Episode Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:07.910
You know, we celebrate resurrection each
Sunday. We did it today in the
2
00:00:07.990 --> 00:00:18.390
churches throughout Tucson and I think it's
a very remarkable thing that indeed one of
3
00:00:18.469 --> 00:00:24.660
the greatest and most profound statements of
the doctrine of the resurrection in the entire
4
00:00:24.780 --> 00:00:30.899
Bible is found not in the New
Testament Gospels, where you might expect to
5
00:00:30.980 --> 00:00:36.969
find it, but rather in the
Old Testament. And not only that,
6
00:00:37.210 --> 00:00:43.210
it's found in what I think is
probably the oldest written book in the Bible.
7
00:00:44.929 --> 00:00:48.649
Now I'm referring, of course,
to the book of Job and the
8
00:00:48.729 --> 00:00:55.920
testimony that he gives recorded in the
nineteen chapter, Verses Twenty Five through twenty
9
00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:59.799
seven. That's our text for tonight. So if you would please stand and
10
00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:07.709
turn there, I will read this
remarkable text in the book job. I'm
11
00:01:07.750 --> 00:01:11.549
going to begin reading at Verse Twenty
Three and read through Verse Twenty Seven.
12
00:01:11.629 --> 00:01:19.579
Joe Nineteen, beginning with Verse Twenty
Three and going through twenty seven. Our
13
00:01:19.700 --> 00:01:26.459
Pastor at Rincon Mountain priest on this
text about three weeks ago and I want
14
00:01:26.459 --> 00:01:30.260
to return to it tonight. This
is a this is God's word for us
15
00:01:30.299 --> 00:01:38.209
this evening. Oh that my words
were written Oh that they were inscribed in
16
00:01:38.290 --> 00:01:42.849
a book, Oh that, with
an iron pin and lead, they were
17
00:01:42.930 --> 00:01:49.680
engraved in the rock forever. Listen
to these words, for I know that
18
00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:57.480
my redeemer lives and at the last
he will stand upon the earth. And
19
00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.670
after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see
20
00:02:00.709 --> 00:02:07.509
god, whom I shall see from
myself and my eyes shall behold and not
21
00:02:07.710 --> 00:02:13.629
another. The grass withers and the
flower fades, but the word of our
22
00:02:13.710 --> 00:02:23.340
God stands forever. Please be seated. You know, critical scholars of the
23
00:02:23.419 --> 00:02:29.659
Old Testament. They they don't like
to treat job as an old book,
24
00:02:30.849 --> 00:02:36.210
and I think the reason is that
they have this they have this theory of
25
00:02:36.490 --> 00:02:42.689
Biblical revelation, which says that the
Old Testament people were pretty primitive, that
26
00:02:42.849 --> 00:02:46.680
they barely believed in an afterlife,
you know, let alone a resurrection,
27
00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:54.199
and they typically say that this doctrine
didn't come until the resurrection of Christ.
28
00:02:54.719 --> 00:03:01.550
There for they typically liberal scholars,
they typically date job late because because of
29
00:03:01.669 --> 00:03:07.830
the testimony in these verses here now, it's very interesting. There's there's absolutely
30
00:03:08.069 --> 00:03:15.099
nothing in job that will allow us
to date it by any known historical event.
31
00:03:16.740 --> 00:03:20.740
He doesn't refer to any king.
He doesn't talk about a flood,
32
00:03:22.180 --> 00:03:25.500
then talk about any earthquakes or anything
like that, which would maybe help us
33
00:03:25.539 --> 00:03:31.129
to date it. But there is
one reference that job refers to himself.
34
00:03:32.810 --> 00:03:37.930
In the opening sentence of the book. He says his he's living in the
35
00:03:38.009 --> 00:03:46.280
land of us. We don't know
a whole lot about us, except that
36
00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:51.039
there are several other old testament references
to it to place it near the Promised
37
00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:55.870
Land, near Canaan, the place
where the Jews lived and the SYTHON's.
38
00:03:57.069 --> 00:04:03.110
The significant thing about that is that
although this book reflects job's background, reflects
39
00:04:03.189 --> 00:04:11.419
his culture, and although us was
very close to Canaan, there's absolutely nothing
40
00:04:11.500 --> 00:04:18.699
in it it gives any reference whatsoever
the any of the events associated with Israel.
41
00:04:19.139 --> 00:04:25.529
There's no reference to the judges,
there's no prince, to Moses himself,
42
00:04:25.689 --> 00:04:30.970
there's no reference to his sidekick Joshua, there's no mention of the Exodus
43
00:04:32.089 --> 00:04:38.089
or even to the Patriarchs who came
before them. All. So you have
44
00:04:38.209 --> 00:04:44.360
to therefore conclude that job must have
been written before there ever was such a
45
00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:49.959
theocracy as the Commonwealth of Israel.
In other words, job is an old,
46
00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:58.029
old, old book perhaps, as
I've said, that I'm persuaded it
47
00:04:58.230 --> 00:05:03.230
may be the oldest written book in
the Bible, and the importance of that
48
00:05:04.389 --> 00:05:14.300
is that in it we find this
remarkable testimony of the resurrection of God.
49
00:05:15.500 --> 00:05:18.740
Now you, most of you,
know the background to this testimony. It's
50
00:05:18.779 --> 00:05:24.089
the story of job. Let me
just quickly give you the cliff notes to
51
00:05:24.170 --> 00:05:28.649
review it for you. You know, in the very first paragraph of the
52
00:05:28.769 --> 00:05:34.009
book we learned the job was an
extremely rich man, and we're given the
53
00:05:34.050 --> 00:05:41.279
inventory of his possessions. We're told
that he had seven thousand sheep and lots
54
00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:46.399
of camels. At three thousand camels, five hundred joke of oxen, five
55
00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:53.670
hundred donkeys. Besides that he had
seven sons through read daughters, and all
56
00:05:53.870 --> 00:06:00.629
the servants necessary to take care of
that very large establishment. Yet the most
57
00:06:00.670 --> 00:06:03.459
significant thing of all, as at
first paragraph of the book says, was
58
00:06:03.540 --> 00:06:12.420
that job was blameless and upright.
He feared God, he turned away from
59
00:06:12.420 --> 00:06:18.689
evil. Well, the next section
of job transports us into heaven and there
60
00:06:18.730 --> 00:06:24.370
we see Satan. We see the
fallen angels coming to present themselves before God
61
00:06:24.610 --> 00:06:30.970
to render an accounting for what they've
been doing. God Acts as Satan what
62
00:06:30.050 --> 00:06:35.000
he's been up to. Satan reports
that he's been going back and forth on
63
00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:41.120
the earth. And then God calls
attention to job and he says to Satan,
64
00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:44.439
you know, you've been going all
around the earth. You know what
65
00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:51.829
things are like. You understand human
nature. Have you considered job? He's
66
00:06:51.829 --> 00:06:58.629
an upright man. He fears God, he shuns evil. Now, at
67
00:06:58.709 --> 00:07:04.300
this point, Satan begins to slander
job and he says to God, you
68
00:07:04.379 --> 00:07:09.980
know, no, wonder job worships
you, God. It's because you made
69
00:07:09.980 --> 00:07:15.769
him a rich man. Not only
that, you've protected all these things that
70
00:07:15.930 --> 00:07:21.290
you've given him. Who wouldn't accept
a bargain like that? Any man in
71
00:07:21.410 --> 00:07:25.689
his right mind would give you a
little lips service if you would give and
72
00:07:25.810 --> 00:07:31.240
protect all his stuff. Satan says
that this is what job is doing.
73
00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:38.839
Now God denies this. He says
to Satan, well, let's let's just
74
00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:43.439
put it to the test. You
say that job loves me because of what
75
00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:47.110
I've given him. I'll let you
take it all away and then we'll just
76
00:07:47.589 --> 00:07:51.670
will just see what he does.
And so that's what Satan does. He
77
00:07:51.790 --> 00:07:57.709
goes out. You know the story. All at once, in rapid succession
78
00:07:57.870 --> 00:08:05.819
and a series of tragedies. All
of job's possessions are taken away. We
79
00:08:05.980 --> 00:08:11.980
read that the Sabeian's steal his oxen
and donkeys and they kill the servants who
80
00:08:11.980 --> 00:08:16.930
are taken care of them. Then
a messenger comes and tells him that lightning
81
00:08:18.050 --> 00:08:24.569
fell from the sky and destroyed the
sheep and those servants. Another Messenger comes
82
00:08:24.610 --> 00:08:28.519
and tells him how the Chaldean raiders
swept down, carried off all the camels
83
00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:35.799
and killed the servants that were guarding
the camels. And finally, a messenger
84
00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:43.750
brought this terrible news that a tornado
swept him from the desert and hit the
85
00:08:43.870 --> 00:08:48.230
house where job's sons and daughters were
all eating dinner. Than the roof caved
86
00:08:48.309 --> 00:08:54.750
in and all of his children were
killed. See, those are tragic and
87
00:08:54.950 --> 00:08:58.940
overwhelming events, and I don't know
about you, but I expect job to
88
00:09:00.019 --> 00:09:07.100
do what Satan said he would do, that he would curse God. Instead
89
00:09:07.100 --> 00:09:13.610
of that, here's what we find. We Find Job bowing down and worshiping
90
00:09:13.690 --> 00:09:18.850
God, and he says, naked
I came from my mother's Womb and naked
91
00:09:18.929 --> 00:09:24.919
I shall return. The Lord gave
and the Lord is taken away, blessed
92
00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:30.320
be the name of the Lord.
And the very last line of Chapter One
93
00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:37.799
says in all this, job did
not sin or charge God with wrong.
94
00:09:39.830 --> 00:09:43.669
Well, moving on, the second
chapters, even worse than the first.
95
00:09:46.269 --> 00:09:50.629
Once again we're back in heaven.
Satan's there and God calls attention to job.
96
00:09:50.750 --> 00:09:54.659
Again, Satan says the God will
is sure you know, but you
97
00:09:54.779 --> 00:10:01.299
have to understand that a person values
his health more than anything else. Job's
98
00:10:01.299 --> 00:10:05.139
afraid you're going to take away his
health. Take away his health and you'll
99
00:10:05.139 --> 00:10:09.690
find it. He'll curse you to
your face. So God told Satan he
100
00:10:09.730 --> 00:10:15.409
could take away job's health only if
he only that he had to spare job's
101
00:10:15.610 --> 00:10:20.250
life. And so Satan went out
in any afflicted. Joh Job with these
102
00:10:20.330 --> 00:10:24.679
terrible boils, he's painful boils.
Now, at this point in the story
103
00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:33.399
gets worse. Even job's wife turns
against him. Now she's lashing out,
104
00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:39.830
I'm sure in her pain over the
death of her kids. So she chees,
105
00:10:39.990 --> 00:10:41.750
says to her a husband, are
you still holding under your integrity?
106
00:10:41.870 --> 00:10:50.539
Curse God and die. But job, remarkably says, shall we receive good
107
00:10:50.659 --> 00:10:56.299
from God and not trouble? And
the text says, and in all this
108
00:10:56.659 --> 00:11:05.409
job did not send with his lips. Now here's the thing. Job didn't
109
00:11:05.409 --> 00:11:09.690
understand any of this. Nobody was
revealing to him, you know, what
110
00:11:09.889 --> 00:11:13.370
was going on? He didn't.
He didn't have the foggiest idea why all
111
00:11:13.409 --> 00:11:18.679
this had come down on his head. And yet, in the midst of
112
00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:26.360
all this tragedy and without any idea
whatsoever why it's happening, we get this
113
00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:35.549
remarkable confession of his faith in Chapter
Nineteen, and I find that it has
114
00:11:35.830 --> 00:11:39.309
three main points and I'd like to
take you through them so that will understand
115
00:11:39.429 --> 00:11:48.259
just just how remarkable this confession really
is. First of all, job says
116
00:11:48.299 --> 00:11:52.379
in Verse Twenty Five. Looked there. He says in Verse Twenty Five that
117
00:11:52.460 --> 00:12:00.539
he has a redeemer who lives.
Now, the idea of the redeemer in
118
00:12:00.620 --> 00:12:05.610
the old testaments. It's been it's
there. It's so important that basically there
119
00:12:05.649 --> 00:12:11.289
are three words in the Old Testament
used to describe it. Now the first
120
00:12:11.370 --> 00:12:16.639
word is is called Padda p a
d e h, the second is coffer
121
00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:20.960
and the third is a word called
Guy El, and the noun form of
122
00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:28.159
that verb is Goel and it refers
to a redeemer. Now all of these
123
00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:35.269
words. Basically they refer to a
powerful, influential person coming to the aid
124
00:12:35.389 --> 00:12:41.909
of somebody who's Oo's powerless. That's
the bottom line. It's the redeemer's job
125
00:12:41.669 --> 00:12:46.899
to help someone who's in trouble.
For example, if an Israelite lost his
126
00:12:46.980 --> 00:12:54.700
land because of some debt, for
example, the Redeemer's task was to buy
127
00:12:54.820 --> 00:12:58.460
the land and restore it to the
original owner, and he did it at
128
00:12:58.500 --> 00:13:07.730
his own cost. You remember the
story in Ruth Bo Az exercise exactly that
129
00:13:07.889 --> 00:13:13.120
role when he brought back the land
which had once belonged to the husband of
130
00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:18.559
Naomi and he returned it to the
family. Now that's what a redeemer does
131
00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:28.429
at all. Three of those words
basically describe that. But job in chapter
132
00:13:28.590 --> 00:13:35.190
nineteen he doesn't use the first two
of those words that I mentioned. He
133
00:13:35.350 --> 00:13:41.539
uses the third word, the word
guy L or Goel, and its noun
134
00:13:41.659 --> 00:13:48.860
form, and the unique quality of
that ORB is that it describes one who
135
00:13:48.019 --> 00:13:56.889
is a relative. It describes one
who is a kinsman. Anyone could exercise
136
00:13:58.129 --> 00:14:03.769
the role of a redeemer, but
it was the specific responsibility of a kinsman,
137
00:14:03.690 --> 00:14:09.169
a relative, to do so,
and that's why the verb, when
138
00:14:09.210 --> 00:14:13.879
it appears in the noun form in
your bibles and Goel, it's usually translated
139
00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:20.360
not simply as redeemer, but it's
translated as kinsman redeemer. He's the one
140
00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:24.789
who's related to the one who's in
trouble. Now that's the word of job
141
00:14:24.870 --> 00:14:33.230
uses here. Well, who's he
talking about here? Well, he's talking
142
00:14:33.269 --> 00:14:39.460
about God. That's why in most
bibles the word redeemer is capitalized. It's
143
00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:48.259
capitalized in my Bible. But what's
he saying? He's saying that this god
144
00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:54.970
in whom he trust is his kinsman. He is related to this kinsman by
145
00:14:56.129 --> 00:15:01.970
faith. That's what he's saying,
and it's because this God is his relative
146
00:15:03.009 --> 00:15:09.039
or his kinsman, that he knows
that God will stand by him at the
147
00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:15.559
last day. Do you see how
important all that is? Job has a
148
00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:22.029
kinsman, redeemer, who is God, and I think you know the question
149
00:15:22.149 --> 00:15:26.389
is, do we have a redeemer
like that? You See, if you're
150
00:15:26.389 --> 00:15:33.990
a believer in Jesus Christ, then
God is your kinsman, he's your relative
151
00:15:35.059 --> 00:15:39.580
because by faith in Christ she become
part of what we call the family of
152
00:15:39.659 --> 00:15:45.220
God. You're a brother or a
sister of Jesus. God is our father.
153
00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:50.730
We're part of his adopted family.
So I think that's the first thing.
154
00:15:50.889 --> 00:15:56.850
First important thing. Job confesses here
that he has a redeemer, a
155
00:15:58.090 --> 00:16:04.919
Kinsman Redeemer, who is God.
There's a second thing job says here that
156
00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:11.879
I think is even more remarkable than
that, that he says that this redeemer,
157
00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:18.559
whom he trust, is one day
going to appear upon the earth.
158
00:16:19.870 --> 00:16:26.750
You know, up to this point
all we've really said is that Joe believes
159
00:16:26.789 --> 00:16:30.070
in God. Now, it's a
personal and gracious God, to be sure,
160
00:16:30.429 --> 00:16:34.899
but many old test of the people
believe that and they didn't leave this
161
00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:41.059
kind of testimony behind for us to
read. Job Did, and what's really
162
00:16:41.179 --> 00:16:45.740
remarkable, I think, in what
he says here in the second line of
163
00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:51.009
our text, he believes also that
in the end, at the last,
164
00:16:52.529 --> 00:16:59.009
his redeemer is going to stand upon
the earth. Now that's nothing less,
165
00:16:59.129 --> 00:17:07.279
dear ones, than faith in the
coming incarnation of Jesus Christ. Now I
166
00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:11.759
admit that job maybe looking ahead,
probably to maybe to the final judgment,
167
00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:18.670
what we would call the second coming, not understanding the details of the first
168
00:17:18.710 --> 00:17:23.309
coming of Jesus, which we know
so well because of the Gospels. But
169
00:17:23.470 --> 00:17:27.670
that's a relatively unimportant matter for the
point that I'm trying to make here.
170
00:17:29.910 --> 00:17:37.059
What job says that he believes that
one day, sooner or later, first
171
00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:41.819
or second whatever it may be,
his redeemer, that is God, is
172
00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:49.490
going to stand upon the earth in
human flesh. I don't know about you,
173
00:17:49.609 --> 00:17:56.490
but I find that amazing. We're
in the world. Did Joe get
174
00:17:56.569 --> 00:18:04.759
this idea though, an incarnation,
particularly this early, and salvation history,
175
00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:11.559
you know, you just don't make
something like that up. So where did
176
00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:18.230
he get it? Well, you
go back to the earliest pages of the
177
00:18:18.269 --> 00:18:22.710
Bible and you find that even in
the garden of Eden, this was what
178
00:18:22.869 --> 00:18:26.819
God had promised our first parents,
Adam and eve. Now remember that Adam
179
00:18:26.859 --> 00:18:33.460
and Eve sinned by eating of the
fruit of the forbidden tree. God came
180
00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:37.859
to judge them and he began with
a judgment upon Satan, in the context
181
00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:45.009
of which he promised a redeemer.
Famous verse. God said this in Genesis
182
00:18:45.049 --> 00:18:52.210
Three fifteen. I will put enmity
between you and the woman and between your
183
00:18:52.250 --> 00:18:57.440
offspring and her offspring. He will
bruise your head and you will bruise his
184
00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:04.039
heel. You see, that's the
very first announcement of the Gospel, the
185
00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:10.710
good news in all the Bible,
Genesis Three Fifteen, and you see how
186
00:19:10.869 --> 00:19:17.029
significant this is. This is what
Adam and eve believed. It's why they
187
00:19:17.029 --> 00:19:22.150
were saved. They were saved because
they thought that God was going to send
188
00:19:22.190 --> 00:19:27.660
a redeemer. had faith in him. In other words, they looked forward
189
00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:33.019
to a redeemer, just like we
look back now. They didn't know the
190
00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:37.809
name of this redeemer who was to
come. That wasn't revealed Axley, until
191
00:19:37.890 --> 00:19:44.569
the Angel told Mary and Joseph What
the name the child it. As a
192
00:19:44.650 --> 00:19:48.369
matter of fact, when Adam and
Eve had their first child, they named
193
00:19:48.410 --> 00:19:52.559
him Kane and they thought that he
was the redeemer, and that's what Kane
194
00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:59.079
actually means. The name means here
he is. They were wrong about that,
195
00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:03.759
but I think, you know,
they had the right idea. They
196
00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:07.309
were looking forward to a redeemer,
to a savior, and see, that
197
00:20:07.630 --> 00:20:15.390
was the hope, that was the
Gospel and that was the message that was
198
00:20:15.549 --> 00:20:22.740
passed on from generation to generation to
generation, and so Adam taught it to
199
00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:27.259
his son Seth. It was part
of that believing godly line. That'slicit for
200
00:20:27.339 --> 00:20:33.660
us. In the fifth chapter of
Genesis, Seth passed it on to his
201
00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:37.849
son, you passed it on to
his son and finally any any got ahold
202
00:20:37.930 --> 00:20:44.049
of it. Any passed it on
to Mathuselah, who was his son,
203
00:20:44.849 --> 00:20:49.799
and then Noah had it. And
in those days there were only a few.
204
00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:55.799
But what they believed was this Gospel
that one day God was going to
205
00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:59.039
send a redeemer in the flesh,
born of a moment, who was going
206
00:20:59.079 --> 00:21:03.960
to save them from their sin,
and that was passed on after the flood
207
00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:08.910
to the Godly Patriarchs. It's what
Abraham believed. So what Isaac believed,
208
00:21:10.309 --> 00:21:17.990
what Jacob believed. And the remarkable
thing about job is that we fight in
209
00:21:18.109 --> 00:21:25.700
this early, almost prehistoric time,
that this faith had spread even beyond the
210
00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:33.289
immediate family of Abraham to a godly
eastern cattle breeder and that he, no
211
00:21:33.450 --> 00:21:37.970
less than the others, was looking
forward to the Jesus who was to come.
212
00:21:40.089 --> 00:21:49.799
That's remarkable. That's important. Here's
what this says in clear terms is
213
00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:55.400
that an all the long history of
the human race, there has never been
214
00:21:55.519 --> 00:22:00.200
any other way of salvation than by
the work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
215
00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:06.869
There's no other way. Salvation comes
through him who defeated Satan at the Cross,
216
00:22:06.950 --> 00:22:12.430
even though Satan wounded him, and
who overcame Satan and even death by
217
00:22:12.470 --> 00:22:21.779
the power of his resurrection. You
know. So when when Christopher Chelpiga or
218
00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:30.490
Dan Smith or myself stand up here
and we preach Christianity to day, we
219
00:22:30.609 --> 00:22:37.130
are not preaching some novelty, they're
not preaching some new thing, we're not
220
00:22:37.250 --> 00:22:45.720
putting forth some fad. We're preaching
what God himself has delivered from day one
221
00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:52.480
to the saints and we challenge you
to believe that and to be saved.
222
00:22:56.400 --> 00:23:02.829
There's a third aspect here of job's
faith that we find is that when his
223
00:23:02.990 --> 00:23:07.710
redeemer stands upon the Earth in that
far off day, whenever it may be,
224
00:23:07.950 --> 00:23:14.579
job himself, it says here is
going to see him. You know,
225
00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:18.299
each of these statements, as are
just blows my mind. They're even
226
00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:26.859
more remarkable than the last. It's
truly remarkable that job has his full orbed
227
00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:32.369
faith, you know, in a
living, personal, compassionate God. That's
228
00:23:32.450 --> 00:23:37.809
remarkable. It's even more remarkable,
remarkable that he believes in the incarnation,
229
00:23:38.369 --> 00:23:41.119
that this God, in the form
of the second person of the Trinity,
230
00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:45.519
is going to take on human flesh
and stand up on the earth. But
231
00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:53.599
now we find that he actually believes
in his own personal bodily resurrection, not
232
00:23:53.799 --> 00:24:00.869
to what he says here in Verse
Twenty Six. After my sin skin has
233
00:24:00.950 --> 00:24:06.390
been destroyed, yet in my flesh
I will see God, that is,
234
00:24:06.549 --> 00:24:12.859
after he dies and is buried in
worms destroy his body. Yet in my
235
00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:18.980
flesh I shall see god, whom
I shall see for myself and my eyes
236
00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:26.250
shall behold and not another. Here's
this cattle breeder, here's job, at
237
00:24:26.329 --> 00:24:32.250
the very, very beginning of redemptive
history. He's saying that he believed in
238
00:24:32.369 --> 00:24:38.839
the afterlife and when he died,
it wouldn't be the end that he would
239
00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:44.640
still be there, knowing he was
in his own person. You know,
240
00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:49.880
he believed that his current body would
die and decay. But one day,
241
00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:56.789
one day, his redeemer is going
to intervene on his behalf, and when
242
00:24:56.829 --> 00:25:03.309
that happens, he's going to stand
upon the earth and job will see him
243
00:25:03.309 --> 00:25:08.099
with his own eyes, not with
the eyes of another, not by the
244
00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:15.740
report of somebody who can see,
but with his own eyes he's going to
245
00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:26.650
see his redeemer. Well, Lemmi, let me conclude with this. You
246
00:25:26.769 --> 00:25:32.250
know, as you look at the
story, of job, it becomes clear
247
00:25:32.369 --> 00:25:37.279
that it was his faith in Jesus
Christ, his living redeemer, that made
248
00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:42.200
all the difference in his life.
Well, what what was the difference?
249
00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:47.839
Well, for one thing, this
kind of faith gave him hope. gave
250
00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:55.150
him hope instead of despair. You
know, if ever any circumstances of life
251
00:25:55.230 --> 00:26:02.230
could ever lead a man to despair, it's those which job experienced. Now
252
00:26:02.309 --> 00:26:06.660
they were sudden, they were overwhelming, they were undeserved, they were unmitigated.
253
00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:12.019
But he wasn't overwhelmed, jeer,
he was he was hard pressed,
254
00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:19.089
he was perplexed. That too.
He was persecuted by Satan. He was
255
00:26:19.170 --> 00:26:23.650
struck down, yes, but still
believing, still trusting, still giving glory
256
00:26:23.769 --> 00:26:30.690
to God, and I think these
scriptures tell us it will be the same
257
00:26:30.809 --> 00:26:37.440
with you. That's why God promises. He says if, whenever you experience
258
00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:45.559
trouble, temptation, that he will
provide a way of escape so you will
259
00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:52.630
be able to take the heat and
bear it. Here's another thing. I
260
00:26:52.710 --> 00:26:59.029
think faith in a living redeemer leads
to praise instead of cursing. No,
261
00:26:59.190 --> 00:27:03.980
job didn't curse God when he suffered. Instead, he said, should we
262
00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:07.779
accept good from God? And not
trouble. May the name of the Lord
263
00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:12.980
be praised. No, the world
will never do that. The world can't
264
00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:19.609
do that. The world curses God
and things go bad. But you know,
265
00:27:19.690 --> 00:27:26.730
it's Christians we sing. We Sing
it Easter Christmas, we sang every
266
00:27:26.769 --> 00:27:34.279
Sunday. We even sang at funerals. Christians sing in their hearts even when
267
00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:38.480
the most terrible things come upon them, because they know that their redeemer lives
268
00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:45.150
and that one day he will stand
up on the earth and they will see
269
00:27:45.190 --> 00:27:51.230
him with their own eyes and in
that day they know without a doubt that
270
00:27:51.390 --> 00:27:57.940
they will be vindicated. That's why
we sing. So here's the question that
271
00:27:59.059 --> 00:28:03.299
I press upon all of us tonight. Do we have the faith of job?
272
00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:08.980
Do we have that kind of faith? You know, I think answering
273
00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:15.730
that question is one way of determining
if you're a Christian or not, whether
274
00:28:15.809 --> 00:28:22.009
you believe in the doctrine of the
resurrection as a reality and not just merely
275
00:28:22.089 --> 00:28:30.680
a strange religious curiosity. So the
question is, is Jesus Christ your go
276
00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:37.359
well, is is he your kinsman, redeemer? Are you related to him
277
00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:45.069
by saving faith? You know,
we don't let this week go by until
278
00:28:45.109 --> 00:28:51.750
you can claim that personal relationship with
Jesus Christ for yourself. Fact, don't
279
00:28:52.869 --> 00:28:59.180
even rest today until you know the
really rest in him. Don't rest until
280
00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:06.619
you can truthfully say with job I
know that my redeemer lives and that the
281
00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:11.450
last he will stand upon the earth
and after my skin has been destroyed,
282
00:29:11.450 --> 00:29:15.849
yet in my flesh I shall see
god, whom I shall see for myself,
283
00:29:15.970 --> 00:29:19.170
and my eyes shall behold and not
another. Let's pray
