WHAT JOB NEEDED

                                     JOB 1                                                                     Pastor Rick Jackson

 

It seems that everyone had different thoughts about what Job needed- but it’s not just Job. It’s you and me as well. Everybody thinks they know what we need. Let’s see some Biblical examples.

 

I. WHAT THE DEVIL THOUGHT

 

1. The Devil thought Job Needed to Lose All Earthly Possessions [1:8-22]

2. The Devil thought Job Needed to Lose His Health [2:3-8]

3. The Devil thought Job Needed Human Reasoning [2:9-11, 4:1-25:6]

 

But the Devil was wrong [1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:]

 

II. WHAT JOB THOUGHT

 

1. Job thought He Needed an Opportunity to Explain things to God [13:3, 23:1-4]

2. Job thought He Needed Explanations and Reasons [23:5, 10:2, 31:35]

3. Job thought He Needed to Justify Himself [Job 32:2]

 

BUT Job was wrong [Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.] Tom Malone said, “We need to obey God rather than man- even when we are the man.”

 

III. WHAT JOB LEARNED

 

1. Job Learned God is Omnipotent [42:1-2a]

2. Job Learned God is Omniscient [42:2b-3]

3. Job Learned God is Trustworthy [42:5-6]

 

Job didn’t need salvation- he had that [19:25-27], Job didn’t need explanations, Job needed faith! Faith came by hearing and hearing by the Word of God [Rm. 10:17]