THE END OF FAITH

JOB 41-42

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. LEVIATHAN-PICTURE OF SATAN [41:1-34, Is. 14, Ez. 28]

1. Untamable by Men [v. 1-9]

2. Undefeatable Save By God [v. 10-11]

3. Unmanageable by Men [v. 12-34]

II. JOB-PICTURE OF REPENTANCE [42:1-6]

1. His Consideration [v. 1-2]

2. His Confession [v. 3-4]

3. His Contrast [v. 5-6, James 5:11]

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

III. BLESSINGS-PICTURE OF GOD’S LOVE, MERCY & GRACE [42:7-17]

1. Rebukes [v. 7-8, Hebrews 12:5-6]

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

2. Forgiveness [v. 9-10, Hebrews 10:4-10]

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

3. Blessings [v. 11-17, Eph. 2]

1 Peter 1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.