Job 26 1 The story of Job is familiar to us all it encourages us in trials The book deals with the problem of suffering it does not answer all the questions but it gives divine help 2 Job was a good man according to the Lords estimate 18 ID: 693279
Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "The Outskirts of God’s Ways" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
The Outskirts of God’s Ways
Job 26
1Slide2
The story of Job is familiar to us all – it encourages us in trials
The book deals with the problem of suffering - it does not answer all the questions, but it gives
divine help
2Slide3
Job was a good man according to the Lord’s estimate (1:8)
God permitted Satan to attack Job and used it for good
Comforters came to Job but failed to help
3Slide4
When they finished, Job started his speech about God
This brings us to our text – Job 26
4Slide5
But Job answered and said,
[2] How hast thou helped him that is without power? how
savest
thou the arm that hath no strength?
[3] How hast thou
counselled
him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
[4] To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5Slide6
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
[6] Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
[7] He
stretcheth
out the north over the empty place, and
hangeth
the earth upon nothing.
6Slide7
He
bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
[9] He
holdeth
back the face of his throne, and
spreadeth
his cloud upon it.
[10] He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
7Slide8
[11] The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
[12] He
divideth
the sea with his power, and by his understanding he
smiteth
through the proud.
[13] By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
8Slide9
[14] Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
9Slide10
I. In this chapter we see the
mighty power
of God
10Slide11
A. “Hell
is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.” –v. 6
God can see things that we cannot see – He can sees the place of “outer darkness” – He can see everything!
11Slide12
1 Pet. 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
12Slide13
B.
“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth
the earth upon
nothing” – v. 7
This concerns the great power of God
He is the maker of the law of gravity and the maker of the science of
astronomy
13Slide14
Some stars are thousands of light years away and light travelling at 186,000 miles per second
14Slide15
Heb. 1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
15Slide16
C
. “He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them
.” v.8
Water vapor gathers in the clouds
There is enough water to drop several inches over an area 100’s of miles long and 100’s of miles wide
16Slide17
How much would that amount of water weigh?
Yet, God holds it up in the sky – “the cloud is not rent” under it until God wants it to come down
17Slide18
To get 1 inch of water on one acre requires about
27,154 gallons of water
To get 1 inch of water on one square mile would require over
17
million gallons of water
18Slide19
D. “He
holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon
it: - v. 9
God can hide His throne – No man can uncover what God
has covered
19Slide20
E. “He hath compassed the waters with bounds
,”
God keeps
everything
in place
The earth is rotating and also moving through space – but God keeps all things – even the water – in place
20Slide21
F. “The pillars of heaven
tremble” – v. 11
“the creation trembles at his presence” Wayne Jackson
God’s
word
brought the flood; destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and will finally
destroy
the world
21Slide22
G. “He
divideth the sea with his power” – v. 12
He maintains control over the sea
Israel crossed the Red Sea on dry ground
22Slide23
H. “By his spirit he hath garnished the
heavens” – v. 13
Ps. 19:1
“The
heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament
sheweth
his
handywork
.”
23Slide24
Ps. 8:3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
24Slide25
II. The great lesson is contained in verse 14
25Slide26
Job 26:14 (ASV)
Lo, these are but
the outskirts of his ways
: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
26Slide27
Job 26:14 (NKJV)
Indeed these are the
mere edges of His
ways
,And
how small a whisper we hear of
Him! But
the thunder of His power who can understand?”
27Slide28
Job 26:14 (NASB)
“Behold, these are
the fringes of His
ways
; And
how faint a word we hear of
Him! But
His mighty thunder, who can understand?”
28Slide29
If the things mentioned in this chapter are just the outskirts or fringes – imagine His power!
29Slide30
“And how small a
whisper
do we hear of him” – v.
14
“But
the
thunder
of his power who can understand
?” – v. 14
Look at whisper versus thunder!
30Slide31
All the wonderful
evidences of His power listed in this chapter are but “whispers”
Man cannot fully comprehend God – that is why
faith
is essential
31Slide32
To see the “outskirts” of His ways helps one to be more
amazed
at His great power
When one observes the spiritual workings of God, he sees things much greater than the things Job observed
32Slide33
The Second Person of the Godhead came to earth to change man and to help him
God has provided salvation from sin
33Slide34
We see God’s providential care
He has power to raise the dead
He has provided heaven for the faithful
34Slide35
Rom. 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
35Slide36
References
1. The Outskirts of God’s Ways, W.T. Hamilton, Truth for Today, 2004
2. The Book of Job, Wayne Jackson, Quality Press, 1983
3.
Coffman’s Commentary on Job, http://www.studylight.org/com/bcc/
36