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Speaker 1: I'm John Stangey, and today we're in Job chapter fourteen,

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Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the New English translation. Man

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Speaker 1: born of woman lives but a few days, and they

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Speaker 1: are full of trouble. He grows up like a flower,

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Speaker 1: and then withers away. He flees like a shadow, and

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Speaker 1: does not remain. Do you fix your eye on such

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Speaker 1: a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

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Speaker 1: Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean?

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Speaker 1: No one? Since man's days are determined, the number of

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Speaker 1: his months is under your control. You have set his limit,

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Speaker 1: and he cannot pass it. Look away from him and

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Speaker 1: let him desist until he fulfills his time like a

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Speaker 1: hired man. But there is hope for a tree. If

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Speaker 1: it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its

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Speaker 1: new shoots will not fail. Although its roots may grow

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Speaker 1: in the soil. At the scent of water, it will

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Speaker 1: flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant. But

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Speaker 1: man dies and is powerless. He expires, and where is he?

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Speaker 1: As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains

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Speaker 1: away and dries up. So man lies down and does

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Speaker 1: not rise until the heavens are no more. They will

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Speaker 1: not awake nor arise from their sleep. Oh that you

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Speaker 1: would hide me in shield and conceal me till your

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Speaker 1: anger has passed. Oh that you would set me a

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Speaker 1: time and then remember me. If a man dies, will

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Speaker 1: he live again? All the days of my hard service,

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Speaker 1: I will wait until my release comes. You will call

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Speaker 1: an eye, I will answer you. You will long for

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Speaker 1: the creature you have made. Surely now you count my steps,

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Speaker 1: Then you would not mark my sin. My offenses would

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Speaker 1: be sealed up in a bag. You would cover over

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Speaker 1: my sin. But as a mountain falls away and crumbles,

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Speaker 1: and as a rock will be removed from its place,

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Speaker 1: as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil.

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Speaker 1: So you destroy man's hope. You overpower him once for all,

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Speaker 1: and he departs. You change his appearance and send him away.

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Speaker 1: If his sons are honored, he does not know it.

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Speaker 1: If they are brought low, he does not see it.

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Speaker 1: Only his flesh has pain. For himself, and he horns

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Speaker 1: for himself. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for your word,

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Speaker 1: and we thank you for the privilege of being able

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Speaker 1: to look at it together today. And Lord, as we

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Speaker 1: look at this portion of scripture, Job's prayer before you

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Speaker 1: and his lament illustrates the craving and the desire that

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Speaker 1: we as humanity have for resurrection. And Lord, it's clear

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Speaker 1: that we, as believers living in this New Testament era,

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Speaker 1: than Job certainly had. But Lord, his prayer illustrates his

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Speaker 1: desire for it, and he sensed his need for it.

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Speaker 1: And we're grateful, Lord that you supply it for us

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Speaker 1: through your son Jesus Christ, who was the first to

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Speaker 1: rise from death, and the victory that he secured over sin,

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Speaker 1: satan and death he shares with all of us who

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Speaker 1: trust in him. So, Lord, we're grateful that you have

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Speaker 1: provided life for us beyond this earthly existence. Lord, you've

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Speaker 1: promised us a new body. You've promised us life everlasting

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Speaker 1: in your presence. You've promised us that you are preparing

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Speaker 1: a place for us, and that when you call us,

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Speaker 1: we will go to be where you are and you

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Speaker 1: will live with humanity, you will live with mankind, and

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Speaker 1: all our sorrow and all our pain, and all our

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Speaker 1: mourning and all our tears will ultimately be wiped away

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Speaker 1: as you restore what our sin has corrupted. So Lord,

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Speaker 1: we're grateful for that fact, and we look forward to

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Speaker 1: that as our future. And we're grateful Lord for your

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Speaker 1: presence with us today. We commit this day to your care,

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Speaker 1: and we just thank you for all of these things

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Speaker 1: in Jesus' name. Amen,