A TRUE FRIEND [3]

JOB 36-37

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

Elihu, younger than Job and his 3 friends, continues to reason with them and the crowd.

 

I. A TRUE FRIEND WILL TALK ABOUT GOD [36:1-15]

 

1. Elihu Speaks on God’s Behalf [v. 1-9]

 

-God is righteous [v. 1-3]

-God is Wise [v. 4-5]

-God is Watching [v. 6-9]

 

2. Elihu Speaks on God’s Behavior toward Receivers [v. 10-12]

 

-the purpose [v. 10-11]

-the prosperity [v. 11]

-the purging [v. 12, Heb. 12]

 

3. Elihu Speaks on God’s Behavior toward Rejecters [v. 13-15]

 

-wrath [v. 13]

-wages [v. 14, Rm. 6:23]

-wisdom [v. 15]

 

“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pain. It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” -C.S. Lewis

 

II. A TRUE FRIEND WILL TALK ABOUT GOD’S WORK [36:16-37:1]

 

1. Job Chose Wrong [36:16-21]

 

2. God Chose Job [36:22-25]

 

3. Men Choose Responses [36:26-37:1]

 

III. A TRUE FRIEND WILL TALK ABOUT GOD’S WAYS [37:2-24]

 

1. The Voice of God [v. 2-6]

 

2. The Counsel of God [v. 7-13]

 

3. The Works of God [v. 14-24]