See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
4 sermons cite this verse
… my servant Job, my servant Job, my servant Job has spoken what is right. Verse 9 concludes the Lord accepted Job. James 5.11 says we remember the endurance of Job. Here's the principle. The cultivation of obedient endurance is the crowning mark of maturity. The cultivation of obedient endurance is the crowning mark of maturity. I don't know of a wholesome, healthy Christian who doesn't long to reach maturity. If you ask me in any unguarded moment, I will tell you my great goal in life is to be grown up in my walk. I would love it if the stone simply reads, here lies a man who finally became mature. You know what that tells me? That tells all of us it's a slow, arduous process. And Job reached it, reached the goal. David Roper, in his work on James, which he titles Growing Slowly Wise, writes this. When trouble comes, we have two options. We can view it as an intrusion, an outrage, or we can see it as an opportunity to respond to it in specific obedience to God's will. …
… Verse 9 concludes the Lord accepted Job. James 5.11 says we remember the endurance of Job. Here's the principle. The cultivation of obedient endurance. is the crowning mark of maturity. The cultivation of obedient endurance is the crowning mark of maturity. I don't know of a wholesome, healthy Christian who doesn't long to reach maturity. If you ask me in any unguarded moment, I will tell you my great goal in life is to be grown up in my walk. I would love it if the stone simply reads, here lies a man who finally became mature. You know what that tells me? That tells all of us it's a slow, arduous process. And Job... reached it, reached the goal. David Roper in his work on James, which he titles Growing Slowly Wise, writes this. When trouble comes, we have two options. We can view it as an intrusion, an outrage, or we can see it as an opportunity to respond to it in specific obedience to God's will. This is that rugged virtue James calls endurance. …
… It's an important detail. James says in James 5.11, written in the middle of the first century, You have heard of the endurance of Job. So Job endured the crucible. He didn't attempt to escape from it. The only thing he had left when all was said and done was a wife and a handful of friends. and we know and will know again their response to him through all of this. It was neither comforting nor was it pleasant. But he endured. A professor of history once said, if Columbus had turned back, no one would have blamed him, but no one would have remembered him either. had job escaped in some way no one would have blamed him but we would not remember him we remember him because he endured not only did he endure the afflictions i've described but he endured the words of a grieving and bitter wife, and he also endured the accusations of friends who took upon themselves the role of judge and jury. If you have gone through your own crucible, you know what it is like in the midst of the pain of what you're going through, on top of that to have people turn against you. …
… that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. James 5, verses 7-11 This is where Christians look, when we've lost our patience, not in the distraction of instant gratification, nor in the elimination of expectations. We don't find patience when our selves are snuffed out, but when we entrust ourselves to the God who is full of mercy and compassion. If you want patience, look for mercy and compassion. There's an old story about an argument between the north wind and the sun, about which one of them was stronger. The north wind said it was him, but the sun didn't think so. To settle the matter, the wind suggested a contest. See that man walking down on the road there? The wind said to the sun. Whichever one of us can take his coat from him is the stronger. I'll go first. So the wind tried to outmatch the sun. He blew and howled and raged with all his might to strip the man of his coat. But the harder he tried, the more stubbornly the man held on to his coat. …