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Foreign. Hey, this is a year in the Bible with daily grace. We are in Job, chapters seven through nine. We hope that you're enjoying joining us on the journey through this book. Leave us a comment or review. Let us know what you're learning. Let us know how this book is impacting you. Scott, Yesterday we saw the first address of one of Job's friends. We talked about maybe how it was an unhelpful address. And today we're going to kind of continue through this cycle of speeches. So what do we see in chapters seven through nine?
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So this section, Job is still responding to Eliphaz in today's first chapter, chapter seven. In chapter six, he complained about his friends being unhelpful and cruel. Here in chapter seven, he's talking about God. Why God would. He's questioning why God just seems so intent to target him. And then the second friend, Bildad, speaks up and basically makes the same point that the first friend, Eliphaz, did, that, um, you know, innocent people don't suffer. And so since God is just what. What Job has experienced must be punishment, he asked, does God pervert justice in chapter eight? And then Shelby says what I think is maybe the most shocking statement in the entire book. And he says, since your children sinned against him, he gave them over to their rebellion. I Translation. Job's children got what they deserved when they died, which, ouch. But he's like, hey, there's hope, though, for you, Job. Just repent and God will restore all your prosperity. And again, like the first friend, that's what Satan has suggested. Serve God and be rewarded with stuff. Satan thinks that's all Job is motivated by. And then Bildad goes on to tell Job to consider how conventional wisdom. And then nature itself kind of proves the point he's making. He says that just as a plant can't grow without water, so people can't flourish without God. Which true, you know, yes, and amen. But his conclusion then is repent. So, look, he says God does not reject a person of integrity and he will not support evildoers. The assumption he's making, of course, is that Job is an evildoer or that Job has not been a person of integrity. But we have to remember in chapter one, that's exactly how God sees Job.
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Yeah, okay, so then wisdom would tell me that next in this cycle of speeches, is Job responding to Bildad. How does he respond?
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There's a phrase from the study that I really appreciated. It said that Job feels stuck, which I loved that, because he'd love to argue his case before God that he's been innocent, but how do you even begin to argue against the all powerful God of the universe? And so he very hopelessly asks in chapter nine, verse 29, since I will be found guilty by God, why should I struggle in vain? That he wishes there was some kind of mediator who could stand between him and God to plead on his behalf. Which I think is a very interesting verse to read as Christians this side of the cross.
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Yeah, it absolutely is. So let's speak to that just a little bit more. And even how that points to what we can take away from these chapters today.
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Yeah, I think it's important to remember again, there's a lot more happening here than Job knows. More is happening behind the scenes than he can see. And also that God does see him as a righteous man. And I think, you know, as Christians who are counted righteous in God's sight because of Jesus, I think we can take comfort in our suffering too, that even when life doesn't make sense, we can rest assured that God is pleased with us. You know, God's displeasure is not something we have to ever feel or experience. And you know, that sounds good, but I think it's all too easy for all of us to just kind of let our circumstances inform how we think God sees us. Like if I'm going through a hard, I've done something wrong or God's mad at me for some reason. And you know what's beautiful though, is yes, we do sin, but even when we do sin, we have a mediator like Job wanted. We have a go between the man Christ Jesus, 1st Timothy 2, 5. So Jesus is at God's right hand right now, bringing our needs to the Father. And so one thing I'm reminded here in these chapters is that what Job was afraid of, we don't have to be afraid of. We know we have God's pleasure. We know there's a mediator between us and God, the man Christ Jesus. And we can remember that God is not inaccessible. He has not pronounced us guilty. We are his children and we live under his watchful gaze.
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Yeah, so well said, Scott. And that's gotta be my takeaway too, because we see in chapter nine, verse 33, we see Job say there is no mediator between us to lay his hand on both of us. And he's longing to know that he is right with God. Like that's, that's really just this fear that he has. I'm not right with God. I need someone to assure me that I am. I just feel so much gratitude that we have that in Christ. And even like you said, that we can read this with that understanding of Christ as our mediator. Scott, you know you mentioned the studies earlier. I always love to give a shout out if you're reading along with us. You're listening or watching these episodes, but you aren't using the studies. We encourage those to go even deeper into each day's chapters. We're in volume two right now. Won't be be long though until we're in volume three. So there is a link in the show notes where you can check out these studies that go with this reading plan. We'd love to have you join us in those as well. Okay, thanks Scott. We'll have more in the Book of Job tomorrow.
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