He is younger than the other three "friends" of Job, this man named "Elihu." Yet he seems to be the most arrogant, in some ways. As in Job 33:6, where Elihu claims to be the very "mouthpiece" of God to Job! "Behold, I am according to thy wish … [Continue reading]
UNUSUAL VERSES, THE BOOK OF JOB, ANGRY ELIHU!
As Job laments his way through a world of suffering, warding off false charge after false charge from his three closest acquaintances, a younger man named Elihu has also been listening. And as soon as Eliphaz and Bildad and Zophar have hushed, … [Continue reading]
UNUSUAL VERSES, THE BOOK OF JOB, “THE WORDS OF JOB ARE ENDED.”
Job indeed ceases his speeches, his laments, the longest being chapters 26 through 31. His very verbiage: "The words of Job are ended." But he does not quit until he has made another rather sound defense of his integrity! Let me show you … [Continue reading]
UNUSUAL VERSES, THE BOOK OF JOB, A REALISTIC APPRAISAL
Job chapter 30, our Text today, our Bible focus. Yesterday in Job chapter 29 this great servant of the Lord was telling us about the way things "used to be," back before the trouble came, the devastation. Now today ... the way things are, as he … [Continue reading]
UNUSUAL VERSES, THE BOOK OF JOB, THE WAY THINGS “USED” TO BE!
Once I preached the Life of Job, a series of 5 Sermons on this great man of God. And I began (on Sunday morning) with Job chapter 29, the Text for today's Lesson. Why? Because here Job tells us how his life was ordered prior to the calamities … [Continue reading]
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