My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:
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… You reveal to me whatever it is I need to know about yourself and about these circumstances. I have heard of you with the hearing of the ear. Now my eye sees you. Therefore, I've got an argument. No. Therefore, I retract and repent, and there's no force. He says, you instruct me, and as a result of your instruction, I will willingly submit and accept it. Remember my comment about repentance? Contrite heart makes no demands and has no expectations. Makes no demands and has no expectations. Job has no demands and has no expectations. Now then, number five. When the day of reckoning arrives, God is always fair. When the day of reckoning arrives, God is always fair. Remember my comment earlier when we looked at this thought, all God's accounts are not settled at the end of the month? It applies here. patiently and with great long suffering God has been listening and taking note of who is saying what not one idle word slips by his attention he knows who spoke what he knows where error started and stopped he knows who spoke truth and why he deals with wrong doers at the time of his final accounting and it's in his timetable he blesses the one who has walked with him in his timetable he forgives those who and offer them fully and sincerely. …
… Hear now, and I will speak. I will ask you, and you instruct me. I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. Therefore, I retract, and I repent in dust and ashes. Verse 10, the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends and the Lord increased all that Job had twofold. Verse 12, the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. Verse 16, after this, Job lived 140 years and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations. And Job died, an old man and full of days. chuck title today's message what job teaches us about our god it's amazing how miscommunication can lead to misunderstanding. This is especially true when what is being communicated winds up in the hearing of the wrong person. I thought of that just this past week when I came across the story of a Minneapolis couple who were there in February, and it was raw, and it was frigid and they decided they would enjoy a long weekend together in Florida. …
Since I'm speaking on justice today, I think it's appropriate that I go on here. Job 42, verse 5. We will only have about five more Sundays in the book of Job, and then I'll come to the end of the book for you. Job 42.5, I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. Therefore I retract, and I repent in dust and ashes. It came about after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has. Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has. …
… I will ask you and you instruct me I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear But now my eye sees you Therefore I retract And I repent in dust and ashes It is difficult to cultivate a humble heart in a contentious culture. Put another way, a repentant spirit is rarely found in a litigious society. How rarely do we hear the words, I'm wrong, I'm sorry. And as opposed to that, how often we hear the words, I will sue you. I will take you to court. Just this past week, a good friend of mine sent me a classic example of just how litigious our society is. Matter of fact, it's an award-winning story. It won first place in a recent criminal lawyer's award contest. A Charlotte, North Carolina lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars. He then insured them against fire, among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these 24 great cigars, and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company. …
… I will ask you, and you instruct me. I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. Therefore, I retract, and I repent in dust and ashes. Verse 10. The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends and the Lord increased all that Job had twofold. Verse 12, the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. Verse 16, after this, Job lived 140 years. and saw his sons and his grandsons four generations. And Job died an old man and full of days. My Father, we have often turned to you in times of need. We turn to you today in a few extra moments of praise. We have given you our songs of praise today. We have acknowledged your character. You are immortal, invisible. the only wise God. You are, because of your transcendent yet invisible presence, you are over all our lives and in all our ways and you, like none other, watch over your own and care for us with an infinite care that is beyond our imagination. …
… I will ask you, and you instruct me. I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. Therefore, I retract, and I repent in dust and ashes. Our Father, we find words like that... so appealing to us in this age in which we live, where so seldom our adult ears ever hear words like, I am sorry, and even how rarely our own mouths say, I was wrong, and I repent. What a great model this man has been through these long weeks of suffering and growing and struggling, longing for relief. And now what full repentance emerges. For all the right reasons, they emerge. Thank you, our Father, for giving us a book in our own language that conveys to us your mind and directions of your will for us. And on top of that, from it, we learned how to do your will your way, which doesn't come naturally and often doesn't come easily. it's all against our our own wills and we confess to you the fight the struggle and at times even the rebellion and we gather our things up and go in the opposite direction deliberately and you faithfully pursue us as one man put it you set the hounds of heaven after us thank you for not giving up on us for more often than not loving us in spite of ourselves thank you for understanding us in the process helping us amazingly to understand ourselves but it really is all about you …
Since I'm speaking on justice today, I think it's appropriate that I go on here. Job 42, verse 5. we will only have about five more Sundays in the book of Job. And then I'll come to the end of the book for you. Job 42.5, I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. Therefore I retract and I repent in dust and ashes. It came about after the Lord had spoken these words to Job. The Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has. Now, therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly. Because you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has. …
… Knowing He said I had heard of you By the hearing Of the ear Oh but now my eyes See that's knowing That's knowing I want you To think about I want you to identify what's being stripped. And I want you to bring it to the altar. What idol, what have you been covering yourself with? What is God talking to you about? And we're going to bring that idol and we're going to lay it at the altar, no matter what it is. I want you to refrain if you're in a camp. And if you're not in camp, you will be. You will be, because we all need it. I want you to refrain, but I don't want you to see it as punishment. I want you to see it as pruning. back to the text two scenarios they look the same they both look like loss but only one was the other was preparation God getting you ready getting you to your fighting weight oh here's another reason why God wants to get you to a place where you're not moved by blessing or breakdown. …
… Finally, when he sees God in a new light, Job chapter 42, verses 5 and 6, he says this, a great statement in the book of Job, I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee. What does he mean by that? He said, listen, I've gone from mere theology to a personal relationship through this trouble. The time when God will be the nearest and the dearest and the most precious to you is when you're submerged in suffering, forsaken by friends and dismayed by darkness. God alone is not only necessary, but at that time God will be enough. And then finally he learned the sympathy of God. The book ends this way, Job 42, verses 10 through 13. And the Lord turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends. And God will turn your captivity too, friend. And the Lord gave to Job twice as much as he had before. Then came unto him all his brethren and all his sisters and all that had been his acquaintance before and did eat bread with him in his house. …
… THOUGHT CAN BE WITHHOLDEN FROM THEE. AND THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY IN VERSE FIVE, I HAVE HEARD THEE BY THE HEARING OF THE EAR, BUT NOW MINE EYE SEEETH THEE. JOB FINALLY SEES GOD. JOB'S THREE FRIENDS ARE TALKING ABOUT GOD, BUT JOB IS NOW TALKING TO GOD. JOB SAYS, LORD, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, I'VE SEEN YOU, AND BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN YOU, THAT IS ENOUGH. NOW, LISTEN, PRECIOUS FRIEND, ALL OF US HERE TODAY KNOW THAT GOD IS NECESSARY. WE ALL KNOW THAT. BUT I WONDER HOW MANY OF US KNOW THAT GOD IS ENOUGH. GOD IS ENOUGH. I SAY IT AGAIN, GOD IS ENOUGH. YOU SEE, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT GOD IS ENOUGH UNTIL GOD IS ALL YOU HAVE. WHERE ARE YOU GETTING YOUR JOY? YOU SAY, WELL, FROM THE LORD. HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GETTING IT FROM YOUR CHILDREN? WELL, TAKE AWAY YOUR CHILDREN AND SEE IF YOU STILL HAVE YOUR JOY. WHERE ARE YOU GETTING YOUR JOY? FROM YOUR HEALTH. ARE YOU, UH, OR FROM GOD, YOU SAY, WELL, HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GETTING IT FROM YOUR HEALTH? LET'S TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTH AND SEE IF YOU STILL HAVE YOUR JOY. SEE, GOD REDUCED JOB DOWN TO THIS, THAT JOB HAD NOTHING AND NOBODY BUT GOD AND HE LEARNED THAT GOD WAS SUFFICIENT. ST. AUGUSTINE WROTE A SERMON ON THE PURE LOVE OF GOD. AND IN THAT SERMON, AUGUSTINE ASKED THIS QUESTION. HE SUPPOSES THAT GOD CAME TO YOU AND OFFERED YOU A DEAL, AND …