WEBVTT - Job 1

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<v Speaker 1>I'm John Stogey, and today we're in Job chapter one

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll be reading from the contemporary English version. Many

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<v Speaker 1>years ago, a man named Job lived in the land

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<v Speaker 1>of Uz. He was a truly good person who respected

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<v Speaker 1>God and refused to do evil. Job had seven sons

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<v Speaker 1>and three daughters. He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels,

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred pair of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and a

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<v Speaker 1>large number of servants. He was the richest person in

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<v Speaker 1>the east. Job's sons took turns having feasts in their homes,

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<v Speaker 1>and they always invited their three sisters to join in

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<v Speaker 1>the eating and drinking. Each feast, Job would send for

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<v Speaker 1>his children and perform a ceremony as a way of

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<v Speaker 1>asking God to forgive them of any wrongs they may

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<v Speaker 1>have done. He would get up early the next morning

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<v Speaker 1>and offer a sacrifice for each of them, just in

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<v Speaker 1>case they had sinned or silently cursed God. One day,

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<v Speaker 1>when the angels had gathered around the Lord and Satan

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<v Speaker 1>was there with them, the lord asked, Satan, where have

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<v Speaker 1>you been. Satan replied, I have been going all over

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<v Speaker 1>the earth. Then the Lord asked, what do you think

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<v Speaker 1>of my servant Job. No one on earth is like him.

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<v Speaker 1>He is a truly good person who respects me and

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<v Speaker 1>refuses to do evil. Why shouldn't he respect you? Satan remarked,

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<v Speaker 1>you are like a wall, protecting not only him, but

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<v Speaker 1>his entire family and all his property. You make him

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<v Speaker 1>successful in whatever he does, and his flocks and herds

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<v Speaker 1>are everwhere. Try taking away everything he owns and he

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<v Speaker 1>will curse you to your face. The lord replied, all right, Satan,

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<v Speaker 1>do what you want with anything that belongs to him,

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<v Speaker 1>but don't harm Job. Then Satan left. Job's sons and

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<v Speaker 1>daughters were having a feast in the home of his

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<v Speaker 1>oldest son when someone rushed up to Job and said,

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<v Speaker 1>while your servants were plowing with your oxen and your

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<v Speaker 1>donkeys were nearby eating grass, a gang of Sabinians attacked

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<v Speaker 1>and stole the oxen and donkeys. Your other servants were killed,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was the only one who escaped to tell you.

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<v Speaker 1>That servant was still speaking when a second one came,

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<v Speaker 1>running up and saying God sent down a fire that

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<v Speaker 1>killed your sheep and your servants. I am the only

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<v Speaker 1>one who escaped to tell you. Before that servant finished speaking,

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<v Speaker 1>a third one raced up and said, three gangs of

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<v Speaker 1>cold attacked and stole your camels. All of your other

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<v Speaker 1>servants were killed, and I am the only one who

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<v Speaker 1>escaped to tell you. That servant was still speaking when

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<v Speaker 1>a fourth one dashed up and said, your children were

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<v Speaker 1>having a feast and drinking wine at the home of

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<v Speaker 1>your oldest son, when suddenly a windstorm from the desert

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<v Speaker 1>blew the house down, crushing all of your children. I

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<v Speaker 1>am the only one who escaped to tell you. When

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<v Speaker 1>Job heard this, he tore his clothes and shaved his

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<v Speaker 1>head because of his great sorrow. He knelt on the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>Then worshiped God and said, we bring nothing at birth,

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<v Speaker 1>we take nothing with us at death. The Lord alone

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<v Speaker 1>gives and takes praise the name of the Lord. In

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<v Speaker 1>spite of everything, Job did not sin or accuse God

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<v Speaker 1>of doing wrong. Pray, Lord, we thank you for your word,

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<v Speaker 1>and we thank you for the privilege of beginning our

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<v Speaker 1>study of this new book together, the book of Job

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<v Speaker 1>and Lord. We're grateful for the things that you illustrate

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<v Speaker 1>to us and for us in this passage. But Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a difficult and sad passage for us to read.

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<v Speaker 1>To think of a kind man like Job losing his family,

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<v Speaker 1>losing his possessions, losing the things that mattered to him

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<v Speaker 1>in this world apart from you, Lord, we can't help

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<v Speaker 1>but feel compassion toward him, particularly Lord when we think

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<v Speaker 1>about the grief that he must have experienced in the

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<v Speaker 1>loss of all of his children in one moment. But Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we're also grateful for the testimony that we see at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of this chapter, as Job praise to you

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<v Speaker 1>and recognizes that you're the one who gives and takes,

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<v Speaker 1>and that your name should be praised, regardless that our

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<v Speaker 1>desire to praise you should never be dependent on our circumstances.

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<v Speaker 1>That you're good, whether everything we want to have happened

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<v Speaker 1>to us happens or whether it doesn't. And Job did

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<v Speaker 1>not sin or accuse you of doing wrong, even in

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<v Speaker 1>the midst of the greatest trial he had ever experienced.

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<v Speaker 1>And Lord, we wrestle with that. Sometimes in the midst

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<v Speaker 1>of our trials, we can get angry with you, and

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<v Speaker 1>we can question your decisions or why you allow certain

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<v Speaker 1>things to come into our lives. But Lord, you tell

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<v Speaker 1>us elsewhere in scripture that the trials that come upon

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<v Speaker 1>us are actually things that have been designed to strengthen

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<v Speaker 1>our faith, to help us to trust in you more deeply,

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<v Speaker 1>to help us to recognize that if we have your

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<v Speaker 1>son Jesus Christ as our savior, then we have everything

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<v Speaker 1>we truly need in the midst of this world. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we pray that, by your grace that we would be

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<v Speaker 1>content with Christ, that we would be satisfied with what

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<v Speaker 1>you choose to supply, that we would accept whatever you

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<v Speaker 1>choose to bring our way, and that we would understand

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<v Speaker 1>that you have a great and mighty purpose for our lives.

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<v Speaker 1>And in almost every context, the way that plays out

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<v Speaker 1>is going to look different than what we expected. Help

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<v Speaker 1>us to be okay with that, we pray, we love you, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>We thank you for your presence with us today, and

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<v Speaker 1>we commit this day to your care in Jesus' name. Amen.