Class 2 from this series was used in GCT Episode 284.<\/p>\n
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\nThis is the 5th class on Pastel
\nconsidered my servant Joe, our <\/p>\n
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\nspeaker, brother Warren
\nPhillips, and his session today,<\/p>\n
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\nthe second session on the
\nspeeches of the Almighty. <\/p>\n
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\nGood morning, everyone.
\nWe’ve been working our way <\/p>\n
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\nthrough job and as we move
\nalong, of course our <\/p>\n
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\nconsiderations have built up so
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\nbecome as long as the class.
\nSo we’re going to have to take <\/p>\n
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\nit a little bit easy this
\nmorning because I would like to <\/p>\n
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\nmake sure that we do get through
\nas much as we cost possibly can <\/p>\n
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\nby tomorrow.
\nIt’s the end of tomorrow’s <\/p>\n
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\nsession.
\nSo very, very briefly, we have <\/p>\n
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\nconsidered a man who is
\nextremely blessed by God, very <\/p>\n
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\nwealthy, a man who had
\neverything this life could give,<\/p>\n
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\nand another individual who did
\nwho felt that the only reason <\/p>\n
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\nthat Job was serving God was
\nbecause it was a good business <\/p>\n
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\narrangement.
\nGod had blessed him, and Job was<\/p>\n
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\nmerely giving God what God had
\nalready paid for by being <\/p>\n
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\nrighteous before him.
\nThe recommendation was that if <\/p>\n
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\nhis his wealth was removed, that
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\nface.
\nThis having been removed, we <\/p>\n
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\nfind that Job maintained his
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\nTherefore the enemy suggested
\nthat all that Job was interested<\/p>\n
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\nin was his own life, suggestion
\nthat his health be removed, and <\/p>\n
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\nthen he would curse God.
\nTherefore the Lord permitted <\/p>\n
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\nthis to be done as well, and yet
\nJob still maintained his <\/p>\n
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\nintegrity, but was unaware of
\nwhy it is that all of this had <\/p>\n
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\nbeen removed from him.
\nWe have a succession of <\/p>\n
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\ncharacters that come across the
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\nFrom that point on.
\nWe find that his wife comes and <\/p>\n
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\nrecommends that he curse God and
\ndie. <\/p>\n
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\nNot being a wicked woman, but
\nfeeling that she’d rather see <\/p>\n
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\nhim dead and in peace than alive
\nand suffering as he is. <\/p>\n
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\nHe very gently rebukes her,
\nguiding her back to the type of <\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness that she’d
\nexemplified in the earlier days <\/p>\n
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\nof her life.
\nThen comes along Job’s three <\/p>\n
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\nfriends.
\nThey’re not Fairweather friends.<\/p>\n
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\nThey feel they know why Job is
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n
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\nThey believe in the doctrine of
\nexact retribution. <\/p>\n
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\nThey felt that because Job was
\nsuffering tremendously, it must <\/p>\n
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\nbe because he’s being punished
\nbecause of a particular sin. <\/p>\n
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\nTherefore they recommend that he
\nconfess his sin, that he repent,<\/p>\n
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\nthat he seek God’s forgiveness
\nand that God would indeed turn <\/p>\n
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\nhis captivity, that he would
\nheal him. <\/p>\n
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\nWe have a 28 chapter debate
\nwhere we find that this doctrine<\/p>\n
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\nof exact retribution is proven
\nto be incorrect and yet still <\/p>\n
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\nJob doesn’t understand why it is
\nHe’s suffering, feels that God <\/p>\n
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\nhas not treated him quite
\njustly. <\/p>\n
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\nHe desires a days man, hoping
\nthat this go between would take <\/p>\n
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\nhis part and would prove to God
\nthat God was wrong and that Job <\/p>\n
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\nwas right.
\nAlong comes a young man on the <\/p>\n
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\nscene by the name of Elihu, who
\nis indeed that Daisman, that <\/p>\n
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\nmediator, that arbitrator, or go
\nbetween, and he makes a series <\/p>\n
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\nof four very interesting
\nspeeches, being very displeased <\/p>\n
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\nwith both Job as well as his
\nthree friends, because the Job <\/p>\n
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\nhad justified himself rather
\nthan God, and his three friends <\/p>\n
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\nhad found no answer and yet had
\nstill condemned Job. <\/p>\n
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\nHe doesn’t say too much to the
\nthree friends because Job had <\/p>\n
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\nalready put them to silence.
\nBut instead we find that he <\/p>\n
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\nchallenges Job in his
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\nGod, which we must remember was
\nsaid only under extreme stress <\/p>\n
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\nafter a long period of time.
\nAnd he proves categorically that<\/p>\n
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\nGod is neither hostile nor
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\nin his dealings, that
\nrighteousness does profit a man,<\/p>\n
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\nand that suffering can indeed be
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\nGod.
\nAnd so we come to have prayed <\/p>\n
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\nbefore us another very good
\nreason for suffering. <\/p>\n
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\nNot only can suffering be a
\npunishment, not only is it part <\/p>\n
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\nof our mortality, which indeed
\nit is, but we find that it also <\/p>\n
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\ncan draw a person closer to God.
\nWe recognized how often it is <\/p>\n
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\nthat when things seem to go just
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\neven though we may be interested
\nin the things of God, attend <\/p>\n
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\nmeetings regularly, we don’t
\ndraw nearly as closely to God as<\/p>\n
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\nwhen we’re confronted with a
\nproblem that we can’t handle. <\/p>\n
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\nThen we find that our heart
\nturns directly to God, and we <\/p>\n
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\nseek Him fervently in prayer.
\nAnd so suffering can indeed be <\/p>\n
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\ndisciplinary.
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\nnow through His Word, Sometimes
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\nlouder when we’re afflicted on
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\nAnd so we find that they can be
\na reason for suffering, another <\/p>\n
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\nreason for suffering, and that
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\nAnd then we find that the end of
\nElihu’s speeches, he introduces <\/p>\n
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\nthe Almighty by likening God
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\nAnd then the time comes when the
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\nas Job had earlier desired.
\nWe find that he chose a very <\/p>\n
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\nThere were two ways that was <\/p>\n
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\nwould answer him, and the
\nAlmighty chose the first. <\/p>\n
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\nOf course it would be
\ninappropriate that Job should <\/p>\n
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\nproceed.
\nThe Almighty makes 2 very <\/p>\n
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\nfascinating speeches we
\nconsidered just over in the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst half of the first speech.
\nEach of the speeches are divided<\/p>\n
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\nIn the first half of the first <\/p>\n
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\nspeech of the Almighty, we found
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\nnature.
\nHe asked Job where He was when <\/p>\n
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\nhe laid the foundation of the
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\nHe asked Job if he had any idea
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\nJob could control the sea as God
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\nhollow of His hand.
\nHandling the sea as we would <\/p>\n
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\nhandle the little baby pace,
\nplacing him in a playpen, saying<\/p>\n
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\nthat’s the only area that you
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\nways would be stayed.
\nHe asked Job if he had any idea <\/p>\n
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\nlight went when the darkness
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\nwhen the light came.
\nHe asked Job if he could <\/p>\n
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\npossibly control the weather, if
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\nthe storehouses of snow or where
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\nmake the clouds over his head
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\nAfter that, he drew Job’s
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\nuniverse, asking Job if he could
\ncontrol the constellations such <\/p>\n
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\nas the Pleiades in Orion or
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\nNocturus.
\nCould he possibly do that? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Job here is reduced to a
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\npointed out to Job, if he can’t <\/p>\n
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\neven cause the rain to fall from
\nthe clouds over his head, how <\/p>\n
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\ncould he possibly contain
\ncontrol the entire earth or the <\/p>\n
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\nuniverse which God in his
\ninfinite power is created and <\/p>\n
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\nsustains?
\nJob had been brought to the <\/p>\n
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\nhe was, but the Almighty isn’t
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\nThen he goes on now to turn his
\nattention to animate nature. <\/p>\n
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\nUp to this time he had
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\nJob realize that he had charged <\/p>\n
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\nGod foolishly.
\nBut now he finds he turns his <\/p>\n
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\nconsidering the first point
\nthat’s brought out, that of the <\/p>\n
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\nlion going out to obtain food
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\nWe drew our attention to the
\nlioness as it attacks this <\/p>\n
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\nlovely little farm, to kill it
\nand to bring back food that its <\/p>\n
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\nCubs might have something to
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\nAnd there we recognize that the
\nAlmighty had started with a very<\/p>\n
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\nimportant subject.
\nRight away our attention has <\/p>\n
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\nturned to the problem of
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\nWhen we look at a lioness and
\nrecognize it’s beautiful. <\/p>\n
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\nBut in order for a lioness to go
\non living or to supply food for <\/p>\n
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\nits Cubs, being a carnivorous
\nanimal, they have to go out and <\/p>\n
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\nhunt other animals.
\nAnd when other animals are <\/p>\n
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\nhaunted and dropped down and
\nkilled, here we have a problem, <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve got suffering.
\nAnd here this lovely little <\/p>\n
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\nfawn, beautiful, gentle, kind
\nlittle creature is going to be <\/p>\n
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\ncruelly put to death and to be
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\neat.
\nAnd so we have the problem. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what would Job do about that
\nproblem? <\/p>\n
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\nWould he indeed find a way to
\nmake more justice in nature? <\/p>\n
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\nWould he upset the imbalance
\nthat God has in nature? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat would he do about a
\nsituation such as that? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s where we left off
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\nmorning, to consider what we
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\ncircumstances.
\nWhat about the lioness? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd not only that, we also find
\nthat after the lioness has <\/p>\n
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\nkilled this lovely little animal
\nand given it to her Cubs to eat,<\/p>\n
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\nand then they abandoned what is
\nleft. <\/p>\n
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\nAlong comes the Raven, and the
\nRaven eats what’s left after <\/p>\n
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\nthat.
\nAnd there is no correlation <\/p>\n
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\nbetween a lion and a Raven.
\nAnd yet we find that the lion <\/p>\n
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\nhas rendered a service to the
\nRaven as well by leaving a <\/p>\n
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\nlittle bit of a kill for that
\nRaven to eat. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s not the lionesses idea,
\nbut again, we recognize it’s the<\/p>\n
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\nwisdom of God and make an
\narrangement in nature so that <\/p>\n
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\nall of his creatures have an
\nopportunity to eat. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd not only that, we find that
\nthat which is left and would be <\/p>\n
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\nleft as waste.
\nGod has found a way to clean it <\/p>\n
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\nup and use it as a blessing for
\nhis other creatures. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a rather beautiful thing.
\nAnd then the Almighty moves on <\/p>\n
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\nto consider quite a variety of
\ncreatures, which we have before <\/p>\n
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\nyou on this chart, on the right
\nside of the hall, the next thing<\/p>\n
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\nthat he considers.
\nAnd now we move on to the 39th <\/p>\n
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\nchapter.
\nWe’ve already drawn attention to<\/p>\n
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\nthe fact that the chapter
\ndivision really should have been<\/p>\n
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\nat the end of the 38th verse of
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\nThe 39th verse really should be
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\nbecause it is part of the
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\nspeech.
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\nat that point.
\nThen he goes on at the beginning<\/p>\n
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\nof this 39th chapter, the way we
\nhave our Bibles divided to <\/p>\n
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\nconsider the wild goat and the
\nhind. <\/p>\n
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\nOr we could say the fawn.
\nAnd he asked Job now about these<\/p>\n
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\nvictims in this process of
\nnature. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he asked Job if he knows
\nanything about the gestation <\/p>\n
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\nperiod of these creatures.
\nDoes he have any idea how the <\/p>\n
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\nGod has made a provision for
\nthem? <\/p>\n
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\nWithout the help of man?
\nYou will notice to keep them <\/p>\n
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\nalive.
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\nflimsy creature as this and say,
\nwell with all these lionesses <\/p>\n
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\naround, why is it that they
\ndon’t become extinct? <\/p>\n
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\nHow could a creature so I’ll
\nsuited to survive? <\/p>\n
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\nIt would seem as this type of
\ncreature be able to survive, but<\/p>\n
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\nGod has made provision for it,
\nperhaps because He’s made more <\/p>\n
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\nof them.
\nBut more than that, perhaps he’s<\/p>\n
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\nmade them such shy creatures
\nthat they would suddenly run <\/p>\n
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\nfrom any noise whatsoever to to
\navoid danger. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd God has arranged a beautiful
\nbalance in nature, so that even <\/p>\n
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\nthough these lions are much more
\nferocious, still these gentle <\/p>\n
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\ncreatures will continue to
\nsurvive and to bring forth their<\/p>\n
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\nyoung generation after
\ngeneration after generation. <\/p>\n
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\nHow would Job arrange for this
\nprocess? <\/p>\n
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\nWould he make changes in it,
\nsuggesting that perhaps the <\/p>\n
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\nAlmighty had not been wise in
\nthe way he had arranged nature? <\/p>\n
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\nHow would he solve this problem
\nof suffering that’s been <\/p>\n
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\nintroduced?
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\ncontinually pray to variety of
\ncreatures before him. <\/p>\n
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\nThe next thing he considers is
\nthe wild ass, and he draws a <\/p>\n
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\ncontrast between the wild ass
\nand the domestic ass, and points<\/p>\n
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\nout that here the wild ass loves
\nhis freedom. <\/p>\n
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\nIt is virtually impossible to be
\nable to capture and train this <\/p>\n
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\nwild ass as you would his
\ndomestic brother. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd here we find that the
\ndomestic ask can be trained and <\/p>\n
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\ncan be a very helpful animal to
\nmankind. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the wild ass loved his
\nfreedom and would not tolerate <\/p>\n
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\nthis type of training.
\nThey both look just alike, but <\/p>\n
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\nboy do they react differently.
\nHow come God made them both? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy is it that they look so much
\nalike but react so differently? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he goes on with another
\nillustration that’s very <\/p>\n
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\nsimilar, where he considers the
\nwild ox and the domestic ox. <\/p>\n
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\nThe wild ox, which he refers to
\nhere, is the Unicorn, the <\/p>\n
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\ndomestic ox as well.
\nAnd here he points out that the <\/p>\n
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\nwild ox also loves its freedom,
\nand there’s little or nothing <\/p>\n
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\nyou can do to capture and tame
\nit, or you might capture it to <\/p>\n
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\nbe able to tame it, so that
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\nextremely difficult.
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\nand you can train that ox to
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\nTrain him to be able to plow the
\nfield so much that you hardly <\/p>\n
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\neven have to guide him, and
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\nforth after having been trained
\nand do a very wonderful job for <\/p>\n
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\nyou.
\nThey both look alike, but boy do<\/p>\n
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\nthey react differently.
\nHow come God made them both? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy is it that they conduct
\nthemselves in this way? <\/p>\n
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\nHe then draws attention to the
\nStark in the ostrich, pointing <\/p>\n
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\nout that here we have creatures
\nthat are similar, at least in <\/p>\n
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\none way.
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\nthey?
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\nthey take care of their young,
\nit’s very different. <\/p>\n
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\nWe find that the Stark is a very
\ngood mother, and good in the way<\/p>\n
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\nwe look at it.
\nWe find that she’ll lay her eggs<\/p>\n
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\nand she’ll tend to those eggs
\nand bring up the young. <\/p>\n
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\nBut when it comes to this, the
\nostrich. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’d like to bring out a
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\nthere’s been a claim against the
\nscriptures, a claim that there <\/p>\n
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\nare a lot of mistakes about
\nanimals in the Bible. <\/p>\n
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\nThere are different kinds of
\nostriches in the world. <\/p>\n
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\nThe ostrich that’s being
\nreferred to here is an ostrich <\/p>\n
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\nthat in the past lived in the
\nMiddle East and now is extinct. <\/p>\n
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\nSome of the ostriches that we
\nhave in the world today do take <\/p>\n
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\ncare of the young.
\nIt’s very different. <\/p>\n
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\nBut this particular type is now
\nan extinct creature, and when <\/p>\n
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\nobserved at that time, this
\nparticular ostrich did not take <\/p>\n
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\ncare of its young.
\nInstead, the ostrich which lay <\/p>\n
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\nits eggs in the sand, that would
\nbe the end of it. <\/p>\n
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\nOff she would go and not take
\ncare of her young whatsoever. <\/p>\n
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\nGod had arranged it so that they
\nwould be able to hatch and <\/p>\n
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\ndefend for themselves right
\naway. <\/p>\n
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\nSo here we have a very
\ninteresting thing the the <\/p>\n
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\nostrich and the Stark.
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\nyoung and bringing them up, the
\nostrich laying her eggs and then<\/p>\n
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\ndisregarding any responsibility
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\nYoung’s.
\nThey were both birds. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy is it that they reacted so
\ndifferently? <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, when we look at the
\nstart, well, excuse me, the <\/p>\n
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\nostrich, we find that she’s very
\ninterested in her own personal <\/p>\n
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\nwell-being.
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\nvery, very rapidly, and whenever
\nthere’s a commotion whatsoever, <\/p>\n
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\nwhenever there’s anything to
\nalarm her, she’ll turn around <\/p>\n
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\ndirection just as fast as she <\/p>\n
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\ncan go.
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\nshe could actually outrun the
\nhorse. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy is it that God has made this
\ncreature to take care of itself <\/p>\n
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\nand totally disregard anything
\nelse? <\/p>\n
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\nWar Horse brought up, and <\/p>\n
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\ncomparison between the Stark and<\/p>\n
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\ncomparison between the warhorse <\/p>\n
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\nand the ostrich.
\nAnd here with the warhorse, we <\/p>\n
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\nfind that whenever there is a
\ncommotion of a battle, the <\/p>\n
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\nwarhorse runs directly toward
\nthat battle, totally <\/p>\n
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\ndisregarding its own safely
\nsafety, absolutely fearless. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd even though it can run
\nalmost as fast as the ostrich, <\/p>\n
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\nwe notice the ostrich is running
\naway from harm. <\/p>\n
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\nThe War Horse is running into it
\nwithout any fear whatsoever for <\/p>\n
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\nitself.
\nAnd here we find that God has <\/p>\n
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\ngiven similar characteristics to
\ntwo very different creatures. <\/p>\n
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\nThey both can run fast, but they
\nmake use of that ability to run <\/p>\n
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\nin entirely different ways.
\nHow come God made them both? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then He considers the hawk
\nand the eagle how that. <\/p>\n
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\nHere we have two other creatures
\nthat have a similarity between <\/p>\n
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\nAgain, they’re both verbs, but <\/p>\n
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\nwe find that they react somewhat
\ndifferently. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he asked Job, who has taught
\nthe hawk to migrate as they do <\/p>\n
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\nmigrate South in the winter
\ntime, that is, if they’re living<\/p>\n
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\nin the Northern Hemisphere, plus
\nwho has trained them to do so? <\/p>\n
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\nWho indeed has given them that
\nability? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when it comes to the eagle,
\nwho has given the eagle the <\/p>\n
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\ntendency to place its nest very
\nhigh up on the mountain’s crag? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then to have such an ability
\nto be able to see, sometimes a <\/p>\n
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\ncouple of miles away?
\nTo see an animal fall in the <\/p>\n
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\nforest, so to see its prey, and
\nto be able to swoop down upon it<\/p>\n
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\nand then bring it back to its
\nyoung, that they might be able <\/p>\n
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\nto suck up blood?
\nHave you noticed something in <\/p>\n
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\nthis animate section of the
\nAlmighty’s first speech? <\/p>\n
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\nHe starts out with a similar
\nproblem to which he ends up <\/p>\n
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\nwith.
\nHe starts out with the lioness <\/p>\n
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\nfalling upon this fawn and
\nbringing it back that the young <\/p>\n
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\nmight have something to eat.
\nHe starts out by considering the<\/p>\n
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\nproblem of suffering.
\nHe ends up the same way with the<\/p>\n
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\neagle swooping down, swooping
\ndown upon its prey, and bringing<\/p>\n
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\nit back that the young might
\nsuck up blood. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s the way it’s worded
\nin our scriptures. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we are confronted both at
\nthe beginning and the end of the<\/p>\n
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\nspeech with the problem of
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we say, what is the Almighty
\ntrying to show us? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then we find we come to the
\nend of the Almighty’s first <\/p>\n
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\nspeech and it’s up to Job to
\nreact. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I wouldn’t be a bit
\nsurprised if Job is given a <\/p>\n
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\nperiod of time to think about
\nwhat the Almighty has had to <\/p>\n
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\nsay, to let it sink in and to
\ndraw some conclusions. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we might wonder just what it
\nis that the Almighty is trying <\/p>\n
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\nto teach Job that lived well
\nover 3500 years ago, and also <\/p>\n
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\nall the little jobs that are
\nhere in this room this morning. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat is the Almighty trying to
\nteach us? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat did Job benefit by it?
\nAnd as we move into the 40th <\/p>\n
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\nchapter, we find that the
\nAlmighty now challenges Job and <\/p>\n
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\nsays, look, we’ve conducted this
\ndiscussion. <\/p>\n
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\nUpon your suggestion, I’ve
\ncalled. <\/p>\n
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\nNow it’s your turn to answer.
\nWhat do you have to say for <\/p>\n
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\nthese things?
\nAnd we find that Job doesn’t <\/p>\n
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\nhave much to say verse one.
\nMoreover, the Lord answered Job <\/p>\n
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\nand said, Shall he that
\ncontendeth with the Almighty <\/p>\n
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\ninstruct him He that we prove
\nGod, let him answer it. <\/p>\n
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\nIn other words, Job, it’s your
\nturn to speak up. <\/p>\n
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\nNow what do you think of what
\nI’ve said? <\/p>\n
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\nHave you learned what I want you
\nto learn? <\/p>\n
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\nOr could you possibly show me
\nwhere I’m wrong? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd verse three?
\nAnd then Job. <\/p>\n
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\nJob answered the Lord and said,
\nBehold, I am vile. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat shall I answer thee?
\nI will lay my hand upon my mouth<\/p>\n
340
\n00:20:23,000 –> 00:20:25,360
\nonce I have spoken, but I will
\nnot answer. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:20:25,520 –> 00:20:28,760
\nYeah, twice.
\nBut I will proceed no further. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:20:28,920 –> 00:20:31,280
\nJob was ready to give up before
\nhe even started. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:20:32,320 –> 00:20:35,360
\nIt only took one speech of the
\nAlmighty to put Job totally the <\/p>\n
344
\n00:20:35,360 –> 00:20:39,440
\nsilence he would have given in
\nthen gladly, without having the <\/p>\n
345
\n00:20:39,440 –> 00:20:42,480
\nAlmighty say anything further.
\nBut the question first of all <\/p>\n
346
\n00:20:42,480 –> 00:20:46,520
\nbefore us is, why?
\nWhat did Job learn from this <\/p>\n
347
\n00:20:46,520 –> 00:20:48,720
\nvery remarkable speech of the
\nAlmighty? <\/p>\n
348
\n00:20:50,200 –> 00:20:52,360
\nJobe?
\nIn the first part of the speech <\/p>\n
349
\n00:20:52,360 –> 00:20:54,760
\nhe recognized how insignificant
\nhe was. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:20:55,200 –> 00:20:59,200
\nBut was it possible that Job had
\nlearned something more than that<\/p>\n
351
\n00:20:59,560 –> 00:21:02,280
\nfrom the Almighty speech?
\nWhat did the Almighty mean by <\/p>\n
352
\n00:21:02,280 –> 00:21:05,320
\nthis array of animals that he
\nhad prayed before Job? <\/p>\n
353
\n00:21:06,800 –> 00:21:09,520
\nIs it possible that he should
\nhave been gotten something from <\/p>\n
354
\n00:21:09,520 –> 00:21:12,760
\nit?
\nWell, first of all, I’d like to <\/p>\n
355
\n00:21:12,760 –> 00:21:17,480
\npoint out that from back before
\nthe flood, we find that God’s <\/p>\n
356
\n00:21:17,480 –> 00:21:22,040
\ncreatures were divided into two
\nprincipal categories, both clean<\/p>\n
357
\n00:21:22,520 –> 00:21:25,160
\nand unclean.
\nRemember when Noah went into the<\/p>\n
358
\n00:21:25,200 –> 00:21:28,760
\nark, and there was two of each
\nof the creatures that went in <\/p>\n
359
\n00:21:28,760 –> 00:21:33,040
\nunto him But seven of the clean,
\ntwo of the unclean, 7 of the <\/p>\n
360
\n00:21:33,040 –> 00:21:36,440
\nclean.
\nAnd so here we find that we have<\/p>\n
361
\n00:21:36,520 –> 00:21:39,360
\na division of clean and unclean
\nfrom back before the time of the<\/p>\n
362
\n00:21:39,360 –> 00:21:42,120
\nflood.
\nJob no doubt would have been <\/p>\n
363
\n00:21:42,120 –> 00:21:44,720
\nacquainted with that.
\nAnd when he looks at this array <\/p>\n
364
\n00:21:44,720 –> 00:21:48,880
\nof creatures, he would recognize
\nin this array of creatures both <\/p>\n
365
\n00:21:48,880 –> 00:21:52,480
\nclean and unclean creatures.
\nAnd perhaps what he really <\/p>\n
366
\n00:21:52,480 –> 00:21:57,560
\nshould recognize is all of
\nmankind depicted in this variety<\/p>\n
367
\n00:21:57,560 –> 00:22:01,640
\nof of animate nature.
\nHe should realize in these <\/p>\n
368
\n00:22:01,640 –> 00:22:05,800
\ncreatures mankind themselves,
\nwhere we’ll look at men and <\/p>\n
369
\n00:22:05,800 –> 00:22:08,360
\nwe’ll find that two men may look
\nvery much alike. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:22:08,680 –> 00:22:11,040
\nI mean, all mankind looks like
\nmankind. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:22:11,360 –> 00:22:14,560
\nAnd yet how differently we react
\none from another. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:22:15,120 –> 00:22:18,000
\nSome individuals are very
\ninterested in God and His great <\/p>\n
373
\n00:22:18,000 –> 00:22:22,680
\nplan of salvation.
\nThere are others that are just <\/p>\n
374
\n00:22:22,760 –> 00:22:26,160
\ndisinterested and others are
\nabsolutely hostile. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:22:26,880 –> 00:22:30,200
\nAnd perhaps what Job should have
\nrecognized in this group of <\/p>\n
376
\n00:22:30,200 –> 00:22:34,600
\ncreatures that were prayed
\nbefore him was indeed humanity <\/p>\n
377
\n00:22:34,600 –> 00:22:39,120
\nitself, where the creatures that
\nlooked very much alike would <\/p>\n
378
\n00:22:39,120 –> 00:22:43,760
\nreact very, very differently
\nbefore God, and he would have an<\/p>\n
379
\n00:22:43,760 –> 00:22:49,720
\nopportunity to see, perhaps in
\nhimself and some of those around<\/p>\n
380
\n00:22:49,720 –> 00:22:53,240
\nabout him, both clean and
\nunclean creatures. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:22:53,560 –> 00:22:57,480
\nWe find that Job is displayed
\nbefore us at the beginning of <\/p>\n
382
\n00:22:57,480 –> 00:23:01,240
\nthe book of Job as a clean
\ncreature, as a man that feareth <\/p>\n
383
\n00:23:01,240 –> 00:23:04,720
\nGod and his cheweth evil, that
\nthere is nothing like him in all<\/p>\n
384
\n00:23:04,720 –> 00:23:06,680
\nthe earth, that he was perfect,
\nHe was upright. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:23:07,240 –> 00:23:10,880
\nHe certainly could be considered
\nas a clean creature, and we <\/p>\n
386
\n00:23:10,880 –> 00:23:16,680
\ncould look about him and see
\npeople such as the enemy Satan, <\/p>\n
387
\n00:23:17,400 –> 00:23:21,360
\nas it’s called here, who was not
\ninterested in the things of God,<\/p>\n
388
\n00:23:22,000 –> 00:23:25,320
\nwho was willing to accuse both
\nGod and Job of entering into a <\/p>\n
389
\n00:23:25,320 –> 00:23:29,640
\nbusiness deal?
\nAnd what is the basic principle <\/p>\n
390
\n00:23:29,640 –> 00:23:34,400
\nthat God has placed in nature
\nfor us to recognize that Job <\/p>\n
391
\n00:23:34,440 –> 00:23:37,360
\nshould have recognized that
\nwould help him understand <\/p>\n
392
\n00:23:37,720 –> 00:23:42,720
\nanother reason for suffering,
\nand we must indeed recognize and<\/p>\n
393
\n00:23:42,720 –> 00:23:45,760
\nunderstand it if we’re to
\nunderstand the sacrifice of our <\/p>\n
394
\n00:23:45,760 –> 00:23:49,480
\nLord and Savior Jesus Christ.
\nIt’s a very remarkable <\/p>\n
395
\n00:23:49,480 –> 00:23:55,840
\nprinciple, and that is that very
\noften the innocent will suffer <\/p>\n
396
\n00:23:56,720 –> 00:24:01,720
\nfor the benefit of the guilty.
\nAnd here we find this guilty It <\/p>\n
397
\n00:24:01,720 –> 00:24:06,040
\nis ferocious, cruel lioness,
\nfalling upon this shy, gentle, <\/p>\n
398
\n00:24:06,040 –> 00:24:10,880
\nkind, innocent little fawn.
\nThis fawn has to suffer and die,<\/p>\n
399
\n00:24:11,240 –> 00:24:14,280
\nthat the guilty lioness might go
\non living in her Cubs as well. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:24:15,360 –> 00:24:19,640
\nAnd likewise with the eagle we
\nfind that she falls upon prey <\/p>\n
401
\n00:24:20,120 –> 00:24:23,040
\nand brings it back, that her
\nyoung might suck up blood. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:24:23,880 –> 00:24:28,840
\nAnd here we have a principle in
\nnature that one purpose for <\/p>\n
403
\n00:24:28,840 –> 00:24:33,840
\nsuffering can possibly be that
\nthe innocent might suffer for <\/p>\n
404
\n00:24:33,840 –> 00:24:36,760
\nthe benefit of the guilty.
\nAnd when we look at Job, we find<\/p>\n
405
\n00:24:36,760 –> 00:24:40,120
\nthat that’s exactly the case.
\nJob is suffering. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:24:40,680 –> 00:24:44,720
\nTo try to coach a guilty
\nindividual from that way of life<\/p>\n
407
\n00:24:44,720 –> 00:24:48,040
\nwhich is contrary to God, to
\nbring them back to the to His <\/p>\n
408
\n00:24:48,040 –> 00:24:52,200
\nHeavenly Father, we look upon
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ and we <\/p>\n
409
\n00:24:52,200 –> 00:24:56,680
\nfind a clean creature, if ever
\nthere was 1, suffering for the <\/p>\n
410
\n00:24:56,680 –> 00:24:59,360
\nbenefit of the guilty.
\nFor who? <\/p>\n
411
\n00:25:00,240 –> 00:25:04,920
\nYou know who suffered for you.
\nAnd He suffered for me. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:25:06,040 –> 00:25:09,200
\nHe suffered for all guilty
\ncreatures throughout mankind, <\/p>\n
413
\n00:25:10,040 –> 00:25:13,320
\nThe innocent suffering for the
\nguilty. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:25:14,360 –> 00:25:18,880
\nA very beautiful, beautiful
\nthought that God has placed in <\/p>\n
415
\n00:25:18,880 –> 00:25:22,080
\nnature.
\nAnd again, we return to a verse <\/p>\n
416
\n00:25:22,080 –> 00:25:24,440
\nthat was brought up in one of
\nthe earlier classes that Peter <\/p>\n
417
\n00:25:24,440 –> 00:25:27,960
\nhad that wisdom crieth without.
\nShe uttereth her voice in the <\/p>\n
418
\n00:25:27,960 –> 00:25:30,760
\nstreets.
\nAnd God has so arranged nature <\/p>\n
419
\n00:25:30,760 –> 00:25:33,480
\naround about us that if we’re
\nwilling to take a little time <\/p>\n
420
\n00:25:33,480 –> 00:25:38,480
\nand stop and look and benefit by
\nwhat we see, we can learn an <\/p>\n
421
\n00:25:38,480 –> 00:25:42,520
\nawful lot about the ways of God
\nfrom the creation that he has <\/p>\n
422
\n00:25:42,800 –> 00:25:45,520
\naround about us.
\nIt’s a rather beautiful thought.<\/p>\n
423
\n00:25:45,960 –> 00:25:49,760
\nAnd Job now should begin to
\nrecognize that perhaps his <\/p>\n
424
\n00:25:49,760 –> 00:25:53,200
\nsuffering wasn’t a punishment,
\nas his three friends had <\/p>\n
425
\n00:25:53,200 –> 00:25:55,840
\nsuggested.
\nAnd perhaps, even though he <\/p>\n
426
\n00:25:55,840 –> 00:25:59,840
\ncertainly could benefit and is
\nnow benefiting from his <\/p>\n
427
\n00:25:59,840 –> 00:26:05,720
\nsuffering, as Eli who had said,
\nalso his suffering can indeed be<\/p>\n
428
\n00:26:05,720 –> 00:26:09,440
\nfor the benefit of someone else
\nas well. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:26:09,960 –> 00:26:13,920
\nIt’s a very beautiful thought,
\nand I think that perhaps Job is <\/p>\n
430
\n00:26:13,920 –> 00:26:17,200
\nbeginning to recognize it, and
\ntherefore he is not going to <\/p>\n
431
\n00:26:17,240 –> 00:26:21,920
\nanswer the Almighty.
\nBut we find now that he’s <\/p>\n
432
\n00:26:21,920 –> 00:26:24,080
\nwilling to give up the debate,
\nwilling to set back and say, <\/p>\n
433
\n00:26:24,080 –> 00:26:26,080
\nlook, I’ve had enough, I’m going
\nto be quiet. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:26:26,880 –> 00:26:29,240
\nBut the Almighty isn’t willing
\nto give up the debate. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:26:29,680 –> 00:26:32,760
\nThe Almighty isn’t finished with
\nJob yet because he’s got a lot <\/p>\n
436
\n00:26:32,760 –> 00:26:35,760
\nmore to teach him.
\nAnd consequently, we move into <\/p>\n
437
\n00:26:35,760 –> 00:26:39,680
\nthe second of the Almighty
\nspeeches here in the 40th <\/p>\n
438
\n00:26:39,680 –> 00:26:42,360
\nchapter.
\nAnd here we find that God <\/p>\n
439
\n00:26:42,360 –> 00:26:44,480
\nproceeds in a very remarkable
\nway. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:26:45,080 –> 00:26:47,760
\nFirst of all, Job receives an
\ninvitation. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:26:49,280 –> 00:26:51,200
\nHe has made the.
\nClaim that he thinks he knows a <\/p>\n
442
\n00:26:51,200 –> 00:26:54,720
\nlittle bit more about how God
\nought to have a creation than <\/p>\n
443
\n00:26:54,720 –> 00:27:00,040
\nGod has himself.
\nHe feels that he has felt by his<\/p>\n
444
\n00:27:00,040 –> 00:27:02,480
\nclaims that he could have done
\nthings a little better. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:27:02,640 –> 00:27:05,120
\nAnd therefore the Almighty says,
\nAll right, Job, I’ll tell you <\/p>\n
446
\n00:27:05,120 –> 00:27:07,680
\nwhat we do.
\nWhy don’t you come up with me <\/p>\n
447
\n00:27:07,680 –> 00:27:12,880
\ninto heaven and see what you
\nwould do to rule this creation <\/p>\n
448
\n00:27:12,880 –> 00:27:17,440
\nthat I have made?
\nBut if you’re going to come up <\/p>\n
449
\n00:27:17,480 –> 00:27:21,680
\nand rule, if you want to play
\nGod, if you want to take the <\/p>\n
450
\n00:27:21,680 –> 00:27:24,360
\nplace of God, there’s something
\nthat you’ve got to do. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:27:25,160 –> 00:27:28,560
\nFirst of all, you’ve got to
\ndisregard your own <\/p>\n
452
\n00:27:28,560 –> 00:27:30,560
\nrighteousness.
\nYou’ve got to give up your <\/p>\n
453
\n00:27:30,560 –> 00:27:34,040
\nrighteousness, which the
\nScripture tells us is as filthy <\/p>\n
454
\n00:27:34,040 –> 00:27:35,840
\nrags.
\nAnd you’re going to have to <\/p>\n
455
\n00:27:35,840 –> 00:27:38,960
\nadopt my righteousness.
\nYou’re going to have to accept <\/p>\n
456
\n00:27:38,960 –> 00:27:41,640
\nmy majesty and Excellency, my
\nglory and beauty. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:27:41,840 –> 00:27:46,040
\nIn other words, you’re going to
\nhave to react with the dignity <\/p>\n
458
\n00:27:46,040 –> 00:27:48,640
\nand Excellency and honor and
\nmystery of God. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:27:49,040 –> 00:27:52,240
\nIf you want to pretend that you
\nare God, you’re going to have to<\/p>\n
460
\n00:27:52,240 –> 00:27:55,320
\ncome up into heaven and you’re
\ngoing to have to look back at <\/p>\n
461
\n00:27:55,320 –> 00:27:57,880
\nthe world and see the world the
\nway I see it. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:27:58,560 –> 00:28:01,040
\nYou’re going to have to look at
\nthe world through my eyes. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:28:01,280 –> 00:28:05,200
\nAnd when you do this, you’re
\ngoing to recognize that there <\/p>\n
464
\n00:28:05,240 –> 00:28:09,120
\nare two things that you’re going
\nto have to deal with, two very <\/p>\n
465
\n00:28:09,120 –> 00:28:12,000
\nimportant things.
\nAnd we find that recorded for us<\/p>\n
466
\n00:28:12,160 –> 00:28:15,920
\nin the 11th through the 13th or
\nactually 14th verses of this <\/p>\n
467
\n00:28:15,920 –> 00:28:19,120
\n40th chapter.
\nI think we might do well to look<\/p>\n
468
\n00:28:19,120 –> 00:28:24,280
\nat them together, starting with
\nverse 11, cast abroad the rage <\/p>\n
469
\n00:28:24,280 –> 00:28:28,240
\nof their wrath, and behold
\neveryone that is proud and abase<\/p>\n
470
\n00:28:28,240 –> 00:28:30,600
\nhim.
\nThis is something that Job is <\/p>\n
471
\n00:28:30,600 –> 00:28:33,760
\ngoing to have to do.
\nHe’s going to have to find a way<\/p>\n
472
\n00:28:33,760 –> 00:28:38,240
\nto abase the proud because no
\nindividual can come before God <\/p>\n
473
\n00:28:38,600 –> 00:28:42,200
\nin a condition of pride.
\nThey have to come before him in <\/p>\n
474
\n00:28:42,200 –> 00:28:44,600
\na humble and with a humble and
\ncontrite spirit. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:28:45,160 –> 00:28:48,800
\nVerse 12.
\nLook on everyone that is proud <\/p>\n
476
\n00:28:49,120 –> 00:28:54,280
\nand bring him love and tread
\ndown the wicked in their place. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:28:55,360 –> 00:28:58,040
\nHide them in the dust.
\nTogether and bind their faces in<\/p>\n
478
\n00:28:58,040 –> 00:29:01,520
\nsecret.
\nThen will I also confess unto <\/p>\n
479
\n00:29:01,520 –> 00:29:04,520
\nthee that thine own right hand
\ncan save thee. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:29:04,520 –> 00:29:09,200
\nIn other words, Job is
\nadmonished by God that he has to<\/p>\n
481
\n00:29:09,200 –> 00:29:13,760
\ncontend with two very difficult
\nthings to contend with. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:29:14,120 –> 00:29:17,800
\nHe has to abase the crowd, and
\nhe has to destroy the wicked. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:29:18,480 –> 00:29:22,240
\nIn other words, he’s got to
\nbring pride into subjection, and<\/p>\n
484
\n00:29:22,240 –> 00:29:24,720
\nhe’s got to completely put sin
\nto death. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:29:25,520 –> 00:29:28,960
\nThat’s not an easy thing.
\nAnd then we find that the <\/p>\n
486
\n00:29:28,960 –> 00:29:33,880
\nAlmighty shows Job how he looks
\nupon the affairs of men. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:29:36,640 –> 00:29:41,080
\nWe find that the.
\nAlmighty looks upon men and <\/p>\n
488
\n00:29:41,080 –> 00:29:44,800
\nthese two problems in a very
\ninteresting way. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:29:45,320 –> 00:29:52,360
\nHe likens pride and sin onto 2
\nhuge terrible aquatic monsters. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:29:52,600 –> 00:29:54,600
\nTwo monsters that live in the
\nwater. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:29:55,280 –> 00:29:58,440
\nNow, brothers and sisters, I
\nknow there’s been quite a <\/p>\n
492
\n00:29:58,480 –> 00:30:03,240
\nvariety of interpretations as to
\nwhat Leviathan is, as to what <\/p>\n
493
\n00:30:03,240 –> 00:30:06,440
\nBehemoth is.
\nAnd I can’t satisfy everybody, <\/p>\n
494
\n00:30:06,440 –> 00:30:09,480
\nand I’m not even going to try.
\nAnd I’m also going to make a <\/p>\n
495
\n00:30:09,480 –> 00:30:12,800
\nlittle confession to you.
\nI am not totally sure in my own <\/p>\n
496
\n00:30:12,800 –> 00:30:16,280
\nmind exactly what these
\ncreatures were. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:30:16,880 –> 00:30:21,440
\nI’ve suggested that Behemoth is
\na hippopotamus and that <\/p>\n
498
\n00:30:21,440 –> 00:30:25,600
\nLeviathan is a crocodile, but
\nwhether or not they were doesn’t<\/p>\n
499
\n00:30:25,600 –> 00:30:28,640
\nreally matter quite that much.
\nIt’s the lessons that we get <\/p>\n
500
\n00:30:28,640 –> 00:30:30,640
\nfrom it, and that’s what we’re
\ntrying to look at this morning. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:30:31,000 –> 00:30:33,920
\nAnd so I think they will
\nsuffice, even though I’d like to<\/p>\n
502
\n00:30:33,920 –> 00:30:36,320
\nadmit I’ve got some mental
\nreservations about it myself. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:30:36,760 –> 00:30:39,400
\nSo if you look at them a little
\ndifferently, so be it. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:30:39,720 –> 00:30:41,440
\nIt’s the lessons that we’re
\ntrying to gain from it. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:30:41,440 –> 00:30:45,920
\nAnd the lesson we have here is
\nthat Job had a tremendous <\/p>\n
506
\n00:30:45,920 –> 00:30:49,160
\nproblem that he wouldn’t be able
\nto cope with himself. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:30:50,240 –> 00:30:55,760
\nGod looked upon these two
\nterrible things, pride and sin. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:30:56,240 –> 00:30:59,800
\nIt’s two dreadful aquatic
\nmonsters that had to be brought <\/p>\n
509
\n00:30:59,800 –> 00:31:03,280
\ninto control.
\nYes, more than that, pride had <\/p>\n
510
\n00:31:03,280 –> 00:31:07,400
\nto be brought into control.
\nSomething very difficult sin had<\/p>\n
511
\n00:31:07,400 –> 00:31:11,120
\nto be totally destroyed.
\nAnd he goes on to consider these<\/p>\n
512
\n00:31:11,120 –> 00:31:14,520
\ntwo creatures in this second
\nspeech. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:31:15,080 –> 00:31:20,680
\nHe starts out by saying, behold
\nnow, Behemoth, which I have made<\/p>\n
514
\n00:31:21,000 –> 00:31:24,160
\nwith thee.
\nIn other words, what he’s saying<\/p>\n
515
\n00:31:24,160 –> 00:31:28,480
\nis, look, I have made a creature
\nthat’s an awful lot like you, <\/p>\n
516
\n00:31:28,480 –> 00:31:31,000
\nJob.
\nBy being made with. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:31:31,000 –> 00:31:33,040
\nThee is to say, he’s made made
\nhim like him. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:31:33,640 –> 00:31:36,240
\nYou’re going to be able to learn
\nsome lessons from this creature,<\/p>\n
519
\n00:31:36,480 –> 00:31:39,400
\nas I hope you’ve learned lessons
\nfrom many of the other creatures<\/p>\n
520
\n00:31:39,400 –> 00:31:41,880
\nbefore with those other
\ncreatures. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:31:41,880 –> 00:31:45,320
\nOne other thing that perhaps we
\ndidn’t mention was that God had <\/p>\n
522
\n00:31:45,320 –> 00:31:50,120
\nto take care of His whole
\ncreation, not just little Job. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:31:50,840 –> 00:31:53,720
\nGod is not interested that any
\nshould perish. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:31:54,160 –> 00:31:56,840
\nIt’s not his will that any
\nshould perish, but that all <\/p>\n
525
\n00:31:56,840 –> 00:32:00,040
\nshould come to repentance.
\nAnd therefore we find an <\/p>\n
526
\n00:32:00,040 –> 00:32:03,320
\napplication of the reason why
\nsometimes some must suffer. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:32:03,880 –> 00:32:06,560
\nSome of the innocent must suffer
\nfor the benefit of the guilty. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:32:06,920 –> 00:32:09,440
\nThe object is to bring other
\npeople to repentance. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:32:09,680 –> 00:32:13,880
\nChrist died that others might
\nhave an opportunity of salvation<\/p>\n
530
\n00:32:14,560 –> 00:32:18,040
\nlest he abide alone.
\nAnd I’m not trying to get into <\/p>\n
531
\n00:32:18,120 –> 00:32:20,160
\nan awkward subject here, I know
\nthere is one. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:32:20,680 –> 00:32:25,120
\nBut here we find that Job had to
\nrealize that God was interested <\/p>\n
533
\n00:32:25,120 –> 00:32:28,320
\nin bringing other sons to
\nrepentance and not just saying, <\/p>\n
534
\n00:32:28,320 –> 00:32:30,600
\nwell, I’ve got Job here, I’m
\nsatisfied with him. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:32:31,560 –> 00:32:33,920
\nOthers had to be brought to
\nrepentance, and that is going to<\/p>\n
536
\n00:32:33,920 –> 00:32:36,240
\ntake a little doing and a little
\nsuffering in the process. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:32:37,000 –> 00:32:39,400
\nAnd now he says, look Job,
\nyou’ve got a problem that you <\/p>\n
538
\n00:32:39,400 –> 00:32:43,200
\ncan’t cope with yourself, not
\neven for yourself can you cope <\/p>\n
539
\n00:32:43,200 –> 00:32:45,560
\nwith it.
\nYou’ve got to bring this <\/p>\n
540
\n00:32:45,560 –> 00:32:49,640
\nbehemoth into subjection.
\nAnd here, Behemoth, we’ve <\/p>\n
541
\n00:32:49,640 –> 00:32:53,040
\nlikened unto a hippopotamus
\nwhich is repulsive, <\/p>\n
542
\n00:32:54,240 –> 00:32:58,680
\nself-centered and impenetrable.
\nDid you ever think of trying to <\/p>\n
543
\n00:32:58,680 –> 00:33:02,440
\npenetrate the hide of a huge
\nhippopotamus? <\/p>\n
544
\n00:33:02,720 –> 00:33:06,080
\nIt’s not an easy thing to do.
\nAnd then he goes down and <\/p>\n
545
\n00:33:06,080 –> 00:33:10,480
\noutlines the attributes of this
\ncreature and how difficult it is<\/p>\n
546
\n00:33:10,560 –> 00:33:12,720
\nto get through to him.
\nThis could be a subject in <\/p>\n
547
\n00:33:12,720 –> 00:33:15,280
\nitself.
\nIt could be a whole discourse in<\/p>\n
548
\n00:33:15,280 –> 00:33:17,160
\nitself.
\nWe’re going to have to just skim<\/p>\n
549
\n00:33:17,160 –> 00:33:20,680
\nthrough it and skim through the
\nattributes of the Leviathan as <\/p>\n
550
\n00:33:20,680 –> 00:33:22,800
\nwell.
\nFirst of all, we find that his <\/p>\n
551
\n00:33:22,800 –> 00:33:27,480
\nstrength is in his loins or in
\nhis belly, and I we find that <\/p>\n
552
\n00:33:27,480 –> 00:33:31,440
\nman very often directs his
\nefforts to satisfy his own <\/p>\n
553
\n00:33:31,440 –> 00:33:33,720
\ncarnal desires.
\nThat’s exactly what this <\/p>\n
554
\n00:33:33,720 –> 00:33:36,480
\nbehemoth does.
\nHe spends his entire time <\/p>\n
555
\n00:33:36,640 –> 00:33:40,920
\nsatisfying himself, eating to
\nfill his own huge belly. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:33:41,160 –> 00:33:44,400
\nHe doesn’t seem to render too
\nmuch of A service to anybody <\/p>\n
557
\n00:33:44,400 –> 00:33:46,480
\nelse.
\nHe’s interested only in <\/p>\n
558
\n00:33:46,480 –> 00:33:50,240
\nsatisfying himself, And isn’t
\nthat the position that a proud <\/p>\n
559
\n00:33:50,240 –> 00:33:55,200
\nman is in because of his pride?
\nHe wants to elevate himself and <\/p>\n
560
\n00:33:55,200 –> 00:33:59,160
\nsatisfy himself all the time.
\nHe’s not really interested in <\/p>\n
561
\n00:33:59,160 –> 00:34:02,440
\nthe well-being of other people.
\nHis pride makes him interested <\/p>\n
562
\n00:34:02,440 –> 00:34:04,640
\nin himself and not in other
\npeople. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:34:05,240 –> 00:34:08,840
\nWe find that he moves his tail
\nlike a cedar branch and here we <\/p>\n
564
\n00:34:08,840 –> 00:34:12,800
\nfind that man is exalted with
\nvery small or vain things, and <\/p>\n
565
\n00:34:12,800 –> 00:34:17,800
\nyou notice how small the tail of
\na hippopotamus is in relation to<\/p>\n
566
\n00:34:17,800 –> 00:34:20,560
\nthe rest of his body.
\nIt’s a very little thing. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:34:20,960 –> 00:34:23,800
\nAnd yet he proudly swishes that
\ntail back and forth as if it was<\/p>\n
568
\n00:34:23,800 –> 00:34:26,440
\nreally something.
\nAnd how often we find that this <\/p>\n
569
\n00:34:26,440 –> 00:34:29,480
\nis what men do.
\nThey are interested in such <\/p>\n
570
\n00:34:29,480 –> 00:34:33,639
\npetty, unimportant things that
\ndon’t amount to anything, but <\/p>\n
571
\n00:34:33,639 –> 00:34:36,400
\nbecause of those things, they’re
\npuffed up and think they’re <\/p>\n
572
\n00:34:36,400 –> 00:34:39,239
\ngreat.
\nWell, look at a sports hero, for<\/p>\n
573
\n00:34:39,239 –> 00:34:42,480
\ninstance, because he can hit a
\nball very well, He becomes very <\/p>\n
574
\n00:34:42,480 –> 00:34:45,679
\nproud of it, As if that really
\nmade any difference in regard to<\/p>\n
575
\n00:34:45,679 –> 00:34:47,840
\nour eternal existence.
\nIt doesn’t. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:34:48,360 –> 00:34:50,280
\nAnd other men think it’s pretty
\ngood too, because they’ll pay <\/p>\n
577
\n00:34:50,280 –> 00:34:53,600
\nthem $1,000,000 a year to do it.
\nI think we have a very excellent<\/p>\n
578
\n00:34:53,600 –> 00:34:57,120
\nexample of how men are
\ninterested in little things that<\/p>\n
579
\n00:34:57,120 –> 00:35:00,880
\ndon’t amount to much, instead of
\nlooking at those things that do <\/p>\n
580
\n00:35:00,880 –> 00:35:04,760
\namount to an awful lot.
\nAnd then we read about how that <\/p>\n
581
\n00:35:04,760 –> 00:35:07,120
\nis.
\nBones are strong as metal, like <\/p>\n
582
\n00:35:07,120 –> 00:35:11,200
\niron and brass.
\nAnd here we find how difficult <\/p>\n
583
\n00:35:11,200 –> 00:35:14,560
\nit is to reach a proud man’s
\nheart. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:35:14,920 –> 00:35:17,600
\nIf you ever try, or you can
\nimagine how difficult it would <\/p>\n
585
\n00:35:17,600 –> 00:35:19,440
\nbe if you did try.
\nI don’t think we’ve got too many<\/p>\n
586
\n00:35:19,440 –> 00:35:22,480
\nhippopotamus hunters here.
\nBut if you ever tried to get <\/p>\n
587
\n00:35:22,480 –> 00:35:25,520
\nthrough to the heart of the
\nhippopotamus, it’s not easy. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:35:25,920 –> 00:35:27,560
\nYou’ve got to get through that
\nthick hide. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:35:27,720 –> 00:35:31,120
\nYou’ve got to get past those
\nenormous bones that are like <\/p>\n
590
\n00:35:31,120 –> 00:35:33,760
\niron or brass.
\nAnd you’ve got to get through <\/p>\n
591
\n00:35:33,760 –> 00:35:35,680
\nthose sinews to finally reach
\nhis heart. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:35:36,520 –> 00:35:39,880
\nAnd you know, that’s just about
\nas difficult as it is to reach <\/p>\n
593
\n00:35:39,880 –> 00:35:44,080
\nthe heart of a proud man.
\nVery difficult to directly reach<\/p>\n
594
\n00:35:44,080 –> 00:35:48,840
\nthe heart of a proud man.
\nTry it sometime, perhaps when <\/p>\n
595
\n00:35:48,840 –> 00:35:52,440
\nyou’re looking in the mirror.
\nIt’s not all that easy. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:35:53,840 –> 00:35:56,280
\nAnd then he goes on to speak of
\nother things as well. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:35:56,560 –> 00:35:59,320
\nHe speaks of the chief of the
\nways of God, in other words, <\/p>\n
598
\n00:35:59,320 –> 00:36:03,360
\nbecause of his size and power,
\nmuch like man who is indeed the <\/p>\n
599
\n00:36:03,360 –> 00:36:07,800
\nchief of the ways of God, And
\nhe’s the glory of God and God’s <\/p>\n
600
\n00:36:07,800 –> 00:36:09,960
\ncreation.
\nAnd because of it, He’s <\/p>\n
601
\n00:36:09,960 –> 00:36:12,360
\nextremely proud of it.
\nAnd instead of giving the God <\/p>\n
602
\n00:36:12,360 –> 00:36:15,360
\nthe glory and realizing that
\nafter all he is quite <\/p>\n
603
\n00:36:15,360 –> 00:36:18,840
\ninsignificant in relation to God
\nand the rest of his enormous <\/p>\n
604
\n00:36:18,840 –> 00:36:22,600
\ncreation, which Job has already
\nhad prayed before him, he <\/p>\n
605
\n00:36:22,600 –> 00:36:26,640
\nbecomes extremely proud of what
\nhe is feeling that he’s better <\/p>\n
606
\n00:36:26,640 –> 00:36:30,120
\nthan any of the other creatures,
\nand quite often feeling he’s <\/p>\n
607
\n00:36:30,120 –> 00:36:32,240
\nbetter than any of the other men
\naround him. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:36:33,520 –> 00:36:35,680
\nWe also find.
\nThat it says God furnished him <\/p>\n
609
\n00:36:35,680 –> 00:36:37,960
\nwith his sword.
\nHe has teeth for vegetation, <\/p>\n
610
\n00:36:38,160 –> 00:36:42,000
\nhuge teeth, which is able to cut
\ndown a great deal of education. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:36:42,440 –> 00:36:45,520
\nAnd in a way, man also has
\nsomething that’s different from <\/p>\n
612
\n00:36:45,520 –> 00:36:48,000
\nany of the other of the
\ncreatures that God has created. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:36:48,520 –> 00:36:52,840
\nHe has received a mentality
\nthat’s far superior to any of <\/p>\n
614
\n00:36:52,840 –> 00:36:56,080
\nthe rest of God’s creatures.
\nAnd how does he use it? <\/p>\n
615
\n00:36:56,960 –> 00:36:59,400
\nHow did the hippopotamus make
\nuse of his huge teeth? <\/p>\n
616
\n00:36:59,920 –> 00:37:02,640
\nJust to get himself food, to
\nsatisfy his own appetite? <\/p>\n
617
\n00:37:03,320 –> 00:37:07,040
\nAnd how does man make use of his
\nmentality to glorify God? <\/p>\n
618
\n00:37:07,160 –> 00:37:09,080
\nI hope that occasionally some
\ndo. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:37:09,560 –> 00:37:11,560
\nCertainly the Lord Jesus Christ
\ndid. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:37:12,400 –> 00:37:15,640
\nBut how often it is that we make
\nuse of our mentality and our <\/p>\n
621
\n00:37:15,640 –> 00:37:20,720
\ntalents to satisfy ourselves, to
\nmake a position in life, and to <\/p>\n
622
\n00:37:20,720 –> 00:37:25,680
\nenjoy ourselves, to satisfy our
\nown personal carnal appetites? <\/p>\n
623
\n00:37:26,320 –> 00:37:29,240
\nAnd it goes on, of course, to
\nbring out a number of the other <\/p>\n
624
\n00:37:29,400 –> 00:37:33,080
\ncharacteristics of this very
\nremarkable creature. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:37:34,520 –> 00:37:39,160
\nJob had somehow to cope with
\nthis individual, and yet he has <\/p>\n
626
\n00:37:39,200 –> 00:37:42,080
\na problem.
\nAnd that problem is brought out <\/p>\n
627
\n00:37:42,080 –> 00:37:46,240
\nvery forcefully when we move on
\ninto the next chapter, the 41st <\/p>\n
628
\n00:37:46,240 –> 00:37:49,960
\nchapter, where it says, Canst
\nthou draw out Leviathan? <\/p>\n
629
\n00:37:50,160 –> 00:37:53,680
\nAnd we find the awkward position
\nthat Job is in in dealing with <\/p>\n
630
\n00:37:53,680 –> 00:37:58,120
\nboth of these creatures.
\nHere is little Job standing on <\/p>\n
631
\n00:37:58,120 –> 00:38:02,400
\nthe side of this riverbank, and
\nhe’s got this huge hippopotamus <\/p>\n
632
\n00:38:02,640 –> 00:38:05,600
\nthat somehow he’s got to bring
\ninto subjection. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:38:05,840 –> 00:38:09,440
\nHe’s got to control his
\nhippopotamus like we might a dog<\/p>\n
634
\n00:38:09,440 –> 00:38:12,040
\non a leash.
\nCan you imagine doing that <\/p>\n
635
\n00:38:12,480 –> 00:38:15,360
\nstanding with one hand, trying
\nto control a hippopotamus on a <\/p>\n
636
\n00:38:15,360 –> 00:38:19,040
\nleash, and in the other hand
\nyou’re confronted with a dread <\/p>\n
637
\n00:38:19,040 –> 00:38:21,960
\ncrocodile, and you can’t control
\nhim in any way. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:38:21,960 –> 00:38:25,320
\nYou’ve got to put him to death.
\nJust picture yourself in that <\/p>\n
639
\n00:38:25,320 –> 00:38:27,400
\ncondition.
\nThat’s exactly what we find here<\/p>\n
640
\n00:38:27,400 –> 00:38:30,040
\nin this first verse.
\nCanst thou draw out Leviathan <\/p>\n
641
\n00:38:30,040 –> 00:38:35,040
\nwith a hook or his tongue with a
\ncord which thou let us down his <\/p>\n
642
\n00:38:35,040 –> 00:38:37,480
\nlittle old job.
\nAnd he’s standing on the side of<\/p>\n
643
\n00:38:37,480 –> 00:38:39,920
\nthe river and all he’s done is a
\nlittle hook in the line. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:38:40,440 –> 00:38:43,200
\nAnd he’s supposed to be able to
\nbring these two huge aquatic <\/p>\n
645
\n00:38:43,200 –> 00:38:47,160
\nmonsters into subjection.
\nHe’s supposed to control Pride <\/p>\n
646
\n00:38:47,640 –> 00:38:51,200
\nBehemoth and he’s supposed to
\ndestroy sin Leviathan. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:38:51,680 –> 00:38:55,720
\nWhat a job he’s got on his hand.
\nHow can he possibly do it on his<\/p>\n
648
\n00:38:55,720 –> 00:38:58,880
\nown.
\nAnd even if he could which of <\/p>\n
649
\n00:38:58,880 –> 00:39:02,240
\ncourse he couldn’t on his own.
\nWe know that in the tussle <\/p>\n
650
\n00:39:02,560 –> 00:39:05,200
\nthere’s going to be a problem.
\nHe’s probably going to be <\/p>\n
651
\n00:39:05,200 –> 00:39:07,880
\nwounded somewhere along the
\nline. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:39:08,600 –> 00:39:11,160
\nAnd you notice how we’ve made
\nthis individual that stands <\/p>\n
653
\n00:39:11,160 –> 00:39:13,840
\nalong the seashore and where the
\nthe Riverside. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:39:13,840 –> 00:39:16,160
\nWe’ve tried to make this chart
\nso it can be used for other <\/p>\n
655
\n00:39:16,160 –> 00:39:21,000
\nthings, and I know that you all
\nrecognize the the armor here of <\/p>\n
656
\n00:39:21,240 –> 00:39:23,800
\nof the spirit.
\nYou notice how that he’s got the<\/p>\n
657
\n00:39:23,800 –> 00:39:26,600
\nhelmet of salvation, how he’s
\ngot the breastplate of <\/p>\n
658
\n00:39:26,600 –> 00:39:29,240
\nrighteousness, the shield of
\nfaith, the sword of the spirit, <\/p>\n
659
\n00:39:29,600 –> 00:39:31,800
\nfeet short with the gospel of
\npeace and so forth. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:39:31,960 –> 00:39:35,760
\nThat we find recorded for us in
\nthe 6th chapter of Ephesians. <\/p>\n
661
\n00:39:36,720 –> 00:39:39,840
\nAnd we find that also the wound
\nthat he has in his heel. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:39:40,320 –> 00:39:43,800
\nAnd I’m sure that we all
\nrecognize that as the Lord Jesus<\/p>\n
663
\n00:39:43,800 –> 00:39:46,920
\nChrist being wounded in the
\nheel, that he might eventually <\/p>\n
664
\n00:39:46,920 –> 00:39:51,280
\ncrush the head of the serpent.
\nAnd here we come to Leviathan, <\/p>\n
665
\n00:39:51,840 –> 00:39:56,080
\nLeviathan, A serpent.
\nIsn’t it interesting that a <\/p>\n
666
\n00:39:56,080 –> 00:40:00,640
\nserpent or a reptile is very
\noften used to represent sin <\/p>\n
667
\n00:40:00,640 –> 00:40:03,640
\nthroughout the scriptures,
\nstarting right back in the book <\/p>\n
668
\n00:40:03,640 –> 00:40:07,120
\nof Genesis and working its way
\nright through Revelation? <\/p>\n
669
\n00:40:07,480 –> 00:40:10,840
\nAnd therefore it’s quite
\nappropriate that God should make<\/p>\n
670
\n00:40:10,840 –> 00:40:15,520
\nuse of this term, a Leviathan,
\nto indicate a creature that <\/p>\n
671
\n00:40:15,520 –> 00:40:18,640
\nrepresents sin.
\nYou know there are two places in<\/p>\n
672
\n00:40:18,640 –> 00:40:24,080
\nthe scriptures where Leviathan
\nis a representative of various <\/p>\n
673
\n00:40:24,080 –> 00:40:27,680
\ngovernments.
\nIn Isaiah 27 verse one, it <\/p>\n
674
\n00:40:27,680 –> 00:40:29,240
\nrepresents the King of the
\nNorth. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:40:29,480 –> 00:40:33,480
\nIn Psalm 7414 it represents the
\nKing of the South, Pharaoh. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:40:33,480 –> 00:40:35,720
\nIt’s interesting that it is made
\nuse of that. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:40:35,720 –> 00:40:40,160
\nGod looks upon human governments
\nas quite sinful, but here we’ve <\/p>\n
678
\n00:40:40,160 –> 00:40:44,920
\nlikened him unto a crocodile, a
\nsuggestion which many others <\/p>\n
679
\n00:40:44,920 –> 00:40:46,720
\nhave made.
\nIt’s not original with me. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:40:46,720 –> 00:40:49,680
\nAll you’re hearing this week is
\ntotally plagiarized, I can <\/p>\n
681
\n00:40:49,680 –> 00:40:54,000
\nassure you.
\nAnd here we find a crocodile and<\/p>\n
682
\n00:40:54,000 –> 00:40:56,440
\nsome interesting things that
\nbrought out in regard to a <\/p>\n
683
\n00:40:56,440 –> 00:40:59,280
\ncrocodile.
\nJob was supposed to bring <\/p>\n
684
\n00:40:59,280 –> 00:41:03,480
\nbehemoth the hippopotamus pride
\ninto subjection and to control <\/p>\n
685
\n00:41:03,480 –> 00:41:06,120
\nit and to keep it down.
\nBut when it comes to handling <\/p>\n
686
\n00:41:06,120 –> 00:41:09,480
\nthis crocodile, it isn’t a case
\nof bringing it into subjection. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:41:09,960 –> 00:41:15,960
\nThere is no way whatsoever that
\nwe can make a sin, a servant for<\/p>\n
688
\n00:41:15,960 –> 00:41:18,120
\nourselves.
\nThere’s only one thing that we <\/p>\n
689
\n00:41:18,120 –> 00:41:20,600
\ncan do with that crocodile.
\nWe’ve got to destroy it. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:41:20,800 –> 00:41:24,440
\nAnd in this set of passages that
\nwe have before us, we find some <\/p>\n
691
\n00:41:24,440 –> 00:41:26,240
\nvery interesting things are
\nbrought out. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:41:26,480 –> 00:41:31,080
\nOne of which is, would you take
\nthis crocodile and would you <\/p>\n
693
\n00:41:31,080 –> 00:41:33,760
\nbring it down into the
\nmarketplace and put it up for <\/p>\n
694
\n00:41:33,760 –> 00:41:36,440
\nsale?
\nIs there anyone that will want <\/p>\n
695
\n00:41:36,440 –> 00:41:39,480
\nto buy a crocodile and take it
\nhome for a pack? <\/p>\n
696
\n00:41:40,360 –> 00:41:43,600
\nCould you imagine it?
\nWhat would happen if you took a <\/p>\n
697
\n00:41:43,600 –> 00:41:46,000
\ncrocodile home for a pet?
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
698
\n00:41:46,040 –> 00:41:47,920
\nIt would end up killing you,
\nwouldn’t it? <\/p>\n
699
\n00:41:48,600 –> 00:41:52,400
\nIt isn’t that what sin does, The
\nwages of sin is death. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:41:53,000 –> 00:41:54,960
\nIt’s because sin that we all
\ndie. <\/p>\n
701
\n00:41:55,120 –> 00:42:00,200
\nWe cannot make sin our servant.
\nWe’re going to end up being the <\/p>\n
702
\n00:42:00,200 –> 00:42:02,640
\nservant.
\nYes, the victim of sin itself. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:42:02,920 –> 00:42:05,440
\nThere is no way that we can make
\nsin our servant. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:42:05,600 –> 00:42:08,960
\nIn fact, it goes on and says,
\nlook, even if someone did buy <\/p>\n
705
\n00:42:08,960 –> 00:42:11,720
\nit, would they take it home and
\nwould they give it to their <\/p>\n
706
\n00:42:11,720 –> 00:42:14,040
\nlittle maidens, their little
\ngirls, two or three years of <\/p>\n
707
\n00:42:14,040 –> 00:42:15,480
\nage?
\nWould they bring it home and <\/p>\n
708
\n00:42:15,480 –> 00:42:17,080
\ngive it to them to play with as
\na pet? <\/p>\n
709
\n00:42:18,200 –> 00:42:21,840
\nCould you imagine doing?
\nThat would you bring a crocodile<\/p>\n
710
\n00:42:21,840 –> 00:42:25,440
\nhome and give it to your
\npreschool age daughters to play <\/p>\n
711
\n00:42:25,440 –> 00:42:28,600
\nwithout in the backyard?
\nCan you imagine that? <\/p>\n
712
\n00:42:29,000 –> 00:42:30,680
\nOf course not.
\nYou know that the daughter would<\/p>\n
713
\n00:42:30,680 –> 00:42:34,080
\nend up dead, wouldn’t she?
\nAnd that’s the same with all of <\/p>\n
714
\n00:42:34,080 –> 00:42:37,360
\nthe sons and daughters of God.
\nWe start to play around with <\/p>\n
715
\n00:42:37,360 –> 00:42:42,880
\nsin, and it’s going to kill us
\nany way whatsoever that we’re <\/p>\n
716
\n00:42:42,880 –> 00:42:46,400
\ngoing to be able to control sin
\nand make sin our servant. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:42:46,480 –> 00:42:50,720
\nIt’s the other way around.
\nWe are going to become the <\/p>\n
718
\n00:42:50,720 –> 00:42:54,920
\nservants of sin.
\nThere is no way whatsoever that <\/p>\n
719
\n00:42:54,920 –> 00:42:57,400
\nwe can make sin our servant.
\nAnd then it goes down. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:42:57,600 –> 00:43:00,880
\nAnd in the last part of the
\nchapter it gives us a long list,<\/p>\n
721
\n00:43:00,880 –> 00:43:04,320
\njust like it did with Behemoth,
\nof the various characteristics <\/p>\n
722
\n00:43:04,600 –> 00:43:07,960
\nof this crocodile.
\nHow that it has teeth and jaws. <\/p>\n
723
\n00:43:07,960 –> 00:43:11,080
\nHow it has strong scales.
\nHow did about the terror of its <\/p>\n
724
\n00:43:11,080 –> 00:43:15,160
\nbreath, about its tremendous
\nstrength, how or the fear that <\/p>\n
725
\n00:43:15,160 –> 00:43:18,960
\nit engenders to others, How that
\nall men’s weapons fail against <\/p>\n
726
\n00:43:18,960 –> 00:43:21,160
\nit?
\nHow the impression that he makes<\/p>\n
727
\n00:43:21,160 –> 00:43:23,360
\nin the mud and the commotion he
\ncreates in the deep. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:43:24,040 –> 00:43:27,000
\nAnd finally, and that I’d like
\nto draw your attention to, <\/p>\n
729
\n00:43:27,000 –> 00:43:31,120
\nbecause our time is very rapidly
\nwinging away in the very last <\/p>\n
730
\n00:43:31,120 –> 00:43:32,760
\nverse.
\nAnd I think it puts it right on <\/p>\n
731
\n00:43:32,760 –> 00:43:36,840
\nthe line so beautifully.
\nIn the 34th verse of this 41st <\/p>\n
732
\n00:43:36,840 –> 00:43:41,000
\nchapter, it says he beholdeth
\nall high things. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:43:41,520 –> 00:43:46,520
\nHe is king over all the children
\nof pride. <\/p>\n
734
\n00:43:47,200 –> 00:43:50,040
\nAnd this is the point that we’re
\ntrying to bring out here. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:43:50,040 –> 00:43:54,200
\nWe have represented for us King
\nSin, and all that sin is going <\/p>\n
736
\n00:43:54,200 –> 00:43:57,800
\nto do is going to kill us.
\nAnd if we haven’t brought into <\/p>\n
737
\n00:43:57,800 –> 00:44:02,480
\nsubjection our own personal
\npride, sin is going to start to <\/p>\n
738
\n00:44:02,480 –> 00:44:05,520
\nrule over us.
\nUnless we can. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:44:05,520 –> 00:44:09,120
\nPossibly bring pride into
\nsubjection, which is very, very <\/p>\n
740
\n00:44:09,120 –> 00:44:11,360
\ndifficult.
\nWe’re going to find that we’re <\/p>\n
741
\n00:44:11,360 –> 00:44:16,320
\ngoing to be the servants of sin.
\nHe’s the king over all the <\/p>\n
742
\n00:44:16,320 –> 00:44:20,040
\nchildren of pride.
\nAnd now we find that the <\/p>\n
743
\n00:44:20,080 –> 00:44:26,320
\nAlmighty cease in his speeches
\nand he lets Job, I think, again <\/p>\n
744
\n00:44:27,120 –> 00:44:32,120
\nconsider what the Almighty has
\nhad to say, and after Job has <\/p>\n
745
\n00:44:32,120 –> 00:44:35,880
\nconsidered it, we find then that
\nthe Almighty once again <\/p>\n
746
\n00:44:35,880 –> 00:44:38,320
\nchallenges him to answer.
\nRemember the way the debate was <\/p>\n
747
\n00:44:38,320 –> 00:44:41,080
\nsupposed to go?
\nThe Almighty was supposed to <\/p>\n
748
\n00:44:41,080 –> 00:44:43,680
\ncall, and Job was supposed to
\nanswer him. <\/p>\n
749
\n00:44:44,040 –> 00:44:47,640
\nJob was supposed to come back
\nand give his arguments and show <\/p>\n
750
\n00:44:47,640 –> 00:44:49,560
\nwhere he was right and the
\nAlmighty was wrong. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:44:49,760 –> 00:44:51,960
\nAfter all, that’s what Job
\nthought he could do. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:44:53,000 –> 00:44:55,160
\nHe was willing to give up the
\ndebate at the end of the <\/p>\n
753
\n00:44:55,160 –> 00:44:59,240
\nAlmighty’s first speech.
\nAfter that, we can imagine how <\/p>\n
754
\n00:44:59,240 –> 00:45:02,120
\nwe must feel now.
\nOh no, we don’t have to imagine,<\/p>\n
755
\n00:45:02,120 –> 00:45:04,280
\ndo we?
\nWe’ve got it recorded for us in <\/p>\n
756
\n00:45:04,280 –> 00:45:08,680
\nthe first few verses of the next
\nchapter, verse one. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:45:09,480 –> 00:45:15,080
\nThen Job answered the Lord and
\nsaid, I know that thou canst do <\/p>\n
758
\n00:45:15,200 –> 00:45:19,560
\neverything and that no thought
\ncan be withholding from thee. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:45:20,000 –> 00:45:24,840
\nWho is he that that heideth
\ncounsel without knowledge? <\/p>\n
760
\n00:45:25,080 –> 00:45:28,640
\nTherefore I have uttered that I
\nunderstood not things too <\/p>\n
761
\n00:45:28,640 –> 00:45:33,160
\nwonderful for me, which I knew
\nnot what a confession Job is <\/p>\n
762
\n00:45:33,160 –> 00:45:35,480
\nmaking.
\nHe’s making a confession that he<\/p>\n
763
\n00:45:35,480 –> 00:45:38,920
\nreally doesn’t know it all.
\nAnd I hope that we. <\/p>\n
764
\n00:45:38,960 –> 00:45:40,440
\nCan come to the position in
\nlife. <\/p>\n
765
\n00:45:41,560 –> 00:45:43,680
\nWell, that even as.
\nChristadelphians, even though we<\/p>\n
766
\n00:45:43,680 –> 00:45:46,320
\nfeel that we’ve learned what the
\ntruth of the scripture is. <\/p>\n
767
\n00:45:47,560 –> 00:45:51,560
\nWe can humbly.
\nAdmit that perhaps we don’t know<\/p>\n
768
\n00:45:51,560 –> 00:45:55,400
\nit all, we don’t know
\neverything, and approach God <\/p>\n
769
\n00:45:55,840 –> 00:45:58,800
\nwith the humble and contrite
\nspirit that we must approach Him<\/p>\n
770
\n00:45:58,800 –> 00:46:02,640
\nwith if we’re to be found
\nacceptable and receive that <\/p>\n
771
\n00:46:02,640 –> 00:46:05,680
\nwonderful crown of life.
\nJob had finally come to that <\/p>\n
772
\n00:46:05,680 –> 00:46:07,960
\nposition.
\nHe realized that he didn’t know <\/p>\n
773
\n00:46:07,960 –> 00:46:11,120
\nit all, that he had spoken
\nthings that were too wonderful <\/p>\n
774
\n00:46:11,120 –> 00:46:13,840
\nfor him.
\nHe was innocent to that degree <\/p>\n
775
\n00:46:14,160 –> 00:46:16,080
\nthat he is talking about
\nsomething he just didn’t <\/p>\n
776
\n00:46:16,080 –> 00:46:19,200
\nunderstand and because of it God
\nhad made allowance for it. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:46:19,800 –> 00:46:22,760
\nGod wasn’t going to blame him
\nfor doing wrong and things that <\/p>\n
778
\n00:46:22,760 –> 00:46:25,960
\nhe didn’t understand.
\nThis whole episode of the book <\/p>\n
779
\n00:46:25,960 –> 00:46:30,960
\nof Job is so that Job can
\nbenefit as well as the enemy and<\/p>\n
780
\n00:46:30,960 –> 00:46:35,720
\nourselves, so that Job could
\ndraw nearer to God than he ever <\/p>\n
781
\n00:46:35,720 –> 00:46:37,960
\nwas before in his mechanical
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:46:38,560 –> 00:46:41,920
\nBut now we would have a
\nrighteousness that was founded <\/p>\n
783
\n00:46:41,920 –> 00:46:44,760
\nin understanding as well as just
\nas men mechanics. <\/p>\n
784
\n00:46:45,240 –> 00:46:47,080
\nAnd so Job is sorry for what he
\nsaid. <\/p>\n
785
\n00:46:47,080 –> 00:46:48,480
\nAnd you notice what he said at
\nthe beginning. <\/p>\n
786
\n00:46:49,040 –> 00:46:53,920
\nThou canst do everything.
\nHe realized the position that he<\/p>\n
787
\n00:46:53,920 –> 00:46:58,360
\nwas in in trying to subdue pride
\nand to destroy sin. <\/p>\n
788
\n00:46:58,800 –> 00:47:01,600
\nHe knew that as a man he
\ncouldn’t do it. <\/p>\n
789
\n00:47:02,040 –> 00:47:05,840
\nHe couldn’t overcome pride and
\ndestroy sin by himself. <\/p>\n
790
\n00:47:06,320 –> 00:47:08,960
\nHe needed help.
\nThe weapons that were available <\/p>\n
791
\n00:47:08,960 –> 00:47:11,280
\nto him were not sufficient to do
\nthe job. <\/p>\n
792
\n00:47:11,480 –> 00:47:15,160
\nHe had to rely on the goodness
\nand grace of almighty God. <\/p>\n
793
\n00:47:15,400 –> 00:47:18,120
\nAnd therefore he says, Thou
\ncanst do anything. <\/p>\n
794
\n00:47:18,360 –> 00:47:22,360
\nHe finally realized that he
\ncouldn’t do it, He had to rely <\/p>\n
795
\n00:47:22,360 –> 00:47:24,720
\nupon God.
\nAnd then he goes on in verse <\/p>\n
796
\n00:47:24,720 –> 00:47:29,040
\nfour, and says, Here, I beseech
\nthee, and I will speak, I will <\/p>\n
797
\n00:47:29,040 –> 00:47:31,520
\ndemand of thee, and declare thou
\nunto me. <\/p>\n
798
\n00:47:32,440 –> 00:47:36,640
\nI have heard thee by the hearing
\nof the ear, but now mine eye <\/p>\n
799
\n00:47:36,640 –> 00:47:40,680
\nseeth thee.
\nWherefore I uphold myself and <\/p>\n
800
\n00:47:40,680 –> 00:47:46,000
\nrepent in dust and ashes.
\nIn verse 4, all he is doing here<\/p>\n
801
\n00:47:46,480 –> 00:47:50,280
\nis restating the challenge that
\nhe’s made, for which he is now <\/p>\n
802
\n00:47:50,280 –> 00:47:53,560
\nrepentant.
\nHe isn’t saying I’m still going <\/p>\n
803
\n00:47:53,560 –> 00:47:55,440
\nto challenge you, and you better
\nanswer me. <\/p>\n
804
\n00:47:56,160 –> 00:48:00,280
\nThat’s not the case.
\nHe is recalling the unfortunate <\/p>\n
805
\n00:48:00,280 –> 00:48:03,560
\nclaim that he made the challenge
\nthat he issued to God. <\/p>\n
806
\n00:48:03,920 –> 00:48:06,320
\nAnd now he says, look, I’m sorry
\nI did it. <\/p>\n
807
\n00:48:06,680 –> 00:48:10,280
\nI have now heard of thee.
\nI know that what you’re saying <\/p>\n
808
\n00:48:10,280 –> 00:48:14,040
\nis right, and therefore he’s
\nbrought to the only condition <\/p>\n
809
\n00:48:14,040 –> 00:48:15,640
\nand position that he could be
\nbrought to. <\/p>\n
810
\n00:48:16,280 –> 00:48:23,240
\nHe therefore says I abhor myself
\nand repent in dust and ashes. <\/p>\n
811
\n00:48:23,920 –> 00:48:28,000
\nAnd here we find the result of
\nthe speeches of the Almighty, <\/p>\n
812
\n00:48:28,680 –> 00:48:30,440
\nbut the story really isn’t
\ncompleted. <\/p>\n
813
\n00:48:31,000 –> 00:48:34,760
\nWe have the epilogue in the last
\n11 chapters, and in that <\/p>\n
814
\n00:48:34,800 –> 00:48:37,800
\nepilogue we’re going to come
\nacross some very, very <\/p>\n
815
\n00:48:37,800 –> 00:48:42,560
\nremarkable things that thrill me
\nas much as some of the things <\/p>\n
816
\n00:48:42,560 –> 00:48:45,640
\nthat we’ve already considered.
\nAnd therefore I think we’ll have<\/p>\n
817
\n00:48:45,640 –> 00:48:49,160
\nto leave that for tomorrow.
\nWe’ll try to give a very brief <\/p>\n
818
\n00:48:49,160 –> 00:48:51,520
\nreview, particularly for those
\nthat may not have been here for <\/p>\n
819
\n00:48:51,520 –> 00:48:54,240
\nthe whole week.
\nI know it’s a Saturday Also, to <\/p>\n
820
\n00:48:54,240 –> 00:48:56,480
\nrefresh our minds so that when
\nwe’re confronted with this <\/p>\n
821
\n00:48:56,480 –> 00:49:00,120
\nepilogue, we will have an
\nopportunity to understand why <\/p>\n
822
\n00:49:00,120 –> 00:49:03,520
\nthese things happen.
\nSo now we’ve gained 3 at least <\/p>\n
823
\n00:49:03,520 –> 00:49:08,200
\nreasons for suffering that it
\ncan be for punishment as part of<\/p>\n
824
\n00:49:08,200 –> 00:49:10,840
\nour human nature.
\nIt could indeed be to bring <\/p>\n
825
\n00:49:10,840 –> 00:49:15,280
\npeople to God for chastisement,
\nor it could be for the benefit <\/p>\n
826
\n00:49:15,280 –> 00:49:18,880
\nof others.
\nJob recognized that if we can <\/p>\n
827
\n00:49:18,880 –> 00:49:22,160
\nrecognize that in our life,
\nperhaps we can be found more <\/p>\n
828
\n00:49:22,160 –> 00:49:24,040
\nacceptable before our maker as
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