This Weeks Sermon “God answers Job” JÕB 38-42
This Weeks Sermon “My servant JÕB” JÕB 1
What is this book all about? Does Job worship God out of genuine love or because of God’s blessing?
Job 2:10 In all this, Job did not sin in what he said
Counseling Session #1 Eliphaz: 4-5 Job: 6-7 Bildad: 8 Job: 9-10 Zophar: 11 Job: 12-14
Counseling Session #2 Eliphaz: 15 Job: 16-17 Bildad: 18 Job: 19 Zophar: 20 Job: 21
Counseling Session #3 Eliphaz: 22 Job: 23-24 Bildad: 25 Job: 26-31 Zophar: (silence) Counseling Session by a new ‘friend’ Elihu – 32-37
God answers Job
God of the Old Testament is a God of Judgment
God of the Old Testament is a God of Judgment Judgment in Greek is where we get our English word “Crisis”
Crisis: the turning point for better or worse.
Crisis: the turning point for better or worse. Think any book/movie
Crisis: the turning point for better or worse. Think any book/movie Sometimes its both better and worse!
Crisis: the turning point for better or worse. Think any book/movie Jurassic Park
Crisis: the turning point for better or worse. Think any book/movie “Boy do I hate being right all the time.”
We see Crises all over the Bible and we see God’s mercy and judgment. God’s grace and wrath.
“I have been wronged, and I will have my day in court!” Job 31:35-37 35 “Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense— let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing. 36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown. 37 I would give him an account of my every step; like a prince I would approach him.”
God answers Job
Job 38:1-7 Then the L ORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: 2 “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? 3 Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
Job 38:1-7 4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. 5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? 6 On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone— 7 while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
God answers Job 73 sarcastic questions
Job 38:19-21 19 “What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside? 20 Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings? 21 Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!
Job 38:31-32 31 “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion’s belt? 32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs?
Job 38:31-32 13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork. 14 She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand, 15 unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them. 16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain, 17 for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense. 18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.
God addresses Job again
Job 40:1-8 The L ORD said to Job: 2 “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”
Job 40:1-8 The L ORD said to Job: 2 “Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!” 31:35b let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
Job addresses God
Job 40:1-8 3 Then Job answered the L ORD : 4 “I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth. 5 I spoke once, but I have no answer— twice, but I will say no more.”
Do you think I AM finished?
Job 40:1-8 6 Then the L ORD spoke to Job out of the storm: 7 “Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
Job 40:1-8 6 Then the L ORD spoke to Job out of the storm: 7 “Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. 8 Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
Job 40:8 8 Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself? “This is the question that every Christian has to face in the house of mourning. In order to justify yourself, are you ready to condemn God.” – R.C. Sproul
Job 40:8 8 Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself? Justice – punishing one to vindicate another. There is something that Job can’t see.
Job Replies for the last time
Job 42:1-6 Then Job replied to the L ORD : 2 “I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Job 42:1-6 4 “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.’ 5 My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. 6 Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
Job 42:1-6 He doesn’t repent of the sins that caused the calamities, he repents of his mistrust in the midst of his pain.
Restoration
Job 42:10-17 10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the L ORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. 11 All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the L ORD had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
Job 42:10-17 12 The L ORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. 13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. 15 Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers. 16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17 And so Job died, an old man and full of years.
Romans 3:25-26 (ESV) 25 [Jesus] whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
We see Crises all over the Bible and we see God’s mercy and judgment. God’s grace and wrath. But in Christ – Is both mercy and judgment Grace and wrath.
We see Crises all over the Bible and we see God’s mercy and judgment. God’s grace and wrath. But in Christ – Is both mercy and judgment Grace and wrath. As the Father pours out his wrath, it is only through Christ, that God also pours out his mercy on us who put their faith in him.
“This is a key point of theology of the cross: God is most present precisely where he seems most absent”
“This is a key point of theology of the cross: God is most present precisely where he seems most absent” All is lost – God is dying on a cross!!!
“This is a key point of theology of the cross: God is most present precisely where he seems most absent” All is lost – God is dying on a cross! All is won – because God is dying on the cross so you don’t have to
Luther and the leaf on the tree, and not seeing the forest. “I want to keep the winds of the whole substance of Scripture blowing in my mind as it helps me understand each and every detail.” - Luther
Gospel Application Do you worship because you love God, or because of his blessing? Will you join in the suffering of the Savior to join in his Exaltation?
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