The awful place to which Job was now brought, was his belief that God had taken away his justice, he says in verse 2. This was absolutely not the case. And Job was not speaking rightly when he said this. He would continue to defend his integrity and maintain his own righteousness until Elihu and God Himself would righteously reprove him later on, after Job ends his own self-defense at the end of chapter 31. So what I would like to do in this message is to show you that not only had God not taken away Job's justice. He was indeed establishing it all during this trial. God would establish justice for Job on the basis of His sending His only begotten Son to fulfill all righteousness, and to bear Job's sins on the cross. He would show this forth by raising Jesus from the dead. So, even though the details of what Christ would come to do were not known to Job, they are known to us. And I will reiterate them here. 1st of all – Christ lived and died and rose from the dead in order to establish our justice. (verses 1-4) 2nd – Christ lived and died and rose from the dead to establish our perseverance in faith and righteousness. (verses 5 & 6) And 3rd – Christ lived and died and rose from the dead to save us from hypocrisy. (verses 7-23) Let us store these truths up in our hearts as we come to the Lord's table.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
