Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8 [0] in function chmod in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8 [1] in function include_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-settings.php on line 560 [2] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-config.php on line 85 [3] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-load.php on line 50 [4] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-blog-header.php on line 13 [5] in function require in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/index.php on line 17
| Server IP : 94.177.8.99 / Your IP : 216.73.217.165 Web Server : Apache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu) System : Linux aries 6.8.0-134-generic #134-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Jun 26 18:43:11 UTC 2026 x86_64 User : www-data ( 33) PHP Version : 8.1.34 Disable Function : NONE MySQL : OFF | cURL : ON | WGET : ON | Perl : ON | Python : OFF | Sudo : ON | Pkexec : OFF Directory : /var/www/hopeinstoughton_cdn1/d/ |
Upload File : |
WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:03.700 Good<00:00:00.960><c> morning,</c><00:00:01.320><c> brothers</c><00:00:01.419><c> and</c><00:00:01.659><c> sisters.</c><00:00:02.980><c> Just</c><00:00:03.200><c> to</c><00:00:03.379><c> comment</c> 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:07.719 on<00:00:04.059><c> the</c><00:00:05.219><c> references</c><00:00:05.620><c> at</c><00:00:06.000><c> the</c><00:00:06.160><c> end</c><00:00:06.339><c> of</c><00:00:06.500><c> your</c><00:00:06.719><c> notes,</c> 00:00:08.019 --> 00:00:14.259 if<00:00:08.179><c> any</c><00:00:08.400><c> of</c><00:00:08.599><c> you</c><00:00:09.820><c> have</c><00:00:10.119><c> any</c><00:00:10.400><c> difficulty</c><00:00:10.960><c> obtaining</c><00:00:11.820><c> any</c><00:00:12.259><c> one</c><00:00:12.380><c> of</c><00:00:12.480><c> those</c><00:00:12.660><c> and</c><00:00:12.779><c> would</c><00:00:12.980><c> like</c><00:00:13.160><c> a</c><00:00:13.339><c> copy,</c> 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:17.140 if<00:00:14.699><c> you'd</c><00:00:14.699><c> just</c><00:00:14.880><c> let</c><00:00:14.980><c> us</c><00:00:15.179><c> know,</c><00:00:15.300><c> we'd</c><00:00:15.519><c> be</c><00:00:15.660><c> glad</c><00:00:15.759><c> to</c><00:00:15.960><c> furnish</c><00:00:16.260><c> that.</c> 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:20.960 These<00:00:17.839><c> are</c><00:00:18.219><c> the</c><00:00:18.899><c> books</c><00:00:19.179><c> and</c><00:00:19.660><c> articles</c><00:00:20.079><c> that</c><00:00:20.260><c> I</c><00:00:20.399><c> have</c><00:00:20.600><c> found</c><00:00:20.760><c> to</c> 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:22.460 be<00:00:21.339><c> quite</c><00:00:21.579><c> helpful.</c> 00:00:22.820 --> 00:00:26.780 The<00:00:23.379><c> study</c><00:00:23.760><c> is</c><00:00:24.960><c> the</c><00:00:25.280><c> fruit</c><00:00:25.480><c> of</c><00:00:25.839><c> many</c><00:00:26.239><c> years.</c> 00:00:26.980 --> 00:00:30.699 I<00:00:26.980><c> first</c><00:00:27.260><c> read</c><00:00:27.460><c> Brother</c><00:00:27.800><c> Sponberg's</c><00:00:28.579><c> book</c><00:00:28.719><c> in</c><00:00:29.000><c> 1965,</c> 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:34.159 and<00:00:30.960><c> I</c><00:00:31.079><c> can</c><00:00:31.339><c> tell</c><00:00:31.460><c> you</c><00:00:31.660><c> honestly</c><00:00:31.980><c> that</c><00:00:32.219><c> it</c><00:00:32.320><c> was</c><00:00:32.579><c> a</c><00:00:32.700><c> real</c><00:00:32.939><c> life</c><00:00:33.219><c> changer</c> 00:00:34.939 --> 00:00:38.340 to<00:00:35.500><c> finally</c><00:00:35.799><c> recognize</c><00:00:36.479><c> what</c><00:00:36.740><c> a</c><00:00:36.960><c> task</c><00:00:37.159><c> God</c><00:00:37.399><c> has</c><00:00:37.640><c> set</c><00:00:37.780><c> himself</c> 00:00:38.340 --> 00:00:40.299 to<00:00:38.560><c> save</c><00:00:38.859><c> any</c><00:00:39.140><c> one</c><00:00:39.280><c> of</c><00:00:39.460><c> us.</c> 00:00:40.780 --> 00:00:42.700 It's<00:00:41.060><c> almost</c><00:00:41.420><c> beyond</c><00:00:41.740><c> belief.</c> 00:00:44.420 --> 00:00:47.000 And<00:00:44.560><c> each</c><00:00:44.799><c> year</c><00:00:45.020><c> when</c><00:00:45.159><c> we</c><00:00:45.320><c> go</c><00:00:45.539><c> through</c><00:00:45.859><c> Job</c><00:00:46.219><c> in</c><00:00:46.460><c> December,</c> 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.479 I<00:00:47.920><c> actually</c><00:00:48.320><c> go</c><00:00:48.539><c> through</c><00:00:48.759><c> that</c><00:00:49.060><c> book</c><00:00:49.460><c> and</c><00:00:50.000><c> have</c><00:00:50.420><c> read</c><00:00:50.679><c> many</c><00:00:51.039><c> parts</c><00:00:51.340><c> of</c> 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:52.479 it<00:00:51.659><c> to</c><00:00:51.780><c> Sister</c><00:00:52.200><c> Betty.</c> 00:00:52.619 --> 00:00:56.820 So<00:00:52.780><c> the</c><00:00:53.579><c> study</c><00:00:53.899><c> has</c><00:00:54.200><c> been</c><00:00:54.700><c> turning</c><00:00:54.920><c> around</c><00:00:55.320><c> in</c><00:00:55.539><c> our</c><00:00:55.719><c> minds</c><00:00:56.000><c> for</c> 00:00:56.820 --> 00:00:58.320 many<00:00:57.179><c> years.</c> 00:00:58.939 --> 00:01:04.640 We're<00:00:59.100><c> at</c><00:00:59.299><c> the</c><00:01:00.780><c> point</c><00:01:01.000><c> where</c><00:01:02.219><c> Elihu</c><00:01:02.799><c> is</c><00:01:03.140><c> actually</c><00:01:03.560><c> making</c><00:01:03.979><c> reference</c><00:01:04.359><c> to</c> 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:06.620 the<00:01:04.900><c> storm</c><00:01:05.280><c> that</c><00:01:05.519><c> is</c><00:01:06.260><c> brewing,</c> 00:01:06.659 --> 00:01:12.439 that<00:01:06.799><c> is</c><00:01:07.060><c> impending,</c><00:01:08.700><c> and</c><00:01:09.319><c> he</c><00:01:09.659><c> anticipates</c><00:01:10.480><c> Yahweh's</c><00:01:11.280><c> speech</c> 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:15.859 about<00:01:13.439><c> the</c><00:01:13.719><c> greatness</c><00:01:13.939><c> of</c><00:01:14.200><c> His</c><00:01:14.420><c> ways</c><00:01:14.879><c> and</c><00:01:15.079><c> the</c><00:01:15.280><c> mystery</c><00:01:15.560><c> that</c> 00:01:15.859 --> 00:01:18.579 surrounds<00:01:16.420><c> the</c><00:01:17.579><c> way</c><00:01:17.760><c> He</c><00:01:17.879><c> does</c><00:01:18.140><c> things.</c> 00:01:18.700 --> 00:01:21.900 How<00:01:18.840><c> great</c><00:01:19.200><c> is</c><00:01:19.599><c> God</c><00:01:19.980><c> beyond</c><00:01:20.420><c> our</c><00:01:20.739><c> understanding.</c> 00:01:22.180 --> 00:01:24.459 The<00:01:22.200><c> number</c><00:01:22.480><c> of</c><00:01:22.640><c> His</c><00:01:22.819><c> years</c><00:01:23.099><c> is</c><00:01:23.420><c> past</c><00:01:23.700><c> finding</c><00:01:24.019><c> out.</c> 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:27.560 He<00:01:24.900><c> draws</c><00:01:25.099><c> up</c><00:01:25.379><c> the</c><00:01:25.579><c> drops</c><00:01:25.840><c> of</c><00:01:26.159><c> water</c><00:01:26.439><c> which</c><00:01:26.719><c> distill</c><00:01:27.099><c> from</c><00:01:27.400><c> the</c> 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:28.939 mist<00:01:27.780><c> as</c><00:01:28.060><c> rain.</c> 00:01:29.219 --> 00:01:32.280 The<00:01:29.459><c> clouds</c><00:01:29.739><c> pour</c><00:01:30.040><c> down</c><00:01:30.319><c> their</c><00:01:30.480><c> moisture</c><00:01:30.959><c> and</c><00:01:31.200><c> abundant</c><00:01:31.540><c> showers</c><00:01:32.000><c> fall</c> 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:33.700 on<00:01:32.560><c> mankind.</c> 00:01:33.819 --> 00:01:36.359 Who<00:01:33.980><c> can</c><00:01:34.180><c> understand</c><00:01:34.739><c> how</c><00:01:34.920><c> He</c><00:01:35.140><c> spreads</c><00:01:35.359><c> out</c><00:01:35.640><c> the</c><00:01:35.859><c> clouds,</c><00:01:36.200><c> how</c> 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:37.900 He<00:01:36.560><c> thunders</c><00:01:36.980><c> from</c><00:01:37.180><c> His</c><00:01:37.400><c> pavilion,</c> 00:01:38.180 --> 00:01:40.079 all<00:01:38.379><c> of</c><00:01:38.480><c> which</c><00:01:38.579><c> we</c><00:01:38.760><c> take</c><00:01:38.900><c> for</c><00:01:39.180><c> granted?</c> 00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:45.980 It's<00:01:41.099><c> obvious</c><00:01:41.340><c> God</c><00:01:41.640><c> intends</c><00:01:42.060><c> us</c><00:01:42.260><c> to</c><00:01:42.480><c> recognize</c><00:01:42.959><c> in</c><00:01:43.140><c> the</c><00:01:43.340><c> thunderstorms</c><00:01:45.540><c> Him</c> 00:01:45.980 --> 00:01:48.719 personally,<00:01:47.480><c> His</c><00:01:47.680><c> power.</c> 00:01:49.819 --> 00:01:52.140 See<00:01:49.959><c> how</c><00:01:50.140><c> He</c><00:01:50.359><c> scatters</c><00:01:50.799><c> His</c><00:01:50.920><c> lightning</c><00:01:51.239><c> about</c><00:01:51.599><c> Him</c><00:01:51.819><c> bathing</c> 00:01:52.140 --> 00:01:53.000 the<00:01:52.400><c> depths</c><00:01:52.560><c> of</c><00:01:52.780><c> the</c><00:01:52.920><c> sea.</c> 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:56.819 It's<00:01:53.219><c> going</c><00:01:53.480><c> on</c><00:01:53.760><c> around</c><00:01:54.760><c> Elihu</c><00:01:55.480><c> and</c><00:01:55.760><c> Job</c><00:01:56.019><c> and</c><00:01:56.239><c> the</c><00:01:56.400><c> friends</c><00:01:56.599><c> at</c> 00:01:56.819 --> 00:01:57.879 this<00:01:57.060><c> point.</c> 00:01:58.140 --> 00:02:00.840 This<00:01:58.340><c> is</c><00:01:58.519><c> the</c><00:01:58.620><c> way</c><00:01:58.739><c> He</c><00:01:58.959><c> governs</c><00:01:59.420><c> the</c><00:01:59.640><c> nations</c><00:02:00.099><c> and</c><00:02:00.359><c> provides</c> 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:01.980 food<00:02:01.239><c> in</c><00:02:01.500><c> abundance</c> 00:02:01.980 --> 00:02:05.760 for<00:02:02.879><c> discipline</c><00:02:03.640><c> and</c><00:02:04.780><c> for</c><00:02:05.079><c> nourishment.</c> 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:07.540 God<00:02:06.439><c> uses</c><00:02:06.840><c> the</c><00:02:07.140><c> elements.</c> 00:02:07.540 --> 00:02:11.300 He<00:02:08.560><c> fills</c><00:02:08.919><c> His</c><00:02:09.259><c> hands</c><00:02:09.620><c> with</c><00:02:09.840><c> lightning</c><00:02:10.259><c> and</c><00:02:10.500><c> commands</c><00:02:10.840><c> it</c><00:02:11.080><c> to</c> 00:02:11.300 --> 00:02:12.680 strike<00:02:11.520><c> its</c><00:02:11.800><c> mark.</c> 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:16.360 His<00:02:13.439><c> thunder</c><00:02:13.740><c> announces</c><00:02:14.439><c> the</c><00:02:14.699><c> coming</c><00:02:15.099><c> storm.</c> 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:18.840 Even<00:02:17.120><c> the</c><00:02:17.460><c> cattle</c><00:02:17.680><c> make</c><00:02:18.020><c> known</c><00:02:18.219><c> its</c><00:02:18.460><c> approach.</c> 00:02:18.900 --> 00:02:21.780 And<00:02:19.060><c> it's</c><00:02:19.159><c> true,</c><00:02:19.419><c> the</c><00:02:19.599><c> animals</c><00:02:19.819><c> know</c><00:02:20.139><c> what's</c><00:02:21.280><c> coming.</c> 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:25.099 And<00:02:22.740><c> the</c><00:02:22.939><c> storm</c><00:02:23.379><c> begins</c><00:02:23.960><c> to</c><00:02:24.319><c> break.</c> 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:32.539 Hear<00:02:30.000><c> attentively</c><00:02:30.500><c> the</c><00:02:30.699><c> thunder</c><00:02:30.960><c> of</c><00:02:31.060><c> His</c><00:02:31.280><c> voice,</c><00:02:31.800><c> the</c><00:02:31.960><c> rumbling</c><00:02:32.259><c> that</c> 00:02:32.539 --> 00:02:33.740 comes<00:02:32.780><c> from</c><00:02:32.979><c> His</c><00:02:33.259><c> mouth.</c> 00:02:33.740 --> 00:02:37.080 He<00:02:34.259><c> sends</c><00:02:34.500><c> it</c><00:02:34.759><c> forth</c><00:02:35.039><c> unto</c><00:02:35.240><c> the</c><00:02:35.460><c> whole</c><00:02:35.680><c> heaven,</c><00:02:36.139><c> His</c><00:02:36.240><c> lightning</c><00:02:36.560><c> to</c><00:02:36.860><c> the</c> 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:38.680 ends<00:02:37.340><c> of</c><00:02:37.580><c> the</c><00:02:37.780><c> earth.</c> 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:41.300 God<00:02:39.199><c> thunders</c><00:02:39.819><c> marvelously</c><00:02:40.560><c> with</c><00:02:40.800><c> His</c><00:02:40.960><c> voice.</c> 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:44.659 He<00:02:41.479><c> does</c><00:02:41.740><c> great</c><00:02:42.080><c> things</c><00:02:42.479><c> which</c><00:02:42.699><c> we</c><00:02:43.020><c> cannot</c><00:02:43.340><c> comprehend.</c> 00:02:44.780 --> 00:02:48.159 It's<00:02:44.979><c> as</c><00:02:45.120><c> though</c><00:02:45.300><c> God</c><00:02:45.520><c> is</c><00:02:45.759><c> ready</c><00:02:46.039><c> to</c><00:02:46.719><c> burst</c><00:02:47.060><c> forth</c><00:02:47.479><c> out</c><00:02:47.639><c> of</c><00:02:47.759><c> the</c><00:02:47.939><c> storm.</c> 00:02:48.180 --> 00:02:51.939 Before<00:02:48.539><c> Elihu</c><00:02:49.039><c> even</c><00:02:49.439><c> finishes</c><00:02:49.860><c> His</c><00:02:50.960><c> discourse.</c> 00:02:52.099 --> 00:02:54.460 With<00:02:52.300><c> moisture</c><00:02:52.780><c> He</c><00:02:53.060><c> saturates</c><00:02:53.659><c> the</c><00:02:53.879><c> thick</c><00:02:54.039><c> clouds.</c> 00:02:54.500 --> 00:02:56.060 He<00:02:54.840><c> scatters</c><00:02:55.219><c> His</c><00:02:55.379><c> bright</c><00:02:55.599><c> clouds.</c> 00:02:56.139 --> 00:02:58.439 They<00:02:56.400><c> swirl</c><00:02:56.639><c> about</c><00:02:57.039><c> being</c><00:02:57.340><c> turned</c><00:02:57.620><c> by</c><00:02:57.840><c> His</c><00:02:58.060><c> guidance</c> 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:01.939 that<00:02:58.620><c> they</c><00:02:58.800><c> may</c><00:02:59.020><c> do</c><00:02:59.259><c> whatever</c><00:02:59.580><c> He</c><00:02:59.860><c> commands</c><00:03:00.259><c> them</c><00:03:00.680><c> on</c><00:03:01.280><c> the</c><00:03:01.479><c> face</c><00:03:01.740><c> of</c> 00:03:01.939 --> 00:03:02.539 the<00:03:02.060><c> whole</c><00:03:02.280><c> earth.</c> 00:03:02.539 --> 00:03:05.300 Remember<00:03:03.240><c> that</c><00:03:03.539><c> in</c><00:03:04.139><c> the</c><00:03:04.360><c> storms.</c> 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:07.439 They're<00:03:05.400><c> not</c><00:03:05.620><c> just</c><00:03:05.919><c> happenstance.</c> 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:10.439 God<00:03:08.159><c> is</c><00:03:08.419><c> in</c><00:03:08.620><c> control</c><00:03:09.060><c> through</c><00:03:09.319><c> the</c><00:03:09.539><c> angels</c><00:03:09.759><c> that</c><00:03:09.960><c> are</c><00:03:10.099><c> at</c><00:03:10.259><c> work</c> 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:11.879 throughout<00:03:10.759><c> the</c><00:03:10.979><c> universe.</c> 00:03:11.939 --> 00:03:14.759 When<00:03:12.060><c> we</c><00:03:12.280><c> complain</c><00:03:12.599><c> about</c><00:03:12.900><c> the</c><00:03:13.139><c> rain,</c><00:03:13.860><c> that</c><00:03:14.020><c> has</c><00:03:14.219><c> bothered</c><00:03:14.500><c> me</c> 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:16.039 for<00:03:15.060><c> years</c><00:03:15.520><c> and</c><00:03:15.740><c> years.</c> 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:17.740 I<00:03:16.419><c> just</c><00:03:16.699><c> can't</c><00:03:16.960><c> do</c><00:03:17.219><c> it.</c> 00:03:18.180 --> 00:03:20.000 He<00:03:18.340><c> knows</c><00:03:18.659><c> what</c><00:03:18.819><c> He's</c><00:03:19.159><c> doing.</c> 00:03:20.259 --> 00:03:24.099 If<00:03:20.360><c> it</c><00:03:20.479><c> rains</c><00:03:20.680><c> on</c><00:03:20.900><c> our</c><00:03:21.039><c> picnic,</c><00:03:22.219><c> He</c><00:03:22.419><c> knows</c><00:03:22.719><c> what</c><00:03:22.900><c> He's</c><00:03:23.199><c> doing.</c> 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:29.419 He<00:03:26.599><c> causes</c><00:03:27.000><c> it</c><00:03:27.199><c> to</c><00:03:27.460><c> come</c><00:03:27.719><c> whether</c><00:03:28.000><c> for</c><00:03:28.360><c> correction</c> 00:03:30.300 --> 00:03:33.500 or<00:03:30.860><c> for</c><00:03:31.039><c> the</c><00:03:31.240><c> benefit</c><00:03:31.460><c> of</c><00:03:31.620><c> His</c><00:03:31.860><c> land</c><00:03:32.259><c> to</c><00:03:32.460><c> nourish</c><00:03:32.840><c> it</c> 00:03:33.500 --> 00:03:37.379 or<00:03:33.939><c> for</c><00:03:34.599><c> His</c><00:03:34.900><c> mercy</c><00:03:35.379><c> that</c><00:03:35.580><c> the</c><00:03:35.780><c> people</c><00:03:35.979><c> may</c><00:03:36.199><c> be</c><00:03:36.479><c> fed.</c> 00:03:37.699 --> 00:03:40.919 Listen,<00:03:38.199><c> O</c><00:03:38.439><c> Job,</c><00:03:38.800><c> stand</c><00:03:39.240><c> still</c><00:03:39.500><c> and</c><00:03:39.740><c> consider</c><00:03:40.199><c> the</c><00:03:40.500><c> wondrous</c> 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:42.039 works<00:03:41.180><c> of</c><00:03:41.419><c> God.</c> 00:03:42.419 --> 00:03:46.319 For<00:03:42.520><c> though</c><00:03:42.719><c> much</c><00:03:42.979><c> of</c><00:03:43.139><c> what</c><00:03:43.319><c> God</c><00:03:43.599><c> does,</c><00:03:44.340><c> men</c><00:03:44.419><c> might</c><00:03:44.759><c> not</c><00:03:45.080><c> understand.</c> 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:51.979 He<00:03:46.919><c> expects</c><00:03:47.180><c> us</c><00:03:47.439><c> to</c><00:03:47.680><c> reason</c><00:03:48.060><c> from</c><00:03:48.360><c> His</c><00:03:48.759><c> greatness</c><00:03:49.340><c> to</c><00:03:50.659><c> His</c><00:03:50.919><c> goodness</c> 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:55.159 and<00:03:52.840><c> to</c><00:03:53.039><c> bow</c><00:03:53.319><c> in</c><00:03:53.560><c> reverence</c><00:03:53.879><c> before</c><00:03:54.219><c> Him.</c> 00:03:56.060 --> 00:04:00.120 And<00:03:56.300><c> then</c><00:03:56.560><c> Yahweh</c><00:03:57.180><c> answered</c><00:03:57.879><c> Job</c><00:03:58.479><c> out</c><00:03:59.340><c> of</c><00:03:59.500><c> the</c><00:03:59.680><c> whirlwind,</c> 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:02.139 chapter<00:04:00.479><c> 38</c><00:04:00.960><c> and</c><00:04:01.159><c> verse</c><00:04:01.460><c> 1.</c> 00:04:02.580 --> 00:04:08.919 Who<00:04:02.900><c> is</c><00:04:03.419><c> this</c><00:04:04.000><c> that</c><00:04:04.539><c> darkens</c><00:04:05.280><c> counsel</c><00:04:05.879><c> by</c><00:04:07.259><c> words</c><00:04:07.560><c> without</c><00:04:07.939><c> knowledge?</c> 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:11.419 And,<00:04:09.620><c> brothers</c><00:04:09.620><c> and</c><00:04:09.759><c> sisters,</c><00:04:09.879><c> He's</c><00:04:10.139><c> clearly</c><00:04:10.500><c> talking</c><00:04:10.879><c> to</c><00:04:11.159><c> Job.</c> 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:14.740 Job<00:04:11.699><c> picks</c><00:04:12.000><c> that</c><00:04:12.199><c> up</c><00:04:12.340><c> in</c><00:04:12.520><c> chapter</c><00:04:12.879><c> 42</c><00:04:13.560><c> and</c><00:04:14.039><c> he</c><00:04:14.259><c> actually</c><00:04:14.560><c> gives</c> 00:04:14.740 --> 00:04:15.639 reference<00:04:15.180><c> to</c><00:04:15.419><c> it.</c> 00:04:15.699 --> 00:04:17.439 You<00:04:16.019><c> ask,</c><00:04:16.519><c> who</c><00:04:16.620><c> is</c><00:04:16.899><c> this?</c> 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:22.339 And<00:04:18.240><c> he</c><00:04:18.399><c> says</c><00:04:18.680><c> that</c><00:04:18.959><c> he</c><00:04:20.459><c> cannot</c><00:04:20.819><c> say</c><00:04:21.100><c> another</c><00:04:21.360><c> word.</c> 00:04:23.819 --> 00:04:28.339 But<00:04:24.060><c> it's</c><00:04:24.399><c> notable,</c><00:04:26.699><c> in</c><00:04:26.899><c> fact</c><00:04:27.060><c> it's</c><00:04:27.300><c> lovely,</c> 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:35.439 that<00:04:29.540><c> Job</c><00:04:29.939><c> is</c><00:04:31.800><c> given,</c><00:04:33.100><c> in</c><00:04:33.319><c> the</c><00:04:33.500><c> end,</c><00:04:33.939><c> exactly</c><00:04:34.259><c> what</c><00:04:34.459><c> he</c><00:04:34.660><c> asked,</c> 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:39.360 an<00:04:35.959><c> opportunity</c><00:04:36.480><c> to</c><00:04:36.740><c> stand</c><00:04:37.040><c> up</c><00:04:37.259><c> to</c><00:04:37.379><c> God</c><00:04:37.660><c> and</c><00:04:37.860><c> argue</c><00:04:38.160><c> with</c><00:04:38.379><c> Him,</c> 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:42.220 to<00:04:39.800><c> show</c><00:04:40.000><c> Him</c><00:04:40.240><c> how</c><00:04:40.420><c> He</c><00:04:40.620><c> must</c><00:04:40.920><c> be</c><00:04:41.139><c> mistaken.</c> 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:47.000 But<00:04:43.800><c> how</c><00:04:44.199><c> swiftly</c><00:04:44.639><c> Job's</c><00:04:45.180><c> bold</c><00:04:45.620><c> self</c><00:04:46.019><c>-assurance</c><00:04:46.600><c> fled</c> 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:51.420 before<00:04:47.439><c> the</c><00:04:47.620><c> mighty</c><00:04:47.980><c> manifestation</c><00:04:48.680><c> of</c><00:04:48.920><c> God's</c><00:04:49.300><c> infinite</c><00:04:49.660><c> wisdom</c><00:04:50.019><c> and</c><00:04:50.300><c> power.</c> 00:04:53.060 --> 00:04:57.060 That<00:04:53.459><c> God</c><00:04:53.779><c> would</c><00:04:54.060><c> deign</c><00:04:54.519><c> or</c><00:04:54.879><c> condescend</c><00:04:55.959><c> or</c><00:04:56.339><c> stoop</c><00:04:56.600><c> to</c><00:04:56.779><c> speak</c> 00:04:57.060 --> 00:04:57.899 to<00:04:57.279><c> man</c><00:04:57.439><c> at</c><00:04:57.680><c> all,</c> 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:00.240 especially<00:04:58.379><c> to</c><00:04:58.579><c> one</c><00:04:58.740><c> calling</c><00:04:59.040><c> his</c><00:04:59.279><c> ways</c><00:04:59.519><c> in</c><00:04:59.819><c> question,</c> 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:03.379 is<00:05:00.860><c> a</c><00:05:00.959><c> tremendous</c><00:05:01.639><c> condescension</c><00:05:02.500><c> in</c><00:05:02.879><c> itself,</c> 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:07.860 a<00:05:04.019><c> tremendous</c><00:05:04.540><c> and</c><00:05:04.980><c> unique</c><00:05:05.279><c> honor</c><00:05:05.860><c> and</c><00:05:06.620><c> manifestation</c><00:05:07.360><c> of</c> 00:05:07.860 --> 00:05:09.399 love<00:05:08.180><c> for</c><00:05:08.459><c> Job.</c> 00:05:10.620 --> 00:05:14.339 It's<00:05:11.259><c> just</c><00:05:11.420><c> a</c><00:05:11.579><c> lovely</c><00:05:12.000><c> example</c><00:05:12.680><c> of</c><00:05:12.939><c> how</c><00:05:13.079><c> God</c><00:05:13.399><c> treats</c><00:05:13.759><c> His</c><00:05:14.019><c> sons</c> 00:05:14.339 --> 00:05:15.639 and<00:05:14.600><c> daughters,</c> 00:05:17.139 --> 00:05:21.459 in<00:05:17.339><c> spite</c><00:05:17.560><c> of</c><00:05:17.899><c> our</c><00:05:19.079><c> waywardness,</c><00:05:19.800><c> our</c><00:05:20.079><c> resistance</c><00:05:20.500><c> to</c><00:05:20.839><c> His</c><00:05:21.139><c> ways,</c> 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:23.620 our<00:05:21.800><c> questioning</c><00:05:22.180><c> of</c><00:05:22.379><c> His</c><00:05:22.639><c> ways.</c> 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:26.699 It's<00:05:24.560><c> just</c><00:05:24.759><c> lovely</c><00:05:25.079><c> the</c><00:05:25.199><c> way</c><00:05:25.360><c> He</c><00:05:25.519><c> treats</c><00:05:25.860><c> Job.</c> 00:05:27.339 --> 00:05:30.620 As<00:05:27.540><c> God</c><00:05:27.899><c> spoke</c><00:05:28.300><c> of</c><00:05:28.720><c> the</c><00:05:28.939><c> endless</c><00:05:29.300><c> marvels</c><00:05:29.839><c> of</c><00:05:29.920><c> His</c><00:05:30.139><c> creation,</c> 00:05:30.779 --> 00:05:32.620 Job<00:05:31.060><c> shrank</c><00:05:31.480><c> to</c><00:05:31.699><c> nothing.</c> 00:05:32.939 --> 00:05:37.740 Crushed<00:05:33.420><c> in</c><00:05:33.660><c> shame,</c><00:05:34.040><c> he</c><00:05:34.259><c> learned</c><00:05:34.500><c> to</c><00:05:34.779><c> rest</c><00:05:35.000><c> totally</c><00:05:35.500><c> and</c><00:05:36.040><c> unreservedly</c><00:05:36.899><c> in</c><00:05:37.240><c> God,</c> 00:05:37.740 --> 00:05:41.620 devastated<00:05:38.959><c> by</c><00:05:39.279><c> the</c><00:05:39.500><c> sudden</c><00:05:39.759><c> realization</c><00:05:40.439><c> of</c><00:05:40.779><c> the</c><00:05:40.959><c> stupidity</c> 00:05:41.620 --> 00:05:42.819 and<00:05:41.819><c> presumption</c> 00:05:42.819 --> 00:05:46.579 of<00:05:43.319><c> daring</c><00:05:43.620><c> to</c><00:05:43.980><c> challenge</c><00:05:44.339><c> God</c><00:05:44.720><c> and</c><00:05:45.040><c> question</c><00:05:45.339><c> His</c><00:05:45.579><c> ways.</c> 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:49.199 He<00:05:47.120><c> was</c><00:05:47.319><c> a</c><00:05:47.459><c> true</c><00:05:47.680><c> son</c><00:05:47.920><c> of</c><00:05:48.139><c> God.</c> 00:05:49.420 --> 00:05:53.060 Just<00:05:49.620><c> like</c><00:05:49.939><c> Isaac,</c><00:05:50.819><c> when</c><00:05:50.980><c> he</c><00:05:51.180><c> understood</c><00:05:51.500><c> what</c><00:05:51.680><c> God</c><00:05:51.920><c> was</c><00:05:52.180><c> doing,</c> 00:05:53.420 --> 00:05:55.240 he<00:05:53.519><c> immediately</c><00:05:53.939><c> endorsed</c><00:05:54.399><c> it.</c> 00:05:55.540 --> 00:06:00.379 That's<00:05:55.759><c> why</c><00:05:55.980><c> Job</c><00:05:56.339><c> can</c><00:05:57.939><c> be</c><00:05:58.139><c> brought</c><00:05:58.379><c> to</c><00:05:58.579><c> his</c><00:05:58.839><c> knees</c><00:05:59.139><c> so</c><00:05:59.519><c> quickly.</c> 00:06:01.939 --> 00:06:06.139 In<00:06:02.100><c> chapter</c><00:06:02.480><c> 38,</c><00:06:04.279><c> God</c><00:06:04.500><c> deals</c><00:06:04.819><c> with</c><00:06:05.000><c> His</c><00:06:05.240><c> universal</c><00:06:05.680><c> power.</c> 00:06:06.139 --> 00:06:09.759 Who<00:06:06.720><c> is</c><00:06:06.939><c> this</c><00:06:07.180><c> who</c><00:06:07.379><c> darkens</c><00:06:07.819><c> counsels</c><00:06:08.399><c> by</c><00:06:08.560><c> words</c><00:06:08.939><c> without</c><00:06:09.319><c> knowledge?</c> 00:06:09.819 --> 00:06:11.300 Prepare<00:06:10.180><c> yourself</c><00:06:10.699><c> like</c><00:06:10.920><c> a</c><00:06:11.100><c> man.</c> 00:06:11.300 --> 00:06:13.160 I<00:06:11.420><c> will</c><00:06:11.639><c> question</c><00:06:12.000><c> you.</c><00:06:12.240><c> You</c><00:06:12.399><c> shall</c><00:06:12.560><c> answer</c><00:06:12.860><c> me.</c> 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:15.540 That's<00:06:13.459><c> exactly</c><00:06:13.779><c> what</c><00:06:13.899><c> He's</c><00:06:14.040><c> been</c><00:06:14.199><c> asking</c><00:06:14.500><c> for.</c> 00:06:15.740 --> 00:06:18.120 Where<00:06:15.980><c> were</c><00:06:16.240><c> you</c><00:06:16.399><c> when</c><00:06:16.519><c> I</c><00:06:16.759><c> laid</c><00:06:16.899><c> the</c><00:06:17.139><c> foundations</c><00:06:17.600><c> of</c><00:06:17.800><c> the</c><00:06:17.959><c> earth?</c> 00:06:18.220 --> 00:06:20.220 Tell<00:06:18.379><c> me</c><00:06:18.560><c> if</c><00:06:18.720><c> you</c><00:06:18.899><c> have</c><00:06:19.120><c> understanding.</c> 00:06:20.379 --> 00:06:22.680 Who<00:06:20.579><c> determined</c><00:06:21.060><c> its</c><00:06:21.379><c> measurements?</c><00:06:21.959><c> Surely</c><00:06:22.160><c> you</c><00:06:22.439><c> know.</c> 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:24.259 Or<00:06:22.860><c> who</c><00:06:23.120><c> stretched</c><00:06:23.319><c> the</c><00:06:23.579><c> line</c><00:06:23.740><c> upon</c><00:06:24.019><c> it?</c> 00:06:24.300 --> 00:06:26.740 To<00:06:24.480><c> what</c><00:06:24.660><c> were</c><00:06:24.819><c> its</c><00:06:25.000><c> foundations</c><00:06:25.620><c> fastened?</c> 00:06:26.819 --> 00:06:29.199 Have<00:06:27.000><c> you</c><00:06:27.220><c> commanded</c><00:06:27.519><c> the</c><00:06:27.779><c> morning</c><00:06:28.019><c> since</c><00:06:28.300><c> your</c><00:06:28.579><c> days</c><00:06:28.800><c> began</c> 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:31.040 and<00:06:29.480><c> caused</c><00:06:29.759><c> the</c><00:06:30.000><c> dawn</c><00:06:30.160><c> to</c><00:06:30.300><c> know</c><00:06:30.480><c> its</c><00:06:30.639><c> place?</c> 00:06:31.500 --> 00:06:33.160 Have<00:06:31.620><c> you</c><00:06:31.860><c> entered</c><00:06:32.000><c> the</c><00:06:32.300><c> treasury</c><00:06:32.600><c> of</c><00:06:32.899><c> snow?</c> 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:34.980 Or<00:06:33.379><c> have</c><00:06:33.519><c> you</c><00:06:33.720><c> seen</c><00:06:33.939><c> the</c><00:06:34.180><c> treasury</c><00:06:34.480><c> of</c><00:06:34.740><c> hail,</c> 00:06:35.459 --> 00:06:38.139 which<00:06:35.600><c> I</c><00:06:35.920><c> have</c><00:06:36.120><c> reserved</c><00:06:36.699><c> for</c><00:06:36.959><c> the</c><00:06:37.199><c> time</c><00:06:37.399><c> of</c><00:06:37.699><c> trouble,</c> 00:06:38.500 --> 00:06:40.199 for<00:06:38.720><c> the</c><00:06:38.860><c> day</c><00:06:39.040><c> of</c><00:06:39.339><c> battle</c><00:06:39.620><c> and</c><00:06:39.899><c> war?</c> 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:42.240 You<00:06:40.439><c> see</c><00:06:40.500><c> how</c><00:06:40.639><c> God</c><00:06:40.860><c> uses</c><00:06:41.180><c> the</c><00:06:41.420><c> elements?</c> 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:44.500 Do<00:06:42.800><c> you</c><00:06:43.040><c> know</c><00:06:43.240><c> the</c><00:06:43.519><c> ordinance</c><00:06:43.839><c> of</c><00:06:44.100><c> the</c><00:06:44.259><c> heavens?</c> 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:46.620 Can<00:06:44.819><c> you</c><00:06:45.000><c> keep</c><00:06:45.180><c> them</c><00:06:45.379><c> in</c><00:06:45.519><c> their</c><00:06:45.740><c> place?</c> 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:49.139 Can<00:06:47.019><c> you</c><00:06:47.240><c> set</c><00:06:47.399><c> their</c><00:06:47.620><c> dominion</c><00:06:47.980><c> over</c><00:06:48.240><c> the</c><00:06:48.420><c> earth?</c> 00:06:49.300 --> 00:06:50.459 And<00:06:49.399><c> the</c><00:06:49.500><c> more</c><00:06:49.639><c> we</c><00:06:49.800><c> know</c><00:06:50.000><c> about</c><00:06:50.240><c> them,</c> 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:54.459 the<00:06:50.620><c> more</c><00:06:50.879><c> we</c><00:06:51.160><c> marvel</c><00:06:51.699><c> at</c><00:06:52.420><c> the</c><00:06:52.720><c> precision</c><00:06:53.379><c> of</c><00:06:53.819><c> everything</c><00:06:54.199><c> God</c> 00:06:54.459 --> 00:06:56.000 has<00:06:54.740><c> done.</c> 00:06:56.100 --> 00:06:58.800 And<00:06:56.279><c> the</c><00:06:56.420><c> problem</c><00:06:56.680><c> for</c><00:06:56.899><c> the</c><00:06:57.139><c> scientists</c><00:06:57.500><c> is</c><00:06:57.720><c> that</c><00:06:57.879><c> as</c><00:06:58.100><c> they</c><00:06:58.379><c> find</c><00:06:58.579><c> it</c> 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:00.000 out<00:06:58.980><c> step</c><00:06:59.259><c> by</c><00:06:59.540><c> step,</c> 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:04.800 then<00:07:00.819><c> they've</c><00:07:01.040><c> got</c><00:07:01.139><c> to</c><00:07:01.300><c> find</c><00:07:01.459><c> new</c><00:07:01.759><c> reasons</c><00:07:02.279><c> to</c><00:07:02.560><c> reject</c><00:07:02.959><c> that</c><00:07:03.120><c> it</c><00:07:03.259><c> could</c><00:07:03.420><c> have</c><00:07:03.540><c> been</c><00:07:03.699><c> a</c><00:07:03.879><c> creator.</c> 00:07:05.620 --> 00:07:08.279 Some<00:07:05.860><c> of</c><00:07:06.040><c> them</c><00:07:06.100><c> are</c><00:07:06.319><c> honest</c><00:07:06.560><c> enough</c><00:07:06.860><c> to</c><00:07:07.060><c> admit</c><00:07:07.300><c> that</c><00:07:07.459><c> it</c><00:07:07.600><c> had</c><00:07:07.779><c> to</c><00:07:07.959><c> be</c><00:07:08.120><c> a</c> 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:10.639 creator<00:07:08.639><c> who</c><00:07:09.139><c> knew</c><00:07:09.240><c> what</c><00:07:09.360><c> he</c><00:07:09.519><c> was</c><00:07:09.740><c> doing.</c> 00:07:12.060 --> 00:07:17.339 What<00:07:12.339><c> Job</c><00:07:12.579><c> was</c><00:07:12.800><c> being</c><00:07:13.199><c> shown</c><00:07:13.579><c> was</c><00:07:13.920><c> the</c><00:07:14.220><c> folly</c><00:07:15.060><c> of</c><00:07:15.540><c> ever</c><00:07:16.100><c> challenging</c><00:07:16.819><c> God,</c> 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:20.360 in<00:07:17.839><c> spite</c><00:07:18.000><c> of</c><00:07:18.180><c> the</c><00:07:18.360><c> fact</c><00:07:18.540><c> we</c><00:07:18.839><c> cannot</c><00:07:19.180><c> understand</c><00:07:19.759><c> His</c><00:07:20.000><c> way</c><00:07:20.139><c> at</c> 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:21.420 the<00:07:20.560><c> time.</c> 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:24.839 In<00:07:21.920><c> all</c><00:07:22.300><c> these</c><00:07:22.660><c> things</c><00:07:23.000><c> Job</c><00:07:23.300><c> was</c><00:07:23.579><c> clearly</c><00:07:23.980><c> to</c><00:07:24.360><c> understand</c> 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:27.379 there<00:07:25.000><c> was</c><00:07:25.300><c> no</c><00:07:25.600><c> way</c><00:07:25.899><c> in</c><00:07:26.040><c> which</c><00:07:26.240><c> he</c><00:07:26.360><c> could</c><00:07:26.519><c> challenge</c><00:07:26.959><c> God.</c> 00:07:27.379 --> 00:07:30.600 The<00:07:28.180><c> disparity</c><00:07:28.759><c> of</c><00:07:29.019><c> reasoning</c><00:07:29.339><c> and</c><00:07:29.600><c> control</c><00:07:30.000><c> between</c><00:07:30.379><c> them</c> 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:32.220 was<00:07:30.860><c> so</c><00:07:31.199><c> vast.</c> 00:07:32.259 --> 00:07:36.060 God's<00:07:32.600><c> world</c><00:07:32.899><c> was</c><00:07:33.220><c> so</c><00:07:33.639><c> limitless,</c><00:07:34.660><c> and</c><00:07:34.920><c> Job's</c><00:07:35.279><c> so</c><00:07:35.560><c> restricted</c> 00:07:36.060 --> 00:07:38.720 and<00:07:36.339><c> confined,</c><00:07:36.860><c> exactly</c><00:07:37.300><c> as</c><00:07:37.540><c> ours</c><00:07:37.759><c> is.</c> 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:43.459 God's<00:07:39.399><c> view</c><00:07:39.540><c> took</c><00:07:39.800><c> in</c><00:07:40.100><c> every</c><00:07:40.519><c> circumstance</c><00:07:41.240><c> with</c><00:07:41.699><c> all</c><00:07:42.079><c> of</c><00:07:42.279><c> His</c><00:07:42.459><c> children,</c> 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.600 and<00:07:43.740><c> His</c><00:07:43.959><c> judgment</c><00:07:44.360><c> of</c><00:07:44.779><c> issues</c><00:07:45.079><c> was</c><00:07:45.480><c> complete.</c> 00:07:47.019 --> 00:07:50.959 Job's<00:07:47.480><c> view,</c><00:07:47.899><c> large</c><00:07:48.319><c> and</c><00:07:48.560><c> profound</c><00:07:49.019><c> as</c><00:07:49.199><c> he</c><00:07:49.379><c> might</c><00:07:49.540><c> will</c><00:07:49.759><c> it</c><00:07:49.899><c> to</c><00:07:50.079><c> be,</c> 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:53.720 was<00:07:51.279><c> narrow</c><00:07:51.699><c> and</c><00:07:52.079><c> cramped</c><00:07:52.339><c> by</c><00:07:52.660><c> comparison.</c> 00:07:53.860 --> 00:07:56.220 There<00:07:54.060><c> was</c><00:07:54.279><c> so</c><00:07:54.579><c> much</c><00:07:54.779><c> that</c><00:07:55.000><c> he</c><00:07:55.180><c> did</c><00:07:55.500><c> not</c><00:07:55.819><c> know.</c> 00:07:56.220 --> 00:07:59.980 He<00:07:56.579><c> was</c><00:07:57.420><c> finite.</c><00:07:58.300><c> God</c><00:07:58.620><c> was</c><00:07:58.959><c> infinite.</c> 00:08:00.139 --> 00:08:02.959 It<00:08:00.240><c> was</c><00:08:00.600><c> folly</c><00:08:01.019><c> to</c><00:08:01.480><c> challenge</c><00:08:01.819><c> God.</c> 00:08:04.220 --> 00:08:11.879 In<00:08:04.360><c> part</c><00:08:04.720><c> two,</c><00:08:07.839><c> Yahweh</c><00:08:07.959><c> deals</c><00:08:08.399><c> with</c><00:08:08.800><c> His</c><00:08:10.480><c> universal</c><00:08:11.100><c> care</c><00:08:11.620><c> for</c> 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:13.819 all<00:08:12.300><c> of</c><00:08:12.519><c> His</c><00:08:12.779><c> creation</c> 00:08:14.100 --> 00:08:16.980 and<00:08:14.660><c> the</c><00:08:14.939><c> balance</c><00:08:15.220><c> in</c><00:08:15.459><c> nature</c><00:08:15.779><c> which</c><00:08:16.019><c> is</c><00:08:16.220><c> so</c><00:08:16.439><c> profound.</c> 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:19.600 We<00:08:17.180><c> got</c><00:08:17.360><c> an</c><00:08:17.560><c> insight</c><00:08:17.839><c> into</c><00:08:18.040><c> it</c><00:08:18.220><c> the</c><00:08:18.360><c> other</c><00:08:18.540><c> night.</c> 00:08:21.500 --> 00:08:23.120 Can<00:08:21.819><c> you</c><00:08:22.019><c> hunt</c><00:08:22.220><c> the</c><00:08:22.439><c> prey</c><00:08:22.579><c> for</c><00:08:22.779><c> the</c><00:08:22.959><c> lion?</c> 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:24.920 Can<00:08:23.399><c> you</c><00:08:23.560><c> take</c><00:08:23.720><c> care</c><00:08:23.860><c> of</c><00:08:23.939><c> the</c><00:08:24.100><c> lion,</c><00:08:24.480><c> said</c><00:08:24.639><c> Job?</c> 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:27.860 Or<00:08:25.500><c> satisfy</c><00:08:26.040><c> the</c><00:08:26.300><c> appetite</c><00:08:26.680><c> of</c><00:08:26.860><c> their</c><00:08:27.079><c> young?</c> 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:32.860 Who<00:08:28.959><c> provides</c><00:08:29.420><c> food</c><00:08:29.699><c> for</c><00:08:29.899><c> the</c><00:08:30.100><c> raven</c><00:08:31.180><c> when</c><00:08:32.240><c> its</c><00:08:32.460><c> young</c><00:08:32.639><c> ones</c> 00:08:32.860 --> 00:08:36.480 cry<00:08:33.120><c> to</c><00:08:33.360><c> God</c><00:08:33.539><c> and</c><00:08:33.740><c> wander</c><00:08:34.019><c> about</c><00:08:34.399><c> for</c><00:08:34.679><c> lack</c><00:08:35.059><c> of</c><00:08:35.480><c> food?</c> 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:38.879 One<00:08:37.039><c> of</c><00:08:37.059><c> the</c><00:08:37.200><c> marvels</c><00:08:37.600><c> of</c><00:08:37.700><c> the</c><00:08:37.840><c> raven</c><00:08:38.120><c> is</c><00:08:38.299><c> that</c><00:08:38.480><c> they</c><00:08:38.679><c> really</c> 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:41.379 do<00:08:39.080><c> have</c><00:08:39.200><c> trouble</c><00:08:39.500><c> finding</c><00:08:39.860><c> food</c><00:08:40.120><c> for</c><00:08:40.320><c> their</c><00:08:40.539><c> young.</c> 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:44.379 And<00:08:41.860><c> here</c><00:08:42.000><c> God</c><00:08:42.220><c> had</c><00:08:42.440><c> commanded</c><00:08:42.700><c> them</c><00:08:42.919><c> to</c><00:08:43.120><c> feed</c><00:08:43.220><c> Elijah.</c> 00:08:45.259 --> 00:08:47.440 Or<00:08:45.379><c> do</c><00:08:45.500><c> you</c><00:08:45.600><c> know</c><00:08:45.779><c> the</c><00:08:46.000><c> time</c><00:08:46.200><c> of</c><00:08:46.340><c> the</c><00:08:46.519><c> wild</c><00:08:46.759><c> mountain</c><00:08:47.139><c> goats</c> 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:49.059 when<00:08:47.659><c> they</c><00:08:47.899><c> bear</c><00:08:48.039><c> young?</c> 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.980 Can<00:08:49.759><c> you</c><00:08:50.000><c> mark</c><00:08:50.159><c> when</c><00:08:50.360><c> the</c><00:08:50.539><c> deer</c><00:08:50.740><c> gives</c><00:08:51.059><c> birth?</c> 00:08:52.179 --> 00:08:54.019 Who<00:08:52.440><c> set</c><00:08:52.620><c> the</c><00:08:52.899><c> wild</c><00:08:53.200><c> donkey</c><00:08:53.600><c> free?</c> 00:08:54.019 --> 00:08:56.399 Who<00:08:54.299><c> loosed</c><00:08:54.580><c> the</c><00:08:54.840><c> bonds</c><00:08:55.080><c> of</c><00:08:55.299><c> the</c><00:08:55.500><c> onager?</c> 00:08:56.659 --> 00:08:59.440 Will<00:08:56.820><c> the</c><00:08:57.059><c> wild</c><00:08:57.360><c> ox</c><00:08:57.580><c> be</c><00:08:57.840><c> willing</c><00:08:58.039><c> to</c><00:08:58.299><c> serve</c><00:08:58.519><c> you?</c> 00:09:00.139 --> 00:09:02.860 The<00:09:00.379><c> wings</c><00:09:00.580><c> of</c><00:09:00.779><c> the</c><00:09:00.960><c> ostrich</c><00:09:01.379><c> wave</c><00:09:01.679><c> proudly,</c><00:09:02.240><c> but</c><00:09:02.480><c> are</c><00:09:02.679><c> her</c> 00:09:02.860 --> 00:09:05.019 wings<00:09:03.240><c> and</c><00:09:03.480><c> pinions</c><00:09:03.799><c> like</c><00:09:04.039><c> the</c><00:09:04.299><c> kindly</c><00:09:04.679><c> stork?</c> 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:10.340 She<00:09:05.220><c> may</c><00:09:05.440><c> look</c><00:09:05.639><c> like</c><00:09:05.860><c> a</c><00:09:06.039><c> stork,</c><00:09:06.279><c> but</c><00:09:06.419><c> she's</c><00:09:06.779><c> totally</c><00:09:07.139><c> different</c><00:09:07.679><c> in</c><00:09:10.240><c> the</c> 00:09:10.340 --> 00:09:11.899 way<00:09:10.440><c> she</c><00:09:10.659><c> treats</c><00:09:10.879><c> her</c><00:09:11.100><c> young.</c> 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:13.840 Have<00:09:12.440><c> you</c><00:09:12.620><c> given</c><00:09:12.779><c> the</c><00:09:13.039><c> horse</c><00:09:13.279><c> strength?</c> 00:09:14.259 --> 00:09:16.360 Have<00:09:14.419><c> you</c><00:09:14.700><c> clothed</c><00:09:14.879><c> his</c><00:09:15.139><c> neck</c><00:09:15.299><c> with</c><00:09:15.559><c> thunder?</c> 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:19.740 Does<00:09:17.179><c> the</c><00:09:17.399><c> hawk</c><00:09:17.620><c> fly</c><00:09:17.879><c> by</c><00:09:18.139><c> your</c><00:09:18.480><c> wisdom</c><00:09:18.779><c> and</c><00:09:19.019><c> spread</c><00:09:19.240><c> its</c><00:09:19.460><c> wings</c> 00:09:19.740 --> 00:09:20.600 toward<00:09:20.080><c> the</c><00:09:20.379><c> south?</c> 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:23.220 Does<00:09:20.820><c> the</c><00:09:21.080><c> eagle</c><00:09:21.299><c> mount</c><00:09:21.600><c> up</c><00:09:21.820><c> at</c><00:09:21.980><c> your</c><00:09:22.259><c> command</c><00:09:22.659><c> and</c><00:09:22.879><c> make</c><00:09:23.039><c> its</c> 00:09:23.220 --> 00:09:24.500 nest<00:09:23.460><c> on</c><00:09:23.740><c> high?</c> 00:09:27.379 --> 00:09:33.720 You<00:09:27.580><c> know,</c><00:09:27.820><c> just</c><00:09:28.019><c> as</c><00:09:28.200><c> an</c><00:09:28.340><c> aside,</c><00:09:30.639><c> in</c><00:09:30.960><c> recent</c><00:09:31.320><c> months</c><00:09:31.679><c> I've</c><00:09:32.259><c> just</c><00:09:32.519><c> begun</c><00:09:33.059><c> to</c><00:09:33.320><c> wonder</c> 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.820 when<00:09:34.519><c> the</c><00:09:34.759><c> Elohim</c><00:09:35.259><c> actually</c><00:09:36.419><c> carried</c><00:09:36.759><c> out</c><00:09:37.000><c> the</c><00:09:37.200><c> creation</c><00:09:37.580><c> in</c> 00:09:37.820 --> 00:09:39.460 Genesis<00:09:38.220><c> 1,</c> 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:45.320 if<00:09:40.399><c> the</c><00:09:41.200><c> angels</c><00:09:41.480><c> had</c><00:09:41.840><c> some</c><00:09:42.720><c> latitude</c><00:09:43.240><c> in</c><00:09:43.500><c> how</c><00:09:43.700><c> they</c><00:09:44.279><c> each</c><00:09:44.559><c> brought</c><00:09:44.779><c> about</c><00:09:45.100><c> the</c> 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:47.779 variations<00:09:45.799><c> in</c><00:09:46.039><c> the</c><00:09:46.159><c> creation</c><00:09:46.500><c> of</c><00:09:46.799><c> God's</c><00:09:47.259><c> creation.</c> 00:09:47.779 --> 00:09:51.320 In<00:09:48.759><c> my</c><00:09:49.039><c> mind</c><00:09:49.279><c> now,</c><00:09:49.639><c> it</c><00:09:49.679><c> fits</c><00:09:49.919><c> so</c><00:09:50.340><c> marvelously</c><00:09:50.840><c> that</c><00:09:51.039><c> that's</c> 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:53.039 what<00:09:51.519><c> God</c><00:09:51.779><c> would</c><00:09:51.980><c> have</c><00:09:52.240><c> actually</c><00:09:52.600><c> provided</c> 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:57.120 for<00:09:53.340><c> the</c><00:09:53.539><c> angels</c><00:09:53.740><c> to</c><00:09:54.059><c> have</c><00:09:54.320><c> an</c><00:09:54.779><c> individual</c><00:09:55.220><c> part</c><00:09:55.659><c> in</c><00:09:56.500><c> the</c><00:09:56.679><c> wonders</c><00:09:56.899><c> that</c> 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:58.639 we<00:09:57.220><c> see</c><00:09:57.440><c> around</c><00:09:57.720><c> him.</c> 00:09:58.860 --> 00:10:01.000 And<00:09:58.960><c> the</c><00:09:59.080><c> thing</c><00:09:59.200><c> it</c><00:09:59.340><c> tells</c><00:09:59.600><c> us,</c><00:09:59.919><c> brothers</c><00:10:00.000><c> and</c><00:10:00.120><c> sisters,</c> 00:10:01.019 --> 00:10:04.179 is<00:10:01.179><c> there's</c><00:10:01.399><c> going</c><00:10:01.519><c> to</c><00:10:01.679><c> be</c><00:10:01.879><c> nothing</c><00:10:02.320><c> about</c><00:10:03.320><c> living</c><00:10:03.740><c> in</c><00:10:04.000><c> the</c> 00:10:04.179 --> 00:10:05.779 Kingdom<00:10:04.419><c> and</c><00:10:04.700><c> beyond</c> 00:10:06.299 --> 00:10:13.440 that<00:10:06.820><c> is</c><00:10:07.059><c> going</c><00:10:07.179><c> to</c><00:10:07.320><c> be</c><00:10:07.519><c> in</c><00:10:07.720><c> any</c><00:10:08.059><c> way</c><00:10:08.659><c> without</c><00:10:09.299><c> marvelous,</c><00:10:10.360><c> wonderful,</c><00:10:11.639><c> interesting</c><00:10:12.399><c> challenges</c><00:10:13.120><c> for</c> 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:14.700 all<00:10:13.679><c> of</c><00:10:13.799><c> us.</c> 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:18.679 When<00:10:15.840><c> you</c><00:10:16.039><c> sense</c><00:10:16.379><c> the</c><00:10:16.779><c> work</c><00:10:17.039><c> that</c><00:10:17.279><c> the</c><00:10:17.440><c> angels</c><00:10:17.600><c> are</c><00:10:17.840><c> doing</c><00:10:18.019><c> right</c><00:10:18.399><c> now</c> 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:19.559 in<00:10:18.840><c> God's</c><00:10:19.259><c> world,</c> 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:23.100 with<00:10:19.759><c> us</c><00:10:20.159><c> and</c><00:10:20.340><c> with</c><00:10:20.820><c> everything</c><00:10:21.179><c> out</c><00:10:21.460><c> there,</c><00:10:22.159><c> you</c><00:10:22.440><c> know</c><00:10:22.840><c> how</c> 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:24.320 much<00:10:23.259><c> they're</c><00:10:23.440><c> being</c><00:10:23.799><c> challenged</c> 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:28.820 and<00:10:24.539><c> how</c><00:10:25.399><c> wonderfully</c><00:10:25.759><c> interesting</c><00:10:26.379><c> that</c><00:10:27.100><c> whole</c><00:10:27.639><c> work</c><00:10:28.600><c> of</c> 00:10:28.820 --> 00:10:29.639 Yahweh<00:10:29.179><c> is.</c> 00:10:29.779 --> 00:10:31.539 That's<00:10:30.039><c> what's</c><00:10:30.259><c> ahead</c><00:10:30.419><c> of</c><00:10:30.559><c> us.</c> 00:10:33.179 --> 00:10:36.259 God<00:10:33.519><c> had</c><00:10:33.799><c> established</c><00:10:34.320><c> it</c><00:10:34.620><c> as</c><00:10:34.840><c> a</c><00:10:35.039><c> principle</c><00:10:35.419><c> in</c><00:10:35.700><c> nature</c><00:10:36.019><c> that</c> 00:10:36.259 --> 00:10:39.340 the<00:10:36.539><c> death</c><00:10:37.000><c> of</c><00:10:37.279><c> the</c><00:10:37.539><c> innocent</c><00:10:37.940><c> was</c><00:10:38.500><c> necessary.</c> 00:10:39.340 --> 00:10:43.659 That's<00:10:40.059><c> what</c><00:10:40.240><c> it</c><00:10:40.559><c> takes</c><00:10:41.120><c> for</c><00:10:41.460><c> the</c><00:10:41.799><c> continuance</c><00:10:42.220><c> in</c><00:10:42.419><c> life</c><00:10:42.860><c> of</c> 00:10:43.659 --> 00:10:45.919 the<00:10:43.840><c> one</c><00:10:44.059><c> who</c><00:10:44.279><c> brought</c><00:10:44.480><c> about</c><00:10:44.759><c> its</c><00:10:45.039><c> death.</c> 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:49.759 Of<00:10:46.580><c> the</c><00:10:46.759><c> creatures</c><00:10:47.080><c> God</c><00:10:47.360><c> brought</c><00:10:47.620><c> before</c><00:10:48.139><c> Job,</c><00:10:48.620><c> some</c><00:10:48.879><c> were</c><00:10:49.100><c> clean</c><00:10:49.500><c> as</c> 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:51.740 the<00:10:50.000><c> goat,</c><00:10:50.399><c> the</c><00:10:50.600><c> deer,</c><00:10:50.940><c> the</c><00:10:51.179><c> wild</c><00:10:51.500><c> ox,</c> 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:56.840 but<00:10:52.059><c> most</c><00:10:52.659><c> were</c><00:10:53.799><c> unclean,</c><00:10:54.759><c> and</c><00:10:55.019><c> all,</c><00:10:55.379><c> both</c><00:10:55.779><c> clean</c><00:10:55.940><c> and</c><00:10:56.139><c> unclean,</c><00:10:56.639><c> were</c> 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:00.279 intended<00:10:57.240><c> to</c><00:10:57.620><c> represent</c><00:10:58.860><c> mankind.</c> 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:06.740 Their<00:11:02.080><c> very</c><00:11:02.500><c> variety,</c><00:11:04.019><c> their</c><00:11:04.159><c> complexity,</c><00:11:04.960><c> their</c><00:11:05.279><c> contrariety,</c><00:11:06.460><c> that's</c> 00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:07.799 their<00:11:06.960><c> perverseness,</c> 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.580 both<00:11:08.720><c> in</c><00:11:09.059><c> instinct</c><00:11:09.500><c> and</c><00:11:09.820><c> habit,</c><00:11:10.539><c> gave</c><00:11:10.759><c> them</c><00:11:11.000><c> an</c><00:11:11.240><c> appearance</c> 00:11:11.580 --> 00:11:15.539 to<00:11:11.799><c> be</c><00:11:12.000><c> matched</c><00:11:12.320><c> only</c><00:11:13.039><c> in</c><00:11:13.600><c> the</c><00:11:13.740><c> variety</c><00:11:14.220><c> of</c><00:11:14.639><c> humans,</c> 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:18.940 who<00:11:15.840><c> might</c><00:11:16.100><c> look</c><00:11:16.399><c> alike,</c><00:11:17.360><c> like</c><00:11:17.580><c> the</c><00:11:17.820><c> wild</c><00:11:18.139><c> ox</c><00:11:18.360><c> and</c><00:11:18.519><c> his</c><00:11:18.759><c> tame</c> 00:11:18.940 --> 00:11:21.720 brother,<00:11:19.820><c> or</c><00:11:20.000><c> the</c><00:11:20.220><c> ostrich</c><00:11:20.639><c> and</c><00:11:20.799><c> the</c><00:11:21.059><c> stork,</c> 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:25.259 but<00:11:22.279><c> contain</c><00:11:22.879><c> the</c><00:11:23.240><c> proud</c><00:11:23.559><c> and</c><00:11:23.720><c> the</c><00:11:23.960><c> gentle,</c><00:11:24.220><c> the</c><00:11:24.519><c> opposites,</c> 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:27.159 the<00:11:25.820><c> audacious</c><00:11:26.399><c> and</c><00:11:26.639><c> the</c><00:11:26.860><c> timid,</c> 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:30.600 the<00:11:27.519><c> cruel</c><00:11:27.840><c> and</c><00:11:28.059><c> the</c><00:11:28.320><c> kind,</c><00:11:28.740><c> the</c><00:11:28.980><c> hunter</c><00:11:29.240><c> and</c><00:11:29.480><c> the</c><00:11:29.679><c> victim.</c> 00:11:31.139 --> 00:11:37.080 God<00:11:31.740><c> wants</c><00:11:32.100><c> us</c><00:11:32.340><c> to</c><00:11:32.519><c> realize</c><00:11:32.840><c> what</c><00:11:34.120><c> human</c><00:11:34.440><c> beings</c><00:11:34.720><c> are</c><00:11:34.919><c> all</c><00:11:35.139><c> about</c><00:11:35.440><c> by</c> 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:39.080 the<00:11:37.220><c> marvels</c><00:11:37.679><c> of</c><00:11:37.779><c> His</c><00:11:37.940><c> creation.</c> 00:11:40.679 --> 00:11:43.679 But<00:11:40.940><c> was</c><00:11:41.139><c> it</c><00:11:41.340><c> not</c><00:11:41.580><c> wrong</c><00:11:41.840><c> in</c><00:11:42.159><c> principle</c><00:11:42.539><c> that</c><00:11:42.879><c> the</c><00:11:43.159><c> timid</c><00:11:43.460><c> and</c> 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:47.179 the<00:11:43.940><c> gentle</c><00:11:44.200><c> should</c><00:11:44.539><c> die</c><00:11:44.919><c> such</c><00:11:45.240><c> mean</c><00:11:45.539><c> and</c><00:11:45.820><c> cruel</c><00:11:46.120><c> deaths?</c> 00:11:48.460 --> 00:11:52.740 The<00:11:48.700><c> crocodile</c><00:11:49.059><c> that</c><00:11:49.299><c> got</c><00:11:49.440><c> hold</c><00:11:49.720><c> of</c><00:11:49.960><c> that,</c><00:11:51.019><c> what</c><00:11:51.679><c> was</c><00:11:51.940><c> it?</c> 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.559 Pella,<00:11:56.519><c> it</c><00:11:57.039><c> looked</c><00:11:57.240><c> to</c><00:11:57.379><c> me</c><00:11:57.460><c> like</c><00:11:57.740><c> what</c><00:11:57.919><c> we</c><00:11:58.220><c> see</c><00:11:58.320><c> as</c><00:11:58.580><c> a</c><00:11:58.720><c> deer.</c> 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:02.820 Was<00:12:00.399><c> it</c><00:12:00.600><c> not</c><00:12:00.799><c> wrong</c><00:12:01.059><c> in</c><00:12:01.360><c> principle</c><00:12:01.720><c> that</c><00:12:02.000><c> the</c><00:12:02.259><c> timid</c><00:12:02.460><c> and</c><00:12:02.600><c> the</c> 00:12:02.820 --> 00:12:05.240 gentle<00:12:02.960><c> should</c><00:12:03.240><c> die</c><00:12:03.759><c> such</c><00:12:04.159><c> mean</c><00:12:04.419><c> and</c><00:12:04.679><c> cruel</c><00:12:04.879><c> deaths,</c> 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:08.220 devoured<00:12:05.820><c> by</c><00:12:06.120><c> all</c><00:12:06.360><c> that</c><00:12:06.539><c> is</c><00:12:06.759><c> cruel</c><00:12:06.960><c> on</c><00:12:07.200><c> earth</c><00:12:07.340><c> below</c><00:12:07.779><c> and</c><00:12:08.039><c> in</c> 00:12:08.220 --> 00:12:09.740 the<00:12:08.360><c> firmament</c><00:12:08.700><c> on</c><00:12:08.980><c> high?</c> 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:11.820 This<00:12:10.059><c> is</c><00:12:10.320><c> a</c><00:12:10.399><c> really</c><00:12:10.639><c> good</c><00:12:10.820><c> question.</c> 00:12:13.179 --> 00:12:15.639 Most<00:12:13.399><c> people</c><00:12:13.639><c> can't</c><00:12:13.960><c> reconcile</c><00:12:14.460><c> that</c><00:12:14.659><c> with</c><00:12:14.860><c> a</c><00:12:14.960><c> loving</c><00:12:15.159><c> God.</c> 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:21.460 Such<00:12:17.039><c> would</c><00:12:17.299><c> be</c><00:12:17.539><c> true</c><00:12:17.820><c> only</c><00:12:18.340><c> if</c><00:12:18.700><c> God's</c><00:12:19.220><c> care</c><00:12:19.519><c> and</c><00:12:19.779><c> His</c><00:12:20.120><c> love</c><00:12:20.419><c> were</c><00:12:20.659><c> limited</c><00:12:21.159><c> to</c> 00:12:21.460 --> 00:12:22.480 the<00:12:21.580><c> victim.</c> 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:28.360 God<00:12:24.240><c> really</c><00:12:24.799><c> is</c><00:12:25.159><c> not</c><00:12:25.500><c> willing</c><00:12:25.980><c> that</c><00:12:26.779><c> any</c><00:12:27.019><c> should</c><00:12:27.379><c> perish.</c> 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:32.539 This<00:12:29.039><c> whole</c><00:12:29.320><c> drama</c><00:12:29.759><c> was</c><00:12:30.039><c> going</c><00:12:30.340><c> on</c><00:12:31.039><c> because</c><00:12:31.700><c> of</c><00:12:31.919><c> His</c><00:12:32.159><c> attempts</c> 00:12:32.539 --> 00:12:34.460 to<00:12:32.820><c> save</c><00:12:33.059><c> the</c><00:12:33.320><c> adversary</c> 00:12:35.259 --> 00:12:40.820 and<00:12:35.960><c> to</c><00:12:36.240><c> change</c><00:12:36.659><c> and</c><00:12:36.980><c> save</c><00:12:37.559><c> Job's</c><00:12:38.080><c> friends,</c><00:12:39.740><c> and</c><00:12:39.960><c> for</c><00:12:40.080><c> the</c><00:12:40.279><c> benefit</c><00:12:40.559><c> of</c> 00:12:40.820 --> 00:12:42.600 all<00:12:41.039><c> generations</c><00:12:41.600><c> since.</c> 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.820 The<00:12:44.200><c> victim</c><00:12:44.519><c> would</c><00:12:44.759><c> then</c><00:12:44.960><c> have</c><00:12:45.159><c> reason</c><00:12:45.559><c> for</c><00:12:45.840><c> complaint.</c> 00:12:47.299 --> 00:12:49.600 The<00:12:47.379><c> love</c><00:12:47.580><c> of</c><00:12:47.700><c> God,</c><00:12:47.980><c> however,</c><00:12:48.340><c> was</c><00:12:48.639><c> not</c><00:12:48.980><c> so</c><00:12:49.259><c> limited.</c> 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:53.000 His<00:12:50.240><c> care</c><00:12:50.620><c> and</c><00:12:50.879><c> love</c><00:12:51.200><c> were</c><00:12:51.480><c> over</c><00:12:51.779><c> all</c><00:12:52.279><c> His</c><00:12:52.519><c> creatures.</c> 00:12:53.419 --> 00:12:56.200 He<00:12:53.600><c> was</c><00:12:53.940><c> not</c><00:12:54.240><c> willing</c><00:12:54.519><c> that</c><00:12:54.879><c> any</c><00:12:55.139><c> should</c><00:12:55.379><c> perish,</c><00:12:55.879><c> but</c><00:12:56.019><c> that</c> 00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:58.080 all<00:12:56.460><c> should</c><00:12:56.659><c> come</c><00:12:56.899><c> to</c><00:12:57.100><c> repentance.</c> 00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:01.740 And<00:12:59.340><c> if</c><00:12:59.460><c> it</c><00:12:59.659><c> should</c><00:12:59.799><c> be</c><00:13:00.120><c> that</c><00:13:00.279><c> in</c><00:13:00.480><c> nature</c><00:13:00.779><c> the</c><00:13:01.139><c> innocent</c><00:13:01.500><c> had</c> 00:13:01.740 --> 00:13:04.220 to<00:13:02.019><c> die</c><00:13:02.320><c> if</c><00:13:02.559><c> the</c><00:13:02.840><c> wicked</c><00:13:03.059><c> were</c><00:13:03.299><c> to</c><00:13:03.539><c> survive,</c> 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:07.340 it<00:13:04.659><c> was</c><00:13:04.879><c> only</c><00:13:05.419><c> so</c><00:13:05.840><c> as</c><00:13:06.159><c> a</c><00:13:06.419><c> pale</c><00:13:06.679><c> reflection,</c> 00:13:07.340 --> 00:13:12.799 a<00:13:08.440><c> shadow</c><00:13:08.799><c> of</c><00:13:09.080><c> the</c><00:13:09.299><c> greater</c><00:13:09.580><c> truth</c><00:13:09.940><c> worked</c><00:13:10.320><c> out</c><00:13:10.659><c> in</c><00:13:10.899><c> the</c><00:13:11.200><c> experience</c><00:13:11.799><c> first</c> 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:14.019 of<00:13:13.139><c> Job</c><00:13:13.179><c> himself,</c> 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:18.679 then<00:13:14.919><c> of</c><00:13:15.100><c> the</c><00:13:15.259><c> one</c><00:13:15.419><c> whom</c><00:13:15.559><c> he</c><00:13:15.759><c> typified,</c><00:13:16.320><c> the</c><00:13:16.500><c> Lord</c><00:13:16.720><c> Jesus</c><00:13:17.120><c> Christ,</c><00:13:18.080><c> and</c> 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:21.279 finally<00:13:19.200><c> of</c><00:13:19.700><c> the</c><00:13:19.899><c> Ecclesia.</c> 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:27.259 Job<00:13:25.139><c> becomes</c><00:13:25.820><c> silent.</c> 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:32.399 Moreover,<00:13:31.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:13:31.220><c> answered</c><00:13:31.600><c> Job</c><00:13:31.940><c> and</c><00:13:32.120><c> said,</c> 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:36.899 Shall<00:13:32.759><c> the</c><00:13:33.120><c> one</c><00:13:33.340><c> who</c><00:13:33.620><c> contends</c><00:13:34.240><c> with</c><00:13:34.559><c> the</c><00:13:34.740><c> Almighty</c><00:13:35.159><c> correct</c><00:13:35.960><c> him?</c> 00:13:37.460 --> 00:13:41.700 He<00:13:37.659><c> only</c><00:13:37.759><c> has</c><00:13:37.960><c> to</c><00:13:38.080><c> ask</c><00:13:38.220><c> those</c><00:13:38.419><c> kind</c><00:13:38.659><c> of</c><00:13:39.500><c> right</c><00:13:39.740><c> on</c><00:13:40.000><c> the</c><00:13:40.179><c> mark</c><00:13:40.419><c> questions.</c> 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:44.860 The<00:13:42.139><c> answer</c><00:13:42.340><c> is</c><00:13:43.360><c> so</c><00:13:43.559><c> self</c><00:13:43.779><c>-evident.</c> 00:13:45.059 --> 00:13:47.740 He<00:13:45.240><c> who</c><00:13:45.379><c> rebukes</c><00:13:45.899><c> God,</c><00:13:46.600><c> let</c><00:13:46.700><c> him</c><00:13:46.899><c> answer</c><00:13:47.240><c> it.</c> 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:51.419 Then<00:13:48.360><c> Job</c><00:13:48.580><c> answered</c><00:13:49.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:13:49.419><c> and</c><00:13:49.620><c> said,</c><00:13:49.860><c> Behold,</c><00:13:50.559><c> I</c><00:13:50.820><c> am</c><00:13:51.059><c> vile.</c> 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:53.580 What<00:13:52.120><c> shall</c><00:13:52.340><c> I</c><00:13:52.480><c> answer</c><00:13:52.720><c> you?</c> 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:55.500 I<00:13:53.840><c> lay</c><00:13:54.059><c> my</c><00:13:54.379><c> hand</c><00:13:54.639><c> over</c><00:13:54.899><c> my</c><00:13:55.220><c> mouth.</c> 00:13:55.620 --> 00:13:58.100 Once<00:13:55.919><c> I</c><00:13:56.080><c> have</c><00:13:56.299><c> spoken,</c><00:13:56.740><c> but</c><00:13:56.879><c> I</c><00:13:57.039><c> will</c><00:13:57.340><c> not</c><00:13:57.720><c> answer.</c> 00:13:58.179 --> 00:14:00.700 Yes,<00:13:58.700><c> twice,</c><00:13:59.259><c> but</c><00:13:59.440><c> I</c><00:13:59.600><c> will</c><00:13:59.799><c> proceed</c><00:14:00.159><c> no</c><00:14:00.500><c> further.</c> 00:14:00.700 --> 00:14:03.519 He<00:14:01.120><c> was</c><00:14:01.379><c> appalled,</c><00:14:01.879><c> as</c><00:14:02.080><c> you</c><00:14:02.240><c> and</c><00:14:02.340><c> I</c><00:14:02.440><c> would</c><00:14:02.620><c> be</c><00:14:02.740><c> at</c><00:14:02.919><c> that</c><00:14:03.139><c> point,</c> 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:07.720 that<00:14:03.980><c> he</c><00:14:04.159><c> had</c><00:14:04.419><c> ever</c><00:14:04.879><c> challenged</c><00:14:05.460><c> God's</c><00:14:06.879><c> treatment</c><00:14:07.159><c> of</c><00:14:07.419><c> him,</c> 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:09.240 his<00:14:08.179><c> injustice.</c> 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:13.139 But<00:14:11.360><c> brothers</c><00:14:11.539><c> and</c><00:14:11.700><c> sisters,</c><00:14:11.860><c> it's</c><00:14:12.100><c> not</c><00:14:12.279><c> that</c><00:14:12.539><c> far</c><00:14:12.700><c> away</c><00:14:12.899><c> from</c> 00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:13.620 all<00:14:13.320><c> of</c><00:14:13.460><c> us.</c> 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:14.440 That's<00:14:14.059><c> the</c><00:14:14.200><c> lesson.</c> 00:14:14.659 --> 00:14:18.440 Don't<00:14:15.080><c> put</c><00:14:15.320><c> this</c><00:14:15.539><c> off</c><00:14:15.779><c> to</c><00:14:15.940><c> the</c><00:14:16.120><c> side</c><00:14:16.299><c> and</c><00:14:16.460><c> say,</c><00:14:16.679><c> Well,</c><00:14:16.700><c> that</c><00:14:16.840><c> could</c><00:14:17.000><c> never</c><00:14:17.240><c> happen</c><00:14:17.460><c> to</c><00:14:17.620><c> me.</c> 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:22.159 Because<00:14:18.840><c> it</c><00:14:19.100><c> does</c><00:14:19.399><c> happen,</c><00:14:20.460><c> not</c><00:14:20.720><c> in</c><00:14:20.940><c> the</c><00:14:21.120><c> spectacular</c><00:14:21.740><c> way</c><00:14:22.059><c> in</c> 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:22.980 which<00:14:22.320><c> it</c><00:14:22.419><c> did</c><00:14:22.600><c> to</c><00:14:22.820><c> Job,</c> 00:14:22.980 --> 00:14:27.179 but<00:14:23.200><c> it</c><00:14:23.539><c> happens</c><00:14:23.740><c> in</c><00:14:23.960><c> our</c><00:14:24.220><c> everyday</c><00:14:24.639><c> lives</c><00:14:25.419><c> when</c><00:14:26.480><c> we</c><00:14:26.799><c> question</c> 00:14:27.179 --> 00:14:28.620 what<00:14:27.460><c> God</c><00:14:27.700><c> is</c><00:14:27.980><c> doing</c><00:14:28.159><c> to</c><00:14:28.399><c> us,</c> 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:32.580 the<00:14:28.919><c> fairness</c><00:14:29.179><c> of</c><00:14:29.460><c> it,</c><00:14:30.639><c> the</c><00:14:30.879><c> unfairness</c><00:14:31.519><c> of</c><00:14:31.659><c> it.</c> 00:14:32.779 --> 00:14:35.840 Every<00:14:33.019><c> time</c><00:14:33.179><c> we</c><00:14:33.440><c> complain,</c><00:14:34.480><c> basically,</c><00:14:35.159><c> that's</c><00:14:35.480><c> exactly</c> 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:37.100 what<00:14:36.000><c> we're</c><00:14:36.179><c> doing</c> 00:14:37.700 --> 00:14:40.559 about<00:14:38.279><c> anything</c><00:14:38.860><c> in</c><00:14:39.159><c> our</c><00:14:39.360><c> situation.</c> 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:45.299 We<00:14:42.519><c> are</c><00:14:42.899><c> in</c><00:14:43.019><c> effect</c><00:14:43.299><c> saying</c><00:14:43.620><c> to</c><00:14:43.820><c> God,</c><00:14:44.259><c> You're</c><00:14:44.399><c> not</c><00:14:44.700><c> being</c><00:14:45.039><c> fair</c> 00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:45.870 with<00:14:45.580><c> me.</c> 00:14:46.340 --> 00:14:48.200 You<00:14:46.659><c> don't</c><00:14:46.960><c> know</c><00:14:47.200><c> my</c><00:14:47.500><c> situation.</c> 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:51.679 We<00:14:48.740><c> are</c><00:14:48.980><c> questioning</c><00:14:49.580><c> the</c><00:14:50.500><c> arrangements</c><00:14:50.980><c> that</c><00:14:51.279><c> the</c><00:14:51.500><c> angels</c> 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:52.940 have<00:14:51.940><c> made</c><00:14:52.120><c> in</c><00:14:52.379><c> our</c><00:14:52.679><c> lives</c> 00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:55.179 to<00:14:53.360><c> develop</c><00:14:53.620><c> us</c><00:14:53.940><c> for</c><00:14:54.240><c> eternity.</c> 00:14:56.980 --> 00:15:00.820 God<00:14:57.460><c> next</c><00:14:57.779><c> challenges</c><00:14:58.279><c> Job</c><00:14:58.639><c> and</c><00:14:58.840><c> invites</c><00:14:59.120><c> him</c><00:14:59.320><c> to</c><00:14:59.460><c> rule</c><00:14:59.659><c> the</c><00:14:59.860><c> world.</c> 00:15:01.580 --> 00:15:03.259 Would<00:15:01.740><c> you</c><00:15:01.980><c> indeed</c><00:15:02.279><c> annul</c><00:15:02.620><c> my</c><00:15:02.899><c> judgment?</c> 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:06.759 Would<00:15:03.559><c> you</c><00:15:03.759><c> condemn</c><00:15:04.120><c> me</c><00:15:05.100><c> that</c><00:15:05.720><c> you</c><00:15:05.960><c> may</c><00:15:06.120><c> be</c><00:15:06.360><c> justified?</c> 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:09.220 See,<00:15:07.100><c> in</c><00:15:07.320><c> his</c><00:15:07.519><c> efforts</c><00:15:07.659><c> to</c><00:15:07.919><c> hold</c><00:15:08.120><c> on</c><00:15:08.360><c> to</c><00:15:08.500><c> what</c><00:15:08.639><c> he</c><00:15:08.879><c> felt</c><00:15:09.000><c> was</c> 00:15:09.220 --> 00:15:09.879 his<00:15:09.440><c> righteousness,</c> 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:14.840 the<00:15:10.179><c> one</c><00:15:10.379><c> thing</c><00:15:10.580><c> that</c><00:15:11.360><c> was</c><00:15:11.759><c> supreme</c><00:15:12.320><c> and</c><00:15:13.039><c> of</c><00:15:13.399><c> importance</c><00:15:13.799><c> to</c><00:15:14.039><c> him,</c> 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:18.220 he<00:15:15.519><c> had</c><00:15:15.659><c> been</c><00:15:15.899><c> driven</c><00:15:16.240><c> to</c><00:15:16.580><c> say</c><00:15:16.840><c> that</c><00:15:17.039><c> God's</c><00:15:17.379><c> not</c><00:15:17.600><c> treating</c><00:15:17.779><c> me</c><00:15:18.059><c> right,</c> 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:19.919 because<00:15:18.399><c> he's</c><00:15:18.559><c> making</c><00:15:18.740><c> me</c><00:15:18.960><c> look</c><00:15:19.080><c> like</c><00:15:19.340><c> a</c><00:15:19.460><c> great</c><00:15:19.639><c> sinner.</c> 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:22.100 He's<00:15:20.259><c> stripping</c><00:15:20.559><c> me</c><00:15:20.759><c> of</c><00:15:20.940><c> my</c><00:15:21.139><c> righteousness.</c> 00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:29.320 Would<00:15:27.139><c> you</c><00:15:27.360><c> condemn</c><00:15:27.779><c> me</c><00:15:28.059><c> that</c><00:15:28.179><c> you</c><00:15:28.360><c> may</c><00:15:28.580><c> be</c><00:15:28.799><c> justified?</c> 00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:30.960 Have<00:15:29.759><c> you</c><00:15:30.000><c> an</c><00:15:30.139><c> arm</c><00:15:30.279><c> like</c><00:15:30.580><c> God?</c> 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:33.220 Or<00:15:31.399><c> can</c><00:15:31.559><c> you</c><00:15:31.779><c> thunder</c><00:15:32.080><c> with</c><00:15:32.340><c> a</c><00:15:32.480><c> voice</c><00:15:32.659><c> like</c><00:15:32.960><c> his?</c> 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:34.720 Remember,<00:15:33.600><c> the</c><00:15:33.799><c> storm's</c><00:15:34.159><c> going</c><00:15:34.440><c> on.</c> 00:15:35.179 --> 00:15:37.460 Then<00:15:35.360><c> adorn</c><00:15:35.620><c> yourself</c><00:15:36.100><c> with</c><00:15:36.320><c> majesty</c><00:15:36.820><c> and</c><00:15:37.080><c> splendor,</c> 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:40.120 and<00:15:37.639><c> array</c><00:15:37.799><c> yourself</c><00:15:38.299><c> with</c><00:15:38.620><c> glory</c><00:15:38.899><c> and</c><00:15:39.179><c> beauty.</c> 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:42.600 Disperse<00:15:40.639><c> the</c><00:15:40.840><c> rage</c><00:15:41.080><c> of</c><00:15:41.320><c> your</c><00:15:41.600><c> wrath.</c> 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:45.340 Look<00:15:42.820><c> on</c><00:15:43.019><c> everyone</c><00:15:43.340><c> who</c><00:15:43.519><c> is</c><00:15:43.740><c> proud</c><00:15:44.000><c> and</c><00:15:44.200><c> humble</c><00:15:44.480><c> him.</c> 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:47.799 We<00:15:46.059><c> see</c><00:15:46.259><c> the</c><00:15:46.440><c> proud</c><00:15:46.639><c> and</c><00:15:46.820><c> there's</c><00:15:47.019><c> very</c><00:15:47.220><c> little</c><00:15:47.320><c> we</c><00:15:47.440><c> can</c><00:15:47.600><c> do</c> 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:48.299 about<00:15:48.100><c> it,</c> 00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:50.600 whether<00:15:48.519><c> it's</c><00:15:48.759><c> in</c><00:15:48.840><c> the</c><00:15:48.960><c> ekklesia</c><00:15:49.299><c> or</c><00:15:49.580><c> it's</c><00:15:49.940><c> in</c><00:15:50.100><c> the</c><00:15:50.279><c> world.</c> 00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:53.460 There's<00:15:51.299><c> so</c><00:15:51.480><c> little</c><00:15:51.639><c> any</c><00:15:51.840><c> one</c><00:15:51.960><c> of</c><00:15:52.120><c> us</c><00:15:52.259><c> can</c><00:15:52.399><c> do</c><00:15:52.600><c> about</c><00:15:52.860><c> it.</c> 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:54.899 God<00:15:54.340><c> can</c><00:15:54.600><c> do</c><00:15:54.779><c> it.</c> 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:57.600 He<00:15:54.980><c> can</c><00:15:55.179><c> take</c><00:15:55.419><c> a</c><00:15:55.600><c> hand</c><00:15:55.799><c> and</c><00:15:55.980><c> bring</c><00:15:56.139><c> about</c><00:15:56.379><c> changes</c><00:15:56.759><c> in</c><00:15:56.960><c> the</c><00:15:57.120><c> lives</c><00:15:57.399><c> of</c> 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:58.600 our<00:15:57.759><c> brothers</c><00:15:57.980><c> and</c><00:15:58.259><c> sisters</c> 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:02.080 and<00:15:58.759><c> of</c><00:15:58.919><c> ourselves</c><00:15:59.620><c> and</c><00:16:00.220><c> of</c><00:16:00.399><c> those</c><00:16:00.600><c> around</c><00:16:00.899><c> us</c><00:16:01.080><c> that</c><00:16:01.240><c> we</c><00:16:01.360><c> couldn't</c><00:16:01.600><c> begin</c> 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:03.019 to<00:16:02.299><c> do.</c> 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:07.340 Look<00:16:04.879><c> on</c><00:16:05.120><c> everyone</c><00:16:05.460><c> who</c><00:16:05.639><c> is</c><00:16:05.840><c> proud</c><00:16:06.240><c> and</c><00:16:06.460><c> bring</c><00:16:06.639><c> him</c><00:16:06.919><c> low.</c> 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:10.139 Tread<00:16:08.000><c> down</c><00:16:08.279><c> the</c><00:16:08.460><c> wicked</c><00:16:08.620><c> in</c><00:16:08.820><c> their</c><00:16:09.120><c> place.</c> 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:13.100 Then<00:16:10.679><c> I</c><00:16:10.840><c> will</c><00:16:11.080><c> confess</c><00:16:11.440><c> to</c><00:16:11.639><c> you</c><00:16:11.899><c> that</c><00:16:12.080><c> your</c><00:16:12.360><c> own</c><00:16:12.559><c> right</c><00:16:12.860><c> hand</c> 00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:14.519 can<00:16:13.379><c> save</c><00:16:13.620><c> you.</c> 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:17.679 That's<00:16:15.580><c> why</c><00:16:15.740><c> no</c><00:16:15.919><c> one</c><00:16:16.100><c> can</c><00:16:16.379><c> save</c><00:16:16.539><c> themselves.</c> 00:16:19.259 --> 00:16:21.899 I<00:16:19.440><c> found</c><00:16:19.659><c> it</c><00:16:19.899><c> fascinating</c><00:16:20.340><c> that</c><00:16:20.639><c> the</c><00:16:20.840><c> two</c><00:16:20.980><c> animals</c><00:16:21.440><c> that</c><00:16:21.740><c> seem</c> 00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:23.279 to<00:16:22.059><c> be</c><00:16:22.179><c> the</c><00:16:22.320><c> ones</c><00:16:22.500><c> used</c><00:16:22.820><c> in</c><00:16:23.080><c> Job</c> 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:26.080 were<00:16:23.480><c> the</c><00:16:23.580><c> very</c><00:16:23.860><c> two</c><00:16:23.980><c> we</c><00:16:24.120><c> were</c><00:16:24.299><c> watching</c><00:16:24.620><c> the</c><00:16:24.799><c> other</c><00:16:25.039><c> night.</c> 00:16:26.539 --> 00:16:31.480 Pride<00:16:27.000><c> and</c><00:16:27.500><c> sin,</c><00:16:28.139><c> represented</c><00:16:28.720><c> by</c><00:16:29.100><c> the</c><00:16:29.279><c> hemoth</c><00:16:29.940><c> and</c><00:16:30.279><c> leviathan.</c> 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:35.419 Probably,<00:16:32.340><c> most</c><00:16:32.600><c> likely,</c><00:16:33.080><c> the</c><00:16:33.179><c> hippopotamus</c><00:16:34.000><c> and</c><00:16:34.320><c> the</c><00:16:34.559><c> crocodile.</c> 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:40.600 Two<00:16:37.120><c> Egyptian</c><00:16:37.559><c> creatures</c><00:16:38.259><c> whose</c><00:16:38.820><c> most</c><00:16:39.179><c> natural</c><00:16:39.620><c> home</c><00:16:40.179><c> was</c> 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:41.899 the<00:16:40.860><c> river.</c> 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:44.700 A<00:16:42.679><c> great</c><00:16:42.899><c> mass</c><00:16:43.340><c> of</c><00:16:43.659><c> mankind.</c> 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:47.019 Both<00:16:45.759><c> would</c><00:16:46.139><c> repel</c><00:16:46.600><c> Job.</c> 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:50.360 He<00:16:47.720><c> would</c><00:16:47.899><c> turn</c><00:16:48.120><c> away</c><00:16:48.399><c> from</c><00:16:48.620><c> them</c><00:16:48.860><c> and</c><00:16:49.039><c> put</c><00:16:49.220><c> them</c><00:16:49.460><c> away</c><00:16:49.759><c> from</c><00:16:50.019><c> him.</c> 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:53.090 They<00:16:51.539><c> are.</c><00:16:51.779><c> They</c><00:16:51.919><c> are</c><00:16:52.059><c> quite</c><00:16:52.259><c> repulsive.</c> 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:57.519 Until<00:16:54.659><c> you</c><00:16:54.840><c> see</c><00:16:54.980><c> the</c><00:16:55.179><c> hippo</c><00:16:55.419><c> do</c><00:16:55.559><c> what</c><00:16:55.700><c> he</c><00:16:55.799><c> was</c><00:16:55.960><c> trying</c><00:16:56.179><c> to</c><00:16:56.360><c> do.</c> 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:04.960 In<00:16:58.480><c> the</c><00:16:58.720><c> same</c><00:16:58.940><c> way,</c><00:17:00.139><c> God</c><00:17:00.259><c> sees</c><00:17:01.039><c> pride</c><00:17:01.659><c> and</c><00:17:02.159><c> sin</c><00:17:02.559><c> and</c><00:17:02.899><c> is</c><00:17:03.120><c> repelled</c><00:17:03.519><c> by</c><00:17:03.840><c> them</c><00:17:04.539><c> and</c> 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:06.720 would<00:17:05.160><c> have</c><00:17:05.359><c> none</c><00:17:05.559><c> of</c><00:17:05.740><c> them.</c> 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.160 That's<00:17:07.500><c> the</c><00:17:08.279><c> point</c><00:17:08.539><c> of</c><00:17:08.720><c> it.</c> 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:14.079 Behold<00:17:12.619><c> the</c><00:17:12.880><c> hemoth.</c> 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:17.980 Only<00:17:15.759><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:16.259><c> can</c><00:17:16.519><c> humble</c><00:17:16.940><c> pride.</c> 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:22.160 Look<00:17:18.680><c> now</c><00:17:19.039><c> at</c><00:17:19.279><c> the</c><00:17:19.380><c> hemoth</c><00:17:19.740><c> which</c><00:17:19.960><c> I</c><00:17:20.279><c> made</c><00:17:20.640><c> along</c><00:17:21.079><c> with</c><00:17:21.460><c> you,</c> 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:24.220 at<00:17:22.559><c> the</c><00:17:22.680><c> same</c><00:17:22.940><c> time</c><00:17:23.180><c> as</c><00:17:23.460><c> you,</c> 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:27.559 of<00:17:24.599><c> the</c><00:17:24.759><c> same</c><00:17:25.380><c> dust</c><00:17:26.359><c> of</c><00:17:26.579><c> the</c><00:17:26.720><c> earth,</c><00:17:26.859><c> if</c><00:17:27.059><c> you</c><00:17:27.299><c> will.</c> 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:29.420 He<00:17:28.140><c> eats</c><00:17:28.400><c> grass</c><00:17:28.700><c> like</c><00:17:28.980><c> an</c><00:17:29.180><c> ox.</c> 00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:33.380 See<00:17:29.759><c> now</c><00:17:30.000><c> his</c><00:17:30.420><c> strength</c><00:17:30.759><c> in</c><00:17:31.019><c> his</c><00:17:31.299><c> hips</c><00:17:31.700><c> or</c><00:17:32.000><c> his</c><00:17:32.240><c> loins.</c> 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:35.579 His<00:17:33.700><c> power</c><00:17:34.200><c> in</c><00:17:34.420><c> his</c><00:17:34.720><c> stomach</c><00:17:35.039><c> muscles.</c> 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:37.980 The<00:17:36.059><c> strength</c><00:17:36.319><c> in</c><00:17:36.500><c> his</c><00:17:36.740><c> carnal</c><00:17:37.059><c> lusts.</c> 00:17:38.579 --> 00:17:40.400 He<00:17:38.799><c> moves</c><00:17:39.039><c> his</c><00:17:39.359><c> tail</c><00:17:39.579><c> like</c><00:17:39.839><c> a</c><00:17:40.099><c> cedar.</c> 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:44.440 The<00:17:40.740><c> sinews</c><00:17:41.079><c> of</c><00:17:41.220><c> his</c><00:17:41.579><c> thighs</c><00:17:41.940><c> are</c><00:17:43.259><c> tightly</c><00:17:43.579><c> knit.</c> 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:49.660 It's<00:17:45.440><c> interesting</c><00:17:45.880><c> that</c><00:17:46.339><c> man</c><00:17:47.099><c> exalts</c><00:17:47.980><c> in</c><00:17:48.279><c> small</c><00:17:48.559><c> or</c><00:17:48.740><c> vain</c><00:17:48.900><c> things.</c> 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:51.680 We<00:17:50.059><c> all</c><00:17:50.140><c> have</c><00:17:50.279><c> a</c><00:17:50.380><c> tendency</c><00:17:50.559><c> to</c><00:17:50.779><c> do</c><00:17:50.920><c> that.</c> 00:17:54.259 --> 00:17:58.539 Like<00:17:54.480><c> moving</c><00:17:54.619><c> the</c><00:17:55.299><c> tail</c><00:17:56.160><c> of</c><00:17:57.220><c> a</c><00:17:57.299><c> hippopotamus.</c> 00:17:58.660 --> 00:18:01.599 We<00:17:58.799><c> can</c><00:17:59.000><c> move</c><00:17:59.119><c> it</c><00:17:59.279><c> with</c><00:17:59.440><c> great</c><00:17:59.700><c> skillfulness</c><00:18:00.259><c> and</c><00:18:00.660><c> agility.</c> 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:05.200 But<00:18:02.579><c> the</c><00:18:02.740><c> analogy</c><00:18:03.079><c> there</c><00:18:03.480><c> is</c><00:18:03.640><c> that,</c><00:18:04.319><c> you</c><00:18:04.480><c> know,</c><00:18:04.579><c> be</c><00:18:04.819><c> careful</c> 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:06.680 because<00:18:05.539><c> that's</c><00:18:05.859><c> where</c><00:18:06.039><c> we</c><00:18:06.319><c> excel,</c> 00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:09.720 is<00:18:06.900><c> in</c><00:18:07.000><c> the</c><00:18:07.220><c> small</c><00:18:07.420><c> things</c><00:18:07.720><c> that</c><00:18:08.299><c> are</c><00:18:08.480><c> of</c><00:18:08.559><c> no</c><00:18:08.779><c> account.</c> 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:12.819 His<00:18:10.259><c> bones</c><00:18:10.700><c> are</c><00:18:10.960><c> like</c><00:18:11.279><c> beams</c><00:18:11.720><c> of</c><00:18:12.079><c> bronze.</c> 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:15.680 His<00:18:13.240><c> ribs</c><00:18:13.539><c> like</c><00:18:13.900><c> bars</c><00:18:14.420><c> of</c><00:18:14.740><c> iron.</c> 00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:18.920 It's<00:18:16.640><c> a</c><00:18:16.720><c> good</c><00:18:16.880><c> analogy</c><00:18:17.299><c> of</c><00:18:17.519><c> pride</c><00:18:17.819><c> itself.</c> 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:22.559 Can<00:18:19.480><c> you</c><00:18:19.740><c> tame</c><00:18:20.440><c> the</c><00:18:20.720><c> hemoth,</c><00:18:21.619><c> pride?</c> 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:25.279 He<00:18:23.380><c> is</c><00:18:23.559><c> the</c><00:18:23.759><c> first</c><00:18:24.039><c> of</c><00:18:24.220><c> the</c><00:18:24.380><c> ways</c><00:18:24.660><c> of</c><00:18:24.940><c> God.</c> 00:18:25.380 --> 00:18:28.619 Only<00:18:25.619><c> he</c><00:18:25.799><c> who</c><00:18:25.960><c> made</c><00:18:26.119><c> him</c><00:18:26.339><c> can</c><00:18:26.559><c> bring</c><00:18:26.839><c> near</c><00:18:27.099><c> his</c><00:18:27.440><c> sword.</c> 00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:30.000 See,<00:18:29.440><c> there's</c><00:18:29.640><c> the</c><00:18:29.859><c> point.</c> 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:33.619 Man<00:18:30.279><c> is</c><00:18:30.539><c> the</c><00:18:30.720><c> finest</c><00:18:30.980><c> of</c><00:18:31.220><c> Yahweh's</c><00:18:31.759><c> creation</c><00:18:32.099><c> and</c><00:18:32.279><c> only</c><00:18:32.559><c> he</c><00:18:32.779><c> can</c><00:18:32.960><c> approach</c><00:18:33.400><c> to</c> 00:18:33.619 --> 00:18:34.140 subdue<00:18:34.019><c> pride.</c> 00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:36.339 We<00:18:34.420><c> cannot</c><00:18:34.819><c> do</c><00:18:35.079><c> it</c><00:18:35.240><c> in</c><00:18:35.339><c> each</c><00:18:35.559><c> other.</c> 00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:40.480 We<00:18:37.619><c> can</c><00:18:38.140><c> be</c><00:18:38.339><c> helpful</c><00:18:38.619><c> at</c><00:18:38.900><c> times,</c><00:18:39.240><c> as</c><00:18:39.380><c> Brother</c><00:18:39.579><c> Frank</c><00:18:39.799><c> was</c><00:18:39.980><c> bringing</c><00:18:40.200><c> up</c> 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:43.559 so<00:18:41.579><c> clearly</c><00:18:41.980><c> and</c><00:18:42.180><c> lovely</c><00:18:42.400><c> this</c><00:18:42.660><c> morning.</c> 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:47.900 But<00:18:44.319><c> God</c><00:18:44.599><c> is</c><00:18:44.880><c> the</c><00:18:45.200><c> only</c><00:18:45.480><c> one</c><00:18:45.700><c> that</c><00:18:45.960><c> can</c><00:18:46.799><c> drive</c><00:18:47.220><c> pride</c><00:18:47.559><c> out</c><00:18:47.759><c> of</c> 00:18:47.900 --> 00:18:49.200 each<00:18:48.079><c> of</c><00:18:48.259><c> us.</c> 00:18:49.579 --> 00:18:52.079 He<00:18:49.700><c> lies</c><00:18:50.000><c> under</c><00:18:50.279><c> the</c><00:18:50.460><c> lotus</c><00:18:50.740><c> trees</c><00:18:51.039><c> in</c><00:18:51.220><c> the</c><00:18:51.380><c> covert</c><00:18:51.579><c> of</c><00:18:51.839><c> reeds</c> 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:53.259 in<00:18:52.339><c> March.</c> 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:57.299 The<00:18:53.519><c> lazy,</c><00:18:54.140><c> inactive</c><00:18:54.519><c> life,</c><00:18:54.859><c> that's</c><00:18:55.039><c> what</c><00:18:55.180><c> I</c><00:18:55.400><c> think</c><00:18:55.539><c> about</c><00:18:55.839><c> with</c><00:18:56.019><c> a</c><00:18:56.119><c> hippopotamus.</c> 00:18:58.200 --> 00:19:02.059 Indeed,<00:18:58.559><c> the</c><00:18:58.700><c> river</c><00:18:58.940><c> may</c><00:18:59.279><c> rage,</c><00:18:59.759><c> yet</c><00:18:59.940><c> he</c><00:19:00.140><c> is</c><00:19:00.359><c> not</c><00:19:00.619><c> disturbed.</c> 00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:08.599 Man's<00:19:03.480><c> pride</c><00:19:03.980><c> is</c><00:19:04.599><c> most</c><00:19:05.039><c> often</c><00:19:05.660><c> not</c><00:19:06.200><c> disturbed</c><00:19:06.779><c> by</c><00:19:07.180><c> calamity.</c> 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:11.680 You<00:19:08.980><c> watch</c><00:19:09.200><c> what</c><00:19:09.440><c> goes</c><00:19:09.779><c> on</c><00:19:10.079><c> in</c><00:19:10.319><c> the</c><00:19:10.559><c> world.</c> 00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:16.220 And<00:19:12.940><c> within</c><00:19:13.279><c> months</c><00:19:13.720><c> they</c><00:19:14.039><c> close</c><00:19:14.359><c> in</c><00:19:14.640><c> behind</c><00:19:14.980><c> whatever</c><00:19:15.380><c> disaster</c><00:19:16.000><c> and</c> 00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:19.099 they're<00:19:16.500><c> on</c><00:19:16.900><c> to</c><00:19:17.619><c> their</c><00:19:17.839><c> same</c><00:19:18.180><c> way</c><00:19:18.460><c> of</c><00:19:18.819><c> life.</c> 00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:22.619 They<00:19:19.359><c> are</c><00:19:19.740><c> not</c><00:19:20.099><c> changed</c><00:19:20.619><c> by</c><00:19:20.900><c> the</c><00:19:21.180><c> disasters</c><00:19:21.539><c> that</c><00:19:21.819><c> God</c><00:19:22.039><c> brings.</c> 00:19:23.099 --> 00:19:25.619 Think<00:19:23.319><c> about</c><00:19:23.720><c> AIDS,</c><00:19:24.119><c> for</c><00:19:24.400><c> example.</c> 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:28.519 It<00:19:26.119><c> is</c><00:19:26.440><c> not</c><00:19:26.980><c> reducing</c><00:19:27.559><c> immorality.</c> 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:31.900 If<00:19:29.140><c> anything,</c><00:19:29.779><c> it's</c><00:19:29.940><c> increasing</c><00:19:30.579><c> defiantly.</c> 00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:33.920 They're<00:19:32.640><c> trying</c><00:19:32.880><c> to</c><00:19:32.980><c> find</c><00:19:33.220><c> cures</c><00:19:33.559><c> for</c><00:19:33.839><c> it.</c> 00:19:33.940 --> 00:19:36.460 They're<00:19:34.160><c> trying</c><00:19:34.299><c> to</c><00:19:34.420><c> find</c><00:19:34.559><c> ways</c><00:19:34.839><c> to</c><00:19:35.079><c> prevent</c><00:19:35.240><c> it</c><00:19:35.579><c> spread.</c> 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:40.140 But<00:19:36.819><c> they</c><00:19:36.940><c> won't</c><00:19:37.099><c> even</c><00:19:37.559><c> talk</c><00:19:37.980><c> about</c><00:19:38.339><c> abstinence.</c> 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:47.259 He<00:19:43.900><c> is</c><00:19:44.200><c> confident,</c><00:19:44.839><c> though</c><00:19:44.960><c> the</c><00:19:45.180><c> Jordan</c><00:19:45.519><c> gushes</c><00:19:46.099><c> into</c><00:19:46.279><c> his</c><00:19:46.539><c> mouth,</c><00:19:46.880><c> though</c><00:19:47.059><c> he</c> 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:48.519 takes<00:19:47.420><c> it</c><00:19:47.619><c> in</c><00:19:47.740><c> his</c><00:19:48.000><c> eyes,</c> 00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:51.680 or<00:19:48.920><c> one</c><00:19:49.180><c> pierces</c><00:19:49.559><c> his</c><00:19:49.759><c> nose</c><00:19:50.019><c> with</c><00:19:50.259><c> a</c><00:19:50.480><c> snare.</c> 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:55.700 Man<00:19:52.559><c> fends</c><00:19:52.920><c> off</c><00:19:53.380><c> direct</c><00:19:53.839><c> attacks</c><00:19:54.240><c> on</c><00:19:54.480><c> his</c><00:19:54.779><c> pride.</c> 00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:59.839 Lovely<00:19:57.420><c> the</c><00:19:57.559><c> way</c><00:19:57.779><c> God</c><00:19:58.059><c> can</c><00:19:58.299><c> use</c><00:19:58.539><c> these</c><00:19:58.859><c> animals</c><00:19:59.180><c> to</c><00:19:59.440><c> try</c><00:19:59.599><c> and</c> 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:01.720 show<00:19:59.940><c> us</c><00:20:00.119><c> what</c><00:20:00.299><c> we</c><00:20:00.559><c> really</c><00:20:00.900><c> are.</c> 00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:06.519 Repulsive,<00:20:02.839><c> proud,</c><00:20:04.119><c> difficult</c><00:20:04.519><c> to</c><00:20:05.000><c> reach.</c> 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:09.839 And<00:20:08.500><c> then</c><00:20:08.619><c> he</c><00:20:08.700><c> turns</c><00:20:09.039><c> to</c><00:20:09.279><c> Leviathan.</c> 00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:12.079 Can<00:20:10.200><c> you</c><00:20:10.380><c> draw</c><00:20:10.599><c> him</c><00:20:10.779><c> out</c><00:20:11.059><c> with</c><00:20:11.259><c> a</c><00:20:11.380><c> hook?</c> 00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:14.819 No<00:20:12.980><c> one</c><00:20:13.220><c> can</c><00:20:13.559><c> control</c><00:20:13.940><c> sin.</c> 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:19.839 Can<00:20:16.880><c> you</c><00:20:17.099><c> draw</c><00:20:17.279><c> out</c><00:20:17.460><c> Leviathan</c><00:20:17.940><c> with</c><00:20:18.140><c> a</c><00:20:18.319><c> hook</c><00:20:18.480><c> or</c><00:20:18.680><c> snare</c><00:20:18.960><c> his</c><00:20:19.259><c> tongue</c><00:20:19.460><c> with</c><00:20:19.640><c> a</c> 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.759 line<00:20:20.079><c> which</c><00:20:20.299><c> you</c><00:20:20.579><c> lower?</c> 00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:23.680 Can<00:20:21.019><c> you</c><00:20:21.160><c> put</c><00:20:21.319><c> a</c><00:20:21.480><c> reed</c><00:20:21.640><c> through</c><00:20:21.819><c> his</c><00:20:22.079><c> nose</c><00:20:22.339><c> or</c><00:20:22.599><c> pierce</c><00:20:23.200><c> his</c><00:20:23.420><c> jaw</c> 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.339 with<00:20:23.920><c> a</c><00:20:24.079><c> hook?</c> 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:27.039 Will<00:20:25.240><c> he</c><00:20:25.380><c> make</c><00:20:25.579><c> many</c><00:20:25.920><c> supplications</c><00:20:26.599><c> to</c><00:20:26.819><c> you?</c> 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:28.460 Will<00:20:27.200><c> he</c><00:20:27.380><c> speak</c><00:20:27.660><c> softly</c><00:20:28.039><c> to</c><00:20:28.279><c> you?</c> 00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.940 Will<00:20:28.619><c> you</c><00:20:28.779><c> make</c><00:20:28.960><c> a</c><00:20:29.200><c> covenant</c><00:20:29.400><c> with</c><00:20:29.619><c> him?</c> 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:32.660 Will<00:20:30.400><c> you</c><00:20:30.559><c> take</c><00:20:30.759><c> him</c><00:20:30.900><c> as</c><00:20:31.119><c> your</c><00:20:31.400><c> servant</c><00:20:31.640><c> forever?</c> 00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:34.859 You<00:20:33.000><c> know,</c><00:20:33.259><c> try</c><00:20:33.440><c> doing</c><00:20:33.660><c> that</c><00:20:33.839><c> with</c><00:20:34.140><c> sin.</c> 00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:39.460 Will<00:20:37.380><c> you</c><00:20:37.559><c> play</c><00:20:37.759><c> with</c><00:20:37.880><c> him</c><00:20:38.059><c> as</c><00:20:38.240><c> with</c><00:20:38.400><c> a</c><00:20:38.579><c> bird?</c> 00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:43.799 Play<00:20:40.140><c> around</c><00:20:40.460><c> with</c><00:20:40.759><c> sin</c><00:20:41.000><c> and</c><00:20:41.460><c> expect</c><00:20:41.819><c> to</c><00:20:42.000><c> get</c><00:20:42.160><c> off</c><00:20:42.559><c> scot</c><00:20:43.079><c>-free?</c> 00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:46.339 Will<00:20:44.880><c> you</c><00:20:45.059><c> leash</c><00:20:45.279><c> him</c><00:20:45.440><c> for</c><00:20:45.660><c> your</c><00:20:45.900><c> maidens?</c> 00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:49.519 Do<00:20:46.619><c> you</c><00:20:46.619><c> think</c><00:20:46.759><c> you</c><00:20:46.880><c> can</c><00:20:47.180><c> control</c><00:20:47.559><c> sin</c><00:20:47.839><c> and</c><00:20:48.799><c> just</c><00:20:49.099><c> have</c><00:20:49.279><c> a</c><00:20:49.420><c> bit</c> 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:50.900 of<00:20:49.660><c> it</c><00:20:49.839><c> and</c><00:20:50.039><c> bring</c><00:20:50.140><c> it</c><00:20:50.259><c> into</c><00:20:50.420><c> your</c><00:20:50.640><c> home</c> 00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:53.819 and<00:20:51.119><c> not</c><00:20:52.079><c> let</c><00:20:52.259><c> it</c><00:20:52.359><c> get</c><00:20:52.500><c> out</c><00:20:52.680><c> of</c><00:20:52.859><c> control?</c> 00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:58.759 You<00:20:55.119><c> know,</c><00:20:55.299><c> we</c><00:20:55.440><c> can</c><00:20:55.859><c> put</c><00:20:56.039><c> up</c><00:20:56.180><c> with</c><00:20:56.420><c> this</c><00:20:56.660><c> or</c><00:20:56.960><c> that,</c><00:20:57.279><c> but</c><00:20:58.039><c> we</c><00:20:58.519><c> can</c> 00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.160 handle<00:20:59.000><c> it.</c> 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:00.579 We<00:20:59.299><c> know</c><00:20:59.460><c> where</c><00:20:59.619><c> we're</c><00:20:59.799><c> going.</c> 00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:02.519 You<00:21:00.799><c> can't</c><00:21:01.220><c> do</c><00:21:01.380><c> it,</c><00:21:01.700><c> brothers</c><00:21:01.839><c> and</c><00:21:02.119><c> sisters.</c> 00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:04.259 There<00:21:02.819><c> is</c><00:21:03.099><c> no</c><00:21:03.319><c> compromise</c><00:21:03.880><c> with</c><00:21:04.220><c> sin.</c> 00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:06.680 You<00:21:04.440><c> let</c><00:21:04.599><c> it</c><00:21:04.740><c> in</c><00:21:04.880><c> in</c><00:21:05.039><c> any</c><00:21:05.200><c> of</c><00:21:05.339><c> its</c><00:21:05.559><c> forms.</c> 00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:11.539 You<00:21:07.759><c> bring</c><00:21:07.839><c> it</c><00:21:07.980><c> into</c><00:21:08.140><c> your</c><00:21:08.400><c> homes</c><00:21:08.759><c> or</c><00:21:08.960><c> into</c><00:21:09.240><c> your</c><00:21:10.059><c> workplaces.</c> 00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:17.200 Where<00:21:13.339><c> your</c><00:21:13.799><c> children</c><00:21:14.180><c> are</c><00:21:14.559><c> when</c><00:21:14.880><c> they're</c><00:21:15.299><c> not</c><00:21:15.480><c> with</c><00:21:15.700><c> you.</c> 00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:20.640 Will<00:21:18.500><c> your</c><00:21:18.740><c> companions</c><00:21:19.220><c> make</c><00:21:19.500><c> a</c><00:21:19.700><c> banquet</c><00:21:19.980><c> of</c><00:21:20.299><c> him?</c> 00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:23.299 Will<00:21:21.000><c> they</c><00:21:21.240><c> apportion</c><00:21:21.640><c> him</c><00:21:21.940><c> among</c><00:21:22.240><c> the</c><00:21:22.460><c> merchants?</c> 00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.519 It's<00:21:24.119><c> useless.</c> 00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:28.460 There's<00:21:24.920><c> nothing</c><00:21:25.140><c> good</c><00:21:25.420><c> that</c><00:21:25.619><c> you</c><00:21:25.759><c> can</c><00:21:25.980><c> do</c><00:21:26.180><c> with</c><00:21:26.700><c> sin</c><00:21:27.220><c> in</c><00:21:28.319><c> all</c> 00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.740 its<00:21:28.700><c> forms.</c> 00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:32.480 Can<00:21:31.240><c> you</c><00:21:31.480><c> control</c><00:21:31.960><c> Leviathan?</c> 00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:35.259 Can<00:21:33.019><c> you</c><00:21:33.240><c> fill</c><00:21:33.339><c> his</c><00:21:33.619><c> skin</c><00:21:33.779><c> with</c><00:21:34.039><c> harpoons</c><00:21:34.480><c> or</c><00:21:34.700><c> his</c><00:21:34.839><c> head</c><00:21:35.000><c> with</c> 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.960 fishing<00:21:35.500><c> spears?</c> 00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:39.059 You<00:21:36.579><c> know,</c><00:21:36.700><c> we're</c><00:21:36.900><c> going</c><00:21:37.000><c> to</c><00:21:37.619><c> take</c><00:21:37.819><c> care</c><00:21:38.000><c> of</c><00:21:38.039><c> that,</c><00:21:38.279><c> which</c><00:21:38.500><c> causes</c><00:21:38.799><c> us</c> 00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:40.019 to<00:21:39.279><c> stumble.</c> 00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:42.220 Lay<00:21:40.460><c> your</c><00:21:40.720><c> hand</c><00:21:40.859><c> on</c><00:21:41.079><c> him.</c><00:21:41.359><c> Remember</c><00:21:41.720><c> the</c><00:21:42.019><c> battle.</c> 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:43.599 You'll<00:21:42.559><c> never</c><00:21:42.700><c> do</c><00:21:42.859><c> it</c><00:21:43.039><c> again.</c> 00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:47.559 Sin<00:21:44.519><c> will</c><00:21:44.839><c> get</c><00:21:45.079><c> every</c><00:21:45.460><c> one</c><00:21:45.599><c> of</c><00:21:45.720><c> us</c><00:21:45.920><c> every</c><00:21:46.319><c> time.</c> 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:49.400 He<00:21:47.819><c> crouches</c><00:21:48.220><c> as</c><00:21:48.440><c> a</c><00:21:48.619><c> lion</c><00:21:48.779><c> at</c><00:21:49.000><c> the</c><00:21:49.180><c> door.</c> 00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:52.259 That's<00:21:49.619><c> what</c><00:21:49.880><c> the</c><00:21:50.160><c> angel</c><00:21:50.359><c> told</c><00:21:50.619><c> Cain.</c> 00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:57.640 But<00:21:54.940><c> your</c><00:21:55.420><c> task</c><00:21:55.819><c> is</c><00:21:56.059><c> to</c><00:21:56.240><c> rule</c><00:21:56.400><c> over</c><00:21:56.680><c> him.</c> 00:21:58.859 --> 00:22:01.160 Indeed,<00:21:59.299><c> any</c><00:21:59.339><c> hope</c><00:21:59.599><c> of</c><00:21:59.859><c> overcoming</c><00:22:00.240><c> him</c><00:22:00.500><c> is</c><00:22:00.779><c> false.</c> 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:04.059 Shall<00:22:01.559><c> one</c><00:22:01.779><c> not</c><00:22:02.019><c> be</c><00:22:02.339><c> overwhelmed</c><00:22:03.019><c> at</c><00:22:03.240><c> the</c><00:22:03.460><c> sight</c><00:22:03.599><c> of</c><00:22:03.759><c> him?</c> 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:07.960 No<00:22:04.619><c> one</c><00:22:04.779><c> is</c><00:22:05.019><c> so</c><00:22:05.299><c> fierce</c><00:22:05.559><c> that</c><00:22:05.779><c> he</c><00:22:05.920><c> would</c><00:22:06.180><c> dare</c><00:22:06.519><c> stir</c><00:22:06.779><c> him</c><00:22:07.039><c> up.</c> 00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:11.079 Who<00:22:08.559><c> then</c><00:22:08.720><c> is</c><00:22:08.920><c> able</c><00:22:09.079><c> to</c><00:22:09.339><c> stand</c><00:22:09.579><c> against</c><00:22:09.980><c> me?</c> 00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:13.140 See,<00:22:11.299><c> right</c><00:22:11.500><c> in</c><00:22:11.640><c> the</c><00:22:11.680><c> middle</c><00:22:11.819><c> of</c><00:22:11.980><c> his</c><00:22:12.180><c> discourse</c><00:22:12.539><c> with</c><00:22:12.819><c> Job,</c> 00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:14.839 he<00:22:13.380><c> asked</c><00:22:13.619><c> him</c><00:22:13.779><c> a</c><00:22:13.900><c> question.</c> 00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:19.559 Who<00:22:15.200><c> has</c><00:22:15.579><c> preceded</c><00:22:16.200><c> me</c><00:22:16.460><c> or</c><00:22:16.680><c> given</c><00:22:17.019><c> to</c><00:22:17.420><c> me</c><00:22:18.000><c> that</c><00:22:18.299><c> I</c><00:22:18.460><c> should</c><00:22:18.660><c> repay</c><00:22:18.980><c> him?</c> 00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:27.279 Job,<00:22:20.980><c> how</c><00:22:22.000><c> did</c><00:22:22.200><c> you</c><00:22:22.440><c> ever</c><00:22:22.920><c> think</c><00:22:23.259><c> that</c><00:22:23.960><c> you</c><00:22:24.119><c> could</c><00:22:24.319><c> give</c><00:22:24.500><c> me</c><00:22:24.779><c> anything</c><00:22:25.200><c> that</c><00:22:27.119><c> I</c> 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.599 haven't<00:22:27.440><c> given</c><00:22:27.680><c> you?</c> 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:33.740 How<00:22:28.900><c> did</c><00:22:29.160><c> you</c><00:22:30.480><c> ever</c><00:22:31.500><c> conceive</c><00:22:32.180><c> that</c><00:22:32.339><c> you</c><00:22:32.480><c> could</c><00:22:32.619><c> have</c><00:22:32.799><c> a</c><00:22:32.960><c> righteousness</c><00:22:33.319><c> apart</c> 00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.160 from<00:22:34.000><c> me</c> 00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:36.640 that<00:22:34.299><c> you</c><00:22:34.519><c> had</c><00:22:34.660><c> ownership</c><00:22:35.079><c> to,</c><00:22:35.900><c> was</c><00:22:36.059><c> yours,</c> 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:40.700 and<00:22:37.099><c> that</c><00:22:37.660><c> you</c><00:22:37.819><c> were</c><00:22:38.019><c> bringing</c><00:22:38.240><c> that</c><00:22:38.500><c> to</c><00:22:38.660><c> me</c><00:22:39.640><c> as</c><00:22:40.019><c> something</c><00:22:40.359><c> that</c><00:22:40.579><c> I</c> 00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:43.220 had<00:22:40.920><c> not</c><00:22:41.299><c> first</c><00:22:41.599><c> given</c><00:22:41.839><c> you?</c> 00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:46.980 My<00:22:43.660><c> character,</c><00:22:44.220><c> my</c><00:22:44.480><c> goodness,</c><00:22:46.079><c> my</c><00:22:46.400><c> attributes.</c> 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:53.680 Everything<00:22:47.900><c> under</c><00:22:48.420><c> heaven</c><00:22:48.779><c> is</c><00:22:49.279><c> mine,</c><00:22:50.579><c> and</c><00:22:50.819><c> our</c><00:22:51.039><c> righteousness</c><00:22:51.420><c> is</c><00:22:51.940><c> his</c><00:22:52.539><c> gift,</c> 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:59.359 which<00:22:54.740><c> we</c><00:22:54.940><c> would</c><00:22:55.299><c> never</c><00:22:55.759><c> have</c><00:22:56.619><c> apart</c><00:22:57.880><c> from</c><00:22:58.160><c> the</c><00:22:58.359><c> Word,</c><00:22:58.740><c> the</c><00:22:58.920><c> power</c><00:22:59.160><c> of</c> 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:01.039 the<00:22:59.539><c> Spirit</c><00:22:59.799><c> Word,</c> 00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:04.619 our<00:23:02.200><c> pleadings</c><00:23:02.660><c> in</c><00:23:02.960><c> prayer,</c><00:23:03.700><c> and</c><00:23:03.799><c> the</c><00:23:03.900><c> work</c><00:23:04.039><c> of</c><00:23:04.220><c> the</c><00:23:04.420><c> angels</c> 00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.920 in<00:23:04.819><c> our</c><00:23:05.019><c> lives.</c> 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:09.180 We<00:23:06.980><c> cannot</c><00:23:07.319><c> do</c><00:23:07.579><c> it</c><00:23:07.680><c> in</c><00:23:07.859><c> our</c><00:23:08.000><c> own</c><00:23:08.259><c> strength.</c> 00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:12.160 On<00:23:10.200><c> earth</c><00:23:10.400><c> there</c><00:23:10.619><c> is</c><00:23:10.819><c> nothing</c><00:23:11.079><c> like</c><00:23:11.359><c> him</c><00:23:11.539><c> which</c><00:23:11.720><c> is</c><00:23:11.960><c> made</c> 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:13.220 without<00:23:12.680><c> fear.</c> 00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:17.579 He<00:23:13.859><c> beholds</c><00:23:14.299><c> every</c><00:23:14.579><c> high</c><00:23:14.900><c> thing.</c><00:23:15.160><c> He</c><00:23:15.319><c> is</c><00:23:15.700><c> king</c><00:23:16.240><c> over</c><00:23:16.779><c> all</c><00:23:17.299><c> the</c> 00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.559 children<00:23:17.880><c> of</c><00:23:18.279><c> pride.</c> 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:21.819 They<00:23:18.740><c> are</c><00:23:19.099><c> enslaved</c><00:23:19.859><c> to</c><00:23:20.539><c> their</c><00:23:20.799><c> sin.</c> 00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:30.940 When<00:23:26.599><c> chapter</c><00:23:26.980><c> 42,</c><00:23:27.900><c> it</c><00:23:27.900><c> opens,</c><00:23:29.619><c> Job</c><00:23:29.779><c> says,</c> 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:34.839 I<00:23:31.200><c> know</c><00:23:31.680><c> now</c><00:23:32.220><c> that</c><00:23:32.519><c> you</c><00:23:32.819><c> can</c><00:23:33.220><c> do</c><00:23:33.700><c> everything,</c> 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:39.910 and<00:23:36.599><c> that</c><00:23:36.819><c> no</c><00:23:37.059><c> purpose</c><00:23:37.400><c> of</c><00:23:37.660><c> yours</c><00:23:37.940><c> can</c><00:23:38.200><c> be</c><00:23:38.480><c> withheld</c><00:23:38.819><c> from</c><00:23:39.059><c> you.</c> 00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:46.059 You<00:23:41.720><c> ask,</c><00:23:43.000><c> who</c><00:23:43.180><c> is</c><00:23:43.460><c> this</c><00:23:43.680><c> who</c><00:23:43.880><c> hides</c><00:23:44.200><c> counsel</c><00:23:44.640><c> without</c><00:23:45.039><c> knowledge?</c> 00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:50.069 Therefore<00:23:47.779><c> I</c><00:23:47.980><c> have</c><00:23:48.200><c> uttered</c><00:23:48.460><c> what</c><00:23:48.579><c> I</c><00:23:48.799><c> did</c><00:23:48.960><c> not</c><00:23:49.220><c> understand,</c> 00:23:50.269 --> 00:23:53.970 things<00:23:50.789><c> too</c><00:23:51.190><c> wonderful</c><00:23:51.549><c> for</c><00:23:51.849><c> me</c><00:23:52.029><c> which</c><00:23:52.230><c> I</c><00:23:52.470><c> did</c><00:23:52.630><c> not</c><00:23:52.930><c> know.</c> 00:23:55.069 --> 00:23:57.750 You<00:23:55.369><c> said,</c><00:23:55.769><c> I</c><00:23:55.769><c> will</c><00:23:56.029><c> question</c><00:23:56.430><c> you,</c><00:23:56.750><c> and</c><00:23:56.890><c> you</c><00:23:57.049><c> shall</c><00:23:57.230><c> answer</c><00:23:57.529><c> me.</c> 00:23:57.769 --> 00:24:00.569 That's<00:23:58.029><c> the</c><00:23:58.109><c> way</c><00:23:58.210><c> God</c><00:23:58.410><c> had</c><00:23:58.630><c> opened</c><00:23:58.869><c> up</c><00:23:59.089><c> chapter</c><00:23:59.349><c> 38.</c> 00:24:01.170 --> 00:24:04.410 And<00:24:01.329><c> Job</c><00:24:01.470><c> says,</c><00:24:02.089><c> I</c><00:24:02.329><c> have</c><00:24:02.650><c> heard</c><00:24:02.890><c> of</c><00:24:03.049><c> you</c><00:24:03.289><c> by</c><00:24:03.569><c> the</c><00:24:03.809><c> hearing</c><00:24:04.089><c> of</c> 00:24:04.410 --> 00:24:04.930 the<00:24:04.670><c> ear.</c> 00:24:04.950 --> 00:24:10.789 He<00:24:05.170><c> had</c><00:24:05.430><c> a</c><00:24:05.789><c> knowledge</c><00:24:06.130><c> of</c><00:24:06.509><c> God,</c><00:24:09.529><c> a</c><00:24:09.789><c> wonderful</c><00:24:10.210><c> knowledge</c><00:24:10.630><c> of</c> 00:24:10.789 --> 00:24:13.089 him<00:24:10.950><c> that</c><00:24:11.130><c> had</c><00:24:11.349><c> come</c><00:24:11.529><c> to</c><00:24:11.789><c> him,</c> 00:24:14.390 --> 00:24:17.190 even<00:24:14.670><c> as</c><00:24:14.890><c> it</c><00:24:15.069><c> comes</c><00:24:15.250><c> to</c><00:24:15.569><c> us</c><00:24:15.869><c> through</c><00:24:16.130><c> our</c><00:24:16.390><c> word</c><00:24:16.650><c> and</c><00:24:16.869><c> our</c> 00:24:17.190 --> 00:24:18.869 associations<00:24:17.670><c> together.</c> 00:24:19.009 --> 00:24:22.349 But<00:24:19.609><c> there</c><00:24:19.849><c> was</c><00:24:20.250><c> an</c><00:24:20.710><c> aspect</c><00:24:21.049><c> of</c><00:24:21.269><c> it,</c><00:24:21.450><c> a</c><00:24:21.569><c> depth</c><00:24:21.829><c> of</c><00:24:22.049><c> it,</c> 00:24:22.430 --> 00:24:27.210 that<00:24:22.569><c> he</c><00:24:22.750><c> did</c><00:24:23.029><c> not</c><00:24:23.329><c> then</c><00:24:23.670><c> have</c><00:24:24.089><c> when</c><00:24:24.430><c> this</c><00:24:24.730><c> drama</c><00:24:25.069><c> began</c><00:24:25.910><c> to</c><00:24:26.190><c> unfold.</c> 00:24:27.410 --> 00:24:31.130 Now<00:24:27.910><c> my</c><00:24:28.509><c> eye</c><00:24:29.289><c> sees</c><00:24:29.910><c> you.</c> 00:24:31.309 --> 00:24:35.930 Like<00:24:31.730><c> Moses,</c><00:24:32.490><c> he</c><00:24:32.809><c> now</c><00:24:33.369><c> understood</c><00:24:34.250><c> God's</c><00:24:34.970><c> ways,</c> 00:24:36.990 --> 00:24:39.890 the<00:24:37.150><c> way</c><00:24:37.450><c> in</c><00:24:37.710><c> which</c><00:24:37.869><c> he</c><00:24:38.130><c> works</c><00:24:38.430><c> with</c><00:24:38.730><c> his</c><00:24:39.029><c> children</c><00:24:39.369><c> to</c><00:24:39.650><c> bring</c> 00:24:39.890 --> 00:24:42.829 them<00:24:40.130><c> to</c><00:24:40.630><c> his</c><00:24:41.009><c> kind</c><00:24:41.289><c> of</c><00:24:41.549><c> righteousness</c><00:24:41.869><c> eventually,</c> 00:24:42.990 --> 00:24:46.150 ultimately,<00:24:44.190><c> to</c><00:24:44.309><c> where</c><00:24:44.390><c> they</c><00:24:44.569><c> can</c><00:24:44.750><c> be</c><00:24:44.970><c> useful</c><00:24:45.309><c> to</c><00:24:45.569><c> him,</c> 00:24:46.150 --> 00:24:49.910 to<00:24:46.630><c> where</c><00:24:46.650><c> they</c><00:24:46.789><c> will</c><00:24:47.049><c> do</c><00:24:47.789><c> everything</c><00:24:48.490><c> committed</c><00:24:49.470><c> to</c><00:24:49.690><c> their</c> 00:24:49.910 --> 00:24:51.670 trust<00:24:50.230><c> and</c><00:24:50.509><c> care,</c><00:24:50.849><c> all</c><00:24:50.970><c> of</c><00:24:51.130><c> their</c><00:24:51.269><c> activities.</c> 00:24:51.730 --> 00:24:55.269 They'll<00:24:51.970><c> do</c><00:24:52.130><c> them</c><00:24:52.289><c> exactly</c><00:24:52.690><c> as</c><00:24:52.930><c> he</c><00:24:53.210><c> would</c><00:24:53.390><c> because</c><00:24:53.750><c> they</c><00:24:54.910><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:55.109><c> do</c> 00:24:55.269 --> 00:24:56.210 it<00:24:55.390><c> any</c><00:24:55.509><c> other</c><00:24:55.789><c> way,</c> 00:24:56.289 --> 00:24:59.089 not<00:24:56.410><c> because</c><00:24:56.690><c> they'd</c><00:24:56.849><c> be</c><00:24:56.990><c> forced</c><00:24:57.390><c> to,</c><00:24:58.309><c> not</c><00:24:58.490><c> because</c><00:24:58.809><c> of</c><00:24:58.910><c> whether</c><00:24:59.009><c> they</c> 00:24:59.089 --> 00:25:00.130 can<00:24:59.250><c> get</c><00:24:59.430><c> out</c><00:24:59.609><c> of</c><00:24:59.750><c> it,</c> 00:25:00.269 --> 00:25:04.410 but<00:25:00.349><c> because</c><00:25:00.670><c> they</c><00:25:00.890><c> have</c><00:25:01.089><c> become</c><00:25:01.410><c> totally,</c><00:25:02.970><c> fully</c><00:25:03.329><c> convinced</c> 00:25:04.410 --> 00:25:07.130 that<00:25:06.390><c> he's</c><00:25:06.630><c> right</c> 00:25:07.130 --> 00:25:09.750 and<00:25:07.470><c> that</c><00:25:07.630><c> his</c><00:25:07.849><c> way</c><00:25:07.990><c> is</c><00:25:08.210><c> the</c><00:25:08.349><c> only</c><00:25:08.549><c> right</c><00:25:08.789><c> way.</c> 00:25:11.710 --> 00:25:16.410 Therefore,<00:25:12.890><c> I</c><00:25:12.890><c> abhor</c><00:25:13.170><c> myself</c><00:25:13.750><c> and</c><00:25:13.950><c> repent</c><00:25:14.609><c> in</c><00:25:15.009><c> dust</c><00:25:15.250><c> and</c><00:25:15.430><c> ashes.</c> 00:25:27.869 --> 00:25:38.890 It's<00:25:28.990><c> interesting</c><00:25:29.490><c> that</c><00:25:34.690><c> Job's</c><00:25:35.349><c> three</c><00:25:35.569><c> friends</c><00:25:36.190><c> have</c><00:25:38.509><c> really</c> 00:25:38.890 --> 00:25:42.509 been<00:25:39.250><c> converted</c><00:25:39.750><c> by</c><00:25:41.210><c> what's</c><00:25:41.609><c> happened.</c> 00:25:43.789 --> 00:25:50.809 Their<00:25:44.470><c> eyes</c><00:25:44.690><c> had</c><00:25:44.950><c> been</c><00:25:45.130><c> opened</c><00:25:45.710><c> and</c><00:25:47.569><c> they</c><00:25:47.769><c> had</c><00:25:48.049><c> been</c><00:25:48.589><c> extremely</c><00:25:49.609><c> closed,</c> 00:25:51.869 --> 00:25:59.410 extremely<00:25:52.549><c> fixed</c><00:25:53.230><c> in</c><00:25:53.869><c> their</c><00:25:56.089><c> view,</c><00:25:57.509><c> their</c><00:25:57.750><c> position,</c><00:25:58.190><c> if</c><00:25:58.390><c> you</c><00:25:58.569><c> will.</c> 00:26:00.210 --> 00:26:04.230 They<00:26:00.470><c> knew</c><00:26:00.789><c> they</c><00:26:01.009><c> were</c><00:26:01.349><c> right</c><00:26:01.849><c> and</c><00:26:03.390><c> they</c><00:26:03.569><c> were</c><00:26:03.769><c> not</c><00:26:03.950><c> listening</c> 00:26:04.230 --> 00:26:07.670 to<00:26:04.430><c> what</c><00:26:04.650><c> Job</c><00:26:04.809><c> said</c><00:26:05.210><c> for</c><00:26:05.549><c> the</c><00:26:05.829><c> longest</c><00:26:06.130><c> time.</c> 00:26:10.730 --> 00:26:14.210 So<00:26:11.329><c> it</c><00:26:11.569><c> was,</c><00:26:11.990><c> after</c><00:26:12.230><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:12.569><c> had</c><00:26:12.789><c> spoken</c><00:26:13.089><c> these</c><00:26:13.369><c> words</c><00:26:13.690><c> to</c><00:26:13.950><c> Job,</c> 00:26:14.309 --> 00:26:16.690 that<00:26:14.509><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:14.869><c> said</c><00:26:15.130><c> to</c><00:26:15.329><c> a</c><00:26:15.470><c> life</c><00:26:15.710><c>-ass,</c><00:26:16.009><c> the</c><00:26:16.190><c> Timonite,</c> 00:26:17.109 --> 00:26:20.349 My<00:26:17.329><c> wrath</c><00:26:17.690><c> is</c><00:26:17.970><c> aroused</c><00:26:18.309><c> against</c><00:26:18.769><c> you</c><00:26:19.230><c> and</c><00:26:19.430><c> your</c><00:26:19.769><c> two</c><00:26:19.990><c> friends,</c> 00:26:20.450 --> 00:26:24.490 for<00:26:20.630><c> you</c><00:26:20.910><c> have</c><00:26:21.230><c> not</c><00:26:21.589><c> spoken</c><00:26:22.069><c> of</c><00:26:22.529><c> me</c><00:26:22.970><c> what</c><00:26:23.269><c> is</c><00:26:23.690><c> right.</c> 00:26:24.950 --> 00:26:29.930 You<00:26:25.369><c> accuse</c><00:26:25.650><c> me</c><00:26:25.950><c> of</c><00:26:25.990><c> being</c><00:26:26.309><c> a</c><00:26:26.549><c> God</c><00:26:26.769><c> who,</c><00:26:28.029><c> in</c><00:26:28.390><c> effect,</c><00:26:28.690><c> pays</c><00:26:29.009><c> wages</c><00:26:29.509><c> for</c> 00:26:29.930 --> 00:26:31.230 right<00:26:30.210><c> living</c> 00:26:31.769 --> 00:26:37.410 and<00:26:32.250><c> brings</c><00:26:32.630><c> exact</c><00:26:33.490><c> judgments</c><00:26:33.950><c> upon</c><00:26:34.470><c> the</c><00:26:35.509><c> wicked</c><00:26:35.910><c> right</c><00:26:36.490><c> now.</c> 00:26:37.890 --> 00:26:41.609 That's<00:26:38.130><c> the</c><00:26:38.170><c> way</c><00:26:38.390><c> you,</c><00:26:39.190><c> in</c><00:26:39.450><c> effect,</c><00:26:40.069><c> said</c><00:26:40.190><c> that's</c><00:26:41.049><c> God's</c><00:26:41.430><c> way</c> 00:26:41.609 --> 00:26:43.769 of<00:26:41.809><c> developing</c><00:26:42.250><c> sons</c><00:26:42.569><c> and</c><00:26:42.789><c> daughters</c> 00:26:45.109 --> 00:26:49.950 by<00:26:45.589><c> a</c><00:26:46.069><c> system</c><00:26:46.450><c> of</c><00:26:47.789><c> rewards,</c><00:26:48.529><c> just</c><00:26:48.769><c> like</c><00:26:48.950><c> animals.</c> 00:26:50.630 --> 00:26:53.410 If<00:26:50.950><c> they</c><00:26:51.150><c> go</c><00:26:51.390><c> up</c><00:26:51.569><c> a</c><00:26:51.690><c> chute,</c><00:26:51.869><c> they</c><00:26:52.029><c> get</c><00:26:52.210><c> a</c><00:26:52.410><c> lump</c><00:26:52.509><c> of</c><00:26:52.710><c> sugar,</c><00:26:52.990><c> whatever</c><00:26:53.230><c> it</c> 00:26:53.410 --> 00:26:54.970 is<00:26:53.549><c> that</c><00:26:53.690><c> they're</c><00:26:53.869><c> training</c><00:26:54.109><c> them</c><00:26:54.269><c> to</c><00:26:54.430><c> do,</c> 00:26:55.150 --> 00:26:56.730 and<00:26:55.329><c> they</c><00:26:55.509><c> become</c><00:26:55.930><c> mere</c><00:26:56.250><c> robots.</c> 00:26:56.730 --> 00:26:59.289 That<00:26:57.410><c> was</c><00:26:57.630><c> their</c><00:26:57.809><c> concept</c><00:26:58.269><c> of</c><00:26:58.470><c> the</c><00:26:58.549><c> way</c><00:26:58.670><c> God</c><00:26:58.869><c> was</c><00:26:59.109><c> dealing</c> 00:26:59.289 --> 00:27:00.750 with<00:26:59.529><c> them.</c> 00:27:01.529 --> 00:27:03.809 And<00:27:01.670><c> again,</c><00:27:02.009><c> brothers</c><00:27:02.170><c> and</c><00:27:02.349><c> sisters,</c><00:27:03.029><c> I</c><00:27:03.170><c> think</c><00:27:03.289><c> most</c><00:27:03.569><c> of</c><00:27:03.690><c> us</c> 00:27:03.809 --> 00:27:05.529 go<00:27:03.990><c> through</c><00:27:04.250><c> that</c><00:27:04.490><c> stage.</c> 00:27:07.970 --> 00:27:11.269 I've<00:27:08.230><c> watched</c><00:27:08.470><c> it</c><00:27:09.809><c> over</c><00:27:10.549><c> the</c><00:27:10.809><c> years.</c> 00:27:11.569 --> 00:27:13.690 It's<00:27:11.869><c> easy</c><00:27:12.029><c> to</c><00:27:12.190><c> come</c><00:27:12.289><c> to</c><00:27:12.410><c> a</c><00:27:12.410><c> conclusion,</c><00:27:12.869><c> everything's</c><00:27:13.210><c> going</c><00:27:13.390><c> right,</c> 00:27:13.970 --> 00:27:16.450 therefore<00:27:14.089><c> God</c><00:27:14.349><c> must</c><00:27:14.549><c> be</c><00:27:14.730><c> very</c><00:27:14.930><c> pleased</c><00:27:15.130><c> with</c><00:27:15.349><c> me.</c> 00:27:17.170 --> 00:27:18.930 It's<00:27:17.690><c> not</c><00:27:17.970><c> true.</c> 00:27:19.250 --> 00:27:22.750 He's<00:27:19.589><c> testing</c><00:27:19.930><c> us</c><00:27:20.190><c> by</c><00:27:20.470><c> our</c><00:27:21.049><c> good</c><00:27:21.309><c> times</c><00:27:21.690><c> and</c><00:27:21.910><c> our</c><00:27:22.150><c> prosperity</c> 00:27:22.750 --> 00:27:26.130 as<00:27:22.950><c> much</c><00:27:23.210><c> as</c><00:27:23.369><c> He's</c><00:27:23.569><c> testing</c><00:27:23.829><c> us</c><00:27:24.029><c> by</c><00:27:24.230><c> the</c><00:27:24.430><c> affliction</c><00:27:24.789><c> and</c><00:27:24.970><c> the</c><00:27:25.190><c> adversity.</c> 00:27:26.750 --> 00:27:29.829 Don't<00:27:26.990><c> ever</c><00:27:27.349><c> be</c><00:27:27.650><c> deluded</c><00:27:27.990><c> into</c><00:27:28.269><c> thinking</c><00:27:28.609><c> that</c><00:27:28.809><c> because</c><00:27:29.210><c> I'm</c> 00:27:29.829 --> 00:27:30.549 in<00:27:29.990><c> clear</c><00:27:30.210><c> sailing</c> 00:27:30.549 --> 00:27:33.289 and<00:27:30.769><c> things</c><00:27:30.910><c> seem</c><00:27:31.109><c> to</c><00:27:31.190><c> be</c><00:27:31.329><c> going</c><00:27:31.470><c> my</c><00:27:31.789><c> way,</c><00:27:32.029><c> that</c><00:27:32.190><c> that's</c><00:27:33.210><c> a</c> 00:27:33.289 --> 00:27:33.990 clear<00:27:33.450><c> indication</c> 00:27:33.990 --> 00:27:37.250 that<00:27:34.230><c> I'm</c><00:27:34.509><c> pleasing</c><00:27:34.849><c> Him</c><00:27:35.190><c> and</c><00:27:35.269><c> that</c><00:27:35.450><c> I'm</c><00:27:35.609><c> on</c><00:27:35.769><c> the</c><00:27:35.869><c> right</c><00:27:36.069><c> track.</c> 00:27:38.650 --> 00:27:40.650 There<00:27:39.150><c> is</c><00:27:39.450><c> no</c><00:27:39.609><c> correlation.</c> 00:27:42.130 --> 00:27:44.849 See,<00:27:42.329><c> what</c><00:27:42.470><c> He</c><00:27:42.650><c> will</c><00:27:42.849><c> do</c><00:27:43.230><c> is</c><00:27:43.490><c> bless</c><00:27:43.750><c> us</c><00:27:44.069><c> in</c><00:27:44.289><c> the</c><00:27:44.490><c> ultimate,</c> 00:27:45.210 --> 00:27:50.670 and<00:27:45.289><c> He'll</c><00:27:45.430><c> bring</c><00:27:45.609><c> a</c><00:27:45.849><c> peace</c><00:27:46.029><c> into</c><00:27:46.309><c> our</c><00:27:46.609><c> lives</c><00:27:47.329><c> that</c><00:27:47.849><c> can</c><00:27:48.829><c> sustain</c><00:27:49.589><c> whatever</c><00:27:50.210><c> comes</c> 00:27:50.670 --> 00:27:51.490 upon<00:27:50.970><c> us.</c> 00:27:51.490 --> 00:27:55.869 And<00:27:52.369><c> there</c><00:27:52.509><c> is</c><00:27:52.730><c> a</c><00:27:52.930><c> peace</c><00:27:53.390><c> that</c><00:27:53.849><c> we</c><00:27:54.289><c> have</c><00:27:54.789><c> achieved</c><00:27:55.329><c> and</c><00:27:55.589><c> come</c> 00:27:55.869 --> 00:27:57.549 to<00:27:56.210><c> in</c><00:27:56.450><c> our</c><00:27:56.630><c> relationship</c><00:27:57.109><c> to</c><00:27:57.289><c> God</c> 00:27:57.549 --> 00:27:58.970 which<00:27:57.789><c> passes</c><00:27:58.250><c> understanding.</c> 00:27:59.230 --> 00:28:01.269 You<00:27:59.230><c> can't</c><00:27:59.450><c> hardly</c><00:27:59.630><c> talk</c><00:27:59.950><c> about</c><00:28:00.210><c> it.</c> 00:28:02.109 --> 00:28:02.890 And<00:28:02.329><c> it</c><00:28:02.569><c> does.</c> 00:28:02.950 --> 00:28:08.069 It<00:28:03.369><c> permits</c><00:28:03.730><c> you</c><00:28:04.089><c> to</c><00:28:04.950><c> handle</c><00:28:05.829><c> every</c><00:28:06.369><c> situation</c><00:28:07.109><c> in</c><00:28:07.549><c> the</c><00:28:07.750><c> family,</c> 00:28:08.190 --> 00:28:11.609 in<00:28:08.269><c> the</c><00:28:08.430><c> ecclesia,</c><00:28:10.289><c> in</c><00:28:10.490><c> the</c><00:28:10.609><c> workplace,</c> 00:28:12.170 --> 00:28:16.150 with<00:28:12.509><c> a</c><00:28:12.710><c> quiet</c><00:28:12.950><c> confidence</c><00:28:13.670><c> that</c><00:28:14.569><c> He</c><00:28:14.630><c> knows</c><00:28:14.849><c> what</c><00:28:15.009><c> He's</c><00:28:15.250><c> doing.</c> 00:28:16.710 --> 00:28:20.210 But<00:28:16.890><c> that's</c><00:28:17.210><c> entirely</c><00:28:17.509><c> apart</c><00:28:17.930><c> from</c><00:28:18.710><c> this</c><00:28:19.049><c> surfacey</c><00:28:19.529><c> view</c><00:28:19.769><c> that</c> 00:28:20.210 --> 00:28:23.210 if<00:28:20.650><c> I'm</c><00:28:20.789><c> not</c><00:28:21.029><c> having</c><00:28:21.210><c> a</c><00:28:21.369><c> problem</c><00:28:21.690><c> with</c><00:28:21.910><c> my</c><00:28:22.130><c> automobile</c><00:28:22.529><c> or</c><00:28:22.910><c> if</c> 00:28:23.210 --> 00:28:24.410 I've<00:28:23.369><c> got</c><00:28:23.509><c> a</c><00:28:23.609><c> nice</c><00:28:23.829><c> new</c><00:28:24.009><c> home</c> 00:28:24.410 --> 00:28:26.549 or<00:28:25.069><c> my</c><00:28:25.349><c> job's</c><00:28:25.730><c> going</c><00:28:25.910><c> great,</c> 00:28:26.910 --> 00:28:30.769 that<00:28:27.009><c> those</c><00:28:27.210><c> are</c><00:28:28.430><c> all</c><00:28:28.670><c> clear</c><00:28:28.970><c> signals</c><00:28:29.470><c> that</c><00:28:29.670><c> God's</c><00:28:30.430><c> pleased</c> 00:28:30.769 --> 00:28:32.809 with<00:28:31.049><c> my</c><00:28:31.349><c> way</c><00:28:31.509><c> of</c><00:28:31.789><c> life.</c> 00:28:33.630 --> 00:28:35.450 That<00:28:33.950><c> can</c><00:28:34.130><c> be</c><00:28:34.390><c> fatal.</c> 00:28:36.150 --> 00:28:40.049 God<00:28:36.450><c> tests</c><00:28:36.750><c> us</c><00:28:37.089><c> by</c><00:28:38.390><c> that</c><00:28:38.650><c> which</c><00:28:38.829><c> is</c><00:28:39.049><c> committed</c><00:28:39.289><c> to</c><00:28:39.549><c> our</c><00:28:39.769><c> care,</c> 00:28:40.289 --> 00:28:42.990 by<00:28:40.490><c> the</c><00:28:40.809><c> successes</c><00:28:41.069><c> we</c><00:28:41.390><c> have</c><00:28:41.529><c> in</c><00:28:41.690><c> this</c><00:28:41.910><c> life.</c> 00:28:46.569 --> 00:28:49.089 Now,<00:28:47.430><c> therefore,</c><00:28:47.589><c> take</c><00:28:47.789><c> for</c><00:28:47.970><c> yourselves</c><00:28:48.430><c> seven</c><00:28:48.769><c> bowls,</c> 00:28:49.150 --> 00:28:49.789 seven<00:28:49.450><c> rams,</c> 00:28:49.829 --> 00:28:51.750 go<00:28:49.990><c> to</c><00:28:50.130><c> my</c><00:28:50.329><c> servant</c><00:28:50.630><c> Job.</c> 00:28:51.990 --> 00:28:53.789 Now<00:28:52.289><c> he</c><00:28:52.450><c> becomes</c><00:28:52.910><c> the</c><00:28:53.250><c> intercessor.</c> 00:28:53.950 --> 00:28:55.970 He<00:28:54.170><c> really</c><00:28:54.450><c> does.</c> 00:28:56.509 --> 00:28:57.890 The<00:28:56.609><c> type</c><00:28:56.750><c> of</c><00:28:56.910><c> the</c><00:28:57.009><c> Lord</c><00:28:57.170><c> Jesus</c><00:28:57.509><c> Christ.</c> 00:28:57.990 --> 00:28:59.829 And<00:28:58.109><c> offer</c><00:28:58.309><c> up</c><00:28:58.450><c> for</c><00:28:58.630><c> yourselves</c><00:28:59.069><c> a</c><00:28:59.309><c> burnt</c><00:28:59.490><c> offering,</c> 00:28:59.930 --> 00:29:03.569 and<00:29:00.049><c> my</c><00:29:00.369><c> servant</c><00:29:00.670><c> Job</c><00:29:01.069><c> shall</c><00:29:01.410><c> pray</c><00:29:01.789><c> for</c><00:29:02.170><c> you.</c> 00:29:06.349 --> 00:29:07.650 See<00:29:06.609><c> the</c><00:29:06.869><c> point?</c> 00:29:08.470 --> 00:29:10.349 They<00:29:08.829><c> needed</c><00:29:09.190><c> someone</c><00:29:09.630><c> to</c><00:29:09.910><c> intercede,</c> 00:29:10.390 --> 00:29:12.970 even<00:29:10.609><c> as</c><00:29:10.769><c> we</c><00:29:10.950><c> do</c><00:29:11.130><c> through</c><00:29:11.369><c> the</c><00:29:11.509><c> Lord</c><00:29:11.670><c> Jesus</c><00:29:12.109><c> Christ.</c> 00:29:13.210 --> 00:29:16.490 For<00:29:13.690><c> I</c><00:29:13.930><c> will</c><00:29:14.190><c> accept</c><00:29:14.609><c> Him,</c><00:29:15.230><c> lest</c><00:29:15.309><c> I</c><00:29:15.589><c> deal</c><00:29:15.710><c> with</c><00:29:15.910><c> you</c><00:29:16.130><c> according</c> 00:29:16.490 --> 00:29:17.289 to<00:29:16.750><c> your</c><00:29:17.009><c> folly,</c> 00:29:17.509 --> 00:29:19.890 because<00:29:17.630><c> you</c><00:29:17.809><c> have</c><00:29:17.990><c> not</c><00:29:18.170><c> spoken</c><00:29:18.490><c> of</c><00:29:18.690><c> me</c><00:29:18.829><c> what</c><00:29:18.990><c> is</c><00:29:19.210><c> right</c><00:29:19.390><c> as</c><00:29:19.630><c> my</c> 00:29:19.890 --> 00:29:20.990 servant<00:29:20.150><c> Job.</c> 00:29:22.369 --> 00:29:24.349 See,<00:29:22.549><c> that</c><00:29:22.730><c> tells</c><00:29:22.950><c> you</c><00:29:23.150><c> that</c><00:29:23.309><c> basically</c><00:29:23.789><c> Job</c><00:29:23.970><c> was</c><00:29:24.190><c> on</c><00:29:24.269><c> the</c> 00:29:24.349 --> 00:29:25.789 right<00:29:24.569><c> track.</c> 00:29:29.829 --> 00:29:33.549 But<00:29:30.069><c> he</c><00:29:30.210><c> had</c><00:29:30.349><c> these</c><00:29:30.930><c> grievous</c><00:29:31.509><c> questions</c><00:29:32.309><c> about</c><00:29:32.809><c> why</c><00:29:33.170><c> he</c><00:29:33.369><c> was</c> 00:29:33.549 --> 00:29:36.609 being<00:29:33.809><c> made</c><00:29:34.069><c> to</c><00:29:34.269><c> look</c><00:29:34.410><c> like</c><00:29:34.730><c> this</c><00:29:35.210><c> terrible</c><00:29:35.769><c> sinner,</c> 00:29:36.829 --> 00:29:42.210 why<00:29:37.130><c> he</c><00:29:37.329><c> was</c><00:29:37.569><c> being</c><00:29:38.730><c> treated</c><00:29:39.750><c> like</c><00:29:40.430><c> he</c><00:29:40.710><c> was</c><00:29:41.029><c> a</c><00:29:41.309><c> sinner.</c> 00:29:44.809 --> 00:29:48.470 But<00:29:45.410><c> it's</c><00:29:46.009><c> the</c><00:29:46.170><c> basis</c><00:29:46.490><c> for</c><00:29:46.769><c> James'</c><00:29:47.349><c> comment</c><00:29:47.450><c> about</c><00:29:47.710><c> the</c><00:29:48.009><c> effective,</c> 00:29:48.650 --> 00:29:52.289 fervent<00:29:48.890><c> prayer</c><00:29:49.450><c> of</c><00:29:49.750><c> a</c><00:29:49.890><c> righteous</c><00:29:50.210><c> man</c><00:29:50.710><c> with</c><00:29:51.309><c> Elijah.</c> 00:29:53.329 --> 00:29:56.289 He<00:29:53.410><c> had</c><00:29:53.650><c> Job</c><00:29:53.829><c> in</c><00:29:54.130><c> mind</c><00:29:54.349><c> in</c><00:29:54.490><c> much</c><00:29:54.690><c> of</c><00:29:54.849><c> his</c><00:29:55.009><c> epistle.</c> 00:29:58.609 --> 00:30:06.950 Job<00:29:59.170><c> was</c><00:29:59.549><c> restored</c><00:30:00.509><c> after,</c><00:30:02.170><c> after</c><00:30:03.529><c> he</c><00:30:04.630><c> had</c><00:30:04.910><c> prayed</c><00:30:05.309><c> for</c><00:30:05.750><c> his</c><00:30:06.029><c> friends.</c> 00:30:08.049 --> 00:30:11.650 So<00:30:08.190><c> you</c><00:30:08.329><c> see</c><00:30:08.470><c> the</c><00:30:08.630><c> correlation</c><00:30:09.130><c> between</c><00:30:09.490><c> what</c><00:30:09.630><c> he</c><00:30:09.809><c> went</c><00:30:09.950><c> through</c><00:30:10.529><c> and</c> 00:30:11.650 --> 00:30:13.329 what<00:30:11.809><c> it</c><00:30:12.009><c> did</c><00:30:12.089><c> for</c><00:30:12.349><c> them.</c> 00:30:15.450 --> 00:30:18.890 Yahweh<00:30:15.750><c> restored</c><00:30:16.410><c> Job's</c><00:30:16.950><c> losses</c><00:30:17.329><c> when</c><00:30:17.869><c> he</c><00:30:18.130><c> had</c><00:30:18.369><c> prayed</c><00:30:18.609><c> for</c> 00:30:18.890 --> 00:30:19.670 his<00:30:19.210><c> friends.</c> 00:30:19.970 --> 00:30:23.009 Indeed<00:30:20.329><c> the</c><00:30:20.490><c> Lord</c><00:30:20.670><c> gave</c><00:30:20.869><c> him</c><00:30:21.130><c> twice</c><00:30:21.390><c> as</c><00:30:21.609><c> much</c><00:30:21.809><c> as</c><00:30:21.950><c> he</c><00:30:22.150><c> had</c><00:30:22.289><c> before.</c> 00:30:23.009 --> 00:30:25.890 And<00:30:23.710><c> all</c><00:30:23.910><c> his</c><00:30:24.069><c> brothers</c><00:30:24.430><c> and</c><00:30:24.730><c> sisters</c><00:30:25.109><c> and</c><00:30:25.390><c> all</c><00:30:25.589><c> who</c><00:30:25.750><c> had</c><00:30:25.789><c> been</c> 00:30:25.890 --> 00:30:26.990 his<00:30:26.190><c> acquaintances</c><00:30:26.609><c> before</c> 00:30:26.990 --> 00:30:29.430 came<00:30:27.309><c> to</c><00:30:27.450><c> him</c><00:30:27.670><c> and</c><00:30:27.789><c> ate</c><00:30:27.970><c> food</c><00:30:28.210><c> with</c><00:30:28.430><c> him</c><00:30:28.549><c> in</c><00:30:28.650><c> his</c><00:30:28.829><c> house</c><00:30:29.170><c> and</c> 00:30:29.430 --> 00:30:30.930 the<00:30:29.609><c> fellowship</c><00:30:30.029><c> meal.</c> 00:30:31.109 --> 00:30:35.130 They<00:30:31.450><c> consoled</c><00:30:31.910><c> him</c><00:30:32.109><c> and</c><00:30:32.410><c> comforted</c><00:30:32.750><c> him</c><00:30:32.990><c> for</c><00:30:33.269><c> all</c><00:30:33.670><c> the</c><00:30:33.869><c> adversity</c><00:30:34.450><c> that</c> 00:30:35.130 --> 00:30:37.009 Yahweh<00:30:35.470><c> had</c><00:30:35.710><c> brought</c><00:30:35.869><c> upon</c><00:30:36.130><c> him.</c> 00:30:37.230 --> 00:30:39.470 Everyone<00:30:37.569><c> gave</c><00:30:37.809><c> him</c><00:30:38.009><c> a</c><00:30:38.130><c> piece</c><00:30:38.269><c> of</c><00:30:38.549><c> silver</c><00:30:38.789><c> and</c><00:30:38.990><c> each</c><00:30:39.190><c> a</c><00:30:39.329><c> ring</c> 00:30:39.470 --> 00:30:40.529 of<00:30:39.710><c> gold.</c> 00:30:40.869 --> 00:30:43.289 He<00:30:41.289><c> was</c><00:30:41.509><c> being</c><00:30:41.690><c> marvelously</c><00:30:42.269><c> elevated.</c> 00:30:43.809 --> 00:30:47.150 It's<00:30:44.329><c> a</c><00:30:44.450><c> bit</c><00:30:44.569><c> typical</c><00:30:44.970><c> about</c><00:30:45.329><c> the</c><00:30:45.529><c> glories</c><00:30:45.789><c> that</c><00:30:46.029><c> will</c><00:30:46.869><c> come</c> 00:30:47.150 --> 00:30:49.130 to<00:30:47.390><c> the</c><00:30:47.529><c> Lord</c><00:30:47.670><c> Jesus</c><00:30:48.009><c> Christ.</c> 00:30:50.329 --> 00:30:56.009 And<00:30:50.890><c> the</c><00:30:50.990><c> Lord</c><00:30:51.250><c> blessed</c><00:30:52.869><c> the</c><00:30:54.130><c> latter</c><00:30:54.309><c> days</c><00:30:54.589><c> of</c><00:30:54.890><c> Job</c><00:30:55.230><c> more</c><00:30:55.869><c> than</c> 00:30:56.009 --> 00:30:57.109 the<00:30:56.250><c> beginning.</c> 00:30:58.650 --> 00:31:01.109 I'm<00:30:58.950><c> sure</c><00:30:59.150><c> you've</c><00:30:59.490><c> all</c><00:30:59.609><c> thought</c><00:30:59.829><c> about</c><00:31:00.130><c> the</c><00:31:00.309><c> fact</c><00:31:00.509><c> that</c><00:31:00.829><c> there</c> 00:31:01.109 --> 00:31:04.349 were<00:31:01.789><c> seven</c><00:31:02.130><c> sons</c><00:31:02.470><c> and</c><00:31:02.650><c> three</c><00:31:02.910><c> daughters</c><00:31:03.190><c> before</c> 00:31:04.630 --> 00:31:07.650 and<00:31:05.190><c> there</c><00:31:05.369><c> were</c><00:31:05.890><c> only</c><00:31:06.349><c> seven</c><00:31:06.670><c> sons</c><00:31:06.930><c> and</c><00:31:07.130><c> three</c><00:31:07.349><c> daughters</c> 00:31:07.650 --> 00:31:08.710 that<00:31:07.829><c> were</c><00:31:08.009><c> added</c><00:31:08.250><c> now</c> 00:31:08.710 --> 00:31:11.589 during<00:31:08.990><c> the</c><00:31:09.190><c> last</c><00:31:09.450><c> 140</c><00:31:09.990><c> years</c><00:31:10.269><c> of</c><00:31:10.450><c> his</c><00:31:10.690><c> life.</c> 00:31:12.390 --> 00:31:15.950 And<00:31:12.630><c> the</c><00:31:12.890><c> suggestion</c><00:31:13.309><c> which</c><00:31:13.569><c> seems</c><00:31:13.789><c> to</c><00:31:13.970><c> have</c><00:31:14.130><c> some</c><00:31:14.369><c> merit</c><00:31:14.710><c> is</c><00:31:15.109><c> that</c> 00:31:15.950 --> 00:31:21.829 whereas<00:31:16.309><c> the</c><00:31:16.730><c> animals</c><00:31:17.170><c> would</c><00:31:17.410><c> have</c><00:31:17.609><c> been</c><00:31:17.829><c> lost</c><00:31:18.490><c> and</c><00:31:19.529><c> God</c><00:31:19.789><c> clearly</c><00:31:20.230><c> doubled</c><00:31:20.509><c> them</c> 00:31:21.950 --> 00:31:26.269 after<00:31:22.450><c> the</c><00:31:23.250><c> typical</c><00:31:23.609><c> work</c><00:31:23.970><c> of</c><00:31:24.170><c> the</c><00:31:24.390><c> Redeemer.</c> 00:31:26.450 --> 00:31:29.809 Both<00:31:26.710><c> Jew</c><00:31:26.970><c> and</c><00:31:27.289><c> Gentile</c><00:31:27.829><c> are</c><00:31:28.049><c> brought</c><00:31:28.230><c> into</c><00:31:28.490><c> the</c><00:31:28.789><c> fold.</c> 00:31:30.410 --> 00:31:33.430 The<00:31:30.609><c> marvelous</c><00:31:31.150><c> parable</c><00:31:31.869><c> there.</c> 00:31:35.670 --> 00:31:38.029 The<00:31:35.869><c> doubling</c><00:31:36.170><c> of</c><00:31:36.490><c> the</c><00:31:36.750><c> children.</c> 00:31:38.970 --> 00:31:42.009 The<00:31:39.190><c> inference</c><00:31:39.509><c> is</c><00:31:39.730><c> that</c><00:31:39.869><c> the</c><00:31:40.029><c> first</c><00:31:40.230><c> ten</c><00:31:40.430><c> were</c><00:31:40.650><c> not</c><00:31:40.890><c> lost.</c> 00:31:44.829 --> 00:31:47.849 They<00:31:45.309><c> will</c><00:31:45.509><c> be</c><00:31:45.670><c> restored</c><00:31:46.089><c> to</c><00:31:46.329><c> you</c><00:31:46.509><c> at</c><00:31:46.670><c> the</c><00:31:46.869><c> resurrection.</c> 00:31:50.549 --> 00:31:53.950 I<00:31:50.690><c> think</c><00:31:50.869><c> it's</c><00:31:51.109><c> a</c><00:31:51.230><c> very</c><00:31:51.470><c> reasonable</c><00:31:52.130><c> conclusion.</c> 00:31:55.009 --> 00:31:56.490 Those<00:31:55.170><c> first</c><00:31:55.450><c> ten</c><00:31:55.630><c> were</c><00:31:55.890><c> not</c><00:31:56.150><c> lost.</c> 00:31:56.589 --> 00:31:59.589 It<00:31:56.730><c> would</c><00:31:56.890><c> have</c><00:31:57.029><c> been</c><00:31:57.170><c> inappropriate</c><00:31:57.730><c> to</c><00:31:58.309><c> double</c><00:31:58.529><c> them</c><00:31:59.150><c> and</c> 00:31:59.589 --> 00:32:01.230 imply<00:31:59.789><c> that</c><00:31:59.970><c> they</c><00:32:00.130><c> had</c><00:32:00.369><c> been.</c> 00:32:02.789 --> 00:32:05.450 And<00:32:03.269><c> he</c><00:32:03.309><c> has</c><00:32:03.509><c> these</c><00:32:03.769><c> wonderful</c><00:32:04.230><c> daughters.</c> 00:32:07.490 --> 00:32:09.109 He<00:32:07.750><c> lived</c><00:32:07.970><c> 140</c><00:32:08.670><c> years.</c> 00:32:09.109 --> 00:32:11.829 Can<00:32:09.289><c> you</c><00:32:09.430><c> imagine</c><00:32:09.769><c> how</c><00:32:10.069><c> God</c><00:32:10.289><c> would</c><00:32:10.450><c> have</c><00:32:10.589><c> used</c><00:32:10.809><c> him</c><00:32:11.230><c> during</c> 00:32:11.829 --> 00:32:12.950 that<00:32:12.109><c> period?</c> 00:32:13.470 --> 00:32:16.650 There<00:32:13.670><c> was</c><00:32:13.890><c> a</c><00:32:14.069><c> man</c><00:32:14.470><c> that</c><00:32:14.809><c> knew</c><00:32:14.970><c> God.</c> 00:32:25.049 --> 00:32:28.089 The<00:32:25.630><c> marvel</c><00:32:26.069><c> of</c><00:32:26.250><c> God's</c><00:32:26.769><c> address</c><00:32:27.009><c> to</c><00:32:27.269><c> Job.</c> 00:32:28.730 --> 00:32:32.670 Was<00:32:28.910><c> ever</c><00:32:29.150><c> a</c><00:32:29.329><c> man</c><00:32:29.490><c> the</c><00:32:29.750><c> subject</c><00:32:30.109><c> of</c><00:32:30.349><c> so</c><00:32:30.569><c> full</c><00:32:30.990><c> and</c><00:32:31.390><c> personal</c><00:32:31.789><c> and</c><00:32:32.150><c> searching</c><00:32:32.430><c> a</c> 00:32:32.670 --> 00:32:34.670 divine<00:32:33.009><c> address</c><00:32:33.470><c> to</c><00:32:33.690><c> himself?</c> 00:32:35.309 --> 00:32:37.930 God<00:32:35.829><c> did</c><00:32:36.049><c> not</c><00:32:36.269><c> stoop</c><00:32:36.509><c> to</c><00:32:36.710><c> explain.</c> 00:32:38.890 --> 00:32:41.789 Did<00:32:39.049><c> you</c><00:32:39.150><c> notice</c><00:32:39.410><c> that?</c><00:32:40.130><c> He</c><00:32:40.250><c> didn't</c><00:32:40.509><c> stoop</c><00:32:40.829><c> to</c><00:32:40.990><c> explain</c><00:32:41.390><c> to</c><00:32:41.609><c> Job.</c> 00:32:42.049 --> 00:32:44.609 He<00:32:42.150><c> didn't</c><00:32:42.349><c> try</c><00:32:42.549><c> to</c><00:32:42.630><c> answer</c><00:32:42.869><c> his</c><00:32:43.069><c> specific</c><00:32:43.450><c> questions.</c> 00:32:45.509 --> 00:32:47.289 For<00:32:45.549><c> that</c><00:32:45.730><c> would</c><00:32:45.869><c> have</c><00:32:45.990><c> been</c><00:32:46.130><c> utterly</c><00:32:46.390><c> inappropriate</c><00:32:47.029><c> and</c> 00:32:47.289 --> 00:32:49.809 would<00:32:47.509><c> not</c><00:32:47.630><c> have</c><00:32:47.869><c> accomplished</c><00:32:48.230><c> the</c><00:32:48.509><c> desired</c><00:32:48.849><c> result.</c> 00:32:49.849 --> 00:32:55.549 We<00:32:49.990><c> must</c><00:32:50.269><c> first</c><00:32:50.750><c> accept</c><00:32:51.150><c> God</c><00:32:51.509><c> in</c><00:32:51.809><c> all</c><00:32:52.130><c> his</c><00:32:52.410><c> ways</c><00:32:52.930><c> fully</c><00:32:53.529><c> and</c><00:32:54.009><c> unquestioningly</c> 00:32:56.289 --> 00:32:59.609 before<00:32:56.809><c> we</c><00:32:57.009><c> can</c><00:32:57.210><c> hope</c><00:32:57.430><c> for</c><00:32:57.670><c> any</c><00:32:57.890><c> explanation</c><00:32:58.349><c> of</c><00:32:58.549><c> their</c><00:32:58.670><c> mystery.</c> 00:32:59.710 --> 00:33:03.210 God<00:32:59.970><c> will</c><00:33:00.309><c> not</c><00:33:00.609><c> reveal</c><00:33:00.970><c> himself</c><00:33:01.430><c> to</c><00:33:01.609><c> those</c><00:33:01.910><c> who</c><00:33:02.049><c> are</c><00:33:02.250><c> skeptical</c><00:33:02.690><c> of</c><00:33:02.869><c> him.</c> 00:33:03.210 --> 00:33:05.650 Who<00:33:03.789><c> have</c><00:33:04.049><c> not</c><00:33:04.269><c> come</c><00:33:04.450><c> to</c><00:33:04.609><c> know</c><00:33:04.769><c> him.</c> 00:33:06.210 --> 00:33:08.710 But<00:33:06.289><c> he</c><00:33:06.569><c> condescended</c><00:33:07.109><c> to</c><00:33:07.349><c> take</c><00:33:07.509><c> the</c><00:33:07.750><c> time</c><00:33:07.930><c> and</c><00:33:08.170><c> trouble</c><00:33:08.410><c> to</c> 00:33:08.710 --> 00:33:11.930 fully<00:33:08.950><c> and</c><00:33:09.329><c> in</c><00:33:09.529><c> detail</c><00:33:09.930><c> manifest</c><00:33:10.490><c> himself</c><00:33:11.029><c> and</c><00:33:11.250><c> his</c><00:33:11.450><c> majesty</c> 00:33:11.930 --> 00:33:12.470 to<00:33:12.289><c> Job</c> 00:33:12.470 --> 00:33:16.230 as<00:33:13.049><c> he</c><00:33:13.250><c> did</c><00:33:13.430><c> to</c><00:33:13.690><c> none</c><00:33:13.829><c> other</c><00:33:14.049><c> we</c><00:33:14.230><c> know</c><00:33:14.450><c> of</c><00:33:14.609><c> but</c><00:33:14.809><c> Christ</c><00:33:15.089><c> himself.</c> 00:33:16.829 --> 00:33:20.410 God's<00:33:17.250><c> address</c><00:33:17.529><c> to</c><00:33:17.829><c> Job</c><00:33:18.029><c> is</c><00:33:18.309><c> unique</c><00:33:18.789><c> in</c><00:33:19.170><c> all</c><00:33:19.430><c> scripture.</c> 00:33:21.130 --> 00:33:23.950 How<00:33:21.269><c> much</c><00:33:21.509><c> closer</c><00:33:21.869><c> he</c><00:33:22.069><c> would</c><00:33:22.289><c> now</c><00:33:22.509><c> be</c><00:33:22.730><c> to</c><00:33:22.950><c> God,</c><00:33:23.210><c> how</c><00:33:23.369><c> much</c><00:33:23.609><c> more</c> 00:33:23.950 --> 00:33:24.990 at<00:33:24.329><c> peace.</c> 00:33:25.170 --> 00:33:27.769 Never<00:33:25.470><c> again</c><00:33:25.869><c> would</c><00:33:26.049><c> he</c><00:33:26.309><c> fear</c><00:33:26.650><c> anything.</c> 00:33:30.630 --> 00:33:38.549 Because<00:33:31.309><c> Job,</c><00:33:32.150><c> or</c><00:33:32.369><c> rather,</c><00:33:33.950><c> God</c><00:33:34.170><c> banished</c><00:33:34.789><c> his</c><00:33:35.089><c> questions</c><00:33:35.890><c> not</c><00:33:38.269><c> by</c> 00:33:38.549 --> 00:33:41.869 addressing<00:33:38.930><c> them</c><00:33:39.150><c> but</c><00:33:39.269><c> by</c><00:33:39.710><c> sweeping</c><00:33:39.970><c> them</c><00:33:40.250><c> aside,</c><00:33:40.609><c> eliminating</c><00:33:41.029><c> them.</c> 00:33:42.289 --> 00:33:45.430 When<00:33:42.490><c> God</c><00:33:42.710><c> brought</c><00:33:43.009><c> Job</c><00:33:43.289><c> to</c><00:33:43.490><c> the</c><00:33:43.670><c> comfort</c><00:33:43.910><c> and</c><00:33:44.130><c> peace</c><00:33:44.329><c> of</c><00:33:44.589><c> unquestioning</c><00:33:45.210><c> love</c> 00:33:45.430 --> 00:33:46.750 and<00:33:45.769><c> trust,</c> 00:33:47.349 --> 00:33:53.390 he<00:33:47.549><c> thereby</c><00:33:47.950><c> solved</c><00:33:48.569><c> all</c><00:33:48.910><c> Job's</c><00:33:49.329><c> problems</c><00:33:50.190><c> even</c><00:33:52.650><c> before</c><00:33:53.049><c> he</c> 00:33:53.390 --> 00:33:55.269 removed<00:33:53.910><c> his</c><00:33:54.390><c> afflictions.</c> 00:33:55.269 --> 00:33:58.410 Because<00:33:56.089><c> that</c><00:33:56.309><c> was</c><00:33:56.650><c> the</c><00:33:56.869><c> core</c><00:33:57.049><c> of</c><00:33:57.210><c> his</c><00:33:57.410><c> problem.</c> 00:33:58.650 --> 00:34:00.509 Why<00:33:58.910><c> is</c><00:33:59.109><c> he</c><00:33:59.269><c> treating</c><00:33:59.529><c> me</c><00:33:59.769><c> like</c><00:34:00.069><c> this?</c> 00:34:00.970 --> 00:34:04.230 Why<00:34:01.150><c> is</c><00:34:01.349><c> he</c><00:34:01.890><c> making</c><00:34:02.190><c> it</c><00:34:02.609><c> appear</c><00:34:02.809><c> to</c><00:34:03.069><c> all</c><00:34:03.289><c> around</c><00:34:03.630><c> me</c><00:34:03.809><c> that</c><00:34:03.930><c> I</c><00:34:04.069><c> am</c> 00:34:04.230 --> 00:34:05.369 a<00:34:04.349><c> great</c><00:34:04.549><c> sinner?</c> 00:34:07.609 --> 00:34:11.090 His<00:34:07.869><c> afflictions,</c><00:34:08.550><c> the</c><00:34:08.849><c> removal</c><00:34:09.170><c> came</c><00:34:09.489><c> later</c><00:34:09.829><c> after</c><00:34:10.289><c> Job</c><00:34:10.630><c> had</c> 00:34:11.090 --> 00:34:14.889 waived<00:34:11.750><c> all</c><00:34:12.150><c> his</c><00:34:12.429><c> complaints</c><00:34:12.989><c> and</c><00:34:13.650><c> prostrated</c><00:34:14.110><c> himself</c><00:34:14.630><c> in</c> 00:34:14.889 --> 00:34:16.050 loving<00:34:15.090><c> worship.</c> 00:34:17.070 --> 00:34:21.710 God<00:34:17.389><c> banished</c><00:34:17.909><c> Job's</c><00:34:18.469><c> questions</c><00:34:18.929><c> not</c><00:34:19.349><c> by</c><00:34:19.750><c> answering</c><00:34:20.150><c> them</c><00:34:20.690><c> but</c><00:34:21.269><c> by</c> 00:34:21.710 --> 00:34:24.289 totally<00:34:22.130><c> removing</c><00:34:22.630><c> them</c><00:34:22.869><c> from</c><00:34:23.030><c> his</c><00:34:23.269><c> concern.</c> 00:34:24.869 --> 00:34:27.989 Job<00:34:25.469><c> was</c><00:34:25.730><c> wholly</c><00:34:26.090><c> satisfied</c><00:34:26.690><c> that</c><00:34:26.849><c> whatever</c><00:34:27.170><c> God</c><00:34:27.409><c> did</c><00:34:27.710><c> must</c> 00:34:27.989 --> 00:34:32.230 be<00:34:28.230><c> right</c><00:34:28.809><c> and</c><00:34:29.489><c> must</c><00:34:29.769><c> be</c><00:34:30.010><c> rooted</c><00:34:30.230><c> in</c><00:34:30.489><c> love</c><00:34:30.809><c> and</c><00:34:31.090><c> wisdom.</c> 00:34:33.030 --> 00:34:36.929 God's<00:34:33.369><c> answer</c><00:34:33.809><c> was</c><00:34:34.130><c> to</c><00:34:34.349><c> give</c><00:34:34.489><c> no</c><00:34:34.750><c> answer</c><00:34:35.250><c> but</c><00:34:36.110><c> to</c><00:34:36.329><c> manifest</c><00:34:36.730><c> to</c> 00:34:36.929 --> 00:34:39.750 God<00:34:37.190><c> so</c><00:34:37.590><c> great</c><00:34:37.849><c> that</c><00:34:38.070><c> no</c><00:34:38.349><c> answer</c><00:34:38.610><c> was</c><00:34:38.849><c> needed.</c> 00:34:40.869 --> 00:34:43.750 That's<00:34:41.170><c> what</c><00:34:41.349><c> converted</c><00:34:41.829><c> Job</c><00:34:42.110><c> so</c><00:34:42.510><c> quickly.</c> 00:34:45.849 --> 00:34:49.349 The<00:34:46.010><c> three</c><00:34:46.210><c> friends</c><00:34:46.530><c> had</c><00:34:46.809><c> helped</c><00:34:47.630><c> by</c><00:34:48.130><c> demolishing</c><00:34:48.730><c> this</c><00:34:49.070><c> theory.</c> 00:34:49.429 --> 00:34:51.849 Job<00:34:49.630><c> knew</c><00:34:49.869><c> it</c><00:34:50.650><c> wasn't</c><00:34:50.949><c> right.</c> 00:34:53.110 --> 00:34:59.489 Elihu<00:34:53.789><c> had</c><00:34:53.909><c> made</c><00:34:54.130><c> a</c><00:34:54.590><c> great</c><00:34:54.849><c> step</c><00:34:55.130><c> forward</c><00:34:55.590><c> in</c><00:34:57.210><c> his</c><00:34:57.789><c> understanding</c><00:34:58.489><c> and</c><00:34:58.769><c> acceptance</c><00:34:59.090><c> of</c> 00:34:59.489 --> 00:35:00.170 God's<00:34:59.889><c> greatness</c> 00:35:00.170 --> 00:35:05.150 and<00:35:00.329><c> the</c><00:35:00.429><c> way</c><00:35:00.510><c> he</c><00:35:00.670><c> works</c><00:35:01.769><c> through</c><00:35:02.550><c> the</c><00:35:04.349><c> different</c><00:35:04.670><c> methods,</c> 00:35:05.489 --> 00:35:08.889 the<00:35:05.909><c> revelation,</c><00:35:06.750><c> the</c><00:35:06.949><c> suffering,</c><00:35:07.550><c> the</c><00:35:07.969><c> ransom.</c> 00:35:11.489 --> 00:35:15.329 But<00:35:11.730><c> God</c><00:35:11.929><c> had</c><00:35:12.130><c> made</c><00:35:12.289><c> it</c><00:35:12.530><c> so</c><00:35:12.809><c> clear</c><00:35:13.070><c> to</c><00:35:13.349><c> Job</c><00:35:13.530><c> that</c><00:35:13.730><c> he</c><00:35:13.869><c> is</c><00:35:14.230><c> infinitely</c><00:35:14.670><c> above</c> 00:35:15.329 --> 00:35:18.710 all<00:35:15.889><c> question</c><00:35:16.389><c> and</c><00:35:17.050><c> all</c><00:35:17.590><c> accountability.</c> 00:35:19.530 --> 00:35:23.289 See,<00:35:20.329><c> that</c><00:35:20.590><c> may</c><00:35:20.889><c> seem</c><00:35:21.130><c> pretty</c><00:35:21.409><c> simple</c><00:35:21.730><c> to</c><00:35:21.989><c> you,</c><00:35:22.610><c> but</c><00:35:22.829><c> that's</c><00:35:23.150><c> a</c> 00:35:23.289 --> 00:35:31.110 frame<00:35:23.429><c> of</c><00:35:23.710><c> mind,</c><00:35:27.750><c> a</c><00:35:28.090><c> genuine</c><00:35:28.590><c> total</c><00:35:29.190><c> frame</c><00:35:29.610><c> of</c><00:35:29.949><c> mind</c> 00:35:31.210 --> 00:35:34.269 that<00:35:31.849><c> puts</c><00:35:32.010><c> you</c><00:35:32.250><c> in</c><00:35:32.369><c> a</c><00:35:32.550><c> completely</c><00:35:32.929><c> different</c><00:35:33.550><c> relationship</c> 00:35:34.269 --> 00:35:35.590 with<00:35:34.469><c> God.</c> 00:35:36.510 --> 00:35:41.190 So<00:35:37.150><c> that</c><00:35:37.329><c> your</c><00:35:37.570><c> first</c><00:35:37.889><c> reaction</c><00:35:38.409><c> to</c><00:35:38.769><c> everything,</c><00:35:40.389><c> what</c><00:35:40.530><c> is</c><00:35:40.750><c> said</c><00:35:40.929><c> to</c> 00:35:41.190 --> 00:35:43.750 you,<00:35:42.010><c> to</c><00:35:42.210><c> your</c><00:35:42.369><c> own</c><00:35:42.530><c> mistakes,</c> 00:35:44.489 --> 00:35:48.349 to<00:35:45.130><c> what</c><00:35:45.130><c> happens</c><00:35:45.469><c> to</c><00:35:45.750><c> you</c><00:35:46.690><c> is</c><00:35:47.070><c> totally</c><00:35:47.389><c> different</c><00:35:47.849><c> when</c><00:35:48.170><c> you</c> 00:35:48.349 --> 00:35:49.409 have<00:35:48.570><c> that</c><00:35:48.849><c> perspective,</c> 00:35:49.510 --> 00:35:54.369 that<00:35:49.690><c> God</c><00:35:49.969><c> knows</c><00:35:50.489><c> what</c><00:35:50.710><c> he's</c><00:35:50.909><c> doing,</c><00:35:51.469><c> he</c><00:35:51.510><c> knows</c><00:35:51.829><c> my</c><00:35:52.090><c> situation,</c><00:35:53.329><c> everything</c><00:35:53.650><c> he</c><00:35:53.949><c> does</c> 00:35:54.369 --> 00:35:57.110 is<00:35:54.809><c> right,</c><00:35:55.769><c> it's</c><00:35:56.150><c> needed.</c> 00:35:58.010 --> 00:36:01.489 It's<00:35:58.349><c> just</c><00:35:58.530><c> a</c><00:35:58.710><c> totally</c><00:35:59.030><c> different</c><00:35:59.369><c> frame</c><00:35:59.590><c> of</c><00:35:59.889><c> reaction</c><00:36:00.269><c> and</c> 00:36:01.489 --> 00:36:02.730 way<00:36:01.710><c> of</c><00:36:01.929><c> thinking.</c> 00:36:03.409 --> 00:36:07.750 These<00:36:04.070><c> are</c><00:36:04.730><c> major</c><00:36:05.230><c> concepts,</c><00:36:05.989><c> brothers</c><00:36:06.110><c> and</c><00:36:06.309><c> sisters,</c><00:36:06.750><c> that</c> 00:36:07.750 --> 00:36:12.489 really<00:36:08.130><c> can</c><00:36:09.530><c> have</c><00:36:10.369><c> a</c><00:36:10.550><c> vital</c><00:36:10.989><c> effect</c><00:36:11.530><c> upon</c><00:36:11.809><c> the</c><00:36:11.969><c> way</c><00:36:12.090><c> we</c><00:36:12.289><c> live</c> 00:36:12.489 --> 00:36:15.170 before<00:36:12.889><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:36:15.510 --> 00:36:19.190 Job<00:36:15.690><c> was</c><00:36:15.969><c> faithful</c><00:36:16.429><c> and</c><00:36:16.789><c> righteous</c><00:36:17.210><c> above</c><00:36:17.650><c> all</c><00:36:18.130><c> his</c><00:36:18.449><c> contemporaries</c> 00:36:19.190 --> 00:36:22.650 and<00:36:19.510><c> completely</c><00:36:20.090><c> actively</c><00:36:20.869><c> dedicated</c><00:36:21.469><c> to</c><00:36:21.829><c> good</c><00:36:22.070><c> works</c><00:36:22.389><c> and</c> 00:36:22.650 --> 00:36:24.250 to<00:36:22.889><c> service</c><00:36:23.250><c> to</c><00:36:23.510><c> God</c><00:36:23.789><c> and</c><00:36:24.070><c> man.</c> 00:36:24.289 --> 00:36:26.190 That's<00:36:24.469><c> what</c><00:36:24.590><c> God</c><00:36:24.809><c> started</c><00:36:25.150><c> with.</c> 00:36:27.429 --> 00:36:31.389 That's<00:36:27.829><c> where</c><00:36:28.190><c> we</c><00:36:29.349><c> hope</c><00:36:29.530><c> to</c><00:36:29.769><c> be</c><00:36:29.949><c> in</c><00:36:30.090><c> his</c><00:36:30.389><c> estimation.</c> 00:36:31.750 --> 00:36:35.449 He<00:36:32.269><c> demonstrated</c><00:36:32.789><c> his</c><00:36:33.170><c> firm</c><00:36:33.449><c> and</c><00:36:33.650><c> unshakable</c><00:36:34.289><c> endurance.</c> 00:36:36.869 --> 00:36:39.269 You<00:36:37.030><c> know,</c><00:36:37.090><c> he</c><00:36:37.230><c> would</c><00:36:37.510><c> not</c><00:36:37.690><c> curse</c><00:36:37.949><c> God</c><00:36:38.170><c> and</c><00:36:38.449><c> die.</c> 00:36:39.989 --> 00:36:42.489 No<00:36:40.269><c> way,</c><00:36:40.409><c> he</c><00:36:40.610><c> didn't</c><00:36:40.610><c> even</c><00:36:40.789><c> come</c><00:36:40.969><c> close</c><00:36:41.210><c> to</c><00:36:41.429><c> that.</c> 00:36:44.510 --> 00:36:48.030 And<00:36:44.809><c> that</c><00:36:44.949><c> he</c><00:36:45.230><c> unselfishly</c><00:36:46.010><c> loved</c><00:36:46.449><c> goodness</c><00:36:47.090><c> for</c><00:36:47.550><c> goodness</c> 00:36:48.030 --> 00:36:49.469 sake<00:36:48.409><c> alone.</c> 00:36:49.630 --> 00:36:52.150 That's<00:36:49.829><c> where</c><00:36:49.949><c> he</c><00:36:50.090><c> got</c><00:36:50.289><c> to,</c><00:36:50.550><c> God</c><00:36:50.690><c> brought</c><00:36:50.909><c> him</c><00:36:51.090><c> to</c><00:36:51.190><c> that</c><00:36:51.429><c> point.</c> 00:36:52.449 --> 00:36:57.150 But<00:36:53.050><c> he</c><00:36:53.170><c> did</c><00:36:53.449><c> not</c><00:36:53.710><c> have</c><00:36:53.889><c> the</c><00:36:54.090><c> necessary</c><00:36:54.630><c> total</c><00:36:55.289><c> self</c><00:36:55.730><c>-abasing</c><00:36:56.269><c> humility</c> 00:36:57.250 --> 00:37:02.190 and<00:36:57.750><c> recognition</c><00:36:58.510><c> of</c><00:36:58.989><c> self</c><00:36:59.429><c>-nothingness</c><00:37:00.650><c> until</c><00:37:01.170><c> he</c><00:37:01.369><c> was</c><00:37:01.670><c> crushed</c><00:37:01.949><c> by</c> 00:37:02.190 --> 00:37:03.730 the<00:37:02.349><c> divine</c><00:37:02.670><c> revelation.</c> 00:37:04.949 --> 00:37:07.550 The<00:37:05.110><c> learning</c><00:37:05.369><c> of</c><00:37:05.650><c> this</c><00:37:05.889><c> was</c><00:37:06.170><c> the</c><00:37:06.409><c> supreme</c><00:37:06.750><c> blessing</c><00:37:07.110><c> of</c><00:37:07.289><c> his</c> 00:37:07.550 --> 00:37:09.070 entire<00:37:07.929><c> experience.</c> 00:37:09.170 --> 00:37:12.869 This<00:37:09.449><c> is</c><00:37:09.750><c> why</c><00:37:10.010><c> God</c><00:37:10.389><c> had</c><00:37:10.730><c> to</c><00:37:11.070><c> give</c><00:37:11.250><c> the</c><00:37:11.510><c> Apostle</c><00:37:11.969><c> Paul</c><00:37:12.329><c> a</c><00:37:12.630><c> thorn</c> 00:37:12.869 --> 00:37:13.929 in<00:37:13.130><c> the</c><00:37:13.349><c> flesh</c> 00:37:13.929 --> 00:37:18.010 after<00:37:14.690><c> he</c><00:37:14.929><c> had</c><00:37:14.929><c> given</c><00:37:15.070><c> him</c><00:37:15.230><c> those</c><00:37:15.530><c> marvelous</c><00:37:16.929><c> revelations</c><00:37:17.730><c> of</c> 00:37:18.010 --> 00:37:18.869 beyond<00:37:18.349><c> the</c><00:37:18.570><c> kingdom,</c> 00:37:18.869 --> 00:37:21.289 the<00:37:19.369><c> third</c><00:37:19.590><c> heaven</c><00:37:19.909><c> which</c><00:37:20.130><c> took</c><00:37:20.269><c> him</c><00:37:20.409><c> beyond</c><00:37:20.730><c> the</c><00:37:20.969><c> kingdom.</c> 00:37:21.510 --> 00:37:25.269 He<00:37:21.510><c> was</c><00:37:21.809><c> shown,</c><00:37:22.329><c> Paul</c><00:37:22.489><c> was</c><00:37:22.829><c> shown</c><00:37:23.250><c> what</c><00:37:23.909><c> it</c><00:37:24.070><c> will</c><00:37:24.190><c> be</c><00:37:24.389><c> like.</c> 00:37:26.670 --> 00:37:31.090 And<00:37:26.869><c> he</c><00:37:26.949><c> knew</c><00:37:27.110><c> he</c><00:37:27.289><c> was</c><00:37:27.550><c> involved</c><00:37:27.969><c> as</c><00:37:28.369><c> the</c><00:37:28.550><c> most</c><00:37:29.190><c> faithful</c><00:37:29.730><c> and</c> 00:37:31.090 --> 00:37:33.829 chief<00:37:31.489><c> of</c><00:37:31.849><c> God's</c><00:37:32.329><c> servants</c><00:37:32.530><c> in</c><00:37:32.730><c> the</c><00:37:32.949><c> earth.</c> 00:37:34.650 --> 00:37:37.090 But<00:37:34.789><c> he's</c><00:37:34.989><c> a</c><00:37:35.150><c> human</c><00:37:35.409><c> being,</c><00:37:35.750><c> he's</c><00:37:36.030><c> a</c><00:37:36.150><c> man.</c> 00:37:37.710 --> 00:37:39.610 He's<00:37:38.030><c> got</c><00:37:38.190><c> ego</c><00:37:38.469><c> problems.</c> 00:37:39.750 --> 00:37:44.789 How's<00:37:40.030><c> God</c><00:37:40.250><c> going</c><00:37:40.489><c> to</c><00:37:40.650><c> keep</c><00:37:40.849><c> him</c><00:37:41.110><c> from</c><00:37:41.429><c> pride</c><00:37:41.849><c> that</c><00:37:42.070><c> would</c><00:37:42.190><c> have</c><00:37:42.369><c> destroyed</c><00:37:42.809><c> the</c><00:37:43.070><c> Apostle?</c> 00:37:46.269 --> 00:37:49.010 It's<00:37:46.869><c> essential</c><00:37:47.309><c> that</c><00:37:47.510><c> he</c><00:37:47.630><c> keep</c><00:37:47.849><c> every</c><00:37:48.170><c> one</c><00:37:48.329><c> of</c><00:37:48.449><c> us</c><00:37:48.590><c> with</c><00:37:48.769><c> our</c> 00:37:49.010 --> 00:37:50.489 feet<00:37:49.110><c> on</c><00:37:49.369><c> the</c><00:37:49.489><c> ground.</c> 00:37:51.409 --> 00:37:54.789 So<00:37:51.590><c> that</c><00:37:51.889><c> as</c><00:37:52.329><c> we</c><00:37:52.630><c> acquire</c><00:37:53.070><c> some</c><00:37:53.349><c> success</c><00:37:53.949><c> in</c><00:37:54.190><c> defeating</c><00:37:54.510><c> the</c> 00:37:54.789 --> 00:37:55.329 old<00:37:55.010><c> man,</c> 00:37:55.530 --> 00:37:58.489 as<00:37:55.829><c> we</c><00:37:56.050><c> become</c><00:37:56.550><c> useful</c><00:37:57.670><c> in</c><00:37:57.869><c> the</c><00:37:58.090><c> Ecclesia,</c> 00:37:58.929 --> 00:38:03.789 as<00:37:59.309><c> our</c><00:38:00.329><c> families</c><00:38:00.750><c> develop</c><00:38:01.389><c> and</c><00:38:01.750><c> we're</c><00:38:02.210><c> happy</c><00:38:02.530><c> about</c><00:38:02.849><c> that,</c> 00:38:04.510 --> 00:38:06.110 God's<00:38:04.670><c> got</c><00:38:04.789><c> a</c><00:38:04.929><c> new</c><00:38:05.090><c> problem</c><00:38:05.449><c> with</c><00:38:05.670><c> us.</c> 00:38:06.570 --> 00:38:10.250 How<00:38:06.869><c> does</c><00:38:07.070><c> he</c><00:38:07.210><c> keep</c><00:38:07.409><c> us</c><00:38:07.650><c> from</c><00:38:07.889><c> taking</c><00:38:08.150><c> ownership</c><00:38:08.630><c> of</c><00:38:08.909><c> all</c><00:38:09.170><c> that?</c> 00:38:11.050 --> 00:38:13.769 It's<00:38:11.449><c> starting</c><00:38:11.610><c> to</c><00:38:11.750><c> put</c><00:38:11.889><c> our</c><00:38:12.030><c> head</c><00:38:12.130><c> up</c><00:38:12.329><c> and</c><00:38:12.469><c> walk</c><00:38:12.690><c> around</c><00:38:12.989><c> as</c><00:38:13.150><c> though</c><00:38:13.369><c> we</c><00:38:13.469><c> were</c><00:38:13.670><c> a</c> 00:38:13.769 --> 00:38:15.730 bit<00:38:13.869><c> better</c><00:38:14.210><c> than...</c> 00:38:15.730 --> 00:38:19.869 No,<00:38:16.090><c> no,</c><00:38:16.210><c> that's</c><00:38:16.550><c> fatal.</c><00:38:17.710><c> That's</c><00:38:18.110><c> pride</c><00:38:18.369><c> coming</c><00:38:18.670><c> through.</c> 00:38:20.690 --> 00:38:23.210 And<00:38:20.969><c> he</c><00:38:21.030><c> knows</c><00:38:21.250><c> how</c><00:38:21.449><c> to</c><00:38:21.550><c> do</c><00:38:21.710><c> it.</c><00:38:21.869><c> He</c><00:38:22.010><c> knows</c><00:38:22.210><c> how</c><00:38:22.389><c> to</c><00:38:22.530><c> handle</c><00:38:22.769><c> that.</c> 00:38:23.449 --> 00:38:26.449 That's<00:38:23.710><c> what</c><00:38:23.809><c> he</c><00:38:23.929><c> did</c><00:38:24.070><c> for</c><00:38:24.309><c> Job,</c><00:38:24.630><c> that's</c><00:38:24.869><c> what</c><00:38:24.969><c> he</c><00:38:25.130><c> did</c><00:38:25.250><c> for</c><00:38:25.510><c> Paul.</c> 00:38:26.869 --> 00:38:28.570 That's<00:38:27.070><c> what</c><00:38:27.070><c> he</c><00:38:27.250><c> does</c><00:38:27.690><c> for</c><00:38:27.929><c> all</c><00:38:28.130><c> of</c><00:38:28.289><c> us.</c> 00:38:28.809 --> 00:38:31.130 He's<00:38:29.190><c> got</c><00:38:29.329><c> to</c><00:38:29.550><c> keep</c><00:38:29.670><c> our</c><00:38:29.929><c> feet</c><00:38:30.030><c> on</c><00:38:30.230><c> the</c><00:38:30.389><c> ground.</c> 00:38:31.449 --> 00:38:33.630 It's<00:38:31.789><c> his,</c><00:38:32.289><c> every</c><00:38:32.630><c> bit</c><00:38:32.789><c> of</c><00:38:32.909><c> it.</c> 00:38:34.090 --> 00:38:35.650 It<00:38:34.150><c> doesn't</c><00:38:34.269><c> matter</c><00:38:34.469><c> what</c><00:38:34.650><c> we're</c><00:38:34.869><c> able</c><00:38:35.050><c> to</c><00:38:35.329><c> acquire.</c> 00:38:35.650 --> 00:38:38.150 That's<00:38:36.769><c> the</c><00:38:36.969><c> great</c><00:38:37.170><c> leveler.</c> 00:38:40.769 --> 00:38:44.550 Everybody<00:38:41.369><c> in</c><00:38:41.690><c> the</c><00:38:41.929><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:38:42.309><c> every</c><00:38:42.630><c> brother</c><00:38:42.889><c> and</c><00:38:43.269><c> every</c><00:38:43.570><c> sister,</c> 00:38:44.929 --> 00:38:48.429 has<00:38:45.170><c> tremendous</c><00:38:45.809><c> opportunity</c><00:38:46.389><c> to</c><00:38:46.610><c> be</c><00:38:46.789><c> his</c><00:38:47.070><c> faithful</c><00:38:47.449><c> servant.</c> 00:38:49.250 --> 00:38:51.929 And<00:38:49.449><c> it</c><00:38:49.530><c> doesn't</c><00:38:49.909><c> make</c><00:38:50.210><c> any</c><00:38:50.489><c> difference</c><00:38:50.909><c> how</c><00:38:51.130><c> that</c><00:38:51.409><c> plays</c><00:38:51.650><c> out</c> 00:38:51.929 --> 00:38:53.610 and<00:38:52.110><c> what</c><00:38:52.349><c> kind</c><00:38:52.590><c> of</c><00:38:52.769><c> activity.</c> 00:38:53.650 --> 00:38:58.610 They<00:38:53.889><c> are</c><00:38:54.269><c> all</c><00:38:55.210><c> essentially</c><00:38:56.050><c> vital</c><00:38:57.170><c> to</c><00:38:58.190><c> him</c> 00:38:58.610 --> 00:39:02.070 because<00:38:59.230><c> they</c><00:38:59.510><c> are</c><00:39:00.110><c> making</c><00:39:00.769><c> sons</c><00:39:01.130><c> and</c><00:39:01.349><c> daughters</c><00:39:01.630><c> who</c><00:39:01.829><c> will</c> 00:39:02.070 --> 00:39:04.210 be<00:39:02.230><c> of</c><00:39:02.409><c> his</c><00:39:02.809><c> mind</c><00:39:03.130><c> and</c><00:39:03.329><c> heart</c><00:39:03.570><c> and</c><00:39:03.809><c> character.</c> 00:39:04.210 --> 00:39:06.190 And<00:39:04.750><c> you</c><00:39:04.849><c> can</c><00:39:05.070><c> use</c><00:39:05.349><c> them.</c> 00:39:06.570 --> 00:39:10.409 He<00:39:06.849><c> brings</c><00:39:07.110><c> us</c><00:39:07.429><c> all</c><00:39:07.750><c> through</c><00:39:08.110><c> different</c><00:39:08.489><c> channels,</c><00:39:08.969><c> different</c><00:39:09.369><c> ways.</c> 00:39:11.769 --> 00:39:16.170 And<00:39:12.030><c> none</c><00:39:12.130><c> of</c><00:39:12.349><c> us,</c><00:39:12.769><c> none</c><00:39:12.989><c> of</c><00:39:13.170><c> us</c><00:39:13.630><c> are</c><00:39:14.329><c> more</c><00:39:14.590><c> important</c><00:39:15.130><c> and</c><00:39:15.789><c> none</c><00:39:15.989><c> of</c> 00:39:16.170 --> 00:39:18.010 us<00:39:16.489><c> are</c><00:39:16.650><c> less</c><00:39:16.929><c> important.</c> 00:39:18.489 --> 00:39:21.750 That's<00:39:18.769><c> why</c><00:39:18.929><c> the</c><00:39:19.130><c> Apostle</c><00:39:19.469><c> can</c><00:39:19.730><c> say,</c><00:39:20.489><c> and</c><00:39:20.650><c> he's</c><00:39:20.809><c> not</c><00:39:20.949><c> mouthing</c><00:39:21.329><c> words,</c> 00:39:22.110 --> 00:39:24.730 Esteem<00:39:22.489><c> your</c><00:39:22.710><c> brother</c><00:39:23.070><c> better</c><00:39:23.429><c> than</c><00:39:23.650><c> yourself.</c> 00:39:27.369 --> 00:39:30.030 That's<00:39:27.969><c> how</c><00:39:28.130><c> you</c><00:39:28.289><c> get</c><00:39:28.429><c> to</c><00:39:28.650><c> that</c><00:39:28.889><c> point.</c> 00:39:32.650 --> 00:39:35.210 Because<00:39:33.130><c> that</c><00:39:33.469><c> too</c><00:39:33.690><c> is</c><00:39:34.090><c> an</c><00:39:34.150><c> essential</c><00:39:34.590><c> frame</c><00:39:34.889><c> of</c><00:39:35.050><c> mind.</c> 00:39:35.269 --> 00:39:38.070 When<00:39:35.369><c> you've</c><00:39:35.650><c> got</c><00:39:35.750><c> that,</c><00:39:36.409><c> you</c><00:39:36.570><c> know,</c><00:39:36.670><c> they're</c><00:39:36.909><c> all</c><00:39:37.110><c> God's</c><00:39:37.570><c> servants</c><00:39:37.829><c> and</c> 00:39:38.070 --> 00:39:39.309 God<00:39:38.289><c> can</c><00:39:38.530><c> make</c><00:39:38.690><c> them</c><00:39:38.949><c> stand.</c> 00:39:39.570 --> 00:39:42.190 Who<00:39:40.030><c> are</c><00:39:40.130><c> we</c><00:39:40.289><c> to</c><00:39:40.489><c> judge</c><00:39:40.730><c> the</c><00:39:40.969><c> servant</c><00:39:41.170><c> of</c><00:39:41.429><c> another?</c> 00:39:42.510 --> 00:39:45.630 Every<00:39:42.769><c> one</c><00:39:42.889><c> of</c><00:39:42.989><c> us</c><00:39:43.150><c> are</c><00:39:43.289><c> his</c><00:39:43.630><c> servants</c><00:39:43.989><c> and</c><00:39:44.170><c> he</c><00:39:44.670><c> can</c><00:39:44.829><c> raise</c><00:39:45.190><c> any</c> 00:39:45.630 --> 00:39:48.630 one<00:39:45.809><c> of</c><00:39:45.909><c> us</c><00:39:46.070><c> up</c><00:39:46.329><c> to</c><00:39:47.530><c> overcome.</c> 00:39:55.909 --> 00:39:57.690 Just<00:39:56.269><c> a</c><00:39:56.469><c> couple</c><00:39:56.650><c> more.</c> 00:39:58.409 --> 00:40:02.590 The<00:39:58.969><c> greatness</c><00:39:59.329><c> of</c><00:39:59.570><c> God</c><00:40:00.050><c> and</c><00:40:00.909><c> the</c><00:40:01.170><c> smallness</c><00:40:01.610><c> of</c><00:40:01.789><c> man.</c> 00:40:02.730 --> 00:40:05.409 The<00:40:02.809><c> whole</c><00:40:03.030><c> lesson</c><00:40:03.389><c> of</c><00:40:03.550><c> God's</c><00:40:04.070><c> self</c><00:40:04.230><c>-manifestation</c><00:40:04.929><c> to</c><00:40:05.190><c> Job</c> 00:40:05.409 --> 00:40:10.329 is<00:40:05.650><c> the</c><00:40:05.929><c> limitless</c><00:40:06.429><c> greatness</c><00:40:06.809><c> of</c><00:40:07.050><c> God</c><00:40:07.469><c> and</c><00:40:08.269><c> the</c><00:40:08.469><c> utter</c><00:40:08.849><c> littleness</c><00:40:09.230><c> of</c><00:40:09.489><c> man.</c> 00:40:10.889 --> 00:40:13.730 If<00:40:11.110><c> God</c><00:40:11.389><c> had</c><00:40:11.650><c> stooped</c><00:40:11.869><c> to</c><00:40:12.090><c> explain</c><00:40:12.429><c> himself</c><00:40:12.869><c> to</c><00:40:13.050><c> Job</c><00:40:13.329><c> before</c> 00:40:13.730 --> 00:40:14.750 totally<00:40:14.170><c> humbling</c><00:40:14.510><c> him</c> 00:40:14.750 --> 00:40:16.630 in<00:40:14.889><c> the</c><00:40:15.130><c> recognition</c><00:40:15.489><c> of</c><00:40:15.690><c> his</c><00:40:15.849><c> nothingness,</c> 00:40:16.989 --> 00:40:19.949 then<00:40:17.190><c> God</c><00:40:17.429><c> would</c><00:40:17.610><c> have</c><00:40:17.789><c> been</c><00:40:17.989><c> conceding</c><00:40:18.489><c> man's</c><00:40:18.909><c> right</c><00:40:19.110><c> to</c><00:40:19.329><c> judge</c><00:40:19.590><c> God</c> 00:40:19.949 --> 00:40:21.789 and<00:40:20.130><c> demand</c><00:40:20.449><c> an</c><00:40:20.630><c> answer</c><00:40:20.909><c> for</c><00:40:21.150><c> his</c><00:40:21.389><c> ways.</c> 00:40:22.269 --> 00:40:24.170 And<00:40:22.489><c> how</c><00:40:22.750><c> inappropriate</c><00:40:23.309><c> that</c><00:40:23.590><c> is.</c> 00:40:24.170 --> 00:40:29.210 And<00:40:25.250><c> this</c><00:40:25.489><c> right</c><00:40:25.809><c> to</c><00:40:25.989><c> question</c><00:40:26.389><c> God</c><00:40:26.730><c> man</c><00:40:27.010><c> must</c><00:40:27.250><c> be</c><00:40:27.489><c> made</c><00:40:27.670><c> to</c><00:40:27.989><c> fully</c><00:40:28.210><c> realize</c><00:40:28.690><c> that</c><00:40:28.929><c> he</c> 00:40:29.210 --> 00:40:31.050 just<00:40:29.449><c> does</c><00:40:29.769><c> not</c><00:40:30.110><c> have.</c> 00:40:31.550 --> 00:40:34.989 It<00:40:31.610><c> is</c><00:40:31.889><c> absurd</c><00:40:32.449><c> and</c><00:40:32.730><c> unthinkable</c><00:40:33.389><c> that</c><00:40:33.750><c> weak,</c><00:40:34.269><c> brief</c><00:40:34.670><c>-lived,</c> 00:40:34.989 --> 00:40:36.269 created<00:40:35.530><c> man</c> 00:40:36.269 --> 00:40:39.010 should<00:40:36.610><c> for</c><00:40:36.849><c> one</c><00:40:37.090><c> moment</c><00:40:37.489><c> question</c><00:40:37.989><c> God,</c> 00:40:39.269 --> 00:40:43.030 who<00:40:39.570><c> effortlessly</c><00:40:40.449><c> maintains</c><00:40:41.110><c> the</c><00:40:41.469><c> numberless</c><00:40:41.889><c> stars</c><00:40:42.269><c> and</c><00:40:42.550><c> galaxies</c> 00:40:43.030 --> 00:40:46.309 in<00:40:43.289><c> their</c><00:40:43.530><c> myriad</c><00:40:43.869><c> courses</c><00:40:44.510><c> throughout</c><00:40:45.150><c> the</c><00:40:45.389><c> universe.</c> 00:40:46.349 --> 00:40:48.829 And<00:40:46.590><c> I</c><00:40:47.230><c> emphasize</c><00:40:47.710><c> that</c><00:40:47.969><c> to</c><00:40:48.070><c> you</c><00:40:48.210><c> brothers</c><00:40:48.389><c> and</c><00:40:48.650><c> sisters.</c> 00:40:48.829 --> 00:40:53.869 This<00:40:49.110><c> is</c><00:40:49.409><c> not</c><00:40:50.309><c> a</c><00:40:50.690><c> unique</c><00:40:50.989><c> experience</c><00:40:51.730><c> of</c><00:40:52.809><c> a</c><00:40:53.070><c> great</c><00:40:53.250><c> man</c><00:40:53.469><c> of</c><00:40:53.710><c> God</c> 00:40:53.869 --> 00:40:55.530 apart<00:40:54.210><c> from</c><00:40:54.469><c> you</c><00:40:54.630><c> and</c><00:40:54.769><c> I</c><00:40:54.889><c> in</c><00:40:55.030><c> our</c><00:40:55.230><c> lives.</c> 00:40:55.630 --> 00:40:57.369 When<00:40:55.750><c> you</c><00:40:55.869><c> go</c><00:40:56.030><c> back</c><00:40:56.210><c> to</c><00:40:56.369><c> your</c><00:40:56.590><c> campsites</c><00:40:57.030><c> today</c> 00:40:57.369 --> 00:40:59.489 or<00:40:57.550><c> when</c><00:40:57.650><c> you</c><00:40:57.750><c> go</c><00:40:57.909><c> back</c><00:40:58.090><c> to</c><00:40:58.230><c> your</c><00:40:58.389><c> homes</c><00:40:58.650><c> and</c><00:40:58.829><c> your</c><00:40:59.030><c> ecclesias,</c> 00:40:59.750 --> 00:41:01.869 your<00:41:00.050><c> families</c><00:41:00.469><c> and</c><00:41:00.670><c> your</c><00:41:00.889><c> workplace,</c> 00:41:02.210 --> 00:41:04.849 it's<00:41:02.650><c> playing</c><00:41:02.849><c> out</c><00:41:03.150><c> every</c><00:41:03.449><c> day.</c> 00:41:05.949 --> 00:41:11.809 The<00:41:06.389><c> opportunities</c><00:41:06.829><c> to</c><00:41:07.110><c> either</c><00:41:07.329><c> accept</c><00:41:08.369><c> and</c><00:41:09.369><c> thankfulness,</c> 00:41:12.289 --> 00:41:14.389 constantly<00:41:12.730><c> thank</c><00:41:13.110><c> him</c><00:41:13.289><c> for</c><00:41:13.429><c> what</c><00:41:13.590><c> he's</c><00:41:13.849><c> trying</c><00:41:14.010><c> to</c><00:41:14.170><c> do</c><00:41:14.250><c> in</c> 00:41:14.389 --> 00:41:15.869 your<00:41:14.610><c> own</c><00:41:14.829><c> life.</c> 00:41:16.329 --> 00:41:20.170 Whether<00:41:16.429><c> you're</c><00:41:16.590><c> driving</c><00:41:16.829><c> your</c><00:41:17.170><c> car</c><00:41:17.489><c> and</c><00:41:18.989><c> you</c><00:41:19.489><c> get</c><00:41:19.710><c> cut</c><00:41:19.969><c> off</c> 00:41:20.170 --> 00:41:21.329 or<00:41:20.309><c> whatever</c><00:41:20.630><c> it</c><00:41:20.909><c> is.</c> 00:41:21.329 --> 00:41:23.869 He's<00:41:21.829><c> trying</c><00:41:22.289><c> constantly</c><00:41:22.909><c> through</c><00:41:23.210><c> the</c><00:41:23.489><c> angels</c> 00:41:23.869 --> 00:41:27.949 to<00:41:25.090><c> bring</c><00:41:25.210><c> us</c><00:41:25.449><c> around</c><00:41:25.750><c> and</c><00:41:26.030><c> develop</c><00:41:26.349><c> in</c><00:41:26.469><c> us</c><00:41:26.650><c> his</c><00:41:26.869><c> righteousness.</c> 00:41:29.769 --> 00:41:32.349 Job<00:41:30.150><c> humbled</c><00:41:30.869><c> and</c><00:41:31.309><c> restored.</c> 00:41:32.989 --> 00:41:36.829 When<00:41:33.250><c> Job</c><00:41:33.510><c> humbled</c><00:41:33.829><c> himself</c><00:41:34.349><c> and</c><00:41:34.550><c> cast</c><00:41:34.869><c> away</c><00:41:35.269><c> all</c><00:41:35.710><c> self</c><00:41:35.969><c>-importance,</c> 00:41:37.090 --> 00:41:40.130 God<00:41:37.409><c> graciously</c><00:41:38.030><c> went</c><00:41:38.269><c> much</c><00:41:38.570><c> further</c><00:41:38.849><c> to</c><00:41:39.110><c> set</c><00:41:39.269><c> Job's</c><00:41:39.730><c> mind</c><00:41:39.869><c> at</c> 00:41:40.130 --> 00:41:40.849 perfect<00:41:40.389><c> rest</c> 00:41:40.849 --> 00:41:45.789 and<00:41:41.710><c> doubly</c><00:41:42.090><c> compensated</c><00:41:42.650><c> him</c><00:41:42.849><c> for</c><00:41:43.070><c> all</c><00:41:43.349><c> his</c><00:41:43.610><c> faithfully</c><00:41:44.010><c> born</c><00:41:44.289><c> suffering</c><00:41:44.690><c> and</c><00:41:44.989><c> shame.</c> 00:41:46.230 --> 00:41:49.190 He<00:41:46.570><c> totally</c><00:41:47.070><c> vindicated</c><00:41:47.690><c> and</c><00:41:47.929><c> honored</c><00:41:48.110><c> him</c><00:41:48.369><c> before</c><00:41:48.690><c> his</c><00:41:48.989><c> self</c> 00:41:49.190 --> 00:41:49.969 -righteous<00:41:49.550><c> friends</c> 00:41:49.969 --> 00:41:52.989 and<00:41:50.190><c> gave</c><00:41:50.489><c> Job</c><00:41:50.769><c> the</c><00:41:51.070><c> joyful,</c><00:41:51.789><c> forgiving</c><00:41:52.090><c> privilege</c><00:41:52.550><c> of</c><00:41:52.769><c> being</c> 00:41:52.989 --> 00:41:54.250 their<00:41:53.230><c> mediator.</c> 00:41:54.730 --> 00:41:57.570 And<00:41:55.030><c> then</c><00:41:55.150><c> he</c><00:41:55.389><c> justified</c><00:41:55.889><c> Job</c><00:41:56.230><c> before</c><00:41:56.590><c> his</c><00:41:56.829><c> whole</c><00:41:57.090><c> community</c> 00:41:57.570 --> 00:42:00.610 and<00:41:57.750><c> made</c><00:41:57.909><c> him</c><00:41:58.150><c> twice</c><00:41:58.429><c> as</c><00:41:58.670><c> rich</c><00:41:58.829><c> as</c><00:41:59.010><c> he</c><00:41:59.110><c> had</c><00:41:59.269><c> been</c><00:41:59.469><c> before.</c> 00:42:01.690 --> 00:42:04.409 And<00:42:01.929><c> Job,</c><00:42:02.230><c> after</c><00:42:02.489><c> passing</c><00:42:02.909><c> through</c><00:42:03.349><c> all</c><00:42:03.730><c> his</c><00:42:04.050><c> trials</c> 00:42:04.409 --> 00:42:07.510 for<00:42:04.670><c> the</c><00:42:04.929><c> inspirational</c><00:42:05.530><c> and</c><00:42:06.150><c> instructional</c><00:42:06.650><c> benefit</c><00:42:07.190><c> of</c> 00:42:07.510 --> 00:42:08.889 the<00:42:07.730><c> race,</c> 00:42:09.329 --> 00:42:10.250 there<00:42:09.429><c> are</c><00:42:09.429><c> going</c><00:42:09.530><c> to</c><00:42:09.630><c> be</c><00:42:09.869><c> thousands.</c> 00:42:10.349 --> 00:42:12.570 Could<00:42:10.510><c> you</c><00:42:10.710><c> imagine</c><00:42:11.110><c> meeting</c><00:42:11.409><c> Job?</c> 00:42:14.929 --> 00:42:18.730 How<00:42:15.610><c> important</c><00:42:16.130><c> he</c><00:42:16.269><c> will</c><00:42:16.469><c> have</c><00:42:16.670><c> been</c><00:42:16.829><c> to</c><00:42:17.130><c> so</c><00:42:17.389><c> many.</c> 00:42:20.610 --> 00:42:23.929 Rejoice<00:42:21.230><c> to</c><00:42:21.349><c> see</c><00:42:21.550><c> his</c><00:42:21.789><c> sons</c><00:42:22.050><c> and</c><00:42:22.190><c> his</c><00:42:22.489><c> sons'</c><00:42:22.849><c> sons</c><00:42:23.130><c> in</c><00:42:23.429><c> peace</c> 00:42:23.929 --> 00:42:25.429 and<00:42:24.269><c> prosperity.</c> 00:42:26.269 --> 00:42:30.469 So<00:42:26.510><c> Christ,</c><00:42:28.250><c> in</c><00:42:28.369><c> eternal</c><00:42:28.789><c> riches</c><00:42:29.230><c> and</c><00:42:29.610><c> honor,</c> 00:42:30.590 --> 00:42:38.309 shall<00:42:30.789><c> see</c><00:42:31.090><c> his</c><00:42:31.389><c> redeemed</c><00:42:32.070><c> seed,</c><00:42:33.829><c> a</c><00:42:34.210><c> holy,</c><00:42:35.050><c> perfected</c><00:42:36.409><c> generation</c><00:42:36.969><c> of</c><00:42:37.170><c> the</c><00:42:37.309><c> race.</c> 00:42:40.809 --> 00:42:42.230 Thank<00:42:41.489><c> you.</c>