Finding Security in a Troubled World
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Finding Security in a Troubled World
Description
We’re not hearing from God as to why this is all happening. That puts us in an interesting situation. That puts us in a place very much like the character in the Bible, and that character is Job. Go back to the book of Job with me for a moment. You’re going all the way back to the patriarchal period of time with Job. All the way back to the time of Genesis is when Job was living. He’s introduced to us in the first chapter as a man in the land of Uz, blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. That’s the best that could ever be said about anyone, which is to say, salvation and sanctification were already operating in the patriarchal period. And we all know the story. He had great wealth, he had a large family, and all of a sudden, everything began to go wrong in his life, and he doesn’t know why. We know why, because in chapters 1 and 2 of Job, Satan comes to God and Satan says to God, “Hey, does Job fear God for nothing? In other words, the reason Job fears You, the reason he’s righteous, the reason he’s such a good man, the reason he worships You the way he does is because You have blessed him so greatly. You’ve made a hedge about him, his house and all that he has on every side. You’ve blessed the work of his hands. You’ve given him possessions, they’ve increased in the land.” And then Satan says to God, “But put forth Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face. Job only worships You, serves You, because You’ve blessed him. Take away the blessing, he’ll curse You.” So this is a test: “Will a faithful, righteous man be faithful and righteous when he has everything taken away?” And the story unfolds from there.
Subject
Analogies to Mythic Narratives
has community
Grace Community Church of Sun Valley (CA)
Spatial Coverage
Sun Valley, CA
has denomination
Calvinist
Date Submitted
10/21/2020 20:09
