WEBVTT - Job 9

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

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll be reading from the New English translation. Then

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<v Speaker 1>Job answered, truly, I know that this is so. But

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<v Speaker 1>how can a human be just before God? If someone

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<v Speaker 1>wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one

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<v Speaker 1>time in a thousand. He is wise in heart and

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<v Speaker 1>mighty in strength, who has resisted him and remained safe.

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<v Speaker 1>He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger.

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<v Speaker 1>He who shakes the earth out of its place, so

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<v Speaker 1>that its pillars tremble. He who commands the sun and

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<v Speaker 1>it does not shine, and see up the stars. He

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<v Speaker 1>alone spreads out the heavens and treads on the waves

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<v Speaker 1>of the sea. He makes the bear Orion, and the Pleiades,

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<v Speaker 1>and the constellations of the southern sky. He does great

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<v Speaker 1>and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number. If he

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<v Speaker 1>passes by me, I cannot see him. If he goes

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<v Speaker 1>by I cannot perceive him. If he snatches away, who

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<v Speaker 1>can turn him back. Who dares to say to him,

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<v Speaker 1>what are you doing? God does not restrain his anger

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<v Speaker 1>under him. The helpers of Raehab lie crushed. How much

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<v Speaker 1>less then can I answer him and choose my words

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<v Speaker 1>to argue with him? Although I am innocent, I could

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<v Speaker 1>not answer him. I could only plead with my judge

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<v Speaker 1>for mercy. If I summoned him and he answered me,

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<v Speaker 1>I would not believe that he would be listening to

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<v Speaker 1>my voice. He who crushes me with a tempest and

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<v Speaker 1>multiple applies my wounds for no reason. He does not

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<v Speaker 1>allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me

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<v Speaker 1>with bitterness. If it is a matter of strength, most

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<v Speaker 1>certainly he is the strong one. And if it is

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<v Speaker 1>a matter of justice, he will say, who will summon me?

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<v Speaker 1>Although I am innocent, My mouth would condemn me. Although

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<v Speaker 1>I am blameless, it would declare me perverse. I am blameless.

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<v Speaker 1>I do not know myself. I despise my life. It

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<v Speaker 1>is all one. That is why I say. He destroys

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<v Speaker 1>the blameless and the guilty. If a scourge brings sudden death,

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<v Speaker 1>he mocks at the despair of the innocent. If a

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<v Speaker 1>land has been given into the hand of a wicked man.

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<v Speaker 1>He covers the faces of its judges. If it is

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<v Speaker 1>not he, then who is it. My days are swifter

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<v Speaker 1>than a runner. They speed by without seeing happiness. They lie.

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<v Speaker 1>I buy like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops

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<v Speaker 1>down on its prey. If I say I will forget

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<v Speaker 1>my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful.

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<v Speaker 1>I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you

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<v Speaker 1>do not hold me blameless. If I am guilty, why

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<v Speaker 1>then weary myself in vain? If I wash myself with

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<v Speaker 1>snow water and make my hands clean with lye, then

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<v Speaker 1>you plunge me into a slimy pit, and my own

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<v Speaker 1>clothes abhor me. For he is not a human being

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<v Speaker 1>like I am. That I might answer him, that we

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<v Speaker 1>might come together in judgment. Nor is there an arbiter

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<v Speaker 1>between us who might lay his hand on us both,

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<v Speaker 1>who would take his rod away from me so that

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<v Speaker 1>his terror would not make me afraid? Then would I

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<v Speaker 1>speak and not fear him? But it is not so

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

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<v Speaker 1>and we thank you for the privilege of looking at

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<v Speaker 1>this portion of Scripture. As Job pours out his heart

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<v Speaker 1>in anguish before you. Lord, It's not pleasant to imagine

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<v Speaker 1>the things that job was experiencing, but it is interesting

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<v Speaker 1>to think about or to see some of the things

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<v Speaker 1>that he was thinking about as he conveys them in

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<v Speaker 1>this passage. Lord, it seems like one of the things

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<v Speaker 1>he was truly longing for was an arbiter or a

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<v Speaker 1>mediator between him and you. He sensed his need for

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<v Speaker 1>this arbiter, and Lord, that's fascinating when we tie that

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<v Speaker 1>to the grand narrative of all of scripture that you

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<v Speaker 1>have supplied. That arbiter, your son, Jesus Christ, is the

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<v Speaker 1>mediator between God and man. And because of the work

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<v Speaker 1>that Jesus accomplished on our behalf by living the perfect life,

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<v Speaker 1>dying on the cross to pay for our sin, rising

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<v Speaker 1>from the grave, defeating sin, satan and death on our behalf,

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<v Speaker 1>we can come before you, We can enter into your

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<v Speaker 1>presence because we have a mediator, we have an advocate,

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<v Speaker 1>We have a defender, your son, Jesus Christ, who has

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<v Speaker 1>bridged the gap between our sinfulness and your holiness. Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>We know that ultimately only Jesus is blameless, but he

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<v Speaker 1>took our blame upon himself and We're so grateful to

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<v Speaker 1>be the beneficiaries of all that your son has accomplished

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<v Speaker 1>on our behalf. Lord, we love you, and we thank

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

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<v Speaker 1>you for fulfilling the longing of Job's heart as he

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<v Speaker 1>expresses it in this passage. Lord, he didn't get to

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<v Speaker 1>see that in his generation, but he desired it, and

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<v Speaker 1>we have the opportunity to be on the other side

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<v Speaker 1>of it now, as Jesus Christ has accomplished this all

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<v Speaker 1>and through him we are welcomed into your presence forever.

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

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