE SIDE OF 06:43 SOUTH AFRICA. HERE YOU WILL SEE ON THE SCREEN 06:47 IS THE BEGINNING OF OUR BUILDING PROJECT. 06:49 IT WAS A TIME WHERE WE HAD TO DIG - IT WAS A LOT OF DIGGING TO 06:53 MAKE SURE THAT THE FOOTING - THE FOUNDATION WAS STRONG. 06:56 AND SO, AS WE WERE DIGGING, WE WERE ALSO SEARCHING FOR THE 06:59 MATERIAL. A BIT CHALLENGING TO FIND THE 07:02 MATERIAL THAT WE NEEDED, BUT WE KNEW THAT THE LORD WOULD HELP US 07:05 - WOULD PROVIDE AND HE SENT JUST THE RIGHT PEOPLE, JUST AT THE 07:09 RIGHT TIME, TO HELP US FIND THE MATERIAL THAT WE NEEDED. 07:12 AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE YOU SEE THE FOUNDATION WAS FINISHED. 07:17 WE'RE STARTING TO PUT UP THE WALLS AND THE BLOCK CAME IN JUST 07:21 ON TIME. PIECE BY PIECE WE FOUND THE 07:24 WINDOWS THAT WE WANTED. WE FOUND THE MATERIAL THAT WE 07:27 NEEDED, AND SO WE BEGAN TO PUT TOGETHER ALL THE BUILDING PIECES 07:31 THAT WE NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT. NOW, JUST ABOUT HERE, AS WE 07:35 WERE BEGINNING TO LOOK FOR THE ROOFING MATERIAL, WE RAN OUT OF 07:39 MONEY AND WE SAID, 'LORD, WHAT DO WE DO NEXT?' 07:44 SO WE DECIDED TO POST SOME INFORMATION ON FACEBOOK - TO 07:48 POST SOME INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE - 07:51 'WE HAVE THIS PROJECT - IT'S COMING TOGETHER, BUT WE'VE RUN 07:55 OUT OF FUNDS' AND THE LORD WAS FAITHFUL TO US AND WE THANK YOU 07:59 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THE FUNDS CAME IN JUST AT THE 08:02 RIGHT TIME AND WE PURCHASED THE ROOFING MATERIAL. 08:05 WE PURCHASED THE RAFTERS THAT WE NEEDED. 08:08 HERE YOU'LL SEE THE PART OF THE ROOF COMING UP. 08:12 WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE TIN THAT WE NEEDED TO COVER THE 08:15 ROOF, AND PIECE BY PIECE THE LORD WAS SENDING JUST THE RIGHT 08:20 PEOPLE TO COME AND HELP US. WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THE BLOCK 08:23 TOGETHER, THERE WAS A MASON THAT CAME BY - HE'S SPECIALIZING IN 08:28 BLOCK AND MASONRY AND STONE AND HE SAID, 'I'M HERE. I HAVE THREE 08:32 DAYS. I DON'T HAVE ANY WORK RIGHT NOW. I'M BETWEEN PROJECTS. 08:35 I WANT TO COME AND HELP YOU.' WE SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD.' WHEN 08:39 THE ROOF WAS COMING UP THERE WAS A BUILDER WHO WAS AVAILABLE 08:42 WHOSE PROJECT WAS ON HOLD FOR A WHOLE WEEK. 08:45 WE NEEDED THAT WEEK TO FINISH THE ROOF. 08:47 AND SO, EVEN NOW THAT WE STAND BACK AND LOOK AT THIS PROJECT, 08:51 WE SEE THAT THE LORD WAS IN CONTROL OF THE BUILDING 08:55 SCHEDULE, THE BUILDING MATERIAL, THE BUILDING FUNDS - ALL WE CAN 08:59 SAY IS THAT ALL GLORY GOES TO HIM FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE 09:02 THERE, AMEN? AND SO, WE ALSO HAVE THE 09:06 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE CHILDREN. 09:09 HERE YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF THE CHILDREN. 09:11 WE GOT CHILDREN'S BIBLES FOR THEM IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE - 09:15 IT'S A - ONE OF THIRTEEN LANGUAGES THAT'S SPOKEN THERE IN 09:19 THAT EASTERN CAPE - IT'S CALLED XHOSA - AND SO THEY HAVE THEIR 09:24 OWN FIRST BIBLES - CHILDREN'S BIBLES THAT ARE VERY HARD FOR 09:27 THEM TO GET. WE HAD A PRIVILEGE TO FIND THEM 09:30 IN A LOCAL TOWN THERE THAT WE WERE TRAVELING THROUGH AS 09:32 WE WERE COMING TO THIS AREA. AND SO, NOW, EVEN THE CHILDREN 09:36 HAVE THEIR OWN BIBLE SETS. THEY CAN COME TOGETHER. 09:39 THEY CAN WORSHIP TOGETHER. WHEN THEY HAVE SABBATH SCHOOL, 09:41 THEY CAN OPEN THEIR OWN BIBLE AND READ FROM THEIR OWN BIBLE. 09:44 SOMETHING THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE AND WE THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING 09:48 THAT PROJECT, AS WELL. WHAT NOW? 09:52 ON THE 25TH OF NOVEMBER, JUST NEXT FRIDAY, WE ARE SENDING A 09:56 FEW VOLUNTEERS FROM THE UNITED STATES TO HELP BEGIN THE 10:00 EVANGELISTIC EFFORT. WE HAVE THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE, 10:04 NOW WE NEED TO DO THE EVANGELISM PROGRAM. 10:06 ELEVEN LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE EVANGELISTIC 10:09 CRUSADE THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE THERE IN SOUTH AFRICA. 10:13 THEY WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AND INTO 10:17 DECEMBER AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN THE 10:24 CHURCH, TO HEAR THE GOSPEL, AND - THAT THEY CAN BE REACHED AND 10:28 ALSO THAT THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN BE REACHED. 10:31 ALSO, A TEAM OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IS COMING IN TO DO 10:34 A WEEK-LONG FREE CLINIC FOR THE COMMUNITY THERE. 10:37 ALSO, MUCH, MUCH NEEDED - THERE'S A LOT OF DISTRESS, 10:41 PHYSICALLY, WITH DIFFERENT ILLNESSES. 10:44 DIABETES IS ON THE RISE. HEART DISEASE IS ON THE RISE, 10:47 AND SO WE SAID, 'WHY NOT COMBINE THE MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK WITH 10:53 THE GOSPEL WITH THE BUILDING, MAKE IT A COMPLETE PROGRAM TO 10:57 WHERE WE CAN REALLY IMPACT THIS COMMUNITY. 11:00 AND WE ALSO LEFT SOME TRAINING MATERIAL THAT'S GOING TO BE USED 11:03 THERE TO TRAIN THE LOCAL MEMBERS AND THE LAYMEN SO THEY CAN 11:06 CONTINUE WORKING AND DOING THE WORK THAT WE STARTED THERE - 11:09 BEGINNING OF AUGUST. SO WE THANK YOU, ONCE AGAIN, 11:13 FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. AS YOU SEE, THE PROJECT WAS 11:16 SUCCESSFUL AND WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR A NEW CHURCH THAT'S 11:20 STANDING AND IT'S GOING TO BE FUNCTIONING AND MANY MORE PEOPLE 11:24 WILL BE ABLE TO FIND COMFORT AND HAVE A PLACE OF WORSHIP, JUST 11:27 LIKE WE HAVE HERE AT HOME. THANK YOU. 11:30 >>AT THIS TIME I INVITE YOU TO BOW YOUR HEADS AS WE HAVE OUR 11:32 PRAYER. DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, ONCE 11:34 AGAIN, AS WE OPEN UP THE SCRIPTURES, WE WANT TO ASK FOR 11:36 THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME AND GUIDE OUR HEARTS - OUR MINDS - 11:38 LORD, WE HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED IN OUR STUDY OF THE BOOK OF JOB. 11:42 TODAY AS WE CONTINUE AND, IN PARTICULAR, WE HEAR YOUR 11:44 RESPONSE TO JOB, WE ASK FOR SPECIAL UNDERSTANDING. 11:49 BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 11:52 OUR LESSON TODAY WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG. 11:56 >>WE'RE GETTING READY TO CONTINUE IN OUR STUDY OF THE 11:59 BOOK OF JOB AND, TODAY, WE'RE DOING LESSON #11 AND IT'S CALLED 12:04 OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE. 12:08 MEMORY VERSE IS JOB 38, VERSE 4. IF YOU HAVE YOUR LESSONS, 12:12 YOU CAN SAY IT WITH ME. IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR BIBLE YOU CAN 12:15 SAY IT WITH ME - JOB 38, VERSE 4 - IT'S FROM THE NEW 12:18 KING JAMES VERSION. ARE YOU READY? 12:21 "WHERE WERE YOU" - YOU'RE NOT SAYING IT WITH ME. 12:24 (LAUGHTER) GOT IT? JOB 38, VERSE 4 - READY? 12:28 "WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH? 12:33 TELL ME, IF YOU HAVE UNDERSTANDING." 12:36 IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF WHIMSICAL SARCASM ON THE 12:41 PART OF GOD. BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT. 12:45 THE MAIN THING WE WANT TO COVER IN OUR STUDY TODAY IS THE 12:48 CHAPTERS 38 AND 39 IN THE BOOK OF JOB. 12:52 SO, IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR BIBLES YOU MIGHT TURN THERE QUICKLY AND 12:57 THE FIRST THING THAT YOU NOTICE IS YOU GET DONE LISTENING TO 13:01 THESE - THE TALKS OF ELIHU - AND IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE WORDS OF 13:08 JOB WERE ENDED AND THEN, FINALLY, IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY'S 13:11 FINALLY SAID EVERYTHING THEY CAN THINK TO SAY. 13:15 AND YOU'VE GOT JOB HAS MADE HIS DEFENSE AND HIS THREE FRIENDS 13:19 HAVE KIND OF DONE THEIR ACCUSATIONS AND ELIHU COMES IN 13:23 AND HE SAYS, 'OH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN EVEN DO BETTER THAN 13:26 THAT.' AND HE TRIES TO BOTH REPROVE JOB'S FRIENDS AND ALSO 13:31 JOB. AND THEN, WHEN HE GETS DONE WITH 13:33 HIS FIVE CHAPTERS OF COMMENTS - A LOT OF IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE 13:37 PROFOUND PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE. THEN THE LORD SPEAKS FOR 13:43 THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT 35 CHAPTERS. 13:48 SO FAR, YOU'VE BEEN HEARING JUST THE VOICE OF MAN. 13:51 YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME GOD SPOKE, GOD WAS SPEAKING TO THE 13:54 DEVIL. BUT UP UNTIL NOW, GOD HAD NOT SPOKEN TO MAN. 13:59 GOD HAD SPOKEN TO THE DEVIL WHEN HE HAD BEEN THERE ACCUSING JOB. 14:03 AND THEN, FINALLY, AFTER ELIHU GETS DONE WITH HIS LAST 14:08 DISCOURSE - VERSE 1 - CHAPTER 38 - IT SAYS, "THEN THE LORD 14:12 ANSWERED JOB OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND," - AND WHAT IS THIS 14:18 WHIRLWIND? YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF A 14:20 WHIRLWIND, YOU MIGHT THINK OF WHAT WE USED TO CALL 'DUST 14:23 DEVILS' THAT RIDE OUT THERE ON THE PRAIRIE. 14:27 YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? 14:29 IT'S LIKE A LITTLE - IT'S A MINI TORNADO - AND IF IT'S ON THE 14:33 WATER THEY CALL IT A WATER SPOUT - YOU THINK ABOUT IT CIRCLING 14:36 AROUND, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY THE BEST TRANSLATION, IT'S - THE 14:40 WORD IS 'TEMPEST' - THE LORD ANSWERED JOB OUT OF THE STORM - 14:46 OUT OF THE TEMPEST. OF COURSE, THIS HAPPENS OTHER 14:50 TIMES HERE IN THE BIBLE. AND YOU CAN READ, FOR INSTANCE, 14:53 IN 2 KINGS 2:1, "AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE LORD WAS ABOUT TO 14:58 TAKE ELIJAH UP INTO HEAVEN BY A WHIRLWIND," - SO, YOU KNOW, IT 15:04 ALWAYS MAKES FOR REALLY GOOD ART, TO SHOW ELIJAH RIDING A 15:09 TORNADO - KIND OF LIKE THE WIZARD OF OZ - UP INTO HEAVEN. 15:13 BUT I GUESS THAT WAS A - YEAH, THAT WAS A TWISTER, WASN'T IT? 15:19 BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WORD 'TEMPEST' THERE, GOD TOOK ELIJAH 15:25 TO HEAVEN IN A STORM OF CHARIOTS. 15:30 GOD, OFTEN, WHEN HE INTERACTS WITH MAN, WHEN HE SPOKE TO MAN 15:34 ON THE MOUNTAIN - MOUNT SINAI - WHAT - WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE 15:38 MOUNTAIN? THEY WERE AFRAID TO GO UP ON 15:41 THE MOUNTAIN BECAUSE THERE WAS THUNDER AND NOISE AND THE 15:44 MOUNTAINS SHAKING AT THE TOP. SOMEONE IS GOING TO READ 15:48 FOR ME PSALM 77, VERSE 18. YOU'LL HAVE THAT? 15:52 OKAY, LET ME JUST READ HERE FIRST - YOU CAN READ IN ISAIAH 15:55 29:6 - I'M SORRY, "YOU WILL BE PUNISHED BY THE LORD OF HOSTS 16:02 WITH THUNDER AND EARTHQUAKE AND GREAT NOISE, WITH STORM AND 16:06 TEMPEST AND THE FLAME OF DEVOURING FIRE." 16:11 SOMETIMES WE THINK OF THE LORD AS SPEAKING OUT OF A TEMPEST, IS 16:15 THAT - YOU WANT THE LORD TO COME TO YOU IN A TEMPEST? 16:18 OR WOULD YOU RATHER HE COMES TO YOU IN A BUTTERFLY? 16:22 - PRETTY SUNRISE? A TEMPEST ALMOST IS SYNONYMOUS 16:25 WITH ANGER, YOU THINK. BUT MAYBE NOT. 16:29 GO AHEAD, READ FOR US THAT NEXT PASSAGE. 16:32 >>THE VOICE OF YOUR THUNDER WAS IN THE WHIRLWIND; THE LIGHTNINGS 16:36 LIT UP THE WORLD; THE EARTH TREMBLED AND SHOOK." 16:41 >>JUST GIVES YOU A PICTURE FOR THE MAJESTY OF GOD. 16:44 BUT GOD, SPEAKING IN THE TEMPEST, IS NOT ALWAYS 16:46 INDICATIVE OF HIS ANGER OR STORM. 16:49 WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT, WHAT HAPPENED IN ACTS 16:52 CHAPTER 2? IT SAYS THEN THE PLACE WHERE 16:56 THEY WERE ASSEMBLED WAS SHAKEN. THERE WAS THE SOUND OF A MIGHTY, 17:00 RUSHING WIND AND THERE APPEARED TONGUES OF FIRE. 17:03 IT'S ALMOST LIKE A STORM SETTLED IN THAT UPPER ROOM AND THEY WENT 17:07 FORTH PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD IN POWER. 17:12 YOU CAN READ IN 1 KINGS - YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS ONE - 1 17:15 KINGS 19 - IT SAYS IN VERSE 11, "THEN HE (GOD) SAID, 'GO OUT, 17:20 AND STAND ON THE MOUNTAIN BEFORE THE LORD.'" - NOW, YOU KNOW, 17:22 ELIJAH HAS BEEN RUNNING AND HE COMES TO MOUNT SINAI - IT SAYS, 17:26 "AND BEHOLD, THE LORD PASSED BY, AND A GREAT AND STRONG WIND TORE 17:31 INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND BROKE THE ROCKS IN PIECES BEFORE THE 17:34 LORD." THERE PROBABLY HADN'T BEEN A 17:36 WIND LIKE THAT SINCE THE ONE THAT DRIED OUT THE EARTH AFTER 17:39 THE FLOOD - GREAT WIND - WRENTING THE ROCKS - YOU 17:42 EVER SEE THAT KIND OF WIND? "...TORE INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND 17:45 BROKE THE ROCKS IN PIECES BEFORE THE LORD." 17:48 YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT IF YOU'RE A GOLD MINER AND YOU'RE 17:51 GOING TO GO PANNING A RIVER OR A STREAM FOR GOLD, THE BEST TIME 17:55 TO GO LOOKING FOR THE GOLD IS AFTER THERE HAS BEEN A REAL 17:57 STORM THAT ACTUALLY ROLLS ROCKS IN THE CREEK, BECAUSE THEN, IF 18:03 THERE'S ANY GOLD THAT'S BEEN COVERED, IT SORT OF GETS MOVED 18:06 DOWN TO THE CRACKS AND THE CREVICES WHERE THE PROSPECTORS 18:09 LOVE TO LOOK. SO THEN IT SAYS 18:11 THERE'S THIS WIND THAT TORE INTO THE MOUNTAIN - BROKE THE 18:13 ROCKS IN PIECES - "...BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE WIND; AND 18:17 AFTER THE WIND AN EARTHQUAKE, BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE 18:20 EARTHQUAKE, AND AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE A FIRE," - SOME BRUSH 18:24 FIRE WENT THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE AND ELIJAH HAD TO 18:27 RETREAT INTO THE RECESSES OF HIS CAVE - "BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN 18:31 THE FIRE; AND AFTER THE FIRE" - WHAT'S IT SAY? 18:35 - "A STILL SMALL VOICE." TYPICALLY, HOW DOES 18:38 THE LORD SPEAK TO US? SPEAKS TO OUR HEARTS AND TO OUR 18:42 CONSCIENCE THROUGH A STILL SMALL VOICE. 18:45 IT'S LIKE - IS IT ISAIAH THAT SAID - I FORGET THE PASSAGE - 18:50 YOU WILL HEAR A VOICE BEHIND THEE SAYING, 'THIS IS THE WAY.' 18:53 - IT'S A VOICE BEHIND THEE - 'I HEAR A VOICE.' USUALLY IT'S 18:58 SOMEONE'S CELL PHONE BUT WE HEAR A STILL SMALL VOICE THAT'S 19:03 SAYING, 'THIS IS THE WAY. WALK IN IT.' 19:06 NOW SOMETHING ELSE IS HAPPENING HERE: UP UNTIL THIS POINT IN THE 19:09 STORY OF JOB, THE DEVIL IS SPEAKING TO GOD AND GOD IS 19:13 SPEAKING TO THE DEVIL AND IT'S IN THE PRESENCE OF ANGELS AND 19:16 THE SONS OF GOD. BUT NOW, WHO IS GOD SPEAKING TO? 19:21 HE'S SPEAKING TO JOB. AND WHEN HE SPEAKS TO HIM OUT OF 19:24 THE WHIRLWIND, HE MAY HAVE OBSCURED HIS PRESENCE TO 19:28 PRESERVE JOB. WHEN MOSES SPOKE TO THE LORD, 19:31 IT ACTUALLY SAYS - EXODUS 33:11 - "THE LORD SPOKE TO MOSES FACE 19:37 TO FACE AS A MAN SPEAKS TO HIS FRIEND." NOW WAIT A SECOND! 19:41 WHY DOES IT SAY, 'GOD SAID TO MOSES, 'NO MAN CAN SEE MY FACE 19:46 AND LIVE''? MOSES SAYS, 'LORD, SHOW ME YOUR 19:48 GLORY.' AND HE SAID, 'I CAN'T SHOW YOU MY - THE FULL 19:51 REVELATION OF MY GLORY; IT'LL CONSUME YOU. 19:55 BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL MAKE YOU A DEAL. 19:57 I'LL TAKE YOU AND I'LL PLACE YOU IN THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK AND 20:00 I'LL PUT MY HAND OVER YOU AND I'LL WALK BY AND I'LL MOVE MY 20:03 HAND OUT OF THE WAY AFTER I PASS YOU, BECAUSE IF I LOOK DIRECTLY 20:06 ON YOU, OH, YOU JUST COULDN'T HANDLE IT. 20:10 DO YOU REMEMBER THAT STORY? SO IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE HE 20:13 DIDN'T EXACTLY SPEAK TO MOSES FACE TO FACE - THAT WHEN HE 20:17 SPOKE TO MOSES FACE TO FACE, STILL HE WAS OBSCURED SOMEHOW BY 20:20 A STORM - BY A WHIRLWIND - BY A TEMPEST OR SOMETHING UP THERE ON 20:24 MOUNT SINAI BECAUSE WE USE THE EXPRESSION 'FACE TO FACE' 20:30 AND IT MEANS YOU SEE A PERSON PERSONALLY. 20:34 AND SO GOD SPOKE TO MOSES PERSONALLY. 20:37 SO GOD, WHEN HE SPEAKS TO JOB, WHO IS ANOTHER PROPHET - A 20:40 RIGHTEOUS MAN LIKE MOSES - HE'S SPEAKING TO HIM FROM THE 20:44 WHIRLWIND. MAYBE IT'S PARTLY TO PROTECT HIM. AND YOU CAN READ IN 20:51 JOB 42:5, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT HE DID SEE SOMETHING. 20:58 HE DIDN'T JUST HEAR A VOICE, BECAUSE GOD DOESN'T NEED TO SHOW 21:01 YOU A WHIRLWIND IF HE'S JUST GOING TO SEND YOU AN AUDIO 21:04 RECORDING. IT SAYS, "I HAVE HEARD OF THEE BY THE HEARING OF 21:07 THE EAR:" - THIS IS JOB 42:5 - "BUT NOW MINE EYE SEETH THEE." 21:13 SO JOB SAW SOMETHING OF THE FORM OF GOD - MAYBE WHAT MOSES SAW. 21:18 HIS GLORY MAY HAVE BEEN VEILED SOMEHOW. 21:21 DO THE ANGELS LOOK DIRECTLY AT GOD, OR DO THEY COVER THEIR 21:23 FACES WHEN THEY CRY 'HOLY, HOLY, HOLY'? 21:27 AND THESE ARE HOLY ANGELS. IN HEAVEN, ARE WE GOING TO BE 21:30 ABLE TO SEE HIM FACE TO FACE SOMEDAY? 21:33 THAT'S HARD - THAT'S AWESOME WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT - IF 21:36 EVEN THE ANGELS VEIL THEIR FACES, THE FACT THAT YOU AND I - 21:40 MORTALS, SINFUL - WILL SOMEDAY BE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 21:43 WE'LL HAVE ETERNAL BODIES. WE'LL BE ABLE TO 21:45 LOOK UPON HIS FACE. AND JOHN 1:37 - THIS IS WHAT THE 21:52 WHOLE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS: THE LORD WANTS TO REVEAL 21:55 HIMSELF TO US. IT SAYS, "THE TWO DISCIPLES 21:59 HEARD HIM SPEAK, AND THEY FOLLOWED JESUS. 22:02 THEN JESUS TURNED, AND SEEING THEM FOLLOWING, SAID TO THEM," - 22:05 IT SAID THEY WERE STALKING CHRIST - 'WHAT DO YOU SEEK?' 22:08 THEY SAID TO HIM, 'RABBI' (WHICH IS TO SAY, WHEN TRANSLATED, 22:11 TEACHER), 'WHERE ARE YOU STAYING?'" 22:14 - THEY SAID, 'WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU.' THEY WERE AFRAID TO 22:16 COME AND APPROACH HIM DIRECTLY - "HE SAID TO THEM, 'COME AND 22:18 SEE.' THEY CAME AND SAW WHERE HE WAS STAYING, AND REMAINED WITH 22:22 HIM THAT DAY" - THEY ABODE WITH HIM. 22:24 DOES THE LORD WANT TO ABIDE WITH US? 22:26 DOES HE WANT TO TALK TO US A FRIEND? 22:29 HE WANTS TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS INTELLIGENT CREATURES 22:31 MADE IN HIS IMAGE. AND SO, NOW, AS WE DELVE - AND 22:35 WE'RE GOING TO DO A FLY-OVER OF JOB CHAPTERS 38 AND 39 AND GOING 22:41 TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT. GOD BEGINS TO ASK QUESTIONS. 22:47 FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU LOOK IN JOB 38, VERSE 2, "WHO IS THIS WHO 22:54 DARKENS COUNSEL BY WORDS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE?" NOW, WHO IS 22:58 GOD TALKING TO THERE? >>JOB. 23:02 >>YEAH, IT SAYS JOB - GOD SPOKE TO JOB - EVEN THOUGH ELIHU HAS 23:06 JUST FINISHED TALKING, GOD IS NOW SPEAKING TO JOB. 23:10 BUT I THOUGHT THAT JOB WAS A PERFECT AND UPRIGHT MAN, 23:14 SO WHY IS HE SORT OF CHASTISING JOB? 23:17 AND AT THE END OF THE STORY OF JOB, GOD TELLS JOB TO OFFER 23:21 SACRIFICE FOR HIS FRIENDS WHO HAD MISSPOKE. 23:24 BUT IT SAID, 'IN ALL THIS JOB DID NOT SIN.' NOW THERE'S THINGS 23:29 - YOU CAN ASK GOD QUESTIONS AND THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU CAN SAY, 23:31 THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY A SIN, THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW SOMETHING. 23:37 HE'S SAYING, "WHO IS THIS WHO DARKENS COUNSEL BY WORDS WITHOUT 23:41 KNOWLEDGE?' YOU KNOW, I THINK HE'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT JOB, 23:45 EVEN THOUGH HE'S ADDRESSING JOB. YOU'RE HEARING GOD FINALLY SPEAK 23:49 AFTER MAN HAS BASICALLY SAID EVERYTHING HE CAN THINK OF 23:55 TO TRY AND EXPLAIN THE WORKINGS OF GOD. 23:58 YOU'VE GOT ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE, AND BILDAD AND - THE SHUHITE - 24:04 AND ALL OF JOB'S FRIENDS AND ELIHU AND THEY'VE ALL GOT A LOT 24:08 TO SAY AND EVEN JOB - AND SO YOU'VE GOT FIVE PEOPLE THAT ARE 24:12 TALKING HERE - THAT'S AN INTERESTING NUMBER - 24:18 THE PENTATEUCH IS THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES. 24:22 AND IN THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS, THE RICH MAN 24:26 SAYS TO FATHER ABRAHAM, 'I HAVE FIVE BROTHERS. 24:30 LET ME GO BACK IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE AND WARN THEM.' FIVE, 24:33 SOMETIMES, THE WORD - A NUMBER THAT'S SYNONYMOUS WITH THE WORD 24:37 OF GOD. SO YOU'VE GOT THESE FIVE MEN THAT ARE TALKING. 24:40 ARE THE STATEMENTS - I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT 24:42 TO UNDERSTAND - EVEN THOUGH JOB AND HIS THREE FRIENDS - AND EVEN 24:46 ELIHU - DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY JOB WAS GOING THROUGH WHAT 24:51 HE WENT THROUGH, ARE THOSE CHAPTERS THE WORD OF GOD? 24:56 >>YES. >>THEY ARE. 25:00 THE STATEMENTS THEY MAKE, IN PRINCIPLE, ARE TRUE. 25:05 AND YOU GO THROUGH - YOU'RE GOING TO READ SOME - BOY, ANY 25:08 ONE OF THOSE PRINCES - I MEAN, THESE ARE GUYS THAT LIVED 150 25:12 YEARS BACK THEN AND THEY HAD THEIR HEADS CLEAR FOR 140 YEARS. 25:18 I MEAN, THEY HAD JUST MASSIVE INTELLECT AND THEY HAD THE 25:22 SPIRIT OF GOD. AND THESE ARE FRIENDS OF JOB AND 25:25 THEY'RE ALL RELATED TO ESAU AND TO ABRAHAM. 25:29 THEY WERE - THEY WORSHIPED THE TRUE GOD. 25:32 THEY KNEW JEHOVAH. THEY PROBABLY PASSED ON 25:34 THE WORD OF GOD ORALLY. AND WHAT THEY SAID WAS TRUE. 25:39 BUT WHAT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WAS THE SITUATION OF JOB WAS 25:43 UNIQUE AND THEY WERE WRONG ABOUT WHY WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO JOB 25:47 WAS HAPPENING TO JOB. BUT THE WRITINGS IN THE BOOK OF 25:50 JOB WERE ALL INSPIRED BECAUSE - I SAY THAT - I EMPHASIZE THAT. 25:54 I'VE HEARD PREACHERS READ SOMETHING FROM THE BOOK OF JOB 25:56 OR I'VE QUOTED SOMETHING, THEY SAY, 'WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE.' 25:58 I SAY, 'SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT TRUE?' 25:59 THEY SAID, 'THAT WAS HIS FRIEND SPEAKING. 26:00 YOU CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING IN THE BOOK OF JOB SAID BY HIS FRIENDS 26:02 - THAT'S NOT INSPIRED.' THAT'S A DANGEROUS ROAD TO GO DOWN. 26:07 AND SO, I BELIEVE IT IS ALL INSPIRED COUNSEL, BUT THEY HAD 26:10 MISAPPLIED SOME OF IT TO JOB. AND SO HE ANSWERS THEM AND SAYS, 26:14 "WHO IS THIS WHO DARKENS COUNSEL BY WORDS WITHOUT... 26:16 NOW PREPARE YOURSELF LIKE A MAN; I WILL QUESTION YOU, AND YOU 26:19 SHALL ANSWER ME. 'WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF 26:22 THE EARTH?'" - DOES GOD NOT KNOW WHERE JOB WAS, OR IS THAT WHAT 26:26 YOU CALL A RHETORICAL QUESTION - A LITTLE BIT OF SARCASM IN 26:30 THERE? - "TELL ME, IF YOU HAVE UNDERSTANDING. 26:33 WHO DETERMINED ITS MEASUREMENTS?" QUESTION MARK. 26:36 MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU'D TAKE A PENCIL AND GO THROUGH IN 26:37 CHAPTERS 38 AND 39, CIRCLE EVERYWHERE YOU SEE A QUESTION 26:40 MARK. GOD IS ASKING JOB A SERIES OF QUESTIONS. 26:46 NOW WHY DOES GOD ASK MAN QUESTIONS? 26:48 IS THERE SOMETHING THAT MAN CAN TELL GOD THAT GOD DOESN'T KNOW? 26:53 GOD IS OMNISCIENT - HE KNOWS EVERYTHING. 26:55 SO WHY DOES GOD ASK QUESTIONS? >>TO MAKE US THINK. 27:01 >>TO MAKE US THINK? WHY DID GOD SAY TO ADAM, 'WHERE ARE YOU?' 27:05 BECAUSE GOD HAD MISPLACED ADAM? 'OH NO, I'M IN TROUBLE NOW. 27:09 I MADE A MAN IN MY OWN IMAGE AND I CAN'T FIND HIM. 27:11 WAIT UNTIL THE HOLY SPIRIT FINDS OUT; THEN I'M IN TROUBLE.' 27:14 IS THAT WHY GOD WAS SAYING, 'WHERE'D I PUT THAT MAN? 27:18 I KNOW I SET HIM HERE SOMEWHERE. (LAUGHTER) 27:21 DID GOD KNOW WHERE HE WAS? >>YES. 27:23 >>YOU KNOW, WE WONDER SOMETIMES, BECAUSE YOU READ STATEMENTS 27:25 WHERE IT SAYS, 'GOD SAYS TO ABRAHAM, 'THE CRY OF SODOM CAME 27:29 UP TO ME - I'VE HEARD REPORTS OF HOW WICKED THEY ARE. 27:31 I'VE COME DOWN TO FIND OUT FOR MYSELF.' WHAT? DO YOU MEAN HE 27:34 HAD TO COME DOWN TO FIND OUT? OR DID GOD ALREADY KNOW? 27:39 HE CAME DOWN SO HE COULD BE A WITNESS TO MANKIND - 'I NOT ONLY 27:42 HEARD THE REPORT OF ANGELS AND I KNEW THROUGH THE REVELATION OF 27:45 THE SPIRIT, AND BECAUSE I'M ALL KNOWING, BUT I'VE COME 27:47 PERSONALLY.' AND SO WHY DID GOD SAY, 'ADAM, WHERE ARE YOU?' 27:55 AND THEN GOD SAYS TO ADAM, 'WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? 27:57 DID GOD NOT KNOW WHAT HE HAD DONE? 28:00 HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PARENTS? YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, FULL 28:04 WELL THAT YOUR KIDS HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG AND YOU EVEN 28:08 KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND YOU'LL ASK THEM, BECAUSE YOU'RE 28:10 GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME CLEAN? 28:13 OR YOU'RE WANTING THEM TO THINK INTROSPECTIVELY ABOUT WHAT THEIR 28:17 DECISION HAS CAUSED. WHEN GOD SAID TO ADAM, 'WHERE ARE YOU?' 28:20 WHERE DID SIN BRING HIM? WHERE DID IT LEAD HIM? 28:25 HE WANTED HIM TO THINK ABOUT THAT. GOD KNEW. 28:27 SO GOD ASKS SOME GREAT QUESTIONS IN THE BIBLE. 28:30 HE SAYS, FOR INSTANCE, IN GENESIS 3:11, "WHO TOLD YOU YOU 28:33 WERE NAKED?' - THEY SAID, 'WE HID BECAUSE WE WERE NAKED.' 28:36 NAKED? "WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE NAKED?" 28:38 'HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING TO THE DEVIL?' 28:42 AND WHERE DOES THAT GET YOU? "HAVE YOU EATEN 28:45 FROM THE TREE...?" DID GOD KNOW THAT THEY ATE? 28:48 I MEAN, LOOK AT ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT HE'S ASKING. 28:51 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME IN JUST A MOMENT MATTHEW 16:13 - 28:55 KATRINA, YOU'LL HAVE THAT? A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS: 28:58 WHAT DOES GOD SAY TO CAIN? 'WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER ABEL? 29:02 WHERE IS ABEL, YOUR BROTHER?' DID GOD KNOW WHERE ABEL WAS? 29:07 HE'S GIVING HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPENT AND TO CONFESS. 29:11 BUT HE DOESN'T. AND HE SAYS, 'I DON'T KNOW, 29:15 AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?' AND THEN GOD SAYS, 29:17 'WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?' DID GOD KNOW WHAT CAIN HAD DONE? 29:23 'THE VOICE OF YOUR BROTHER'S BLOOD CRIES TO ME FROM THE 29:25 GROUND.' ELIJAH RUNS TO A CAVE; GOD SAYS TO ELIJAH, 'WHAT ARE 29:31 YOU DOING HERE?' DID GOD NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING THERE? 29:35 OR WAS GOD ASKING, 'WHY DID YOU DO THIS?' SO ELIJAH WOULD THINK 29:41 - YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT ELIJAH DID - YOU READ THE FIRST 29:43 PART OF ELIJAH, GOD SAYS, 'ELIJAH, GO TELL AHAB.' HE GOES. 29:47 GOD SAYS, 'ELIJAH, NOW GO HIDE BY THE BROOK.' HE GOES. 29:50 RUNS OUT OF WATER AT THE BROOK, GOD SAYS, 'I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU 29:52 TO ZAREPHATH, THERE'S A WIDOW.' HE GOES - AND THEN GOD SAYS TO 29:54 ELIJAH, 'NOW I WANT YOU TO GO REVEAL YOURSELF TO AHAB.' HE 29:57 GOES - AND THEN JEZEBEL THREATENS HIM AND HE RUNS INTO 30:01 THE WILDERNESS. AND GOD SAYS, 'I DON'T REMEMBER 30:04 TELLING YOU TO DO THIS. (LAUGHTER) WHO SENT YOU HERE?' 30:09 YOU SEE, WHAT GOD IS SAYING IS, 'I - YOU TAKE MY COMMAND. 30:12 YOU DON'T JUST RUN FOR YOUR LIFE.' AND SO HE'S - 30:14 HE'S RUN 40 DAYS IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. 30:19 I WAS TALKING TO NATHAN YESTERDAY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 30:21 THE WILL OF GOD AND IF YOU MAKE A BAD DECISION REGARDING THE 30:26 WILL OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE AND YOU KIND OF GET OFF TRACK, DOES 30:30 THAT MEAN THAT HIS WILL FOR YOUR LIFE NOW IS JUST GONE FOREVER? 30:35 AND I WAS SAYING THAT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING - HOW MANY 30:38 OF YOU HAVE A GPS ON YOUR PHONE OR IN YOUR CAR? 30:42 THAT'D BE JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY TODAY, RIGHT? 30:43 I'VE GOT SEVERAL OF THEM. I'VE GOT ONE ON MY PHONE AND 30:46 WHEN I TRAVEL I TAKE A SEPARATE ONE BECAUSE I FIND IT'S A LOT 30:49 MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING. 30:50 AND YOU MISS A TURN BECAUSE YOU'RE IN A STRANGE TOWN, OR YOU 30:54 FORGOT TO CHANGE LANES IN TIME OR WHATEVER, AND THE GPS SAYS, 30:58 'BOY, DID YOU EVER BLOW IT. NOW YOU'RE LOST FOREVER.' 31:01 (LAUGHTER) IS THAT WHAT IT SAYS? THAT - WOULDN'T THAT BE A SCARY 31:06 THING, WITH THAT VOICE THAT COMES ON WITH AN ENGLISH ACCENT? 31:09 (LAUGHTER) 'YOU ARE LOST.' BUT WHAT DOES IT SAY? 31:13 >>RECALCULATING. >>RECALCULATING. 31:15 IT SAYS, 'WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A NEW DIRECTION TO GET TO 31:18 YOUR DESTINATION.' AND SO, GOD NEVER TOLD 31:21 ELIJAH GO TO THE CAVE. GOD SAID, 'RECALCULATING.' AND 31:26 THEN WHEN HE SURRENDERED TO THE LORD, HE HEARD THE STILL SMALL 31:28 VOICE, AND THEN GOD SAID, 'NOW, HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. 31:31 I WANT YOU TO GO BACK TO ISRAEL; I STILL HAVE SEVERAL KNEES THAT 31:35 HAVEN'T BOWED.' IT LOOKS TO ME - I'VE GOT ALL THIS STUFF ON MY 31:37 JACKET - IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE BEEN WRESTLING WITH A SHEEP HERE. 31:41 (LAUGHTER) HE SAID, 'I WANT YOU TO GO BACK TO ISRAEL. 31:43 I WANT YOU TO ANOINT ELISHA, YOU'RE GOING TO ANOINT HAZIEL 31:47 KING, YOU'RE GOING TO' - HE'S GOING TO ANOINT JEHU - AND HE 31:50 TELLS HIM, THEN, WHAT TO DO AND HE GETS BACK ON COURSE AND HE 31:52 STARTS TO FOLLOW GOD'S DIRECTION FOR HIS LIFE. 31:55 AND SO, WHEN GOD SAID TO ADAM, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?' 31:57 HE SAID TO ELIJAH, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?' 32:00 GOD ASKS THESE QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD, READ FOR US, 32:01 PLEASE, MATTHEW 16:13. >>"WHEN JESUS CAME INTO THE 32:06 REGION OF CAESAREA PHILIPPI, HE ASKED HIS DISCIPLES, SAYING, 32:10 'WHO DO MEN SAY THAT I, THE SON OF MAN, AM?" 32:15 >>DID JESUS KNOW WHO THEY WERE SAYING HE WAS? 32:19 HE KNOWS ALL THINGS. AND HE WANTED TO GIVE THEM AN 32:25 OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE HE WAS BRINGING OUT - HE WAS GOING TO 32:28 BRING OUT 'WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?' 32:30 THEY SAID, 'OH, THEY THINK THAT YOU'RE MAYBE THE REINCARNATION 32:32 OF ELIJAH' OR 'MAYBE YOU'RE JEREMIAH OR ONE OF THE PROPHETS' 32:35 OR 'MAYBE YOU'RE THE PROPHET THAT MOSES SAID WOULD SOMEDAY BE 32:39 COMING TO THE EARTH.' AND THEN JESUS SAID, 'BUT WHO DO YOU SAY 32:42 THAT I AM? BECAUSE IT'S NOT IMPORTANT 32:44 WHAT EVERYONE ELSE THINKS. WHAT DO YOU THINK?' 32:46 YOU SEE, THAT VERY IMPORTANT DISCOURSE WHERE, ULTIMATELY, 32:49 PETER SAYS, 'THOU ART THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING 32:51 GOD.' JESUS SET UP THAT INCREDIBLE STATEMENT BY ASKING 32:55 THE QUESTION. YOU HAVE THAT EXAMPLE IN MARK 32:57 9:33 AND IT SAYS HERE, "THEN HE CAME TO CAPERNAUM. 33:03 AND WHEN HE WAS IN THE HOUSE HE ASKED THE DISCIPLES, 'WHAT 33:06 WAS IT YOU DISPUTED AMONG YOURSELVES ON THE ROAD?'" 33:10 DID HE KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DISPUTING ALONG THE ROAD? 33:13 YOU SEE, I JUST ASKED A QUESTION. YES. 33:18 "BUT THEY KEPT SILENT, FOR ON THE ROAD THEY HAD DISPUTED AMONG 33:20 THEMSELVES WHO WOULD BE THE GREATEST." 33:23 THEY WERE EMBARRASSED TO TELL JESUS BECAUSE THEY KNOW JESUS 33:24 WAS SO HUMBLE AND THEY WERE ALL SAYING, 'AH, I'M BETTER THAN 33:27 YOU.' 'I'VE GOT MORE EXPERIENCE.' 'OH, YOU GUYS ARE 33:29 TOO YOUNG.' AND THE ONLY THING THEY AGREED ON IS THAT JUDAS 33:32 WOULD BE THE TREASURER AND THEY WERE WRONG ABOUT THAT. 33:36 EVERYTHING ELSE THEY THOUGHT THEY UNDERSTOOD. 33:37 THEY WERE FIGHTING. THEY WERE MAD BECAUSE JAMES AND 33:39 JOHN HAD PRE-EMPTED THEM AND GONE TO JESUS WITH - THEY EVEN 33:44 GOT THEIR MOTHER INVOLVED - THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS A DIRTY TRICK 33:47 - AND SAY, 'WHEN ARE YOU COMING INTO YOUR KINGDOM? 33:49 THESE TWO SONS OF MINE, CAN THEY SIT ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT?' 33:52 YOU KNOW, JESUS DIDN'T SAY 'NO'. 33:54 HE SAID, 'THAT'S NOT MINE TO GIVE.' AND HE SAID, 'ARE YOU 33:57 ABLE TO BE BAPTIZED WITH THE BAPTISM WHEREWITH I'LL BE 34:00 BAPTIZED?' 'OH, YES, LORD. WE'RE ABLE.' HE SAID, 'WELL, 34:02 YOU WILL BE BAPTIZED WITH MY BAPTISM. 34:05 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.' AND HE SAID, 34:08 'YOU'RE GOING TO BE BAPTIZED WITH MY SUFFERINGS. 34:10 BUT THEY THOUGHT, 'OH, IS HE GOING TO GIVE THEM THE PLACE ON 34:13 THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT?' AND THEY WERE UPSET. 34:15 AND THEN THEY STARTED ARGUING, 'YOU SHOULDN'T - IT SHOULDN'T BE 34:17 JAMES AND JOHN. IT OUGHT TO BE PETER AND 34:18 ANDREW.' 'NO, NOT PETER AND ANDREW - IT SHOULD BE THOMAS.' 34:21 'NO, HE DOUBTS TOO MUCH. IT SHOULD BE' - AND THEY'RE ALL 34:23 ARGUING WHICH OF THEM WAS THE GREATEST. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY 34:26 WERE STILL WONDERING WHICH OF THEM WAS THE GREATEST WHEN THEY 34:28 COME TO THE UPPER ROOM AND JESUS STARTS WASHING THEIR FEET. 34:33 THEY KNEW SOMEONE SHOULD DO THE FOOT WASHING THAT NIGHT AND THEY 34:35 THOUGHT, 'I'M NOT DOING ANY FOOT WASHING. 34:37 THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE I'M OF A LOWER STANDARD THAN THE 34:41 OTHERS.' AND SO THEY WERE ALL TOO PROUD TO GET DOWN AND WASH 34:44 EACH OTHER'S FEET AND THEN JESUS REBUKED THEM BY HIS ACTION OF 34:48 TAKING THE FORM OF A SERVANT AND WASHING THEIR FEET. 34:51 BUT THEY WERE STILL THINKING WHICH OF THEM WAS THE GREATEST. 34:53 YOU KNOW WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT? 34:55 WHEN THEY FINALLY PUT ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES - AFTER THE 34:58 CROSS, AFTER THEY DENIED HIM, AFTER THEY REALIZED THE MERCY OF 35:02 GOD AND HE DIED FOR THEIR SINS - THEN THEY HUMBLED THEMSELVES AND 35:06 THEY CAME TOGETHER, THEY PRAYED TOGETHER, THEY WERE OF ONE 35:09 ACCORD, THEY WEREN'T STRIVING FOR THE HIGHEST PLACE, THEY 35:13 WEREN'T WONDERING WHO WAS GETTING PAID HOW MUCH AND WHO 35:15 WOULD GET THE NEXT PROMOTION - THEN HE COULD POUR OUT THE HOLY 35:18 SPIRIT. AND WHEN IS GOD GOING TO POUR OUT THE LATTER RAIN? 35:24 WHEN THE CHURCH HAS THE SAME SPIRIT - WHERE, LIKE PAUL, WE 35:29 CAN SAY WE'VE LEARNED IN WHATEVER STATE WE'RE IN, TO BE 35:32 CONTENT AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO SERVE THE LORD WHATEVER OUR 35:36 STATION IN LIFE. WE'RE NOT STRIVING FOR WHO IS 35:39 THE GREATEST OR WHO IS THE BEST. SO, ASKING QUESTIONS - ONE 35:45 MORE - I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE QUESTION. 35:47 PAUL - ACTS 9:4 - WHEN JESUS REVEALS HIMSELF - HIS NAME IS 35:52 SAUL BACK THEN - AND HE SAYS, 'SAUL, SAUL, WHY ARE YOU 35:56 PERSECUTING ME?'" NOW, WHY IS JESUS ASKING THAT 36:01 QUESTION, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T KNOW? HE KNEW. HE'S SAYING, 36:05 'HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHY YOU'RE DOING THIS?' 36:07 IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE DONKEY SAYING TO BALAAM, 36:09 'WHY HAVE YOU STRUCK ME THESE THREE TIMES?' 36:10 EVEN THE DONKEY ASKED A QUESTION, RIGHT? 36:15 AND THE DONKEY KNEW THE ANSWER MORE THAN BALAAM. 36:19 ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO QUICKLY - LET'S LOOK - I WANT TO LOOK AT 36:22 CHAPTER 38 WITH YOU AND I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS. 36:25 SO GOD, HE BEGINS TO SAY, 'WHERE WERE YOU?' 36:31 - VERSE 4 - I'M IN CHAPTER 38 OF JOB, VERSE 4, "WHERE WERE YOU 36:34 WHEN I LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH? 36:37 TELL ME, IF YOU HAVE UNDERSTANDING." - NOW, YOU KNOW, 36:40 HE PROBABLY DIDN'T BUILD THE EARTH LIKE WE SAW THAT CHURCH 36:43 WAS JUST BUILT THERE IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE THEY POURED A 36:46 FOOTING. AND GOD, HE SPOKE AND IT CAME INTO EXISTENCE. 36:50 YOU GO DOWN TO VERSE 8, "OR WHO SHUT UP THE SEA WITH DOORS," - 36:55 IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY USED TO IRRIGATE BACK THEN, THEY 37:00 WOULD ACTUALLY DAM OFF THINGS AND THEN THEY'D OPEN THE GATES - 37:03 THE WOODEN LITTLE FLOODGATES - AND THEY'D IRRIGATE THEIR CROPS. 37:05 AND SO, IT'S TALKING ABOUT WHAT DOORS YOU HAVE THAT YOU COULD 37:08 OPEN THAT WOULD SUPPLY THE OCEAN? 37:12 GOD SAID, 'DID YOU MAKE THE FLOODGATES FOR THE SEA?' 37:16 THEN YOU GO TO VERSES 12, "HAVE YOU COMMANDED THE MORNING SINCE 37:21 YOUR DAYS BEGAN, AND CAUSED THE DAWN TO KNOW ITS PLACE," - SO 37:25 GOD IS TALKING ABOUT THESE BIG THINGS THAT ARE TOO MAGNIFICENT 37:28 FOR MAN TO COMPREHEND - "AND CAUSED THE DAWN TO KNOW ITS 37:32 PLACE, THAT IT MIGHT TAKE HOLD OF THE ENDS OF THE EARTH," - 37:35 AND YOU CAN SEE FROM SKY TO SKY THE SUN RISING. 37:38 GO TO VERSE 16, "HAVE YOU ENTERED THE SPRINGS OF THE SEA?" 37:43 - YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD A POND - WE HAD A POND AND THE POND IS 37:45 FED BY A SPRING. GOD'S SAYING, 'WHAT SPRING IS 37:49 IT THAT CAN SUPPLY THE OCEAN?' AND YOU DIG DOWN - WHEN YOU WANT 37:55 TO EXPOSE A SPRING YOU DIG DOWN AND IT'S STILL COMING UP, AND 37:58 YOU DIG DOWN AND IT'S STILL COMING UP. AND YOU CAN NEVER GET 38:00 TO THE BOTTOM OF WHERE THAT SPRING'S COMING FROM. AND GOD IS 38:03 SAYING, 'HOW DEEP DO YOU NEED TO DIG BEFORE YOU FIGURE OUT WHERE 38:06 THE SOURCE OF THE WATER OF THE OCEANS COMES FROM. 38:10 YOU CAN'T GO HIGH ENOUGH, YOU CAN'T GO FAR ENOUGH, YOU CAN'T 38:12 THINK WIDE ENOUGH, YOU CAN'T DIG DEEP ENOUGH - GOD IS ASKING 38:17 THESE BIG PROFOUND QUESTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE BOOK OF 38:20 JOB IS IN POETRY AND WHEN YOU FINALLY GET TO THIS SECTION OF 38:24 GOD SPEAKING, IT IS PRETTY PROFOUND. THEN HE SAYS IN VERSE 38:28 18, "HAVE YOU COMPREHENDED THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH?" 38:32 YOU KNOW, WHEN COLUMBUS CONCLUDED THAT THE WORLD WAS 38:37 ROUND, AND HE TOOK OFF SAILING WEST, WHEN HE GOT TO THE INDIES 38:47 - IT WASN'T THE INDIES; WE CALL THEM THE INDIES, BUT IT WAS THE 38:50 CARIBBEAN, HE WAS SURE THAT HE WAS IN THE LAND OF INDIA BECAUSE 38:54 COLUMBUS, WHEN HE CALCULATED THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH, HE WAS 38:57 ABOUT HALF TOO SHORT. HE ONLY HAD IT ABOUT HALF 39:02 AS BIG AS IT ACTUALLY IS. AND MAN CAN'T COMPREHEND THAT. 39:08 NOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR GOOGLE EARTH AND WITH OUR 39:12 SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY NOW, YEAH, WE CAN MEASURE A LOT MORE 39:16 ACCURATELY, BUT BOY, IN THE DAYS OF JOB, TO SAY, 'CAN YOU 39:19 COMPREHEND THE SIZE OF THE EARTH?' 39:23 "WHERE IS THE WAY TO THE DWELLING OF LIGHT?" 39:28 WHERE DOES LIGHT COME FROM? NOW HE'S GETTING DEEP. 39:32 WHAT IS LIGHT? GO TO VERSE 22, "HAVE YOU 39:35 ENTERED THE TREASURY OF SNOW," - SOMETHING INTERESTING 39:39 HE SAYS ABOUT THIS WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE SNOW - WHERE DOES, YOU 39:41 KNOW, THE SNOW COMES FROM THE CLOUDS UP THERE. 39:43 CAN YOU ENTER WAY UP IN THE CLOUDS? 39:46 AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY, "WHICH I HAVE RESERVED FOR THE 39:49 TIME OF TROUBLE, FOR THE DAY OF BATTLE AND WAR?" 39:53 NOW NOT ONLY IS HE TALKING ABOUT SNOW - THE WORD SNOW AND HAIL 39:56 WERE INTERCHANGEABLE FREQUENTLY - DOES GOD EVER USE HAIL IN THE 40:00 BIBLE, FOR A TIME OF TROUBLE? >>YES. 40:02 >>DOES IT TELL US THAT HAILSTONES ABOUT THE SIZE OF A 40:05 TALENT WILL COME DOWN IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE? 40:08 DID HE HAIL ON HIS ENEMIES IN ONE OF THE BATTLES WITH ISRAEL 40:11 IN THE DAYS OF JOSHUA? HE SENT HAIL DOWN. 40:14 IT SAYS IN THE DAY - THE TIME OF THE PHILISTINES - HE FOUGHT THE 40:18 PHILISTINES WITH HAIL AND HAIL KILLED MORE THAN THE ARMIES 40:22 KILLED. GO TO VERSE 25, "OR A PATH FOR THE THUNDERBOLT?" 40:31 AND YOU CAN GO TO VERSE 29, "FROM WHOSE WOMB COMES THE ICE? 40:36 AND THE FROST OF HEAVEN...THE WATERS HARDEN LIKE STONE," - 40:40 NOW, YOU KNOW, THE CLIMATE THERE IN ISRAEL IS SOMETHING LIKE 40:44 CALIFORNIA. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE OCCASIONAL FROST. 40:47 IT'S PRETTY RARE WHEN IT DOES FREEZE, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE THAT 40:53 EXPERIENCE. AND IT WAS A MYSTERY FOR THEM. 40:55 THEN HE STARTS LOOKING UP AT THE SKY. 40:57 HE SAYS, 'CAN YOU BIND THE CLUSTER OF PLEIADES...OR LOOSE 41:01 THE BELT OF ORION? CAN YOU BRING OUT 41:04 MAZZAROTH IN ITS SEASON? OR CAN YOU GUIDE THE 41:07 GREAT BEAR WITH ITS CUBS?" NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE 41:09 THE KING JAMES - DOES IT SAY 'ARCTURUS' THERE? THAT WAS THE 41:13 NAME OF A CONSTELLATION OF THE BEAR AND THEY CALLED IT ARCTURUS 41:19 - "DO YOU KNOW THE ORDINANCES OF THE HEAVENS?" 41:23 NOW HE'S GETTING PRETTY DEEP BECAUSE EVEN WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY 41:26 TODAY, WE THINK WE'RE PRETTY SMART BECAUSE WE CAN MEASURE THE 41:29 CIRCLE OF THE EARTH, BUT ONCE WE START MEASURING SPACE, IT'S 41:36 MIND-BOGGLING FOR US THAT THERE ARE MORE BLAZING SUNS OUT THERE 41:42 THAN THERE ARE GRAINS OF SAND ON ALL THE BEACHES OF ALL THE WORLD 41:47 - THAT'S WHAT THE ASTRONOMERS ARE SAYING. 41:49 AND THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY KNOW FROM THE OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE. 41:55 WITH THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE THEY TOOK THE ULTRA-DEEP SPACE 41:58 PHOTOGRAPHS AND THEY WENT SO FAR BACK LOOKING INTO THE UNIVERSE 42:01 AND THEY THOUGHT WE FOUND THE EDGE OF IT AND IT WAS FILLED 42:05 WITH GALAXIES - 200 BILLION SUNS PER GALAXY AS AN AVERAGE - 42:10 THEY'RE JUST GUESSING; THEY DON'T KNOW. 42:11 BUT BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF SUNS AND THE SUNS OFTEN HAVE 42:14 OTHER PLANETS ROTATING AROUND THEM. 42:16 AND SO, NOW GOD IS SAYING, 'ALRIGHT, NOW YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR 42:18 LEAGUE.' HE STARTS LOOKING UP IN THE HEAVENS. 42:20 HE SAYS, 'WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?' 42:22 HE SAID, 'YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE OCEAN AND TOUCH THE 42:24 SNOW, BUT CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THE HEAVENS?' 42:30 "CAN YOU LIFT UP YOUR VOICE TO THE CLOUDS...CAN YOU SEND OUT 42:33 LIGHTNINGS," - VERSE 36 - "WHO HAS PUT WISDOM IN THE MIND? 42:37 OR WHO HAS GIVEN UNDERSTANDING TO THE HEART?" 42:40 HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU CAN KNOW? HOW IS IT YOU COMPREHEND? 42:46 DOES YOUR MIND OFTEN RACE WITH THOUGHTS? 42:48 DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT? 42:51 AND JUST WHERE WISDOM COMES FROM? 42:53 I THINK SO MUCH - I'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE BUILDING PROJECT 42:55 AND, AS I WALK FROM ONE ROOM TO ANOTHER I GET TO THE NEXT ROOM 42:58 AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I CAME FOR, BECAUSE I'VE THOUGHT SO 43:01 MANY THINGS BETWEEN ONE ROOM AND THE NEXT, I THINK, 'WHY IN THE 43:04 WORLD'D I COME HERE?' I HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE OTHER 43:06 ROOM AND START WORKING AGAIN AND GO, 'OH YEAH, THAT'S WHY I 43:07 CAME.' COME BACK IN - SOMETIMES I'LL REMEMBER MY SECOND TRIP, 43:11 WHAT WAS - ANYONE ELSE DO THAT? (LAUGHTER) OH GOOD, I SAW SOME 43:15 YOUNG HANDS GO UP. THAT MADE ME FEEL BETTER. (LAUGHTER) SO IT 43:21 TALKS ABOUT THE WISDOM OF THE WISE HERE. SOMEONE'S GOING TO 43:25 READ FOR ME COLOSSIANS 1:16 - THE LORD IS - YES, GO AHEAD. 43:30 >>"FOR BY HIM ALL THINGS WERE CREATED THAT ARE IN HEAVEN AND 43:33 THAT ARE ON EARTH, VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, WHETHER THRONES OR 43:38 DOMINIONS OR PRINCIPALITIES OR POWERS. 43:41 ALL THINGS WERE CREATED THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM." 43:45 >>SO AS GOD IS CALLING THE ATTENTION OF JOB TO THE WONDERS 43:49 OF CREATION, DOES GOD KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT? 43:53 WHO IS IT THAT IS SPEAKING WITH JOB? 43:55 IS IT GOD THE FATHER OR GOD THE SON? 44:01 I THINK IT'S GOD THE SON. PRINCIPALLY, GOD COMMUNICATES 44:05 WITH MAN THROUGH THE SPIRIT AND THEN GOD THE SON. 44:10 JESUS IS THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MAN. 44:12 AND, IN THE BATTLE, WHEN THE DEVIL IS ARGUING WITH GOD ABOUT 44:18 JOB, ISN'T IT THE DRAGON THAT WARS WITH MICHAEL? 44:23 I THINK IT'S JESUS THAT IS STANDING UP AS - IN THE DEFENSE. 44:28 AND SO, FINALLY, THE ONE WHO MADE ALL THINGS - SO WHEN GOD IS 44:30 SAYING, 'I MADE ALL THESE THINGS', WHO IS IT THAT MADE ALL 44:32 THINGS? GOD THE FATHER OR THE SON? 44:35 >>THE SON. >>THE FATHER MADE ALL 44:36 THINGS THROUGH THE SON. JOHN - THE GOSPEL OF JOHN - 44:40 FIRST CHAPTER, FIRST VERSE - "IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND 44:43 THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD. 44:46 HE WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH GOD. 44:48 ALL THINGS" - THAT WERE MADE - "WERE MADE THROUGH HIM, AND 44:51 WITHOUT HIM NOTHING WAS MADE THAT WAS MADE." 44:54 HE SPOKE AND IT WAS DONE. HE COMMANDED AND IT STOOD FAST. 44:57 GOD SPOKE AND ALL THESE THINGS CAME INTO EXISTENCE. 45:00 AND SO - NOW, WHEN YOU'RE READING THROUGH JOB, YOU KNOW, 45:03 THE CHAPTERS AND VERSES IN THE BIBLE ARE NOT A HARD FAST RULE 45:07 THAT THEY'RE INSPIRED IN ANY WAY - THEY'RE SORT OF PLACED - AND 45:10 SOMETIMES THEY'RE A LITTLE MISPLACED. 45:11 UP UNTIL YOU GET TO VERSE 36 - THE VERSE 35 HE IS TALKING ABOUT 45:20 THINGS - LIGHTNING, OCEANS, STARS, WATER, SNOW - NOW YOU GET 45:26 TO VERSE 36, "WHO HAS PUT WISDOM IN THE MIND? 45:29 OR WHO HAS GIVEN UNDERSTANDING TO THE HEART?" 45:31 WHO CAN GIVE WISDOM? AND THEN HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT 45:33 ANIMALS AT THIS POINT: "CAN YOU HUNT THE PREY FOR THE LION," - 45:37 VERSE 39 - SO IT TALKS ABOUT THE LION. YOU GO TO VERSE - CHAPTER 45:42 39 OF JOB AND YOU GO TO THE FIRST VERSE - THE WILD MOUNTAIN 45:45 GOATS, THE DEER - GO TO VERSE 5 - THE WILD DONKEY. 45:52 YOU GO TO VERSE 9 - THE OX - VERSE 13 - THE OSTRICH. 45:58 AND HE DOESN'T SAY - HE SAYS SOME THINGS ABOUT THE - VERSE 17 46:02 - ABOUT THE OSTRICH - HE SAYS, "BECAUSE GOD DEPRIVED HER OF 46:04 WISDOM, (LAUGHS) AND DID NOT ENDOW HER WITH UNDERSTANDING." 46:09 ANYWAY, AND THEN HE SAYS THE HORSE - HE'S GOT A BEAUTIFUL 46:13 STATEMENT ON THE HORSE THERE - THE STRENGTH AND THE MAJESTY OF 46:16 THE HORSE. AND THEN GO TO VERSE 26, "DOES 46:20 THE HAWK FLY BY YOUR WISDOM, AND SPREAD ITS WINGS 46:24 TOWARD THE SOUTH? DOES THE EAGLE MOUNT UP AT YOUR 46:27 COMMAND, AND MAKE ITS NEST ON HIGH? 46:31 ON THE ROCK IT DWELLS AND RESIDES, ON THE CRAG OF THE ROCK 46:34 AND THE STRONGHOLD. FROM THERE IT SPIES OUT THE 46:37 PREY; ITS EYES OBSERVE FROM AFAR." EVEN BACK THEN THEY KNEW 46:42 THAT THE EAGLE COULD SEE VERY FAR BECAUSE IT'D BE SITTING 46:44 THERE LOOKING CALM. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WOULD SPOT 46:46 SOMETHING THREE MILES AWAY, ZOOM IN, AND PICK UP A MOUSE. 46:50 SO EVEN THOUGH THEY COULDN'T DO ALL THAT TESTING BACK THEN, THEY 46:52 KNEW THAT EAGLES HAD INCREDIBLE SIGHT. 46:56 AND IT TALKS ABOUT CARING FOR THE EAGLE. 47:01 NOW, I DON'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ANOTHER LESSON 47:03 THAT'S GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SOME OF THESE FOLLOWING 47:05 CHAPTERS, BUT THERE IS A SECTION HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE WISDOM 47:08 OF THE WISE. ROMANS CHAPTER 11 - TALKS A 47:13 LITTLE ABOUT THE WISDOM HE SAYS THAT HE GIVES MAN, THAT - TO 47:16 COMPREHEND THESE THINGS THAT GOD HAS MADE. 47:18 "OH THE DEPTH OF THE RICHES BOTH OF THE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF 47:22 GOD! HOW UNSEARCHABLE ARE HIS 47:24 JUDGMENTS AND HIS WAYS PAST FINDING OUT!" 47:29 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TRY TO DEFINE GOD - IT'S INTERESTING, YOU GET 47:33 A BUNCH OF THEOLOGIANS IN A ROOM AND SAY, 'HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE 47:36 ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.' AND YOU WONDER WHAT GOD THINKS WHEN HE 47:40 LOOKS DOWN AT MEN EXPLAINING HIM. 47:43 THAT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU LOOKING DOWN AT A WORM, YOU KNOW, 47:47 EXPLAINING A HUMAN. JUST - HE IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN US. 47:53 HE'S PAST FINDING OUT. "FOR WHO HAS KNOWN 47:56 THE MIND OF THE LORD?" JOB AND HIS FRIENDS THOUGHT THEY 47:59 COULD EXPLAIN WHY GOD DOES WHAT HE DOES. 48:01 NOW, IS THERE SOMETHING OF THE MIND OF GOD WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND? 48:04 >>AMEN. >>YEAH, THE LORD REVEALS A LOT 48:07 ABOUT HIS PRINCIPLES, HIS LAWS, HOW HE OPERATES. 48:11 WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT GOD'S GOING TO DO FROM DAY TO DAY. 48:15 HE GIVES US PROPHECIES THAT KIND OF GIVE US THE BIG PICTURE, BUT 48:17 AREN'T WE ALWAYS SURPRISED AS WE LOOK BACK AT A FULFILLED 48:20 PROPHECY? WE SAY, 'OH, THAT'S WHAT HE 48:23 MEANT.' WERE THERE PROPHECIES ABOUT JESUS' DEATH ON THE CROSS? 48:27 HUNDREDS OF THEM. DID THE DISCIPLES THINK 48:29 THEY UNDERSTOOD IT? THEY THOUGHT THEY DID. 48:32 THEY THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO END UP ON A WHITE HORSE SOMEHOW 48:34 ATTACKING THE ROMANS AND LEADING AN ARMY. 48:37 JESUS SAID, 'YOU DON'T GET IT.' THEY COMPLETELY MISUNDERSTOOD 48:40 THOSE PROPHECIES ABOUT THE MESSIAH. 48:42 AFTERWARD THEY LOOKED BACK AND THEY WENT, 'AH, THAT'S WHAT IT 48:46 MEANT WHEN HE SAID HE WOULD SUFFER AND HE WOULD DIE.' JESUS 48:49 SAID, 'WHEN THESE THINGS ARE COME TO PASS, THEN YOU'LL 48:51 UNDERSTAND. "OR WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM 48:56 AND IT SHALL BE REPAID TO HIM? FOR OF HIM AND THROUGH HIM AND 49:01 TO HIM ARE ALL THINGS, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOREVER." 49:04 ALL OF OUR WISDOM COMES FROM GOD. 49:07 DEUTERONOMY 29:29, "THE SECRET THINGS BELONG TO THE LORD OUR 49:11 GOD, BUT THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE REVEALED BELONG TO US AND TO OUR 49:14 CHILDREN FOREVER." NOW, COMPARED WITH WHAT THE 49:21 WORLD KNOWS, THE CHURCH KNOWS A LOT. 49:26 THE WISDOM THAT GOD GIVES US IN HIS WORD IS AMAZING AND I AM SO 49:31 THANKFUL FOR THE BIBLE AND THE PRINCIPLES OF TRUTH THAT YOU 49:34 FIND IN THE WORD. AND EVEN MOSES, WHEN HE TALKED 49:36 TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HE SAID, 'WHAT PEOPLE IS THERE THAT 49:39 IS SO WISE, THAT HAS A GOD SO NEAR TO THEM, THAT HAS THE 49:42 ORACLES OF GOD IN THEIR HANDS AND ON THEIR LIPS' AND YOU THINK 49:47 ABOUT THE WISDOM THAT GOD GIVES HIS PEOPLE. 49:49 IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT THE WORLD STRUGGLES WITH. 49:52 I HEAR THE GOOFIEST THINGS OUT IN THE WORLD ABOUT THE 49:55 PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE AND REINCARNATION - 'YEAH, I USED TO 49:59 BE A PIG BUT I CAME BACK AS A HUMAN.' AND YOU THINK ABOUT - I 50:03 DON'T MEAN TO BE DEROGATORY, BUT THE WISDOM THAT GOD GIVES THE 50:08 CHURCH IS WONDERFUL, BUT COMPARED TO WHAT GOD KNOWS, HOW 50:13 MUCH DO WE KNOW? VERY LITTLE. BUT HE HAS THINGS HE'S REVEALED. 50:21 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18, "FOR THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS IS 50:25 FOOLISHNESS TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING, BUT TO US WHO ARE 50:28 BEING SAVED IT IS THE POWER OF GOD. 50:30 FOR IT IS WRITTEN: 'I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, 50:33 AND BRING TO NOTHING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRUDENT.' 50:36 WHERE IS THE WISE? WHERE IS THE SCRIBE? 50:38 WHERE IS THE DISPUTER OF THIS AGE? 50:40 HAS NOT GOD MADE FOOLISH THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD? 50:43 FOR SINCE, IN THE WISDOM OF GOD, THE WORLD THROUGH WISDOM DID NOT 50:47 KNOW GOD, IT PLEASED GOD THROUGH THE FOOLISHNESS OF THE MESSAGE 50:51 PREACHED TO SAVE THOSE WHO BELIEVE. 50:53 FOR JEWS REQUEST A SIGN, AND GREEKS SEEK AFTER WISDOM; BUT WE 50:57 PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED, TO THE JEWS A STUMBLING BLOCK AND TO 51:01 THE GREEKS FOOLISHNESS, BUT TO THOSE WHO ARE CALLED, BOTH JEWS 51:04 AND GREEKS, CHRIST THE POWER OF GOD AND THE WISDOM OF GOD. 51:09 BECAUSE THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD IS WISER THAN MEN, AND THE 51:13 WEAKNESS OF GOD IS STRONGER THAN MEN." 51:17 GOD IS SO MUCH - FAR SUPERIOR TO US THAT EVEN HIS FOOLISHNESS IS 51:20 WISER THAN WE ARE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 51:25 GO TO THE LAST SECTION HERE: REPENTING IN DUST AND ASHES . 51:29 AFTER GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO JOB, THE ONLY RESPONSE OF JOB 51:32 IS, KIND OF, 'WOE IS ME.' AND YOU CAN READ IN JOB 40:1-5, 51:38 "...THE LORD ANSWERED JOB, AND SAID: 'SHALL THE ONE WHO 51:41 CONTENDS WITH THE ALMIGHTY CORRECT HIM? 51:44 HE WHO REBUKES GOD, LET HIM ANSWER IT.'" ARE YOU GOING TO 51:47 REBUKE GOD? "THEN JOB ANSWERED THE LORD AND 51:49 SAID: 'BEHOLD, I AM VILE; WHAT SHALL I ANSWER YOU? 51:53 I LAY MY HAND OVER MY MOUTH." NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ 51:56 ISAIAH 6:5 - JUST A MOMENT, WE'LL HAVE THAT. 52:00 JOB SAID, "I LAY MY HAND OVER MY MOUTH. 52:03 ONCE I HAVE SPOKEN, BUT I WILL NOT ANSWER; YES, TWICE, BUT I 52:07 WILL PROCEED NO FURTHER.'" YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THEY SPOKE TO 52:09 GOD, THEY ALWAYS MEASURED HOW MUCH THEY SAID. 52:12 AND ABRAHAM, WHEN HE'S ARGUING WITH GOD, 'IF THERE'S FIVE 52:15 RIGHTEOUS IN THE CITY - FORGIVE ME, I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN ONCE; LET 52:18 ME SPEAK AGAIN.' YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING TO A KING, YOU'RE 52:21 LUCKY IF YOU GET ONE QUESTION, AND SO ABRAHAM SAID, 'LORD, I'M 52:25 GOING TO VENTURE TO PRESS THIS A LITTLE FURTHER BECAUSE I DON'T 52:28 WANT LOT TO BE DESTROYED. AND SO JOB SAID, 'OH, YOU KNOW, 52:31 I TRIED TO DEFEND MYSELF THESE SEVERAL TIMES. 52:34 LORD, FORGIVE ME, I MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING 52:37 ON.' GO AHEAD, READ ISAIAH 6:5 PLEASE. 52:41 >>ISAIAH 6:5, "THEN SAID I: 'WOE IS ME, FOR I AM UNDONE! 52:46 BECAUSE I AM A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS; AND I DWELL IN THE MIDST 52:49 OF A PEOPLE OF UNCLEAN LIPS; FOR MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE KING, 52:54 THE LORD OF HOSTS.'" >>AMEN. 52:56 >>WHEN WE REALLY HAVE GOD REVEAL HIMSELF TO US IN HIS GLORY, ALL 53:00 OF US WILL HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF HUMILITY, AMEN? 53:03 >>AMEN. >>IT'S LIKE THAT STORY, WHEN 53:05 PETER'S IN THE BOAT WITH JESUS AND JESUS WORKS A MIRACLE AND 53:08 FILLS PETER'S BOAT - JAMES' AND JOHN'S BOAT WITH SO MUCH FISH 53:11 THE BOATS CAN'T CONTAIN IT AND PETER SEES THAT IT'S A MIRACLE, 53:15 AND HE FALLS DOWN AT JESUS' FEET - HE'S IN THE BOAT AND 53:19 HE KNEELS BEFORE CHRIST. HE SAYS, 'LORD, DEPART FROM ME. 53:21 I AM A SINFUL MAN. AND JESUS SAID, 'DON'T BE AFRAID, 53:25 HEREAFTER YOU WILL CATCH MEN.' AND SO, HE HAD THAT HUMBLE 53:30 ATTITUDE AND THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE IS TELLING GOD - HE'S 53:34 TELLING US HE CAN WORK - HE SAYS, 'DON'T BE AFRAID, FOR NOW 53:36 ON YOU WILL CATCH MEN.' BUT ALL OF US SHOULD REALIZE, LIKE JOB, 53:41 YOU KNOW, I REPENT IN DUST AND ASHES. 53:43 IF WE'RE BROUGHT INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD, NONE OF US FEEL 53:45 WORTHY. IT'S ONLY THROUGH CHRIST THAT 53:47 WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DAY WE'LL SEE HIM FACE TO FACE. 53:50 AMEN? >>AMEN. 53:52 >>ALRIGHT, THAT KIND OF WRAPS UP OUR LESSON TIME. 53:55 I WANT TO REMIND THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL 53:58 GIFT BOOK CALLED THE VOICE OF GOD AND WE'LL SEND YOU A FREE 54:01 COPY OF THIS, JUST CALL 866-788-3966. 54:06 AND I'M NOT SURE, CAN THEY READ THIS ONLINE? 54:09 NO, YOU HAVE TO SEND FOR THIS ONE - 866-STUDY-MORE - WE'LL 54:12 SEND YOU A COPY - READ IT AND YOU CAN SHARE WITH A FRIEND. 54:14 AND GOD BLESS YOU UNTIL WE STUDY HIS WORD AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 54:20 (MUSIC) 54:28 >>HELLO FRIENDS, WE ALL KNOW A MARATHON IS ONE OF THE 54:30 LONGEST AND HARDEST RACES A PERSON CAN RUN, BUT DID YOU HEAR 54:34 ABOUT THE ULTRA MARATHON THEY USED TO HAVE IN AUSTRALIA? 54:38 IT WAS 544 MILES FROM MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY. 54:42 IT ATTRACTED AS MANY AS 150 WORLD-CLASS ATHLETES. 54:45 BUT THEN, SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT NO ONE WOULD EVER FORGET. 54:48 IN 1983 A 61-YEAR-OLD POTATO FARMER NAMED CLIFF YOUNG DECIDED 54:53 TO ENTER THE RACE. THE PEOPLE WERE VERY AMUSED 54:56 BECAUSE HE HAD ON RUBBER GALOSHES OVER HIS BOOTS AND, 54:59 WHEN THE RACE BEGAN AND ALL THE RUNNERS TOOK OFF, SURE ENOUGH, 55:02 OLD CLIFF WAS LEFT BEHIND SHUFFLING ALONG VERY SLOWLY 55:06 - BUT HE WAS SHUFFLING VERY PERSISTENTLY. 55:09 NORMALLY, DURING THIS SEVEN-DAY RACE, THE RUNNERS WOULD GO ABOUT 55:12 18 HOURS RUNNING AND THEY'D SLEEP FOR SIX HOURS, BUT NOBODY 55:16 EVER TOLD CLIFF THAT. WHEN THE OTHER RUNNERS STOPPED 55:19 TO REST DURING THE NIGHT, CLIFF JUST KEPT ON RUNNING. 55:23 SOME PEOPLE WERE AFRAID OLD CLIFF WAS GOING TO HAVE A HEART 55:25 ATTACK AND THEY WERE ASKING THE RACE ORGANIZERS TO SHOW MERCY 55:28 AND STOP THE CRAZY OLD MAN, BUT HE WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT. 55:32 EACH DAY HE WAS GAINING ON THE PACK BECAUSE, WHEN THEY WERE 55:35 SLEEPING, HE WAS PLODDING ALONG. DURING THE LAST NIGHT OF THE 55:39 RACE CLIFF PASSED ALL OF THESE WORLD-CLASS ATHLETES. 55:43 NOT ONLY WAS CLIFF ABLE TO RUN THAT 544-MILE RACE WITHOUT 55:47 DYING, HE WON, BEATING ALL THE OTHER RACERS BY 9 HOURS, 55:51 BREAKING THE RECORD AND BECOMING A NATIONAL HERO IN THE PROCESS. 55:55 WHAT'S REALLY AMAZING IS THAT WHEN THEY TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD 55:57 WON THE $10,000 PRIZE, HE LOOKED CONFUSED AND SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW 56:01 THERE WAS A PRIZE AND HE DECIDED TO SHARE IT WITH THE OTHER 56:03 RUNNERS. WHEN ASKED HOW HE WAS ABLE 56:06 TO RUN ALL NIGHT LONG, CLIFF RESPONDED THAT HE GREW UP ON A 56:09 FARM WHERE THEY HAD ABOUT 2,000 HEAD OF CATTLE AND, BECAUSE THEY 56:12 COULDN'T AFFORD HORSES, HE USED TO HAVE TO ROUND THEM UP ON 56:14 FOOT, SOMETIMES RUNNING TWO AND THREE DAYS NON-STOP. 56:18 SO, THROUGHOUT THE RACE, HE JUST IMAGINED HE WAS CHASING AFTER 56:21 THE COWS AND TRYING TO OUTRUN A STORM. OLD CLIFF'S SECRET WAS TO 56:25 KEEP ON RUNNING WHILE OTHERS WERE SLEEPING. 56:28 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THE RACE IS NOT NECESSARILY 56:31 TO THE SWIFT - SOMETHING LIKE AESOP'S FABLE OF THE TORTOISE 56:35 AND THE HARE - THE TORTOISE JUST KEPT ON PLODDING ALONG. 56:38 THAT'S WHY JESUS TELLS US IN MATTHEW 24:13, "HE THAT ENDURES 56:42 UNTO THE END, THE SAME WILL BE SAVED." 56:45 NOW YOU MIGHT SLIP AND FALL DURING THE RACE; YOU MIGHT EVEN 56:48 GET OFF TO A BAD START, BUT IN THE CHRISTIAN RACE THAT WE RUN, 56:51 THE MAIN THING IS YOU WANT TO FINISH WELL. 56:54 KEEP ON RUNNING, FRIENDS, AND DON'T GIVE UP. (MUSIC) 57:06 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? 57:09 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE 57:11 TRUTH-FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT THE AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY 57:15 AT 'AFTV.ORG'. 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