1 00:00:02,820 --> 00:00:06,320 Greetings to you in the most high and 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:09,740 holy name of the Lord Jesus Christ, from 3 00:00:09,740 --> 00:00:13,200 the very center of the Buddhist stronghold nation, 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:13,600 Japan. 5 00:00:15,059 --> 00:00:21,020 I am missionary Richard Yerbe, and today, along 6 00:00:21,020 --> 00:00:24,280 with me, I want you to please consider 7 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,320 the man named Job. 8 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:31,880 An entire 42 chapters long Old Testament book, 9 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:37,500 bearing his name, makes him most worthy of 10 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:39,580 our earnest consideration. 11 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,400 His name is spelled the same as our 12 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:47,000 present-day word Job, J-O-B, but 13 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:48,300 it's pronounced Job. 14 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,900 Listen now to Almighty God introduce Job to 15 00:00:53,900 --> 00:00:57,000 us in the very first verse of the 16 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,020 first chapter of the book of Job in 17 00:01:00,020 --> 00:01:01,100 the Old Testament. 18 00:01:02,420 --> 00:01:04,980 There was a man in the land of 19 00:01:04,980 --> 00:01:09,580 Uz whose name was Job, and that man 20 00:01:09,580 --> 00:01:14,080 was perfect and upright, and one that feared 21 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,900 God and eschewed evil. 22 00:01:19,010 --> 00:01:24,270 Almighty Lord Jehovah God Himself calls Job a 23 00:01:24,270 --> 00:01:28,670 man who is perfect and upright, one who 24 00:01:28,670 --> 00:01:30,950 fears God and eschews evil. 25 00:01:32,210 --> 00:01:36,870 Fearing God and detesting and shunning evil are 26 00:01:36,870 --> 00:01:40,870 likely the two main characteristics that make a 27 00:01:40,870 --> 00:01:44,910 person perfect and upright in the sight of 28 00:01:44,910 --> 00:01:48,090 our holy, righteous Creator God. 29 00:01:49,290 --> 00:01:52,510 You please pray with me now, if you 30 00:01:52,510 --> 00:01:52,970 will. 31 00:01:53,970 --> 00:01:56,530 My Lord and my God in Heaven, please 32 00:01:56,530 --> 00:01:59,750 make the remainder of my life on earth 33 00:01:59,750 --> 00:02:03,950 a life that is perfect and upright in 34 00:02:03,950 --> 00:02:04,670 Thy sight. 35 00:02:05,550 --> 00:02:09,190 Please help me to always fear Thee and 36 00:02:09,190 --> 00:02:10,790 to eschew evil. 37 00:02:11,870 --> 00:02:14,510 I also pray this for all other Christian 38 00:02:14,510 --> 00:02:17,130 believers presently on earth. 39 00:02:18,110 --> 00:02:18,690 Amen. 40 00:02:20,590 --> 00:02:25,070 Nothing exactly like this is said about any 41 00:02:25,070 --> 00:02:26,770 other believer in the Bible. 42 00:02:28,050 --> 00:02:31,110 Throughout the Bible we can find record of 43 00:02:31,110 --> 00:02:35,410 God calling only a scant few men perfect, 44 00:02:36,410 --> 00:02:38,210 and Job is one of those men. 45 00:02:39,190 --> 00:02:41,750 Job is one of the greatest spiritual giants 46 00:02:41,750 --> 00:02:43,530 that has ever walked the face of this 47 00:02:43,530 --> 00:02:43,850 earth. 48 00:02:44,630 --> 00:02:48,370 Therefore we would do well to learn all 49 00:02:48,370 --> 00:02:51,570 we can from him and to strive to 50 00:02:51,570 --> 00:02:52,470 be like him. 51 00:02:53,810 --> 00:02:55,770 Join me in prayer again. 52 00:02:55,770 --> 00:02:59,090 Lord God in Heaven, please send Thy Holy 53 00:02:59,090 --> 00:03:03,110 Spirit ever so powerfully upon me now for 54 00:03:03,110 --> 00:03:05,410 the purpose of teaching me all the glorious 55 00:03:05,410 --> 00:03:08,630 things that Thou wouldest have me to know 56 00:03:08,630 --> 00:03:11,010 about this man Job. 57 00:03:11,730 --> 00:03:12,430 Amen. 58 00:03:14,250 --> 00:03:17,950 Now listen to verses 6-8 of Job 59 00:03:17,950 --> 00:03:18,750 chapter 1. 60 00:03:19,850 --> 00:03:22,550 Now there was a day when the sons 61 00:03:22,550 --> 00:03:25,270 of God came to present themselves before the 62 00:03:25,270 --> 00:03:29,230 Lord, and Satan came also among them. 63 00:03:30,170 --> 00:03:34,030 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest 64 00:03:34,030 --> 00:03:34,370 thou? 65 00:03:35,290 --> 00:03:38,590 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, From 66 00:03:38,590 --> 00:03:42,330 going to and fro in the earth, and 67 00:03:42,330 --> 00:03:44,650 walking up and down in it. 68 00:03:45,650 --> 00:03:49,750 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou 69 00:03:49,750 --> 00:03:54,510 considered my servant Job, that there is none 70 00:03:54,510 --> 00:03:58,130 like him in the earth, a perfect and 71 00:03:58,130 --> 00:04:02,830 an upright man, one that feareth God, and 72 00:04:02,830 --> 00:04:04,070 askeweth evil? 73 00:04:05,570 --> 00:04:06,550 End of that reading. 74 00:04:07,550 --> 00:04:09,790 God in Heaven is so proud of His 75 00:04:09,790 --> 00:04:12,570 servant Job that He just grabs the old 76 00:04:12,570 --> 00:04:16,149 devil by his chain and calls Job to 77 00:04:16,149 --> 00:04:20,250 the devil's attention, praising Job ever so highly. 78 00:04:22,060 --> 00:04:25,360 I wish my Savior could take such pride 79 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,440 in me that He would want to brag 80 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:30,700 on me like that before the devil and 81 00:04:30,700 --> 00:04:31,420 his crowd. 82 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,460 I would like to be one who would 83 00:04:34,460 --> 00:04:37,780 cause my precious Lord God to take the 84 00:04:37,780 --> 00:04:39,840 devil by the collar and say to him, 85 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,640 Satan, have you considered my servant Richard? 86 00:04:45,020 --> 00:04:46,740 He's perfect and upright. 87 00:04:47,740 --> 00:04:50,680 He fears God and askews evil. 88 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,280 Therefore I am so proud to call him 89 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:55,000 my son. 90 00:04:56,220 --> 00:04:58,840 I hunger and thirst to be like that, 91 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,340 and if I could find out what made 92 00:05:01,340 --> 00:05:04,380 Job like that, I would try to apply 93 00:05:04,380 --> 00:05:07,320 it to my life to make me like 94 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:07,800 Job. 95 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,520 And I do not believe that Job had 96 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,840 any inside secret with God that you and 97 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:16,660 I cannot get in on. 98 00:05:17,660 --> 00:05:21,120 Any present-day Christian believer can be just 99 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:25,020 as great as Job was, and in this 100 00:05:25,020 --> 00:05:30,100 present-day wicked and perverse, immoral, beast-like 101 00:05:30,100 --> 00:05:34,720 generation of self-worshippers, how we need some 102 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,740 believers who will be like Job, stand against 103 00:05:38,740 --> 00:05:42,860 evil and fight it with fiery, godless zeal, 104 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,360 standing against the devil and his crowd in 105 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,320 such a way that God would be just 106 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,440 as proud of them as he was of 107 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:52,740 Job. 108 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,120 Would you aspire to be like that? 109 00:05:58,240 --> 00:05:59,540 Let's pray again. 110 00:06:00,020 --> 00:06:03,320 Lord God, please send thy Holy Spirit to 111 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,020 convict me of just how far I am 112 00:06:06,020 --> 00:06:09,220 from being perfect and upright before thee. 113 00:06:10,210 --> 00:06:14,780 Convict me strongly of how willingly I have 114 00:06:14,780 --> 00:06:20,600 settled for a lukewarm, Laodicean, Carolist Christian life, 115 00:06:21,100 --> 00:06:24,680 so desirous to live for self and for 116 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,600 the pleasures of this world, having lost much 117 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,280 of my desire to glorify thee with my 118 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:31,740 life. 119 00:06:32,660 --> 00:06:36,240 Convict me of how greatly displeasing it is 120 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,200 to you that I do not have a 121 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,720 burning desire to be perfect and upright in 122 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,320 thy sight, but rather have been satisfied to 123 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:50,140 be an indifferent and worthless servant to thee, 124 00:06:50,220 --> 00:06:51,020 my Creator. 125 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:57,720 Convict me, my Lord, grant me genuine remorse 126 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:59,360 over this, my sin. 127 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,800 Grant me a repentant heart. 128 00:07:03,620 --> 00:07:08,480 By thy Spirit change my cold, indifferent heart 129 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:12,940 into one that wholly aspires to be perfect 130 00:07:12,940 --> 00:07:16,960 and upright, so that thou canst delight in 131 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:21,460 bragging on me before the enemy, just as 132 00:07:21,460 --> 00:07:24,560 thou delighted in bragging on thy servant Job. 133 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:27,700 Grant this, Lord, I pray. 134 00:07:28,420 --> 00:07:32,720 Also, please instill in all Christian believers on 135 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,140 earth a desire to be like Job. 136 00:07:36,660 --> 00:07:37,520 Amen. 137 00:07:38,700 --> 00:07:42,060 God said to Satan, As thou considered my 138 00:07:42,060 --> 00:07:42,880 servant Job. 139 00:07:43,780 --> 00:07:46,840 It wasn't the devil that started the ball 140 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,340 rolling that got Job into all that misery 141 00:07:50,340 --> 00:07:52,520 and loss that he suffered. 142 00:07:53,260 --> 00:07:56,120 It didn't start by the devil complaining to 143 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:57,480 God about Job. 144 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,260 It started by God picking on the devil 145 00:08:01,260 --> 00:08:02,160 about Job. 146 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,520 As thou considered my servant Job. 147 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:08,940 Likely that was the last thing the devil 148 00:08:08,940 --> 00:08:11,920 wanted to do, consider Job. 149 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:17,060 Job's holy, righteous life was such a thorn 150 00:08:17,060 --> 00:08:19,900 in the devil's flesh that the devil didn't 151 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:21,600 want to think about Job at all. 152 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,240 He wished he could forget about this saint's 153 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,680 existence, but God would not let him. 154 00:08:29,540 --> 00:08:31,360 God was so proud of Job that he 155 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:35,700 just could not keep quiet about him to 156 00:08:35,700 --> 00:08:37,320 his adversary, the devil. 157 00:08:38,740 --> 00:08:42,100 God had to glory over Job before the 158 00:08:42,100 --> 00:08:42,380 devil. 159 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,920 Oh, to be like Job, Lord, I want 160 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:48,060 to be like Job. 161 00:08:49,820 --> 00:08:52,980 And if I could find out what made 162 00:08:52,980 --> 00:08:57,160 Job such a great giant of a saint, 163 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,200 I would try to apply that to my 164 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:01,620 life. 165 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,440 If I could find out what his priorities 166 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,840 were, I would make them my priorities. 167 00:09:08,940 --> 00:09:12,920 What was important to Job, by God's grace, 168 00:09:13,020 --> 00:09:15,720 I would make that important in my life. 169 00:09:16,940 --> 00:09:20,520 What was not important to Job, I would 170 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,440 not make important to me. 171 00:09:23,660 --> 00:09:25,860 And I think there is a verse here 172 00:09:25,860 --> 00:09:28,300 in this book of Job that tells what 173 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:33,040 his priorities were and reveals his secret of 174 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:37,840 spiritual success, showing us just what he actually 175 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,360 did that made God in heaven so proud 176 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:41,800 of him. 177 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,440 Just as God asked Satan if he had 178 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,780 considered Job, I want you and I to 179 00:09:48,780 --> 00:09:54,260 now consider Job in a serious spiritual Bible 180 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:58,480 study, like we have possibly never considered him 181 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:03,840 before, all the while calling upon God to 182 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,420 help us also to be like this giant 183 00:10:07,420 --> 00:10:08,280 of a believer. 184 00:10:09,300 --> 00:10:10,400 Let's pray. 185 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,160 Heavenly Father, I thank Thee for giving me 186 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,640 Thy eternal word, the Holy Bible, to guide 187 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:17,400 my life. 188 00:10:17,740 --> 00:10:20,580 I want to live in complete obedience to 189 00:10:20,580 --> 00:10:21,660 Thy holy word. 190 00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:25,860 Thank Thee for giving us this perfect and 191 00:10:25,860 --> 00:10:28,960 upright example of Job in Thy Bible. 192 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,680 Now as I listen to this study about 193 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:37,400 Job, please grant me Thy wisdom to enable 194 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,340 me to learn everything I should from it. 195 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,120 Teach me, Lord, I pray, how to be 196 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,680 perfect and upright like Thy servant Job. 197 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:47,880 Amen. 198 00:10:49,300 --> 00:10:52,840 Luckily, you well know the story of Job. 199 00:10:53,580 --> 00:10:56,000 Read in chapter 1 how that God allowed 200 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,320 this rich man to lose all of his 201 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:04,140 many possessions, his oxen, sheep, camels, and even 202 00:11:04,140 --> 00:11:05,260 his ten children. 203 00:11:06,020 --> 00:11:10,720 What is Job's reaction to this sudden disaster? 204 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:16,480 Reading now verses 20 through 22 of chapter 205 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:17,120 1. 206 00:11:18,140 --> 00:11:23,020 Then Job arose and rent, that means tore, 207 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:26,820 and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, 208 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,040 and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 209 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:32,760 hallelujah. 210 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,260 And said, Naked came I out of my 211 00:11:36,260 --> 00:11:39,980 mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither. 212 00:11:40,780 --> 00:11:43,920 The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken 213 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:44,360 away. 214 00:11:45,420 --> 00:11:47,760 Blessed be the name of the Lord. 215 00:11:48,860 --> 00:11:53,060 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged 216 00:11:53,060 --> 00:11:55,220 God foolishly. 217 00:11:56,260 --> 00:11:56,860 Amen. 218 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:02,040 Oh, what glorious joy that Job gives to 219 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,360 his Creator by such a confession. 220 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,400 Oh, how I burn with desire to be 221 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:09,000 like him. 222 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:10,880 How about you? 223 00:12:12,180 --> 00:12:12,820 Let's pray. 224 00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:16,120 Lord God in heaven, please create within me 225 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:21,160 the spiritual fortitude to always bless Thy high 226 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:26,240 and holy name, no matter what terrible adversities 227 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:27,300 come my way. 228 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:28,920 Amen. 229 00:12:31,220 --> 00:12:36,920 Job's wonderfully victorious confession makes God even more 230 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:38,780 proud of this perfect servant. 231 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:43,920 Thus God simply rattles Satan's chain again. 232 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:49,540 In chapter 2, reading verse 3, the Lord 233 00:12:49,540 --> 00:12:54,140 speaking, Has thou considered my servant Job, that 234 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:56,300 there is none like him in the earth, 235 00:12:56,900 --> 00:13:01,000 a perfect and an upright man, one that 236 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,800 feareth God, and askeweth evil, and still he 237 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:11,280 holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movest me 238 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:16,080 against him, to destroy him without cause. 239 00:13:18,330 --> 00:13:20,510 Look at him, Satan, God is saying. 240 00:13:21,370 --> 00:13:24,070 Even though you moved me against this man 241 00:13:24,070 --> 00:13:29,370 to destroy him without a cause, still all 242 00:13:29,370 --> 00:13:32,470 he can do is to fall down on 243 00:13:32,470 --> 00:13:35,990 the ground and worship me, saying, Blessed be 244 00:13:35,990 --> 00:13:37,310 the name of the Lord. 245 00:13:38,650 --> 00:13:40,450 Get a good look at that, Satan. 246 00:13:40,450 --> 00:13:42,910 He is not that a rare sight to 247 00:13:42,910 --> 00:13:43,470 behold. 248 00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:47,450 I am making you consider him. 249 00:13:48,170 --> 00:13:51,070 I am forcing you to consider Job, you 250 00:13:51,070 --> 00:13:51,630 old devil. 251 00:13:52,470 --> 00:13:56,110 I refuse to let you not consider him. 252 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,040 I am so proud of him that there 253 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,380 is no way I will allow you to 254 00:14:03,380 --> 00:14:06,220 ignore him as you so desire to do. 255 00:14:07,140 --> 00:14:09,640 And I pray, Lord, help me to be 256 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:10,380 like Job. 257 00:14:11,180 --> 00:14:13,680 Oh, how delighted God is when he has 258 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:15,880 such a treasure as Job to boast of 259 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,960 to anyone and everyone, especially to the enemy 260 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,900 and those in the enemy's camp. 261 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:25,240 Would you pray this? 262 00:14:25,500 --> 00:14:27,540 Lord God, please help Brother Richard to be 263 00:14:27,540 --> 00:14:28,100 like Job. 264 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,040 Please stir up my heart also with burning 265 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:33,620 desire to be perfect and upright before thee. 266 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,800 Show me how greatly that glorifies thee and 267 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,280 how soundly it defeats thy enemy and the 268 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:40,580 devil. 269 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,620 Please help me to be perfect and upright 270 00:14:43,620 --> 00:14:47,080 and thereby of great use to thee in 271 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,420 this severe spiritual battle that is raging. 272 00:14:50,220 --> 00:14:53,680 Make me into a mature, perfect, and upright 273 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,580 soldier in thy great army. 274 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,200 Grant this, Lord, I beg of thee. 275 00:14:59,820 --> 00:15:02,560 I pray this for all other Christian believers 276 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:03,160 also. 277 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:04,800 Amen. 278 00:15:06,260 --> 00:15:08,660 You might be thinking by now, that's an 279 00:15:08,660 --> 00:15:10,700 awful lot of praying and I'm getting tired 280 00:15:10,700 --> 00:15:11,060 of it. 281 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:13,780 Well, I like that New Testament verse that 282 00:15:13,780 --> 00:15:15,960 says, pray without ceasing. 283 00:15:16,500 --> 00:15:19,440 By God's grace, I try to do so. 284 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,800 I'll go on with the sermon now. 285 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:26,400 Oh, what painful agony that must bring upon 286 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:26,860 the devil. 287 00:15:27,660 --> 00:15:31,300 God forces Satan to again consider Job still 288 00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:34,140 perfect and upright, even though he has lost 289 00:15:34,140 --> 00:15:38,020 his many possessions and all ten children. 290 00:15:39,300 --> 00:15:42,820 How Satan detests looking on such a sight 291 00:15:42,820 --> 00:15:44,720 that glorifies God so much. 292 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:49,620 So he calls for an even more severe 293 00:15:49,620 --> 00:15:51,740 attack on this saint. 294 00:15:51,740 --> 00:15:54,740 Well, he wouldn't serve you if you would 295 00:15:54,740 --> 00:15:56,060 afflict him in his body. 296 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,480 I'll read that in chapter two, verses four 297 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:01,500 and five. 298 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:06,080 And Satan answered the Lord and said, skin 299 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:09,980 for skin, yea, all that a man hath 300 00:16:09,980 --> 00:16:11,600 will he give for his life. 301 00:16:12,620 --> 00:16:16,240 But put forth thine hand now and touch 302 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,680 his bone and his flesh, and he will 303 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,420 curse thee to thy face. 304 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:24,980 Now I read verse six. 305 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,780 And the Lord said unto Satan, behold, he 306 00:16:28,780 --> 00:16:32,000 is in thine hand, but save his life. 307 00:16:33,340 --> 00:16:36,760 God didn't even bat an eye about turning 308 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,980 this prized possession of his over to the 309 00:16:39,980 --> 00:16:43,180 devil for Job to be afflicted in the 310 00:16:43,180 --> 00:16:44,640 worst ways possible. 311 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:51,180 Job's creator and savior quickly put Job in 312 00:16:51,180 --> 00:16:53,400 the devil's hand for him to do anything 313 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,080 with Job that he desired to do except 314 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:57,200 for to kill him. 315 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:00,460 Now listen to verses seven and eight. 316 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:05,180 So, so went Satan forth from the presence 317 00:17:05,180 --> 00:17:09,180 of the Lord and smote Job with sore 318 00:17:09,180 --> 00:17:12,920 boils from the sole of his foot unto 319 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:13,660 his crown. 320 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,940 And he took him a pot sherd to 321 00:17:18,940 --> 00:17:23,920 scrape himself withal, and he sat down among 322 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:25,040 the ashes. 323 00:17:26,660 --> 00:17:29,900 Look at Job there, sitting on that ash 324 00:17:29,900 --> 00:17:34,240 heap, scraping himself with a pot sherd, trying 325 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:38,200 to relieve the misery of those boils covering 326 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:39,640 his entire body. 327 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:46,300 All his possessions gone overnight, all ten children 328 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:53,320 taken instantly, health gone, afflicted with physical misery. 329 00:17:54,140 --> 00:17:57,980 So this great man of wealth has been 330 00:17:57,980 --> 00:18:02,580 reduced to a stinking, festering mass of rotten 331 00:18:02,580 --> 00:18:08,340 flesh, sitting in ashes, all because he loved 332 00:18:08,340 --> 00:18:11,260 God more than any other person did. 333 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:16,200 Now what a reward that is for being 334 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:21,080 the best believer on earth, for zealously being 335 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:22,520 obedient to God. 336 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:27,610 Something similar to this could possibly happen to 337 00:18:27,610 --> 00:18:30,970 you, simply because you are loving God with 338 00:18:30,970 --> 00:18:33,890 all your heart and zealously striving to be 339 00:18:33,890 --> 00:18:38,390 completely obedient to him and completely sold out 340 00:18:38,390 --> 00:18:41,310 to him in every area of your life. 341 00:18:43,070 --> 00:18:47,850 So if and when disaster strikes you, it 342 00:18:47,850 --> 00:18:49,650 is a good thing for you to do 343 00:18:49,650 --> 00:18:53,270 a spiritual checkup, looking for any sin or 344 00:18:53,270 --> 00:18:56,590 anything wrong in your relationship with God, while 345 00:18:56,590 --> 00:19:00,030 calling upon the Holy Ghost to reveal any 346 00:19:00,030 --> 00:19:02,510 and all sin of yours unto you. 347 00:19:03,730 --> 00:19:08,490 And after carefully searching your life, then do 348 00:19:08,490 --> 00:19:13,770 seriously consider what Job encountered and consider that 349 00:19:13,770 --> 00:19:17,330 the adversary coming your way may possibly be 350 00:19:17,330 --> 00:19:22,470 for similar reasons that this harsh adversity came 351 00:19:22,470 --> 00:19:23,190 upon Job. 352 00:19:23,890 --> 00:19:24,990 Let's pray. 353 00:19:24,990 --> 00:19:28,030 Lord God, each time adversity comes my way, 354 00:19:28,330 --> 00:19:31,070 please give me thy wisdom to be able 355 00:19:31,070 --> 00:19:33,450 to discern the reason for it. 356 00:19:33,930 --> 00:19:36,170 Help me to know if it is because 357 00:19:36,170 --> 00:19:39,130 of my sins and failures, or if it 358 00:19:39,130 --> 00:19:42,370 is because thou art glorying over my life 359 00:19:42,370 --> 00:19:45,310 before thine adversary the devil. 360 00:19:46,370 --> 00:19:51,350 Please fortify me to always stand firm for 361 00:19:51,350 --> 00:19:54,730 my creator God throughout all adversity. 362 00:19:54,990 --> 00:19:56,030 Amen. 363 00:19:57,110 --> 00:19:59,490 I'm going to read the ninth verse of 364 00:19:59,490 --> 00:20:00,710 Job chapter two. 365 00:20:01,910 --> 00:20:05,730 Then said his wife unto him, does thou 366 00:20:05,730 --> 00:20:07,910 still retain thine integrity? 367 00:20:09,230 --> 00:20:10,750 Curse God and die. 368 00:20:12,650 --> 00:20:13,870 That's the end of that reading. 369 00:20:14,830 --> 00:20:16,390 I'll put it in my words. 370 00:20:16,810 --> 00:20:20,170 Honey, why don't you just curse God and 371 00:20:20,170 --> 00:20:20,590 die? 372 00:20:21,410 --> 00:20:24,490 Just look at what misery God has heaped 373 00:20:24,490 --> 00:20:28,570 upon you in return for all your upright 374 00:20:28,570 --> 00:20:34,870 living, your worship, love, adoration, service, labor, and 375 00:20:34,870 --> 00:20:38,170 praise that you have lavished upon him all 376 00:20:38,170 --> 00:20:39,090 these years. 377 00:20:39,950 --> 00:20:42,250 Just look at how God has treated you 378 00:20:42,250 --> 00:20:43,730 for being perfect and upright. 379 00:20:44,510 --> 00:20:46,630 God must hate you to treat you like 380 00:20:46,630 --> 00:20:46,990 this. 381 00:20:47,830 --> 00:20:51,090 Go ahead, Job, while there is still breath 382 00:20:51,090 --> 00:20:53,790 in you and you still have a chance 383 00:20:53,790 --> 00:20:56,010 in this life to get back at God. 384 00:20:56,570 --> 00:20:58,750 Just curse God this face. 385 00:20:59,750 --> 00:21:02,570 Tell him in no uncertain terms what you 386 00:21:02,570 --> 00:21:04,470 think of him treating you this way. 387 00:21:05,570 --> 00:21:07,490 Go ahead and do it now while you 388 00:21:07,490 --> 00:21:08,290 have a chance. 389 00:21:09,390 --> 00:21:10,930 Curse God and die, Job. 390 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,620 All ten of his children taken away from 391 00:21:15,620 --> 00:21:20,000 him and the only remaining loved one, apparently, 392 00:21:20,460 --> 00:21:23,820 is his God-given helpmate who should be 393 00:21:23,820 --> 00:21:27,360 comforting and encouraging her husband. 394 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,820 But rather, she rebukes him and urges him 395 00:21:32,820 --> 00:21:34,960 to turn his back on God and to 396 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:35,700 curse his maker. 397 00:21:36,460 --> 00:21:40,260 What a severe test Job is put to 398 00:21:40,260 --> 00:21:40,600 here. 399 00:21:41,460 --> 00:21:45,200 And what an inspiration to us all to 400 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,920 see how well he stands the test. 401 00:21:48,820 --> 00:21:51,460 Reading the tenth verse of chapter two. 402 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:56,120 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as 403 00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:58,480 one of the foolish women speaketh. 404 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:03,460 What, shall we receive good at the hand 405 00:22:03,460 --> 00:22:06,960 of God, and shall we not receive evil? 406 00:22:07,700 --> 00:22:12,600 In all this did not Job sin with 407 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:13,420 his lips. 408 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:15,420 That's the end of that reading. 409 00:22:16,620 --> 00:22:20,980 Not one word will Job utter against his 410 00:22:20,980 --> 00:22:22,220 creator God. 411 00:22:23,460 --> 00:22:28,500 Oh, how he ever so greatly glorified God. 412 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:34,100 Though he slay me, yet will I trust 413 00:22:34,100 --> 00:22:34,840 in him. 414 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,960 Thus, Job says later on. 415 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:43,900 He declares this in chapter 13, verse 15. 416 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,240 Thus, God is most proud of Job. 417 00:22:48,860 --> 00:22:53,400 Though God may kill him, still Job will 418 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,860 do nothing but praise and worship him. 419 00:22:56,980 --> 00:23:02,780 Always clinging to God in absolute, unwavering faith 420 00:23:02,780 --> 00:23:03,600 and trust. 421 00:23:06,490 --> 00:23:10,230 Being perfect and upright before God means never, 422 00:23:10,610 --> 00:23:15,210 ever finding fault in him or with him 423 00:23:15,210 --> 00:23:17,770 for any reason at all. 424 00:23:18,810 --> 00:23:21,370 So, if you want to be perfect and 425 00:23:21,370 --> 00:23:24,250 upright in God's sight, then you must get 426 00:23:24,250 --> 00:23:27,810 this matter settled at the start that you 427 00:23:27,810 --> 00:23:29,930 would never find fault with God. 428 00:23:30,670 --> 00:23:32,810 Of course, God is perfect and upright. 429 00:23:32,810 --> 00:23:35,230 He never does any wrong. 430 00:23:36,270 --> 00:23:41,130 By all means, believe that now and always 431 00:23:41,130 --> 00:23:43,250 believe that about God. 432 00:23:44,310 --> 00:23:48,270 And please dare not to ever find fault 433 00:23:48,270 --> 00:23:48,750 with him. 434 00:23:49,910 --> 00:23:53,850 May each and everything proceeding from your body, 435 00:23:54,070 --> 00:23:59,510 soul, and spirit always greatly glorify God, who 436 00:23:59,510 --> 00:24:02,310 is perfect in all his ways. 437 00:24:02,630 --> 00:24:03,650 Glory to God. 438 00:24:05,210 --> 00:24:09,470 Back about the year 2000 or so, a 439 00:24:09,470 --> 00:24:13,430 stranger to me, Miss Hiroko, about 40 years 440 00:24:13,430 --> 00:24:16,550 old, I guess, stopped as she walked past 441 00:24:16,550 --> 00:24:18,810 me doing street evangelism. 442 00:24:19,550 --> 00:24:24,030 She struck up a conversation and sounded as 443 00:24:24,030 --> 00:24:25,930 if she might be a Christian believer. 444 00:24:27,290 --> 00:24:30,090 So, I soon asked her if she was. 445 00:24:30,750 --> 00:24:32,650 Her answer was a shocker. 446 00:24:33,390 --> 00:24:35,730 I trusted in Christ, but my life didn't 447 00:24:35,730 --> 00:24:38,670 become blessed, so I no longer trust in 448 00:24:38,670 --> 00:24:38,990 him. 449 00:24:41,110 --> 00:24:43,630 My, my, how great she be! 450 00:24:44,330 --> 00:24:47,870 The only true blessedness for the human soul 451 00:24:47,870 --> 00:24:51,310 is found in Christ, mainly because it is 452 00:24:51,310 --> 00:24:55,450 eternal blessedness, salvation unto a home in heaven. 453 00:24:56,610 --> 00:24:59,410 I gave Miss Hiroko my phone number. 454 00:25:00,650 --> 00:25:03,830 I know not if she had previously confessed 455 00:25:03,830 --> 00:25:08,410 to anyone else that she ceased trusting in 456 00:25:08,410 --> 00:25:11,490 Christ because her life didn't become blessed upon 457 00:25:11,490 --> 00:25:12,310 doing so. 458 00:25:12,910 --> 00:25:17,030 But now, upon confessing that to me, her 459 00:25:17,030 --> 00:25:20,690 life soon became filled with time and again. 460 00:25:20,850 --> 00:25:24,830 She called me, sobbing on the phone about 461 00:25:24,830 --> 00:25:27,170 her unbearable problem. 462 00:25:28,170 --> 00:25:32,690 After some time, I received a handwritten letter 463 00:25:32,690 --> 00:25:36,410 from her saying that suicide is the only 464 00:25:36,410 --> 00:25:38,130 solution that she can see. 465 00:25:39,030 --> 00:25:41,670 I prayed hard for her soul. 466 00:25:42,850 --> 00:25:44,450 She lived far from me. 467 00:25:45,250 --> 00:25:46,790 I wasn't able to be around her in 468 00:25:46,790 --> 00:25:47,230 person. 469 00:25:48,110 --> 00:25:53,390 And later on, all word and communication from 470 00:25:53,390 --> 00:25:57,370 Miss Hiroko to me ceased coming to me. 471 00:25:58,130 --> 00:26:02,070 I know not what happened, but I know 472 00:26:02,070 --> 00:26:04,390 that I want the purpose in my heart 473 00:26:04,390 --> 00:26:08,050 that though he slay me, yet will I 474 00:26:08,050 --> 00:26:09,050 trust in him. 475 00:26:09,690 --> 00:26:11,870 I won't to ever confess that. 476 00:26:12,450 --> 00:26:14,870 I want to confess with my dying breath 477 00:26:14,870 --> 00:26:18,230 that the Lord Jesus Christ is my all 478 00:26:18,230 --> 00:26:19,270 in all. 479 00:26:20,070 --> 00:26:22,350 And though he slay me, yet will I 480 00:26:22,350 --> 00:26:23,230 trust in him. 481 00:26:24,210 --> 00:26:27,190 You please pray along with me right now. 482 00:26:27,890 --> 00:26:31,150 Almighty God, by thy great power, please help 483 00:26:31,150 --> 00:26:33,830 me to now settle it in my heart 484 00:26:33,830 --> 00:26:37,070 that I will never find any fault in 485 00:26:37,070 --> 00:26:37,390 thee. 486 00:26:38,050 --> 00:26:41,970 Help me to never consider doing so. 487 00:26:43,330 --> 00:26:46,890 Convince me that thou art totally holy and 488 00:26:46,890 --> 00:26:49,990 perfect, and that none of the many creatures 489 00:26:49,990 --> 00:26:53,990 that thou hast created will ever have any 490 00:26:53,990 --> 00:26:58,150 reason for fault in thee, or murmuring and 491 00:26:58,150 --> 00:26:59,650 complaining against thee. 492 00:27:00,350 --> 00:27:03,590 Give me courage to say along with Job, 493 00:27:04,210 --> 00:27:08,930 though thou slayest me, yet will I still 494 00:27:08,930 --> 00:27:09,830 trust in thee. 495 00:27:11,070 --> 00:27:13,850 Also, please help Brother Richard to be perfect 496 00:27:13,850 --> 00:27:15,290 and upright in this matter. 497 00:27:15,810 --> 00:27:17,950 May he never be tempted to find fault 498 00:27:17,950 --> 00:27:21,070 with thee, no matter what trials and troubles 499 00:27:21,070 --> 00:27:24,570 come his way on the foreign mission field. 500 00:27:25,530 --> 00:27:28,550 Help us all, Lord, I only pray. 501 00:27:29,290 --> 00:27:29,990 Amen. 502 00:27:31,310 --> 00:27:34,410 I am preaching this from Japan. 503 00:27:35,610 --> 00:27:38,490 Today, daily, I held forth the word of 504 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:41,290 life to a good number of people out 505 00:27:41,290 --> 00:27:42,010 in public. 506 00:27:42,970 --> 00:27:46,670 May God, the Holy Spirit, come upon them, 507 00:27:47,410 --> 00:27:50,690 work strongly and powerfully in their souls. 508 00:27:51,370 --> 00:27:54,930 May the true light shine into their darkened 509 00:27:54,930 --> 00:27:57,510 hearts and give them some light. 510 00:27:58,250 --> 00:28:01,690 I would appreciate you interceding in prayer for 511 00:28:01,690 --> 00:28:01,930 them. 512 00:28:02,590 --> 00:28:05,450 Oh, God has given me a love and 513 00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:06,470 a burden for them. 514 00:28:07,270 --> 00:28:09,250 I desire to see many of them saved. 515 00:28:10,230 --> 00:28:12,750 My time is up for today, and Lord 516 00:28:12,750 --> 00:28:16,510 willing, next time I hope to continue talking 517 00:28:16,510 --> 00:28:17,990 to you about Job. 518 00:28:17,990 --> 00:28:22,270 God bless you richly in every way, and 519 00:28:22,270 --> 00:28:24,950 keep you, make his face to shine upon 520 00:28:24,950 --> 00:28:26,210 you gloriously.