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The<00:09:24.919><c> adversary</c><00:09:25.379><c> behaves</c><00:09:25.879><c> like</c><00:09:26.220><c> a</c><00:09:26.519><c> man</c><00:09:26.899><c> who</c><00:09:27.220><c> has</c><00:09:27.360><c> just</c><00:09:27.600><c> been</c><00:09:27.860><c> given</c><00:09:28.059><c> a</c>

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And<00:09:31.240><c> he's</c><00:09:31.460><c> determined</c><00:09:32.019><c> to</c><00:09:32.279><c> make</c><00:09:32.480><c> the</c><00:09:32.740><c> very</c><00:09:33.080><c> most</c><00:09:33.320><c> of</c><00:09:33.440><c> it</c><00:09:33.559><c> while</c>

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it<00:09:33.980><c> lasts.</c>

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Look<00:09:40.240><c> at</c><00:09:40.399><c> the</c><00:09:40.600><c> various</c><00:09:41.000><c> aspects</c><00:09:41.779><c> of</c><00:09:42.340><c> Job's</c><00:09:42.919><c> life</c><00:09:43.259><c> that</c><00:09:43.500><c> are</c>

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singled<00:09:44.080><c> out</c><00:09:44.320><c> for</c><00:09:44.519><c> the</c><00:09:44.820><c> adversary's</c><00:09:45.720><c> special</c><00:09:45.940><c> attention.</c>

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In<00:09:48.879><c> Job</c><00:09:49.159><c> 1,</c><00:09:49.460><c> verses</c><00:09:49.720><c> 14</c><00:09:50.179><c> to</c><00:09:50.299><c> 17,</c><00:09:51.299><c> Job</c><00:09:51.419><c> loses</c><00:09:51.759><c> his</c><00:09:52.039><c> income.</c>

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In<00:09:54.240><c> Job</c><00:09:54.460><c> 1,</c><00:09:54.759><c> verses</c><00:09:54.960><c> 18</c><00:09:55.360><c> to</c><00:09:55.500><c> 19,</c><00:09:56.320><c> he</c><00:09:56.559><c> loses</c><00:09:56.960><c> nearly</c><00:09:57.240><c> all</c><00:09:57.440><c> of</c><00:09:57.539><c> his</c><00:09:57.720><c> family.</c>

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In<00:10:00.519><c> Job</c><00:10:00.820><c> 2,</c><00:10:01.379><c> chapter</c><00:10:01.700><c> 7,</c><00:10:02.659><c> Job</c><00:10:02.980><c> loses</c><00:10:03.500><c> his</c><00:10:04.220><c> health.</c>

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Now,<00:10:07.320><c> these</c><00:10:07.600><c> are</c><00:10:07.899><c> three</c><00:10:08.200><c> massive</c><00:10:08.759><c> hits</c><00:10:09.240><c> in</c><00:10:09.620><c> a</c><00:10:09.960><c> very</c><00:10:10.340><c> short</c><00:10:10.620><c> period</c><00:10:10.980><c> of</c>

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time,<00:10:11.500><c> an</c><00:10:11.679><c> unnatural</c><00:10:12.299><c> period</c><00:10:12.899><c> of</c><00:10:13.220><c> time.</c>

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Three<00:10:16.059><c> amazing</c><00:10:16.940><c> calamities</c><00:10:17.960><c> that</c><00:10:18.460><c> are</c><00:10:18.659><c> just</c><00:10:18.940><c> so</c><00:10:19.440><c> dreadful,</c>

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so<00:10:21.639><c> painful,</c><00:10:23.320><c> and</c><00:10:23.740><c> so</c><00:10:24.019><c> extensive</c><00:10:24.879><c> in</c><00:10:25.240><c> their</c><00:10:25.460><c> damage</c>

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that<00:10:27.159><c> Job</c><00:10:27.480><c> is</c><00:10:28.179><c> instantly</c><00:10:28.639><c> crippled</c><00:10:29.039><c> by</c><00:10:29.279><c> them.</c>

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He<00:10:30.879><c> has</c><00:10:31.200><c> no</c><00:10:31.580><c> time</c><00:10:31.940><c> to</c><00:10:32.179><c> recover</c><00:10:32.639><c> between</c><00:10:33.059><c> each</c><00:10:33.360><c> one.</c>

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And<00:10:36.019><c> because</c><00:10:36.320><c> of</c><00:10:36.559><c> this,</c><00:10:37.419><c> we</c><00:10:37.580><c> know</c><00:10:37.899><c> that</c><00:10:38.159><c> his</c><00:10:38.460><c> reaction</c><00:10:39.100><c> is</c><00:10:40.159><c> spontaneous.</c>

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And<00:10:44.220><c> I</c><00:10:44.279><c> think</c><00:10:44.379><c> that's</c><00:10:44.679><c> exactly</c><00:10:44.980><c> what</c><00:10:45.279><c> the</c><00:10:45.519><c> adversary</c><00:10:45.840><c> was</c><00:10:46.139><c> hoping</c><00:10:46.519><c> to</c>

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provoke,<00:10:47.340><c> a</c><00:10:47.559><c> spontaneous</c><00:10:48.419><c> reaction.</c>

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What<00:10:49.519><c> is</c><00:10:49.720><c> our</c><00:10:49.879><c> spontaneous</c><00:10:50.519><c> reaction</c><00:10:51.220><c> to</c><00:10:51.580><c> trial?</c>

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What<00:10:54.480><c> was</c><00:10:54.799><c> Job's</c><00:10:55.399><c> spontaneous</c><00:10:56.159><c> reaction</c><00:10:56.639><c> to</c><00:10:56.960><c> trial?</c>

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I<00:10:58.720><c> think</c><00:10:58.940><c> the</c><00:10:59.240><c> adversary</c><00:10:59.539><c> was</c><00:10:59.899><c> hoping</c><00:11:00.480><c> that</c><00:11:01.100><c> Job</c><00:11:01.259><c> would</c><00:11:01.500><c> forget</c><00:11:01.720><c> himself,</c><00:11:02.340><c> would</c>

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lose<00:11:02.940><c> himself</c><00:11:03.440><c> in</c><00:11:03.700><c> the</c><00:11:03.899><c> moment,</c><00:11:04.179><c> in</c><00:11:04.419><c> the</c><00:11:04.600><c> pain.</c>

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I<00:11:07.100><c> think</c><00:11:07.320><c> he</c><00:11:07.360><c> was</c><00:11:07.519><c> hoping</c><00:11:07.860><c> that</c><00:11:08.240><c> Job</c><00:11:08.360><c> would</c><00:11:08.899><c> forget</c><00:11:09.500><c> his</c><00:11:10.139><c> commitment</c><00:11:10.500><c> to</c><00:11:10.759><c> God,</c><00:11:11.179><c> would</c><00:11:11.320><c> throw</c><00:11:11.519><c> up</c>

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his<00:11:11.940><c> hands</c><00:11:12.200><c> and</c><00:11:12.580><c> renounce</c><00:11:13.159><c> God.</c>

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Job<00:11:16.960><c> doesn't</c><00:11:17.340><c> do</c><00:11:17.659><c> this.</c><00:11:17.820><c> He's</c><00:11:18.120><c> stronger</c><00:11:18.480><c> than</c><00:11:18.700><c> that.</c>

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The<00:11:21.679><c> adversary,</c><00:11:22.080><c> though,</c><00:11:22.240><c> he's</c><00:11:22.519><c> a</c><00:11:22.799><c> patient</c><00:11:23.059><c> man.</c><00:11:23.399><c> He</c><00:11:23.559><c> sits</c><00:11:23.799><c> down</c><00:11:24.379><c> and</c><00:11:24.860><c> he</c>

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waits<00:11:25.259><c> for</c><00:11:25.559><c> Job</c><00:11:25.740><c> to</c><00:11:26.059><c> crack</c><00:11:26.320><c> under</c><00:11:26.700><c> the</c><00:11:26.919><c> pressure.</c>

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What<00:11:32.220><c> does</c><00:11:32.480><c> the</c><00:11:32.720><c> adversary's</c><00:11:33.259><c> behavior</c><00:11:34.019><c> tell</c><00:11:34.539><c> us</c><00:11:34.740><c> about</c><00:11:34.980><c> him?</c>

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He<00:11:37.220><c> hates</c><00:11:37.580><c> Job</c><00:11:37.879><c> violently,</c><00:11:39.960><c> enough</c><00:11:40.200><c> to</c><00:11:40.519><c> humiliate</c><00:11:41.299><c> and</c><00:11:41.820><c> degrade</c><00:11:42.340><c> him.</c>

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Job<00:11:43.220><c> was</c><00:11:43.460><c> the</c><00:11:43.779><c> greatest</c><00:11:44.379><c> man</c><00:11:45.000><c> in</c><00:11:45.379><c> the</c><00:11:45.600><c> East,</c><00:11:47.720><c> but</c><00:11:47.840><c> the</c><00:11:48.159><c> adversary</c><00:11:48.559><c> has</c><00:11:48.980><c> reduced</c><00:11:49.379><c> him</c>

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to<00:11:50.059><c> nothing.</c>

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The<00:11:53.720><c> adversary</c><00:11:54.100><c> wants</c><00:11:54.559><c> Job</c><00:11:55.080><c> dead,</c><00:11:55.419><c> really.</c>

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But<00:11:57.600><c> God</c><00:11:58.159><c> won't</c><00:11:58.580><c> allow</c><00:11:58.860><c> that.</c>

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So<00:12:00.259><c> the</c><00:12:00.600><c> adversary</c><00:12:01.259><c> flexes</c><00:12:02.220><c> the</c><00:12:02.419><c> rules</c><00:12:02.700><c> as</c><00:12:03.620><c> much</c><00:12:04.220><c> as</c><00:12:04.460><c> he</c><00:12:04.679><c> can.</c>

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He<00:12:06.360><c> strikes</c><00:12:06.879><c> Job</c><00:12:07.220><c> with</c><00:12:07.840><c> a</c><00:12:08.120><c> debilitating</c><00:12:08.860><c> illness</c><00:12:09.539><c> that</c><00:12:10.460><c> makes</c>

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Job<00:12:11.379><c> wish</c><00:12:11.899><c> for</c><00:12:12.360><c> death.</c>

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It's<00:12:15.899><c> a</c><00:12:16.120><c> cruel</c><00:12:16.559><c> and</c><00:12:17.320><c> cunning</c><00:12:17.559><c> trick</c><00:12:17.980><c> to</c><00:12:18.600><c> play</c><00:12:18.840><c> on</c><00:12:19.240><c> Job.</c>

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Oh,<00:12:20.379><c> I</c><00:12:20.480><c> can't</c><00:12:20.740><c> kill</c><00:12:20.860><c> him?</c><00:12:21.799><c> I'll</c><00:12:22.200><c> make</c><00:12:22.299><c> him</c><00:12:22.519><c> wish</c><00:12:22.700><c> he</c><00:12:22.820><c> was</c><00:12:23.059><c> dead.</c>

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Maybe<00:12:24.820><c> he'll</c><00:12:25.039><c> do</c><00:12:25.200><c> the</c><00:12:25.360><c> job</c><00:12:25.480><c> for</c><00:12:25.759><c> me.</c>

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The<00:12:30.840><c> adversary</c><00:12:31.279><c> is</c><00:12:31.840><c> so</c><00:12:32.179><c> convinced</c><00:12:32.940><c> that</c><00:12:33.940><c> Job's</c><00:12:34.360><c> prosperity</c>

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has<00:12:35.200><c> made</c><00:12:35.379><c> him</c><00:12:35.700><c> soft.</c>

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He<00:12:37.679><c> is</c><00:12:37.820><c> so</c><00:12:37.980><c> convinced</c><00:12:38.399><c> that</c><00:12:38.779><c> Job's</c><00:12:39.340><c> righteousness</c><00:12:39.700><c> is</c><00:12:40.159><c> false,</c>

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that<00:12:42.059><c> all</c><00:12:42.240><c> he</c><00:12:42.340><c> has</c><00:12:42.519><c> to</c><00:12:42.720><c> do</c><00:12:43.179><c> is</c><00:12:43.840><c> attack</c><00:12:44.240><c> Job</c><00:12:44.620><c> in</c><00:12:45.019><c> this</c><00:12:45.320><c> deep</c><00:12:45.899><c> and</c>

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personal<00:12:47.799><c> and</c><00:12:48.659><c> permanent</c><00:12:49.039><c> way</c>

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to<00:12:50.700><c> watch</c><00:12:50.980><c> his</c><00:12:51.200><c> relationship</c><00:12:51.799><c> with</c><00:12:52.000><c> God</c><00:12:52.279><c> fall</c><00:12:52.580><c> apart.</c>

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And<00:12:56.620><c> the</c><00:12:56.919><c> speed</c><00:12:57.480><c> with</c><00:12:57.799><c> which</c><00:12:58.039><c> he</c><00:12:58.240><c> attacks</c><00:12:58.639><c> Job</c><00:12:58.919><c> suggests</c><00:12:59.279><c> he</c>

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can<00:12:59.860><c> barely</c><00:13:00.139><c> restrain</c><00:13:00.779><c> himself</c>

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as<00:13:01.840><c> if</c><00:13:02.059><c> there's</c><00:13:02.399><c> this</c><00:13:03.019><c> tidal</c><00:13:03.419><c> wave</c><00:13:03.779><c> of</c><00:13:04.279><c> malice</c><00:13:04.659><c> has</c><00:13:04.899><c> been</c><00:13:05.379><c> building</c><00:13:05.720><c> up</c>

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over<00:13:06.360><c> the</c><00:13:06.580><c> years</c>

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and<00:13:07.919><c> it</c><00:13:08.240><c> finally</c><00:13:08.559><c> spills</c><00:13:08.960><c> over</c><00:13:09.299><c> Job.</c>

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The<00:13:13.759><c> adversary's</c><00:13:14.480><c> attacks</c><00:13:14.659><c> are</c><00:13:15.059><c> specific</c><00:13:15.659><c> and</c><00:13:16.220><c> precise.</c><00:13:17.139><c> There's</c><00:13:17.460><c> nothing</c><00:13:17.700><c> left</c><00:13:17.960><c> to</c>

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chance<00:13:18.399><c> here.</c>

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He<00:13:19.519><c> has</c><00:13:19.840><c> deliberately</c><00:13:20.419><c> targeted</c><00:13:20.960><c> Job's</c><00:13:21.419><c> health,</c><00:13:22.720><c> income,</c>

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and<00:13:23.940><c> social</c><00:13:24.340><c> support.</c>

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These<00:13:26.519><c> are</c><00:13:26.679><c> the</c><00:13:26.840><c> three</c><00:13:27.019><c> things</c><00:13:27.340><c> that</c><00:13:27.799><c> every</c><00:13:28.019><c> human</c><00:13:28.299><c> being</c><00:13:28.659><c> needs</c><00:13:29.179><c> for</c>

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security<00:13:30.019><c> and</c><00:13:30.340><c> stability.</c>

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With<00:13:33.460><c> only</c><00:13:33.679><c> one</c><00:13:33.919><c> of</c><00:13:33.980><c> them</c><00:13:34.179><c> gone,</c><00:13:34.600><c> we'll</c><00:13:35.419><c> be</c><00:13:35.700><c> uncomfortable,</c>

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but<00:13:37.659><c> we'll</c><00:13:37.919><c> get</c><00:13:38.159><c> by.</c>

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With<00:13:40.919><c> two</c><00:13:41.159><c> of</c><00:13:41.259><c> them</c><00:13:41.379><c> gone,</c><00:13:42.879><c> we</c><00:13:43.019><c> will</c><00:13:43.240><c> surely</c><00:13:43.460><c> be</c><00:13:43.679><c> in</c><00:13:43.879><c> trouble.</c>

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But<00:13:46.639><c> with</c><00:13:46.820><c> all</c><00:13:47.059><c> three</c><00:13:47.259><c> gone,</c><00:13:48.740><c> we</c><00:13:48.960><c> will</c><00:13:49.179><c> certainly</c><00:13:49.500><c> die.</c>

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The<00:13:54.200><c> way</c><00:13:54.399><c> the</c><00:13:54.620><c> adversary</c><00:13:54.980><c> talks</c><00:13:55.360><c> about</c><00:13:55.820><c> Job</c><00:13:55.899><c> suggests</c><00:13:56.799><c> envy.</c>

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And<00:13:59.720><c> I</c><00:13:59.919><c> believe</c><00:14:00.100><c> he</c><00:14:00.259><c> has</c><00:14:00.600><c> taken</c><00:14:00.840><c> away</c><00:14:01.379><c> from</c><00:14:01.700><c> Job</c><00:14:02.120><c> all</c><00:14:03.399><c> the</c><00:14:03.679><c> things</c><00:14:04.200><c> that</c>

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he<00:14:05.460><c> himself</c><00:14:06.240><c> lacks,</c>

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all<00:14:08.720><c> the</c><00:14:08.919><c> things</c><00:14:09.120><c> that</c><00:14:09.399><c> made</c><00:14:09.700><c> Job's</c><00:14:10.279><c> life</c><00:14:10.700><c> comfortable,</c>

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all<00:14:12.879><c> the</c><00:14:13.080><c> things</c><00:14:13.460><c> that</c><00:14:13.840><c> set</c><00:14:13.919><c> him</c><00:14:14.120><c> apart</c><00:14:14.419><c> from</c><00:14:14.620><c> other</c><00:14:14.820><c> men</c><00:14:14.940><c> and</c>

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made<00:14:15.240><c> him</c><00:14:15.539><c> respectable.</c>

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He<00:14:19.659><c> does</c><00:14:19.879><c> nothing</c><00:14:20.200><c> which</c><00:14:20.460><c> does</c><00:14:20.679><c> not</c><00:14:20.919><c> cause</c><00:14:21.179><c> direct</c><00:14:21.620><c> and</c><00:14:22.080><c> immediate</c><00:14:22.360><c> pain</c>

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to<00:14:23.320><c> Job.</c>

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And<00:14:24.379><c> I</c><00:14:24.480><c> think</c><00:14:24.620><c> this</c><00:14:24.879><c> suggests</c><00:14:25.240><c> evidence</c><00:14:25.620><c> of</c><00:14:25.940><c> careful</c><00:14:26.320><c> planning.</c>

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If<00:14:32.100><c> indeed</c><00:14:32.620><c> the</c><00:14:33.320><c> adversary</c><00:14:33.779><c> is</c><00:14:34.120><c> taking</c><00:14:34.360><c> from</c><00:14:34.659><c> Job</c><00:14:35.019><c> the</c><00:14:35.240><c> things</c>

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that<00:14:35.620><c> he</c><00:14:35.840><c> himself</c><00:14:36.179><c> lacks,</c>

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then<00:14:36.700><c> he</c><00:14:36.860><c> is</c><00:14:37.000><c> revealing</c><00:14:37.379><c> something</c><00:14:37.740><c> of</c><00:14:37.899><c> himself</c><00:14:38.299><c> to</c><00:14:38.600><c> us.</c>

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If<00:14:42.340><c> Job</c><00:14:42.759><c> has</c><00:14:43.159><c> lost</c><00:14:43.639><c> health,</c><00:14:44.419><c> income,</c><00:14:44.940><c> and</c><00:14:45.080><c> social</c><00:14:45.419><c> support,</c>

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stability<00:14:47.639><c> in</c><00:14:48.139><c> short,</c><00:14:50.340><c> then</c><00:14:50.500><c> this</c><00:14:50.740><c> suggests</c><00:14:51.419><c> it</c><00:14:52.080><c> is</c><00:14:52.220><c> the</c><00:14:52.360><c> one</c>

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thing<00:14:52.740><c> that</c><00:14:52.940><c> the</c><00:14:53.200><c> adversary</c><00:14:53.620><c> has</c><00:14:54.039><c> need</c><00:14:54.220><c> of.</c>

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Stability,<00:14:58.940><c> the</c><00:14:59.080><c> one</c><00:14:59.340><c> thing</c><00:14:59.539><c> the</c><00:14:59.820><c> adversary</c><00:15:00.700><c> envies</c><00:15:01.500><c> the</c><00:15:01.740><c> most.</c>

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Because<00:15:03.759><c> although</c><00:15:04.059><c> there's</c><00:15:04.360><c> a</c><00:15:04.500><c> kind</c><00:15:04.639><c> of</c><00:15:05.000><c> swaggering</c><00:15:05.519><c> bravado</c>

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in<00:15:06.519><c> the</c><00:15:06.700><c> way</c><00:15:06.860><c> that</c><00:15:07.000><c> he</c><00:15:07.200><c> addresses</c><00:15:07.580><c> God,</c>

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there's<00:15:09.620><c> also</c><00:15:10.039><c> a</c><00:15:10.200><c> sense</c><00:15:10.559><c> of</c><00:15:11.320><c> aimlessness</c><00:15:12.000><c> in</c><00:15:12.559><c> the</c><00:15:12.700><c> way</c><00:15:12.840><c> that</c>

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he<00:15:13.120><c> passes</c><00:15:13.539><c> his</c><00:15:13.940><c> time.</c>

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He<00:15:16.059><c> wanders</c><00:15:16.519><c> to</c><00:15:16.759><c> and</c><00:15:17.059><c> fro</c><00:15:17.320><c> on</c><00:15:17.679><c> the</c><00:15:17.899><c> earth.</c><00:15:19.340><c> He</c><00:15:19.519><c> has</c><00:15:19.779><c> nowhere</c><00:15:19.960><c> to</c>

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go.<00:15:21.460><c> He</c><00:15:21.620><c> has</c><00:15:21.960><c> nowhere</c><00:15:22.200><c> to</c><00:15:22.519><c> stay.</c>

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He<00:15:26.120><c> moves</c><00:15:26.399><c> constantly.</c><00:15:27.100><c> There's</c><00:15:27.399><c> no</c><00:15:27.820><c> foundation</c><00:15:28.639><c> in</c><00:15:29.419><c> his</c><00:15:29.659><c> life.</c>

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There's<00:15:30.059><c> no</c><00:15:30.340><c> integrity</c><00:15:31.179><c> to</c><00:15:31.580><c> what</c><00:15:31.720><c> he</c><00:15:31.919><c> does.</c>

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I<00:15:35.279><c> think</c><00:15:35.460><c> he's</c><00:15:35.720><c> at</c><00:15:35.860><c> war</c><00:15:36.039><c> with</c><00:15:36.240><c> himself,</c><00:15:38.879><c> and</c><00:15:38.879><c> consequently</c><00:15:39.440><c> he's</c><00:15:39.759><c> at</c>

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war<00:15:40.059><c> with</c><00:15:40.279><c> God.</c>

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Perhaps<00:15:43.860><c> he's</c><00:15:44.120><c> had</c><00:15:44.279><c> a</c><00:15:44.379><c> bitter</c><00:15:44.500><c> life,</c><00:15:45.139><c> and</c><00:15:45.259><c> it's</c><00:15:45.600><c> left</c><00:15:45.779><c> him</c><00:15:46.360><c> a</c>

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bitter<00:15:46.899><c> man.</c>

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If<00:15:50.620><c> this</c><00:15:50.799><c> is</c><00:15:51.019><c> the</c><00:15:51.100><c> case,</c><00:15:51.399><c> it's</c><00:15:51.559><c> no</c><00:15:51.759><c> wonder</c><00:15:52.120><c> he</c><00:15:52.500><c> envies</c><00:15:52.919><c> Job</c><00:15:53.220><c> so</c>

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deeply,<00:15:55.360><c> and</c><00:15:55.580><c> no</c><00:15:55.820><c> wonder</c><00:15:56.019><c> he</c><00:15:56.200><c> wants</c><00:15:56.419><c> him</c><00:15:56.720><c> dead.</c>

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He<00:15:59.360><c> knows</c><00:15:59.840><c> he</c><00:16:00.120><c> can't</c><00:16:00.559><c> reach</c><00:16:00.919><c> up</c><00:16:01.240><c> to</c><00:16:01.639><c> Job's</c><00:16:02.120><c> greatness.</c><00:16:02.539><c> He</c><00:16:02.879><c> can't</c><00:16:03.679><c> meet</c><00:16:04.000><c> Job</c>

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on<00:16:04.720><c> his</c><00:16:05.019><c> own</c><00:16:05.399><c> terms.</c>

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So<00:16:07.259><c> instead</c><00:16:07.620><c> he</c><00:16:07.759><c> brings</c><00:16:08.100><c> Job</c><00:16:08.419><c> down</c><00:16:08.779><c> to</c><00:16:09.000><c> his</c><00:16:09.279><c> level.</c>

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You<00:16:12.539><c> think</c><00:16:12.960><c> Job</c><00:16:13.419><c> is</c><00:16:13.840><c> righteous,</c><00:16:14.559><c> he</c><00:16:14.799><c> says</c><00:16:14.980><c> to</c><00:16:15.220><c> God.</c>

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But<00:16:18.179><c> would</c><00:16:18.340><c> he</c><00:16:18.539><c> have</c><00:16:18.700><c> been</c><00:16:18.879><c> so</c><00:16:19.240><c> righteous</c><00:16:19.700><c> if</c><00:16:20.200><c> he</c><00:16:20.379><c> had</c><00:16:20.580><c> lived</c>

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my<00:16:21.539><c> life</c><00:16:22.360><c> instead</c><00:16:23.919><c> of</c><00:16:24.240><c> the</c><00:16:24.419><c> one</c><00:16:24.820><c> he</c><00:16:25.100><c> enjoys</c><00:16:25.500><c> now?</c>

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I<00:16:33.360><c> think</c><00:16:33.539><c> that's</c><00:16:33.879><c> the</c><00:16:34.200><c> implied</c><00:16:34.639><c> question</c><00:16:35.419><c> in</c><00:16:36.419><c> the</c><00:16:36.740><c> adversary's</c><00:16:37.480><c> response</c>

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to<00:16:38.019><c> God</c><00:16:38.419><c> and</c><00:16:39.419><c> Job.</c>

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And<00:16:42.840><c> I</c><00:16:43.039><c> think</c><00:16:43.240><c> there</c><00:16:43.539><c> is</c><00:16:43.919><c> an</c><00:16:44.220><c> implied</c><00:16:44.480><c> answer</c><00:16:45.220><c> in</c><00:16:46.019><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:16:46.639><c> 7</c><00:16:46.980><c> verse</c><00:16:47.320><c> 15.</c>

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Let's<00:16:48.100><c> go</c><00:16:48.299><c> there</c><00:16:48.460><c> now.</c>

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Ecclesiastes<00:16:57.779><c> chapter</c><00:16:58.080><c> 7,</c><00:16:58.460><c> commencing</c><00:16:59.000><c> in</c><00:16:59.519><c> verse</c><00:16:59.779><c> 15.</c>

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During<00:17:03.179><c> the</c><00:17:03.440><c> days</c><00:17:03.639><c> of</c><00:17:03.860><c> my</c><00:17:04.039><c> fleeting</c><00:17:04.339><c> life,</c><00:17:05.140><c> I</c><00:17:05.480><c> have</c><00:17:05.700><c> seen</c><00:17:05.839><c> both</c>

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of<00:17:06.279><c> these</c><00:17:06.500><c> things.</c>

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Sometimes<00:17:08.579><c> a</c><00:17:08.900><c> righteous</c><00:17:09.140><c> person</c><00:17:09.579><c> dies</c><00:17:09.960><c> prematurely,</c><00:17:10.920><c> in</c><00:17:11.259><c> spite</c><00:17:11.480><c> of</c>

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his<00:17:11.900><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:17:14.619><c> sometimes</c><00:17:15.220><c> a</c><00:17:15.599><c> wicked</c><00:17:15.779><c> person</c><00:17:16.740><c> lives</c><00:17:17.240><c> long,</c><00:17:18.880><c> in</c><00:17:19.099><c> spite</c><00:17:19.359><c> of</c>

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his<00:17:19.740><c> evil</c><00:17:19.980><c> deeds.</c>

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So<00:17:23.619><c> do</c><00:17:23.859><c> not</c><00:17:24.079><c> be</c><00:17:24.660><c> excessively</c><00:17:25.660><c> righteous,</c><00:17:26.740><c> self</c><00:17:26.980><c>-righteous,</c>

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or<00:17:28.380><c> excessively</c><00:17:29.019><c> wise,</c><00:17:30.799><c> otherwise</c><00:17:31.380><c> you</c><00:17:32.420><c> might</c><00:17:32.660><c> be</c><00:17:33.200><c> disappointed.</c>

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I<00:17:39.400><c> think</c><00:17:39.599><c> the</c><00:17:39.880><c> implied</c><00:17:40.160><c> answer</c><00:17:40.519><c> here</c><00:17:41.039><c> is</c><00:17:41.799><c> that</c><00:17:42.099><c> God</c><00:17:42.339><c> doesn't</c>

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guarantee<00:17:43.539><c> happy</c><00:17:43.980><c> endings.</c>

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God<00:17:48.559><c> doesn't</c><00:17:48.980><c> offer</c><00:17:49.279><c> us</c><00:17:50.079><c> traditional</c><00:17:50.920><c> Hollywood</c><00:17:51.539><c> narratives.</c><00:17:52.619><c> He</c><00:17:52.839><c> offers</c>

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us<00:17:53.940><c> life.</c>

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And<00:17:57.420><c> I</c><00:17:57.519><c> don't</c><00:17:57.680><c> know</c><00:17:57.819><c> about</c><00:17:57.960><c> you,</c><00:17:58.140><c> but</c><00:17:58.259><c> in</c><00:17:58.339><c> my</c><00:17:58.579><c> experience</c><00:17:59.059><c> life</c>

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is<00:17:59.960><c> pretty</c><00:18:00.220><c> messy.</c>

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It's<00:18:03.680><c> full</c><00:18:03.859><c> of</c><00:18:04.220><c> unresolved</c><00:18:04.779><c> issues,</c><00:18:07.000><c> questions,</c><00:18:07.720><c> problems,</c>

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threads<00:18:09.500><c> that</c><00:18:09.759><c> never</c><00:18:10.039><c> quite</c><00:18:10.359><c> get</c><00:18:10.680><c> sorted.</c>

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It's<00:18:13.619><c> not</c><00:18:13.880><c> as</c><00:18:14.359><c> simple</c><00:18:15.019><c> as</c><00:18:15.660><c> some</c><00:18:15.920><c> kind</c><00:18:16.140><c> of</c><00:18:16.460><c> binary</c><00:18:16.859><c> equation</c><00:18:17.420><c> where</c><00:18:17.680><c> we</c>

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put<00:18:18.500><c> in</c><00:18:18.700><c> one</c><00:18:18.940><c> thing</c><00:18:19.079><c> and</c><00:18:19.240><c> we</c><00:18:19.599><c> know</c><00:18:19.779><c> that</c><00:18:19.960><c> we</c><00:18:20.099><c> will</c><00:18:20.259><c> always</c><00:18:20.579><c> get</c>

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out<00:18:21.059><c> from</c><00:18:21.220><c> it</c><00:18:21.640><c> something</c><00:18:21.980><c> else,</c><00:18:22.559><c> something</c><00:18:22.819><c> predictable.</c>

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Sometimes<00:18:27.880><c> good</c><00:18:28.700><c> people</c><00:18:29.019><c> suffer.</c><00:18:31.559><c> Sometimes</c><00:18:32.019><c> bad</c><00:18:32.299><c> people</c><00:18:32.619><c> flourish.</c>

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This<00:18:35.599><c> is</c><00:18:35.740><c> the</c><00:18:35.859><c> price</c><00:18:36.119><c> we</c><00:18:36.359><c> pay</c><00:18:36.960><c> for</c><00:18:37.940><c> free</c><00:18:38.220><c> will.</c><00:18:40.839><c> This</c><00:18:41.160><c> is</c><00:18:41.920><c> the</c>

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cost<00:18:42.619><c> of</c><00:18:43.079><c> creation.</c>

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The<00:18:47.940><c> adversary</c><00:18:48.299><c> is</c><00:18:48.500><c> not</c><00:18:48.660><c> willing</c><00:18:48.880><c> to</c><00:18:49.180><c> accept</c><00:18:49.460><c> this.</c><00:18:49.799><c> He</c><00:18:49.960><c> thinks</c><00:18:50.240><c> God</c>

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is<00:18:50.680><c> unfair.</c>

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He<00:18:52.039><c> thinks</c><00:18:52.259><c> God</c><00:18:52.519><c> chooses</c><00:18:52.799><c> a</c><00:18:53.059><c> few</c><00:18:53.299><c> favorite</c><00:18:53.660><c> people</c><00:18:54.039><c> and</c><00:18:54.339><c> simply</c><00:18:54.700><c> discards</c><00:18:55.359><c> the</c><00:18:55.619><c> rest.</c>

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He<00:18:58.819><c> thinks</c><00:18:59.059><c> God</c><00:18:59.440><c> has</c><00:19:00.000><c> no</c><00:19:00.420><c> time</c><00:19:00.660><c> for</c><00:19:00.900><c> him</c><00:19:01.079><c> because</c><00:19:01.339><c> he's</c><00:19:01.619><c> a</c><00:19:01.759><c> sinner.</c>

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God<00:19:04.720><c> doesn't</c><00:19:04.980><c> want</c><00:19:05.200><c> me,</c><00:19:06.019><c> he</c><00:19:06.240><c> says</c><00:19:06.380><c> to</c><00:19:06.539><c> himself.</c><00:19:07.140><c> I'm</c><00:19:07.519><c> too</c><00:19:07.880><c> problematic</c><00:19:08.400><c> for</c><00:19:08.680><c> him.</c>

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He<00:19:10.819><c> has</c><00:19:11.000><c> no</c><00:19:11.240><c> use</c><00:19:11.480><c> for</c><00:19:11.740><c> a</c><00:19:11.839><c> man</c><00:19:11.960><c> like</c><00:19:12.240><c> me.</c>

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If<00:19:18.400><c> you're</c><00:19:18.880><c> anything</c><00:19:19.180><c> like</c><00:19:19.460><c> me,</c><00:19:20.299><c> and</c><00:19:20.339><c> for</c><00:19:20.640><c> your</c><00:19:20.819><c> sake,</c><00:19:21.039><c> I</c><00:19:21.180><c> really</c><00:19:21.460><c> hope</c>

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you're<00:19:21.740><c> not,</c><00:19:23.339><c> you</c><00:19:23.880><c> might</c><00:19:24.180><c> have</c><00:19:24.500><c> experienced</c><00:19:25.039><c> similar</c><00:19:26.799><c> thoughts</c><00:19:27.140><c> in</c>

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your<00:19:27.500><c> life</c>

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where<00:19:29.740><c> your</c><00:19:29.940><c> relationship</c><00:19:30.480><c> with</c><00:19:30.660><c> God</c><00:19:30.819><c> has</c><00:19:31.079><c> broken</c><00:19:31.359><c> down</c><00:19:31.640><c> and</c>

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you<00:19:31.960><c> think,</c><00:19:33.519><c> what</c><00:19:33.819><c> am</c><00:19:33.980><c> I</c><00:19:34.079><c> bringing</c><00:19:34.480><c> to</c><00:19:35.019><c> this</c><00:19:35.220><c> relationship</c><00:19:35.940><c> that</c><00:19:36.480><c> God</c><00:19:37.059><c> could</c><00:19:37.599><c> possibly</c><00:19:38.119><c> need</c><00:19:38.880><c> or</c>

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want<00:19:39.720><c> or</c><00:19:40.039><c> respect?</c>

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God's<00:19:42.960><c> love</c><00:19:43.099><c> is</c><00:19:43.400><c> immeasurable.</c><00:19:43.960><c> I</c><00:19:44.220><c> can't</c><00:19:44.579><c> compete</c><00:19:44.880><c> with</c><00:19:45.099><c> that.</c>

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Look<00:19:49.500><c> at</c><00:19:49.660><c> my</c><00:19:49.799><c> life.</c><00:19:51.079><c> It's</c><00:19:51.519><c> all</c><00:19:51.700><c> over</c><00:19:51.960><c> the</c><00:19:52.079><c> place.</c><00:19:53.200><c> I</c><00:19:53.500><c> did</c><00:19:53.700><c> pretty</c><00:19:54.019><c> well</c>

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in<00:19:54.440><c> maybe</c><00:19:54.619><c> the</c><00:19:54.839><c> 90s</c><00:19:55.180><c> and</c><00:19:55.299><c> early</c><00:19:56.920><c> 2000s.</c><00:19:57.480><c> I</c><00:19:57.500><c> was</c><00:19:57.640><c> a</c><00:19:57.740><c> bit</c><00:19:57.859><c> lucky.</c>

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Things<00:19:59.160><c> picked</c><00:19:59.380><c> up</c><00:19:59.559><c> again</c><00:19:59.799><c> around</c><00:20:00.099><c> 2005.</c><00:20:01.119><c> I'm</c><00:20:01.180><c> not</c><00:20:01.299><c> quite</c><00:20:01.539><c> sure</c><00:20:01.740><c> why.</c><00:20:01.940><c> I</c><00:20:01.980><c> had</c><00:20:02.119><c> a</c>

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good<00:20:02.319><c> run</c><00:20:02.460><c> there.</c>

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But<00:20:05.019><c> I</c><00:20:05.539><c> just</c><00:20:05.819><c> keep</c><00:20:06.000><c> falling</c><00:20:06.259><c> back</c><00:20:06.559><c> into</c><00:20:06.720><c> the</c><00:20:06.859><c> same</c><00:20:07.019><c> old</c><00:20:07.119><c> habits.</c><00:20:09.200><c> It's</c>

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two<00:20:09.839><c> steps</c><00:20:10.079><c> forward,</c><00:20:10.359><c> one</c><00:20:10.619><c> step</c><00:20:10.839><c> back.</c><00:20:12.740><c> Why</c><00:20:12.920><c> does</c><00:20:13.059><c> God</c><00:20:13.200><c> bother?</c>

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What<00:20:15.619><c> am</c><00:20:15.819><c> I</c><00:20:15.900><c> bringing</c><00:20:16.160><c> to</c><00:20:16.319><c> this</c><00:20:16.519><c> relationship?</c>

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But<00:20:21.539><c> with</c><00:20:22.319><c> divine</c><00:20:22.599><c> patience,</c><00:20:23.279><c> I</c><00:20:23.279><c> believe</c><00:20:23.579><c> God</c><00:20:24.180><c> shows</c><00:20:24.900><c> that</c><00:20:25.519><c> he</c>

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desires<00:20:26.259><c> a</c><00:20:26.839><c> relationship</c><00:20:27.400><c> with</c><00:20:28.279><c> the</c><00:20:28.460><c> adversary</c><00:20:29.039><c> because</c><00:20:30.460><c> he</c>

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extends<00:20:31.319><c> himself</c><00:20:31.960><c> to</c><00:20:32.359><c> this</c><00:20:32.619><c> man.</c>

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He<00:20:35.180><c> addresses</c><00:20:35.579><c> his</c><00:20:36.039><c> private</c><00:20:36.400><c> concerns,</c><00:20:37.279><c> even</c><00:20:37.640><c> though</c><00:20:38.319><c> they</c>

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are<00:20:39.539><c> wrong.</c>

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He<00:20:41.480><c> even</c><00:20:41.759><c> goes</c><00:20:42.059><c> so</c><00:20:42.299><c> far</c><00:20:42.420><c> as</c><00:20:42.579><c> to</c><00:20:42.779><c> accept</c><00:20:43.259><c> the</c><00:20:43.960><c> adversary's</c><00:20:44.660><c> challenge</c><00:20:45.259><c> and</c>

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involve<00:20:46.440><c> himself</c><00:20:47.079><c> in</c><00:20:47.619><c> a</c><00:20:47.900><c> special</c><00:20:48.200><c> trial</c><00:20:48.839><c> of</c><00:20:49.500><c> a</c><00:20:49.700><c> righteous</c><00:20:49.980><c> man</c>

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for<00:20:51.059><c> the</c><00:20:51.319><c> sake</c><00:20:51.599><c> of</c><00:20:52.059><c> an</c><00:20:52.359><c> unrighteous</c><00:20:52.880><c> man.</c>

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Because<00:20:57.599><c> God</c><00:20:57.900><c> knows</c><00:20:58.279><c> that</c><00:20:58.740><c> if</c><00:20:59.119><c> the</c><00:20:59.380><c> adversary</c><00:20:59.720><c> can</c><00:21:00.000><c> be</c><00:21:00.240><c> proved</c>

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wrong,<00:21:01.960><c> it</c><00:21:02.400><c> may</c><00:21:02.619><c> be</c><00:21:02.819><c> possible</c><00:21:03.200><c> to</c><00:21:03.559><c> win</c><00:21:03.660><c> him</c><00:21:03.920><c> back.</c>

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It<00:21:05.420><c> may</c><00:21:05.740><c> be</c><00:21:05.920><c> possible</c><00:21:06.319><c> for</c><00:21:06.700><c> this</c><00:21:06.940><c> sinner</c><00:21:07.259><c> to</c><00:21:07.960><c> be</c><00:21:08.299><c> reconciled.</c>

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And<00:21:12.980><c> I'm</c><00:21:13.220><c> pretty</c><00:21:13.500><c> sure</c><00:21:13.640><c> that</c><00:21:13.799><c> is</c><00:21:13.980><c> something</c><00:21:14.220><c> that</c><00:21:14.440><c> we</c><00:21:14.599><c> can</c><00:21:14.859><c> personally</c><00:21:15.220><c> relate</c><00:21:15.579><c> to.</c>

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So<00:21:21.160><c> just</c><00:21:21.480><c> like</c><00:21:21.660><c> the</c><00:21:21.880><c> adversary,</c><00:21:22.259><c> God's</c><00:21:22.880><c> actions</c><00:21:23.240><c> tell</c><00:21:23.559><c> us</c><00:21:23.799><c> something</c><00:21:24.099><c> too.</c><00:21:24.359><c> They</c><00:21:24.599><c> tell</c><00:21:24.740><c> us</c>

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of<00:21:25.619><c> his</c><00:21:25.980><c> mercy,</c><00:21:27.559><c> his</c><00:21:27.839><c> forbearance,</c><00:21:29.920><c> his</c><00:21:30.279><c> patience</c><00:21:30.839><c> and</c><00:21:31.299><c> his</c><00:21:31.619><c> wisdom.</c>

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They<00:21:34.019><c> tell</c><00:21:34.259><c> us</c><00:21:34.460><c> that</c><00:21:34.799><c> even</c><00:21:35.059><c> while</c><00:21:35.319><c> he</c><00:21:35.440><c> was</c><00:21:35.759><c> not</c><00:21:36.019><c> quite</c><00:21:36.319><c> ready</c><00:21:36.720><c> to</c><00:21:37.079><c> speak</c><00:21:37.319><c> to</c><00:21:37.660><c> Job,</c><00:21:37.819><c> not</c><00:21:38.000><c> at</c><00:21:38.160><c> this</c><00:21:38.359><c> stage</c><00:21:38.519><c> of</c><00:21:38.759><c> the</c><00:21:38.880><c> trial,</c><00:21:40.180><c> he</c><00:21:40.420><c> always</c><00:21:41.220><c> maintained</c><00:21:41.839><c> a</c>

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dialogue<00:21:42.480><c> with</c><00:21:43.160><c> Job's</c><00:21:43.539><c> adversary.</c>

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He<00:21:45.940><c> offered</c><00:21:46.420><c> forgiveness</c><00:21:47.319><c> and</c><00:21:48.220><c> reconciliation.</c>

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I<00:21:51.539><c> think</c><00:21:51.740><c> God</c><00:21:52.200><c> did</c><00:21:52.519><c> have</c><00:21:52.759><c> time</c><00:21:53.279><c> for</c><00:21:53.680><c> this</c><00:21:53.940><c> man,</c><00:21:54.460><c> just</c><00:21:54.819><c> as</c><00:21:55.000><c> he</c><00:21:55.079><c> does</c><00:21:55.559><c> for</c><00:21:56.039><c> all</c><00:21:56.299><c> of</c><00:21:56.420><c> us.</c>

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And<00:22:00.160><c> if</c><00:22:00.319><c> you</c><00:22:00.400><c> come</c><00:22:00.559><c> with</c><00:22:00.720><c> me</c><00:22:00.799><c> to</c><00:22:01.019><c> Genesis</c><00:22:01.299><c> chapter</c><00:22:01.980><c> 4,</c><00:22:02.720><c> I</c><00:22:02.759><c> think</c>

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you'll<00:22:03.380><c> find</c><00:22:03.779><c> another</c><00:22:04.500><c> sinner</c><00:22:04.900><c> that</c><00:22:05.400><c> God</c><00:22:05.640><c> had</c><00:22:05.880><c> time</c><00:22:06.220><c> for.</c>

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Genesis<00:22:23.920><c> chapter</c><00:22:24.279><c> 4,</c><00:22:24.660><c> commencing</c><00:22:25.140><c> in</c><00:22:25.819><c> verse</c><00:22:26.039><c> 8,</c><00:22:26.700><c> Cain</c><00:22:26.880><c> said</c>

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to<00:22:27.259><c> his</c><00:22:27.400><c> brother</c><00:22:27.579><c> Abel,</c><00:22:28.079><c> let's</c><00:22:28.319><c> go</c><00:22:28.519><c> out</c><00:22:28.700><c> into</c><00:22:28.859><c> the</c><00:22:29.059><c> field.</c>

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And<00:22:30.180><c> while</c><00:22:30.359><c> they</c><00:22:30.519><c> were</c><00:22:30.680><c> in</c><00:22:30.799><c> the</c><00:22:30.960><c> field,</c><00:22:31.660><c> Cain</c><00:22:31.819><c> attacked</c><00:22:32.700><c> his</c>

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brother<00:22:33.500><c> and</c><00:22:35.140><c> killed</c><00:22:35.660><c> him.</c>

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And<00:22:38.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:38.740><c> said</c><00:22:38.960><c> to</c><00:22:39.119><c> Cain,</c><00:22:39.880><c> where</c><00:22:40.059><c> is</c><00:22:40.240><c> your</c><00:22:40.359><c> brother</c><00:22:40.700><c> Abel?</c>

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And<00:22:42.259><c> he</c><00:22:42.400><c> replied,</c><00:22:42.759><c> I</c><00:22:42.819><c> don't</c><00:22:43.019><c> know.</c><00:22:43.759><c> Am</c><00:22:43.920><c> I</c><00:22:44.039><c> my</c><00:22:44.240><c> brother's</c><00:22:44.599><c> guardian?</c>

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But<00:22:47.380><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:47.619><c> said,</c><00:22:49.279><c> what</c><00:22:49.579><c> have</c><00:22:49.740><c> you</c><00:22:49.900><c> done?</c><00:22:51.240><c> The</c><00:22:51.500><c> voice</c><00:22:51.700><c> of</c><00:22:51.900><c> your</c><00:22:52.119><c> brother's</c><00:22:52.599><c> blood</c><00:22:52.819><c> is</c>

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crying<00:22:53.779><c> to</c><00:22:54.000><c> me</c><00:22:54.099><c> from</c><00:22:54.299><c> the</c><00:22:54.559><c> ground.</c>

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So<00:22:57.920><c> now</c><00:22:58.180><c> you</c><00:22:58.359><c> are</c><00:22:58.519><c> banished</c><00:22:58.839><c> from</c><00:22:59.019><c> the</c><00:22:59.220><c> ground,</c><00:22:59.779><c> which</c><00:22:59.920><c> has</c><00:23:00.180><c> opened</c><00:23:00.460><c> its</c><00:23:00.720><c> mouth</c><00:23:00.980><c> to</c>

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receive<00:23:01.599><c> your</c><00:23:01.799><c> brother's</c><00:23:02.160><c> blood</c><00:23:02.599><c> from</c><00:23:03.059><c> your</c><00:23:03.380><c> hand.</c>

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When<00:23:05.400><c> you</c><00:23:05.680><c> try</c><00:23:05.819><c> to</c><00:23:06.019><c> cultivate</c><00:23:06.420><c> the</c><00:23:06.680><c> ground,</c><00:23:07.019><c> it</c><00:23:07.119><c> will</c><00:23:07.339><c> no</c><00:23:07.519><c> longer</c><00:23:07.779><c> yield</c><00:23:08.000><c> its</c>

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best<00:23:08.420><c> for</c><00:23:08.660><c> you.</c><00:23:10.819><c> You</c><00:23:11.339><c> will</c><00:23:11.500><c> be</c><00:23:11.660><c> a</c><00:23:11.859><c> homeless</c><00:23:12.200><c> wanderer</c><00:23:13.059><c> on</c><00:23:13.460><c> the</c><00:23:13.660><c> earth.</c>

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Then<00:23:16.180><c> Cain</c><00:23:16.440><c> said</c><00:23:16.700><c> to</c><00:23:16.920><c> Yahweh,</c><00:23:17.400><c> my</c><00:23:17.700><c> punishment</c><00:23:18.099><c> is</c><00:23:18.359><c> too</c><00:23:18.640><c> great</c>

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to<00:23:19.039><c> endure.</c><00:23:20.240><c> Look,</c><00:23:20.519><c> you</c><00:23:20.720><c> are</c><00:23:20.940><c> driving</c><00:23:21.279><c> me</c><00:23:21.579><c> off</c><00:23:21.720><c> the</c><00:23:21.940><c> land</c><00:23:22.160><c> today</c><00:23:22.619><c> and</c>

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I<00:23:23.299><c> must</c><00:23:23.480><c> hide</c><00:23:23.779><c> from</c><00:23:24.000><c> your</c><00:23:24.200><c> presence.</c>

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I<00:23:26.440><c> will</c><00:23:26.619><c> be</c><00:23:26.779><c> a</c><00:23:27.000><c> homeless</c><00:23:27.359><c> wanderer</c><00:23:28.119><c> on</c><00:23:28.359><c> the</c><00:23:28.559><c> earth.</c><00:23:30.059><c> Whoever</c>

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finds<00:23:30.720><c> me</c><00:23:30.920><c> will</c><00:23:31.099><c> kill</c><00:23:31.299><c> me.</c>

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But<00:23:36.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:36.720><c> said</c><00:23:36.960><c> to</c><00:23:37.079><c> him,</c><00:23:38.299><c> all</c><00:23:38.420><c> right</c><00:23:38.579><c> then,</c><00:23:39.960><c> if</c><00:23:40.140><c> anyone</c><00:23:40.420><c> kills</c><00:23:40.819><c> Cain,</c><00:23:41.799><c> Cain</c><00:23:42.299><c> will</c><00:23:42.759><c> be</c>

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avenged<00:23:43.599><c> seven</c><00:23:43.960><c> times</c><00:23:44.539><c> as</c><00:23:44.819><c> much.</c>

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And<00:23:47.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:47.660><c> put</c><00:23:47.900><c> a</c><00:23:48.160><c> special</c><00:23:48.440><c> mark</c><00:23:48.920><c> on</c><00:23:49.500><c> Cain</c><00:23:49.859><c> so</c><00:23:51.240><c> that</c><00:23:51.579><c> no</c><00:23:51.839><c> one</c>

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who<00:23:52.400><c> found</c><00:23:52.539><c> him</c><00:23:53.480><c> would</c><00:23:53.960><c> strike</c><00:23:54.200><c> him</c><00:23:54.400><c> down.</c>

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Here<00:23:59.640><c> is</c><00:23:59.839><c> an</c><00:24:00.039><c> adversary</c><00:24:00.480><c> just</c><00:24:01.240><c> like</c><00:24:01.500><c> Job's.</c><00:24:03.279><c> He</c><00:24:03.700><c> hates</c><00:24:04.059><c> his</c><00:24:04.319><c> brother</c><00:24:04.880><c> without</c><00:24:05.640><c> a</c><00:24:05.859><c> cause.</c>

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Perhaps<00:24:07.000><c> there's</c><00:24:07.319><c> still</c><00:24:07.819><c> lingering</c><00:24:08.160><c> resentment</c><00:24:08.799><c> from</c><00:24:09.460><c> the</c>

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sacrifices<00:24:10.140><c> they</c><00:24:10.519><c> offered</c><00:24:10.660><c> to</c><00:24:10.900><c> God.</c>

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Cain<00:24:11.380><c> is</c><00:24:13.440><c> perhaps</c><00:24:13.759><c> envious.</c><00:24:15.079><c> We</c><00:24:15.339><c> know</c><00:24:15.559><c> he</c><00:24:15.740><c> is</c><00:24:15.940><c> wrathful</c><00:24:16.579><c> and</c>

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he<00:24:17.839><c> kills</c><00:24:18.059><c> his</c><00:24:18.339><c> brother.</c>

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When<00:24:21.039><c> God</c><00:24:21.160><c> asks</c><00:24:21.500><c> him</c><00:24:21.799><c> directly</c><00:24:22.500><c> about</c><00:24:22.960><c> Abel,</c><00:24:24.119><c> his</c><00:24:24.220><c> answer</c><00:24:24.519><c> is</c>

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evasive.<00:24:25.940><c> Am</c><00:24:26.019><c> I</c><00:24:26.119><c> my</c><00:24:26.359><c> brother's</c><00:24:26.700><c> guardian?</c>

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Cain<00:24:30.619><c> comes</c><00:24:30.859><c> across</c><00:24:31.220><c> as</c><00:24:31.539><c> strong</c><00:24:31.779><c>-willed</c><00:24:32.019><c> and</c><00:24:32.400><c> confident,</c><00:24:33.819><c> proudly</c><00:24:34.099><c> asserting</c><00:24:34.539><c> his</c>

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independence<00:24:35.359><c> from</c><00:24:35.619><c> God.</c>

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But<00:24:38.880><c> his</c><00:24:39.059><c> punishment</c><00:24:39.460><c> is</c><00:24:39.779><c> to</c><00:24:40.000><c> walk</c><00:24:40.299><c> to</c><00:24:40.720><c> and</c><00:24:41.000><c> fro</c><00:24:41.380><c> upon</c><00:24:41.799><c> the</c><00:24:42.039><c> earth,</c><00:24:43.519><c> to</c>

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go<00:24:44.039><c> up</c><00:24:44.259><c> and</c><00:24:44.440><c> down</c><00:24:44.599><c> upon</c><00:24:44.839><c> it</c><00:24:45.359><c> without</c><00:24:46.000><c> rest.</c>

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Driven<00:24:50.099><c> from</c><00:24:50.279><c> his</c><00:24:50.539><c> farm,</c><00:24:50.940><c> he</c><00:24:51.099><c> has</c><00:24:51.299><c> lost</c><00:24:51.460><c> his</c><00:24:51.700><c> income.</c><00:24:53.559><c> Cut</c><00:24:53.779><c> off</c>

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from<00:24:54.039><c> his</c><00:24:54.339><c> parents,</c><00:24:55.299><c> he</c><00:24:55.480><c> has</c><00:24:55.720><c> lost</c><00:24:56.000><c> any</c><00:24:56.420><c> form</c><00:24:56.660><c> of</c><00:24:56.940><c> social</c><00:24:57.220><c> support.</c>

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Known<00:24:59.980><c> in</c><00:25:00.160><c> his</c><00:25:00.359><c> community</c><00:25:00.859><c> as</c><00:25:01.160><c> a</c><00:25:01.380><c> murderer,</c><00:25:02.359><c> he</c><00:25:02.579><c> now</c><00:25:02.819><c> fears</c>

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for<00:25:03.599><c> his</c><00:25:03.779><c> own</c><00:25:03.940><c> life.</c>

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This<00:25:07.339><c> is</c><00:25:07.539><c> an</c><00:25:07.680><c> unstable</c><00:25:08.259><c> man,</c><00:25:09.339><c> aimless</c><00:25:09.740><c> and</c><00:25:10.019><c> desperate,</c><00:25:10.460><c> but</c>

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God<00:25:12.319><c> intervenes.</c>

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He<00:25:15.619><c> places</c><00:25:15.940><c> a</c><00:25:16.259><c> mark</c><00:25:16.539><c> upon</c><00:25:17.000><c> Cain</c><00:25:17.599><c> so</c><00:25:18.460><c> that</c><00:25:18.720><c> he</c><00:25:18.880><c> might</c><00:25:19.200><c> live,</c><00:25:19.759><c> and</c>

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in<00:25:20.480><c> living,</c><00:25:21.839><c> learn</c><00:25:22.140><c> his</c><00:25:22.440><c> lesson.</c>

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A<00:25:25.019><c> lesson</c><00:25:25.240><c> about</c><00:25:25.500><c> the</c><00:25:25.740><c> need</c><00:25:25.980><c> to</c><00:25:26.220><c> be</c><00:25:26.440><c> merciful</c><00:25:26.920><c> even</c><00:25:28.180><c> to</c><00:25:28.460><c> those</c>

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who<00:25:29.019><c> have</c><00:25:29.259><c> shown</c><00:25:29.579><c> no</c><00:25:30.119><c> mercy.</c>

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A<00:25:33.039><c> lesson</c><00:25:33.500><c> about</c><00:25:33.940><c> the</c><00:25:34.140><c> need</c><00:25:34.319><c> to</c><00:25:34.680><c> turn</c><00:25:35.000><c> from</c><00:25:35.299><c> evil</c><00:25:35.640><c> and</c><00:25:36.940><c> choose</c><00:25:37.279><c> good.</c>

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Can<00:25:41.160><c> we</c><00:25:41.339><c> see</c><00:25:41.599><c> these</c><00:25:41.839><c> similarities</c><00:25:42.519><c> between</c><00:25:43.160><c> Cain</c><00:25:43.599><c> and</c><00:25:44.480><c> Job's</c>

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own<00:25:45.039><c> adversary?</c>

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And<00:25:48.160><c> if</c><00:25:48.380><c> so,</c><00:25:49.140><c> can</c><00:25:49.279><c> we</c><00:25:49.519><c> also</c><00:25:49.859><c> see</c><00:25:50.079><c> the</c><00:25:50.319><c> similarities</c><00:25:50.819><c> between</c>

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these<00:25:51.640><c> men</c><00:25:52.200><c> and</c><00:25:53.839><c> ourselves?</c>

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Do<00:25:56.960><c> we</c><00:25:57.599><c> have</c><00:25:57.720><c> the</c><00:25:57.980><c> honesty</c><00:25:58.420><c> to</c><00:25:58.900><c> admit</c><00:25:59.160><c> that</c><00:25:59.579><c> really,</c><00:26:01.440><c> deep</c><00:26:01.779><c> down</c><00:26:02.099><c> inside,</c><00:26:02.640><c> where</c><00:26:02.839><c> it</c>

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counts,<00:26:04.759><c> we</c><00:26:05.019><c> are</c><00:26:05.240><c> not</c><00:26:05.720><c> so</c><00:26:06.059><c> very</c><00:26:06.359><c> different?</c>

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:17.559
Sometimes<00:26:12.119><c> we</c><00:26:12.759><c> envy,</c><00:26:14.819><c> but</c><00:26:15.079><c> when</c><00:26:15.299><c> we</c><00:26:15.599><c> envy,</c><00:26:15.960><c> we</c><00:26:16.200><c> often</c><00:26:16.539><c> hate</c><00:26:16.980><c> also.</c>

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:20.440
And<00:26:18.019><c> Jesus</c><00:26:18.259><c> said</c><00:26:18.420><c> that</c><00:26:18.599><c> when</c><00:26:18.740><c> we</c><00:26:19.019><c> hate,</c><00:26:19.480><c> we</c><00:26:19.700><c> have</c><00:26:19.960><c> effectively</c>

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killed,<00:26:21.579><c> we</c><00:26:21.880><c> become</c><00:26:22.160><c> murderers.</c>

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:33.039
Sometimes<00:26:27.539><c> we</c><00:26:27.799><c> lust,</c><00:26:29.819><c> but</c><00:26:29.900><c> when</c><00:26:30.079><c> we</c><00:26:30.279><c> lust,</c><00:26:30.680><c> we</c><00:26:30.819><c> indulge</c><00:26:31.660><c> our</c><00:26:31.980><c> desires.</c>

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:37.039
And<00:26:34.319><c> Jesus</c><00:26:34.539><c> said</c><00:26:34.759><c> that</c><00:26:34.940><c> when</c><00:26:35.079><c> we</c><00:26:35.380><c> indulge</c><00:26:35.700><c> our</c><00:26:35.859><c> desires,</c><00:26:36.839><c> we</c>

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:39.759
commit<00:26:37.380><c> adultery</c><00:26:38.039><c> in</c><00:26:38.720><c> the</c><00:26:38.900><c> heart.</c>

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:46.960
We<00:26:43.380><c> can</c><00:26:43.640><c> speak</c><00:26:43.880><c> to</c><00:26:44.059><c> God</c><00:26:44.359><c> at</c><00:26:44.740><c> any</c><00:26:45.039><c> time</c><00:26:45.460><c> about</c><00:26:45.720><c> these</c><00:26:45.980><c> things.</c>

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:50.539
He's<00:26:47.380><c> always</c><00:26:47.619><c> open,</c><00:26:48.819><c> He's</c><00:26:49.180><c> always</c><00:26:49.480><c> listening.</c>

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:58.200
But<00:26:52.460><c> when</c><00:26:52.640><c> we</c><00:26:52.819><c> do</c><00:26:53.059><c> speak</c><00:26:53.299><c> to</c><00:26:53.539><c> Him,</c><00:26:54.559><c> do</c><00:26:54.799><c> we</c><00:26:55.119><c> speak</c><00:26:55.480><c> directly</c><00:26:56.180><c> or</c>

00:26:58.200 --> 00:27:03.519
do<00:26:58.640><c> we</c><00:26:58.839><c> hold</c><00:26:59.140><c> something</c><00:26:59.599><c> back,</c><00:27:00.819><c> pretending</c><00:27:01.240><c> that</c><00:27:01.680><c> what</c><00:27:01.900><c> we</c><00:27:02.220><c> don't</c><00:27:02.500><c> say</c><00:27:02.799><c> can't</c><00:27:03.119><c> ever</c><00:27:03.319><c> be</c>

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known<00:27:03.720><c> or</c><00:27:03.980><c> acknowledged?</c>

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How<00:27:08.759><c> much</c><00:27:09.180><c> do</c><00:27:09.440><c> we</c><00:27:09.720><c> confess</c><00:27:10.079><c> to</c><00:27:10.299><c> God</c><00:27:10.619><c> on</c><00:27:11.480><c> Sunday</c><00:27:11.759><c> morning</c><00:27:12.039><c> as</c><00:27:12.220><c> we</c>

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take<00:27:12.619><c> the</c><00:27:12.839><c> emblems?</c>

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How<00:27:14.759><c> powerful</c><00:27:15.359><c> are</c><00:27:15.799><c> those</c><00:27:16.099><c> emblems</c><00:27:16.539><c> to</c><00:27:16.779><c> us</c><00:27:17.400><c> as</c><00:27:17.740><c> we</c><00:27:17.900><c> look</c><00:27:18.039><c> at</c><00:27:18.180><c> them?</c>

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:24.099
Can<00:27:20.480><c> we</c><00:27:20.579><c> see</c><00:27:20.779><c> the</c><00:27:20.900><c> body</c><00:27:21.099><c> of</c><00:27:21.220><c> Christ</c><00:27:21.539><c> in</c><00:27:21.759><c> the</c><00:27:21.980><c> bread?</c><00:27:23.220><c> Can</c><00:27:23.380><c> we</c><00:27:23.480><c> see</c><00:27:23.660><c> the</c><00:27:23.779><c> blood</c><00:27:23.940><c> of</c>

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:26.579
Christ<00:27:24.839><c> in</c><00:27:25.420><c> the</c><00:27:25.619><c> wine?</c>

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When<00:27:31.779><c> we</c><00:27:32.319><c> contemplate</c><00:27:33.039><c> the</c><00:27:33.259><c> emblems</c><00:27:35.599><c> and</c><00:27:36.279><c> what</c><00:27:36.640><c> they</c><00:27:36.920><c> represent,</c>

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:45.880
do<00:27:39.759><c> we</c><00:27:39.940><c> open</c><00:27:40.180><c> our</c><00:27:40.420><c> hearts</c><00:27:40.640><c> to</c><00:27:40.859><c> God</c><00:27:41.440><c> in</c><00:27:43.519><c> search</c><00:27:43.819><c> of</c><00:27:44.279><c> true</c><00:27:44.579><c> reconciliation?</c>

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:52.500
Or<00:27:47.740><c> do</c><00:27:48.000><c> we</c><00:27:48.180><c> just</c><00:27:49.339><c> skim</c><00:27:49.779><c> the</c><00:27:50.039><c> weak,</c><00:27:50.839><c> review</c><00:27:51.019><c> a</c><00:27:51.339><c> few</c><00:27:51.640><c> bad</c><00:27:52.059><c> points</c>

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:55.880
and<00:27:52.700><c> say,</c><00:27:52.920><c> well,</c><00:27:53.160><c> at</c><00:27:53.240><c> least</c><00:27:53.359><c> I</c><00:27:53.500><c> didn't</c><00:27:53.660><c> commit</c><00:27:53.920><c> any</c><00:27:54.259><c> carnal</c><00:27:54.539><c> abominations,</c>

00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:03.460
and<00:27:58.519><c> pacify</c><00:27:59.119><c> our</c><00:27:59.539><c> conscience</c><00:27:59.900><c> for</c><00:28:00.200><c> a</c><00:28:00.319><c> week,</c><00:28:01.920><c> just</c><00:28:02.339><c> quietly</c><00:28:02.859><c> knock</c><00:28:03.319><c> it</c>

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into<00:28:03.680><c> submission?</c>

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Surely<00:28:08.619><c> we</c><00:28:08.920><c> can't</c><00:28:09.240><c> afford</c><00:28:09.900><c> to</c><00:28:10.200><c> hold</c><00:28:10.380><c> anything</c><00:28:10.799><c> back</c><00:28:11.160><c> because</c>

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if,<00:28:12.440><c> like</c><00:28:12.720><c> Job's</c><00:28:13.099><c> adversary,</c><00:28:13.880><c> we</c><00:28:14.119><c> begin</c><00:28:14.359><c> to</c><00:28:14.740><c> distance</c><00:28:15.119><c> ourselves</c><00:28:15.740><c> from</c><00:28:16.019><c> God,</c>

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:22.619
we<00:28:17.859><c> will</c><00:28:18.119><c> become</c><00:28:18.380><c> just</c><00:28:18.759><c> as</c><00:28:19.039><c> bitter</c><00:28:19.380><c> and</c><00:28:19.920><c> dysfunctional</c><00:28:21.119><c> as</c><00:28:21.480><c> he</c><00:28:21.779><c> did.</c>

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:32.160
We<00:28:25.099><c> will</c><00:28:25.380><c> know</c><00:28:26.220><c> intellectually</c><00:28:27.019><c> that</c><00:28:28.200><c> we</c><00:28:28.460><c> need</c><00:28:28.680><c> God,</c><00:28:29.140><c> and</c><00:28:29.380><c> Job's</c><00:28:29.859><c> adversary</c><00:28:30.220><c> knew</c><00:28:30.440><c> it</c><00:28:30.740><c> too.</c>

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:36.559
But<00:28:32.859><c> he</c><00:28:32.980><c> couldn't</c><00:28:33.299><c> bring</c><00:28:33.539><c> himself</c><00:28:34.059><c> to</c><00:28:34.500><c> admit</c><00:28:34.920><c> it.</c>

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:40.299
He<00:28:37.400><c> presents</c><00:28:37.759><c> a</c><00:28:37.940><c> facade</c><00:28:38.339><c> of</c><00:28:38.660><c> independence</c><00:28:39.140><c> and</c><00:28:39.579><c> strength</c><00:28:39.900><c> and</c>

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:43.519
acts<00:28:40.519><c> as</c><00:28:40.700><c> if</c><00:28:40.779><c> he</c><00:28:40.980><c> even</c><00:28:41.279><c> enjoys</c><00:28:41.819><c> wandering</c><00:28:42.279><c> the</c><00:28:42.559><c> earth.</c>

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:50.460
But<00:28:45.519><c> in</c><00:28:45.720><c> reality,</c><00:28:46.099><c> he</c><00:28:46.400><c> does</c><00:28:46.660><c> want</c><00:28:46.880><c> to</c><00:28:47.079><c> settle.</c><00:28:47.599><c> He</c><00:28:47.720><c> wants</c><00:28:47.980><c> to</c><00:28:48.220><c> be</c><00:28:48.420><c> secure.</c><00:28:49.059><c> He</c><00:28:49.220><c> wants</c><00:28:49.460><c> to</c><00:28:49.759><c> establish</c><00:28:50.180><c> a</c>

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:53.559
foundation<00:28:51.019><c> on</c><00:28:51.299><c> which</c><00:28:51.500><c> a</c><00:28:51.700><c> good</c><00:28:51.839><c> life</c><00:28:52.299><c> can</c><00:28:52.539><c> be</c><00:28:52.779><c> built.</c>

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:57.559
And<00:28:54.400><c> we</c><00:28:54.519><c> know</c><00:28:54.680><c> this</c><00:28:54.880><c> because</c><00:28:55.319><c> no</c><00:28:55.660><c> matter</c><00:28:55.839><c> how</c><00:28:56.200><c> far</c><00:28:56.380><c> he</c><00:28:56.619><c> wanders,</c>

00:28:58.220 --> 00:29:02.480
no<00:28:59.140><c> matter</c><00:28:59.359><c> how</c><00:28:59.819><c> far</c><00:29:00.119><c> he</c><00:29:00.279><c> is</c><00:29:01.000><c> from</c><00:29:01.500><c> the</c><00:29:01.720><c> assembly</c><00:29:01.980><c> of</c><00:29:02.160><c> the</c><00:29:02.299><c> sons</c>

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:09.000
of<00:29:02.720><c> God,</c><00:29:04.559><c> something</c><00:29:05.200><c> always</c><00:29:06.759><c> drags</c><00:29:07.839><c> him</c><00:29:08.039><c> back.</c>

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:19.019
And<00:29:11.980><c> that</c><00:29:12.240><c> something</c><00:29:12.680><c> is</c><00:29:13.500><c> the</c><00:29:14.119><c> consistency</c><00:29:14.880><c> of</c><00:29:15.720><c> God,</c><00:29:16.720><c> the</c><00:29:17.039><c> stability</c><00:29:17.940><c> that</c><00:29:18.359><c> only</c><00:29:18.660><c> a</c>

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:21.799
relationship<00:29:19.640><c> with</c><00:29:20.019><c> him</c><00:29:20.480><c> can</c><00:29:20.799><c> offer.</c>

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:27.920
So<00:29:23.240><c> whenever</c><00:29:23.559><c> God's</c><00:29:24.000><c> children</c><00:29:24.299><c> are</c><00:29:24.599><c> assembled,</c><00:29:25.359><c> the</c><00:29:25.579><c> adversary</c><00:29:26.000><c> is</c><00:29:26.299><c> there</c><00:29:26.980><c> on</c>

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:35.599
the<00:29:28.180><c> fringe,</c><00:29:30.119><c> wanting</c><00:29:30.500><c> to</c><00:29:30.859><c> join,</c><00:29:32.299><c> but</c><00:29:33.079><c> unable</c><00:29:33.859><c> to</c><00:29:34.039><c> pay</c><00:29:34.220><c> the</c><00:29:34.440><c> price.</c>

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:50.079
The<00:29:42.779><c> price</c><00:29:43.119><c> is</c><00:29:44.579><c> humility,</c><00:29:46.640><c> submission</c><00:29:47.220><c> to</c><00:29:47.940><c> God</c><00:29:48.240><c> at</c><00:29:48.759><c> the</c><00:29:49.119><c> expense</c><00:29:49.480><c> of</c>

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:51.220
our<00:29:50.420><c> pride.</c>

00:29:53.819 --> 00:30:00.759
Who<00:29:55.079><c> of</c><00:29:55.180><c> us</c><00:29:55.440><c> here</c><00:29:56.119><c> does</c><00:29:56.880><c> not</c><00:29:57.279><c> know</c><00:29:57.900><c> just</c><00:29:58.539><c> how</c><00:29:59.440><c> terribly</c><00:29:59.980><c> high</c>

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:04.220
that<00:30:01.519><c> price</c><00:30:02.099><c> can</c><00:30:02.799><c> really</c><00:30:03.119><c> be?</c>

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:15.240
So<00:30:11.559><c> the</c><00:30:11.720><c> adversary</c><00:30:12.059><c> vents</c><00:30:12.559><c> his</c><00:30:13.240><c> frustration</c><00:30:13.960><c> on</c><00:30:14.960><c> Job.</c>

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:20.079
And<00:30:16.400><c> at</c><00:30:16.619><c> the</c><00:30:16.779><c> outset,</c><00:30:17.579><c> Job</c><00:30:17.599><c> seems</c><00:30:18.059><c> to</c><00:30:18.359><c> respond</c><00:30:19.039><c> pretty</c><00:30:19.880><c> well.</c>

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:23.299
Look<00:30:20.319><c> at</c><00:30:20.519><c> Job</c><00:30:20.740><c> 1</c><00:30:20.960><c> verse</c><00:30:21.279><c> 20.</c>

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:47.940
Then<00:30:43.079><c> Job</c><00:30:43.319><c> got</c><00:30:43.539><c> up</c><00:30:44.259><c> and</c><00:30:44.799><c> tore</c><00:30:45.039><c> his</c><00:30:45.319><c> robe.</c><00:30:46.740><c> He</c><00:30:47.140><c> shaved</c><00:30:47.480><c> his</c><00:30:47.759><c> head</c>

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:51.440
and<00:30:48.299><c> he</c><00:30:48.660><c> threw</c><00:30:48.819><c> himself</c><00:30:49.259><c> down</c><00:30:49.599><c> with</c><00:30:49.779><c> his</c><00:30:50.039><c> face</c><00:30:50.180><c> to</c><00:30:50.380><c> the</c><00:30:50.519><c> ground.</c>

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:58.619
He<00:30:52.819><c> said,</c><00:30:54.380><c> Naked</c><00:30:54.759><c> I</c><00:30:55.019><c> came</c><00:30:55.259><c> from</c><00:30:55.440><c> my</c><00:30:55.660><c> mother's</c><00:30:56.059><c> womb,</c><00:30:57.839><c> and</c><00:30:58.059><c> naked</c><00:30:58.359><c> I</c>

00:30:58.619 --> 00:31:00.079
will<00:30:58.839><c> return</c><00:30:59.140><c> there.</c>

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:05.460
Yahweh<00:31:01.160><c> gives</c><00:31:01.779><c> and</c><00:31:02.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:02.920><c> takes</c><00:31:03.220><c> away.</c><00:31:04.440><c> May</c><00:31:04.660><c> the</c><00:31:04.940><c> name</c><00:31:05.220><c> of</c>

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.839
Yahweh<00:31:05.700><c> be</c><00:31:05.940><c> blessed.</c>

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:14.380
In<00:31:09.660><c> all</c><00:31:09.980><c> this,</c><00:31:10.940><c> Job</c><00:31:11.019><c> did</c><00:31:11.380><c> not</c><00:31:11.680><c> sin,</c><00:31:13.099><c> nor</c><00:31:13.259><c> did</c><00:31:13.400><c> he</c><00:31:13.640><c> charge</c><00:31:14.019><c> God</c>

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:16.819
with<00:31:14.740><c> moral</c><00:31:15.059><c> impropriety.</c>

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:35.539
In<00:31:23.559><c> the</c><00:31:23.759><c> next</c><00:31:23.960><c> chapter,</c><00:31:24.519><c> Job</c><00:31:24.900><c> continues</c><00:31:27.299><c> his</c><00:31:28.119><c> upright</c><00:31:28.480><c> stance.</c><00:31:29.500><c> He</c><00:31:29.779><c> continues</c><00:31:30.640><c> this</c><00:31:32.619><c> acquiescence</c><00:31:34.720><c> to</c>

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.099
the<00:31:35.660><c> will</c><00:31:35.740><c> of</c><00:31:36.000><c> God.</c>

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:42.279
He<00:31:36.400><c> maintains</c><00:31:37.079><c> his</c><00:31:37.480><c> integrity,</c><00:31:39.119><c> even</c><00:31:40.940><c> though</c><00:31:41.160><c> the</c><00:31:41.380><c> pain</c><00:31:41.740><c> is</c>

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:44.140
really<00:31:42.660><c> starting</c><00:31:42.920><c> to</c><00:31:43.140><c> hurt</c><00:31:43.279><c> now.</c>

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:55.259
Look<00:31:46.000><c> at</c><00:31:46.220><c> Job</c><00:31:46.460><c> chapter</c><00:31:46.779><c> 2</c><00:31:47.079><c> verse</c><00:31:47.359><c> 9.</c><00:31:53.220><c> Job's</c><00:31:53.400><c> wife</c><00:31:53.720><c> said</c><00:31:53.940><c> to</c><00:31:54.059><c> him,</c><00:31:55.200><c> Are</c>

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:58.440
you<00:31:55.599><c> still</c><00:31:56.019><c> holding</c><00:31:56.380><c> firmly</c><00:31:56.880><c> to</c><00:31:57.119><c> your</c><00:31:57.339><c> integrity?</c>

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:08.140
Curse<00:32:00.660><c> God</c><00:32:01.180><c> and</c><00:32:01.940><c> die.</c><00:32:05.960><c> Job</c><00:32:06.259><c> replied,</c><00:32:07.079><c> You're</c><00:32:07.440><c> talking</c><00:32:07.859><c> like</c>

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:10.059
one<00:32:08.339><c> of</c><00:32:08.440><c> the</c><00:32:08.740><c> godless</c><00:32:09.059><c> women</c><00:32:09.299><c> would</c><00:32:09.539><c> do.</c>

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:13.880
Should<00:32:11.220><c> we</c><00:32:11.440><c> receive</c><00:32:11.759><c> what</c><00:32:11.920><c> is</c><00:32:12.099><c> good</c><00:32:12.279><c> from</c><00:32:12.500><c> God</c><00:32:12.819><c> and</c><00:32:13.279><c> not</c><00:32:13.559><c> also</c>

00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:15.539
receive<00:32:14.200><c> what</c><00:32:14.359><c> is</c><00:32:14.619><c> evil?</c>

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:22.640
In<00:32:17.640><c> all</c><00:32:17.980><c> this,</c><00:32:19.119><c> Job</c><00:32:19.259><c> did</c><00:32:19.740><c> not</c><00:32:20.019><c> sin</c><00:32:20.480><c> by</c><00:32:20.839><c> what</c><00:32:21.000><c> he</c><00:32:21.200><c> said.</c>

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:31.019
Job's<00:32:27.539><c> wife</c><00:32:27.960><c> is</c><00:32:28.880><c> probably</c><00:32:29.220><c> responding</c><00:32:29.799><c> the</c><00:32:30.099><c> way</c><00:32:30.299><c> most</c><00:32:30.599><c> of</c><00:32:30.819><c> us</c>

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:35.599
would.<00:32:32.599><c> The</c><00:32:32.740><c> way</c><00:32:32.960><c> Job</c><00:32:33.240><c> would</c><00:32:33.380><c> if</c><00:32:33.519><c> he</c><00:32:33.700><c> wasn't</c><00:32:33.900><c> such</c><00:32:34.140><c> an</c><00:32:34.339><c> amazing</c><00:32:34.660><c> guy.</c>

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:41.119
Job's<00:32:37.500><c> wife</c><00:32:37.980><c> is</c><00:32:38.740><c> in</c><00:32:39.059><c> pain</c><00:32:39.259><c> because</c><00:32:39.640><c> her</c><00:32:39.880><c> husband</c><00:32:40.259><c> is</c><00:32:40.539><c> in</c><00:32:40.779><c> pain</c>

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:47.339
and<00:32:41.559><c> because</c><00:32:42.019><c> her</c><00:32:42.680><c> life</c><00:32:43.200><c> has</c><00:32:43.779><c> been</c><00:32:44.079><c> ruined</c><00:32:44.539><c> in</c><00:32:45.319><c> the</c><00:32:45.599><c> destruction</c><00:32:45.880><c> of</c><00:32:46.140><c> his</c><00:32:46.359><c> own.</c>

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:53.819
It's<00:32:49.680><c> difficult</c><00:32:50.160><c> to</c><00:32:50.619><c> see</c><00:32:50.880><c> how</c><00:32:51.160><c> this</c><00:32:51.519><c> marriage</c><00:32:52.019><c> can</c><00:32:52.539><c> survive.</c>

00:32:58.519 --> 00:33:01.500
Job<00:32:59.099><c> can't</c><00:32:59.680><c> even</c><00:32:59.960><c> communicate</c><00:33:00.539><c> with</c><00:33:00.740><c> his</c><00:33:00.920><c> wife.</c><00:33:01.119><c> They</c><00:33:01.240><c> can't</c>

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:04.900
even<00:33:01.720><c> discuss</c><00:33:02.240><c> this</c><00:33:02.500><c> issue.</c><00:33:03.140><c> It's</c><00:33:03.559><c> so</c><00:33:03.799><c> painful.</c>

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:12.880
But<00:33:08.119><c> we</c><00:33:08.259><c> can't</c><00:33:08.579><c> afford</c><00:33:08.940><c> to</c><00:33:09.220><c> be</c><00:33:09.380><c> too</c><00:33:09.579><c> self</c><00:33:09.839><c>-righteous</c><00:33:10.220><c> about</c><00:33:10.720><c> Job's</c><00:33:11.299><c> wife</c><00:33:11.480><c> because</c><00:33:12.000><c> we</c>

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:16.980
know<00:33:13.059><c> that</c><00:33:13.220><c> we</c><00:33:13.359><c> ourselves</c><00:33:13.740><c> are</c><00:33:14.019><c> the</c><00:33:14.180><c> bride</c><00:33:14.319><c> of</c><00:33:14.559><c> Christ</c><00:33:15.140><c> and</c><00:33:16.779><c> we</c>

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:19.180
forsake<00:33:17.359><c> him</c><00:33:17.680><c> whenever</c><00:33:18.000><c> we</c><00:33:18.299><c> sin.</c>

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:23.500
We<00:33:20.960><c> promised</c><00:33:21.339><c> to</c><00:33:21.579><c> be</c><00:33:21.759><c> true</c><00:33:21.960><c> to</c><00:33:22.059><c> him.</c><00:33:22.180><c> We</c><00:33:22.319><c> made</c><00:33:22.579><c> our</c><00:33:22.819><c> vows</c><00:33:23.160><c> and</c>

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:26.539
we<00:33:23.779><c> enjoy</c><00:33:24.000><c> the</c><00:33:24.180><c> new</c><00:33:24.339><c> life</c><00:33:24.740><c> that</c><00:33:25.099><c> he's</c><00:33:25.380><c> given</c><00:33:25.519><c> us</c><00:33:25.779><c> and</c><00:33:26.039><c> yes,</c><00:33:26.319><c> we</c>

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:28.839
want<00:33:26.819><c> everyone</c><00:33:27.180><c> to</c><00:33:27.400><c> know</c><00:33:27.519><c> about</c><00:33:27.759><c> it.</c>

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:33.720
But<00:33:30.519><c> occasionally</c><00:33:31.099><c> when</c><00:33:32.059><c> pride</c><00:33:32.380><c> rises</c><00:33:32.720><c> within</c><00:33:33.019><c> us,</c><00:33:33.279><c> we</c><00:33:33.440><c> turn</c>

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:37.579
our<00:33:33.960><c> faces</c><00:33:34.500><c> from</c><00:33:35.220><c> the</c><00:33:35.420><c> pain</c><00:33:35.559><c> and</c><00:33:35.880><c> suffering</c><00:33:36.099><c> that</c><00:33:36.519><c> Jesus</c><00:33:36.880><c> endured</c><00:33:37.259><c> for</c>

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.579
our<00:33:37.779><c> sake.</c>

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:43.940
We<00:33:39.940><c> drop</c><00:33:40.140><c> our</c><00:33:40.440><c> eyes</c><00:33:40.660><c> from</c><00:33:40.839><c> his</c><00:33:41.119><c> sacrifice</c><00:33:41.819><c> and</c><00:33:42.819><c> like</c><00:33:43.079><c> Peter,</c>

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:46.059
we<00:33:44.619><c> deny</c><00:33:45.059><c> our</c><00:33:45.359><c> Lord.</c>

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:54.700
Job<00:33:50.819><c> chapter</c><00:33:51.099><c> 2</c><00:33:51.299><c> is</c><00:33:51.519><c> the</c><00:33:51.619><c> last</c><00:33:51.940><c> time</c><00:33:52.339><c> we</c><00:33:52.720><c> hear</c><00:33:52.940><c> about</c><00:33:53.140><c> the</c><00:33:53.359><c> adversary.</c><00:33:54.579><c> He</c>

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:57.400
just<00:33:55.079><c> disappears</c><00:33:55.559><c> from</c><00:33:55.759><c> the</c><00:33:55.920><c> record</c><00:33:56.200><c> without</c><00:33:56.619><c> explanation.</c>

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:02.559
We<00:34:00.039><c> can</c><00:34:00.319><c> speculate</c><00:34:00.819><c> endlessly</c><00:34:01.420><c> about</c><00:34:01.779><c> what</c><00:34:02.019><c> happened</c><00:34:02.200><c> next.</c>

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:05.700
Was<00:34:02.900><c> he</c><00:34:03.039><c> convinced?</c><00:34:03.720><c> Did</c><00:34:03.900><c> he</c><00:34:04.099><c> repent?</c><00:34:04.660><c> Did</c><00:34:04.779><c> he</c><00:34:05.019><c> rebuild</c><00:34:05.339><c> his</c>

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:07.680
own<00:34:05.940><c> relationship</c><00:34:06.539><c> with</c><00:34:06.799><c> God?</c>

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:14.320
I<00:34:10.860><c> believe</c><00:34:11.059><c> we're</c><00:34:11.239><c> not</c><00:34:11.420><c> told</c><00:34:11.659><c> because</c><00:34:11.920><c> we</c><00:34:12.099><c> don't</c><00:34:12.460><c> need</c><00:34:12.619><c> to</c><00:34:12.840><c> know.</c><00:34:14.000><c> The</c>

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:18.179
adversary<00:34:14.699><c> has</c><00:34:15.179><c> played</c><00:34:15.360><c> his</c><00:34:15.699><c> part</c><00:34:15.980><c> in</c><00:34:16.320><c> our</c><00:34:16.579><c> understanding</c><00:34:17.039><c> of</c><00:34:17.300><c> events.</c>

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:21.460
Now<00:34:19.039><c> the</c><00:34:19.199><c> focus</c><00:34:19.500><c> needs</c><00:34:19.800><c> to</c><00:34:20.059><c> shift</c><00:34:20.360><c> to</c><00:34:20.820><c> Job.</c>

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:27.000
The<00:34:24.340><c> rest</c><00:34:24.500><c> of</c><00:34:24.719><c> his</c><00:34:24.860><c> story</c><00:34:25.159><c> involves</c><00:34:25.599><c> a</c><00:34:25.699><c> series</c><00:34:26.019><c> of</c><00:34:26.500><c> arguments</c>

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:30.019
recorded<00:34:27.760><c> in</c><00:34:28.159><c> painstaking</c><00:34:28.780><c> detail.</c>

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:35.340
Every<00:34:31.619><c> aspect</c><00:34:32.239><c> of</c><00:34:32.599><c> Job's</c><00:34:33.119><c> suffering</c><00:34:33.480><c> is</c><00:34:33.940><c> turned</c><00:34:34.280><c> over,</c><00:34:35.099><c> cross</c>

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:39.619
-examined<00:34:35.920><c> and</c><00:34:36.460><c> thrashed</c><00:34:36.940><c> out</c><00:34:37.260><c> by</c><00:34:37.579><c> six</c><00:34:38.099><c> different</c><00:34:38.440><c> people.</c>

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:47.000
Job,<00:34:41.380><c> his</c><00:34:41.579><c> three</c><00:34:41.840><c> friends,</c><00:34:43.659><c> Elihu</c><00:34:44.079><c> the</c><00:34:44.219><c> Buzzite</c><00:34:44.699><c> and</c><00:34:45.900><c> God.</c>

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:52.199
The<00:34:49.320><c> inspired</c><00:34:49.860><c> writer</c><00:34:50.159><c> of</c><00:34:50.300><c> this</c><00:34:50.480><c> book</c><00:34:50.619><c> has</c><00:34:51.000><c> deliberately</c><00:34:51.579><c> given</c><00:34:51.820><c> us</c>

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:55.840
multiple<00:34:52.880><c> perspectives</c><00:34:53.699><c> on</c><00:34:54.500><c> the</c><00:34:54.679><c> case</c><00:34:54.940><c> of</c><00:34:55.260><c> Job.</c>

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:59.920
He<00:34:56.119><c> treats</c><00:34:56.360><c> us</c><00:34:56.500><c> like</c><00:34:56.719><c> a</c><00:34:56.980><c> jury</c><00:34:57.219><c> panel,</c><00:34:58.300><c> laying</c><00:34:58.400><c> out</c><00:34:58.639><c> the</c><00:34:58.860><c> evidence</c><00:34:59.280><c> and</c>

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.500
inviting<00:35:00.300><c> our</c><00:35:00.599><c> judgment.</c>

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:08.880
This<00:35:04.159><c> suggests</c><00:35:04.559><c> that</c><00:35:04.820><c> on</c><00:35:05.039><c> a</c><00:35:05.239><c> personal</c><00:35:05.519><c> level,</c><00:35:06.739><c> the</c><00:35:06.780><c> most</c><00:35:07.219><c> important</c><00:35:07.960><c> response</c><00:35:08.579><c> to</c>

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:12.039
Job's<00:35:09.320><c> trial</c><00:35:09.739><c> is</c><00:35:10.960><c> ours.</c>

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:21.300
Job's<00:35:18.139><c> response</c><00:35:18.619><c> to</c><00:35:19.039><c> his</c><00:35:19.320><c> trial</c><00:35:19.519><c> is</c><00:35:19.719><c> a</c><00:35:19.920><c> complex</c><00:35:20.300><c> one,</c><00:35:20.559><c> which</c><00:35:20.780><c> goes</c><00:35:21.019><c> through</c><00:35:21.239><c> a</c>

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:22.739
number<00:35:21.519><c> of</c><00:35:21.780><c> stages.</c>

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:29.639
At<00:35:24.000><c> first</c><00:35:24.219><c> he's</c><00:35:25.039><c> calm</c><00:35:25.380><c> because</c><00:35:25.820><c> he's</c><00:35:26.300><c> in</c><00:35:26.519><c> shock.</c><00:35:28.420><c> Next</c><00:35:28.780><c> he</c><00:35:28.940><c> tries</c><00:35:29.239><c> to</c>

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.900
rationalise<00:35:30.239><c> his</c><00:35:30.400><c> situation.</c>

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:33.239
If<00:35:31.119><c> he</c><00:35:31.260><c> can</c><00:35:31.360><c> just</c><00:35:31.579><c> get</c><00:35:31.699><c> his</c><00:35:31.880><c> head</c><00:35:32.039><c> around</c><00:35:32.320><c> it,</c><00:35:32.559><c> it</c><00:35:32.780><c> will</c><00:35:33.019><c> start</c>

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:34.780
to<00:35:33.420><c> make</c><00:35:33.639><c> sense.</c>

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:39.079
He<00:35:36.420><c> needs</c><00:35:36.639><c> to</c><00:35:36.800><c> get</c><00:35:36.940><c> over</c><00:35:37.159><c> his</c><00:35:37.380><c> emotional</c><00:35:37.880><c> reaction</c><00:35:38.539><c> so</c><00:35:38.940><c> that</c>

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:41.940
his<00:35:39.280><c> intellectual</c><00:35:39.840><c> reaction</c><00:35:40.360><c> can</c><00:35:41.119><c> begin.</c>

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:48.019
And<00:35:44.880><c> once</c><00:35:45.119><c> this</c><00:35:45.360><c> is</c><00:35:45.559><c> done,</c><00:35:46.000><c> he</c><00:35:46.199><c> begins</c><00:35:46.519><c> to</c><00:35:46.920><c> analyse.</c>

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:55.500
Initially<00:35:50.179><c> he</c><00:35:50.440><c> submits</c><00:35:50.820><c> to</c><00:35:51.019><c> God.</c><00:35:52.139><c> He's</c><00:35:52.420><c> willing</c><00:35:52.679><c> to</c><00:35:52.880><c> endure</c><00:35:53.139><c> suffering</c><00:35:53.579><c> because</c><00:35:54.039><c> he</c><00:35:54.440><c> is</c><00:35:54.800><c> sure</c><00:35:55.019><c> there's</c><00:35:55.460><c> a</c>

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:57.280
reason<00:35:55.900><c> behind</c><00:35:56.360><c> this.</c>

00:35:57.780 --> 00:36:01.019
And<00:35:57.980><c> he's</c><00:35:58.159><c> sure</c><00:35:58.400><c> that</c><00:35:58.659><c> God</c><00:35:58.880><c> will</c><00:35:59.199><c> reveal</c><00:35:59.440><c> it</c><00:35:59.679><c> very</c><00:35:59.920><c> soon.</c>

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:07.099
He<00:36:02.539><c> trusts</c><00:36:03.019><c> God.</c><00:36:03.980><c> He</c><00:36:04.280><c> accepts</c><00:36:04.579><c> what's</c><00:36:04.920><c> happening.</c><00:36:06.480><c> He</c><00:36:06.679><c> waits</c>

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:09.199
patiently<00:36:07.579><c> for</c><00:36:07.900><c> an</c><00:36:08.139><c> explanation.</c>

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:16.519
But<00:36:12.239><c> by</c><00:36:12.739><c> the</c><00:36:12.900><c> time</c><00:36:13.059><c> his</c><00:36:13.300><c> three</c><00:36:13.460><c> friends</c><00:36:13.699><c> arrive,</c><00:36:14.380><c> no</c><00:36:14.599><c> explanation</c><00:36:15.159><c> has</c><00:36:15.480><c> come.</c>

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:24.219
Job<00:36:18.500><c> is</c><00:36:19.219><c> mystified</c><00:36:20.039><c> by</c><00:36:20.480><c> this.</c><00:36:21.800><c> It's</c><00:36:22.539><c> not</c><00:36:22.760><c> what</c><00:36:22.920><c> he</c><00:36:23.280><c> expected.</c>

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:28.300
And<00:36:26.059><c> so</c><00:36:26.239><c> he</c><00:36:26.460><c> slips</c><00:36:26.739><c> into</c><00:36:27.079><c> resignation.</c>

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:34.420
He<00:36:30.800><c> reaches</c><00:36:31.099><c> the</c><00:36:31.280><c> point</c><00:36:31.500><c> at</c><00:36:31.659><c> which</c><00:36:31.760><c> he</c><00:36:31.880><c> doesn't</c><00:36:32.139><c> even</c><00:36:32.539><c> care</c><00:36:33.219><c> why</c><00:36:33.659><c> this</c><00:36:33.960><c> is</c>

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:39.300
happening.<00:36:37.139><c> He</c><00:36:37.739><c> just</c><00:36:37.940><c> wants</c><00:36:38.119><c> it</c><00:36:38.320><c> to</c><00:36:38.500><c> stop.</c>

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:48.059
As<00:36:44.619><c> his</c><00:36:44.860><c> pain</c><00:36:45.079><c> continues,</c><00:36:46.059><c> as</c><00:36:46.139><c> his</c><00:36:46.559><c> friends</c><00:36:46.980><c> challenge</c><00:36:47.519><c> him</c>

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:52.840
without<00:36:48.519><c> resolution,</c><00:36:50.840><c> Job's</c><00:36:50.960><c> frustration</c><00:36:51.659><c> bubbles</c><00:36:52.159><c> to</c><00:36:52.400><c> the</c><00:36:52.559><c> surface.</c>

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:56.960
He<00:36:53.280><c> accuses</c><00:36:53.840><c> God</c><00:36:54.099><c> of</c><00:36:54.280><c> dragging</c><00:36:54.679><c> out</c><00:36:54.980><c> this</c><00:36:55.239><c> trial</c><00:36:55.739><c> unnecessarily.</c>

00:36:56.960 --> 00:37:02.539
Job<00:36:57.039><c> is</c><00:36:59.760><c> hurting</c><00:36:59.980><c> because</c><00:37:00.420><c> he</c><00:37:00.860><c> expected</c><00:37:01.260><c> God</c><00:37:01.579><c> to</c><00:37:01.920><c> explain</c><00:37:02.320><c> the</c>

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:05.420
situation<00:37:03.199><c> and</c><00:37:03.639><c> God</c><00:37:03.880><c> has</c><00:37:04.199><c> not.</c>

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:11.179
Job<00:37:07.860><c> emphasises</c><00:37:08.539><c> the</c><00:37:08.820><c> isolation</c><00:37:09.539><c> that</c><00:37:09.900><c> he</c><00:37:10.059><c> feels.</c><00:37:10.619><c> He</c><00:37:10.840><c> paints</c>

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:14.920
God<00:37:11.460><c> as</c><00:37:11.679><c> a</c><00:37:11.940><c> distant</c><00:37:12.300><c> figure</c><00:37:12.820><c> who</c><00:37:13.579><c> takes</c><00:37:13.960><c> little</c><00:37:14.380><c> interest</c><00:37:14.780><c> in</c>

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:16.059
his<00:37:15.139><c> creation.</c>

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:22.840
And<00:37:18.639><c> finally</c><00:37:19.119><c> Job</c><00:37:19.599><c> says,</c><00:37:21.139><c> do</c><00:37:21.199><c> what</c><00:37:21.400><c> you</c><00:37:21.599><c> like</c><00:37:21.719><c> with</c><00:37:21.900><c> me,</c><00:37:22.179><c> God.</c>

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:25.039
I<00:37:23.539><c> don't</c><00:37:23.760><c> care</c><00:37:24.059><c> anymore.</c>

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:33.539
But<00:37:29.260><c> the</c><00:37:29.400><c> next</c><00:37:29.800><c> phase</c><00:37:30.260><c> Job</c><00:37:30.559><c> enters</c><00:37:30.980><c> is</c><00:37:31.280><c> reflection.</c><00:37:33.199><c> He</c><00:37:33.340><c> has</c>

00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:37.320
to<00:37:33.820><c> reconsider</c><00:37:34.360><c> as</c><00:37:35.159><c> his</c><00:37:35.420><c> friends</c><00:37:35.619><c> lay</c><00:37:35.940><c> out</c><00:37:36.119><c> their</c><00:37:36.320><c> arguments.</c>

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:40.460
He<00:37:37.880><c> looks</c><00:37:38.199><c> back,</c><00:37:38.579><c> he</c><00:37:38.739><c> turns</c><00:37:38.960><c> things</c><00:37:39.179><c> over</c><00:37:39.420><c> in</c><00:37:39.579><c> his</c><00:37:39.820><c> mind,</c><00:37:40.380><c> and</c>

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:43.539
he<00:37:40.639><c> begins</c><00:37:40.880><c> to</c><00:37:41.099><c> see</c><00:37:41.179><c> his</c><00:37:41.400><c> problem</c><00:37:41.659><c> in</c><00:37:41.800><c> a</c><00:37:41.900><c> slightly</c><00:37:42.199><c> different</c><00:37:42.539><c> light.</c>

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:48.679
His<00:37:45.000><c> friends</c><00:37:45.239><c> have</c><00:37:45.460><c> offered</c><00:37:45.639><c> their</c><00:37:46.000><c> perspective,</c><00:37:46.920><c> their</c><00:37:47.360><c> theories</c><00:37:47.780><c> about</c><00:37:48.079><c> what</c><00:37:48.280><c> might</c><00:37:48.460><c> be</c>

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.630
going<00:37:48.880><c> on.</c>

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:53.670
Job<00:37:50.860><c> doesn't</c><00:37:51.280><c> agree,</c><00:37:51.739><c> but</c><00:37:51.860><c> it's</c><00:37:52.079><c> given</c><00:37:52.199><c> him</c><00:37:52.380><c> more</c><00:37:52.559><c> to</c><00:37:52.739><c> think</c><00:37:52.920><c> about.</c>

00:37:54.269 --> 00:37:58.429
Yet<00:37:54.789><c> the</c><00:37:54.969><c> more</c><00:37:55.110><c> he</c><00:37:55.329><c> thinks,</c><00:37:55.769><c> the</c><00:37:55.889><c> further</c><00:37:56.190><c> he</c><00:37:56.469><c> slides</c><00:37:56.789><c> into</c><00:37:57.150><c> bitterness,</c><00:37:57.849><c> which</c><00:37:58.050><c> is</c>

00:37:58.429 --> 00:38:00.750
the<00:37:58.550><c> next</c><00:37:58.829><c> phase</c><00:37:59.170><c> of</c><00:37:59.389><c> his</c><00:37:59.570><c> response.</c>

00:38:01.250 --> 00:38:05.630
I<00:38:01.769><c> don't</c><00:38:01.989><c> deserve</c><00:38:02.329><c> this.</c><00:38:03.550><c> God's</c><00:38:03.849><c> too</c><00:38:04.130><c> hard</c><00:38:04.289><c> on</c><00:38:04.489><c> me.</c><00:38:04.789><c> I</c><00:38:04.929><c> was</c><00:38:05.150><c> given</c><00:38:05.309><c> no</c>

00:38:05.630 --> 00:38:07.829
warning.<00:38:05.929><c> I</c><00:38:05.969><c> was</c><00:38:06.170><c> given</c><00:38:06.349><c> no</c><00:38:06.730><c> explanation.</c>

00:38:08.849 --> 00:38:10.829
What's<00:38:09.110><c> the</c><00:38:09.309><c> point</c><00:38:09.550><c> of</c><00:38:09.730><c> all</c><00:38:09.889><c> this?</c>

00:38:14.429 --> 00:38:17.389
As<00:38:14.789><c> Job</c><00:38:15.030><c> mourns</c><00:38:15.429><c> the</c><00:38:15.610><c> loss</c><00:38:15.750><c> of</c><00:38:15.909><c> his</c><00:38:16.110><c> relationship</c><00:38:16.730><c> with</c><00:38:16.989><c> God</c>

00:38:17.389 --> 00:38:20.449
and<00:38:18.190><c> the</c><00:38:18.429><c> riches</c><00:38:18.690><c> he</c><00:38:18.969><c> had</c><00:38:19.150><c> when</c><00:38:19.389><c> life</c><00:38:19.690><c> was</c><00:38:20.010><c> stable,</c>

00:38:20.449 --> 00:38:26.190
as<00:38:21.510><c> his</c><00:38:21.769><c> friends</c><00:38:22.070><c> press</c><00:38:22.329><c> him</c><00:38:22.610><c> harder,</c><00:38:23.750><c> Job</c><00:38:23.849><c> switches</c><00:38:24.570><c> to</c><00:38:24.889><c> a</c><00:38:24.909><c> position</c><00:38:25.469><c> of</c>

00:38:26.190 --> 00:38:31.269
self<00:38:26.570><c>-righteousness,</c><00:38:27.909><c> and</c><00:38:28.710><c> he</c><00:38:28.969><c> tries</c><00:38:29.510><c> to</c><00:38:30.050><c> justify</c><00:38:30.409><c> himself.</c>

00:38:33.710 --> 00:38:38.730
In<00:38:33.869><c> chapter</c><00:38:34.150><c> 29</c><00:38:34.730><c> he</c><00:38:35.489><c> presents</c><00:38:35.969><c> a</c><00:38:36.469><c> long</c><00:38:36.769><c> list</c><00:38:37.150><c> of</c><00:38:37.449><c> all</c><00:38:37.690><c> his</c><00:38:37.929><c> righteous</c><00:38:38.269><c> acts</c>

00:38:38.730 --> 00:38:42.769
and<00:38:39.349><c> all</c><00:38:39.610><c> the</c><00:38:39.809><c> blessings</c><00:38:40.190><c> that</c><00:38:40.409><c> he</c><00:38:40.590><c> had</c><00:38:40.929><c> since</c><00:38:41.909><c> God</c><00:38:42.190><c> began</c><00:38:42.530><c> to</c>

00:38:42.769 --> 00:38:43.949
afflict<00:38:43.010><c> him.</c>

00:38:44.329 --> 00:38:48.329
And<00:38:44.809><c> it</c><00:38:45.010><c> hurts</c><00:38:45.250><c> him</c><00:38:45.590><c> so</c><00:38:45.989><c> much</c><00:38:46.469><c> that</c><00:38:46.750><c> he</c><00:38:46.889><c> lists</c><00:38:47.110><c> them</c><00:38:47.309><c> again</c><00:38:48.010><c> in</c>

00:38:48.329 --> 00:38:52.170
chapter<00:38:48.630><c> 30,</c><00:38:49.090><c> and</c><00:38:49.309><c> he</c><00:38:49.449><c> lists</c><00:38:49.650><c> them</c><00:38:49.929><c> again</c><00:38:50.449><c> in</c><00:38:50.690><c> chapter</c><00:38:51.010><c> 31.</c>

00:38:58.070 --> 00:39:05.570
He<00:38:58.550><c> says,</c><00:38:59.570><c> When</c><00:38:59.710><c> I</c><00:38:59.869><c> took</c><00:39:00.070><c> my</c><00:39:00.329><c> seat</c><00:39:00.489><c> at</c><00:39:00.630><c> the</c><00:39:00.789><c> gate,</c><00:39:01.650><c> the</c><00:39:01.750><c> young</c><00:39:01.949><c> men</c><00:39:02.110><c> humbled</c><00:39:02.429><c> themselves,</c><00:39:03.690><c> because</c><00:39:03.969><c> they</c><00:39:04.210><c> saw</c><00:39:04.349><c> me</c><00:39:04.530><c> as</c><00:39:04.670><c> a</c><00:39:04.789><c> leader.</c>

00:39:06.289 --> 00:39:10.510
The<00:39:06.550><c> old</c><00:39:06.710><c> men</c><00:39:06.949><c> rose</c><00:39:07.349><c> to</c><00:39:07.489><c> meet</c><00:39:07.730><c> me,</c><00:39:08.710><c> they</c><00:39:09.030><c> saw</c><00:39:09.190><c> me</c><00:39:09.369><c> as</c><00:39:09.570><c> a</c><00:39:09.670><c> peer.</c>

00:39:11.429 --> 00:39:14.250
The<00:39:11.909><c> princes</c><00:39:12.289><c> stopped</c><00:39:12.650><c> talking,</c><00:39:13.409><c> because</c><00:39:13.469><c> they</c><00:39:13.710><c> saw</c><00:39:13.949><c> me</c><00:39:14.130><c> as</c>

00:39:14.250 --> 00:39:15.710
one<00:39:14.469><c> who</c><00:39:14.750><c> spoke</c><00:39:14.969><c> wisdom.</c>

00:39:17.110 --> 00:39:21.349
The<00:39:17.389><c> nobles</c><00:39:17.809><c> waited</c><00:39:18.309><c> to</c><00:39:18.510><c> hear</c><00:39:18.730><c> me,</c><00:39:19.949><c> because</c><00:39:20.230><c> they</c><00:39:20.469><c> saw</c><00:39:20.670><c> me</c><00:39:21.130><c> as</c>

00:39:21.349 --> 00:39:22.769
a<00:39:21.530><c> counsellor.</c>

00:39:24.030 --> 00:39:26.849
I<00:39:24.230><c> was</c><00:39:24.429><c> not</c><00:39:24.610><c> just</c><00:39:24.969><c> one</c><00:39:25.250><c> of</c><00:39:25.409><c> the</c><00:39:25.570><c> men</c><00:39:25.789><c> who</c><00:39:26.050><c> sat</c><00:39:26.170><c> at</c><00:39:26.329><c> the</c><00:39:26.469><c> gate.</c><00:39:26.710><c> I</c>

00:39:26.849 --> 00:39:29.389
was<00:39:27.130><c> the</c><00:39:27.389><c> man</c><00:39:27.690><c> who</c><00:39:27.909><c> sat</c><00:39:28.070><c> at</c><00:39:28.250><c> the</c><00:39:28.369><c> gate.</c>

00:39:31.369 --> 00:39:34.449
I<00:39:31.849><c> was</c><00:39:32.070><c> the</c><00:39:32.230><c> man</c><00:39:32.449><c> who</c><00:39:32.690><c> delivered</c><00:39:32.869><c> the</c><00:39:33.170><c> poor.</c><00:39:33.630><c> I</c><00:39:33.809><c> was</c><00:39:34.050><c> the</c><00:39:34.210><c> man</c>

00:39:34.449 --> 00:39:37.110
who<00:39:34.710><c> visited</c><00:39:35.050><c> the</c><00:39:35.550><c> widows</c><00:39:35.989><c> and</c><00:39:36.329><c> the</c><00:39:36.630><c> fatherless.</c>

00:39:37.110 --> 00:39:39.969
I<00:39:37.670><c> was</c><00:39:37.889><c> the</c><00:39:37.989><c> man</c><00:39:38.210><c> who</c><00:39:38.409><c> guided</c><00:39:38.630><c> the</c><00:39:38.929><c> blind</c><00:39:39.170><c> and</c><00:39:39.409><c> supported</c><00:39:39.710><c> the</c>

00:39:39.969 --> 00:39:43.429
lame.<00:39:40.309><c> I</c><00:39:40.510><c> was</c><00:39:40.710><c> the</c><00:39:40.869><c> man</c><00:39:41.010><c> who</c><00:39:41.150><c> did</c><00:39:41.309><c> everything</c><00:39:41.730><c> around</c><00:39:42.110><c> here.</c>

00:39:47.449 --> 00:39:53.090
What<00:39:47.809><c> Job</c><00:39:48.369><c> says</c><00:39:48.630><c> is</c><00:39:48.989><c> true,</c><00:39:49.889><c> to</c><00:39:50.210><c> a</c><00:39:50.409><c> point,</c><00:39:51.929><c> and</c><00:39:52.409><c> all</c><00:39:52.590><c> he's</c><00:39:52.869><c> doing</c>

00:39:53.090 --> 00:39:56.409
here<00:39:53.369><c> is</c><00:39:53.530><c> listing</c><00:39:53.829><c> his</c><00:39:54.190><c> virtues</c><00:39:54.690><c> to</c><00:39:55.389><c> defend</c><00:39:55.690><c> himself</c><00:39:56.030><c> against</c>

00:39:56.409 --> 00:39:58.610
the<00:39:56.710><c> accusation</c><00:39:57.250><c> of</c><00:39:57.650><c> unrighteousness.</c>

00:39:58.849 --> 00:40:04.730
But<00:39:59.190><c> he</c><00:39:59.989><c> goes</c><00:40:00.670><c> one</c><00:40:01.269><c> step</c><00:40:01.510><c> too</c><00:40:01.849><c> far.</c><00:40:03.610><c> He</c><00:40:03.829><c> presents</c><00:40:04.170><c> himself</c><00:40:04.550><c> as</c>

00:40:04.730 --> 00:40:09.030
the<00:40:04.969><c> rock</c><00:40:05.590><c> upon</c><00:40:06.230><c> which</c><00:40:06.650><c> his</c><00:40:06.929><c> entire</c><00:40:07.550><c> community</c><00:40:08.050><c> rested.</c>

00:40:09.909 --> 00:40:13.610
And<00:40:10.230><c> now</c><00:40:10.449><c> when</c><00:40:10.630><c> he</c><00:40:10.829><c> mourns,</c><00:40:11.409><c> it's</c><00:40:11.610><c> not</c><00:40:11.829><c> his</c><00:40:12.050><c> relationship</c><00:40:12.650><c> with</c><00:40:12.909><c> God,</c><00:40:13.429><c> but</c>

00:40:13.610 --> 00:40:17.510
his<00:40:13.989><c> social</c><00:40:14.369><c> status</c><00:40:14.949><c> that</c><00:40:15.630><c> he</c><00:40:15.929><c> mourns</c><00:40:16.389><c> the</c><00:40:16.670><c> most.</c>

00:40:19.750 --> 00:40:23.389
He<00:40:20.389><c> concentrates</c><00:40:21.010><c> more</c><00:40:21.309><c> on</c><00:40:21.449><c> the</c><00:40:21.690><c> advantages</c><00:40:22.070><c> of</c><00:40:22.289><c> his</c><00:40:22.449><c> position</c><00:40:22.969><c> than</c>

00:40:23.389 --> 00:40:27.309
the<00:40:23.650><c> simple</c><00:40:23.969><c> exaltation</c><00:40:24.969><c> that</c><00:40:25.409><c> his</c><00:40:25.710><c> righteous</c><00:40:25.969><c> life</c><00:40:26.289><c> provided.</c>

00:40:29.489 --> 00:40:32.369
I<00:40:30.110><c> think</c><00:40:30.309><c> this</c><00:40:30.469><c> has</c><00:40:30.690><c> happened</c><00:40:30.849><c> because</c><00:40:31.269><c> the</c><00:40:31.650><c> words</c><00:40:31.909><c> of</c><00:40:32.090><c> his</c>

00:40:32.369 --> 00:40:35.389
friends<00:40:32.670><c> have</c><00:40:33.050><c> finally</c><00:40:33.429><c> worn</c><00:40:33.989><c> him</c><00:40:34.230><c> down.</c>

00:40:37.289 --> 00:40:42.730
He<00:40:37.409><c> seems</c><00:40:37.690><c> to</c><00:40:38.030><c> confess</c><00:40:38.530><c> that</c><00:40:39.190><c> he</c><00:40:39.469><c> resents</c><00:40:39.789><c> the</c><00:40:40.070><c> passing</c><00:40:40.389><c> of</c><00:40:40.590><c> his</c><00:40:40.789><c> former</c><00:40:41.010><c> glory,</c><00:40:42.110><c> because</c><00:40:42.510><c> to</c>

00:40:42.730 --> 00:40:45.889
a<00:40:42.889><c> certain</c><00:40:43.110><c> extent</c><00:40:43.550><c> he</c><00:40:43.730><c> considered</c><00:40:44.130><c> it</c><00:40:44.449><c> a</c><00:40:44.670><c> right</c><00:40:44.929><c> rather</c><00:40:45.389><c> than</c>

00:40:45.889 --> 00:40:47.090
a<00:40:46.130><c> privilege.</c>

00:40:49.269 --> 00:40:58.070
He<00:40:49.889><c> confesses</c><00:40:50.510><c> to</c><00:40:50.690><c> a</c><00:40:50.849><c> secret</c><00:40:51.210><c> fear,</c><00:40:53.030><c> which</c><00:40:53.190><c> he</c><00:40:53.409><c> hints</c><00:40:53.670><c> at</c><00:40:54.030><c> in</c><00:40:54.429><c> chapter</c><00:40:54.690><c> 3,</c><00:40:55.030><c> 25.</c><00:40:55.949><c> He</c><00:40:56.090><c> says,</c><00:40:56.650><c> the</c><00:40:56.650><c> very</c><00:40:57.070><c> thing</c><00:40:57.530><c> I</c>

00:40:58.070 --> 00:41:01.070
dreaded<00:40:58.869><c> has</c><00:40:59.170><c> happened</c><00:40:59.570><c> to</c><00:40:59.889><c> me.</c>

00:41:03.369 --> 00:41:06.010
He<00:41:03.550><c> doesn't</c><00:41:03.849><c> tell</c><00:41:04.070><c> us</c><00:41:04.409><c> exactly</c><00:41:04.829><c> what</c><00:41:05.010><c> this</c><00:41:05.230><c> is,</c><00:41:05.369><c> but</c><00:41:05.469><c> it's</c><00:41:05.789><c> not</c>

00:41:06.010 --> 00:41:07.309
hard<00:41:06.210><c> to</c><00:41:06.409><c> guess.</c>

00:41:08.369 --> 00:41:14.030
Job<00:41:08.969><c> thinks</c><00:41:09.289><c> that</c><00:41:09.750><c> the</c><00:41:09.889><c> loss</c><00:41:10.090><c> of</c><00:41:10.269><c> his</c><00:41:10.550><c> prosperity</c><00:41:11.190><c> has</c><00:41:11.789><c> destroyed</c><00:41:12.489><c> his</c><00:41:12.989><c> credibility.</c>

00:41:14.590 --> 00:41:16.869
He's<00:41:14.769><c> afraid</c><00:41:15.190><c> that</c><00:41:15.389><c> the</c><00:41:15.530><c> members</c><00:41:15.710><c> of</c><00:41:15.869><c> his</c><00:41:16.170><c> community</c><00:41:16.570><c> will</c>

00:41:16.869 --> 00:41:20.349
think<00:41:17.070><c> some</c><00:41:17.469><c> private</c><00:41:17.909><c> sin</c><00:41:18.409><c> has</c><00:41:18.909><c> laid</c><00:41:19.130><c> him</c><00:41:19.510><c> low.</c>

00:41:20.829 --> 00:41:24.789
He<00:41:21.010><c> believes</c><00:41:21.269><c> his</c><00:41:21.610><c> influence</c><00:41:22.030><c> and</c><00:41:22.449><c> authority</c><00:41:22.909><c> will</c><00:41:23.170><c> be</c><00:41:23.309><c> lost</c><00:41:23.590><c> forever.</c>

00:41:26.269 --> 00:41:30.230
Perhaps<00:41:26.469><c> in</c><00:41:26.630><c> the</c><00:41:26.710><c> back</c><00:41:26.829><c> of</c><00:41:26.989><c> his</c><00:41:27.190><c> mind</c><00:41:27.469><c> he</c><00:41:27.769><c> doubts</c><00:41:28.170><c> that</c><00:41:28.409><c> his</c><00:41:28.570><c> brethren</c><00:41:28.829><c> and</c><00:41:29.130><c> sisters</c><00:41:29.289><c> are</c><00:41:29.829><c> able</c><00:41:30.070><c> to</c>

00:41:30.230 --> 00:41:33.570
look<00:41:30.409><c> past</c><00:41:30.710><c> his</c><00:41:30.969><c> wealth</c><00:41:31.269><c> and</c><00:41:31.690><c> see</c><00:41:31.929><c> a</c><00:41:32.050><c> spiritual</c><00:41:32.469><c> man.</c>

00:41:34.769 --> 00:41:38.110
Did<00:41:35.329><c> they</c><00:41:35.550><c> only</c><00:41:35.750><c> listen</c><00:41:36.030><c> to</c><00:41:36.250><c> me</c><00:41:36.409><c> because</c><00:41:36.710><c> I</c><00:41:36.889><c> was</c><00:41:37.050><c> successful?</c>

00:41:38.909 --> 00:41:41.429
Was<00:41:39.110><c> that</c><00:41:39.389><c> what</c><00:41:39.530><c> was</c><00:41:39.730><c> most</c><00:41:40.070><c> important</c><00:41:40.329><c> to</c><00:41:40.510><c> them?</c>

00:41:42.750 --> 00:41:46.809
If<00:41:43.030><c> that's</c><00:41:43.389><c> the</c><00:41:43.469><c> case,</c><00:41:44.670><c> how</c><00:41:44.969><c> much</c><00:41:45.210><c> of</c><00:41:45.309><c> this</c><00:41:45.489><c> was</c><00:41:45.690><c> my</c><00:41:45.929><c> fault?</c>

00:41:47.570 --> 00:41:51.369
Have<00:41:47.750><c> I</c><00:41:48.050><c> failed</c><00:41:48.369><c> to</c><00:41:48.909><c> develop</c><00:41:49.110><c> a</c><00:41:49.389><c> relationship</c><00:41:49.849><c> with</c><00:41:50.130><c> the</c><00:41:50.369><c> people</c><00:41:50.789><c> who</c>

00:41:51.369 --> 00:41:55.630
meant<00:41:51.570><c> so</c><00:41:51.869><c> much</c><00:41:52.070><c> to</c><00:41:52.250><c> me,</c><00:41:52.570><c> the</c><00:41:52.849><c> people</c><00:41:53.570><c> that</c><00:41:54.170><c> I</c><00:41:54.309><c> was</c><00:41:54.449><c> even</c><00:41:54.690><c> assisting?</c>

00:41:58.329 --> 00:42:02.130
No<00:41:58.690><c> one</c><00:41:58.829><c> can</c><00:41:59.090><c> deny</c><00:41:59.690><c> that</c><00:42:00.030><c> Job</c><00:42:00.130><c> worked</c><00:42:00.489><c> hard</c><00:42:00.710><c> in</c><00:42:00.889><c> his</c><00:42:01.090><c> community.</c>

00:42:03.550 --> 00:42:08.610
But<00:42:04.190><c> he</c><00:42:04.469><c> doesn't</c><00:42:04.989><c> react</c><00:42:05.409><c> well</c><00:42:05.809><c> when</c><00:42:06.110><c> God</c><00:42:06.429><c> changes</c><00:42:07.070><c> his</c><00:42:07.389><c> role.</c>

00:42:09.650 --> 00:42:13.369
Job<00:42:09.869><c> used</c><00:42:10.230><c> to</c><00:42:10.389><c> be</c><00:42:10.630><c> a</c><00:42:10.969><c> burden</c><00:42:11.190><c> bearer,</c><00:42:11.590><c> a</c><00:42:12.030><c> shoulder.</c><00:42:12.789><c> He</c><00:42:13.090><c> took</c>

00:42:13.369 --> 00:42:16.030
half<00:42:13.710><c> the</c><00:42:13.969><c> load</c><00:42:14.309><c> in</c><00:42:14.630><c> his</c><00:42:14.849><c> community.</c>

00:42:17.210 --> 00:42:25.710
Now<00:42:17.590><c> he's</c><00:42:18.210><c> just</c><00:42:18.469><c> a</c><00:42:18.670><c> toe,</c><00:42:21.969><c> one</c><00:42:22.269><c> of</c><00:42:22.469><c> ten</c><00:42:23.090><c> small,</c><00:42:24.210><c> uncomely</c><00:42:24.889><c> parts.</c>

00:42:27.369 --> 00:42:31.590
Perhaps<00:42:27.750><c> for</c><00:42:27.949><c> the</c><00:42:28.010><c> very</c><00:42:28.269><c> first</c><00:42:28.590><c> time</c><00:42:28.849><c> he</c><00:42:29.050><c> gains</c><00:42:29.349><c> an</c><00:42:29.610><c> understanding</c><00:42:30.230><c> of</c><00:42:30.989><c> the</c><00:42:31.190><c> people</c><00:42:31.349><c> he</c>

00:42:31.590 --> 00:42:32.969
has<00:42:31.730><c> supported</c><00:42:32.070><c> for</c><00:42:32.349><c> so</c><00:42:32.590><c> long.</c>

00:42:33.070 --> 00:42:37.809
He<00:42:33.409><c> realizes</c><00:42:34.170><c> that</c><00:42:34.429><c> they</c><00:42:34.769><c> too</c><00:42:35.050><c> are</c><00:42:35.230><c> worthy</c><00:42:35.469><c> of</c><00:42:35.650><c> respect</c><00:42:36.010><c> and</c><00:42:36.210><c> that</c><00:42:36.369><c> they</c><00:42:36.670><c> too</c><00:42:37.170><c> have</c><00:42:37.469><c> a</c>

00:42:37.809 --> 00:42:39.730
contribution<00:42:38.289><c> to</c><00:42:38.570><c> make.</c>

00:42:41.489 --> 00:42:45.769
As<00:42:41.590><c> a</c><00:42:41.849><c> shoulder,</c><00:42:42.690><c> Job</c><00:42:43.329><c> bore</c><00:42:43.809><c> the</c><00:42:44.030><c> load</c><00:42:44.230><c> in</c><00:42:44.510><c> his</c><00:42:44.710><c> community.</c>

00:42:46.690 --> 00:42:50.630
As<00:42:46.909><c> a</c><00:42:47.130><c> toe,</c><00:42:47.869><c> he</c><00:42:47.909><c> must</c><00:42:48.190><c> now</c><00:42:48.489><c> learn</c><00:42:48.690><c> that</c><00:42:48.929><c> it</c><00:42:49.030><c> is</c><00:42:49.349><c> his</c><00:42:49.650><c> duty</c><00:42:50.030><c> to</c>

00:42:50.630 --> 00:42:53.590
provide<00:42:50.949><c> balance</c><00:42:51.949><c> for</c><00:42:52.510><c> the</c><00:42:52.670><c> body.</c>

00:42:56.230 --> 00:42:59.130
But<00:42:56.610><c> in</c><00:42:56.789><c> his</c><00:42:57.030><c> desperation</c><00:42:57.690><c> to</c><00:42:57.989><c> prove</c><00:42:58.289><c> that</c><00:42:58.469><c> he's</c><00:42:58.670><c> a</c><00:42:58.829><c> righteous</c>

00:42:59.130 --> 00:43:01.949
man,<00:42:59.590><c> in</c><00:42:59.849><c> chapter</c><00:43:00.130><c> 29,</c><00:43:00.730><c> he</c><00:43:00.929><c> makes</c><00:43:01.170><c> a</c><00:43:01.369><c> crucial</c><00:43:01.670><c> error.</c>

00:43:01.949 --> 00:43:06.730
He<00:43:02.409><c> neglects</c><00:43:03.429><c> the</c><00:43:03.469><c> role</c><00:43:03.710><c> of</c><00:43:03.909><c> God</c><00:43:04.389><c> in</c><00:43:05.090><c> his</c><00:43:05.429><c> life.</c>

00:43:08.110 --> 00:43:11.269
He<00:43:08.110><c> resents</c><00:43:08.570><c> the</c><00:43:08.690><c> loss</c><00:43:09.010><c> of</c><00:43:09.389><c> prosperity</c><00:43:09.909><c> and</c><00:43:10.170><c> reputation.</c>

00:43:11.590 --> 00:43:14.429
He<00:43:11.690><c> fails</c><00:43:12.050><c> to</c><00:43:12.230><c> acknowledge</c><00:43:12.570><c> that</c><00:43:12.730><c> it</c><00:43:12.809><c> was</c><00:43:13.010><c> God</c><00:43:13.489><c> who</c><00:43:14.030><c> set</c><00:43:14.269><c> him</c>

00:43:14.429 --> 00:43:15.809
up<00:43:14.610><c> in</c><00:43:14.769><c> this</c><00:43:15.070><c> role.</c>

00:43:16.349 --> 00:43:19.929
He<00:43:16.469><c> claims</c><00:43:16.969><c> he</c><00:43:17.210><c> can</c><00:43:17.389><c> do</c><00:43:17.690><c> nothing</c><00:43:17.949><c> more</c><00:43:18.269><c> in</c><00:43:18.429><c> his</c><00:43:18.590><c> community</c><00:43:19.130><c> because</c><00:43:19.570><c> God</c>

00:43:19.929 --> 00:43:21.090
has<00:43:20.210><c> brought</c><00:43:20.349><c> him</c><00:43:20.570><c> too</c><00:43:20.829><c> low.</c>

00:43:21.329 --> 00:43:23.449
But<00:43:21.429><c> of</c><00:43:21.590><c> course,</c><00:43:22.210><c> that's</c><00:43:22.530><c> untrue.</c>

00:43:24.889 --> 00:43:29.570
Job<00:43:25.090><c> speaks</c><00:43:25.469><c> of</c><00:43:25.630><c> the</c><00:43:25.849><c> time</c><00:43:26.110><c> when</c><00:43:26.550><c> the</c><00:43:26.829><c> Almighty</c><00:43:27.250><c> was</c><00:43:27.750><c> with</c><00:43:28.030><c> me.</c>

00:43:29.789 --> 00:43:33.650
But<00:43:30.389><c> his</c><00:43:30.610><c> mistake</c><00:43:31.010><c> is</c><00:43:31.210><c> in</c><00:43:31.389><c> assuming</c><00:43:31.650><c> that</c><00:43:31.869><c> God</c><00:43:32.070><c> has</c><00:43:32.329><c> ever</c><00:43:32.530><c> left.</c>

00:43:35.250 --> 00:43:38.130
He<00:43:35.449><c> says</c><00:43:35.670><c> men</c><00:43:35.989><c> no</c><00:43:36.250><c> longer</c><00:43:36.449><c> respect</c><00:43:36.869><c> him,</c><00:43:37.030><c> but</c><00:43:37.230><c> he</c><00:43:37.449><c> forgets</c><00:43:37.849><c> that</c><00:43:37.969><c> in</c>

00:43:38.130 --> 00:43:40.650
God's<00:43:38.630><c> eyes</c><00:43:38.849><c> he</c><00:43:38.969><c> hasn't</c><00:43:39.289><c> changed.</c>

00:43:42.210 --> 00:43:44.510
God<00:43:42.449><c> still</c><00:43:42.750><c> sees</c><00:43:42.929><c> the</c><00:43:43.130><c> same</c><00:43:43.289><c> person.</c>

00:43:45.570 --> 00:43:49.909
There's<00:43:45.949><c> no</c><00:43:46.210><c> reason</c><00:43:46.690><c> why</c><00:43:47.010><c> he</c><00:43:47.150><c> can't</c><00:43:47.489><c> still</c><00:43:47.809><c> lead</c><00:43:48.150><c> a</c><00:43:48.530><c> productive</c><00:43:48.849><c> life.</c>

00:43:50.110 --> 00:43:54.630
And<00:43:50.429><c> I</c><00:43:50.550><c> think</c><00:43:50.670><c> that's</c><00:43:50.929><c> the</c><00:43:51.110><c> hardest</c><00:43:51.389><c> step</c><00:43:52.010><c> for</c><00:43:52.489><c> Job</c><00:43:52.849><c> to</c><00:43:53.429><c> take.</c>

00:43:56.929 --> 00:43:58.829
And<00:43:57.409><c> I</c><00:43:57.570><c> think</c><00:43:57.710><c> most</c><00:43:57.949><c> of</c><00:43:58.070><c> us</c><00:43:58.170><c> can</c><00:43:58.349><c> relate</c><00:43:58.570><c> to</c><00:43:58.730><c> this.</c>

00:43:58.969 --> 00:44:02.409
I<00:43:58.969><c> think</c><00:43:59.329><c> we</c><00:43:59.730><c> all</c><00:43:59.909><c> have</c><00:44:00.070><c> our</c><00:44:00.289><c> stories</c><00:44:00.570><c> of</c><00:44:00.829><c> pain</c><00:44:01.130><c> and</c><00:44:01.389><c> disappointment.</c>

00:44:05.349 --> 00:44:08.230
But<00:44:05.829><c> even</c><00:44:06.309><c> if</c><00:44:06.530><c> our</c><00:44:06.670><c> lives</c><00:44:06.889><c> have</c><00:44:07.130><c> not</c><00:44:07.369><c> turned</c><00:44:07.610><c> out</c><00:44:07.849><c> in</c><00:44:07.989><c> the</c><00:44:08.130><c> way</c>

00:44:08.230 --> 00:44:09.369
that<00:44:08.389><c> we'd</c><00:44:08.630><c> hoped,</c>

00:44:10.030 --> 00:44:12.650
we<00:44:10.210><c> must</c><00:44:10.429><c> realize</c><00:44:10.789><c> that</c><00:44:10.969><c> we</c><00:44:11.110><c> have</c><00:44:11.250><c> no</c><00:44:11.530><c> right</c><00:44:11.750><c> to</c><00:44:12.010><c> make</c><00:44:12.250><c> demands</c>

00:44:12.650 --> 00:44:13.730
on<00:44:12.989><c> God.</c>

00:44:15.690 --> 00:44:19.710
We<00:44:16.170><c> proclaim</c><00:44:16.610><c> his</c><00:44:16.949><c> righteousness</c><00:44:17.570><c> when</c><00:44:18.210><c> we</c><00:44:18.469><c> resign</c><00:44:18.750><c> ourselves</c><00:44:19.250><c> to</c><00:44:19.489><c> our</c>

00:44:19.710 --> 00:44:20.289
current<00:44:20.050><c> circumstances</c>

00:44:20.289 --> 00:44:25.230
and<00:44:21.289><c> submit</c><00:44:21.789><c> to</c><00:44:22.050><c> the</c><00:44:22.230><c> life</c><00:44:22.610><c> he</c><00:44:22.949><c> has</c><00:44:23.210><c> decided</c><00:44:23.570><c> we</c><00:44:23.769><c> must</c><00:44:24.030><c> have.</c>

00:44:26.730 --> 00:44:30.210
Because<00:44:26.989><c> if</c><00:44:27.190><c> we</c><00:44:27.269><c> do</c><00:44:27.489><c> not,</c><00:44:28.289><c> we</c><00:44:28.489><c> will</c><00:44:28.730><c> repeat</c><00:44:29.050><c> the</c><00:44:29.250><c> sin</c><00:44:29.369><c> of</c><00:44:29.869><c> Job</c>

00:44:30.210 --> 00:44:31.949
and<00:44:30.909><c> Moses</c>

00:44:32.090 --> 00:44:35.690
in<00:44:32.610><c> claiming</c><00:44:32.829><c> that</c><00:44:33.070><c> it</c><00:44:33.210><c> is</c><00:44:33.389><c> by</c><00:44:33.630><c> our</c><00:44:33.789><c> own</c><00:44:34.030><c> power</c><00:44:34.469><c> that</c><00:44:35.130><c> we</c><00:44:35.429><c> have</c>

00:44:35.690 --> 00:44:37.730
brought<00:44:35.869><c> water</c><00:44:36.269><c> from</c><00:44:36.690><c> the</c><00:44:36.869><c> rock.</c>

00:44:44.510 --> 00:44:49.010
The<00:44:44.909><c> tipping</c><00:44:45.150><c> point</c><00:44:45.750><c> for</c><00:44:46.050><c> Job</c><00:44:46.369><c> comes</c><00:44:47.329><c> when</c><00:44:47.730><c> Elihu,</c><00:44:48.349><c> the</c><00:44:48.530><c> youngest</c><00:44:48.829><c> of</c>

00:44:49.010 --> 00:44:50.769
his<00:44:49.210><c> friends,</c><00:44:49.690><c> speaks</c><00:44:49.869><c> up.</c>

00:44:51.150 --> 00:44:55.409
Elihu<00:44:51.829><c> had</c><00:44:51.989><c> the</c><00:44:52.210><c> courage</c><00:44:52.610><c> and</c><00:44:53.030><c> perception</c><00:44:53.550><c> to</c><00:44:54.090><c> shake</c><00:44:54.469><c> Job</c><00:44:54.789><c> out</c>

00:44:55.409 --> 00:44:57.030
of<00:44:55.690><c> his</c><00:44:55.929><c> self</c><00:44:56.150><c>-pity</c>

00:44:56.989 --> 00:45:01.909
and<00:44:57.329><c> rebuke</c><00:44:57.809><c> the</c><00:44:57.989><c> other</c><00:44:58.150><c> men</c><00:44:58.309><c> for</c><00:44:58.570><c> failing</c><00:44:58.909><c> to</c><00:44:59.230><c> answer</c><00:44:59.909><c> Job's</c><00:45:00.369><c> questions.</c>

00:45:04.269 --> 00:45:08.030
The<00:45:04.530><c> key</c><00:45:05.130><c> to</c><00:45:05.610><c> Elihu's</c><00:45:06.170><c> argument</c><00:45:06.389><c> is</c><00:45:06.889><c> relevance.</c>

00:45:08.929 --> 00:45:12.469
Job<00:45:09.110><c> and</c><00:45:09.230><c> his</c><00:45:09.369><c> friends</c><00:45:09.650><c> spend</c><00:45:10.210><c> chapter</c><00:45:10.809><c> after</c><00:45:11.190><c> chapter</c><00:45:11.510><c> talking</c><00:45:11.949><c> past</c>

00:45:12.469 --> 00:45:13.530
each<00:45:12.750><c> other,</c>

00:45:13.829 --> 00:45:16.849
never<00:45:14.050><c> quite</c><00:45:14.389><c> seeing</c><00:45:14.690><c> eye</c><00:45:15.090><c> to</c><00:45:15.110><c> eye,</c><00:45:15.469><c> assuming</c><00:45:16.110><c> they're</c><00:45:16.329><c> talking</c><00:45:16.610><c> about</c>

00:45:16.849 --> 00:45:17.789
the<00:45:17.090><c> same</c><00:45:17.329><c> thing</c>

00:45:17.789 --> 00:45:20.530
while<00:45:18.050><c> never</c><00:45:18.389><c> actually</c><00:45:18.789><c> connecting.</c>

00:45:21.050 --> 00:45:23.250
And<00:45:21.150><c> Job</c><00:45:21.289><c> is</c><00:45:21.650><c> utterly</c><00:45:22.070><c> frustrated</c><00:45:22.710><c> with</c><00:45:22.989><c> this.</c>

00:45:23.570 --> 00:45:25.590
He<00:45:23.710><c> reaches</c><00:45:23.889><c> the</c><00:45:24.130><c> point</c><00:45:24.250><c> where</c><00:45:24.429><c> he</c><00:45:24.550><c> says,</c><00:45:24.809><c> you're</c><00:45:24.849><c> not</c><00:45:25.030><c> even</c><00:45:25.289><c> listening,</c>

00:45:25.989 --> 00:45:29.050
so<00:45:26.250><c> why</c><00:45:26.530><c> don't</c><00:45:26.690><c> I</c><00:45:26.849><c> finish</c><00:45:27.090><c> my</c><00:45:27.550><c> speech</c><00:45:27.989><c> and</c><00:45:28.409><c> then</c><00:45:28.530><c> you</c><00:45:28.570><c> can</c><00:45:28.789><c> just</c>

00:45:29.050 --> 00:45:30.429
mock<00:45:29.210><c> me</c><00:45:29.429><c> some</c><00:45:29.670><c> more.</c>

00:45:33.070 --> 00:45:36.550
When<00:45:33.329><c> Job</c><00:45:33.610><c> does</c><00:45:33.889><c> finish,</c><00:45:34.550><c> his</c><00:45:34.769><c> three</c><00:45:34.989><c> friends</c><00:45:35.250><c> are</c><00:45:35.530><c> silent.</c>

00:45:37.650 --> 00:45:41.730
And<00:45:38.170><c> finally,</c><00:45:39.030><c> Elihu</c><00:45:39.530><c> steps</c><00:45:40.190><c> in.</c>

00:45:45.429 --> 00:45:50.269
Elihu<00:45:46.030><c> is</c><00:45:46.630><c> angry</c><00:45:46.889><c> in</c><00:45:47.170><c> ways</c><00:45:47.409><c> you</c><00:45:47.590><c> can't</c><00:45:47.889><c> even</c><00:45:48.150><c> begin</c><00:45:48.510><c> to</c><00:45:48.829><c> imagine.</c>

00:45:50.690 --> 00:45:54.030
He<00:45:50.809><c> says</c><00:45:51.130><c> to</c><00:45:51.429><c> Job,</c><00:45:51.969><c> I'm</c><00:45:52.110><c> angry</c><00:45:52.309><c> with</c><00:45:52.570><c> you</c><00:45:53.030><c> because</c><00:45:53.449><c> you</c><00:45:53.809><c> claim</c>

00:45:54.030 --> 00:45:55.309
that<00:45:54.230><c> God</c><00:45:54.429><c> has</c><00:45:54.730><c> no</c><00:45:55.010><c> right</c>

00:45:55.309 --> 00:45:58.250
to<00:45:55.650><c> interfere</c><00:45:56.110><c> with</c><00:45:56.550><c> your</c><00:45:56.789><c> life</c><00:45:57.010><c> in</c><00:45:57.150><c> this</c><00:45:57.349><c> way.</c>

00:45:58.269 --> 00:46:00.909
You're<00:45:58.670><c> accusing</c><00:45:59.010><c> him</c><00:45:59.349><c> of</c><00:45:59.690><c> injustice.</c>

00:46:02.269 --> 00:46:05.130
And<00:46:02.469><c> he</c><00:46:02.590><c> says</c><00:46:02.690><c> to</c><00:46:02.829><c> the</c><00:46:03.070><c> three</c><00:46:03.250><c> friends,</c><00:46:03.730><c> I'm</c><00:46:04.090><c> angry</c><00:46:04.289><c> with</c><00:46:04.570><c> you</c>

00:46:05.130 --> 00:46:06.869
because<00:46:05.730><c> you've</c><00:46:06.170><c> condemned</c><00:46:06.550><c> Job</c>

00:46:06.869 --> 00:46:08.670
as<00:46:07.110><c> an</c><00:46:07.309><c> unrepentant</c><00:46:07.869><c> sinner.</c>

00:46:08.789 --> 00:46:11.289
But<00:46:09.269><c> you</c><00:46:09.409><c> can't</c><00:46:09.710><c> find</c><00:46:09.909><c> any</c><00:46:10.150><c> fault</c><00:46:10.349><c> in</c><00:46:10.469><c> him.</c><00:46:10.849><c> You</c><00:46:10.869><c> can't</c><00:46:11.110><c> even</c>

00:46:11.289 --> 00:46:13.710
answer<00:46:11.469><c> his</c><00:46:11.690><c> questions.</c>

00:46:14.489 --> 00:46:19.510
Elihu<00:46:14.809><c> says,</c><00:46:17.110><c> no</c><00:46:17.170><c> one</c><00:46:17.610><c> is</c><00:46:17.849><c> standing</c><00:46:18.070><c> up</c><00:46:18.369><c> for</c><00:46:18.570><c> God</c><00:46:18.849><c> here.</c>

00:46:19.929 --> 00:46:24.650
You're<00:46:20.329><c> misrepresenting</c><00:46:21.530><c> God.</c><00:46:21.829><c> You've</c><00:46:22.050><c> got</c><00:46:22.250><c> a</c><00:46:22.550><c> flawed</c><00:46:22.750><c> understanding</c><00:46:23.449><c> of</c><00:46:23.730><c> God.</c>

00:46:25.070 --> 00:46:27.809
This<00:46:25.309><c> is</c><00:46:25.489><c> why</c><00:46:25.630><c> you</c><00:46:25.809><c> can't</c><00:46:26.150><c> solve</c><00:46:26.389><c> this.</c>

00:46:28.710 --> 00:46:31.570
And<00:46:28.969><c> he's</c><00:46:29.110><c> so</c><00:46:29.329><c> angry</c><00:46:29.510><c> he</c><00:46:29.670><c> manages</c><00:46:30.010><c> to</c><00:46:30.309><c> talk</c><00:46:30.550><c> for</c><00:46:30.750><c> the</c><00:46:30.849><c> next</c><00:46:31.150><c> six</c>

00:46:31.570 --> 00:46:34.289
chapters<00:46:32.090><c> without</c><00:46:32.789><c> interruption.</c>

00:46:37.590 --> 00:46:42.550
Elihu's<00:46:38.150><c> response</c><00:46:38.489><c> to</c><00:46:38.909><c> Job</c><00:46:38.909><c> is</c><00:46:39.150><c> very</c><00:46:39.510><c> interesting</c><00:46:40.190><c> because</c>

00:46:42.550 --> 00:46:45.349
he<00:46:43.090><c> quotes</c><00:46:43.590><c> him</c><00:46:44.570><c> directly.</c>

00:46:49.730 --> 00:46:53.090
Job<00:46:50.289><c> had</c><00:46:50.489><c> said,</c><00:46:50.889><c> man</c><00:46:51.090><c> cannot</c><00:46:51.369><c> strive</c><00:46:51.750><c> with</c><00:46:51.989><c> God.</c>

00:46:53.750 --> 00:46:56.110
And<00:46:53.909><c> Elihu</c><00:46:54.070><c> says,</c><00:46:54.250><c> so</c><00:46:54.449><c> why</c><00:46:54.650><c> do</c><00:46:54.750><c> you</c><00:46:54.929><c> fight</c><00:46:55.130><c> him?</c>

00:46:56.949 --> 00:47:00.010
Job<00:46:57.190><c> said,</c><00:46:57.409><c> I</c><00:46:57.590><c> cannot</c><00:46:57.909><c> see</c><00:46:58.269><c> God</c><00:46:58.550><c> in</c><00:46:58.750><c> my</c><00:46:58.989><c> life.</c>

00:47:00.190 --> 00:47:04.090
And<00:47:00.329><c> Elihu</c><00:47:00.530><c> says,</c><00:47:00.789><c> well,</c><00:47:01.010><c> you</c><00:47:01.289><c> say</c><00:47:01.650><c> you</c><00:47:02.369><c> do</c><00:47:02.650><c> not</c><00:47:02.829><c> perceive</c><00:47:03.130><c> him.</c>

00:47:04.610 --> 00:47:08.289
But<00:47:05.010><c> you're</c><00:47:05.309><c> looking</c><00:47:05.650><c> in</c><00:47:05.909><c> the</c><00:47:06.090><c> wrong</c><00:47:06.289><c> way,</c><00:47:07.030><c> in</c><00:47:07.190><c> the</c><00:47:07.369><c> wrong</c><00:47:07.550><c> place.</c>

00:47:10.449 --> 00:47:13.409
Job<00:47:10.550><c> says,</c><00:47:10.769><c> oh,</c><00:47:10.989><c> the</c><00:47:11.230><c> innocent</c><00:47:11.449><c> are</c><00:47:11.809><c> mocked.</c><00:47:12.050><c> There's</c><00:47:12.190><c> no</c><00:47:12.449><c> point</c><00:47:12.869><c> in</c>

00:47:13.409 --> 00:47:14.750
being<00:47:13.610><c> virtuous.</c>

00:47:14.949 --> 00:47:18.030
Elihu<00:47:15.150><c> says,</c><00:47:15.550><c> no,</c><00:47:15.809><c> God</c><00:47:16.030><c> does</c><00:47:16.309><c> repay</c><00:47:16.530><c> us</c><00:47:16.769><c> for</c><00:47:16.969><c> our</c><00:47:17.150><c> works.</c>

00:47:20.010 --> 00:47:23.230
Job<00:47:20.230><c> says,</c><00:47:20.590><c> oh,</c><00:47:20.889><c> I'm</c><00:47:20.969><c> nothing.</c><00:47:21.349><c> God</c><00:47:21.590><c> can</c><00:47:21.809><c> return</c><00:47:22.110><c> me</c><00:47:22.309><c> to</c><00:47:22.489><c> dust.</c>

00:47:23.389 --> 00:47:25.349
Elihu<00:47:23.750><c> says,</c><00:47:24.030><c> well,</c><00:47:24.190><c> don't</c><00:47:24.409><c> think</c><00:47:24.489><c> you're</c><00:47:24.670><c> so</c><00:47:24.929><c> special.</c><00:47:25.170><c> God</c>

00:47:25.349 --> 00:47:27.030
can<00:47:25.570><c> return</c><00:47:25.750><c> us</c><00:47:25.909><c> all</c><00:47:26.010><c> to</c><00:47:26.210><c> dust.</c>

00:47:29.650 --> 00:47:32.030
Job<00:47:29.849><c> says,</c><00:47:30.110><c> I</c><00:47:30.250><c> know</c><00:47:30.489><c> that</c><00:47:30.710><c> I</c><00:47:30.829><c> am</c><00:47:30.969><c> right.</c>

00:47:32.610 --> 00:47:36.550
And<00:47:33.130><c> Elihu</c><00:47:33.309><c> says,</c><00:47:33.690><c> yeah,</c><00:47:34.050><c> I</c><00:47:34.250><c> hear</c><00:47:34.510><c> you.</c><00:47:34.889><c> Job</c><00:47:34.889><c> says,</c><00:47:35.269><c> I</c><00:47:35.369><c> am</c><00:47:35.530><c> innocent.</c>

00:47:38.170 --> 00:47:41.130
Job<00:47:38.369><c> says,</c><00:47:39.469><c> the</c><00:47:39.610><c> wicked</c><00:47:39.829><c> escape</c><00:47:40.369><c> punishment.</c>

00:47:42.650 --> 00:47:46.190
Elihu<00:47:42.949><c> says,</c><00:47:43.289><c> no,</c><00:47:44.550><c> the</c><00:47:44.690><c> wicked</c><00:47:44.869><c> are</c><00:47:45.070><c> punished.</c>

00:47:46.929 --> 00:47:50.670
Perhaps<00:47:47.269><c> not</c><00:47:47.510><c> now,</c><00:47:48.590><c> perhaps</c><00:47:48.849><c> not</c><00:47:49.050><c> in</c><00:47:49.210><c> the</c><00:47:49.309><c> way</c><00:47:49.389><c> you</c><00:47:49.590><c> expect.</c>

00:47:51.409 --> 00:47:54.170
But<00:47:51.650><c> ultimately,</c><00:47:52.469><c> we</c><00:47:52.590><c> do</c><00:47:52.769><c> receive</c><00:47:53.170><c> our</c><00:47:53.429><c> righteous</c><00:47:53.650><c> reward</c>

00:47:54.170 --> 00:47:55.309
from<00:47:54.429><c> God.</c>

00:47:56.250 --> 00:48:00.030
You<00:47:56.449><c> see,</c><00:47:56.690><c> Elihu</c><00:47:57.030><c> is</c><00:47:57.369><c> angry</c><00:47:57.710><c> because</c><00:47:58.130><c> God</c><00:47:58.489><c> has</c><00:47:58.730><c> been</c><00:47:58.989><c> misrepresented</c>

00:48:00.289 --> 00:48:03.889
by<00:48:00.929><c> Job's</c><00:48:01.369><c> friends,</c><00:48:02.190><c> who</c><00:48:02.230><c> claim</c><00:48:02.510><c> that</c><00:48:02.730><c> God</c><00:48:02.969><c> never</c><00:48:03.329><c> lets</c><00:48:03.590><c> bad</c>

00:48:03.889 --> 00:48:05.650
things<00:48:04.150><c> happen</c><00:48:04.429><c> to</c><00:48:04.530><c> good</c><00:48:04.710><c> people.</c>

00:48:05.969 --> 00:48:09.869
Bad<00:48:06.130><c> things</c><00:48:06.349><c> only</c><00:48:06.690><c> happen</c><00:48:06.909><c> to</c><00:48:07.090><c> people</c><00:48:07.409><c> who</c><00:48:07.630><c> deserve</c><00:48:07.949><c> them.</c>

00:48:09.989 --> 00:48:13.929
Elihu<00:48:10.090><c> is</c><00:48:10.289><c> angry</c><00:48:10.590><c> because</c><00:48:10.929><c> God</c><00:48:11.269><c> has</c><00:48:11.489><c> been</c><00:48:11.769><c> misrepresented</c><00:48:12.570><c> by</c><00:48:13.050><c> Job,</c>

00:48:13.969 --> 00:48:16.269
who<00:48:14.230><c> claimed</c><00:48:14.389><c> God</c><00:48:14.670><c> was</c><00:48:14.929><c> treating</c><00:48:15.150><c> him</c><00:48:15.449><c> unfairly.</c>

00:48:17.789 --> 00:48:25.329
And<00:48:18.010><c> from</c><00:48:18.190><c> this</c><00:48:18.409><c> we</c><00:48:18.670><c> see</c><00:48:19.170><c> that</c><00:48:19.550><c> both</c><00:48:19.929><c> Job</c><00:48:20.269><c> and</c><00:48:20.630><c> his</c><00:48:20.909><c> friends</c><00:48:21.289><c> shared</c><00:48:21.809><c> the</c><00:48:22.190><c> same</c><00:48:22.829><c> flawed</c><00:48:23.230><c> view</c><00:48:23.789><c> of</c><00:48:24.210><c> God.</c>

00:48:26.250 --> 00:48:29.949
Elihu<00:48:26.789><c> shows</c><00:48:27.150><c> that</c><00:48:27.329><c> their</c><00:48:27.510><c> attitude</c><00:48:28.010><c> actually</c><00:48:28.510><c> disrespects</c>

00:48:29.949 --> 00:48:33.610
God<00:48:29.949><c> by</c><00:48:30.489><c> oversimplifying</c><00:48:31.809><c> his</c><00:48:32.349><c> character.</c>

00:48:34.550 --> 00:48:38.429
Elihu<00:48:34.909><c> says</c><00:48:35.210><c> to</c><00:48:35.789><c> Job,</c><00:48:36.570><c> your</c><00:48:36.809><c> answers</c><00:48:37.329><c> are</c><00:48:37.650><c> like</c><00:48:37.849><c> the</c><00:48:38.090><c> answers</c>

00:48:38.429 --> 00:48:39.329
of<00:48:38.809><c> wicked</c><00:48:39.090><c> men.</c>

00:48:39.369 --> 00:48:41.730
They<00:48:39.510><c> will</c><00:48:39.750><c> be</c><00:48:39.969><c> emboldened</c><00:48:40.710><c> by</c><00:48:40.969><c> your</c><00:48:41.210><c> response.</c>

00:48:42.050 --> 00:48:44.230
They<00:48:42.210><c> will</c><00:48:42.389><c> say,</c><00:48:42.610><c> oh,</c><00:48:42.789><c> I</c><00:48:42.949><c> remember</c><00:48:43.230><c> what</c><00:48:43.469><c> Job</c><00:48:43.710><c> said</c><00:48:43.909><c> when</c><00:48:44.050><c> he</c>

00:48:44.230 --> 00:48:45.030
went<00:48:44.309><c> through</c><00:48:44.489><c> his</c><00:48:44.789><c> trial.</c>

00:48:45.489 --> 00:48:47.449
I'm<00:48:45.630><c> going</c><00:48:45.750><c> to</c><00:48:45.889><c> echo</c><00:48:46.110><c> Job's</c><00:48:46.590><c> words.</c>

00:48:47.769 --> 00:48:51.650
Wicked<00:48:48.030><c> men</c><00:48:48.690><c> will</c><00:48:49.110><c> take</c><00:48:49.250><c> advantage</c><00:48:49.650><c> of</c><00:48:49.829><c> this</c><00:48:49.929><c> situation,</c><00:48:51.150><c> Job.</c>

00:48:52.670 --> 00:48:56.489
You're<00:48:53.329><c> denying</c><00:48:53.730><c> everything</c><00:48:54.329><c> that</c><00:48:54.650><c> I</c><00:48:54.750><c> know</c><00:48:54.949><c> God</c><00:48:55.170><c> to</c><00:48:55.389><c> be.</c>

00:48:57.510 --> 00:48:59.389
But<00:48:57.670><c> his</c><00:48:57.889><c> speech</c><00:48:58.050><c> is</c><00:48:58.309><c> not</c><00:48:58.489><c> entirely</c><00:48:58.929><c> negative.</c>

00:48:59.610 --> 00:49:02.969
He<00:48:59.789><c> points</c><00:49:00.170><c> out</c><00:49:00.449><c> that</c><00:49:00.610><c> God</c><00:49:00.869><c> still</c><00:49:01.269><c> wants</c><00:49:01.510><c> to</c><00:49:01.889><c> work</c><00:49:02.269><c> with</c><00:49:02.690><c> Job</c>

00:49:02.969 --> 00:49:06.880
and<00:49:03.670><c> that</c><00:49:03.949><c> Job</c><00:49:04.210><c> can</c><00:49:04.650><c> and</c><00:49:04.929><c> should</c><00:49:05.130><c> still</c><00:49:05.389><c> work</c><00:49:05.650><c> in</c><00:49:05.829><c> his</c><00:49:06.050><c> community.</c>

00:49:08.690 --> 00:49:11.780
Elihu<00:49:09.289><c> calls</c><00:49:09.829><c> Job</c><00:49:10.289><c> to</c><00:49:10.630><c> self</c><00:49:10.949><c>-examination.</c>

00:49:13.250 --> 00:49:17.989
Job<00:49:13.610><c> is</c><00:49:14.110><c> forced</c><00:49:14.329><c> to</c><00:49:14.570><c> confess</c><00:49:15.130><c> that</c><00:49:15.769><c> he's</c><00:49:15.989><c> misjudged</c><00:49:16.670><c> God's</c><00:49:17.269><c> role</c><00:49:17.690><c> in</c>

00:49:17.989 --> 00:49:19.070
his<00:49:18.230><c> life.</c>

00:49:20.070 --> 00:49:24.449
He<00:49:20.750><c> learns</c><00:49:21.190><c> that</c><00:49:21.590><c> there</c><00:49:21.730><c> is</c><00:49:21.969><c> no</c><00:49:22.230><c> flaw</c><00:49:22.570><c> or</c><00:49:22.869><c> personal</c><00:49:23.309><c> defect</c><00:49:23.730><c> buried</c><00:49:24.070><c> so</c>

00:49:24.449 --> 00:49:25.269
deep<00:49:24.630><c> within</c><00:49:24.929><c> us</c>

00:49:25.269 --> 00:49:28.730
that<00:49:25.789><c> trial</c><00:49:26.210><c> and</c><00:49:26.670><c> temptation</c><00:49:27.269><c> are</c><00:49:27.710><c> unable</c><00:49:28.110><c> to</c><00:49:28.329><c> bring</c><00:49:28.409><c> it</c><00:49:28.610><c> to</c>

00:49:28.730 --> 00:49:30.030
the<00:49:28.889><c> surface.</c>

00:49:30.969 --> 00:49:33.429
And<00:49:31.210><c> it's</c><00:49:31.389><c> interesting</c><00:49:31.690><c> that</c><00:49:31.909><c> when</c><00:49:32.110><c> God</c><00:49:32.389><c> finally</c><00:49:32.750><c> does</c><00:49:33.170><c> speak</c>

00:49:33.429 --> 00:49:33.849
to<00:49:33.769><c> Job,</c>

00:49:34.010 --> 00:49:37.909
he<00:49:34.429><c> reiterates</c><00:49:35.110><c> much</c><00:49:35.489><c> of</c><00:49:35.829><c> what</c><00:49:36.130><c> Elihu</c><00:49:36.550><c> has</c><00:49:36.889><c> said.</c>

00:49:38.849 --> 00:49:42.570
You<00:49:39.210><c> were</c><00:49:39.469><c> wrong</c><00:49:39.710><c> to</c><00:49:39.949><c> doubt</c><00:49:40.070><c> me,</c><00:49:40.369><c> says</c><00:49:40.570><c> God,</c><00:49:40.929><c> because</c><00:49:41.349><c> by</c><00:49:41.750><c> doubting</c><00:49:42.090><c> me</c>

00:49:42.570 --> 00:49:44.730
you<00:49:42.989><c> doubted</c><00:49:43.449><c> my</c><00:49:43.630><c> righteousness.</c>

00:49:48.110 --> 00:49:52.170
Job<00:49:48.750><c> is</c><00:49:49.389><c> reconciled</c><00:49:49.869><c> to</c><00:49:50.030><c> God</c><00:49:50.289><c> and</c><00:49:50.469><c> he's</c><00:49:51.050><c> reconciled</c><00:49:51.449><c> to</c><00:49:51.650><c> his</c><00:49:51.929><c> friends,</c>

00:49:52.230 --> 00:49:55.309
but<00:49:52.369><c> it's</c><00:49:52.710><c> interesting</c><00:49:52.889><c> that</c><00:49:53.389><c> this</c><00:49:53.750><c> only</c><00:49:54.090><c> occurs</c><00:49:54.469><c> after</c><00:49:54.949><c> he's</c>

00:49:55.309 --> 00:49:56.929
offered<00:49:55.550><c> sacrifices</c><00:49:56.289><c> for</c><00:49:56.610><c> them.</c>

00:49:57.210 --> 00:50:00.869
Only<00:49:57.610><c> after</c><00:49:57.969><c> he</c><00:49:58.130><c> has</c><00:49:58.389><c> truly</c><00:49:59.090><c> forgiven</c><00:49:59.610><c> them</c><00:50:00.070><c> does</c><00:50:00.389><c> his</c><00:50:00.630><c> life</c>

00:50:00.869 --> 00:50:03.010
change<00:50:01.510><c> for</c><00:50:01.789><c> the</c><00:50:01.929><c> better.</c>

00:50:04.730 --> 00:50:08.789
Yet,<00:50:06.010><c> remember</c><00:50:06.489><c> that</c><00:50:06.670><c> God</c><00:50:06.869><c> did</c><00:50:07.090><c> not</c><00:50:07.289><c> promise</c><00:50:07.510><c> this.</c>

00:50:09.349 --> 00:50:13.969
The<00:50:09.949><c> final</c><00:50:10.369><c> test</c><00:50:10.630><c> of</c><00:50:10.849><c> Job's</c><00:50:11.190><c> faith</c><00:50:11.349><c> was</c><00:50:11.590><c> seen</c><00:50:11.889><c> in</c><00:50:12.329><c> the</c><00:50:12.670><c> many</c><00:50:13.050><c> years</c><00:50:13.610><c> it</c>

00:50:13.969 --> 00:50:18.250
took<00:50:14.429><c> for</c><00:50:15.090><c> his</c><00:50:15.409><c> prosperity</c><00:50:16.170><c> to</c><00:50:16.750><c> be</c><00:50:17.050><c> regained.</c>

00:50:19.130 --> 00:50:22.889
This<00:50:19.349><c> required</c><00:50:19.750><c> faith</c><00:50:20.110><c> in</c><00:50:20.349><c> God</c><00:50:20.630><c> and</c><00:50:21.349><c> work</c><00:50:21.809><c> on</c><00:50:22.289><c> Job's</c><00:50:22.710><c> behalf,</c>

00:50:23.050 --> 00:50:26.670
work<00:50:23.409><c> in</c><00:50:23.630><c> the</c><00:50:23.849><c> new</c><00:50:24.090><c> role,</c><00:50:24.409><c> the</c><00:50:24.570><c> reduced</c><00:50:25.070><c> role</c><00:50:25.590><c> that</c><00:50:26.050><c> he</c><00:50:26.269><c> had</c><00:50:26.469><c> in</c>

00:50:26.670 --> 00:50:27.329
his<00:50:26.869><c> community.</c>

00:50:27.650 --> 00:50:32.309
He<00:50:27.849><c> had</c><00:50:28.070><c> to</c><00:50:28.409><c> continue</c><00:50:28.650><c> as</c><00:50:28.849><c> a</c><00:50:29.030><c> toe</c><00:50:29.230><c> in</c><00:50:29.449><c> his</c><00:50:29.710><c> community</c><00:50:30.070><c> for</c><00:50:30.530><c> a</c><00:50:30.690><c> very</c><00:50:30.969><c> long</c><00:50:31.250><c> time</c><00:50:31.869><c> before</c><00:50:32.190><c> he</c>

00:50:32.309 --> 00:50:34.269
was<00:50:32.510><c> made</c><00:50:32.710><c> a</c><00:50:32.869><c> shoulder</c><00:50:33.090><c> again.</c>

00:50:36.369 --> 00:50:41.130
Job<00:50:36.969><c> 42</c><00:50:37.570><c> finishes</c><00:50:38.250><c> very</c><00:50:38.710><c> quickly</c><00:50:39.190><c> and</c><00:50:40.010><c> it's</c><00:50:40.250><c> easy</c><00:50:40.590><c> to</c><00:50:40.889><c> skim</c>

00:50:41.130 --> 00:50:42.409
through<00:50:41.369><c> those</c><00:50:41.710><c> closing</c><00:50:42.050><c> verses</c>

00:50:42.409 --> 00:50:45.190
and<00:50:42.670><c> assume</c><00:50:43.150><c> that</c><00:50:43.869><c> Job's</c><00:50:44.349><c> fortunes</c><00:50:44.670><c> were</c><00:50:44.849><c> practically</c>

00:50:45.190 --> 00:50:46.530
restored<00:50:45.730><c> overnight.</c>

00:50:47.349 --> 00:50:53.070
He<00:50:47.489><c> looked</c><00:50:47.650><c> out</c><00:50:47.869><c> across</c><00:50:48.070><c> the</c><00:50:48.309><c> breakfast</c><00:50:48.610><c> table</c><00:50:48.989><c> and</c><00:50:49.989><c> there</c><00:50:50.429><c> was</c><00:50:51.050><c> the</c><00:50:51.389><c> Middle</c><00:50:51.610><c> Eastern</c><00:50:51.869><c> UPS</c><00:50:52.289><c> delivering</c><00:50:52.769><c> 7</c>

00:50:53.070 --> 00:50:53.650
,000<00:50:53.349><c> camels.</c>

00:50:53.710 --> 00:50:57.070
Oh<00:50:53.949><c> great,</c><00:50:54.150><c> the</c><00:50:54.289><c> camels</c><00:50:54.449><c> are</c><00:50:54.650><c> here,</c><00:50:54.849><c> good.</c><00:50:55.969><c> Put</c><00:50:56.110><c> them</c><00:50:56.230><c> with</c><00:50:56.349><c> the</c><00:50:56.489><c> donkeys</c><00:50:56.829><c> up</c>

00:50:57.070 --> 00:50:58.769
the<00:50:57.190><c> back,</c><00:50:57.329><c> thank</c><00:50:57.550><c> you.</c>

00:50:59.750 --> 00:51:03.309
Oh,<00:51:00.329><c> we've</c><00:51:00.510><c> got</c><00:51:00.630><c> children</c><00:51:00.949><c> now.</c><00:51:01.250><c> Oh</c><00:51:01.530><c> great,</c><00:51:01.730><c> we've</c><00:51:02.550><c> got</c><00:51:02.690><c> a</c><00:51:02.809><c> whole</c><00:51:02.949><c> stack</c><00:51:03.130><c> of</c>

00:51:03.309 --> 00:51:03.710
new<00:51:03.489><c> children.</c>

00:51:03.750 --> 00:51:07.269
Where<00:51:03.909><c> do</c><00:51:03.969><c> they</c><00:51:04.150><c> come</c><00:51:04.349><c> from?</c><00:51:05.250><c> Well,</c><00:51:06.130><c> hazard</c><00:51:06.269><c> a</c><00:51:06.489><c> guess.</c>

00:51:11.409 --> 00:51:13.840
It<00:51:11.909><c> wasn't</c><00:51:12.409><c> an</c><00:51:12.789><c> overnight</c><00:51:13.090><c> restoration.</c>

00:51:14.769 --> 00:51:20.309
Job<00:51:14.929><c> had</c><00:51:15.170><c> to</c><00:51:15.389><c> repair</c><00:51:15.869><c> his</c><00:51:16.250><c> relationship</c><00:51:17.150><c> with</c><00:51:17.389><c> his</c><00:51:17.769><c> wife</c><00:51:18.230><c> before</c><00:51:19.050><c> he</c><00:51:19.210><c> could</c><00:51:19.389><c> even</c><00:51:19.869><c> start</c><00:51:20.130><c> a</c>

00:51:20.309 --> 00:51:21.710
new<00:51:20.510><c> family.</c>

00:51:24.250 --> 00:51:26.670
But<00:51:24.769><c> it's</c><00:51:25.010><c> to</c><00:51:25.110><c> their</c><00:51:25.389><c> credit</c><00:51:25.630><c> that</c><00:51:25.789><c> they're</c><00:51:25.989><c> still</c><00:51:26.250><c> married,</c>

00:51:26.929 --> 00:51:28.750
that<00:51:27.170><c> relationship</c><00:51:27.989><c> survived.</c>

00:51:29.670 --> 00:51:31.610
How<00:51:30.050><c> amazing</c><00:51:30.409><c> is</c><00:51:30.670><c> that?</c>

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How<00:51:32.989><c> long</c><00:51:33.190><c> does</c><00:51:33.369><c> it</c><00:51:33.530><c> take</c><00:51:33.670><c> to</c><00:51:33.969><c> repair</c><00:51:34.230><c> a</c><00:51:34.570><c> relationship</c><00:51:35.010><c> which</c>

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was<00:51:35.650><c> so</c><00:51:35.929><c> badly</c><00:51:36.210><c> damaged</c>

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that<00:51:37.130><c> his</c><00:51:37.369><c> wife</c><00:51:37.630><c> was</c><00:51:37.909><c> advising</c><00:51:38.230><c> him</c><00:51:38.449><c> to</c><00:51:38.670><c> curse</c><00:51:38.929><c> God</c><00:51:39.130><c> and</c><00:51:39.389><c> die</c>

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in<00:51:39.690><c> chapter</c><00:51:39.889><c> 2?</c>

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How<00:51:42.929><c> long</c><00:51:43.130><c> does</c><00:51:43.289><c> it</c><00:51:43.489><c> take</c><00:51:43.630><c> to</c><00:51:43.969><c> raise</c><00:51:44.429><c> a</c><00:51:44.590><c> family</c><00:51:44.969><c> of</c><00:51:45.469><c> 10</c><00:51:45.909><c> children?</c>

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I've<00:51:47.989><c> only</c><00:51:48.110><c> got</c><00:51:48.269><c> two</c><00:51:48.449><c> already,</c><00:51:48.789><c> it</c><00:51:48.929><c> feels</c><00:51:49.130><c> like</c><00:51:49.349><c> forever.</c>

00:51:53.710 --> 00:51:57.170
How<00:51:54.389><c> long</c><00:51:54.710><c> does</c><00:51:54.909><c> it</c><00:51:55.130><c> take</c><00:51:55.329><c> to</c><00:51:55.610><c> literally</c><00:51:55.949><c> double</c><00:51:56.409><c> your</c><00:51:56.750><c> assets</c>

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and<00:51:57.750><c> turn</c><00:51:58.090><c> a</c><00:51:58.250><c> bankrupt</c><00:51:58.789><c> family</c><00:51:59.250><c> business</c><00:51:59.690><c> around</c><00:52:00.050><c> into</c><00:52:00.650><c> a</c>

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markup<00:52:01.409><c> leader</c><00:52:01.690><c> once</c><00:52:02.110><c> again?</c>

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It<00:52:05.949><c> takes</c><00:52:06.150><c> time.</c><00:52:07.809><c> It</c><00:52:07.909><c> takes</c><00:52:08.449><c> faith</c><00:52:08.989><c> and</c><00:52:09.369><c> commitment.</c>

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And<00:52:11.510><c> it</c><00:52:11.670><c> doesn't</c><00:52:11.829><c> happen</c><00:52:12.150><c> without</c><00:52:12.449><c> the</c><00:52:12.670><c> blessing</c><00:52:12.909><c> of</c><00:52:13.190><c> God.</c><00:52:13.530><c> It</c>

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doesn't<00:52:13.789><c> happen</c><00:52:14.030><c> without</c><00:52:14.389><c> a</c><00:52:14.730><c> relationship</c><00:52:15.349><c> with</c><00:52:15.829><c> God.</c>

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So<00:52:18.949><c> there</c><00:52:19.070><c> was</c><00:52:19.309><c> a</c><00:52:19.869><c> long</c><00:52:20.170><c> period</c><00:52:20.750><c> of</c><00:52:21.250><c> hardship</c><00:52:21.690><c> that</c><00:52:22.130><c> had</c><00:52:22.309><c> to</c><00:52:22.469><c> be</c>

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endured<00:52:22.869><c> before</c><00:52:23.690><c> Job's</c><00:52:24.269><c> fortunes</c><00:52:24.730><c> were</c><00:52:25.010><c> restored.</c>

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And<00:52:27.130><c> this</c><00:52:27.269><c> was</c><00:52:27.429><c> a</c><00:52:27.590><c> time</c><00:52:27.730><c> for</c><00:52:27.929><c> him</c><00:52:28.050><c> to</c><00:52:28.309><c> reflect</c><00:52:28.909><c> on</c><00:52:29.550><c> what</c><00:52:29.789><c> he</c><00:52:29.969><c> had</c><00:52:30.210><c> learned.</c>

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A<00:52:32.309><c> time</c><00:52:32.449><c> for</c><00:52:32.590><c> him</c><00:52:32.690><c> to</c><00:52:32.989><c> serve</c><00:52:33.210><c> his</c><00:52:33.489><c> community</c><00:52:33.869><c> in</c><00:52:34.190><c> less</c><00:52:34.550><c> obvious,</c><00:52:35.090><c> less</c>

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prestigious<00:52:35.949><c> ways.</c>

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And<00:52:37.929><c> that</c><00:52:38.050><c> was</c><00:52:38.210><c> the</c><00:52:38.429><c> final</c><00:52:38.650><c> test</c><00:52:38.869><c> of</c><00:52:39.030><c> his</c><00:52:39.289><c> faith.</c>

00:52:41.650 --> 00:52:45.829
To<00:52:42.250><c> slowly</c><00:52:42.730><c> rebuild,</c><00:52:43.869><c> regroup</c><00:52:44.210><c> and</c><00:52:44.750><c> recover.</c>

00:52:47.630 --> 00:52:51.150
What<00:52:48.349><c> else</c><00:52:48.550><c> do</c><00:52:48.710><c> we</c><00:52:48.849><c> learn</c><00:52:49.030><c> from</c><00:52:49.550><c> Job's</c><00:52:50.030><c> experience?</c>

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We<00:52:54.409><c> often</c><00:52:54.730><c> like</c><00:52:54.949><c> to</c><00:52:55.150><c> say</c><00:52:55.289><c> that</c><00:52:55.489><c> life</c><00:52:55.670><c> is</c><00:52:56.110><c> fair</c><00:52:56.389><c> or</c><00:52:56.750><c> unfair.</c><00:52:57.329><c> I</c>

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don't<00:52:57.670><c> think</c><00:52:57.769><c> that's</c><00:52:58.030><c> right.</c>

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Life<00:52:59.230><c> is</c><00:52:59.489><c> neither</c><00:52:59.670><c> fair</c><00:53:00.050><c> nor</c><00:53:00.329><c> unfair.</c><00:53:00.789><c> Life</c><00:53:01.170><c> just</c><00:53:01.809><c> is.</c>

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What<00:53:04.349><c> matters</c><00:53:04.889><c> is</c><00:53:05.210><c> how</c><00:53:05.449><c> we</c><00:53:05.769><c> respond</c><00:53:06.409><c> to</c><00:53:06.750><c> it.</c>

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Our<00:53:10.530><c> challenge</c><00:53:10.949><c> is</c><00:53:11.389><c> to</c><00:53:11.650><c> endure</c><00:53:12.010><c> suffering</c><00:53:12.550><c> without</c><00:53:13.190><c> blaming</c><00:53:13.869><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:53:14.570><c> not</c><00:53:14.670><c> always</c><00:53:15.150><c> his</c><00:53:15.510><c> fault.</c><00:53:17.789><c> Sometimes</c><00:53:18.409><c> bad</c><00:53:19.070><c> things</c><00:53:19.510><c> just</c><00:53:20.190><c> happen.</c>

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Rediscovering<00:53:24.530><c> God</c><00:53:24.829><c> is</c><00:53:25.449><c> a</c><00:53:25.949><c> healing</c><00:53:26.590><c> process.</c>

00:53:30.090 --> 00:53:33.889
Bad<00:53:30.409><c> things</c><00:53:31.210><c> do</c><00:53:31.670><c> happen</c><00:53:32.150><c> to</c><00:53:32.409><c> good</c><00:53:32.590><c> people.</c>

00:53:35.909 --> 00:53:39.869
And<00:53:36.150><c> others</c><00:53:36.449><c> learn</c><00:53:37.170><c> from</c><00:53:37.929><c> our</c><00:53:38.449><c> response.</c>

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Finally,<00:53:43.610><c> trial</c><00:53:43.909><c> hurts</c><00:53:44.329><c> God</c><00:53:44.750><c> too,</c><00:53:47.010><c> mainly</c><00:53:47.269><c> because</c><00:53:47.730><c> of</c><00:53:47.929><c> the</c>

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way<00:53:48.250><c> we</c><00:53:48.670><c> respond</c><00:53:49.269><c> to</c><00:53:49.610><c> it.</c>

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Do<00:53:52.010><c> we</c><00:53:52.329><c> respond</c><00:53:52.869><c> to</c><00:53:53.309><c> trial</c><00:53:53.670><c> in</c><00:53:55.349><c> a</c><00:53:55.670><c> way</c><00:53:55.789><c> that</c><00:53:56.090><c> damages</c><00:53:56.550><c> our</c><00:53:57.130><c> relationship</c><00:53:57.650><c> with</c><00:53:57.929><c> God?</c>

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That<00:53:59.269><c> damages</c><00:53:59.630><c> other</c><00:54:00.030><c> people's</c><00:54:00.590><c> perception</c><00:54:00.989><c> of</c><00:54:01.230><c> him?</c>

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Or<00:54:04.670><c> do</c><00:54:04.869><c> we</c><00:54:05.110><c> accept</c><00:54:05.789><c> that</c><00:54:07.230><c> he</c><00:54:07.369><c> does</c><00:54:07.610><c> have</c><00:54:07.789><c> something</c><00:54:08.110><c> better</c>

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for<00:54:08.630><c> us?</c>

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And<00:54:10.750><c> that</c><00:54:11.210><c> a</c><00:54:12.030><c> time</c><00:54:12.170><c> of</c><00:54:12.489><c> trial</c><00:54:12.849><c> is</c><00:54:14.070><c> also</c><00:54:14.389><c> another</c><00:54:14.650><c> way</c><00:54:15.269><c> to</c><00:54:15.889><c> develop</c><00:54:16.170><c> our</c>

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relationship<00:54:16.969><c> with</c><00:54:17.210><c> God</c><00:54:17.630><c> and</c><00:54:18.510><c> potentially</c><00:54:19.110><c> to</c><00:54:20.150><c> rediscover</c><00:54:20.610><c> him.</c>