Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000590
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00:15 Hello, and welcome to His Words are Life.
00:17 I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we're going to continue to read 00:20 together in the book of Job. Let's pray together before we 00:23 start. Dear God as we read the story of your servant Job, 00:29 please show us the lessons that you have for each of us in this 00:34 account. Please send your Holy Spirit to bring a deeper 00:38 understanding to us that you would have us to take away from 00:43 the hearing of this word. And may it bear fruit to your glory. 00:46 We love you and thank your for loving us. Amen. 00:49 We've begun the story of Job and the Lord has permitted Satan 00:55 to destroy Job's family, his children, to take away all of 01:01 his wealth and to afflict him with sores from the sole of 01:06 foot to the head. And as he sits covered in sackcloth and ashes, 01:11 and in misery. His 3 friends come to sit and we're in the 01:16 middle of the dialog that Job is having with his 3 friends. 01:20 Job is now speaking. We're picking this up in chapter 7, 01:24 starting with verse 21. And why dost thou not pardon 01:30 my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I 01:33 sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning 01:37 but I shall not be. Now we're in Job chapter 8, 01:42 This is the King James Version. Then answered Bildad the Shuhite 01:47 and said, How long wilt thou speak these things? 01:50 and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? 01:53 Doth God pervert Judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert 01:58 justice? If thy children have sinned against him, 02:02 and he have cast them away for their transgression; 02:04 if thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy 02:08 supplication to the Almighty; If thou wert pure and upright; 02:13 surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation 02:17 of thy righteousness prosperous. Though thy beginning was small, 02:21 yet thy latter end should greatly increase. 02:24 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare 02:28 thyself to the search of their fathers: for we are but of 02:32 yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are 02:35 a shadow: shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter 02:39 words out of their heart? Can the rush grow up without mire? 02:43 can the flag grow without water? Whilst it is yet in his 02:47 greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other 02:52 herb. So are the paths of all that forget God; 02:55 and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: whose hope shall be cut 03:00 off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. 03:02 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: 03:06 he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. 03:09 He is green before the sun, an his branch shooteth forth 03:13 in his garden. His roots are wrapped about the heap, 03:15 and seeth the place of stones. If he destroy him from his place 03:19 then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. 03:22 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth 03:25 shall others grow. Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man 03:32 neither will he help the evildoers: Till he fill thy 03:36 mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. 03:38 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; 03:41 and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. 03:44 Continuing with Job, chapter 9, this is the King James Version. 03:49 Then Job answered and said, I know it is so of a truth: 03:55 but how should man be just with God? If he will contend with him 04:01 he cannot answer him one of a thousand. He is wise in heart, 04:07 and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, 04:10 and hath prospered? Which removeth the mountains, 04:13 and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. 04:15 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars 04:19 thereof tremble. Which commandeth the sun, 04:21 and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. 04:23 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the 04:27 waves of the sea. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, 04:32 and the chambers of the south. Which doeth great things past 04:36 finding out; yes, and wonders without number. 04:40 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also 04:47 but I perceive him not. Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder 04:53 him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou? 04:56 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers 05:02 do stoop under him. How much less shall I answer him, 05:07 and choose out my words to reason with him? 05:10 Whom though I were righteous yet would I not answer, 05:15 but I would make supplication to my judge. If I had called, 05:20 and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had 05:24 hearkened unto my voice. For he breaketh me with a tempest, 05:27 and multiplieth my wounds without cause. 05:31 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with 05:34 bitterness. If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: 05:38 and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? 05:42 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: 05:47 if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. 05:52 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: 05:56 I would despise my life. This is one thing, therefore I said it, 06:03 He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. If the scourge slay 06:10 suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. 06:12 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: 06:15 he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, 06:20 and who is he? Now my days are swifter than a post: 06:26 they flee away, they see no good. They are passed away as 06:30 the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 06:33 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off 06:38 my heaviness, and comfort myself I am afraid of all my sorrows, 06:43 I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. If I be wicked, 06:48 why then labor I in vain? If I wash myself with snow water, 06:53 and make my hands never so clean; yet shalt thou plunge me 06:57 in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. 07:00 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, 07:04 and we should come together in Judgment. 07:06 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his 07:10 hand upon us both. Let him take his rod away from me, 07:14 and let not his fear terrify me: Then would I speak, and not 07:19 fear him; but it is not so with me. 07:22 Continuing in Job, chapter 10, and this is the 07:26 King James Version. My soul is weary of my life; 07:31 I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the 07:35 bitterness of my soul. I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; 07:39 shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. 07:43 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, 07:46 that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, 07:49 and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? 07:51 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? 07:55 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days 08:00 that thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my 08:04 sin? Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none 08:10 that can deliver out of thine hand. 08:11 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together 08:15 round about; yet thou dost destroy me. 08:19 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; 08:22 and wilt thou bring me into dust again? 08:25 Hast thou not poured me out as milk and curdled me like cheese? 08:30 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me 08:35 with bones and sinews. Thou hast granted me life and favor, 08:38 and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 08:41 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this 08:46 is with thee. If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt 08:52 not acquit me for mine iniquity. If I be wicked, 08:56 woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift 09:00 up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou 09:06 mine affliction; for it increaseth. Thou huntest me 09:10 as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvelous 09:13 upon me. Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, 09:16 and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war 09:20 are against me. Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth 09:23 out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye 09:27 had seen me! I should have been as though I had not been; 09:30 I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. 09:33 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may 09:39 take comfort a little, before I go whence I shall not return, 09:43 even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 09:45 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow 09:49 of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. 09:54 Continuing now in chapter 11. Then answered Zophar 10:02 the Naamathite, and said, Should not the multitude of words be 10:07 answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? 10:11 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou 10:15 mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? For thou has said, 10:20 My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 10:22 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; 10:27 and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are 10:30 double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth 10:35 of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. 10:38 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the 10:45 Almighty unto perfection? It is high as heaven; what canst thou 10:50 do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 10:53 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader 10:57 than the sea. If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, 11:02 then who can hinder him? For he knoweth vain men: 11:06 he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? 11:10 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild 11:14 ass's colt. If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out 11:18 thine hands toward him; If iniquity be in thine hand, 11:22 put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy 11:25 tabernacles. For then shalt thou lift up thy face without 11:29 spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 11:33 Because thou shalt forget thy misery and remember it as waters 11:38 that pass away: and thine age shall be clearer than the 11:40 noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 11:44 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, 11:47 thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in 11:50 safety. Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee 11:53 afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. 11:56 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not 11:59 escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. 12:03 Continuing in Job, chapter 12. This is the King James Version. 12:09 And Job answered and said, No doubt but ye are the people, 12:15 and wisdom shall die with you. But I have understanding as well 12:20 as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such 12:26 things as these? I am as one mocked of his neighbor, 12:30 who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: 12:33 the just upright man is laughed to scorn. 12:36 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised 12:42 in the thought of him that is at ease. The tabernacles of robbers 12:47 prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand 12:51 God bringeth abundantly. But ask now the beasts, 12:54 and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, 12:58 they shall tell thee. Or speak to the earth and it shall teach 13:02 thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 13:05 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath 13:08 wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, 13:12 and the breath of all mankind. Doth not the ear try words? 13:17 and the mouth taste his meat? With the ancient is wisdom; 13:21 and in length of days understanding. 13:22 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel 13:26 and understanding. Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be 13:31 built again: he shutteth up a man and there can be no opening. 13:35 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: 13:38 also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 13:42 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver 13:48 are his. He leadeth counselors away spoiled, and maketh the 13:52 judges fools. He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their 13:55 loins with a girdle. He leadeth princes away spoiled, 13:58 and overthroweth the mighty. He removeth away the speech 14:01 of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. 14:04 He poureth contempt upon princes and weakeneth the strength 14:07 of the mighty. He discovereth deep things out of darkness, 14:10 and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. 14:12 He increaseth the nations and destroyeth them. He enlargeth 14:16 the nations, and straiteneth them again. 14:18 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people 14:21 of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness 14:24 where there is no way. They grope in the dark without light, 14:30 and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. 14:33 Please join me again next time to read more of the story of 14:37 Job. Goodbye. |
Revised 2014-12-17