September 2019

Romans 1 - Lesson 4

Romans 1 - Lesson 4

The Word: Episode 1065 Hebrews 11:7, Genesis 6:9-22

“Wisdom and Understanding”

September 30, 2019

“Wisdom and Understanding”

Blessings folk!

Let us consider the next question the Lord asked Job…

Job 38:36
“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being
Or given understanding to the mind?

The unstated answer is “the Lord”.

What do we learn from the question?

The Lord puts wisdom in the innermost being.
The Lord gives understanding to the mind.

The Lord tells us much about wisdom and understanding in His Word…

Psa 51:6
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.

The Proverbs and Psalms are replete with instructions related to wisdom and understanding.

The question begs to be asked.

In what wisdom do we live?
In what understanding?

The wisdom/understanding of man?
The wisdom/understanding of God?

Seek the wisdom and understanding of the Lord.

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The Word: Episode 1064 Hebrews 11:7, Genesis 6:1-8

“Can You?”

September 29, 2019

“Can You?”

Blessings folk!

The Lord continues to ask Job questions.

Job 38:34-35

“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
So that an abundance of water will cover you?

“Can you send forth lightnings that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

The inference of all these questions is that God does all this.

He lifts up His voice to the clouds and an abundance of rain comes forth.

He sends lightning on its path. He speaks to lightning.
Lightning says “here we are”!

The Lord does all this…as well as all we have seen before.
He speaks.
Creation responds.

Job could not.
We can not…?

Rejoice in the Lord!

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The Word: Episode 1063 Heberews 11:7

“Pleiades, Orion and the Bear”

September 28, 2019

“Pleiades, Orion and the Bear”

Blessings folk!

The Lord had asked Job questions about…
  • Creation
  • The Sea
  • Hydrological cycle of precipitation…rain, snow, hail, dew, etc.
  • The cycle of day/night
  • Light/Dark

Now, He off-planet questions…

Job 38:31-33

“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of Orion?

“Can you lead forth a constellation in its season,
And guide the Bear with her satellites?

“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or fix their rule over the earth?

The Pleiades and Orion are bound.
The Lord controls them.
Yes, these are the constellations that we know.

Can Job control/loose them?
No.
Can we?
No.

Can he/we lead them?
No.

Did he…do we…know the ordinances of the heavens.
No.

We think we know more.
I suspect that there is much that we think we know that is not true.

The Lord had fixed their rule over the earth.
Why?

Gen 1:14-15

Then God said,
“Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night,
and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years;

and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”;
and it was so.

There is more here.
There is more to discover and know.
If we seek the Lord, He will reveal.

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The Word: Episode 1062 Hebrews 11:6

“Channel…Rain…”

September 27, 2019

“Channel…Rain…”

Blessings folk!

We saw yesterday that the Lord made the way/path for light and that He has storehouses for hail and snow…

Job 38:24
“Where is the way that the light is divided,
Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

Job had no answer to the questions.

The Lord continues.
Read what He asks about rain/precipitation…

Job 38:25-30

“Who has cleft a channel for the flood,
Or a way for the thunderbolt,

To bring rain on a land without people,
On a desert without a man in it,

To satisfy the waste and desolate land
And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?

“Has the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

“From whose womb has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

“Water becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

Who births the rain, dew, frost, ice?
The Lord God.

Who brings rain upon uninhabited land?
The Lord God.

Why?
To bring forth seed and grass.

Who provides the channel for the flood (of water) and the way for the thunderbolt (lightning)?
The Lord God.

Amazing truths.

It is only in recent times that man has understood, to a better degree, the process of the path of lighting.
It is as the Word says.

The Lord brings rain.
The Lord satisfies.
Not man.
The Lord.

We would do well to give close attention to the questions asked of Job.
They are also asked of us.

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The Word: Episode 1061 Hebrews 11:5, Jude 15

“Storehouses of Snow and Hail”

September 26, 2019

“Storehouses of Snow and Hail”

Blessings folk!

Hang on now!

Another question from the Lord God to Job.

Have you ever considered this question?
Did you know this is a fact to be considered/questioned?

Job 38:22-23

“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

Which I have reserved for the time of distress,
For the day of war and battle?

There are storehouses of snow and hail?
Yes.
Apparently.

God has snow and hail reserved for his purpose, some for the time of distress, for the day of war and battle.

We see some of this in the Word…

In days past, the Lord has used hailstones/weather to fight for his people.

Jos 10:11
As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon,
the LORD threw large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died;
there were more who died from the hailstones
than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.

More died from the hailstones than did by the hand of sword.


(Those of us local know the devastating power of a brief hailstorm&hellipWinking
https://weather.com/storms/severe/news/2018-03-22-alabama-hailstone-record-size-cullman

In days yet to come, as part of the wrath of God upon unbelieving man, the Lord will release huge hailstones…

Rev 16:21
And huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail,
because its plague was extremely severe.

The Lord uses weather/creation as He desires…hailstone, lightning, frost, flood, wind, mildew, etc.

Psa 78:47-49
He destroyed their vines with hailstones
And their sycamore trees with frost.

He gave over their cattle also to the hailstones
And their herds to bolts of lightning.

Isa 30:30
And the LORD will cause His voice of authority to be heard,
And the descending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger,
And in the flame of a consuming fire
In cloudburst, downpour and hailstones.

Eze 13:13
Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD,
“I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath.
There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath.

The Lord can do all this.
The Lord does all this.

Job could not.
We can not.

Job had no insight into the “storehouses” of such.
Neither do we.


Oh, by the way, “climate change”?
The brilliant, perverse plan of evil men to manipulate the foolishness of man…

Believe not the lies and “facts” of man.

Believe the truth of the Most High God.

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The Word: Episode 1060 Hebrews 11:5, Genesis 5:24

“Way of Light?”

September 25, 2019

“Way of Light?”

Blessings folk!

The Lord continues with his profound…devastating?…questions to Job.

The Lord was not seeking to belittle Job.
He was desiring for Job to see and understand.

Now, look at the next two questions…

Job 38:19-21

“Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place,

That you may take it to its territory
And that you may discern the paths to its home?

“You know, for you were born then,
And the number of your days is great!


Some interesting truths to be gleaned/revealed from theses questions.

There is a “dwelling of light”.
There is a way to it.
There is a place for/to darkness.
There is a way to it.

God guides/directs the light/dark.
He establishes the path
There is territory for both.

God, again without sin, cajoles Job…
“Come on, you know. You were born then.”

Of course, Job was not there.
He was not born then.
The number of Job’s days were not great.

Only the Lord knows.
Only the Lord was there before/at the moment of creation.
Only the Lord directs the way of light.

God knows this.
Job knows this.
We know this.

How then shall we live?

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The Word: Episode 1059 Hebrews 11:4, 1 John 3:14, Jude 11

“Springs, Recesses…”

September 24, 2019

“Springs, Recesses…”

Blessings folk!

The Lord God continues His questioning of Job.

Job 38:16-18

“Have you entered into the springs of the sea
Or walked in the recesses of the deep?

“Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

“Have you understood the expanse of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.

The Lord reveals great truths by His questions.

We learn that there are springs in/of the sea.
We learn there are recesses of the deep

We learn there are “gates of death” somewhere…in the deep darkness of the sea?

We learn there is an expanse of the earth…the sky?

God wanted to know if Job knew all this.

Job likely did not know about the springs nor deep recesses.

He knew about the expanse, but did he “understand”?
No.

God is driving home the point of the overwhelming knowledge, power, presence, etc. that He is.

He is revealing how man is.

Job has said nothing.

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Romans Part 1 - Lesson 3

Romans Part 1 - Lesson 3

The Word: Episode 1058 Genesis 4:8-17, Hebrews 11

“Have You Commanded the Morning…?”

September 23, 2019

“Have You Commanded the Morning…?”

Blessings folk!

The questioning of Job by the Lord continues…

Job 38:12-15

“Have you commanded the morning since your days began,
and caused the dawn to know its place,

that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth,
and the wicked be shaken out of it?

It is changed like clay under the seal,
and its features stand out like a garment.

From the wicked their light is withheld,
and their uplifted arm is broken.

What a question!
What detail!

“Hey Job. Have you ever commanded the morning…the sun to rise?”
“Have you caused the dawn to know its place?”

There is so much to be gleaned from these questions.
The morning/dawn are “commandable”.
They “take hold of the skirts of the earth”.
The wicked are shaken out.

I believe this is a picture of the light driving the wicked out of the darkness of the night.

The earth is changed as clay is by the sun.

So, can Job command the sun/dawn?
Can he shake/drive away wickedness?
Can he withhold light from the wicked?
Can he break their uplifted arm?…a picture of aggressive defiance to the Lord.

Of course he can not.
Neither can we.

Why do we try?

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The Word: Episode 1057 Genesis 4:5-8, Hebrews 11

“…Who Enclosed the Sea?”

September 22, 2019

“…Who Enclosed the Sea?”

Blessings folk!

The Lord continues His questioning of Job.

Look at this question!!

Note the subject: the sea.
Note what the Lord says about it.
Note “how” He says it.
Note the answer embedded within the question…

Job 38:8-11

“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

When I made a cloud its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,

And I placed boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors,

And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther;
And here shall your proud waves stop’?


The question?
Who enclosed/etc. the sea?

The answer?
The Lord…

  • Enclosed the sea with doors
  • Placed boundaries on the sea

Note the vivid language.

The creation of the sea is pictured as coming forth from a womb.
A cloud is the sea’s garment.
Thick darkness is its swaddling band.

The Lord set the boundaries of the sea.
He set “a bolt and doors”.
He declares exactly how far the waves would go.
The “proud waves stop” where the Lord says.

How dare Job question the Lord of such?

How dare we?

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The Word: Episode 1056 Hebrews 11:4, Gen 4:1-4

“Where? Who? What? When?”

September 21, 2019

“Where? Who? What? When?”

Blessings folk!

God asked Job where he was when He laid the foundations of the earth.

The Lord continued…

Job 38:4-7

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding,

Who set its measurements? Since you know.
Or who stretched the line on it?

“On what were its bases sunk?
Or who laid its cornerstone,

When the morning stars sang together
And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Again, we see the righteous, sinless sarcasm of the Lord.

Note two big things.

  1. The detail of creation of the earth
- a foundation was laid
- measurements were made
- a line was stretched on it
- it has bases…sunk
- it has a cornerstone

(2) Others were present and watched as the Lord created!
- the morning stars sang together
- the sons of God shouted for joy

All of this is significant and likely challenges our preconceived ideas.

The Lord created.
The detail gives support to that which we see in the natural…if we would only look.
The witnesses open up another area of consideration…one which most have never seen.

For now, know the truths.

Believe them.

The Lord was showing something to Job.

He is showing us the same.

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The Word: Episode 1055 Hebrews 11:4

“Where Were You?”

September 20, 2019

“Where Were You?”

Blessings folk!

The Lord had just told Job to “gird up your loins like a man.”
God was to question Job.
Job was to answer/instruct the Lord.

Well, that had to strike a dagger into the heart of Job.

Did God really mean it?

The Lord continues with His questions…

Job 38:4
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding,

As we have seen, and will see much more, the questions that God asks reveal much about Him and His creation.

Close observation will reveal much.

Here we learn that the Lord laid the foundation of the earth.

The earth has a foundation.
The Lord laid it.

Be careful to not quickly superimpose our “understanding” of a word or matter upon the Word of the Lord.

Simply let the text speak.

The Lord demanded that Job tell Him the answer, “if you have understanding”…”since you have understanding”.

The Lord was being sarcastic without sin.

What was the answer?

Where was Job?
Existing only in the mind of the Lord.

The Lord has only begun…

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The Word: Episode 1054 Hebrews 11:3, Romans 1

“The Lord Answered Job Out of the Whirlwind…”

September 19, 2019

“The Lord Answered Job Out of the Whirlwind…”

Blessings folk!

Job chapters 4-37 are the account of Job’s friends speaking.
They tell what they think.
They tell some really insightful things about God.
They basically concluded that Job was undergoing judgment because he had sinned.
They were wrong.

Also within these chapters we see Job defending himself and his integrity.

Initially I wanted to look at Job 38 onward, but felt the need to set the scene by chapter 1-3.

Now, Job 38…

Job 38:1-3

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

“Who is this that darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?

“Now gird up your loins like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!


The Lord answers Job.

Job had some questions.
Job had some “complaints”.
Job had had an intense dialogue with his friend.
Now God was answering Job.
God does so through a series of questions.
Many, many questions.

Note the first question… “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?”

The Lord was saying…
“Who is this who is questioning me by words?”
“Who is this who questions without knowledge?”

It is not that the Lord did not know.
Of course He did.
These questions are for the sake of Job.

God then gives a command to Job
Gird your loins like a man.

Why?

Because God is about to question Job.
God tells Job to instruct Him.

Wonder how Job responded?

We are told, but later.

Let me just tell you now.
Keep this in mind.

Job 40:3-4

Then Job answered the LORD and said,

“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

Job laid his hand over his mouth.
Happy
Wise move.

We should do likewise…

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The Word: Episode 1053 Hebrews 11:1-3

“Why…?”

September 18, 2019

“Why…?”

Blessings folk!

Let us now look at the balance of Job’s lament in Job 3…

 Job 3:13-26

“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

With kings and with counselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;

Or with princes who had gold,
Who were filling their houses with silver.

“Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be,
As infants that never saw light.

“There the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.

“The prisoners are at ease together;
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.

“The small and the great are there,
And the slave is free from his master.

“Why is light given to him who suffers,
And life to the bitter of soul,

Who long for death, but there is none,
And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

Who rejoice greatly,
And exult when they find the grave?

“Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
And whom God has hedged in?

“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And my cries pour out like water.

“For what I fear comes upon me,
And what I dread befalls me.

“I am not at ease, nor am I quiet,
And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes.”

We have seen to this point that Job had not sinned in the midst of all that occur to him.
He did not blame God.

We now see the depths and intensity of his reaction.

He wished that he had never been born.
Understandable.

He is desiring the peace of death.
Understandable.

He questions why he is still alive “in light”.

Why be alive when he
- Suffers

  • Is bitter of soul
  • Longs for death
  • Experiences fear and dread
  • Is not at ease
  • Is not quiet
  • Is not at rest
  • Is in turmoil.

Why?

Great questions…

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The Word: Episode 1052 Hebrews 11:1-2

“Job Opened His Mouth…”

September 17, 2019

“Job Opened His Mouth…”

Blessings folk!

Job’s friends had arrived.
That sat with him for seven days in silence.
Job’s pain was intense.

Job then broke the silence.
Here is part of his lament…

Job 3:1-12

Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

And Job said,

“Let the day perish on which I was to be born,
And the night which said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

“May that day be darkness;
Let not God above care for it,
Nor light shine on it.

“Let darkness and black gloom claim it;
Let a cloud settle on it;
Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

“As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.

“Behold, let that night be barren;
Let no joyful shout enter it.

“Let those curse it who curse the day,
Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

“Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;
Let it wait for light but have none,
And let it not see the breaking dawn;

Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,
Or hide trouble from my eyes.

“Why did I not die at birth,
Come forth from the womb and expire?

“Why did the knees receive me,
And why the breasts, that I should suck?

Ever felt/feel like this?

We will see the balance of the lament later…

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Romans Part 1 - Lesson 2

Romans Part 1 - Lesson 2

The Word: Episode 1051 Hebrews 10:31-39

“Three Friends”

September 16, 2019

“Three Friends”

Blessings folk!

Job’s physical stuff was destroyed or captured.
Job’s children were dead.
Job was covered with boils.
Job’s wife was nagging…”curse God and die!”

Then…

Job 2:11-13

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.

When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky.

Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.


Job’s three friends heard what had occurred.
They knew of Job’s situation.

They came to visit.
A rather formal process…

  • Came together from their varied locations
  • Made an appointment

They came to sympathize.
They came to comfort.

When they saw him, from a distance, they were distraught.
They did not recognize Job.
They raised their voices and wept.
They tore their robes.
They threw dust over their heads.
All signs of mourning.

They joined Job in mourning and pain.

They sat on the ground with him.
Seven days.
Seven night.
Silent.
No one spoke a word.

Why?

Because they saw that his pain was very great.

We see the depths of Job’s pain.
We see the depths of his friends concern.

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The Word: Episode 1050 Hebrews 10:28-31

“Curse God and Die”

September 15, 2019

“Curse God and Die”

Blessings folk!

The Lord has given Job “to the power of” the satan…the adversary, the accuser.

Watch what happens…

Job 2:6-10
So the LORD said to Satan,
“Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”

Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Remember what the satan had said?
“If you attack his body, he will curse You…”

The satan smote Job with sore boils.
From head to sole.

What was Job’s reaction?
He was scraping off boils…ugh.
He sat among the ashes…as sign of uncleanness.

But, then we see more.
Job’s wife.
Such a lovely woman.

You did see her question?
“Do you still hold fast your integrity?”
She meant…
Do you still not blame God?
Do you still not find fault?
Do you still believe that the Lord gives/takes?
Sounds to me as if she were embarrassed by him?

Then, the statement.
“Curse God and die”.

I love Job’s response.
You speak as the foolish women speak.

Job “doubles-down”
Shall we accept good from God and not accept adversity?

Job rested in the Lord.
In all his misery.
In all the adversity.

He did not sin with his lips.

Do we?

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The Word: Episode 1049 Hebrews 10:26-27

“Skin For Skin”

September 14, 2019

“Skin For Skin”

Blessings!

Though he had lost much, Job did not sin.
He did not turn against God.
He did not blame God.

Job 1:22
Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.

The account continues…

Job 2:1-6

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the LORD.

The LORD said to Satan,
“Where have you come from?”
Then Satan answered the LORD and said,
“From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

The LORD said to Satan,
“Have you considered My servant Job?
For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

Satan answered the LORD and said,
“Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

“However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh;
he will curse You to Your face.”

So the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”

We see the same gathering as earlier.
The sons of God are presenting themselves before the Lord.
The satan does likewise.

The Lord initiates the conversation.
The Lord asks the satan where he had been.
The Lord knew.
The purpose of the question?
To give the satan opportunity to tell?
To let the satan know that the Lord knows all?

Then the Lord asks…
Have you considered Job?

Of course He knew the answer.

The satan had sought to destroy Job by killing Job’s children and taking/destroying his possessions.

Yet, Job did not sin.

The satan’s response this time?

“Skin for skin…”

The satan was saying “touch his body, attack him physically…he will curse You”.

The Lord’s response?

He is in you power, only spare his life.

The satan has the power to take life…if God allows.

There is more to all this than we know…

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The Word: Episode 1048 Hebrews 10:19-25

“The Lord Gives. The Lord Takes.”

September 13, 2019

“The Lord Gives. The Lord Takes.”

Blessings folk!

Job was in mourning.
His children had died.
His animals had been stolen.
His stuff was destroyed.

Yet, still he worshipped…

Job 1:20
Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head,
and he fell to the ground and worshiped.


Wonder what Job was thinking?
Wonder how Job felt?

We do not need to wonder.
The Word tells us.

Job 1:21-22
He said,
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked I shall return there.
The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.


Familiar, huh?
But now we know the context.

Job was acknowledging the truth of life.
We come into the world naked…having nothing, “owning” nothing.
We will return the same way…can not “take it with us”.

Job also proclaimed that it is the Lord that gives.
It is the Lord that takes away.

His response? “Blessed be the name of the Lord!”

He blessed the Lord.
He did not sin.
He did not blame God.

May we do likewise.


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The Word: Episode 1047 Hebrews 10:15-22

“While He Was Still Speaking”

September 12 2019

“While He Was Still Speaking”

Blessings folk!

The satan whined before God…”Job only follows you because you protect him…remove the hedge of protection and he will curse you to your face.”

God said “ok, touch his possessions, yet leave him alone”…

Job 1:12
Then the LORD said to Satan,
“Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him.”
So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD.


We continue…

Job 1:13-19

Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

a messenger came to Job and said,
“The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

and the Sabeans attacked and took them.
They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword,
and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
“The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
“The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
“Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Tragic horror all at the same time.

  • Attack of the Sabeans…took animals, killed of servants
  • Fire of God from heaven (lightning?)…burned sheep and servants…consumed
  • Attack of the Chadeans…raided camels, killed servants
  • Great wind kills daughters and sons

Job learns of each in rapid fashion…”while he was still speaking”

There is no imagining the shock.

Job’s reaction?

Job 1:20

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head,
and he fell to the ground and worshiped.

Job arose.
Job tore his robe.
Job shaved his head.
Job was in mourning.

How did he mourn?
After arising, he fell to the ground.
He worshiped.

In the most difficult of times, he worshiped.

May we do likewise.

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The Word: Episode 1046 Hebrews 10:10-14

“9/11 - Know the Truth”

September 11, 2019

“9/11 - Know the Truth”

Blessings folk!!

A little side-bar today.

“9/11” has become a day of remembering and reflection.

Good.

But, beware.

Much of what we think is “true” is not.
Much what we think is “fact” is not.
Much evil is still afoot.
The evil is not limited to what/where we think.
Many of the evil perpetrators are still about.

So, do this.

Learn the truth.

Remember what the Lord said…

John 8:31-32

So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him,
“If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;

and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Believe in Jesus.
Continue in His Word.
Be His disciple.
Then…
You will know the truth.
The truth will set you free.

He will lead us to truth in all things.

If you are interested in “9/11”, then start with “building 7” and “nano-thermite”.

Believe not the lie.
Fear not the truth.

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The Word: Episode 1045 Hebrews 10:1-9

“All That He Has Is In Your Power”

September 10, 2019

“All That He Has Is In Your Power”

Blessings folk!

The satan was “in the face of God.”
He was irritated.
Mad.

Job 1:8-11

The LORD said to Satan,
“Have you considered My servant Job?
For there is no one like him on the earth,
a blameless and upright man,
fearing God and turning away from evil.”

Then Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

“Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side?
You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

“But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”


He challenged God to remove the “hedge of protection” about Job and his family.

What was God’s response?

He agreed!
To a degree.

Job 1:12
Then the LORD said to Satan,
“Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him.”
So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD.


All of Job’s “possessions”…all he had…was in now in the power of the satan.
Only, the satan could not put forth his hands against Job personally.

The satan departed from the presence of God.

Wonder what he did next?

We do not need to wonder.
The Word tells us.
We will see.

For today, know that sometimes things happen for which we have no explanation.
Job was totally unaware of what was occurring in the unseen realm in the midst of elohim.
He had not clue as to what was about to happen.

Hummm…sounds like us.

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Romans Part 1 - Lesson 1

The Word: Episode 1044 Hebrews 9:18-28

“Put Forth Your Hand…”

September 9, 2019

“Put Forth Your Hand…”

Blessings folk!

The satan - the accuser - was irritated.

God had asked him if he had “considered Job…”.

The satan was being revealed.
Of course he had “considered Job”.
He had tried to “get to him”.
How do we know?
Because the satan states “…have you not made a hedge about him..?”

Read to see what happens…

Job 1:8-11

The LORD said to Satan,
“Have you considered My servant Job?
For there is no one like him on the earth,
a blameless and upright man,
fearing God and turning away from evil.”

Then Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

“Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side?
You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

“But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”

The satan states that God had blessed the work of Job’s hands.
Job’s possessions increase in the land.
The inference is that Job was only blameless, upright fearing of God and rejector of evil because of “what he got from God.”

The satan challenges Job’s faith…and God.
The satan tells God to “put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has”, note again how nothing could touch Job without God’s permission.

The satan was convinced that Job would curse God…to His face.

Well, that is intense.

Not the “nice, cozy, fluffy, “cloud-based with angel scene” that is often associated with “heaven”.

How does God respond?
We will see.

How do we respond?
Do we trust the circumstance?
Do we trust the Lord?

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The Word: Episode 1043 Hebrews 9:14-19

“A Hedge…”

September 8, 2019

“A Hedge…”

Blessings folk!

God asked the satan if he had considered Job?

Job 1:8
The LORD said to Satan,
“Have you considered My servant Job?
For there is no one like him on the earth,
a blameless and upright man,
fearing God and turning away from evil.”

The satan’s response?

Job 1:9
Then Satan answered the LORD,
“Does Job fear God for nothing?

The satan seems a little put out…testy.

Wonder why?

Next verse…

Job 1:10a
“Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side?…

Ah hah!

This is the answer to God’s question…”have you considered My servant Job?”

The satan had considered him.
The satan had tried to “get to him” already.

How do I know?

Because of his initial response to God…”Does Job fear God for nothing?”

The satan had discovered a “hedge about” Job that protected Him.

The Lord’s protection was upon him!!
About Job.
About his house.
About all he had.
On every side.

The satan…the accuser…was accusing God of protection.
The satan was accusing Job of faithfulness only due to “what God did for him”.

…to be continued…

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The Word: Episode 1042 Hebrews 9:11-14

“Have You Considered…”

September 7, 2019

“Have You Considered…”

Blessings folk!

The sons of God presented themselves before the Lord.
The Satan came also.

The Lord questioned The Satan.

Job 1:6-7

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

The LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?”
Then Satan answered the LORD and said,
“From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”


Then, the Lord does this…

Job 1:8
The LORD said to Satan,
“Have you considered My servant Job?
For there is no one like him on the earth,
a blameless and upright man,
fearing God and turning away from evil.”


How did the Lord describe Job?
As we have seen…

  • Blameless
  • Upright
  • Fearing God
  • Turning away from sin
With an additional thought…”there is no one like him on earth”.
The Lord calls Job “my servant”.

What is the Lord doing?
What did He mean by “consider My servant Job”?

We will see.
God’s ways are not our ways.
His thoughts are not our thoughts.

Isa 55:8
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.






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The Word: Episode 1041 Hebrews 9:1-10

“Sons of God. The Satan”

September 6, 2019

“Sons of God. The Satan”

Blessings folk!

We have seen that Job was blameless, upright, feared God and turned away from evil.
He continually interceded for his children.
He was a good man.

Continue reading…

Job 1:6-7

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

The LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?”
Then Satan answered the LORD and said,
“From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

This is a really interesting encounter.
We will examine it…slowly.

“There was a day…”
We do not know when.
It simple occurred.

“The sons of God…”
The Hebrew word for “God” is “elohim”.
It refers to a realm of existence…to “divine beings”.
“Elohim” is used to describe many different things in the Word.
There are many Elohim.
There is only one “Most High God”…Elohim of Elohim.
There are “human beings”…we are.
There are “divine beings”…

The “sons of God” presented themselves before the Lord.
Satan came among them.
We miss something in English translations.
In Hebrew “satan” has an article - “The Satan”
It means “the adversary”.
It does not always necessarily refer to the one we call “satan”, but the idea is the same.

This idea of “The Satan” carries through Job 1-2 and in other portions of the Word.

The Adversary is before the Lord.

Note the Lord initiates the conversation…the line of thought.
The Lord asked The Satan “from where do you come?”

This was not an inquiry for the purpose of gaining information.
The Lord knew.

The Satan’s response?
“From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

This is important.

Know this for today.

There is much more to these passages/accounts than we know.
Much more that will enlighten the Word in a way we have never experienced before.

Are you willing to learn?

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The Word: Episode 1040 Hebrews 9:1-5

“Job of Uz”

September 5, 2019

“Job of Uz”

Blessings folk!

Job was a good man.
Blameless.
Upright.
Fearing God.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job;
and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil.

This is not saying that Job was perfect.
It is saying that he turned away from evil.

Job was wealthy.
Blessed by the Lord.

Job 1:2-3
Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

Job was rich in family.
Job was rich in stuff.
Job was the greatest of al the men of the east.

Job knew what was important.

Job 1:4-5
His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day,
and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

When the days of feasting had completed their cycle,
Job would send and consecrate them,
rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.”
Thus Job did continually.


After the various feasts (birthday parties!?) Job would send for his children and consecrate them.
He offered sacrifices on their behalf.
He interceded for his children.

May we do likewise.
May we intercede.
May we be…
Blameless.
Upright.
Fearing God.
Those known for turning away from evil…

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The Word: Episode 1039 Hebrews 8:1-13

“The Lord Lives…”

September 4, 2019

“The Lord Lives…”

Blessings folk!

Let us now look at the last part of the great song of deliverance that David declared unto the Lord.

As we have seen, David…
  • Declares attributes of God
  • Declares what God has done
  • Declares what he has done

2 Sa 22:47-51

“The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock;
And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

The God who executes vengeance for me,
And brings down peoples under me,

Who also brings me out from my enemies;
You even lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the violent man.

“Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the nations,
And I will sing praises to Your name.

“He is a tower of deliverance to His king,
And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forever.”

Rejoice in these truths…

  • The Lord lives
  • The Lord is the Rock of 0ur salvation
  • The Lord executes vengeance for us
  • The Lord will bring down people, bring us out from our enemies
  • The Lord lifts us up
  • The Lord rescues us from the violent
  • The Lord is a Tower of Deliverance
  • The Lord shows lovingkindness to His anointed

Our response:
  • Bless the Rock of our salvation
  • Exalt Him
  • Give thanks to the Lord…among the nations
  • Sing praise to Him

With all our breath.
With every moment.
Without ceasing.

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The Word: Episode 1038 Hebrews 8:1-7

“…From the Contentions of My People…”

September 3, 2019

“…From the Contentions of My People…”

Blessings folk!!

The Lord had given David victory over his enemies.
The Lord had strengthened him.
The Lord had empowered him.

But, David had other problems.
Not from without.
From within.

Watch what David says…

2 Sa 22:44-46

“You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;
You have kept me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.

“Foreigners pretend obedience to me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.

“Foreigners lose heart,
And come trembling out of their fortresses.

David had problems with his own people!
Imagine!!
Reading the biblical account we see some of these problems.

David declares that the Lord delivered him from these contentions.

It was the Lord who placed and kept David as the head of nations.
Note: nations!
Not just Israel.

People that David did not know…the nations…served him.

David knew the truth.

He knew they pretended obedience to him.
He acknowledged their obedience, yet he knew their heart.
He knew they had lost heart.
He knew they trembled before him.
His enemies came out of their fortresses…can also be translated “fastnessess”…
They came in fear…after seeking their gods, etc.

David knew.

He knew that the Lord was his source of deliverance.

Do we?

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The Word: Episode 1037 Hebrews 7:25-28

“You Have…I…”

September 2, 2019

“You Have…I…”

Blessings folk!

David continues his song of thanks unto the Lord for His deliverance.

So much detail.

Pay attention.
Give heed.

Watch what the Lord did…

2 Sa 22:40-43

“For You have girded me with strength for battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

“You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
And I destroyed those who hated me.

“They looked, but there was none to save;
Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them.

“Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth;
I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.

What did the Lord do for David?

  • Girded him for strength in battle
  • Subdued those who rose against him
  • Made his enemies flee “turn their backs to” him

What did the enemies do?
  • Looked for help to save them
  • Looked even to the Lord!…He did not answer them.

What did David do?
  • Destroyed those who hated him
  • Pulverized them as dust
  • Crushed them
  • Stamped them as mire in the streets

The Lord gave victory to David over the enemies from without…those outside of David’s kingdom, people, etc.

David was empowered by the Lord for victory.
He moved within this power.

We have the same power.
Those who are true believers have the Power of the Most High.
The Lord Himself dwells within us.

Now, live as David did by the power of the Lord.

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The Word: Episode 1036 Hebrews 7:20-24

“You. I.”

September 1, 2019

“You. I.”

Blessings folk!

David did not just “sit back” and let God do all these things.

David participated.

Much to be gleaned here.

The Lord moves…
In us.
Through us.
Sometimes, in spite of us.

2 Sa 22:37-39

“You enlarge my steps under me,
And my feet have not slipped.

“I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

“And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise;
And they fell under my feet.

The Lord kept David’s feet from slipping.
The Lord enlarged/guided David’s steps.

What did David do?

Pursued his enemies.
Destroyed his enemies.
Did not turn back from his enemies until they were consumed.
Devoured his enemies.
Shattered his enemies.
He did this so that they would not rise again.

Shocking language to us.

Boldness of the Lord through those who will believe.

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