{"id":1521,"date":"2026-08-30T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/415-richard-morgan-exhortation-my-servant-will-acquit-many\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:44:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:44:57","slug":"415-richard-morgan-exhortation-my-servant-will-acquit-many","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/415-richard-morgan-exhortation-my-servant-will-acquit-many\/","title":{"rendered":"415: Richard Morgan – Exhortation: My Servant Will Acquit Many"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is an exhortation by Brother Richard Morgan titled “My Servant Will Acquit Many”, given at the Simi Hills Ecclesia in California, USA, on July 5th, 2026.<\/p>\n

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\nEveryone, this is Jason Hensley,<\/p>\n

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\nand this week we’re going to be
\nlistening to a talk by Brother <\/p>\n

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\nRichard Morgan given at the Simi
\nHills Ecclesia in California. <\/p>\n

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\nOne of the things that I really
\nloved about this talk, this is <\/p>\n

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\nan exhortation, is that Brother
\nRichard spent time looking at <\/p>\n

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\nthe connections between Isaiah
\n53 and the story of Job. <\/p>\n

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\nI never looked at those before,
\nand I found those links to be <\/p>\n

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\nreally powerful because you can
\nsee that they’re there. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd even more, you can imagine
\nthat as the Lord Jesus read <\/p>\n

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\nIsaiah 53 and thought about
\nhimself, he would have also made<\/p>\n

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\nthose connections back to Job.
\nAnd therefore, considering Job <\/p>\n

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\nand Job’s response to his own
\nsuffering, I think that would <\/p>\n

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\nhave really impacted Christ.
\nAnd brother Richard brings that <\/p>\n

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\nout really nicely.
\nSo that’s what I love about this<\/p>\n

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\ntalk.
\nI hope that you’re excited to <\/p>\n

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\nhear it and I think that you’ll
\nenjoy it. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is Brother Richard Morgan,
\nmy servant will acquit many, is <\/p>\n

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\nwhat he is titled this talk and
\nit was given just in July of <\/p>\n

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\n2026.
\nHave you ever suffered unjustly?<\/p>\n

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\nYou’re suffering through no
\nfault of your own. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re suffering maybe because
\nof the actions of somebody else.<\/p>\n

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\nMaybe you’ve been misunderstood.
\nMaybe you’ve been misjudged. <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe you’ve been falsely
\naccused. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think all of us, brothers
\nand sisters, throughout our <\/p>\n

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\nlives experience times like this
\nwhen we suffer an injustice. <\/p>\n

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\nSo what should our reaction be?
\nHow should we respond when we <\/p>\n

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\nsuffer unjustly?
\nWell, of course, this morning we<\/p>\n

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\ncome to the example of our Lord
\nJesus Christ and his suffering. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is the the subject of
\nwhat Peter talks about in the <\/p>\n

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\nchapter that we just read.
\nBy the way, I’m reading this <\/p>\n

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\nmorning from the New English
\ntranslation. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the, the version from
\nIsaiah 53 you have on the, on <\/p>\n

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\nthe screen there.
\nThe reason I’m reading for the <\/p>\n

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\nnew English the NET is because
\nit brings out the meaning of <\/p>\n

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\nIsaiah chapter 53 very well for
\nus. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Isaiah 53 is of course all
\nabout the unjust suffering of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd it forms the background of <\/p>\n

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\nwhat we’ve just read here at the
\nend of first Peter chapter 2, <\/p>\n

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\nwhere Peter says in verse 19,
\nfor this finds favour God’s <\/p>\n

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\nfavour, if because of conscience
\ntoward God someone endures <\/p>\n

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\nhardships in suffering unjustly.
\nAnd then at the end of verse 20,<\/p>\n

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\nhe repeats that, but if you do
\ngood and suffer and so endure <\/p>\n

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\nthis finds favour with God.
\nThen in verse 21, he says for to<\/p>\n

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\nthis you were called.
\nNow that’s interesting, isn’t <\/p>\n

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\nit?
\nWe’ve been called to this. <\/p>\n

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\nSuffering unjustly is going to
\nbe part and parcel of being a <\/p>\n

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\nbrother or sister in Christ.
\nAnd we know that there’s a <\/p>\n

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\nreason for this.
\nThere’s a bigger story at play, <\/p>\n

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\nisn’t there?
\nWe don’t suffer for suffering’s <\/p>\n

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\nsake.
\nWe know that God, for instance, <\/p>\n

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\nis developing our character.
\nHe’s developing the mind of <\/p>\n

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\nChrist in us when we suffer.
\nAnd tied to that is what Paul <\/p>\n

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\nsays to the Philippians.
\nHe says we need to be conformed <\/p>\n

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\nto the death of Christ,
\nfellowshipping his sufferings <\/p>\n

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\nthat we might attain to to his
\nresurrection. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the reason why we fellowship
\nthe sufferings of the Lord Jesus<\/p>\n

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\nChrist is because then we know
\nwhat it is like. <\/p>\n

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\nWe experience something of what
\nJesus experienced, but people, <\/p>\n

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\nother people through their
\nactions brought suffering into <\/p>\n

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\nhis life.
\nAnd that, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

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\nshould convict us because of
\ncourse we sin in ways that can <\/p>\n

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\nbring suffering into the lives
\nof other people. <\/p>\n

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\nSo having been convicted by
\nthat, it should persuade us <\/p>\n

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\ninstead to develop the mind of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nSo God allows us to go through
\nthese periods of suffering so <\/p>\n

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\nthat we learn these lessons.
\nAnd so he says in verse 21 then <\/p>\n

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\nso this you were called since
\nChrist also suffered for you, <\/p>\n

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\nleaving an example for you to
\nfollow in his steps. <\/p>\n

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\nNotice what he says there.
\nChrist suffered for you. <\/p>\n

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\nChrist did not suffer for
\nsuffering’s sake. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it wasn’t just for him.
\nIt was for you, it was for me. <\/p>\n

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\nKeep that in mind brothers and
\nsisters, we’re going to come <\/p>\n

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\nback to this point at the end of
\nour exhortation. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then in the next verse,
\nverse 22, he quotes from Isaiah <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 53.
\nHe committed no sin, nor was <\/p>\n

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\ndeceit found in his mouth.
\nSo Jesus never did anything <\/p>\n

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\nwrong and yet he still suffered.
\nSo what was Jesus reaction? <\/p>\n

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\nHow did he respond to unjust
\nsuffering? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, that’s where we come to
\nverse 23. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is really our
\nexhortation this morning, <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters.
\nVerse 23 says when he was <\/p>\n

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\nmaligned or insulted, or as it
\nsays in the ESV, when he was <\/p>\n

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\nreviled, he did not answer back
\nor he did not revile in return. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen he suffered, he threatened
\nno retaliation. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd really what Peter is doing
\nthere is he’s interpreting our <\/p>\n

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\nkey verse that we have on the
\nscreen there from Isaiah 53 and <\/p>\n

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\nverse 7, that in the face of
\nunjust suffering, as it says at <\/p>\n

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\nthe beginning and the end of
\nthat verse, he did not open his <\/p>\n

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\nmouth.
\nAnd Peter interprets that in <\/p>\n

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\nthis verse, verse 23, that when
\nhe was reviled, he did not <\/p>\n

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\nanswer back, He did not
\nretaliate, He submitted to it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd instead of answering back,
\ninstead of opening his mouth, as<\/p>\n

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\nit says at the end of verse 23,
\nhe committed himself or was <\/p>\n

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\nentrusting himself to God who
\njudges justly. <\/p>\n

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\nSo there we see the contrast.
\nOf course, wicked men put Jesus,<\/p>\n

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\nfor instance, through an unjust
\ntrial. <\/p>\n

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\nThey placed him on the cross,
\nand then he was put in the tomb,<\/p>\n

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\nfalsely accused.
\nIn contrast to that, we have the<\/p>\n

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\nGod who judges justly.
\nAnd God’s answer to that was to <\/p>\n

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\nraise his Son from the dead.
\nBy the way, that word in verse <\/p>\n

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\n23 at the end, they’re committed
\nor entrusting. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the only Greek word you
\nneed to remember this morning. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s the the Greek word
\nparadidomy. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s the word used
\nextensively through the Gospel <\/p>\n

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\nrecords for the time when Jesus
\nwas betrayed and handed over to <\/p>\n

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\nthe authorities.
\nSo you can see what’s happening <\/p>\n

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\nhere.
\nJesus, God allowed his Son to be<\/p>\n

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\nhanded over to those who falsely
\naccused him of put him to death.<\/p>\n

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\nSo what did Jesus do in
\nresponse? <\/p>\n

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\nHe didn’t open his mouth.
\nHe didn’t answer back. <\/p>\n

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\nHe turned the other cheek and he
\nhanded himself over to God. <\/p>\n

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\nHe put himself into God’s hands.
\nHe let God take care of the <\/p>\n

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\nsituation.
\nNow, I could sit down now <\/p>\n

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\nbecause that’s our excitation,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nIn the face of unjust suffering,
\ndon’t open your mouth and commit<\/p>\n

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\nyourself instead to the God who
\njudges justly. <\/p>\n

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\nHowever, we don’t find that very
\neasy, do we? <\/p>\n

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\nThe last thing we feel like
\ndoing when we’re suffering an <\/p>\n

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\ninjustice is to keep our mouths
\nclosed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe want to do the right
\nopposite, don’t we? <\/p>\n

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\nWe?
\nWe want to open our mouths wide.<\/p>\n

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\nWe want to gather everybody in
\nthe room and explain to them why<\/p>\n

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\nthis is so unfair.
\nWe want to defend ourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nIf we’re falsely accused, for
\ninstance, we don’t want to <\/p>\n

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\nsubmit to that.
\nAnd I think too, we find it hard<\/p>\n

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\nto commit ourselves to the God
\nwho judges justly because we <\/p>\n

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\nwant answers now.
\nWe want resolution now. <\/p>\n

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\nWe want this fixed right now.
\nSo perhaps, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, we have a lot of
\nempathy with another man who <\/p>\n

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\nwent through unjust suffering,
\nand that was Job. <\/p>\n

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\nI want to have a look at his
\nexample. <\/p>\n

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\nCome with me if you were to Job
\nChapter 1. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what we find with Job is
\nthat in the face of unjust <\/p>\n

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\nsuffering in his life, he had, I
\nthink, a very natural reaction. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think we can see ourselves
\nin Job even if we don’t <\/p>\n

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\nobviously suffer as much as he
\ndid or as much as the Lord did. <\/p>\n

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\nNow that is not to say that Job
\ndoesn’t point forward to the <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus Christ because he
\ndefinitely does. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you look at Job chapter 1, it
\nsays there in verse 8. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the Lord said to Satan the
\nadversary. <\/p>\n

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\nNow we know that this adversary
\nis a key character in the story <\/p>\n

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\nof Job.
\nAnd one of the questions in the <\/p>\n

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\nbook of Job is who is Job’s
\nadversary? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’re going to come to that
\nquestion a little later. <\/p>\n

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\nSo God says to this adversary in
\nverse 8, Have you considered my <\/p>\n

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\nservant, Job?
\nNow notice how God refers to Job<\/p>\n

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\nhere, My servant.
\nThat happens to be the title <\/p>\n

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\nthat God uses for the suffering
\nservant in Isaiah 53 and its <\/p>\n

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\ncontext, a series of chapters
\nabout God’s servant. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Job definitely points forward
\nto Christ and you can see that <\/p>\n

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\nin the rest of the verse.
\nThere is no one like him on the <\/p>\n

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\nearth, a pure and upright man,
\none who fears God and turns away<\/p>\n

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\nfrom evil.
\nSo, so Job, yes, definitely <\/p>\n

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\npoints forward to the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in this first wave of
\nsuffering in chapter 1, he has a<\/p>\n

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\nvery good reaction.
\nIf you look at the end of the <\/p>\n

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\nchapter, verse 20, it says Job
\ngot up and tore his robe. <\/p>\n

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\nHe shaved his head.
\nBy the way, that word shaved. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a very unusual word, but it
\nhappens to be the exact same <\/p>\n

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\nword as the Word Shearers in our
\nkey verse on the screen. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what we find is that all the
\nlanguage of the suffering <\/p>\n

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\nservant in Isaiah is the same
\nlanguage, the exact same Hebrew <\/p>\n

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\nas we find to describe the
\nsuffering of Job. <\/p>\n

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\nThen if you come on to verse 21
\nof chapter 1, it says Job said <\/p>\n

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\nnaked, I came from my mother’s
\nwomb and naked I will return. <\/p>\n

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\nThere the Lord gives and the
\nLord takes away. <\/p>\n

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\nMay the name of the Lord be
\nblessed. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he had initially a very, very
\ngood reaction. <\/p>\n

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\nBy the way, that phrase takes
\naway is also a key phrase found <\/p>\n

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\nregarding the suffering of God’s
\nservant in Isaiah chapter 53. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord gives and the Lord
\ntakes away. <\/p>\n

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\nNow if we were to skip right to
\nthe end of the story of Job, <\/p>\n

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\nthat verse 21 is reversed, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

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\nJob had things taken away from
\nhim, but the end of the story of<\/p>\n

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\nJob is glorious.
\nHe was given back. <\/p>\n

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\nFor instance, he he lost his
\noffspring, but he was given back<\/p>\n

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\ntwice as much as he had before.
\nSo that’s the end of the story. <\/p>\n

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\nBrothers, sisters, the end of
\nthe story of our suffering too <\/p>\n

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\nis glorious.
\nWe’ll come to that later, but <\/p>\n

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\nlet’s not get ahead of
\nourselves. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s come back to what Job is
\nexperiencing right now because <\/p>\n

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\nthere’s going to be a second
\nwave of suffering in chapter 2 <\/p>\n

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\nand a second conversation
\nbetween God and the adversary. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you come to chapter 2,
\nverse 5, it says, and this is <\/p>\n

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\nthe adversary speaking, he says,
\nbut extend your hand and strike <\/p>\n

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\nhis bone in his flesh and he
\nwill no doubt curse you to your <\/p>\n

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\nface.
\nBy the way, that would strike <\/p>\n

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\nthere.
\nA keyword in this passage to <\/p>\n

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\ndescribe Job’s suffering is also
\na keyword found in Isaiah <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 53 for the suffering of
\nGod’s servant. <\/p>\n

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\nThen it says in verse 6, the
\nLord said to the adversary, all <\/p>\n

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\nright, he is in your power, only
\npreserve his life. <\/p>\n

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\nSo God hands Job over to his
\nadversary. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd by the way, in the
\nSeptuagint in the Greek <\/p>\n

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\ntranslation of verse 6, we have
\nour word paradidamy to be handed<\/p>\n

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\nover.
\nSo God allowed Job to be handed <\/p>\n

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\nover to His adversary just as
\nyears later He would allow his <\/p>\n

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\nSon to be handed over to his
\nadversaries. <\/p>\n

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\nThen it says in verse seven, so
\nthe adversary went out from the <\/p>\n

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\npresence of the Lord and he
\nafflicted again. <\/p>\n

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\nThat would afflicted.
\nA keyword to describe Job’s <\/p>\n

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\nsuffering.
\nAlso a word used in Isaiah 53 <\/p>\n

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\nfor the suffering of God’s
\nservant. <\/p>\n

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\nHe afflicted Job with a
\nmalignant ulcer from the sole of<\/p>\n

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\nhis feet to the top of his head.
\nSo Job is absolutely covered <\/p>\n

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\nwith ulcerous souls from head to
\ntoe. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s disgusting.
\nPeople don’t want to look at <\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nHe’s unsightly. <\/p>\n

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\nSo how does Job react now?
\nWell, that’s where we come to <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 3.
\nHave a look at chapter 3 and <\/p>\n

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\nverse one.
\nAfter this, Job opened his <\/p>\n

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\nmouth.
\nAnd now we begin to see the <\/p>\n

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\ncontrast between Job, who opened
\nhis mouth, and the servant of <\/p>\n

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\nIsaiah, who did not open his
\nmouth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it took brothers and sisters
\n37 chapters for Job to close his<\/p>\n

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\nmouth again.
\nAnd I think we can see ourselves<\/p>\n

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\nin Job when we’re going through
\nit. <\/p>\n

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\nWe want to say something.
\nWe want people to listen. <\/p>\n

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\nWe want everyone to know that
\nthis is not fair. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd of course we have then this
\ndialogue between Job and his <\/p>\n

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\nso-called three friends.
\nAnd what do his three friends <\/p>\n

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\ndo?
\nThey start to malign him, to <\/p>\n

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\ninsult him, to revile him, don’t
\nthey? <\/p>\n

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\nThey say, Job, you must be a
\nterrible Sinner, you must have <\/p>\n

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\ndone something terribly wrong to
\ndeserve this punishment from <\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nAnd what does Job do in return? <\/p>\n

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\nDoes he just sit there and take
\nit? <\/p>\n

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\nNo, Job reviles in return,
\ndoesn’t he? <\/p>\n

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\nFor instance, he calls his
\nfriends miserable comforters, <\/p>\n

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\nwhitewashed with lies, worthless
\nphysicians, and he accuses God. <\/p>\n

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\nEffectively, Job reviles God.
\nHe says God has wronged me, God <\/p>\n

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\nhas made me his target, and he
\nfeels like God is against him. <\/p>\n

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\nHave a look at chapter 16.
\nMaybe you felt like this <\/p>\n

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\nsometimes.
\nMaybe you felt exactly like Job,<\/p>\n

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\nbut when you’re going through
\nthe thick of it that God is <\/p>\n

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\nagainst you.
\nJob chapter 16 and we’ll come in<\/p>\n

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\nhere at verse 9.
\nHe’s talking about God here in <\/p>\n

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\nverse 9.
\nGod’s anger has torn me and <\/p>\n

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\npersecuted me.
\nHe has gnashed at me with his <\/p>\n

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\nteeth.
\nMy adversary locks his eyes on <\/p>\n

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\nme and I think there he’s
\ncalling God his adversary. <\/p>\n

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\nHe thinks God is against him.
\nNow he carries on in verse 10 by<\/p>\n

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\nsaying people have opened their
\nmouths against me. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’ve struck my cheek and
\nskull. <\/p>\n

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\nThey unite together against me.
\nNow you can see Christ, can’t <\/p>\n

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\nyou, in verse 10.
\nBut notice what Job is doing <\/p>\n

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\nhere.
\nHe’s lumping God in with these <\/p>\n

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\npeople.
\nHe thinks everybody is against <\/p>\n

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\nhim, including God.
\nNow he says in the next verse, <\/p>\n

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\nverse 11, God abandons me to
\nevil men, throws me into the <\/p>\n

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\nhands of wicked men.
\nNow that’s actually true, isn’t <\/p>\n

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\nit?
\nBecause He had been handed over <\/p>\n

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\nto the adversary.
\nAnd by the way, again in the <\/p>\n

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\nSeptuagint of verse 11, we have
\nour word parodidamy. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Job had been handed over just
\nas Jesus later would be handed <\/p>\n

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\nover to into the hands of wicked
\nmen. <\/p>\n

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\nBut Job doesn’t understand why
\nthis is happening. <\/p>\n

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\nHe feels like God is against
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\nHave a look at chapter 19,
\nchapter 19 and verse 619, verse <\/p>\n

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\n6.
\nKnow then that God has wronged <\/p>\n

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\nme and encircled me with His net
\nin the court of public opinion. <\/p>\n

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\nJob has been unfairly judged and
\nhe thinks that God is part of <\/p>\n

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\nthe problem.
\nGod has wronged me. <\/p>\n

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\nHe thinks God has falsely
\naccused him, that God is against<\/p>\n

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\nhim, that God is his adversary.
\nAnd the next verse, verse 7. <\/p>\n

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\nNotice what he says here.
\nIf I cry out violence, I receive<\/p>\n

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\nno answer.
\nI cry for help, but there is no <\/p>\n

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\njustice.
\nThis is how Job feels now. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat kind of help did Job want?
\nHere he is in the court of <\/p>\n

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\npublic opinion.
\nHe wants someone to defend him, <\/p>\n

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\ndoesn’t he?
\nHe wants an advocate. <\/p>\n

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\nHe wants someone to intercede
\nunder his behalf. <\/p>\n

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\nBut he thinks there is no one.
\nThere’s no one to help him. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s no one to come to his
\ndefense. <\/p>\n

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\nThere is no justice.
\nAnd, and maybe brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, when you’re going
\nthrough the thick of it, when <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re in the middle of
\nsuffering, maybe you feel a <\/p>\n

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\nlittle bit like that says in
\nverse 11, Oh, by the way, what <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re going to see is that the
\nsuffering servant of Isaiah is <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to answer Job, Job’s
\ncomplaint. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ll see that in a moment.
\nBut verse 11 says, thus God’s <\/p>\n

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\nanger burns against me.
\nHe considers me among his <\/p>\n

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\nadversaries.
\nSo again, he thinks that God is <\/p>\n

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\nagainst him.
\nHe thinks that God is the <\/p>\n

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\nprosecutor.
\nSo what does Joe want? <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s been judged unfairly in the
\ncourt of public opinion. <\/p>\n

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\nHe wants his day in court, isn’t
\nhe? <\/p>\n

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\nCome back a couple of chapters
\nto chapter 13. <\/p>\n

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\nHave a look at some of the
\nthings that Job keeps on saying <\/p>\n

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\nin the face of this unjust
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 13 and verse 18, he
\nsays, see, now I have prepared <\/p>\n

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\nmy case.
\nI know that I am right, so I’m <\/p>\n

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\nprepared to defend myself.
\nAnd Job keeps on saying this. <\/p>\n

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\nI know that I’m right.
\nI didn’t do anything wrong. <\/p>\n

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\nHe keeps opening his mouth to
\ndeclare this. <\/p>\n

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\nI know that I am right.
\nThen he throws out a challenge <\/p>\n

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\nin the next verse, verse 19.
\nWho will contend with me? <\/p>\n

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\nHe says, who will contend with
\nme? <\/p>\n

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\nNow what we’re going to see in a
\nmoment is that the Suffering <\/p>\n

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\nServant throws out the exact
\nsame challenge, but with a <\/p>\n

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\nslight difference.
\nThen he says carrying on in <\/p>\n

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\nverse 19, If anyone can, I will
\nbe silent and die. <\/p>\n

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\nIf anyone can argue against me,
\nif anyone can prove me wrong, I <\/p>\n

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\nwill shut up.
\nBut until then I am going to <\/p>\n

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\nkeep my mouth wide open.
\nHe says in verse 23, how many <\/p>\n

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\nare my iniquities and sins?
\nShow me my transgression of my <\/p>\n

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\nsin.
\nTell me, what have I done wrong <\/p>\n

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\nto deserve this?
\nAnd then speaking about God <\/p>\n

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\nagain.
\nWell, speaking to God in verse <\/p>\n

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\n24, why do you hide your face
\nand regard me as your adversary?<\/p>\n

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\nHe thinks that God is against
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\nLook how he feels.
\nIn the very last verse of verse <\/p>\n

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\n28, He’s speaking about himself
\nhere in the third person. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says I waste away like
\nsomething rotten, like a garment<\/p>\n

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\neaten by moths.
\nThat’s how he feels. <\/p>\n

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\nNow.
\nWe’re also going to see Run <\/p>\n

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\nSisters, how the suffering
\nservant is going to echo those <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:16,960 –> 00:21:21,160
\nwords of Job in verse 28.
\nBut before we get to that <\/p>\n

327
\n00:21:21,160 –> 00:21:23,400
\nservant, let’s not leave Job
\nhere, shall we? <\/p>\n

328
\n00:21:24,120 –> 00:21:26,200
\nBecause Job did learn his
\nlesson. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:21:27,320 –> 00:21:29,280
\nWe go right to the end of the
\nstory of Job. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:21:29,280 –> 00:21:32,400
\nCome with me.
\nOur last reference in Job to Job<\/p>\n

331
\n00:21:32,400 –> 00:21:38,600
\nChapter 40.
\nJob finishes his discourses <\/p>\n

332
\n00:21:40,640 –> 00:21:44,040
\nalong with the three friends,
\nAllah who has his say, and <\/p>\n

333
\n00:21:44,040 –> 00:21:48,720
\nfinally God speaks.
\nAnd it is after God has finished<\/p>\n

334
\n00:21:48,720 –> 00:21:54,760
\nspeaking that we read this in
\nJob chapter 40 verse 3. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:21:54,760 –> 00:21:57,160
\nSo God has finished talking.
\nJob 40 verse 3. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:21:57,480 –> 00:22:00,280
\nThen Job answered, the Lord,
\nindeed, I am completely <\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:00,280 –> 00:22:02,240
\nunworthy.
\nHow could I reply to you? <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:02,560 –> 00:22:10,240
\nI put my hand over my mouth to
\nsilence myself, and now Job has <\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:10,240 –> 00:22:16,440
\nlearned to close his mouth and
\nto commit himself to the God who<\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:16,440 –> 00:22:19,680
\njudges justly.
\nSo what was it about what God <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:19,680 –> 00:22:26,640
\nsaid that convinced Job?
\nWell, just like all of us when <\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:26,640 –> 00:22:31,080
\nwe suffer.
\nWhen Job suffered, his whole <\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:31,080 –> 00:22:34,120
\nworld shrank down to that
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:34,640 –> 00:22:37,040
\nEverything revolved around that
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:22:37,280 –> 00:22:40,400
\nEverything was viewed through
\nthe lens of that suffering and <\/p>\n

346
\n00:22:40,400 –> 00:22:43,640
\nhe became very self-centered and
\nvery short sighted. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:22:43,640 –> 00:22:45,040
\nAnd that happens to all of us.
\nSo. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:22:45,280 –> 00:22:49,480
\nSo what God does for Job in his
\nspeech and what God will do for <\/p>\n

349
\n00:22:49,480 –> 00:22:53,240
\nyou and me as well is he widens
\nhis perspective. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:22:53,480 –> 00:22:59,640
\nHe tells Job that his suffering
\nis just a part of a bigger story<\/p>\n

351
\n00:22:59,640 –> 00:23:01,560
\nat play.
\nAnd of course, that’s what the <\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:01,560 –> 00:23:03,600
\nLord Jesus Christ understood,
\ndidn’t he? <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:03,800 –> 00:23:07,160
\nHe understood that he suffered
\nnot for suffering’s sake, that <\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:07,160 –> 00:23:10,680
\nthere was a bigger story at
\nplay, and in understanding that,<\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:10,680 –> 00:23:14,400
\nhe submitted to it.
\nSo now let’s go to Isaiah, <\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:14,720 –> 00:23:22,200
\nIsaiah chapter 53 and have a
\nlook at the Suffering servant, <\/p>\n

357
\n00:23:23,520 –> 00:23:26,240
\nIsaiah chapter 53.
\nNow there’s an unfortunate <\/p>\n

358
\n00:23:26,240 –> 00:23:28,920
\nchapter division here.
\nThis is why we started earlier <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:28,920 –> 00:23:32,520
\nin chapter 52.
\nChapter 53 really begins in <\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:32,520 –> 00:23:39,080
\nchapter 52 and verse 13, which
\nsays, behold, my servant, <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:40,400 –> 00:23:42,280
\nremember what God said, the
\nadversary. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:23:42,800 –> 00:23:46,040
\nHave you considered my servant
\njob? <\/p>\n

363
\n00:23:46,480 –> 00:23:50,840
\nAnd just as much as Isaiah
\npoints forward to the Lord Jesus<\/p>\n

364
\n00:23:50,840 –> 00:23:54,200
\nChrist, it also points backwards
\nto Job. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:23:54,800 –> 00:23:57,000
\nFor instance, look at the next
\nverse, verse 14. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:23:57,160 –> 00:24:00,280
\nJust as many as were horrified
\nby the sight of you remember <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:00,280 –> 00:24:03,840
\nthose horrible ulcerous swords
\nthat covered Job from head to <\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:03,840 –> 00:24:06,240
\ntoe and people didn’t want to
\nlook at him. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:06,240 –> 00:24:13,880
\nSo if you come into chapter 53,
\nit says in verse three, he was <\/p>\n

370
\n00:24:13,880 –> 00:24:17,840
\ndespised and rejected by people,
\none who experienced pain and was<\/p>\n

371
\n00:24:17,840 –> 00:24:20,280
\nacquainted with illness.
\nThink about Job here. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:24:20,840 –> 00:24:23,640
\nPeople hid their faces from him.
\nHe was despised and we <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:23,640 –> 00:24:27,520
\nconsidered him insignificant.
\nThen in verse 4 it says this, <\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:28,600 –> 00:24:31,480
\nbut he lifted up our illnesses,
\nHe carried our pain. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:31,840 –> 00:24:37,000
\nAnd the end of verse 4, and I’m
\nreading here as a reminder from <\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:37,000 –> 00:24:39,880
\nthe NET, the new English
\ntranslation, the end of verse 4 <\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:39,880 –> 00:24:46,400
\nsays this, even though we
\nthought he was being punished, <\/p>\n

378
\n00:24:46,880 –> 00:24:51,800
\nattacked by God and afflicted
\nfor something he had done. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:24:52,960 –> 00:24:56,040
\nNow, isn’t that what the three
\nfriends kept on telling Joe? <\/p>\n

380
\n00:24:57,480 –> 00:25:00,120
\nYou’re going through this
\nbecause you are being afflicted <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:00,120 –> 00:25:02,720
\nfor something you’ve done.
\nYou’ve committed some terrible <\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:02,720 –> 00:25:05,040
\nsin.
\nAnd isn’t this what how Joe <\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:05,040 –> 00:25:07,520
\nfelt?
\nJoe felt like God was attacking <\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:07,520 –> 00:25:11,280
\nhim.
\nHe felt like God was against <\/p>\n

385
\n00:25:11,280 –> 00:25:14,920
\nhim.
\nBut verse 4 is a <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:14,920 –> 00:25:20,480
\nmisunderstanding, isn’t it?
\nBecause that verse is answered <\/p>\n

387
\n00:25:21,000 –> 00:25:24,400
\nin verse 6.
\nVerse 6 says this. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:25:25,480 –> 00:25:27,760
\nAll of us had wandered off like
\nsheep. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:28,360 –> 00:25:31,160
\nEach of us had strayed off on
\nHis own path. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:31,160 –> 00:25:35,520
\nNow the end of verse 6, again
\nfrom the NET says this. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:25:36,280 –> 00:25:42,880
\nBut the Lord caused the sin of
\nall of us to attack him. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:25:43,960 –> 00:25:49,920
\nThe Lord caused the sin of all
\nof us to attack him. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:25:51,200 –> 00:25:55,280
\nSo no, it wasn’t God who was
\nattacking His Son. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:25:55,280 –> 00:25:57,120
\nIt wasn’t God who was attacking
\nJob. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:25:58,000 –> 00:26:02,840
\nBut He allowed it to happen.
\nHe did hand Job over to the <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:02,840 –> 00:26:06,640
\nadversary who attacked him, just
\nas He would hand His Son over. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:06,640 –> 00:26:09,920
\nAnd by the way, again in the
\nSeptuagint verse 6, we have our <\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:09,920 –> 00:26:15,360
\nword parodidamy handed over.
\nSo God allowed it to happen <\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:15,360 –> 00:26:18,160
\nbecause of the biggest story at
\nplay. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:26:18,440 –> 00:26:24,040
\nBut it wasn’t God attacking.
\nIt also says there you’ll notice<\/p>\n

401
\n00:26:24,040 –> 00:26:27,200
\nit’s the sin of all of us that
\nattacked him. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:27,880 –> 00:26:30,280
\nYeah, that’s your sin and that’s
\nmy sin. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:31,240 –> 00:26:34,120
\nYou see, every time we are
\nenvious, every time we are <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:34,120 –> 00:26:37,560
\nhateful, every time we falsely
\naccused, we are committing the <\/p>\n

405
\n00:26:37,560 –> 00:26:41,920
\nsame sins that put that man upon
\nthe cross and laid him in the <\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:41,920 –> 00:26:46,360
\ntomb.
\nWhen we sin in these ways, <\/p>\n

407
\n00:26:46,360 –> 00:26:50,040
\nbrothers and sisters, we bring
\nunjust suffering into the lives <\/p>\n

408
\n00:26:50,400 –> 00:26:55,600
\nof other people.
\nAnd so that realisation should <\/p>\n

409
\n00:26:55,600 –> 00:27:01,240
\nconvict us and persuade us not
\nto be like that. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:04,360 –> 00:27:06,160
\nBut this isn’t the end of the
\nstory, is it? <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:07,880 –> 00:27:11,720
\nThe last three verses of Isaiah
\nchapter 53 are the end of the <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:11,720 –> 00:27:18,520
\nstory when we read about the
\nvictory where God raised his Son<\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:18,520 –> 00:27:22,440
\nfrom the dead.
\nNow what was God’s signaling <\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:22,440 –> 00:27:24,000
\nwhen He raised his son from the
\ndead? <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:24,600 –> 00:27:28,480
\nWicked men had taken his son,
\nput him through an unjust trial,<\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:28,480 –> 00:27:32,600
\nfalsely accused him, put him on
\nthe cross, placed him in the <\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:32,600 –> 00:27:37,120
\ntomb.
\nWhen God raised his Son from the<\/p>\n

418
\n00:27:37,120 –> 00:27:41,800
\ndead, He was declaring his Son
\ninnocent. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:27:43,200 –> 00:27:46,360
\nHe was declaring his son
\ninnocent. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:27:48,080 –> 00:27:53,200
\nBut there’s more to that.
\nIf you look at the end of Isaiah<\/p>\n

421
\n00:27:53,200 –> 00:27:56,720
\n53, it says this.
\nHave a look at verse 11. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:27:58,240 –> 00:28:00,840
\nIt says having suffered, He will
\nreflect on His work. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:01,120 –> 00:28:03,920
\nHe will be satisfied when he
\nunderstands what He has done. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:03,920 –> 00:28:08,280
\nSo in other words, the Servant
\nof course pointing forward to <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:08,280 –> 00:28:12,080
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ understood
\nthe biggest story at play here. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:12,280 –> 00:28:15,840
\nHe was willing to submit to that
\nsuffering because he knew that <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:15,840 –> 00:28:18,360
\nthere was something bigger at
\nplay here. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:18,480 –> 00:28:20,920
\nWhat was the thing that was at
\nplay here? <\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:20,920 –> 00:28:23,000
\nWhat was bigger than his
\nsuffering? <\/p>\n

430
\n00:28:23,120 –> 00:28:28,320
\nIt says in verse 11 there the
\nend of the verse, My servant as <\/p>\n

431
\n00:28:28,320 –> 00:28:34,720
\na result of all this, My servant
\nwill acquit many or many will be<\/p>\n

432
\n00:28:34,720 –> 00:28:38,440
\naccounted righteous as it says
\nin the ESV My servant will <\/p>\n

433
\n00:28:38,440 –> 00:28:42,280
\nacquit many, My servant will
\nvindicate many, My servant will <\/p>\n

434
\n00:28:42,920 –> 00:28:50,600
\ndeclare many to be innocent will
\nin New Testament language will <\/p>\n

435
\n00:28:50,600 –> 00:28:55,840
\njustify many, not just himself,
\nbut many. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:28:56,520 –> 00:28:59,080
\nAnd this is what the Lord Jesus
\nChrist understood, that through <\/p>\n

437
\n00:28:59,080 –> 00:29:05,520
\nhis suffering it would produce a
\nwonderful glorious result that <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:05,520 –> 00:29:11,480
\nmany would be declared innocent.
\nNow come back a couple of <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:11,480 –> 00:29:18,120
\nchapters to chapter 50, same
\ncontext, suffering servant, and <\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:18,120 –> 00:29:20,840
\nyou will recognize these words
\nas they apply to the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:20,840 –> 00:29:25,880
\nChrist.
\nChapter 50, verse 6. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:29:27,280 –> 00:29:31,440
\nI offered my back to those who
\nattacked my jaws, to those who <\/p>\n

443
\n00:29:31,440 –> 00:29:34,560
\ntore out my beard.
\nI did not hide my face from <\/p>\n

444
\n00:29:34,560 –> 00:29:37,600
\ninsults and spitting.
\nThis is what Peter says, isn’t <\/p>\n

445
\n00:29:37,600 –> 00:29:39,040
\nit?
\nThat Jesus was insulted. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:29:39,040 –> 00:29:41,600
\nHe was reviled, but he did not
\nrevile in return. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:29:41,880 –> 00:29:45,400
\nHe turned the other cheek.
\nHe even allowed himself to be <\/p>\n

448
\n00:29:45,400 –> 00:29:48,520
\nspat upon.
\nBy the way, that word spitting <\/p>\n

449
\n00:29:48,680 –> 00:29:51,600
\nis only ever used in this verse
\nand in the story of Job. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:29:51,840 –> 00:29:54,760
\nJob too was spat upon.
\nBut the difference between the <\/p>\n

451
\n00:29:54,760 –> 00:29:58,080
\nsuffering servant and Job is
\nwhat it says in the next few <\/p>\n

452
\n00:29:58,080 –> 00:30:00,040
\nverses.
\nRemember what Job said? <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:00,200 –> 00:30:04,800
\nI cried for help, but there is
\nno justice. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:06,920 –> 00:30:11,440
\nWell, thankfully and Job learned
\nthis Job was wrong because verse<\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:11,440 –> 00:30:14,760
\n7 says, but the sovereign Lord
\nhelps me. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:16,680 –> 00:30:23,200
\nThere is somebody to help, there
\nis somebody to defend, and it’s <\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:23,200 –> 00:30:28,440
\nGod.
\nThen verse 8 says this, the one <\/p>\n

458
\n00:30:28,440 –> 00:30:32,520
\nwho vindicates me, the one who
\nacquits me, the one who declares<\/p>\n

459
\n00:30:32,520 –> 00:30:39,960
\nme innocent, the one who says
\nthat I am right, the one who <\/p>\n

460
\n00:30:39,960 –> 00:30:43,560
\njustifies me is close by, and
\nthat’s God. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:30:44,960 –> 00:30:47,400
\nYou see, brothers and sisters,
\nGod is not the accuser, God is <\/p>\n

462
\n00:30:47,400 –> 00:30:49,440
\nnot the adversary, God is not
\nagainst us. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:30:49,440 –> 00:30:53,360
\nGod is not the prosecutor.
\nAnd this is what Job had to <\/p>\n

464
\n00:30:53,360 –> 00:30:56,240
\nunderstand.
\nIn fact, the opposite is true. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:30:56,240 –> 00:31:01,560
\nGod is the one who delights to
\nvindicate, to justify that <\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:01,560 –> 00:31:06,400
\ndespite what we’re like, He
\ndelights to set us free. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:31:08,320 –> 00:31:11,240
\nAnd then if you look at carrying
\non in verse 8 there, you’ll <\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:11,240 –> 00:31:15,760
\nnotice that the servant throws
\nout the same challenge as Job, <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:15,960 –> 00:31:20,760
\nWho dares to contend with me.
\nRemember, those are the exact <\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:20,760 –> 00:31:23,280
\nwords of Job who dares to
\ncontend with me. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:23,440 –> 00:31:25,920
\nThe difference is that Job
\nthought he was alone. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:31:26,880 –> 00:31:31,160
\nJob thought he was defending
\nhimself, and he thought that God<\/p>\n

473
\n00:31:31,160 –> 00:31:34,360
\nwas against him.
\nThe suffering servant <\/p>\n

474
\n00:31:34,360 –> 00:31:36,120
\nunderstands that that is not
\ntrue. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:31:36,760 –> 00:31:39,280
\nWho dares to contend with me?
\nLet us confront each other. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:31:39,480 –> 00:31:42,280
\nWho is my adversary?
\nHe asked at the end of verse 8. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:31:42,480 –> 00:31:48,520
\nLet him challenge me.
\nWho can possibly be against me, <\/p>\n

478
\n00:31:49,200 –> 00:31:52,200
\nis his question.
\nAnd then he says in verse 9, <\/p>\n

479
\n00:31:52,200 –> 00:31:54,720
\nLook, the sovereign Lord helps
\nme. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:31:54,920 –> 00:32:01,000
\nWho dares to condemn me?
\nThose are the sentiments of Job,<\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:01,000 –> 00:32:04,160
\naren’t they?
\nBut now in the words of someone <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:04,160 –> 00:32:07,800
\nwho understands, who dares to
\ncondemn me. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:32:07,960 –> 00:32:10,480
\nAnd then you notice at the end
\nof verse 9, he echoes the words <\/p>\n

484
\n00:32:10,480 –> 00:32:13,280
\nof Job.
\nRemember, this is how Job felt. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:32:13,400 –> 00:32:15,680
\nLook, all of them will wear out
\nlike clothes. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:32:15,680 –> 00:32:18,440
\nA moth will eat away at them.
\nRemember Job said this. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:32:18,720 –> 00:32:20,680
\nI feel like a moth eaten
\ngarment. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:32:20,680 –> 00:32:23,680
\nBut Job was wrong.
\nYes, all of them will wear out <\/p>\n

489
\n00:32:23,680 –> 00:32:28,320
\nlike a garment to be moth eaten.
\nThe false accusers will, but not<\/p>\n

490
\n00:32:28,320 –> 00:32:32,000
\nGod’s servant.
\nNot you, Joe, not you, not me. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:32:32,240 –> 00:32:34,920
\nNo, the opposite is true.
\nLet’s finish brothers and <\/p>\n

492
\n00:32:34,920 –> 00:32:39,280
\nsisters in the book of Romans,
\ncome with me to Romans and <\/p>\n

493
\n00:32:39,800 –> 00:32:52,360
\nchapter 4, the very last verse
\nof Romans chapter 4 leads into <\/p>\n

494
\n00:32:52,480 –> 00:32:56,280
\nwhat Paul says at the beginning
\nof Romans chapter 5 where he <\/p>\n

495
\n00:32:56,280 –> 00:33:03,200
\ntalks about suffering as it is
\npart of a bigger story, part of <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:03,200 –> 00:33:08,000
\nGod’s purpose, part of God
\ndeveloping the mind of Christ in<\/p>\n

497
\n00:33:08,000 –> 00:33:09,840
\nUS.
\nAnd it’s in that context. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:10,200 –> 00:33:13,760
\nBut Paul says this in the last
\nverse of Romans 4 verse 25, <\/p>\n

499
\n00:33:14,000 –> 00:33:18,280
\nwhere he is going to encapsulate
\nIsaiah chapter 53, because he <\/p>\n

500
\n00:33:18,280 –> 00:33:21,520
\nsays at the beginning of verse
\n25, he was given over. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:33:21,680 –> 00:33:26,920
\nThat’s our word, paradidamy.
\nHe was handed over because of <\/p>\n

502
\n00:33:26,960 –> 00:33:31,240
\nour transgressions.
\nIsn’t that what we read of in <\/p>\n

503
\n00:33:31,240 –> 00:33:35,440
\nIsaiah 53?
\nThe Lord caused the sin of all <\/p>\n

504
\n00:33:35,440 –> 00:33:39,480
\nof us to attack Him.
\nGod allowed it to happen. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:33:39,640 –> 00:33:43,160
\nHe allowed His Son to be handed
\nover to His adversaries as He <\/p>\n

506
\n00:33:43,160 –> 00:33:45,880
\nallowed Job to be handed over to
\nHis adversary. <\/p>\n

507
\n00:33:46,200 –> 00:33:48,880
\nAnd it was because of our
\ntransgressions, it’s because of <\/p>\n

508
\n00:33:48,880 –> 00:33:52,760
\nyour sin and my sin that Jesus
\nwas put upon the cross and laid <\/p>\n

509
\n00:33:52,760 –> 00:33:55,560
\nin the tomb.
\nAnd that should convict us. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:33:55,800 –> 00:33:58,280
\nAs we think about this in the
\nbread and the cup this morning, <\/p>\n

511
\n00:33:58,280 –> 00:34:02,240
\nbrothers and sisters, we think
\nof what produced the suffering <\/p>\n

512
\n00:34:02,240 –> 00:34:05,360
\nof our Lord.
\nThat should convict me not to be<\/p>\n

513
\n00:34:05,360 –> 00:34:08,440
\nlike that.
\nBut that’s not the end of the <\/p>\n

514
\n00:34:08,440 –> 00:34:14,480
\nstory, because the rest of verse
\n25 says this, that he was raised<\/p>\n

515
\n00:34:15,239 –> 00:34:21,880
\nfor the sake, not just for his
\nown vindication, but for the <\/p>\n

516
\n00:34:21,880 –> 00:34:28,639
\nsake of our justification, our
\nvindication, our acquittal. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:34:29,760 –> 00:34:35,400
\nAnd isn’t that what Job wanted?
\nHe wanted acquittal. <\/p>\n

518
\n00:34:35,400 –> 00:34:37,639
\nHe wanted people to know that he
\nwas right. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:34:38,400 –> 00:34:40,320
\nHe was just going about it the
\nwrong way. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:34:44,679 –> 00:34:55,199
\nLet’s finish in chapter 8 and
\nPaul says here in chapter 8 <\/p>\n

521
\n00:34:55,199 –> 00:35:01,640
\nverse 18.
\nFor I consider that our present <\/p>\n

522
\n00:35:01,640 –> 00:35:04,760
\nsufferings cannot even be
\ncompared to the glory that would<\/p>\n

523
\n00:35:04,760 –> 00:35:07,200
\nbe revealed to us.
\nIsn’t that the story of Job? <\/p>\n

524
\n00:35:08,680 –> 00:35:10,840
\nThere is a glorious end to the
\nstory. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:35:13,120 –> 00:35:15,600
\nWe need to understand, brothers
\nand sisters, that our suffering <\/p>\n

526
\n00:35:15,600 –> 00:35:21,560
\nis just part of a bigger story.
\nBut as he says in verse 28, all <\/p>\n

527
\n00:35:21,560 –> 00:35:24,840
\nthings work together for good.
\nYes, including your suffering <\/p>\n

528
\n00:35:24,840 –> 00:35:27,360
\nworks together ultimately for
\ngood. <\/p>\n

529
\n00:35:27,360 –> 00:35:30,840
\nIf we can commit ourselves to
\nthe God who judges justly. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:35:31,040 –> 00:35:34,720
\nAnd so we read in verse 31, what
\nthen shall we say about these <\/p>\n

531
\n00:35:34,720 –> 00:35:40,000
\nthings?
\nIf God is for us, who could be <\/p>\n

532
\n00:35:40,000 –> 00:35:44,240
\nagainst us?
\nGod is not against us. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:35:44,240 –> 00:35:46,760
\nJob was wrong.
\nGod is not against us. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:35:46,760 –> 00:35:49,600
\nGod is not the adversary.
\nGod is not the accuser. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:35:49,880 –> 00:35:52,560
\nGod is not the prosecutor.
\nThe opposite is true. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:35:52,560 –> 00:35:58,640
\nGod is for us and he delights to
\nbe on our team. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:36:00,680 –> 00:36:02,360
\nHe’s not on the prosecuting
\nteam. <\/p>\n

538
\n00:36:02,360 –> 00:36:05,560
\nHe’s on the defense team.
\nHe is the judge who will acquit <\/p>\n

539
\n00:36:05,560 –> 00:36:08,400
\nus.
\nVerse 32. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:36:08,840 –> 00:36:13,000
\nOh, carrying on, sorry, in verse
\n31, who then can be against us? <\/p>\n

541
\n00:36:13,800 –> 00:36:19,120
\nYes, people might throw whatever
\nthey like at us, insults, false <\/p>\n

542
\n00:36:19,120 –> 00:36:29,120
\naccusations, misjudgments, but
\nif God is for us, who really <\/p>\n

543
\n00:36:29,120 –> 00:36:33,000
\ncan’t be against us?
\nVerse 32 Indeed, he who did not <\/p>\n

544
\n00:36:33,000 –> 00:36:37,680
\nspare his own son, but again,
\nparodidomy gave him up, handed <\/p>\n

545
\n00:36:37,680 –> 00:36:44,760
\nhim over for us.
\nGod was doing all of this for <\/p>\n

546
\n00:36:44,760 –> 00:36:49,160
\nyou and for me from the
\nbeginning. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:36:49,160 –> 00:36:54,480
\nIt was for us.
\nAs Peter said, Christ suffered <\/p>\n

548
\n00:36:54,760 –> 00:37:00,960
\nfor us the end of verse 32.
\nHow will He not also along with <\/p>\n

549
\n00:37:00,960 –> 00:37:05,440
\nHim, freely give us all things?
\nYes, the Lord might give and <\/p>\n

550
\n00:37:05,440 –> 00:37:07,680
\ntake away.
\nWe might have things taken away <\/p>\n

551
\n00:37:07,680 –> 00:37:10,440
\nin this life, Brothers and
\nsisters, we might suffer now, <\/p>\n

552
\n00:37:10,440 –> 00:37:16,560
\nbut God is delighted to give us
\nas He gave to Job in abundance. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:37:16,760 –> 00:37:22,240
\nVerse 33, who will bring any
\ncharge against God’s elect? <\/p>\n

554
\n00:37:24,680 –> 00:37:28,200
\nThat’s Isaiah 50, isn’t it?
\nWho will contend with me? <\/p>\n

555
\n00:37:29,480 –> 00:37:31,680
\nWho is my adversary?
\nWho will bring any charge <\/p>\n

556
\n00:37:31,680 –> 00:37:34,000
\nagainst God’s elect?
\nAnd you can read the end of <\/p>\n

557
\n00:37:34,000 –> 00:37:39,080
\nverse 33 like a question.
\nGod who justifies. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:37:40,840 –> 00:37:44,800
\nHe is the one who vindicates.
\nHe is the one who defends. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:37:44,920 –> 00:37:48,880
\nHe is the one who is willing
\ndespite your sin and despite my <\/p>\n

560
\n00:37:48,880 –> 00:37:52,040
\nsin.
\nHe is willing to declare us <\/p>\n

561
\n00:37:52,280 –> 00:37:56,680
\ninnocent.
\nThat’s God. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:37:57,480 –> 00:38:02,840
\nJob was wrong.
\nThankfully, Job learned that <\/p>\n

563
\n00:38:03,640 –> 00:38:07,480
\nverse 34.
\nWho is the one who will condemn?<\/p>\n

564
\n00:38:08,640 –> 00:38:11,080
\nAgain, that’s Isaiah 50, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

565
\n00:38:11,080 –> 00:38:16,040
\nWho is the one who will condemn?
\nAnd read the end of verse 34 <\/p>\n

566
\n00:38:16,480 –> 00:38:20,720
\nagain like a question.
\nChrist, is he going to condemn <\/p>\n

567
\n00:38:20,720 –> 00:38:23,000
\nyou?
\nChrist, the one who died, and <\/p>\n

568
\n00:38:23,000 –> 00:38:26,760
\nmore than that, who was raised,
\nwho is at the right hand of God,<\/p>\n

569
\n00:38:26,960 –> 00:38:32,160
\nand who’s also interceding our
\nadvocate for us. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:38:46,910 –> 00:38:49,030
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