JOB 34-35
Pastor Rick Jackson
Elihu, younger than Job and his 3 friends, continues to
reason with them and the crowd.
I. PROPER THINKING IS IMPORTANT [34:1-30]
Nowhere does the Bible ask us to commit intellectual
suicide. Jesus said, “You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you
free.” In Isaiah 1:18 God says, “Come now, and let us reason together, saith
the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” The Christian faith is
a reasonable faith [Rm. 12:1-2] and it is the only world view that makes total
sense.
1. Consider the Company of Your Thoughts [v. 1-9, Ps. 1:1-3]
2. Consider the Goodness of God [v. 10-12]
3. Consider the Greatness of God [v. 13-30]
II. PROPER SPEAKING IS IMPORTANT [34:31-35:13]
1. With Humility [34:31-34]
2. With Knowledge [34:35-35:3]
3. With Understanding [35:4-13] of God’s Transcendence
III. PROPER PERSONAL APPLICATION IS IMPORTANT [35:14-16]
1. God does Know- Trust Him [v. 14]
Is. 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your
thoughts.
2. You Don’t Know- Curb Your Imagination [v. 15]
3. You Don’t Know- Curb Your Tongue [v. 16]
“It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear ignorant
than to open it and remove all doubt”
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