And because of constraints of time, we won’t be able to read all of chapters 11 through 14. ![]() Of necessity, we’re working somewhat with summary here so that we can see the big picture. Here are one of the adumbrations of resurrection, so appropriate for this Easter Sunday and so helpful to us this side of the empty tomb to be reminded of.Īnd all we intend to do tonight is to look first at Zophar and his wounding, painful comments to Job, and then we’ll consider Job’s response. And nestled in the middle of Job’s response, we will see one of those marvelous places in the book of Job where he expresses confidence about eternity, about life after death. And we’re going to see Job as he responds to Zophar not only rebuke and correct Zophar, but to turn to the Lord and to cry out to Him for help and for deliverance. And as we’ve seen already, Job’s response is filled with sorrow and hurt at his friends’ treatment of him. ![]() And then we’ll see in chapters 12 through 14, Job responds. If only Job would repent, then everything would return to normal. And like Eliphaz and Bildad before him, he calls upon Job to repent. And along come, right at that point, at what looks like the lowest possible moment, along come his three friends to help him descend just a little further with their so-called “advice.”Īnd here in chapter 11, we are introduced to the perspective of Zophar, the Naamathite. ![]() His children are dead, his wife has deserted him, his home and his business lie in ruins, his health has collapsed he’s left sitting in the ashes of his former life, mourning and pouring out his confusion before God as he scrapes the sores on his skin with broken potsherds. Job has become the object of Satan’s attacks under the mysterious permission of the sovereign Lord. ![]() You will remember Job’s three, so-called “friends” – though with friends like these, right, who needs enemies? Eliphaz, Bildad, and now tonight, Zophar.Īnd you remember the situation. And really, we are concluding the first round of exchanges between Job and his three friends. But we’re back tonight in our ongoing studies in the book of Job. We are returning to Job after having been away for a few, several weeks now, sitting under David Felker’s wonderful ministry to us for which I am sure, like me, you are immensely grateful. Now if you would please take a copy of God’s holy Word in your hands and turn with me back to the book of Job to Job chapter 11 on page 423.
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