24. Shall Hope Perish?
Hymns: 43 God Is Still on the Throne; 87 I Know Whom I Have Believed; 115 Constantly Abiding Job 8:8-22 8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 …
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23. Doth God Pervert Justice?
Hymns: 91 The Lily of the Valley, 90 Love Lifted Me, 93 To God Be the Glory Job 8:1-7 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, How long wilt thou speak these things? and 2 how long shallthe words of thy mouth be …
22. Why Me?
Job 7:17-21 17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning,and try him every moment? 19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down …
21. Facing the Prospect of Death
Hymns: RHC 116 Higher Ground; 115 Constantly Abiding; Maybe Today (Page 7) Job 7:7-16 7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. 8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I amnot. 9As the …
20. Man’s Appointed Time
Hymns: EHS 18 When Days Are Sad and Dreary; RHC 227 Until Then O Glorious Day!; 332 Moment by Moment; 334 Sweet Peace, the Gift of God’s Love; Job 7:1-6 1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days …
19. Comfort for the Afflicted
Hymns: RHC 358 What a Friend We Have In Jesus; 243 The Comforter Has Come; 338 ShowMe Thy Way, O Lord 诗歌：颂主新歌 371 何等恩友慈仁救主；愿主助我传道；主，显我祢道路 Job 6:14-30 约伯记 6:14-30 14To him that is afflicted pityshould be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the …
18. Finding Comfort in Affliction
Hymns: RHC 335 Keep on Believing, 333 Yesterday, Today, Forever；334 Sweet Peace, the Gift of God’s Love 诗歌：坚持地相信；颂主新歌 323 时刻靠主；390 奇妙平安由神来 Job 6:1-13 约伯记 6:1-13 KJV Job 6:1But Job answered and said, 2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances …
17. Diagnosis and Cure
Hymns: RHC 247 Cleanse Me; 109 Jesus Is All the World to Me; 353 God Will Take Care of You 诗歌：颂主新歌 407 求主察看； 107 耶稣基督是我一切； 87 天父必看顾你 Job 5:17-27 约伯记 5:17-27 17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18For he …
16. Many the Afflictions of the Righteous
Hymns: RHC 339 When I Fear My Faith Will Fail; 333 Yesterday, Today, Forever; 320 ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust In Jesus Job 5:6-17 6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 7Yet man …
15. A Fool’s Downfall
Hymns: RHC 360 My God Is Any Hour So Sweet, 351 He Leadeth Me, 243 The Comforter Has Come
Job 5:1-5
1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? 2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. 3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. (Job 5:1-5 KJV)
A Fool’s Downfall
OUTLINE
(1) Call for Your Righteous Witnesses? (v1)
(2) A Fool’s Judgment (v2-5)
INTRODUCTION
Elilphaz has sought to discomfit and distressed Job into confessing that he has been living a fool’s life and therefore now faces a fool’s destruction.
(1) Call for Your Righteous Witnesses? (v1)
(2) A Fool’s Judgment (v2-5)
(1) Call for Your Righteous Witnesses? (v1)
1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
Which holy man of God is going to defend you? Anyone saint is able to vouchsafe for you? Surely there is none. It read like the judgment upon the fool who disregarded God’s reproof and instruction in Solomon’s proverbs.
22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: 30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. 31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. (Prov. 1:22-33 KJV)
The simple ones, the scorners and the fools are apt descriptions of those walking on the broadway who, scorn and mock at the truth, enticed by the sinner, consenting to his persuasion. Why do you hate knowledge? Why do you hate the truth? Why should it be so? It is for our good and yet we reject God’s call. Job is such a one!