WEBVTT - Job 8

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>John Stangey, and today we're in Job chapter eight and

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<v Speaker 1>we'll be reading from the message. Bill Dad from Shoeha

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<v Speaker 1>was next to speak. How can you keep on talking

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<v Speaker 1>like this? You're talking nonsense and noisy nonsense? At that?

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<v Speaker 1>Does God mess up? Does God Almighty ever get things backward?

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<v Speaker 1>It's plain that your children sinned against him? Otherwise why

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<v Speaker 1>would God have punished them. Here's what you must do,

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<v Speaker 1>and don't put it off any longer. Get down on

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<v Speaker 1>your knees before God Almighty. If you're as innocent and

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<v Speaker 1>upright as you say, it's not too late. He'll come running.

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<v Speaker 1>He'll set everything right again, re establish your fortunes. Even

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<v Speaker 1>though you're not much right now, you'll end up better

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<v Speaker 1>than ever. Put the question to our ancestors. Study what

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<v Speaker 1>they learn from their ancestors. For we're newcomers at this,

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<v Speaker 1>with a lot to learn and not too long to

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<v Speaker 1>learn it. So why not let the ancients teach you?

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<v Speaker 1>Tell you what's right, instruct you in what they knew

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<v Speaker 1>from experience. Can mighty pine trees grow tall without soil?

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<v Speaker 1>Can lushous tomatoes flourish without water? Blossoming flowers look great

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<v Speaker 1>before they're cut or picked, But without soil or water,

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<v Speaker 1>they wither more quickly than grass. That's what happens to

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<v Speaker 1>all who forget God. All their hopes come to nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>They hang their life from one thin thread. They hitch

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<v Speaker 1>their fate to a spider web. One jiggle and the

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<v Speaker 1>thread breaks, one jab and the web collapses. Or they're

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<v Speaker 1>like weeds springing up in the sunshine, invading the garden,

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<v Speaker 1>spreading everywhere, overtaking the flowers, getting a foothold even in

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<v Speaker 1>the rocks. But when the gardener rips them out by

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<v Speaker 1>the roots, the garden doesn't miss them one bit. The

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<v Speaker 1>sooner the godless are gone, the better, then good plants

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<v Speaker 1>can grow in their place. There's no way that God

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<v Speaker 1>will reject a good person, and there is no way

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<v Speaker 1>he'll help a bad one. God will let you laugh again.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll raise the roof with shouts of joy, with your

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<v Speaker 1>enemies thoroughly discredited, their house of cards collapsed. Let's pray, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>We thank you for your word, and we thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for the privilege of being able to look at it

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<v Speaker 1>together today. And Lord, as we've been going through the

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<v Speaker 1>book of Job, it's interesting to see the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>counsel that his friends choose to give to him, because

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<v Speaker 1>interspersed in the midst of what seems like helpful commentary,

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<v Speaker 1>we also see some stark lines that they draw that

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<v Speaker 1>don't necessarily take into account the fact that at times

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<v Speaker 1>you allow trials to come into the lives of those

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<v Speaker 1>that you love for the purpose of glorifying your name

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<v Speaker 1>and strengthening their faith. And Lord, we know that this

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<v Speaker 1>was an experience that you were allowing Job to go

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<v Speaker 1>through to testify to the power of your presence with him,

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<v Speaker 1>to help him to go from being a man who

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<v Speaker 1>knew about you to becoming a man who knows you

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<v Speaker 1>in a deeper way than he ever knew before. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we know that that's a purpose for the trials and

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<v Speaker 1>our lives as well, that they would point out our

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<v Speaker 1>need for You, that we would recognize through the experiences

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<v Speaker 1>that we have in this world, that we need the

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<v Speaker 1>gift of salvation through your son Jesus Christ, and that

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<v Speaker 1>we would ask for that rescue. Lord, thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>making that abundantly clear to us from your word, and

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<v Speaker 1>we pray that throughout the course of each day that

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<v Speaker 1>we wouldn't be so self reliant in the sense that

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<v Speaker 1>we forget to come to You for the help that

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<v Speaker 1>we truly need. Lord, will we try and go about

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<v Speaker 1>life and our own strength. We're setting ourselves up for failure.

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<v Speaker 1>We need your strength. And we're grateful that through faith

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<v Speaker 1>in your Son, your power is present within us and

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<v Speaker 1>is being worked out through us. So we're grateful for

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<v Speaker 1>all of these things, and we're grateful for these reminders

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<v Speaker 1>that we see in your word today. And we pray

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<v Speaker 1>this all in Jesus' name. Amen.