Fellowship Bible Church Sermons | Palmyra, WI

What do we do in our sufferings? How do we make it through?

It’s important to follow Job’s example so far—to follow him in Lament, and in Standing Firm in the Covenant Love of God.

But there’s a third thing Job does, at the very, very end of his speeches. There’s a third thing that the Holy Spirit might want to do in us too—growth.

Series: All Things Work Together: Studies in the Book of Job

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Wisdom is with God, and so our wisdom is to trust Him.

But even that—even faith for wisdom—gets too hard for us sometimes.

But Job tells us of Someone, a friend for sinners, a help in times of trouble, an advocate, a mediator, a shepherd. He will be wise and faithful to God for us. He will be wise and faithful to us in our troubles.

Series: All Things Work Together: Studies in the Book of Job

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Micah 4-5 asks the powerful rhetorical question: Is there no king in you?

Because if there is, and there is, then why are you following foolish leaders toward your own doom?

What our leaders are like, and what they do for us, has an effect on us—it does something to us.

What does having a glorious King who works wonders for His people—What does all that do to us?

It makes us glorious too. King Jesus makes us like Him.

Series: Micah 4-5: Is There No King in You?

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Micah 4-5 asks the powerful rhetorical question: Is there no king in you?

Because if there is, and there is, then why are you following foolish leaders toward your own doom?

Especially because the works that we so desperately need to see done for us will only be done by Jesus. He is our wonder-working King!

Series: Micah 4-5: Is There No King in You?

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Micah 4-5 asks the powerful rhetorical question: Is there no king in you?

Because if there is, and there is, then why are you following foolish leaders toward your own doom?

Especially because the glory that we seek is found only in our King, Jesus. He is the King of Glory.

Series: Micah 4-5: Is There No King in You?

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Micah 4-5 asks the powerful rhetorical question: Is there no king in you?

Because if there is, and there is, then why are you following foolish leaders toward your own doom?

Enjoy your King, the King of Glory, Jesus Christ!

We have a King, and this makes a big difference.

Series: Micah 4-5: Is There No King in You?

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In Romans 1:4, Paul describes what the Resurrection meant about Jesus, and what the Resurrection means for us.

Jesus Christ was declared to be the Son of God who has All the Power.

And He is ours (and we are His).

Series: NA

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Where is Wisdom found?

And who cares if we find it!?

By this point in the book of Job most readers will be frustrated: Where can we get a little wisdom for this situation? When life hands us something that looks like lemons, well, should we try to make lemonade? Or are these yellow Lacrosse balls lol? We need wisdom, but it’s hard to find, and even harder to hold onto.

Thanks be to God, His Wisdom holds onto us.

Series: All Things Work Together: Studies in the Book of Job

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The conversation between Job and his friends comes to a screeching halt: they have hit upon the end-of-the-line, the subject greater than which nothing else may be conceived. They have hit upon different views of who God is.

What is the True God? What is, then, the True World?

These are critical questions, hugely significant for our lives, and yet the world is full of wildly divergent replies. What does Job, and what does the Bible, have to say about this?

Series: All Things Work Together: Studies in the Book of Job

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As the conversation escalates, things get revealed. Last week we saw what this escalation revealed about Job’s friends. This week we see what it reveals to Job, about his hope and ours.

Job discovers that the things we love to lean on in hard times—friends and counsel—are true gifts, but they are not enough to hold up our hope when things get real.

Through the conversation Job begins to see where his hope lies: in a Savior and the Resurrection.

But it took a bit of destruction for this discovery to come to light. As is true for all of us.

We must learn what Job learned: there is no hope but the hope there is in Jesus.

Series: All Things Work Together: Studies in the Book of Job

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