Join us today as guest speaker Chris Ellis looks into Job 23.
Notes:
I. The Seed of Faith and a Battle of the Mind
A. The State that Job Finds Himself.
B. The Shift of Mind from Day 1
II. The Seed of Faith Seeks the Source of its Strength.
A. A Petition that Job Puts Forth v. 3-7
1. It Shows Determination to Find God
2. It Reveals Job’s Thinking. v. 4
3. It presumes upon God to Agree v. 5-7
B. Job’s Realization. v. 8-9
1. God sometimes makes Himself obscure.
2. It is not always understandable.
III. What the Seed of Faith Sees. v. 10-14
A. He knows what I need more that I do. v. 10a
B. Testing and Chastening bring Purity v. 10b
C. Trusting Facts Not Feelings Contributes to Stability v. 11-12
D. God’s Immutability is Our Hope v. 13
E. God’s Sovereignty is Our Stability v. 14
IV. What the Seed of Faith Acknowledges. v. 15-17
A. God is Holy. We are not. v. 15
B. We Need to Respond in Holy Fear. v. 16
C. God’s Darkness produces humility. v. 17