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Speaker 1: I'm John STANGEI, and today we're in Job, chapter thirty

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Speaker 1: two and will be reading from the English Standard version.

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Speaker 1: So these three men ceased to answer Job because he

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Speaker 1: was righteous in his own eyes. Then Elaihu, the son

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Speaker 1: of Barrichal, the Buzite of the family of Ram, burned

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Speaker 1: with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he

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Speaker 1: justified himself rather than God. He burned with anger also

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Speaker 1: at Job's three friends because they had found no answer,

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Speaker 1: although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.

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Speaker 1: Now Eli, who had waited to speak to Job because

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Speaker 1: they were older than he, I who saw that there

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Speaker 1: was no answer in the mouth of these three men,

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Speaker 1: he burned with anger. And Eli, who the son of

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Speaker 1: Berichal the Buzite, answered and said, I am young in

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Speaker 1: years and you are aged. Therefore I was timid and

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Speaker 1: afraid to declare my opinion to you. I said, let

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Speaker 1: days speak and many years teach wisdom. But it is

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Speaker 1: the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that

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Speaker 1: makes him understand. It is not the old who are wise,

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Speaker 1: nor the aged who understand what is right. Therefore, I say,

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Speaker 1: listen to me, let me also declare my opinion. Behold,

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Speaker 1: I waited for your words. I listened for your wise sayings,

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Speaker 1: while you searched out what to say. I gave you

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Speaker 1: my attention. And behold, there was none among you who

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Speaker 1: refuted job or who answered his words. Beware less you

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Speaker 1: say we have found wisdom. God may vanquish him, not

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Speaker 1: a man. He has not directed his words against me,

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Speaker 1: and I will not answer him with your speeches. They

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Speaker 1: are dismayed. They answer no more. They have not a

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Speaker 1: word to say. And shall I wait because they do

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Speaker 1: not speak? Because they stand there and answer no more.

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Speaker 1: I also will answer with my share. I also will

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Speaker 1: declare my opinion, for I am full of words. The

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Speaker 1: spirit within me constrains me. Behold, my belly is like

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Speaker 1: wine that has no vent, like new wine skins ready

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Speaker 1: to burst. I must speak that I may find relief.

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Speaker 1: I must open my lips and answer. I will not

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Speaker 1: show partiality to any man, or use flattery toward any person,

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Speaker 1: for I do not know how to flatter. Else my

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Speaker 1: maker would soon take me away let's pray. Lord, we

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Speaker 1: thank you for your word, and we thank you for

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Speaker 1: the privilege of being able to look at this portion

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Speaker 1: of scripture today, and we thank you for the things

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Speaker 1: that are contained here and the words that you used

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Speaker 1: Eli Who to speak into the context of what's been

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Speaker 1: taking place in this book. And Lord, there's some wisdom here,

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Speaker 1: and there's some things that we would do well to

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Speaker 1: learn from the things that you shared through a lie who. Lord,

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Speaker 1: we watch as a lie who confronts Job for justifying himself,

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Speaker 1: for declaring himself righteous. We also see as Eli who

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Speaker 1: confronts Job's friends because they were not helpful in their answers.

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Speaker 1: They did not answer correctly. They answered as people who

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Speaker 1: at times didn't seem to understand your ways. And Lord,

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Speaker 1: among the various ways we can apply this scripture to

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Speaker 1: our lives, we pray that one of the things we

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Speaker 1: would learn from it is not to be wise in

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Speaker 1: our own eyes, but to recognize that wisdom comes to

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Speaker 1: those who have faith in Jesus Christ through the power

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Speaker 1: of your Holy Spirit. And Lord, you tell us time

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Speaker 1: and time again in your word to pray for wisdom,

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Speaker 1: to seek wisdom from you, and that you delight to

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Speaker 1: supply it. And so Lord, we pray that, by your grace,

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Speaker 1: that you would grant us your wisdom, and that you

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Speaker 1: would help us to walk as men and women who

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Speaker 1: know you, who love you, who have experienced salvation through

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Speaker 1: faith in your son Jesus Christ, and who are open

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Speaker 1: to the leading of your spirit as you lead our hearts,

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Speaker 1: to be obedient to you, to walk by faith in you,

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Speaker 1: to trust in you in all circumstances. Lord, we love you,

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Speaker 1: and we're grateful for your presence with us today. And Lord,

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Speaker 1: we just thank you for the fact that you've given

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Speaker 1: us access to your word so that we can study it,

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Speaker 1: learn from it, and ultimately gain a greater glimpse of

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Speaker 1: your heart. We thank you for all these things, and

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Speaker 1: we pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.