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Overview of Job and Eliphaz's Counsel 0:10 Good morning. Welcome to stand on the word. Okay. Our journey today takes us to Job chapters 5 through 8 verse 6 of chapter 8. If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awake for you0:21 and prosper your rightful dwelling place. Alright. Here's a quick overview of the book of Job. The first 3 chapters of Job really sets the stage for chapters 4 through 27, which is a series of speeches0:33 or exhortations from, Job's 3 friends. Then Job responds to them on 9 different occasions. Then in chapters 38, through 41, God speaks.0:45 Alright? He exposes man's limited, understanding of what is really happening. If anything, we take away from the book of Job, it's don't rush to judgment.0:57 In chapter 47, we see Job restored. So that's a quick overview of, of the book of Job. So today, we begin with, Eliphaz's first of his 3 speeches,1:09 then Bildad's first of his 3 speeches. Alright? Most likely, these 3 men, speak in age order, the oldest of the 3 going first. And just a quick note,1:20 alright, about Job's friends before we get started. The 3 are often the subject of a lot of criticism for getting it wrong. I mean, they they rush to judgment, and and and some of them,1:32 are are accused of being self righteous and condescending towards Job. But before we rush to judgment on them, I wanna I wanna go back to chapter 2 for just a moment. Chapter 2 verse 11. Now when1:44 Job's 3 friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each 1 of them came from his own place, for they had made an appointment together to come and mourn with him, to comfort him. So they sat down with1:56 him on the ground 7 days and 7 nights, and no 1 spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was great. Are you that kind of friend that would travel a great distance just2:08 to sit for 7 days in silence without saying a word just to be with a friend? You know, I I I say that just so that as we listen to what they say, even though2:20 they may not fully understand and they're corrected at the end, I do believe they were motivated out of a concern for Job. Alright. Verse 1. Then Eliphaz, the Temanite,2:32 answered and said, if anyone attempts a word with you, will you become weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking? Surely, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened2:44 weak hands. Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees. But now it comes upon you, and you are weary. It touches you, and you are troubled. He tells2:56 Job that, you know, have you not counseled people in similar positions? Verse 7. Remember now whoever perished being innocent, or where were the upright3:08 ever cut off? Even as I have seen those who plow iniquity and so trouble reap the same. He's saying, you need to listen what you've told others. The irony is is that3:20 Eliphaz was doing the exact same thing he was accusing Job of doing here. So Eliphaz continues over into chapter 5 verse 2, for wrath kills a foolish man,3:31 and envy slays a simple 1. I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly, I cursed his dwelling place. His sons are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate, and there is3:43 no deliverer. Verse 6, for affliction does not come from the dust nor does trouble spring from the ground, yet man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. That is3:55 certainly a true statement, but as for me, I would seek God, and to God, I would commit my calls. Now I would say Eliphaz is probably the most sympathetic4:07 empathetic of of the 3, but even his words fall short of truly comforting Job. Rather, he leads the trio in saying this tragedy has befallen Job4:20 because of sin. He said that's just the way it works. Verse 17. Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore, do not despise the chastening of the almighty. For he4:32 bruises, but he binds up. He wounds, but his hands make whole. He shall deliver you in 6 troubles. Yes. In 7, no evil shall touch you. In famine, he shall redeem you from death and in war from the power of the sword. You4:43 shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes. I'm just gonna say, as we go through this, we're gonna see this because God is going to correct them. This is just4:54 a naive and inaccurate view of life. You know, recall what, Jacob said in the presence of Pharaoh when when he was carted down to Egypt and he blessed Pharaoh. Verse, 8 of chapter5:06 47 of Genesis, Pharaoh said to Jacob, how old are you? And Jacob said to Pharaoh, the days and the years of my pilgrimage are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years5:18 of my life, and they have not attained to the days and years of life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. You know, if life were nothing but roses for those who follow god,5:30 why did Jesus say in John chapter 16 33 this, these things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer. I5:42 have overcome the world. You see, the blessings of following god are not always tangible. They're mainly intangible. The abundant life is not the absence of difficulty5:54 or the abundance of things. It is the abiding presence of god through the holy spirit and the peace, the joy, and the contentment that the6:06 spirit provides. Alright. Moving on to chapter 6 verse 8. 0, that I might have my request, that God would grant me the thing that I have longed for. This is Job respondingJob's Lament in Despair 6:17 to, the first, presentation or speech correction. That it would, the verse 9, that it would please God to crush me, that he would loosen his hand and cut me off,6:29 then I would still have comfort. Though in anguish, I would exalt, he will not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the holy 1. What strength do I6:41 have that I should hope, and what is my end that I should prolong my life? So so so Job has lost all hope. I mean, everything's gone. His health is failing, And and with that, his desire6:53 to live. Now you have to stick with us here on Job's journey because it reveals the pathway out of the valley of hopelessness, death, and despair.7:06 And and, you know, there are times we may you may find yourself in a very similar place, but you gotta stick with me because we're not gonna get there until chapter 19. So we got a ways to go.7:18 Verse 14, to him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friends. Right? Job's saying here. Even though he forsakes the fear of the almighty. Job wasn't feeling much love from his friends at this point.7:30 They would have been more encouraging if they would have just continued to sit in silence. Again, a lesson here for us. Sometimes it's it's best not to say anything or be very, very careful7:42 in, pronouncing the source of, of of situations. We just don't understand everything. And and, again, Job, like the book of Daniel, kinda pulls7:54 back the curtain on the spiritual realm in which of that affects the world in which we live. Alright. I gotta move on here. We're gonna run out of time. Verse 15. My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook, like8:06 the streams of the brook that pass away, which are dark because of the ice, and into which the snow vanishes. When it is warm, they cease to flow. When it's hot, they vanish from the place. What he's saying here about8:17 his friends, he says, when you need them most, they're not there. They're not there. Alright. On to chapter 7 verse 1, is there not a time of hard service for man on earth, and are not his days also8:29 like the days of a hired man, like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, and like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages? So I have been allotted months of futility, and where is wearisome8:42 nights have been appointed to me. Oh, verse 7. 0, remember that my life is a breath. My eye will never see good again. I'll drop down to verse 16 as we continue8:53 this thought here. I loathe my life. I would not live forever. Let me be done for my days are but a breath. What is man that you should exalt him, that you should set your heart on him, that you should9:05 visit him every morning and test him every moment? So Job says is saying, look. Man's life is so short and insignificant. Why,9:17 God, are you even mindful of him to oppress him? Now David asked the same question, but really from the opposite perspective. In in Psalm 8 verse9:29 4, it says, what is man that you are mindful of him and the son of man that you visit him? David was actually asking, why is it you that you are are why is it that you you9:41 actually pay attention to man and that you bless him? So Job has kind of the the he he's looking at why are you mindful of man enough to to to put your finger9:53 of oppression on him? Alright. On to chapter 8, verse 1, then Bildad, the Shulhite the Shulhite, answeredBildad's Wisdom and Prayerful Reflection 10:04 and said, how long will you speak these things and the words of your mouth be like a strong wind? Does God subvert judgment, or does the almighty pervert justice? If your sons10:16 have sinned against him, he has cast them away from their transgression for their transgression. If you would earnestly seek God and make your supplications the almighty, if you were pure and10:28 upright, surely now he would awake for you and prosper your rightful dwelling place. Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would increase abundantly. Now10:40 Bildad, whether he speaks here from inspiration or not, speaks truth in this moment of what is going to to happen. But look what, what he says next in verse 8. For inquire, please, of the former10:52 age and consider the things discovered by the fathers. For we were born yesterday and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow. Will they not teach you and tell you and utter11:03 words from their heart? What he's saying here is that we can learn from history and from those who have gone before us. But what this account of Job should teach us is that,11:16 you know, there are things that we just cannot see with our natural eyes nor understand without spiritual insight and revelation, which comes through the Holy Spirit.11:28 Father, thank you for your word. And as we go through the book of Job and we we, lord, we we get greater insight into the spiritual realm and what is happening in11:40 this world in which we live. And, also, lord, just the the things that we face sometimes in life that are inexplicable. We can't explain why they're happening. Lord, may, may we be11:51 patient. May we look to you. But, lord, may as we come alongside those who are suffering different things, lord, may we not be quick to judge the the reasons.12:04 But, lord, may we encourage and strengthen and pray. And but I do pray that the holy spirit would lead us into a greater understanding of your word and, Lord, its application to our lives in this world in which we're12:15 living. For we pray and ask this in Jesus' name. Amen. Alright. Thanks for joining me this morning, and until next time, keep standing on the word.12:26 Today's study comes from the stand on the word bible reading plan available for free at f r c dot o r g slash bible. 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