Topic:Living Out of Rest READ THE SCRIPTURE: HEBREWS 4:1-13 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Hebrews 4:9-10 Here is a revolutionary new principle of human behavior, on which God intends man to operate. It is from this that man …
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Topic:The Folly Of Platitudes If you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent, then you will lift up your face without shame, you will stand firm and without fear. Job 11:14-15 Zophar the Naamathite comes onto the scene. (I call him Zophar the Zealous.) He moves up to bat, …
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Topic:The Need For A Mediator If only there were someone to arbitrate between us, to lay his hand upon us both. Job 9:33 Job’s problem is that he has no way to examine God, and that is what he goes on to state in very eloquent terms. He says that God’s wisdom is beyond man: How can you get hold …
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Topic:True But Wrong Surely God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers. Job 8:20 When you read Bildad’s arguments, you have to ask, “What is wrong with this? It sounds so true and right.” It is an argument you hear repeated many times today. What Bildad says is true and logical and supported by plausible …
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Topic:Restoring Dominion READ THE SCRIPTURE: HEBREWS 2:5-9 In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them. But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that …
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Topic:When The Righteous Suffer READ THE SCRIPTURE: JOB 4-5 Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed? As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it. Job 4:7-8 At this point we get the first of the replies of Job’s three friends: Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. These friends …
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Topic:Is It Better To Die? After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. Job 3:1 In this chapter we find that Job asks three very poignant questions. The first one is, Why was I ever born? Job hopes his birthday will be forgotten. He is looking back to the day of his birth, and, although …
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Topic:Accepting What God Gives He replied, You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble? In all this, Job did not sin in what he said. Job 2:10 Job’s rebuke is a very gentle one. He did not say, You foolish woman! He said, You are talking like a foolish woman. He is …
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Topic:He Holds All Things Together READ THE SCRIPTURE: HEBREWS 1:1-4 The Son is the gleaming brightness of God’s glory. He is the exact likeness of God’s being. He uses his powerful word to hold all things together. Hebrews 1:3a That is an amazing statement. It is put in the present tense, saying that he is the One who is keeping …
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Topic:God’s Final Word READ THE SCRIPTURE: HEBREWS 1:1-4 In the past, God spoke to our people through the prophets. He spoke at many times. He spoke in different ways. But in these last days, he has spoken to us through his Son. He is the one whom God appointed to receive all things. God made everything through him. Hebrews 1:1-2 …
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