WEBVTT - Job 2

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

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll be reading from the New Living Translation. One day,

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<v Speaker 1>the members of the Heavenly Court came again to present

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<v Speaker 1>themselves before the Lord, and the accuser, Satan, came with them.

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<v Speaker 1>Where have you come from, the Lord asked Satan. Satan

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<v Speaker 1>answered the Lord, I have been patrolling the earth, watching

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<v Speaker 1>everything that's going on. Then the Lord asked, Satan, have

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<v Speaker 1>you noticed my servant Job. He is the finest man

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<v Speaker 1>in all the earth. He is blameless, a man of

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<v Speaker 1>complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil,

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<v Speaker 1>and he has maintained his integrity even though you urged

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<v Speaker 1>me to harm him without cause. Satan replied to the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Skin for skin, a man will give up everything he

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<v Speaker 1>has to save his life, but reach out and take

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<v Speaker 1>away his health, and he will surely curse you to

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<v Speaker 1>your face. All right, do with him as you please,

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord said to Satan, but spare his life. So

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<v Speaker 1>Satan left the Lord's presence and he struck Job with

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<v Speaker 1>terrible boils from head to foot. Job scraped his skin

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<v Speaker 1>with a piece of broken pottery. As he sat among

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<v Speaker 1>the ashes, his wife said to him, are you still

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<v Speaker 1>trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die? But

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<v Speaker 1>Job replied, you talk like a foolish woman. Should we

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<v Speaker 1>accept only good things from the hand of God and

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<v Speaker 1>never anything bad? So in all this Job said nothing wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>When three of Job's friends heard of the tragedy he

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<v Speaker 1>had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes

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<v Speaker 1>to comfort and console him. Their names were Elephaz the Temanite,

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Dad the shoe Height, and so Far the Namathite.

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<v Speaker 1>When they saw Job from a distance, they scarcely recognized him.

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<v Speaker 1>Wailing loudly, they tore their robes and threw dust into

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<v Speaker 1>the air over their heads to show their grief. Then

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<v Speaker 1>they sat on the ground with him for seven days

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<v Speaker 1>and nights. No one said a word to Job, for

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<v Speaker 1>they saw that his suffering was too great for words.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for your word, and

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<v Speaker 1>we thank you for the privilege of being able to

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<v Speaker 1>look at it today. And Lord, as we read through

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<v Speaker 1>this book, you allow us to walk through this trial

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<v Speaker 1>that you allowed job to go through. And we can

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<v Speaker 1>see here in this portion of scripture that his sorrow

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<v Speaker 1>is so deep, it's so great. He's now being physically

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<v Speaker 1>afflicted on top of everything else. But he accepts it.

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<v Speaker 1>He believes in you, he believes in your sovereignty, and

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't seem to look at his life and despair

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that you have allowed these things to come

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<v Speaker 1>his way. He certainly grieves, but at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>he accepts what you allow. And Lord, by your grace,

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<v Speaker 1>we pray that that would be a mindset that we

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<v Speaker 1>would cultivate as well. But we know that that could

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<v Speaker 1>only be something that we accept if we have the

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<v Speaker 1>mind of Christ, if we think like your son Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>But even as he gave us an example of prayer,

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<v Speaker 1>prayed not his will, but your will be done. Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>That's extremely difficult for us to wrestle with. We idolize

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<v Speaker 1>our own will. But Lord, your sovereign, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>what's best, and we're grateful that we can trust that

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<v Speaker 1>whatever you decide is for your glory and for our good.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Lord, for the fact that you have revealed

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<v Speaker 1>to us our need for salvation. Through faith in Jesus,

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<v Speaker 1>and so that in the midst of anything we go

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<v Speaker 1>through this side of heaven, we recognize Lord, that you

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<v Speaker 1>are present with us and in us, and that it's

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<v Speaker 1>all going to work out on the other end. Thank you,

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<v Speaker 1>Lord for making that known to us. And we pray

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<v Speaker 1>that in the midst of our trials that you would

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<v Speaker 1>comfort us and remind us of these things, but you

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<v Speaker 1>would fill us with joy as well, so that our

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<v Speaker 1>sense of peace and satisfaction in this world is something

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<v Speaker 1>that's never dependent on our changing circumstances. We love you, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>and we thank you for all of these things, and

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