I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES--JOB 19:25-27

I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES

JOB 19:25-27

Introduction:

In Job chapter 14 Job declares that “Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.” Man’s days upon the earth are certainly short as Job says. However, Job had a couple of questions as well. In verse 4 he asks, “Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.” And in verse 14 he asked a very pertinent question, “If a man die, shall he live again?”

Job had the answers to his questions and observed much more as we will see today.

I. JOB DECLARES “I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH”

V. 25a, “For I know that my redeemer liveth,”

A. In Christ we have an atonement, Job 33:23-24, “If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness : 24- Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.” [ atonement]

B. The Redeemer pleads our cause, Proverbs 23:10-11, “Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11- For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.”

C. The Redeemer is strong, Jeremiah 50:34, “Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.”

II. JOB’S REDEEMER SHALL STAND ON THE EARTH

V. 25b, “and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:”

A. Job as a believer lived confidently in trusting in his redeemer, Psalm 16:9, “Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.”

B. Job trusted in God’s promises, Jude 14, “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints.”

C. Job trusted God to care for him, Hebrews 10:22, “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.”

III. JOB DECLARES HIS FAITH

Vs. 26, “And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:”

A. Job believe in the resurrection of the body as taught in the Scriptures, Job 14:12-15, “So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 13- O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! 14- If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come . 15- Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.”

1. Job teaches the doctrine of the death, burial and resurrection, Job 14:12-14a; Isaiah 26:19, “Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.”

2. Job teaches the doctrine of the transformation of the believer, Job 14:14, “If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.”

a. Job preaches the rapture and the transformation of the believer, Job 14:15, “Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.”

b. The Apostle Paul confirms it, 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”

B. Job believer in a bodily resurrection and not a spiritual resurrection, Text v. 26b, “yet in my flesh shall I see God.” Romans 8:11, “But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”

IV. JOB DECLARES HIS FAITH THAT HE WILL SEE GOD WITH HIS OWN EYES

v. 27, “Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.”

A. Job was sure that he would behold the face of his Savior in righteousness, Psalm 17:15, “As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.”

CONCLUSION

EVIL INTENT--JOB 15:14-16

EVIL INTENT

JOB 15:14-16

Job 14:4, Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

Introduction:

Job asked some pretty interesting questions and he had the right answers as well. In fact Job’s wisdom in regard to spiritual things was very good. Looking at these verses let us consider what Job has said and build upon these truths.

I. MAN IS “A TRANSGRESSOR FROM THE WOMB”

Isaiah 48:8, “Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.”

A. Man is actually SPIRITUALLY INSENSITIVE,

1. He DOES NOT HEED God’s admonitions, Isaiah 42:20, “Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.”

2. His IMAGINATION is not on Godly things, Genesis 6:5, “And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”

3. Even after God had destroyed this world by the flood He admitted man had NOT CHANGED, Genesis 8:21, “And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.”

B. David said that he was shaped in INIQUITY, Psalm 51:5, “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”

1. David was born a sinner, Psalm 58:3, “The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.”

2. All men are sinners from birth, Romans 5:12, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”

II. GOD REMEMBERS THAT MAN IS CORRUPT AND OF SINFUL FLESH

Psalm 78:39, “For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.”

A. Israel turned to the Lord when he punished them for their sins, but NOT with a TRUE HEART, Psalm 78:38-39, “But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. 39- For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.”

1. It is interesting that this same thing happened on 9/11 here in the USA, 1 Kings 21:29, “Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.”

2. “God bless America” is on the door, but the house is empty, Matthew 12:43-45, “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44- Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45- Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.”

B. Man FORGETS SOON how God has blessed him and REBELS against the Lord, Psalm 78:40-42, “How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.”

1. Man TURNS BACK from the Lord, Acts 7:39, “To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,”

2. He GRIEVES God with his bad conduct, Hebrews 3:15-17, “While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 16- For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. 17- But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?”

III. GOD’S PLAN TO REMEDY MAN’S PROBLEM

A. By the foolishness of preaching, 1 Corinthians 1:18,  the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.”

1. The message of the Cross cuts to the heart of self-centeredness, Job 22:29, “When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.”

2. That message reaches man spiritual need of salvation with the power of God, Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

3. That spiritual need is met and seal by the power of God when a person believes the Gospel, Ephesians 1:13, “In whom ye also trusted , after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,”

CONCLUSION

Job knew the answers to some of the difficult questions of this life. Only God can take an ungodly sinner and make him a saint by faith in Jesus Christ. That is why religion will never get anyone into Heaven. Job was trusting in his Savior for that, Job 19:25-26, “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: 26- And though after my skin worms destroy this body , yet in my flesh shall I see God:”

JUSTIFICATION--JOB 9:2b

JUSTIFICATION

JOB 9:2b,

“But how should man be just with God?”

Galatians 3:8, “And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.”

Introduction:

“How should a man be just with God?” That is the question that Job asked in Job 9:2. We are sinners before the Lord and therefore need to be reconciled with Him. Justification is a part of that, but just what is it all about. Do you know how to respond to Job’s question?

I. WHAT IS JUSTIFICATION?

A. Justification is the state of being “free from guilt and exposure to punishment.”

B. Justification does not MAKE you righteous.

1. We are guilty sinners, Romans 5:19a, “For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners.”

2. We are admitted sinners, Galatians 2:15-17, “We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 16-Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 17-But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.”

C. Justification DECLARES you righteous.

1. By the remission of our sins, Acts 13:38-39, “Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39-And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.”

2. By reckoning Christ’s righteousness to the believer, 2 Corinthians 5:21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” Philippians 3:9, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:”

II. THE METHOD OF JUSTIFICATION.

A. It is not by moral character, Luke 16:15, “And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.”

B. It is not by the works of the law, Romans 3:20, “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Galatians 2:16: Titus 3:5.

C. We are justified by God, Romans 8:33, “Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.”

1. By His Grace, Romans 3:24, “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:”

a. By His death on Calvary, Romans 5:9, “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.”

b. By His Resurrection, Romans 4:25, “Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.”

2. Through Faith in Christ, Romans 5:1, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:” Romans 4:5, “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”

III. THE EVIDENCE OF JUSTIFICATION.

A. Peace with God, Roman 5:1, “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:”

B. We have assurance of an inheritance in heaven, Titus 3:7,” That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”

CONCLUSION

To be just before God means that you have trusted Jesus Christ as your Savior and God has done His work of grace in you. The evidence mentioned above should be seen in our every day living.

OUTLINE OF THE BOOK OF JOB

OUTLINE OF THE BOOK OF JOB

Introduction:

Job is in form a dramatic poem. It is probably the oldest of the Bible books, and was certainly written before the giving of the law. It would have been impossible, in a discussion covering the whole field of sin, of the providential government of God, and man’s relation to Him, to avoid all reference to the law if the law had then been known. Job was a veritable personage (Ezekiel 14.20; James 5.11), and the events are historical. The book sheds a remarkable light on the philosophic breadth and intellectual culture of the patriarchal age. The problem is, why do the godly suffer? --- Scofield.

Author: Unknown

Date Subject of much discussion. Regarded by many scholars as the oldest book in the Bible; others place it as late as the exile.

Place: The Land of Uz. It appears to have been a region in Arabia Deserta, between Palestine, Idumaea, and the Euphrates, and most probably not far from the borders of Idumaea.

Main Subject: The Problem of Job’s affliction. The book is poetical and pictorial in its descriptions. It may be divided into twelve scenes:

1) Job and his family before affliction overtook them. Job appears as a godly father, unspoiled by prosperity, ministering as a priest to his large household, Job 1:5, “And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.”

2) Satan enters the divine presence.

a. He insinuates that Job serves God because of special favors, Job 1:9-11.

b. Satan is permitted to test Job by inflicting the loss of property and children- Job 1:12-20.

c. Job retains his integrity, Job 1:21-22.

3) Satan enters the divine presence the second time, Job 2:1-3.

a. Saying, if Job’s own body were afflicted, he would curse God, Job 2:4-5.

b. Satan is permitted to smite Job with a horrible disease, Job 2:7-8.

c. The blasphemous advice of his wife, and the triumphant submission of Job, Job 2:9-10.

4) The arrival of Job’s three friends, and the seven days of silent sympathy, Job 2:11-13.

5) Job’s patience being exhausted, he utters his complaint, Job 3.

6) The long and fruitless discussions between Job and his three friends concerning his afflictions, Job 4:1--31:40

a. His friends maintain that suffering is the result of personal sin.

b. Job defends himself and asserts his innocence.

7) Elihu enters into the discussion, Job 32:1--37:24.

8) The Lord answers Job out of the whirlwind, Job 38:1--39:30.

a. Words of enlightenment.

b. Words of reproof.

9) Job’s confession, Job 40:3-5.

10) The Lord speaks the second time, Job 40:7-41:34.

11) Job’s second confession, Job 42:1-6.

a. The Lord’s rebuke of Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar for their foolish words, Job 42:7-9

b. The Lord commanded for them to offer sacrifices.

12) Job prays for his friends, Job 42:10-17

a. His own prosperity is restored.

b. He lives to a great age.