Job’s Greatest Tragedy Ends: God Finds, Meets With, And Speaks to Job 02/17/2019: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:00 We are talking about surviving tragedies and in this section of the message. Job’s greatest tragedy ends and what was his greatest tragedy he had a lot of he had a dysfunctional marriage his wife wanted him dead his children were all killed. His laborers or all killed except a few he lost all of his source of income and he lost his health most of it in one day bam you think you got problems joe had a lotta butt jobs greatest tragedy ends in this chapter remember Job said and chapter 3 verse 25 the thing I greatly feared has come upon me.

▶ 0:52 So what did he greatly fear was it losing his kids what does it marriage was it his money was it his health Job said I am terrified and afraid at his presence. Ok I have written in here losing his presence and I’ll show you why ok I looked for God but I couldn’t find him I couldn’t see I couldn’t meet with him you see God had accepted Satan’s challenge Satan accused Job of serving God just because everything went well for him health wealth great marriage kids everything is and man looks on the outward but God looks we’re at the heart on the inward see men will praise you when everything’s going good for you and you’re wealthy and you got a big house and a fancy car and all this stuff uh but God doesn’t care about that stuff he cares about the inward man and so Job is trying to find God Job knows that God is the most important thing in his life and that’s what he feared of losing God so in this challenge by Satan the accuser Satan is an accuser and Satan is a liar the Bible says he was a liar from the beginning from creation the Bible says that he is a tester see God doesn’t come and test you Satan does you got it so Satan accuses and God

▶ 2:23 takes him up on his challenge and God says no my servant joe will serve me no matter how bad things get and so God backed away God took his protection off of Job Job can’t find God all right and he’s looking for him but he can’t find him that was Job’s greatest fear I trust that’s your greatest fear. Are you here today church see the Bible says that God is our exceedingly great reward not these natural things these outward things that we all look to and major things by but God himself are in a relationship with us oh that I might find him here it is again oh that I’m he’s looking for something that he’s lost and he says this if I could find him I would know understand the words he would answer me God would answer me and I would understand.

▶ 3:26 He would put strength and power in me he wouldn’t usurp his authority over me he would strengthen me and empower me if I could find him do you understand that judge. When he has tested me I shall come forth as gold God isn’t testing Job Satan is. You understand that Satan’s the one had accused and Satan the one that did all these things to Job these bad things it wasn’t God it was Satan God allowed it to show the whole world and Satan that God’s people will serve him no matter what. So in this chapter we’re gonna see that God finds Job Job is looking for God and God shows up God meets with Job and God speaks to Job and this.

▶ 4:25 All right remember over in Exodus 33:14 God said my presence shall go with you Moses replied and said how is it known that I and your people have found grace in your sight is it not that your presence goes with us so shall we be separated different I and your people from all the people on the face of the earth what separates from hindus and atheist and and muslims and all these religions what separates us the presence of God they a theist say that you cannot prove God yes we can every time we praise him every time we seek him his presence comes that confirms and proves there is a living God amen. So we go over here to Job 38 and 39 chapters 38 and 39 God starts talking joe the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind he showed up with a whirlwind I have a universal whirlwind here in the heavenlies all right.

▶ 5:37 Who is he that darkens counsel by words without knowledge Job you don’t know what you’re talking about you distorted advice you distorted counsel you distorted truth because you’re talking about something you have no understanding on see he didn’t know Satan and met with God up in heaven that Satan had accused Job Job didn’t know that yet are you there. You know and things may be happening to you that God hasn’t shown you yet our Job is to watch serve him is that a good a mint day Job thought he had it all figured out and Job was a perfect an upright man that hated evil shunned evil and God words were to him you have distorted counsel advice that you’ve distorted truth.

▶ 6:32 Because you don’t have the understanding you speak above your level of knowledge having no the Bible says a foolish [unclear] is wise if he keeps his mouth shut I. Mean you know every day we make fools of ourselves yeah we talk about things we don’t know anything about now so what does God do God immediately goes to the creation. He says the Job I’m gonna ask you Job where were you when I set the foundations of the earth or it could be said where are the foundations that I placed in the earth. Job didn’t know this stuff he’s talking about things that he doesn’t know anything about where were you when I’ve put the measurements of the earth of foundation fasteners in the cornerstone declare it to me Job if you understand tell me.

▶ 7:33 Are you there. Now Job knew that the earth was hung on nothing because it tells us in Job 23 I’m sorry 26 that Job knew the earth was hung on nothing it doesn’t have any foundation it doesn’t have any fasteners and it doesn’t have a cornerstone it’s hung on nothing. Amen. Are you there now God goes on to talk about where were you and I place the boundary of a sea and the springs of the sea where were you and I place this clouds and the stars and the constellations in the sky where were you when I placed in the gates of death I’m the one that created death. Are you there where were you Job you know so much tell me these things.

▶ 8:27 The light the darkness the snow the hell the lightning the thunder the rain the seeds that sprout and produce great plants and great trees and fruit the animals and the birds and the fish can you command these things joe will they act at your work. Can you stop these things can you stop the moth from. What do they call it migrating can you stop the birds from I can you stop the fish from migraine I put it in them joke I made them the way they are can you give smartness to an animal that I gave dumbness to joke. Now having you know joke starting to feel a little a little small right now see we think we know so much and we blame God or we blame other people.

▶ 9:27 Remember God made the donkey but Balaam’s donkey talked a donkey was talking to Balaam the donkey’s eyes were open to see angels God did it Job can you do that. God caused the birds to feed the prophet in the desert the birds brought food to the prophet who had to run for his life from the king Job can you do that God made the great fish to swallow Jonah. Okay Job you know so much tell me are you getting the picture church yeah we talk about things we know nothing about and we say we’re right and other people are wrong and God is wrong we have the audacity the Job pet now. In Psalms 33 you young people need to understand this because in public schools are going to tell you about evolution creation is what God is talking about by the word of the Lord by the breath of his mouth where all the heavens made he gathered the waters of the sea together and laid up the seas depth in storehouses he spoke and it was what done he spoke and it was what done no evolution it was done bound.

▶ 10:45 He commanded and it stood firm there are Christian evolutionists unbelievable. Either God’s a supernatural God he’s not a supernatural God either he can create this universe in the heavens in six days or he can’t and he can’t do that how can he save you. See how could he raise himself from the dead he’s a supernatural God he isn’t limited to us so don’t you forget that when you’re in those public schools and they tell you the evolution is a fact it is not a fact they can’t scientifically prove it they never have since I’ve been in school and they still can’t. So God continues to answer jokes shall he that contends with the almighty Job you’re quarreling with me you’re in opposition to me.

▶ 11:40 You’re correcting me you’re ab you you’re accusing me and you’re blaming me. You ever heard these people say would of God so powerful how come he allows all this destruction in the earth you ever heard that statement yeah. See accusing God blaming God it’s talking about things they know nothing about God gave judgment to human beings at the flood and it’s our responsibility to arrest criminals people that are hurting other people and punish them even to the execution of them if it calls for execution but mankind won’t do it see and instead of blaming themself they want to blame God now. You’re gonna instruct me joe you’re gonna tell me what’s right you’re gonna tell me what to do.

▶ 12:34 You’re gonna boss me around joe. Hello. It. Jove answered and said I’m unworthy I’m gonna keep my mouth shut you’re not gonna say anything more I mean no joke got the message. Job [unclear] as smart as he thought he was and you aren’t as smart as you think you are this spiritual understanding has nothing to do with going to college and getting intellectual understanding it’s a whole different ball game could that be an amen absolutely now. Then answer to the Lord and to jobe again out of a whirlwind well hadn’t a nice whirlwind there I will demand of you joban you respond to me you declare unto me o wise man o man that knows everything.

▶ 13:31 Will you counsel my judgment and condemn me that you may be right are you going to avoid my judgment. To prove to the world that you’re right now what was God’s judgment here God judged that jobe would serve him no matter how bad things went God made that decision God took his presence away from Job God God allowed Satan to take his health his wealth his employees he wound up with a lot of widows and orphans on his will to an orphan row that he had. He added to Job’s responsibilities. He killed his ten kids Satan killed his ten kids. Because God backed off to prove that his people would serve him no matter what are you gonna are you gonna void my judgment joe you don’t even know what’s going on here.

▶ 14:36 Are you their church and how many of you may not know what’s going on and you’re trying to find answers in some mighty ministry somewhere trying to find answers by demanding God do some little a verse in the Bible instead of the whole council of God will God you wrote this do it you start commending God and telling God you become God are you there. You’re gonna condemn me and say I am guilty have me another Bible said God cannot send he cannot lie he’s a righteous God okay you’re gonna condemn me Job and say I’m wrong to prove that you’re right I mean to know so many people do that they want to blame something else to justify himself in that right absolutely.

▶ 15:36 Now. God won the debate in heaven Job kept his integrity his honesty he kept his relationship with God he just messed up by blaming God for backing off from him how many know if God wants to back off from us he’s God he can do that no there. If God wants to allow Satan to bring sickness into your life I mean you know that’s God’s decision. It’s not our Job to quote some scripture and throw at him our Job is to serve him now listen in. The New Testament Satan came to Jesus in the wilderness and he asked Jesus to make stones into bread it view accrued your Christ’s view via the messiah and that’s what he does to Christians prove that God is reprove get apologetics get do something to prove God is real well you can prove God is real by learning his word responding to his word and him coming to you amen I don’t need apologetics or anything to prove God is real God is real if I seek him I want find him and if I find him he’s real that ends it amen I don’t have to explain anything.

▶ 17:05 Ha ha. Now he also took Jesus to the high part of the temple and said jump off because the scripture says you know he won’t let anything harm you nothing’s gonna harm you and Jesus what and Satan does that to us tries to get us to challenge God and Jesus said thou shalt not tempt tests the Lord your God it’s not our Job to test God the only place you can test God is tithes and offerings that’s the only place and see if God will not bless your life because you give 10% of your money that’s the only place I know of in the Bible where you can test God otherwise you better keep your mouth shut without any man. Now. Then he took him to a high mountain says shows him all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them the prosperity of them on all the rest and he says hey Jesus I’ll give you all this if you worship me now Jesus knows he is the king of all the earth Jesus knows he is the king of kings and the Lord of lords Jesus knows who these nations belong to and he knows all the wealth who all the wealth and the nations belong to it belongs to him Jesus knows that folks he knows who he is but Satan.

▶ 18:28 Is a liar see Satan is an accuser that’s what he does he lied Satan was lying through his teeth he is not ruling the nations there’s a lot of Christians that believe that they’re believing a lie they believe that and then they’ll say he’s king of kings and Lord of lords or how can he be both either he’s the Lord of the nation’s or he’s not amen is Satan a liar yes. Satan was lying and yet many Christians who really don’t seek God for the word they read that oh I’m not gonna get in politics and I’m not gonna get involved with with the government and all that because that’s Satan’s area it’s not Satan’s area it was God that created government it was God that created government by law it was God that raised it told Abraham and princes and leaders will come out of your loins amen we got to get back but some of these phony preachers are robbing us off I.

▶ 19:32 Shouldn’t have said phony unlearned see we get it on the radio because they got nice and or printed material or they got tapes with nice graphics on when all that lieth we think boy they got it they haven’t got anything if they don’t have the truth and you don’t need any special graphics or any special drama or anything to speak truth amen. Now. God also said this in the New Testament Jesus said hey I’m going to build my church and guess what Satan the gates of hell are not compel are not going to prevail against my church please listen to me. I’m gonna build a church that the gates of hell cannot prevail against it’s going to be a glorious church Satan it’s going to be a church without spot or wrinkle or any such thing it’s going to be a church that comes into the unity of the faith not gonna be all these weird doctrines running around it’s gonna be a church that’s gone to a perfect man that Job was Job a perfect man a complete man was he righteous did he shun evil yes.

▶ 20:45 He said I’m gonna build a church like joke. Hallelujah. And yet how many people are out there saying Jesus Christ can come today. 90% of the church world really believes the return of Christ is in a minute and the church is certainly not in unity of the faith the church is not righteous we got we got priests and we got ministers raping teenagers and raping kids and all kinds of gross sins going on in the church are you aware that they’re taking the money they’re taking the people’s money and living high on the hog.

▶ 21:40 It’s deplorable what’s going on in the name of Christ and yet they want to say Jesus is coming to try to scare us and make us afraid that anytime you know it’s going to happen it’s going to happen and they’re distracting us from growing in God and becoming the church that he said we could become amen. Hallelujah see the church is hasn’t got Satan under their feet God said I will bruise Satan on your under your feet shortly now the early church was a complete church a powerful church the ministers in the early church did not do these things that are happening today and they did not preach the things that are being preached today but Jesus said this are you ready there will first be a falling away did he say that and the Bible say that absolutely and guess what happened the early church after a couple hundred years the catholics they take credit for this and the eastern orthodox charts take credit for this they started bringing in their rituals and their costume customs and and all of these things their idols and their icons and so forth and they literally replace the living word of God with a bunch of religious nonsense and they take credit for it and Jesus said what that is the falling away.

▶ 23:06 That’s nothing to brag about I wouldn’t take credit for being that church back then you agree yeah and then. The Bible also says I will restore all things that the prophets have spoken and I’ll bring times of refreshing so in 1280 1300 a 1400 day and peak in a 1500 ad God began to restore truth back to the people began to restore. Why because God is doing what he says and listen I said all that to say this right now Job is ridiculed by the people that didn’t like him. He’s a righteous man he’s a perfect man he serves God look what happened to him he lost his health lost his wealth lost his kids huh you fool you’re a fool Job you’re an idiot you you’re yours you’re speaking that God is righteous and God is good and and and and and God’s gonna come back joke knew God was gonna come back and resurrect the dead at the end of time Job knew all that stuff and these people are laughing at him and mocking at him just like they’re doing today because God hasn’t fully restored the church yet they’re laughing at us and they’re mocking us but your church there’s coming a day when this church will be glorious it will overcome the gates of hell we will put Satan under our feet and we’re not waiting for a rapture to get us out of here we’re waiting for Jesus to grow us up.

▶ 24:38 Amen. So we’re in that season jobos in it looks like we say things that we aren’t experiencing we teach things that the world looks at is we got sin in the church horrible things are going on and they laugh at us but let me tell you there’s coming a day they won’t be laughing because God will fulfill his word and that’s why he can’t come today and he won’t come tomorrow because he’s got to raise up a glorious church with unity of the faith of the stature of the major of Jesus Christ is that an amen. But we listen to these guys that don’t know they go to the same seminaries to learn the same stuff and they preach the same stuff so they get approval of those who taught them I’ve watched it I’ve been in comfort this they preach in and they look over at the other ministers to see yeah yeah okay I’m doing good are you there and the congregation don’t know what’s going on because they don’t read their Bible they don’t see God they don’t ask God for truth but God’s gonna change all that.

▶ 25:55 Amen. Alleluia you talk about God being fair remember God said he would bust us with houses. With a trade a Job an income addresses with children and bless us with a spouse remember that with persecutions see the church acts like we don’t go through troubles for church you’re going to go through troubles. You’re gonna go through troubles you create you’re going to go through troubles as Satan creates and when Satan does it God’s out to bring you like gold at the end alright and when you create it he’s still out to bring you like gold at the end hey man we can’t blame Satan forever problem we got we create a lot of them how many could it say amen to that yes. No.

▶ 26:49 People saying is God fair it’s God fair is he James was arrested in the New Testament put in prison his head was cut off the next day just a few days later Peter was arrested put in the same prison and angels came and led him out and brought him out and he went on preaching is that fair. Yeah because God said he makes the judgment it’s his judgment whether you lose your head or whether you get delivered. Do you understand church. And we call it bad things happening to good people no it’s God doing what he wants to do he’s making decisions okay we have two people that were stoned in the New Testament we have Stephen who was stoned and he died we have Paul that was stoned and God raised him back up is that fair.

▶ 27:52 Not to the natural mind but when you know that God is making the decisions up in heaven yes whatever he chooses to do is fair it is right can I hear an amen hallelujah we got to stop challenging God we got except going to the word and trying to make God follow that work and that’s what that faith camp teaches and everything you know the words of my hand command you me tell me what you want me to do God is telling Job that he’s commanding men what he wants to do are you there. Hallelujah. The Bible says he’ll supply over needs these houses the spouses the kids and all that and he says if you train up your kids in other way they should go when they’re old they won’t depart from it and yet we see a lot of Christians whose kids good Christians not phony ones whose kids went astray see God gives them a choice our Job is to do what God said and then it’s God’s Job and our kids Job responsibility to follow.

▶ 29:05 Amen and we want to blame them parents well if those parents would have been builders wouldn’t have it we want to blame ourselves oh my God if I’d have been a better parent listen when your kid reaches 20 years old they are responsible for their decisions and you’re no longer obligated let them go. Amen. The worst that can happen is they can be turned over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh that they might be saved in the end that’s what Paul said if you think being friendly and sweet with them and all this stuff is going to do it and being quiet when they’re home so that you don’t speak right and wrong and all this you don’t want to stir the water it’s not going to work God has chosen the foolish nosov preaching to save them the bidet and if you don’t speak up for right they may never hear.

▶ 30:05 Hello. Hey amen God said I’ll heal all your diseases. How many diseases all of them do you know Christians that are sick you know Christians that are sick and dying yeah. Is something wrong with them is. God wrong. Are you there have you got something to think about those he’s God and that’s what Job teaches us that he’s God and he decides what’s going to go on in the heavens and he decides what’s going to go on in the earth.

▶ 30:54 now [unclear] did Paul leave behind his staff members that were sick the man whose aprons was casting out devils and hidden the sick had to leave behind he had to go on the journey alone and leave his ministry staff behind because God chose not to heal him was God wrong was there something wrong with Paul but the apollo’s his faith come on church that faith camp is a destructive camp they got you thinking on faith faith faith faith faith when there’s a lot more things in that Bible than faith and love and wisdom are the two things that a high priority in the Bible not faith now there. And see this is joe he kept his honesty no matter what happened he kept his honesty when people turned on him and mocked him and left at him he kept his honesty he served God he loved God even though he was blaming God foolishly he still stayed with God Judas was an apostle given the authority to cast out demons and heal the sick and preach the gospel and he went out and did it Judas that Jesus said was a thief.

▶ 32:16 Judas Jesus said had a Devil. Judas Jesus said was the son of perdition the son of destruction. And he was a minister of the gospel healing the sick raising the dead and stealing from the purse and he sold Jesus out for money that’s exactly what the prosperity camp is doing to people they’re selling Jesus out for money bring your money to me and God will bless you and prosper you and they six everything is measured around your success well Job right now isn’t having any success is he. There are Christians that aren’t wealthy they’re barely make ends meet is there something wrong with them no.

▶ 33:19 Jesus plainly said success is not measured in the thing men possesses its measured in your character. Amen. If these prosperity people would really bring the scriptures out. Given us shall be given unto you press down shaken together will it be given on to you if they read the verse before it it’s talking about character if you do good good will give be given back if you do right right will be given back if you are merciful mercy will come back it’s character church and if they would switch from money and possessions to character the church would be different in America but they want their airplanes and their boats and their mansions all over America saying in the fanciest hotel and where an offense if they want that just like Judas wanted it and their sons of destruction the son of perdition is not the antichrist like they’re teaching you out there the son of perdition is the son of destruction they’re doing things even in the ministry in the church that’s bringing destruction to them and to those that follow them.

▶ 34:40 And when Paul says they sit in the temple of God claiming that they are God this is exactly what they’re doing we are the temple of God and when we. Go above God to come up with our doctrines and our demand then we’re saying we’re God and that’s going to bring destruction the antichrist is just people that say Jesus has not come in the flesh that’s the antichrist and there’s a lot of the antichrist the false prophet and the son of perdition is three different characters not one like they’re telling you out there only our ways you need to read your Bible. Are you that sure. Alleluia but we hear it we believe it listen to the radio on the way to working on the way back we start hearing it enough we believe that because we don’t spend time every day in the Bible and prayer.

▶ 35:43 Now are you gonna say the scriptures is a lie because you raise your kid right and they [unclear] are you gonna say the scriptures is a lie because God promised you houses a spouse and yet your spouse left you and divorced you. Your children you some women can’t have children is there something wrong with them spiritually no what do we get this stuff from Satan he’s a liar he comes and tells you this baloney and he’s got ministers out there like Judas backing it up let me get her through this slide right here real quick deck yourself now with majesty excellency glory and beauty go ahead joke deck yourself make yourself excellent in the New Testament said go ahead make one hair white or black show me add one cubic to your stature go ahead if you’re so tough you’re so spiritual you’re so you got such faith go ahead add a cubic tv stature add one month one day one hour I’m sorry one hour to your life go ahead show me how much faith you got.

▶ 36:51 Add one hour to your life when I call you to die you’re gonna die brother. Add one stature to you I made you six foot one inch and that’s where you’re gonna stay you got it and I gave you blonde hair or brunette hair or brown hair or whatever hair and you can change it with dye but you can’t change it naturally I’m and you are just over faced I’m God there isn’t another guest abroad the rage of rage of your wrath and humble all that are proud go ahead joe go out there in the world and humble the proud they see ya joe couldn’t even get around the world it’s too big tread down the wicked in their place when you can do these things than I will admit you can save yourself otherwise you better come to me the savior.