Warren Phillips – Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job – Class 4 – The Speeches of the Almighty (Part 1)

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Our first period speaker was
President Warren Phillips, who

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was speaking on the subject.
Passed out, considered my

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servant Joe the subject for
this, the 4th class being the

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voice of the Almighty.
Good morning everyone.

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Once again, with your
permission, I would like to give

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a very brief review of what
we’ve been looking at so far

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this week so that we’ll be able
to fit it properly into the

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comments that we have to make
this morning.

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If you remember, we started out
by considering Job and how that

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he was a very righteous
individual, highly complimented

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in the beginning of the book of
Job.

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And yet we find that there was
an enemy that felt that his

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righteousness is only a good
business deal with the Almighty,

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That God was actually paying Job
for being righteous and Job was

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merely selling his righteousness
to God.

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And consequently this an enemy,
this individual that did not

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feel that he should emulate the
life of Job because he felt that

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it was not based on a good
premise, or probably because he

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wanted to do his own thing
anyway, was encouraged by the

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Lord to emulate the life of Job,
to take into consideration the

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way that Job lived.
And he challenged that way.

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And because of it we find that
the Lord permitted him to remove

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the wealth of Job, including his
children, his ten children being

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put to death, and then Job in a
very reduced state of emotion,

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very saddened state of emotion,
very great state of depression.

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Was it the place where that if
anyone would curse God, he

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probably would under those
circumstances?

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And yet still he maintained his
integrity.

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He said, The Lord giveth and the
Lord taketh away, blessed be the

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name of the Lord.
And at a further meeting of the

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ecclesia we find that this enemy
is present.

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And once again the Lord asked
him if he had considered his

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servant Job a man that feared
God in his true evil, that there

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was none like him in all the
earth, and he makes the charge

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considered that lets us consider
that he felt that Job was even

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more wicked than he had thought
him to be at the beginning.

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He said skin for skin all will a
man give for his own life.

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And he told the Lord that if
indeed he was to remove the good

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health that Job enjoyed, that
Job would then curse him to his

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face, because he didn’t really
care too much about his wealth.

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He cared little to nothing about
his own children.

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He was only interested in his
own life.

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And if this was placed in
jeopardy, or even taken away,

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but certainly placed in
jeopardy, his attitude toward

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God would certainly change.
We find that the Lord permitted

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this enemy to reach forth and
touch Job, and Job was smitten

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from the crown of his head to
the sole of his sweet with

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boils.
The only restriction being was

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that he was not to remove his
life.

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So we find that job is then
placed in a position of agony

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for a long period of time and we
have him here on the chart at

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your right in a condition of
tremendous agony, suffering

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because of the condition that he
was under.

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And then we have a series of
very interesting events that

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take place.
First of all, we find that his

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wife comes on the scene.
We find that she makes a

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suggestion that rather amazes
us, suggesting to Job that he

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curse God and die.
Her idea was not that of a

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wicked woman.
Job gently rebukes her and says

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be not as a silly woman because
she was beginning to talk like a

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woman that was not interested in
the things of God, but instead

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he suggests that she return to
her ways of righteousness that

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she had always had before.
Her idea was that if indeed Job

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could get God angry enough at
him, God would kill him and then

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he wouldn’t be suffering
anymore.

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She would much rather see him in
the grave in peace, sleeping in

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the dust of the earth, than
suffering the torment that he

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was suffering at that time.
And therefore she suggests that

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he cursed God and die.
After this we find that his

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three friends come on the scene
that had come from quite a

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distance away.
They will not fair whether

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friends, they are willing to sit
with Job for a period of seven

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days without saying a word.
Even though Job’s condition to

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look at was very repulsive, and
even though there was present at

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that time a very obnoxious
stench, they still stayed with

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him until finally Job curses his
day, feeling that it would have

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been better if he had never been
conceived, then that he come

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into life to the position that
he is now in this condition of

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suffering.
He wished, if it since he had

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nothing to do with the night of
conception, that he could at

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least have been stillborn and
that he would not have lived and

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would not have come to the
position of suffering that he’s

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in.
And if that be not the case,

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that he could at least have died
in infancy, so he wouldn’t have

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grown up and come to this
position of suffering that he’s

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in.
And if that still couldn’t be

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the case, why is it that he
couldn’t die then right then, at

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that period of suffering,
instead of having it linger on

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and on and on?
Why not?

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And so he curses his day.
And this opens up the

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opportunity for Job’s three
friends to speak their piece.

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And therefore we find a debate
of 28 chapters ensuing, Whether

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Job’s three friends believing in
the doctrine of exact

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retribution, believing that God
punishes a person a little if

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they commit a little sin, or a
lot if they commit a big sin.

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Believing that that punishment
is immediate.

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They recommend that Job confess
whatever it was that he had done

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wrong.
Because they looked upon Job and

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they said, now there is a great
sufferer, therefore he must

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indeed be a great Sinner.
And so they suggested that Job

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confess his sins and repent of
them, and seek forgiveness from

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God.
And God would heal him, and he

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wouldn’t be undergoing the agony
that was then present.

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Job answers their arguments.
Of course he knew he hadn’t

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committed any particularly
hideous sin.

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We know it as well because of
the complimentary statements

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about Job at the beginning of
the book.

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But of course, Job and his three
friends and his wife, and also

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the young man alive who have no
knowledge whatever of why it is

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that Job is suffering.
But Job knew that he hadn’t

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committed any particularly
terrible sin, and therefore he

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calls upon them to name what
that sin could possibly be.

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They’re not able to do so.
Later on in the debate, we find

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they even accuse him of sins of
omission, but that also he

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denied, and having debated
throughout these 27 chapters,

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his three friends are put to
silence.

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Job is left victorious in the
field, having changed his view

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in regard to the doctrine of
exact retribution, but still

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felt that God had not quite
treated him properly.

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And therefore, throughout his
statements he has throughout the

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debate, he’s made some very
awkward statements about God,

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feeling that God has taken away
his judgment.

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In other words, God hasn’t
treated him quite justly.

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He essentially is accusing God
of doing wrong, and this is

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very, very unfortunate indeed.
During that period he cries upon

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cries to God, asking that he
might have it out with him, that

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he might actually be able to
talk with him, have a debate

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with God.
But of course the Almighty

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remains silent and therefore
accused God of not answering

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prayer, of not answering him
when he called upon him.

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We find then that he had another
request.

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He felt that if God wouldn’t
have it out with him face to

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face, so that they could sit
down and discuss the matter

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together, which Job felt, he
would very easily be able to

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prove that he was right and God
was wrong.

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He requested a dazed, someone
who would be a mediator or go

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between an arbitrator.
He called upon someone to be an

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arbitrator, feeling that if
indeed he could have someone

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that would be an arbitrator
right away.

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This arbitrator would see that
he was right, that Job was right

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and God was wrong, and therefore
he would take up his position

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before God and he would be
exonerated.

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We find that as we move a little
bit further on, after Job’s

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three friends have been put to
silence, a young man does come

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on the scene and this young man
is Eli who who says that he’s

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the one that he sought for.
He indeed is that Dazemith that

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Job was requesting.
But much to Job’s surprise,

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instead of taking Job’s side
against God, he takes God’s side

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against Job.
And he answers a number of the

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very unfortunate claims that Job
had made that God, pointing out

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in his first speech that God is
neither arbitrarily hostile nor

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is he silent.
That God wasn’t actually the

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enemy of Job, as Job had claimed
him to be, and that God did not

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remain silent.
That the problem wasn’t that God

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hadn’t spoken, but the problem
was that Job wasn’t listening.

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And he pointed out that there
are three ways that God can

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speak.
He can speak in a dream.

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He can speak in an open vision,
such as an angelic visitation,

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or he can speak to an individual
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And you know, there are
sometimes times when we do not

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listen to the open visions of
God that are revealed to us in

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the word of God.
The problem isn’t that God

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hasn’t spoken to us.
We have our Bibles before us.

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We have the opportunity to read
and to study it.

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Sometimes we don’t listen to the
still small voice of the

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Almighty.
And therefore, there are times

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in our life when he permits,
perhaps even brings, periods of

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trial and tribulation upon us so
that at that time we’ll sit up

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and take notice and how often it
is when life is going just

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beautiful for us.
But even though we may be

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religiously inclined and we may
show up regularly to the

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memorial service and either
other events throughout the week

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that perhaps we haven’t grown
twice to as close to God as we

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do when we have a difficulty in
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When perhaps we may be upon beds
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When pain comes something.
That we can’t.

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Cope with ourselves.
Then we set up and take notice

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and turn our thoughts to God and
seek His help and guidance

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fervently in prayer, much, much
more fervently than when things

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seem to be going just fine in
every aspect of our life.

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And so we find that Eli, who
points out that pain is not just

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the punishment, although
sometimes it may be, but that

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pain can also be disciplinary.
To bring an individual to God.

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To bring a closeness to God.
To correct problems in their

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life.
To make them listen when they

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might not listen nearly as
attentively when things are

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going just fine in their life.
And so we worked our way through

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the 1st 3 speeches, or nearly
the 1st 3 speeches of Elihu

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yesterday.
We find there’s a fourth for us

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to consider this morning before
we move into the voice of the

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Almighty.
The first speech of Elihu

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showing that God was neither
hostile nor silent.

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The second speech showing that
the judge of all the earth will

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indeed do right.
And we find that they were two

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interesting charges that Job had
made against God, one of which I

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can find in my notes.
Job had charged that God had not

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been judged with him, and he
also had charged that it was not

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profitable to be righteous.
And first of all, in the second

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speech, if I who shows that the
judge of all the earth will

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indeed do right that God has
demonstrated His goodness, his

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mercy, his care, his guidance,
his justice, his generosity in

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his creation and sustaining of
this entire world, and how that

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He’s given us, even in our
mortal life, a very wonderful

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life that we can enjoy, He has
not created us merely to torture

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us.
This is not the purpose.

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And he proves that God has
demonstrated in his generosity

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the fact that he is a good and
just God.

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And also points out that if we
expect the rulers of this world,

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human beings, to govern
righteously, how much more would

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we expect?
That the Creator and Sustainer

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of all things would indeed
govern his world in a good and

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righteous and just manner?
That God was not Job’s enemy,

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that he had not taken away his
his judgment, but indeed that

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God was still a good and a
beneficent God.

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And in the third speech, he goes
on to answer Job’s another one

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of Job’s charges where that
righteousness does not profit a

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man.
And it was in this area that we

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quickly had to bring our class
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Yesterday we find that he
pointed out to Joe that we can

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do nothing in our own
righteousness to give God

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anything.
We can do nothing in our

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iniquity to take away anything
from God.

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And since we can either give God
anything or take away anything

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from God, therefore
righteousness or iniquity must

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affect men and not God.
Our righteousness can bring

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blessings upon ourselves and
upon other individuals with whom

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we live, while our iniquity can
bring undesirable things upon

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ourselves and upon other
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A very interesting argument.
And then we find that we brought

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our class to a stop.
But there’s one other point that

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I would like to bring out in
that third speech and would

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like, therefore, to do so.
This morning, Job had called

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upon God.
He certainly had prayed to God,

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and God hadn’t really answered
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At least he hadn’t answered him
in the way that Job had hoped

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that he could.
There is sometimes when we pray

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to God and we say God doesn’t
answer our prayer.

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You know, there are three ways
in which God can answer our

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prayer.
He can say yes and grant our

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petition immediately, or He can
say no and not grant the

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petition we asked for, because
in His divine wisdom he realizes

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that perhaps it wouldn’t be good
for him, for us, or in harmony

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with what God has in store for
us, or his entire plan of

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salvation.
And yet there’s another way that

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God might answer prayer, and
that may be the most obvious way

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of all.
Sometimes when we pray, he tells

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us to wait a while to test our
faith and to see if we’ll be

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fervent in prayer, that we’re
really interested in what we’re

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praying for and to test our
motives.

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We do find that Eli, who brings
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He brings up a reason for why
sometimes God might not answer

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or apparently answer someone’s
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He points out that the attitude
of an individual behind that

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prayer is very, very important.
Of course, James discusses this

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to a degree, doesn’t he?
He says you ask and you ask him

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this, that you might consume it
upon your own lust.

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We do find that there are
individuals who may not be

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interested in God in
righteousness and God’s way of

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salvation and God’s way of life.
In fact, they may be very

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obnoxious in their life toward
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We find that sometimes these
individuals, however, when they

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come across a problem in their
life that they can’t cope with

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themselves when they’re placed
in dire straits, will all of a

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sudden become extremely
religious and they’ll turn to

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God and prayer to seek His help
and his guidance, asking that he

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might give them something.
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gimmicks, they only pray to God
because of something they may

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get out of him, even though
they’re not really interested in

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God or his great plan of
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Perhaps as an example of this,
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soldier who is not a bit
religiously inclined until all

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of a sudden he has to be set
forth to battle in the front

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line, and he realizes that his
life is at stake.

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He realizes that this may be a
problem, that he’s not going to

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be able to cope with himself,
and therefore before he goes

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into the battle, he does
something that he may never have

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done before in his life.
He suddenly turns and prays to

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God and seeks his help.
But then when he returns from

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the battle, if indeed he does,
he completely forgets his sudden

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religious inclinations and goes
right back to his old way of

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life without any interest in God
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whatsoever.
And God, we’re told by a lie,

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Who is not interested in
answering the prayers of that

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type of an individual?
How would you feel if you had a

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neighbor who just disliked you
so intensely that they couldn’t

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say a nice word about you to
anybody else on the block?

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In fact, they spent their whole
time going around trying to

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spread stories about you that
were not true, stories that were

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extremely uncomplimentary.
They never say a nice word to

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you until all of a sudden
they’ve got a problem.

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Their hose breaks and they want
to water their lawn and suddenly

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they come across from the other
side of the fence and they come

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up to you and tell you what a
nice fellow you are.

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Say, oh, you’re a wonderful Paul
fellow, can I borrow your hose?

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We wouldn’t be too interested in
lending that individual the

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hose, would we?
We’d feel that all they’re

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interested in is getting
something out of us, that

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they’re not really interested in
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They’re not really a friend, and
if an individual spends a great

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deal of their life cursing God
and the way in which they talk,

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disregarding totally, God’s laws
and statues and commandments

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have nothing to do with his plan
of salvation or even reading His

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word.
Is it possible that when they

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reach a point of of difficulty
in their life of trial and

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tribulation, realizing they
can’t cope with it themselves,

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then they turn to God and say,
oh please give me your help.

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Is God really going to answer
that type of an individual?

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We find that Eli, who brings up
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Job, even though you may have
been a righteous individual

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throughout your life, even
though you’ve made righteousness

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a way of life, you are placing
yourself in company with this

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type of individual that
disregards the things of God and

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continually blasphemes against
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You’re putting yourself very
much in the same position that

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your wife did when you began to
suffer when she suggested that

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you curse God and die.
He was not that type of an

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individual, but she was
beginning to talk as the silly

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women talk, as the women who
aren’t interested in God’s plan

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of salvation.
Talk and you’re doing much the

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same thing by claiming that God
is not just that he’s

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unrighteous, that He’s doing
that which isn’t right, that he

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doesn’t answer prayer, that he’s
your enemy.

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What you’re doing is talking
about God in much the same

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respect as individuals who
aren’t even religiously inclined

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at all.
That’s the type of individual

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you sound as though you are.
And while you’re talking like

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that, even though you may have
lived a life of righteousness,

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why should God answer a prayer
like that?

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Why should he answer you when
you’re taking the improper

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attitude and virtually
challenging him?

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This is not the right attitude
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You sound an awful lot like
these unrighteous individuals,

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and God is not going to answer
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A rather interesting argument
that Eli who presents And then

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we find that Eli who goes into
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returns somewhat to the general
idea that he presented in his

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first speech.
Now I remember part of that

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first speech, he pointed out
that God will try a person with

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pain for a very definite purpose
so that eventually they might be

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saved from the pit.
And we noticed as we went

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through that first speech how
often it was that Eli who

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mentioned that the purpose of
pain was to either bring a

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person back from the pit or to
save them from going into the

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pit.
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What an excellent idea it is
that the Almighty might chasten

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us now that we might avoid
eternal death instead of just

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letting us go our own way and
not having an opportunity to be

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in the Kingdom of God, because
our way may not be the correct

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way.
He’s outlined the truth and the

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Scriptures true, but there may
be times when we may deviate

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from those things which are
pleasing in His sight.

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It’s much better that we be
corrected now and undergo pain

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and difficulty now that we might
be brought to a proper condition

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to stand before the judgment bar
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And don’t we do the same with
our own children?

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It’s not that we want to make
them suffer when we correct them

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or punish them or spank them.
It’s because we want to bring

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them up so that when they
mature, they’ll be good,

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righteous men and women.
That’s the purpose.

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It isn’t because we delight in
making them uncomfortable in our

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correction and punishment.
And likewise, it’s not that God

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delights in making us
uncomfortable in correcting us,

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but it’s much better that He
correct us now in this life,

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then let us go our merry way and
lose the opportunity for

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everlasting life in the Kingdom
of God.

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It’s better that we be corrected
with pain now that we might be

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saved from that eternal pit.
And in this 4th chapter fourth

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speech, He comes back to that
same general idea that suffering

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can indeed be disciplinary.
It can be for the purpose of

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bringing a man to God.
It can be for the purpose of

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improving a man much more than
proving him it has a definite

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purpose.
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That he will.
Speak on God’s behalf.

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We find that this speech begins
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We’ll notice in the second verse
the latter part.

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It says I yet have to speak on
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And in the third verse it goes
on to say I will fetch my

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knowledge from afar and will
ascribe righteousness unto my

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maker.
In other words, Eli, who is

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telling Job that he is going to
stand up for God, that he is

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going to show that God is
righteous after all, that he’s

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really doing the right thing.
He’s going to speak for God and

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show that God is.
Righteous.

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We find that Elihu, being a
mediator, is representing God to

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man instead of man to God, much
as our Lord and Savior Jesus

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Christ did in His ministry.
Now we know that He sits on the

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right hand of the Father, making
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But during his ministry, he
represented God to man, living a

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godly life, manifesting God in
his own life so much that he

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could say that ye who have seen
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And likewise we find that a
liable, instead of representing

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Job to God and saying to God
that he hadn’t treated Job

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right, represents God to Job,
showing that God has indeed been

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righteous, that he does not
delight in the destruction of

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the wicked.
But his purpose is to bring

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people to God, so that
eventually they’ll have an

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opportunity to be in the Kingdom
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And he brings up a rather
interesting point in this

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speech.
He points out that chastisement

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can work in two ways.
That chastisement can bring

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individuals who are really
interested in the things of God

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closer to God, and I hope that
can include each and every one

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of us in this room.
However, for an individual who

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is truly rebellious, it can work
in exactly the opposite way.

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It can make them even more
rebellious.

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In other words, when we have a
difficulty, such as an accident

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or a dread disease that may
bring a tremendous amount of

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pain upon us, or some type of
calamity in our life, how do we

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react to it?
Do we say, here’s an opportunity

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for me to grow in the nurture
and admonition of the Lord, God

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is correcting me.
He’s giving me a chance to grow

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so that I’ll be more suited, so
that I’ll be able to stand to

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prove when I stand before the
judgment power of Christ?

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Or do we say, boy, if God is
going to treat me this way, I

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certainly don’t want anything to
do with him.

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Indeed, chastisement can bring
the righteous closer to God, and

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it can bring those who are
naturally rebellious to further

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rebellion and separate them
further from God.

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I knew many years ago.
In fact, it was first, when I

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first came into the truth how
that a man was extremely

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embittered.
He was a brother in the truth,

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and he turned away from the
truth.

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He was still rather young and
his wife had just died and he

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felt that if God was going to
let his wife die and take his

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wife away from him, he didn’t
want anything to do with him.

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Instead of saying, look, I’ll
have an opportunity to be

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reunited with her in the Kingdom
of God, here’s a chance for me

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to accept the chastisement of
God.

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Instead, he was a rebellious
individual and turned and went

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exactly in the opposite
direction.

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And I wonder how often it is
when we have trials of

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tribulation.
We say, why me?

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Why is God treating me in the
way he is?

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And we may find that we are
instead of an individual that is

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accepting the chastisement of
the Almighty, that we’re

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somewhat rebellious.
And it brings that rebellion out

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more than it ever showed in the
past.

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And so here we have an
opportunity to separate the

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00:25:40,960 –> 00:25:42,480
wheat from the chaff within
ourselves.

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Are we going to accept the
chastisement of God that we

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00:25:45,680 –> 00:25:47,760
might grow in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord?

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00:25:48,160 –> 00:25:50,400
Or are we going to be more
rebellious than we ever were in

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00:25:50,400 –> 00:25:54,240
the past and look upon these
chastisements as God being mean

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00:25:54,240 –> 00:25:56,480
to us, and therefore turn our
back on him completely?

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00:25:56,840 –> 00:26:00,160
That’s the choice that we have.
How do we respond to it?

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00:26:00,440 –> 00:26:03,960
And here we find that Eli, who
points out that Job has an

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opportunity to be purified
through suffering.

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And he also points out that
riches are not going to deliver

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anyone.
Job had been a very rich, a very

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00:26:14,200 –> 00:26:17,320
wise, a very influential man in
the community, and this had all

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been lost.
Was Job going to accept the

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00:26:20,280 –> 00:26:23,800
chastisement of God and go on
and say what he had said at the

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beginning?
The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh

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away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.

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Or is he going to rebel against
God and say God really hasn’t

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treated me right after all?
He also brings up another

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interesting argument.
In this last speech.

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He gives us that it’s the only
place I know in the scriptures.

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Perhaps others know other than
just a definite commandment that

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we shouldn’t commit suicide or
desire to be dead.

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He gives us a reason as to why
we shouldn’t desire death.

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I find it’s a very interesting
reason.

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00:26:56,680 –> 00:26:59,840
And it goes like this.
The wages of sin is death.

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And if we indeed desire to be
dead for any reason, what we are

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really desiring is the wages of
sin, and therefore we’re

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choosing sin by implication
instead of righteousness.

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And he had Job that cursed his
day, if we remember.

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And did you notice the three
friends said virtually nothing

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00:27:20,560 –> 00:27:22,680
about that.
It’s left for the young man a

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lie who to speak up and to say
something about it.

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And so he recommends that Job be
willing to accept suffering

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instead of desiring the wages of
sin.

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We find this outline for us in
the 20th and 21st verses of this

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36th chapter of Job.
You might like to see it.

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Let us read it together.
Desire not the night when people

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are cut off from their place.
In other words, don’t desire to

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00:27:49,560 –> 00:27:53,800
be dead, Don’t desire to die and
go into the grave, even though

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00:27:53,800 –> 00:27:58,080
by so doing you may be freed
from the pain that you’re now

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00:27:58,080 –> 00:28:00,960
undergoing.
Verse 21 and 10 Take heed.

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00:28:01,200 –> 00:28:06,280
Regard not iniquity for this.
Hast thou chosen rather than

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00:28:06,280 –> 00:28:09,120
affliction?
In other words, he’s willing to

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00:28:09,120 –> 00:28:13,720
choose the wages of sin, which
is death, instead of to suffer

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00:28:13,720 –> 00:28:16,560
the affliction that he was
undergoing at that time.

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00:28:17,240 –> 00:28:20,280
A rather interesting argument.
And, you know, we might pause

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00:28:20,280 –> 00:28:24,320
for a minute and suggest that
the perhaps this is 1 very good

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00:28:24,320 –> 00:28:28,720
reason why we shouldn’t be
murderers, Why we shouldn’t

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00:28:28,720 –> 00:28:31,080
kill.
Of course we know that it isn’t

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00:28:31,080 –> 00:28:33,520
nice to kill somebody.
We know that it certainly would

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00:28:33,520 –> 00:28:35,280
hurt them.
It would deprive them of

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00:28:35,280 –> 00:28:37,960
something that they have.
All of this is true, and it

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00:28:37,960 –> 00:28:40,960
certainly would be disregarding
the commandments of God, and

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00:28:40,960 –> 00:28:43,920
that’s a good reason in itself.
But what’s the reason behind it?

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00:28:44,360 –> 00:28:47,720
If indeed we put somebody to
death, what we’re doing is being

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00:28:47,720 –> 00:28:50,640
the servants of sin.
The wages of sin is death.

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00:28:50,760 –> 00:28:53,480
And if we kill someone, what
we’re doing is serving sin,

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00:28:53,480 –> 00:28:57,920
we’re helping sin.
And if we kill ourselves, if we

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00:28:57,920 –> 00:29:02,840
desire to die, what we’re really
desiring is iniquity or sin

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00:29:03,200 –> 00:29:05,080
instead of desiring
righteousness.

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00:29:05,880 –> 00:29:09,040
A very interesting argument, one
that I would never have thought

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00:29:09,040 –> 00:29:13,040
of if it wasn’t tucked away here
in this rather obscure section

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00:29:13,040 –> 00:29:15,920
of the Scriptures in the midst
of this.

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00:29:16,280 –> 00:29:18,800
The words of Eli, who back here
in the book of Job.

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00:29:19,640 –> 00:29:23,400
So we find that having presented
all of these arguments, having

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00:29:23,400 –> 00:29:27,480
shown that pain can be for
another purpose other than just

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00:29:27,480 –> 00:29:32,440
punishment, or the fact that we
are mortal and therefore are

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00:29:32,440 –> 00:29:35,560
capable of having pain, it’s
part of our mortality.

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00:29:35,960 –> 00:29:40,040
We find that Elihu points out
that it can be disciplinary, it

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00:29:40,040 –> 00:29:43,200
can bring a person to God, it
can be for the purpose of

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00:29:43,200 –> 00:29:46,960
correcting them, that eventually
they might have everlasting life

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00:29:46,960 –> 00:29:51,160
in the Kingdom of God.
Then we find in Elihu’s words

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00:29:51,520 –> 00:29:55,760
that he goes on and makes a very
interesting preparation for the

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Almighty, whether or not he
himself realized that that’s

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00:29:59,640 –> 00:30:02,320
what he was.
Doing, we find that he does

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00:30:02,320 –> 00:30:04,600
prepare the way for the voice of
the Almighty.

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00:30:04,960 –> 00:30:08,320
In a very, very beautiful way,
we notice in the chart that we

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00:30:08,320 –> 00:30:11,520
have here over on the right side
of the hall, how that up above

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00:30:11,520 –> 00:30:14,800
the young man Elihu, we have a
gathering storm.

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00:30:15,520 –> 00:30:17,760
And that isn’t in there just to
say, well, we want to put

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00:30:17,760 –> 00:30:19,960
something up in the sky to
balance off the picture.

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00:30:20,280 –> 00:30:23,600
It’s there for a purpose.
We find here, in the words of

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00:30:23,600 –> 00:30:27,760
Elihu, that he likens God unto a
storm.

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00:30:28,160 –> 00:30:31,920
And he likens many of the things
in a storm to the various

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00:30:31,920 –> 00:30:36,720
attributes of God, such as, for
instance, the Thunder typifies

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00:30:36,720 –> 00:30:40,000
the fearful voice of God.
At first, when God is a long

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00:30:40,000 –> 00:30:43,320
ways away, when the storm is a
long way off, you can hear the

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00:30:43,320 –> 00:30:46,440
Thunder rolling in the distance,
it’s not really very terrifying.

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00:30:46,680 –> 00:30:49,120
It’s a noise that you can hear
off on the horizon.

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00:30:49,360 –> 00:30:51,240
You realize that there’s
something there, there’s

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00:30:51,240 –> 00:30:54,960
something coming.
But when it gets close, it’s

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00:30:54,960 –> 00:31:00,160
sharp, very loud, terrifying,
very much like the voice of God

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00:31:00,160 –> 00:31:02,600
can be sharp and terrifying when
it’s very close.

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00:31:02,760 –> 00:31:06,320
So much so that if we remember
when the voice of God spoke to

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00:31:06,320 –> 00:31:09,560
the congregation of Israel in
the wilderness and gave the 10

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00:31:09,560 –> 00:31:11,600
commandments audibly so that the
entire.

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00:31:11,600 –> 00:31:14,640
Congregation could hear it.
They were frightened, and they

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00:31:14,640 –> 00:31:18,040
asked Moses that he would if he
would go and talk with God and

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00:31:18,040 –> 00:31:20,840
bring the information from God,
because they were afraid to hear

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00:31:20,840 –> 00:31:24,080
his voice themselves.
And so here we find that Eli,

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00:31:24,080 –> 00:31:28,840
who likens the Thunder unto the
voice of God, that can be just a

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00:31:28,840 –> 00:31:32,680
gentle rumble in the distance,
or can be sharp and fearful when

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00:31:32,680 –> 00:31:36,520
it comes very, very close.
He likens the lightning unto the

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00:31:36,640 –> 00:31:40,200
unto the judgments of God,
showing that God can indeed be

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00:31:40,200 –> 00:31:43,960
extremely destructive.
If he finds that a necessity

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00:31:43,960 –> 00:31:47,920
within his wisdom also he
considers the rain as one of the

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00:31:47,920 –> 00:31:50,600
blessings of God.
And here we can look upon the

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00:31:50,600 –> 00:31:54,120
rain in two ways.
We know that if the rain is a

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00:31:54,120 –> 00:31:57,600
torrential rain, it can destroy,
can’t it?

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00:31:57,840 –> 00:32:00,800
It can beat the crops down and
destroy those crops that have

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00:32:00,800 –> 00:32:03,920
been coming up upon which we
depend for our own life.

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00:32:04,400 –> 00:32:08,320
But on the other hand, if the
rain falls gently, it can

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00:32:08,320 –> 00:32:12,000
nourish those crops so that they
will grow and bring us life.

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00:32:12,360 –> 00:32:16,320
The very same rain can react in
two different ways.

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00:32:16,520 –> 00:32:19,880
It can be either beneficial or
it can be destructive and.

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00:32:20,440 –> 00:32:22,520
You know what’s rather?
Interesting as we look back

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00:32:22,520 –> 00:32:24,480
Speaking of rain.
We know in the.

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00:32:24,480 –> 00:32:29,040
Days of the flood, those very
same floodwaters that destroyed

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00:32:29,040 –> 00:32:34,520
wicked humanity from the earth,
bore up the ark that saved Noah

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00:32:34,760 –> 00:32:37,680
and his family and those that
were with him in the ark, the

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00:32:37,680 –> 00:32:41,760
very same waters that destroyed
the wicked save the righteous.

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00:32:42,240 –> 00:32:45,880
And here we find that we have a
reflection here of both the

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00:32:45,880 –> 00:32:48,320
goodness and the severity of
God.

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00:32:48,840 –> 00:32:52,920
He can be severe at times.
He can also demonstrate his

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00:32:52,920 –> 00:32:56,040
goodness at times.
It comes from the same source,

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00:32:56,280 –> 00:32:58,160
and we should recognize it as
such.

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00:32:59,320 –> 00:33:04,680
And so we find that a
preparation is now made for the

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00:33:04,680 –> 00:33:06,560
coming of the voice of the
Almighty.

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00:33:06,840 –> 00:33:08,960
We have the storm clouds that
are gathering.

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00:33:08,960 –> 00:33:11,720
Whether or not there was
actually a storm that was

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00:33:11,720 –> 00:33:14,240
gathering at that time is
questionable.

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00:33:14,640 –> 00:33:19,320
It may very well be that these
clouds that seemed to be the

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00:33:19,320 –> 00:33:23,040
gathering of a thunderstorm may
have been clouds that shielded

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00:33:23,040 –> 00:33:25,800
the overwhelming brilliance of
the Shekinah glory.

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00:33:26,480 –> 00:33:30,240
We find that on many occasions
in the Scriptures God’s

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00:33:30,240 –> 00:33:34,840
brilliance has been secluded by
clouds because it would be just

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00:33:34,840 –> 00:33:37,760
too bright for men to look upon.
We certainly have that

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00:33:37,760 –> 00:33:40,640
brilliance at the time of the
Exodus and the wandering of the

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00:33:40,640 –> 00:33:42,800
wilderness.
When we find that the cloud

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00:33:42,800 –> 00:33:45,840
shielded that overwhelming
brightness of the Shekinah glory

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00:33:46,040 –> 00:33:50,280
from the children of Israel, we
find that the cloud descended

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00:33:50,280 –> 00:33:53,720
upon the Tabernacle of the
wilderness to shield that glory.

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00:33:53,960 –> 00:33:57,120
We find that the cloud also
descended to shield the glory of

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00:33:57,120 –> 00:34:00,800
God when it came down upon the
temple that Solomon had built.

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00:34:01,040 –> 00:34:03,960
We also have a record of the
departing of that glory and

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00:34:03,960 –> 00:34:08,320
Ezekiel when slowly it left,
first arising and going off to

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00:34:08,560 –> 00:34:11,159
to the hills and then finally to
the horizon and finally

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00:34:11,159 –> 00:34:15,120
disappearing.
We also have again that Shekinah

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00:34:15,120 –> 00:34:17,320
glory.
When the Lord Jesus was

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00:34:17,320 –> 00:34:21,520
transfigured before his apostles
on the Mount of Transfiguration,

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00:34:21,840 –> 00:34:25,239
and how that his clothes were
transfigured so that no fuller

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00:34:25,239 –> 00:34:28,639
on earth could white them, and a
voice appeared saying, This is

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00:34:28,639 –> 00:34:31,520
my beloved Son in whom I am well
pleased.

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00:34:31,679 –> 00:34:35,880
Hear ye him, And we find that
this Shekinah glory seems to

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00:34:35,880 –> 00:34:38,719
crop up quite often throughout
the scriptures.

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00:34:39,040 –> 00:34:42,360
It may very well be that this
apparent storm that was

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00:34:42,360 –> 00:34:48,120
gathering was actually a cloud
that was shielding the Almighty

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00:34:48,679 –> 00:34:50,679
for as we come.
Down a little bit further and

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00:34:50,679 –> 00:34:52,679
we.
Find, starting with the 38th

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00:34:52,679 –> 00:34:56,600
chapter that we’ve read this
morning, that verse one, the

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00:34:56,600 –> 00:35:02,200
Lord answered Job out of the
whirlwind and said it would seem

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00:35:02,200 –> 00:35:06,280
that this gathering storm was
not really a natural storm, but

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00:35:06,280 –> 00:35:10,720
was actually the clouds that
secluded the Shekinah glory, and

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00:35:10,720 –> 00:35:13,880
that the Lord was really
speaking to Job out of that

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00:35:13,880 –> 00:35:19,920
whirlwind, out of that cloud.
Now we do find that Job in the

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00:35:19,920 –> 00:35:24,640
past had made a request that he
be able to have it out with God,

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00:35:24,840 –> 00:35:29,040
that he have an opportunity to
talk with God, feeling that he

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00:35:29,040 –> 00:35:31,960
would be able to show that he
was right and that the Almighty

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00:35:31,960 –> 00:35:35,440
was wrong.
And he suggests two ways in

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00:35:35,440 –> 00:35:40,280
which this discussion might take
place and that we find in the

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00:35:40,280 –> 00:35:45,600
13th chapter of Job, verse 22.
In fact, both of these ways are

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00:35:45,600 –> 00:35:49,280
brought out in that 22nd verse
of that 13th chapter.

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00:35:50,000 –> 00:35:55,920
He suggests that either then
call and I will answer, or let

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00:35:55,920 –> 00:36:01,960
me speak and answer thou me.
It could proceed in two ways.

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00:36:02,360 –> 00:36:06,920
Either Job would address God and
God answer the charges that Job

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00:36:06,920 –> 00:36:12,480
would make, or else let God
speak, and then Job would answer

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00:36:12,480 –> 00:36:16,200
what God had to say.
And here we find back in the

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00:36:16,200 –> 00:36:23,440
38th chapter of Job that God
chooses the 1st way, which is

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00:36:23,440 –> 00:36:28,400
the only proper way that God
could choose and uphold His

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00:36:28,400 –> 00:36:34,480
Majesty and holiness.
Could you imagine Job little

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00:36:34,640 –> 00:36:39,480
insignificant Job cross
examining the Almighty like a

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00:36:39,480 –> 00:36:43,640
prosecution attorney might cross
examine someone on the witness

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00:36:43,640 –> 00:36:47,360
stand?
Would this be proper, that a man

622
00:36:47,360 –> 00:36:51,280
would cross examine God and God
would have to answer him?

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00:36:51,720 –> 00:36:55,200
Wouldn’t it be much more fitting
for the holiness and majesty of

624
00:36:55,200 –> 00:37:00,080
the Almighty that the Almighty
speak and then see what Job had

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00:37:00,080 –> 00:37:01,480
to answer in?
Regard.

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00:37:01,480 –> 00:37:06,080
To his cross examination it
would seem much more fitting.

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00:37:06,240 –> 00:37:08,200
And that’s the way that the Lord
chooses.

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00:37:09,200 –> 00:37:12,000
And so we read on.
Who is this that darkeneth

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00:37:12,040 –> 00:37:14,000
counsel by words without
knowledge?

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00:37:14,520 –> 00:37:19,480
Gird up now thy loins like a
man, for I will demand of thee,

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00:37:19,480 –> 00:37:23,160
and answer thou me.
He chooses that first way of

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00:37:23,160 –> 00:37:27,160
first the Almighty speaking.
And then, if Job has anything

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00:37:27,160 –> 00:37:30,520
left to say, let him speak up.
It’s the proper way that it

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00:37:30,520 –> 00:37:34,680
should be done.
And so we find that the Almighty

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00:37:34,920 –> 00:37:38,880
proceeds with his first speech.
Now it’s interesting to note

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00:37:38,880 –> 00:37:41,000
that the Almighty makes 2
speeches.

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00:37:41,880 –> 00:37:46,120
Each of these speeches are
divided into two sections.

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00:37:46,480 –> 00:37:49,160
This morning, I hope.
That we can consider, if not

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00:37:49,160 –> 00:37:52,680
totally, at least partially, the
first speech of the Almighty,

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00:37:52,880 –> 00:37:54,960
certainly the first part.
I hope we can get through to the

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00:37:54,960 –> 00:37:58,840
second part and what I’d like to
do is flip this chart and we’ll

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00:37:58,840 –> 00:38:00,560
take up another chart will be
interesting.

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00:38:04,400 –> 00:38:06,200
But I have some of the lend me a
quick hand.

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00:38:18,760 –> 00:38:21,480
We have three further charts for
your consideration.

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00:38:22,040 –> 00:38:25,760
It would seem most appropriate
to me that we would all look

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00:38:25,760 –> 00:38:28,560
upon the speeches of the
Almighty is far more important

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00:38:28,800 –> 00:38:32,040
than any of the other speeches
that have been given by anyone

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00:38:32,040 –> 00:38:34,880
in the book of Job.
Certainly the words of Almighty

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00:38:34,880 –> 00:38:37,080
are more important than Job’s
talks.

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00:38:37,560 –> 00:38:39,520
Or his three.
Friends talks, or what his wife

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00:38:39,520 –> 00:38:42,200
had to say, or even what the
young man alive who had to say.

652
00:38:42,840 –> 00:38:47,280
And here, what we’re trying to
do is give you a picture of the

653
00:38:47,320 –> 00:38:50,160
first part of the first song of
speech of the Almighty.

654
00:38:50,720 –> 00:38:54,760
And here we find a picture where
we’ve tried to include the five

655
00:38:54,760 –> 00:38:58,360
different sections of the
Almighty’s first speech.

656
00:38:59,120 –> 00:39:02,320
The Almighty challenges Job to
begin with here in the 38th

657
00:39:02,320 –> 00:39:05,320
chapter, and says where was thou
when I laid the foundations of

658
00:39:05,320 –> 00:39:08,360
the Earth?
And therefore what we have here,

659
00:39:08,360 –> 00:39:11,240
of course, is obviously the
planet Earth.

660
00:39:12,120 –> 00:39:16,880
We’ve tried to depict it so that
we depict both day and night, so

661
00:39:16,880 –> 00:39:18,320
that we show some of the
continents.

662
00:39:18,320 –> 00:39:21,320
And of course we’ve tried to
take the part of the Earth that

663
00:39:21,320 –> 00:39:24,760
would have been a surrounding
where Job would have lived at

664
00:39:24,760 –> 00:39:28,080
that time, which would have been
up about in this area.

665
00:39:29,440 –> 00:39:32,240
And so here we find that the
almighty challenges Job and

666
00:39:32,240 –> 00:39:37,160
says, look, if you really think
that you know more about things

667
00:39:37,160 –> 00:39:40,760
than I do, where were you when I
first created the earth?

668
00:39:41,000 –> 00:39:43,240
Where were you?
Were you the one that designed

669
00:39:43,240 –> 00:39:45,120
it in the 1st place?
Were you the architect?

670
00:39:45,720 –> 00:39:49,640
Or were you possibly the
Carpenter or the Mason that may

671
00:39:49,640 –> 00:39:52,200
have laid the foundations
thereof, been built upon it

672
00:39:52,360 –> 00:39:54,200
until finally the earth was
created?

673
00:39:54,400 –> 00:39:57,600
Job, if you think you’re so
great and know so much more

674
00:39:57,600 –> 00:40:01,240
about how to run things than I
do, where were you when I

675
00:40:01,240 –> 00:40:03,360
created the planet upon which
you live?

676
00:40:04,600 –> 00:40:08,360
And this very first statement,
even if the Almighty hadn’t said

677
00:40:08,360 –> 00:40:12,000
anything else whatsoever, would
have been enough for Job to

678
00:40:12,000 –> 00:40:15,000
realize his position of
insignificance and subordinate A

679
00:40:15,320 –> 00:40:17,920
subordination to the Almighty.
Oh.

680
00:40:18,480 –> 00:40:20,360
But the Almighty doesn’t stop at
this.

681
00:40:20,560 –> 00:40:22,960
Instead, we find that the
Almighty goes on.

682
00:40:23,320 –> 00:40:26,200
And he said, All right, Job, if
you weren’t around when I

683
00:40:26,200 –> 00:40:29,040
created the Earth.
Have you got any?

684
00:40:29,040 –> 00:40:34,360
Idea of the depths of the sea or
any idea of the way that I and

685
00:40:34,360 –> 00:40:39,480
my might and magnificence
control the sea says Why I treat

686
00:40:39,480 –> 00:40:42,400
the oceans just like you would
treat a little baby.

687
00:40:42,800 –> 00:40:45,680
I can measure out the seas in
the hollow of my hand.

688
00:40:46,200 –> 00:40:50,800
I place the oceans in their
limitations, much like you would

689
00:40:50,800 –> 00:40:55,520
take a little baby and put it in
a playpen because I decreed how

690
00:40:55,520 –> 00:40:58,160
far the proud waves of the ocean
should go.

691
00:40:58,560 –> 00:41:01,200
And he says there I say that
proud way should be stayed.

692
00:41:01,440 –> 00:41:05,320
I have placed the oceans in the
ocean beds and they don’t

693
00:41:05,320 –> 00:41:08,440
overflow the land.
Much like you would place a

694
00:41:08,440 –> 00:41:11,880
little child in a in a playpen
and say, look, you’re going to

695
00:41:11,880 –> 00:41:13,920
have to stay there.
I’m not going to let you run

696
00:41:13,920 –> 00:41:17,800
around beyond that point.
And so the Lord is beginning to

697
00:41:17,800 –> 00:41:21,000
show his tremendous power and
might before Job.

698
00:41:21,400 –> 00:41:24,760
He then goes on to say, all
right Job, if you weren’t around

699
00:41:24,760 –> 00:41:27,600
when I laid the foundations of
the earth and created the earth,

700
00:41:27,960 –> 00:41:31,680
if you have no idea of just how
deep the ocean is, let alone

701
00:41:31,680 –> 00:41:35,480
have the ability to say how far
its waves should come, how about

702
00:41:35,480 –> 00:41:39,920
the light and the darkness?
Job, do you have any idea where

703
00:41:39,920 –> 00:41:44,000
the light goes when the darkness
comes, or where the darkness

704
00:41:44,000 –> 00:41:46,960
goes when the light comes?
Do you have any idea of the

705
00:41:46,960 –> 00:41:48,880
extent of the light and the
darkness?

706
00:41:49,080 –> 00:41:52,120
Could you control it?
Do you have any idea of the

707
00:41:52,120 –> 00:41:55,360
greatness and magnificence of
the creation in which you live?

708
00:41:55,360 –> 00:41:58,280
And of course, Job hadn’t
created the earth.

709
00:41:58,400 –> 00:42:01,720
He couldn’t control the sea.
He had no idea of the extent or

710
00:42:01,720 –> 00:42:04,560
light or darkness, much less be
able to control it.

711
00:42:05,000 –> 00:42:07,320
And then he goes on a little bit
further than that and says,

712
00:42:07,320 –> 00:42:10,200
well, Job, how about the
weather?

713
00:42:11,080 –> 00:42:14,600
Could you control the weather
the way I do?

714
00:42:14,960 –> 00:42:18,560
Do you have any idea where the
rains come from?

715
00:42:19,000 –> 00:42:21,960
Can you make the rainfall from
the clouds over your head?

716
00:42:22,640 –> 00:42:25,480
Do you have any idea of the
storehouses of snow?

717
00:42:25,680 –> 00:42:29,200
Do you know where I bring the
tremendous volumes of snow that

718
00:42:29,200 –> 00:42:31,600
fall upon the earth?
Maybe not much in Texas, but in

719
00:42:31,600 –> 00:42:35,000
some parts of the earth.
Do you have any idea where I

720
00:42:35,000 –> 00:42:37,560
keep that tremendous storehouse
of stone?

721
00:42:37,960 –> 00:42:41,600
And how about the hail?
Do you have any idea of that?

722
00:42:41,600 –> 00:42:43,880
Where I keep all of those
storehouses either?

723
00:42:44,840 –> 00:42:47,800
And consequently, Job is now
beginning to be reduced to a

724
00:42:47,800 –> 00:42:51,240
position where he realizes how
insignificant he is.

725
00:42:51,560 –> 00:42:55,960
And having been reduced to this
position by considering this

726
00:42:55,960 –> 00:43:00,240
planet, then we find that the
Almighty turns his attention to

727
00:43:00,240 –> 00:43:03,720
the stars that are up over his
head and said, well, Job, you

728
00:43:03,720 –> 00:43:06,960
know, I haven’t just created
this planet, I created the

729
00:43:06,960 –> 00:43:10,240
entire universe.
Do you think you can do like

730
00:43:10,240 –> 00:43:12,520
I’ve done?
Are you going to be able to

731
00:43:12,520 –> 00:43:16,800
create and to order and to
establish various constellations

732
00:43:16,960 –> 00:43:18,880
such as?
Orion and the.

733
00:43:18,880 –> 00:43:22,920
Pleiades or Mazaroth and
Arcturus, are you going to be

734
00:43:22,920 –> 00:43:25,640
able to handle these heavenly
bodies as I do?

735
00:43:25,720 –> 00:43:29,600
You know, I haven’t only created
this minor planet upon which you

736
00:43:29,600 –> 00:43:33,080
live and establish the things,
the way you see them around

737
00:43:33,080 –> 00:43:38,400
about you, but I’ve created this
entire vast universe, and who

738
00:43:38,400 –> 00:43:43,320
are you to challenge me?
Why, Joe, you can’t even make

739
00:43:43,320 –> 00:43:46,440
the rain fall out of the clouds
that pass over your head.

740
00:43:47,080 –> 00:43:50,520
How are you going to take care
of the whole universe the way I

741
00:43:50,520 –> 00:43:53,000
do?
What do you think about that

742
00:43:53,000 –> 00:43:56,760
job?
And here we find that the end of

743
00:43:56,760 –> 00:44:00,800
the first half of the Almighty’s
first speech comes.

744
00:44:01,240 –> 00:44:04,280
And I would not be a bit
surprised, but in this first

745
00:44:04,280 –> 00:44:09,000
section where God considers
inanimate nature, that he has

746
00:44:09,000 –> 00:44:11,320
said enough to put Job in his
place.

747
00:44:11,520 –> 00:44:15,600
And for Job to just to begin to
realize that God has a little

748
00:44:15,600 –> 00:44:19,240
bit more to do than take care of
1 little Job.

749
00:44:19,800 –> 00:44:23,560
He’s created the entire planet.
He controls the entire planet,

750
00:44:23,560 –> 00:44:28,040
Yeah, the whole of the universe.
Job is only one small part of

751
00:44:28,040 –> 00:44:31,520
his creation.
And who is Job first of all?

752
00:44:31,760 –> 00:44:36,040
To challenge God, or to think
that God should only take care.

753
00:44:36,040 –> 00:44:37,840
Of him and completely.
Forget about the rest of his

754
00:44:37,840 –> 00:44:40,480
creation.
God has got a lot more to think

755
00:44:40,480 –> 00:44:45,440
about than just little old job,
and it would do well for us to

756
00:44:45,440 –> 00:44:47,920
remember that.
God has got a lot more to think

757
00:44:47,920 –> 00:44:50,360
about.
Than all of the jobs in this

758
00:44:50,360 –> 00:44:56,840
room He has to take care of His
entire creation, not just us.

759
00:44:57,320 –> 00:45:00,720
And consequently we find that
the Almighty moves on to the

760
00:45:00,720 –> 00:45:03,720
second-half of His first speech.
Could you lend?

761
00:45:03,720 –> 00:45:11,000
Me, a quick hand.
In the first half of his first

762
00:45:11,000 –> 00:45:16,240
speech, the Almighty has
considered inanimate nature and

763
00:45:16,240 –> 00:45:18,800
Job has been reduced to the
place where he realized that God

764
00:45:18,800 –> 00:45:22,320
has a lot more to do to take
care of things in his creation

765
00:45:22,320 –> 00:45:25,040
than just a little old Job.
But the Almighty isn’t through

766
00:45:25,040 –> 00:45:27,360
with Job yet.
He’s got an awful lot more to

767
00:45:27,360 –> 00:45:31,200
say to Job, and consequently he
goes on to animate nature,

768
00:45:31,400 –> 00:45:35,160
showing that Job isn’t the only
individual, the only creature

769
00:45:35,160 –> 00:45:38,160
that he’s created and that he’s
taken care of.

770
00:45:38,720 –> 00:45:44,280
He carries Job into the animal
Kingdom to recognize the various

771
00:45:44,280 –> 00:45:48,680
creatures that the Almighty has
created and how that he takes

772
00:45:48,680 –> 00:45:51,200
care of them and keeps a very.
Beautiful.

773
00:45:51,200 –> 00:45:54,720
Balance in nature.
Now we find that chapter

774
00:45:54,720 –> 00:45:57,520
divisions, of course, have been
put in by man later on.

775
00:45:58,040 –> 00:46:02,680
It’s rather unfortunate that the
chapter division, where the 39th

776
00:46:02,680 –> 00:46:07,560
chapter begins, wasn’t back at
the 39th verse, because really,

777
00:46:07,760 –> 00:46:11,040
that’s the beginning of the
second-half of the first speech

778
00:46:11,040 –> 00:46:13,880
of the Almighty.
It’s there that he brings up a

779
00:46:13,880 –> 00:46:17,520
very interesting thought.
He takes up the question of the

780
00:46:17,520 –> 00:46:22,320
lioness going out to seek food
for her Cubs.

781
00:46:22,760 –> 00:46:27,560
And here we find a very fierce
lioness going out to pounce upon

782
00:46:27,560 –> 00:46:31,080
this gentle little fawn and to
bring back food so that their

783
00:46:31,080 –> 00:46:32,800
Cubs would have something to
eat.

784
00:46:33,800 –> 00:46:37,840
And here we have the a problem
that’s being introduced.

785
00:46:38,360 –> 00:46:45,000
Remember, Job was suffering, and
he had no real idea why he

786
00:46:45,000 –> 00:46:48,720
should be suffering and felt
that that suffering was unjust.

787
00:46:49,000 –> 00:46:53,960
And now the Almighty introduces
into his speech the problem of

788
00:46:53,960 –> 00:46:56,400
suffering.
Here, this lioness is going to

789
00:46:56,400 –> 00:47:01,720
go out.
This vicious, ferocious, guilty

790
00:47:01,720 –> 00:47:05,200
lioness is going to pounce upon
this nice, Pretty Little fawn,

791
00:47:05,920 –> 00:47:09,440
and she’s going to kill it.
And that’s going to introduce

792
00:47:09,440 –> 00:47:12,200
suffering to this innocent
little fawn.

793
00:47:12,600 –> 00:47:15,680
And she’s going to bring back
this innocent little fawn to her

794
00:47:15,680 –> 00:47:17,840
Cubs so that they’ll be able to
eat.

795
00:47:18,560 –> 00:47:22,480
Now, what would Job do?
How would Job order an

796
00:47:22,480 –> 00:47:25,760
established nature?
How would he cope with this

797
00:47:26,040 –> 00:47:31,760
apparent injustice in nature?
Would he arrange it so that this

798
00:47:31,760 –> 00:47:34,320
little farm would never suffer
and die?

799
00:47:34,760 –> 00:47:37,800
And if he did, what about those
beautiful little Cubs that the

800
00:47:37,800 –> 00:47:40,840
lioness has?
Would they therefore starve

801
00:47:41,000 –> 00:47:44,640
because of not having any food?
It is a tremendous problem,

802
00:47:44,640 –> 00:47:47,200
isn’t it?
And as we go on tomorrow,

803
00:47:47,200 –> 00:47:50,600
because our time has expired
today, we’re going to consider a

804
00:47:50,600 –> 00:47:54,720
number of these other creatures
that the Almighty brings forth

805
00:47:54,720 –> 00:47:57,160
to Job.
We’re going to see the

806
00:47:57,400 –> 00:47:59,800
comparison of one creature with
another.

807
00:48:00,120 –> 00:48:04,760
We’re going to recognize many
individuals within these, and

808
00:48:04,760 –> 00:48:07,200
we’re going to draw perhaps one
of the most remarkable

809
00:48:07,200 –> 00:48:10,000
conclusions that comes from the
book of Job.

810
00:48:10,400 –> 00:48:14,360
We’ll leave that and for your
consideration for a night.

811
00:48:14,880 –> 00:48:17,800
And then tomorrow, we’ll take it
up again and consider not only

812
00:48:17,800 –> 00:48:20,640
the second-half of the first
almighty speech, but his second

813
00:48:20,680 –> 00:48:24,160
speech, and hope that we can
leave the epilogue for Saturday.