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145) Looking for Job


Job 14

But for now, you keep counting my every step;

You watch only for my sin.

My transgression is sealed up in a bag,

And you seal up my error with glue.


- Job doesn’t know it but he speaks of the devil!


- Yes, the devil is working hard to destroy him!


- Or better said, to destroy his relationship with God!


- But God watches him because he cares about him!


- Everywhere in the Bible we can see that God cares about man!


- It is his creation!


- But he also waits for us to care about him!


- Because he gave us so much in the way he built us and the way he built the earth!


- And because he wants to offer us a bright future on the earth but according to his standard, not according to man’s standard because it doesn’t work!


- The world is filled with violence and so many bad things that it is necessary to cleanse the earth from those who are responsible for violence and bad things!

 

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Job 14

As a mountain falls and crumbles away

And a rock is dislodged from its place,

As water wears away stones

And its torrents wash away earth’s soil,

So you have destroyed the hope of mortal

man.


- Once again he speaks of the devil without knowing it!


- And that’s exactly what the devil wants!


- No hope, just thinking about the present because there is no future!


- And that’s exactly what man is doing!


- Man is responsible for the calamities he provokes!


- He has no excuse!


- And he is proud of it!


- Thus he shows that his father is the devil not God!


- When you have a father, you try to do your best to develop and maintain a good relationship with him, especially when he provides for you!


- Thus by acting badly man shows who is his real father!

 

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147) Looking for Job


Job 14

You keep overpowering him until he perishes;

You change his appearance, and you send him

away.

His sons are honored, but he does not know it;

They become insignificant, but he does not

realize it.

He feels pain only while he is still in his flesh;

He mourns only while he is still alive.”


- Yes, Job speaks about the devil but he doesn’t know it!


- Yes, the devil does everything so we can look like him!


- Yes, the devil does everything he can to strike us!


- And people think it is God!


- He does with humanity what he did with Job!


- It is remarkable or should I say shocking that the devil always repeat his action against man and man thinks it is God!


- But man never learns anything!


- If he doesn’t have God’s spirit, he is good to nothing, but nothing at all!

 

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Job 16

“I have heard many things like these before.

All of you are troublesome comforters!

Is there an end to empty words!

What provokes you to answer this way?


- These three men are not real friends otherwise they would help Job!


- But they do the contrary!


- So they can’t be his friends!


- Just empty words!


- Job’s question shows something is abnormal!


- When you take into account that the devil is behind them in his effort to destroy Job!


- And he is ready to do anything!


- They are impostors!


- Job sees clearly why they are here!

 

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Job 16

I could also speak as you do.

If you were in my place,

I could make persuasive speeches against you

And shake my head at you.

Instead, though, I would strength you with the words of my mouth,

And the consolation of my lips would bring

relief.


- Job could do the same if they were in his place!


- But he wouldn’t do it!


- On the contrary, he would strengthen them!


- He would bring them consolation!


- You can’t help someone by opposing him!


- If he has done something wrong, he may be told!


- But then the reconstruction comes!


- What can be done to improve his or her situation!


- If you demolish, you don’t build!

 

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150) Looking for Job


Job 16

if I speak, my own pain is not relieved,

And if I stop speaking, how is my pain

reduced?


- Job is in a trap!


-Whatever he does – speaking or not – it doesn’t change anything!


- He doesn’t find any way to feel better!


- In this case, you need to escape by going to a peaceful place where you can rest a bit!


- And you need to walk, to move, to do something!


- The best is to use one’s mind so you can think of something else!


- When it is not possible, it is really hard!


- But you don’t need people to help you go down!

 

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Job 16

But now he has made me weary;

He has devastated my whole household.

You also seize me, and it has become a witness,

So that my own skinniness rises up and

testifies to my face.


- Yes, Job is mentally and physically tired!


- And when both parts are tired, it is difficult to find a motivation to continue!


- But the men who have come to see him don’t understand that!


- They are not his friends!


- Do they really know what FRIENDSHIP means!


- And apparently it is not better today because of superficiality!


- Thus Job helps us to make a personal check up!


- Do we understand who we are and what we are doing?


- Do we know what our relationship to God is?


- We need a regular check to know where we are, who we are, what we are doing and about our relationship to God!


- It is a question of health, life and death!


- We can’t wait till it is too late!

 

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Job 16

His anger has torn me to pieces, and he harbors

animosity against me.

He grinds his teeth against me;

My adversary pierces me with his eyes.

They have opened their mouth wide against

me,

And they have scornfully struck my cheeks;

In large numbers they gather against me.


- How lucid Job is!


- But he speaks about his devils!


- And the three individuals are his adversaries!


- And they are used by the devil!


- How insidious it is!


- And they use words like weapons to destroy him!


- Or to finish him!


- Or to get him knockout!

 

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153) Looking for Job


Job 16

God hands me over to young boys,

And he thrusts me into the hands of the

wicked.

I was untroubled, but he shattered me;

He grabbed me by the back of the neck and

crushed me;

Then he sets me up as his target.


- Yes, the devil is doing that!


- And he always tries to find the best ways to strike Job!


- He used a progression!


- And he has a lot of experience for that!


- We are like lab rats for him!


- Which means nothing!


- But he is jealous of God when people worship him!


- And he wants the maximum number of people to follow him!

 

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154) Looking for Job


Job 16

His archers surround me;

He pierces my kidneys and feels no

compassion;

He pours out my gall on the earth.

He breaks through against me with breach after

breach;

He rushes at me like a warrior.


- Yes, the devil does that!


- Yes, he has no compassion!


- Yes, he is at war against God!


- Because he is jealous of him!


- And he knows God can’t intervene!


- And he knows God is upset!


- Because Job is his faithful servant!


- And the devil enjoys what he does!


- It is the same when he plays with humanity!


- And when he does his best to take it away from God!


- It is just a game!

 

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155) Looking for Job


Job 16

I have sewn sackcloth together to cover my

skin,

And I have buried my dignity in the dust.

My face is red from weeping,

And on my eyelids is deep shadow,

Although my hands have done no violence

And my prayer is pure.


- Yes, Job is down the pit!


- He wears a sackcloth!




- Can you imagine what it means for a man like Job and even for anyone of us?


- He has no more dignity!


- Can you imagine what it means for a man like Job and even for anyone of us?


- He is but the shadow of himself!


- His face has changed!


- But he keeps expressing his faithfulness!


- he has done no violence!


- And above all, his prayer is pure!

 

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156) Looking for Job


Job 16

O earth, do not cover my blood!

And let there be no resting-place for my

outcry!


- Job is a warrior!


- He still has a fighting spirit!


- He will keep crying out!


- He will never stop talking about his feelings!


- He will have no rest till God answers him!


- He is not someone who renounces easily!

 

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157) Looking for Job


Job 16

Even now, my witness is in the heavens;

The one who can testify for me is in the

heights.


- Job’s only reference is God!


- No one else exists as an authority!


- And God knows that he has done nothing wrong!


- It is evidence for him!


- And he doesn’t understand why God doesn’t answer him!


- But he will keep crying out!


- He will never stop!

 

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158) Looking for Job


Job 16

My companions ridicule me

As my eye sheds tears to God.


- Job’s mind is clear!


- He knows what the men who are with him do with him!


- He knows that they are fighting against him!


- He knows that they don’t care about him!


- He knows that they don’t do anything for him!


- They just want to please their own ears!


- They just want to prove themselves right!

 

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159) Looking for Job


Job 16

Let someone arbitrate between a man and God,

As one would between a man and his fellow.

For the years to come are few,

And I will go away on the path of no return.


- Job knows his personal situation!


- He doesn’t see any hope!


- And he is ready for any solution!


- But whatever may happen he will keep fighting!


- He will not renounce!

 

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160) Looking for Job


Job 17

“My spirit has been broken, my days have been

extinguished;

The graveyard awaits me.

Mockers surround me,

And my eye must gaze at their rebellious

behavior.


- Job is done!


- It is evidence!


- He knows he won’t last like that for long!


- Moreover, people are there to accelerate the process!


- And he can’t do anything!

- He can only fight with his mouth, with his intelligence!


- He can only cry out for justice!

 

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161) Looking for Job


Job 17

Please accept my security, and keep it with you.

Who else will shake hands with me and pledge

in my behalf?

For you have concealed discernment from their

heart;

That is why you do not exalt them.


- Everybody is against him!


- The only one who can help him is God!


- The men who speak and oppose him are far from being wise!


- They don’t know what they are talking about!


- He can’t stop fighting!


- He has no other alternative till God answers him!


- He can only save time!

 

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Job 17

He may offer to share with his friends,

While the eyes of his children fail.

He has made me an object of scorn among the

peoples,

So that I became one in whose face they spit.


- Everyone is against him!


- Nobody cares about him!


- But it is not enough to spit in his face!


- The devil is ready to use all the means to destroy Job!


- He is ready for all extremities!


- He knows he can do anything except kill him!


- He has no humanity!


- He is evil and personalized!


- He wants humanity to be destroyed!

 

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163) Looking for Job


Job 17

From anguish my eyes grow dim,

And all my limbs are but a shadow.

Upright people stare in amazement at this,

And the innocent one is disturbed over the

godless.

The righteous one keeps holding fast to his way,

And the one with clean hands grows

stronger.


- Job is but a shadow of himself!


- Upright people won’t understand!


- Job doesn’t understand himself!


- But he keeps faithful!


- And the faithful do the same!


- Job is down but his faithfulness is up!

 

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164) Looking for Job


Job 17

However, you may all come and resume your

arguing,

For I have not found anyone wise among you.


- What a fighting spirit!


- Job is down mentally and physically!


- But he keeps fighting!


- And he tells his opponents that they are not wise!


- They can say whatever they want!


- It won’t change anything!


- Their speeches are empty talks!


- And for him, it is an obligation to tell them again and again!


- he has nothing to lose, nothing to win!