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<p class="jbheader">Job's Response to Bildad</p>
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<p class="jbRomTitle">I. INTRODUCTION</p>
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<p class="jbCapLetter">A. In our study last week, Bildad the "traditionalist" tried to give Job "the wisdom of the ages" as an explanation for Job's suffering.</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. With all the wisdom he could muster, he told Job that plants wither and die without water, and so does the hypocrite!</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">a) Insinuating like Eliphaz, that Job was lying about not having hidden sin in his life.</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">b) And he reminded Job that after all, God would not allow what had happened to him, unless he was guilty:</p>
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<p class="jbArabicParen">(1) Because "verse 20" "God will not cast away the blameless, nor will he uphold evil doers."</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">c) And of course, if he was not guilty, he could simply "name it and claim it" and God would restore it all.</p>
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<p class="jbCapLetter">B. We concluded in last weeks study, that in this fallen world the wicked do prosper, and the righteous do suffer!</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. But as Christians, we have the assurance that this will all be "righted" when the Lord returns.</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">2. And we also have the assurance that the Lord will use our trials for good. That they have spiritual purpose!</p>
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<p class="jbCapLetter">C. This morning, our study will be in Chapters 9 and 10 and they will cover Job's response to Bildad.</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. I think you will find that Job has questions about the Lord that you and I have asked many times.</p>
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<p class="jbRomTitle">II. TEXT</p>
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<p class="jbCapLetter">A. <b><a onclick="return mV('Job',9,'1-4');">Job 9:1-4</a> (NKJV) 1 Then Job answered and said: 2 "Truly I know [it] [is] so, But how can a man be righteous before God? 3 If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. 4 God [is] wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened [himself] against Him and prospered?</b></p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. Please remember that Job did not have the New Testament!</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">2. He did not yet have the Messiah.</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">3. He did not have the great Mediator between God and man.</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">a) So he found himself caught in this great gulf that separated him from the Lord.</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">4. He acknowledges that much of what Bildad has said is true, but asks, "how can a man be righteous before God?"</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">a) There is only one way, you and I know that answer, but he did not.</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">5. Than he goes on to explain why he feels so separated from the Lord.</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">a) "Even if a person wanted to do debate with Him, that person would be lucky if he could even get one out of a thousand questions right!"</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">b) Then he says that the Lord is so wise and strong that a person would be stupid to go up against him.</p>
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<p class="jbArabicParen">(1) Right again Job!!!!!</p>
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<p class="jbArabicParen">(2) Then he goes on to briefly explain just how strong and wise the Lord is.
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<p class="jbCapLetter">B. <b><a onclick="return mV('Job',9,'5-10');">Job 9:5-10</a> (NKJV) 5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger; 6 He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble; 7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars; 8 He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea; 9 He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south; 10 He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number.</b></p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. Job has a wonderful grasp of the Lord as CREATOR of the universe, but knows very little of His tender mercy.
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<p class="jbCapLetter">C. <b><a onclick="return mV('Job',9,11);">Job 9:11</a> (NKJV) If He goes by me, I do not see [Him]; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;</b></p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. Job is very aware that God is a Spirit.</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">a) <a onclick="return mV('Jhn',4,24);">Jhn 4:24</a> (NKJV) "God [is] Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">2. But what he is missing, is the human element, God wrapped in flesh.</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">a) <a onclick="return mV('Hbr',4,15);">Heb 4:15</a> (NKJV) For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all [points] tempted as [we] [are], [yet] without sin.</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">b) Job goes on to describe this great distance he feels between him and God.</p>
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<p class="jbCapLetter">D. <b><a onclick="return mV('Job',9,'12-24');">Job 9:12-24</a> (NKJV) If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?' 13 God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him. 14 "How then can I answer Him, [And] choose my words [to] [reason] with Him? 15 For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge. 16 If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice. 17 For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause. 18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness. 19 If [it] [is] [a] [matter] of strength, indeed [He] [is] strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day [in] [court]? 20 Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I [were] blameless, it would prove me perverse. 21 "I am blameless, yet I do not know myself; I despise my life. 22 It [is] all one [thing]; Therefore I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the wicked.' 23 If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent. 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not [He], who else could it be?</b></p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. "If the Lord wants to remove something from your life, who can stop Him or even question Him?"</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">2. "If you come to Him with a proud heart, that's foolish, yet I feel that I am righteous."</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">3. "And since He is not listening, I can't even beg for mercy."</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">4. "In fact, I am at the point that even if He did answer me, I wouldn't believe it."</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">a) "Because, " and this is where Job start to get on shaky ground.</p>
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<p class="jbArabicParen">(1) He begins to say things about the Lord that are not correct.</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">b) "Because" Job says, "He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause. Job 9:18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.</p>
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<p class="jbArabicParen">(1) The Lord does test us, but not beyond what we are able to endure.</p>
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<p class="jbMinisculeParen">(a) <a onclick="return mV('1Cr',10,13);">1Cr 10:13</a> (NKJV) No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God [is] faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear [it].</p>
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<p class="jbArabicParen">(2) The Lord sometimes allows us top be "wounded" but it is not without cause.</p>
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<p class="jbMinisculeParen">(a) <a onclick="return mV('Rom',8,28);">Rom 8:28</a> (NKJV) And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to [His] purpose.</p>
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<p class="jbArabicParen">(3) And although it seems at times that there is no end to the trial, bitterness is a human choice, not a Godly choice!</p>
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<p class="jbMinisculeParen">(a) <a onclick="return mV('Hbr',12,14,15);">Heb 12:14-15</a> (NKJV) Pursue peace with all [people], and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: 15 looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;</p>
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<p class="jbArabicParen">(4) The bottom line here is that bitterness, is the result of not believing that God is good!</p>
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<p class="jbMinisculeParen">(a) It is the result of being convinced that somehow we got "raw deal"!</p>
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<p class="jbMinisculeParen">(b) And ultimately, as Christians, we know that God is in charge, so, that "raw deal" had to have come from the Lord!</p>
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<p class="jbCapLetter">E. <b><a onclick="return mV('Job',9,'25-31');">Job 9:25-31</a> (NKJV) "Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good. 26 They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey. 27 If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,' 28 I am afraid of all my sufferings; I know that You will not hold me innocent. 29 [If] I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow water, And cleanse my hands with soap, 31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes will abhor me.</b></p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. And little more self pity, although somewhat understandable.</p>
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<p class="jbCapLetter">F. <b><a onclick="return mV('Job',9,'32-35');">Job 9:32-35</a> (NKJV) "For [He] [is] not a man, as I [am], [That] I may answer Him, [And] [that] we should go to court together. 33 Nor is there any mediator between us, [Who] may lay his hand on us both. 34 Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me. 35 [Then] I would speak and not fear Him, But it is not so with me.</b></p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. Without even knowing it, this is Job's heart crying out for Jesus. Because of this great "chasm" that Job is talking about, and his need to identify with a human being, Paul tell us in <a onclick="return mV('Phl',2,7,8);">Phl 2:7-8</a> that the Lord...made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, [and] coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to [the] [point] [of] death, even the death of the cross.</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">a) He became flesh so that we could identify.</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">2. Job also expresses his heart's desire for a "mediator" between him and the Lord.</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">a) <a onclick="return mV('1Ti',2,5);">1Ti 2:5</a> (NKJV) For [there] [is] one God and one Mediator between God and men, [the] Man Christ Jesus,</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">b) Job's illustration here is a person that will grab his hand, then grab the hand of God and reconcile their differences!</p>
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<p class="jbArabicParen">(1) Job is crying out for Jesus!
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<p class="jbCapLetter">G. <b><a onclick="return mV('Job',10,'1-3');">Job 10:1-3</a> (NKJV) "My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. Job 10:2 I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Show me why You contend with me. Job 10:3 [Does] [it] seem good to You that You should oppress, That You should despise the work of Your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?</b></p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. "Because I have no mediator, I will have to defend myself. I know it is not the best way, but it is all I have!"
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<p class="jbCapLetter">H. <b><a onclick="return mV('Job',10,'4-7');">Job 10:4</a> (NKJV) Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as man sees? Job 10:5 [Are] Your days like the days of a mortal man? [Are] Your years like the days of a mighty man, Job 10:6 That You should seek for my iniquity And search out my sin, Job 10:7 (NKJV) Although You know that I am not wicked, And [there] [is] no one who can deliver from Your hand?</b></p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. The answer to these questions is of course, "Yes!", but Job at this time cannot see the human, and merciful side of the Lord.</p>
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<p class="jbCapLetter">I. <b><a onclick="return mV('Job',10,'8-22');">Job 10:8-22</a> (NKJV) 'Your hands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity; Yet You would destroy me. 9 Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again? 10 Did you not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese, 11 Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews? 12 You have granted me life and favor, And Your care has preserved my spirit. 13 'And these [things] You have hidden in Your heart; I know that this [was] with You: 14 If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity. 15 If I am wicked, woe to me; Even [if] I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. [I] [am] full of disgrace; See my misery! 16 If [my] [head] is exalted, You hunt me like a fierce lion, And again You show Yourself awesome against me. 17 You renew Your witnesses against me, And increase Your indignation toward me; Changes and war are [ever] with me. 18 'Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me! 19 I would have been as though I had not been. I would have been carried from the womb to the grave. 20 Are not my days few? Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort, 21 Before I go [to] [the] [place] [from] [which] I shall not return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of death, 22 A land as dark as darkness [itself], As the shadow of death, without any order, [Where] even the light [is] like darkness.' "</b></p>
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<p class="jbRomTitle">III. CONCLUSION</p>
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<p class="jbCapLetter">A. Job is back to his death wish!</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. It doesn't look like Bildad's "lecture" did him much good.</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">2. But, when you are this far down, there is not that anyone can say to cheer you up!</p>
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<p class="jbCapLetter">B. Job wished he were dead!</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. It is interesting to note that there were a couple of other Bible characters that wished they were dead too.</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">2. They were Elijah and Jonah!</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">a) And in both cases they were running away from something!</p>
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<p class="jbArabicParen">(1) Elijah was running away from Jezebel, and Jonah was running from the Lord!
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<p class="jbCapLetter">C. I would like to conclude this mornings teaching by asking this question.</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">1. If you are down and depressed this morning, (baring medical reasons), could it be because you are running from something?</p>
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<p class="jbArabic">2. Could it be that instead of believing in the Lord's promises and accepting His will for your life, you refuse to accept that this trial is meant for good, and not to destroy you?!?</p>
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<p class="jbMiniscule">a) <b><a onclick="return mV('Jer',29,'11-14');">Jer 29:11-14</a> (NKJV) For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find [Me], when you search for Me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, says the Lord,</b></p>
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