WHEN FRUSTRATION MEETS FAITH

JOB 22-24

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. ELIPHAZ’S MELTDOWN [22]

1. Falsely Assumes Job’s Motives [v. 1-4, Matthew 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.]

2. False Accuses Job [v. 5-17]

3. Frustration Advocates Prosperity Gospel [v. 18-30]

II. JOB’S RESPONSE [23]

1. God’s Explanation Would Be Welcome [v. 1-5]

A good Christian doesn’t live by explanations, he lives by faith!

2. God’s Person Encourages His people [v. 6-7]

3. God’s Working Even Though We Might Not See Him [v. 8-17, Hebrews 11:27]

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

III. JOB’S REALIZATION [24]

1. Wicked People Do Sometimes Prosper in this Life [v. 1-12]

2. Wicked men Fear Men Rather than God [v. 13-17, Romans 3:18]

There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Psalm 36:1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

3. God is Watching & Will Act [v. 18-25]