 All right Job chapter 32 I'll begin reading at verse 1 and I'll read to verse 1 Meaning I'll start with verse 1 In Job chapter 32 verse 1 it reads So these three men ceased answering Job because he was righteous in his own eyes Now in chapter 31 chapter 31 closed with the words and you see it just above verse 1 the words of Job Ended and so chapter 31 closed by saying the words of Job are ended that meant that he closed the words of his argument for the time being He had finished his argument with Alaphaz and Bildad and Zophar the three friends that are so pronounced throughout the the book of Job The rest of the book is going to contain things that a young man by the name of Aliyu says It's also going to contain things that God himself will say to Job Now as we've been going through the book of Job throughout this book Job has been defending his own integrity We've seen this. He has presented his testimony to his friends and they hadn't been able to refute him He had consistently defended his own character and they could not reply to what he had to say Now as we went through chapter 31 Let me remind you that Job once again had claimed to be a righteous man and he said it like this He said I've never lusted after a woman. I haven't lived as a hypocrite I've never abused my authority over my servants never kept the poor from their basic necessities Never held back good from widows. I've never trusted in my wealth Never rejoiced at the destruction of enemies and I've never given into pressure to cover up and to hide my sin So he was speaking concerning and we saw that in chapter 31 Concerning his righteousness. He's saying I have lived a very high standard of Righteousness. I'm a righteous man I've lived a life of integrity like it says in the book of Proverbs chapter 20 verse 7 The righteous man walks in his integrity his children are blessed after him So he's claiming to be a righteous man one of integrity Well, the result of what Job had said was for Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar to stop speaking to him They've had enough and they're giving up now. They're giving up trying to reason with him They thought they were wasting their time. They thought that Job actually was being foolish Again in Proverbs 18 verse 2 it says a fool takes no pleasure in understanding But only in expressing his opinion and that's how they're looking at Job at that time as far as they could see Job is righteous in his own eyes They couldn't reach him. They had exhausted all of their arguments and that's what it says in verse 1 These three men ceased answering Job because he was righteous in his own eyes Well, it goes on and it speaks of well it speaks in this way verse 2 It says then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barakal the baza'i and the family of Ram Was aroused against Job His wrath was aroused because he justified himself rather than God Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused because they had found no answer and yet condemned Job And so we are now introduced to Someone by the name of Elihu. It gives us his heritage is he is the son of Barakal Who is what it's called a baza'i or a baza'i and so the word Elihu the name literally means he is my God Elihu and he's a buzz buzz I now a buzz I It's an interesting man us I don't know. I want to say something dumb. I'm going to I think Because us and buzz I mean think about that. That was their name us and buzz Anyway us and buzz were sons of Abraham's brother Nahor in Genesis chapter 22 verses 20 and 21 It says soon after this Abraham heard that Milka his brother Neor's wife had borne Neor eight sons The oldest was named us The next oldest buzz I'm sorry followed by Etc. So us and buzz it would seem that Elihu had been present during this discussion He's just unnamed because you're going to see it in a minute He's going to be responding and speaking and quoting Job So it seems that he had been present but he had not yet spoken and so when it says in verse two The wrath of Elihu the son of our hell the buzz I of the family of Ram was aroused against Job His wrath was aroused because he justified himself rather than God and so Job had come close to claiming that God was unjust and wrong We know this we've gone through the book of Job that Job has felt unfairly treated But he has not crossed that line He has not claimed that God was completely wrong and that God was unjust We'll see that in chapter 42 if you take notes might want to note this in chapter 42 verse 7 It will say it was so that after the Lord had spoken these words to Job The Lord said to aliphaz the Temonite My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends for you have spoken of me the thing that is Have not spoken of me the thing that is right as my servant Job has and so Job had gotten close to Crossing the line the way saying God was wrong and God was unjust, but he didn't cross that line And so he he felt that Had been treated in a certain way and it bothered him in verse 3 It says also against his three friends his wrath was aroused because they had found no answer and yet condemned Job and So he was angry also because Job's friends could not convince Job of his guilt they'd been silenced and Had no response, but they were not personally convinced that Job was innocent In other words, they hadn't won the argument, but they're still condemning Job, but they couldn't prove he's guilty But maintained that he was But they had no proof so he's angry he's angry because it appears that Job is righteous in his own eyes But it also appears that his friends were incompetent and that's why Aliyu decides to step in to the argument It says in verse 4 now because they were years older than he Aliyu had waited to speak to Job when Aliyu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men his wrath was aroused and So out of respect and we'll look at this in just a moment out of respect He as a younger man had waited for the elders to finish speaking But he was dissatisfied with what they were saying and so now he's going to offer his own speech It says in verse 6 Aliyu the son of Baraka the buzz I answered and said I'm young in years And you are very old Therefore I was afraid and dared not declare my opinion to you. I said age should speak multitude of years Should teach wisdom and so he begins to speak here And then it's interesting how he begins to speak and the things that he begins to say notice How it speaks of him being young in years is this that his exact age is unknown But so is Job's and so are his friends But it seems even as he says that that some of Job's friends may have been older than than Job was Because we see in Job chapter 15 verse 10 Alphys said the gray haired and the aged on our on our side men even older than your father So it seems that there was a number of men there There were there and perhaps even amongst his three friends who were older than Job and so this young man is listening and So the speech of the elder should take precedence over the thoughts of the young age should speak and Youth should listen and you should learn in Job chapter 12 verse 12 a job had said wisdom is with the aged men and with length of days understanding and so just touching on that for just a moment We need to remember that there's a difference in accumulating information There's a difference between accumulating information and having wisdom. I think that's appropriate to say especially in this age because it's kind of obvious that prior to the the use of the internet and the use of Being able to Google pretty much anything you want People actually used to study before they spoke People actually went to college or took took classes before they developed opinions that they felt were Equal to the others That's not true today. Not like it used to be What is true today is we have instant information at our fingertips and because we're able to repeats what somebody else wrote We think that we know what it's meant by what somebody else wrote, which is not true What we're basically doing is just quoting somebody else's experience in the older days and in these days No, he knew L. You knew he said I'm a young man. You're old. I was afraid dared not declare my opinion I said age should speak multitude of years should teach wisdom The natural way for me to to learn would be to learn from the ancients to learn from the older to learn from the elder to learn from the experienced to learn from the person who knows the one who's lived and That's something that was acknowledged then again, there's a difference between accumulating information But actually having true wisdom True wisdom is defined basically wisdom is defined as having a skill in life living a skillful life Taking in information and growing in understanding put it in in practice gaining through experience a skill in living that's called wisdom and Those who have grown older and those who have walked with God should be a treasury of wisdom like it says in Proverbs 1631 gray hair is a crown of glory. It is gained in a righteous life. So if a man grows older and Has walked with God and lived righteously That person should be a fount of wisdom. He should be and should be Respected and that's basically what Ali you was saying here You see as you grow older you become more aware of the time you have left and You begin to realize that the the road in front of you is a lot shorter than the one you have behind you And so when you become aware that your days are Less now it can help you to become more aware of what really matters and what really doesn't When you're younger you may think certain things you may think that a great education is a must You may think that having a nice home in a certain area is a must driving a certain car is a must Nothing wrong with those things in and of themselves, of course But once you've accumulated things once you have finished your education Once you have about the home once you have about the car once you have those things You discover that they perish with the using you discover that those things didn't make you wiser They didn't give you better skills to live. They really didn't they simply became things you possessed and ultimately sometimes Those things begin to possess you So an older person begins to realize that there are certain things that matter and As you grow older and older and closer to the time when you're gonna close your eyes here to open them up in In heaven and behold the face of the Lord you become to be become more aware of what life Really is and what really does matter you become aware of that and that's one of the reasons why a young man May have a lot of zeal and a lot of fire and a lot of desire and great ideas And there's nothing wrong with that and I actually value those things But that doesn't mean that that I would look to the younger man as a Fount of wisdom and experience It doesn't mean that I would go to them with a problem Well, I know you're yet to have any children, but can you give me advice for my grandchildren? It wouldn't work. How would I do that? Why would I do that and see so the way it works and it's always worked is that with the age comes wisdom and Understanding and the Bible teaches us that that's an important thing Again as you grow older you become more aware of the time you have left and that helps us to determine What really matters in life Psalm 90 verse 12 says it like this teach us to number our days That we may get a heart of wisdom It's the under ordinary circumstances the younger would trust in the wisdom of the older Now when he says in verse 6 you are very old, you know when you speak it in that way to them He's saying you're old and I was afraid of being presumptuous I didn't want to speak because I should respect you But verse 8 there's a spirit in man and the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding He goes on to say great men verse 9 are not always wise Nor do the aged always understand justice And that's a practical truth There's a spirit in man and the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding after listening to you speak I see that age and experience that don't make men wise I see that spiritual wisdom is imparted from God and Spiritual wisdom is not naturally gained Long life does not automatically ensure great wisdom Proverbs 2 verse 6 says the Lord gives wisdom out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding Psalm 119 verses 98 and 99 says you through your commandments make me wiser than my enemies For they are ever with me I have more understanding than all my teachers for your testimonies are my meditation And so just because someone lives a long life is basically what he's saying doesn't automatically mean that they're wise And so verse 9 again great men Great would also carry the the connotation of age older men are not always wise Nor do the age always understand justice Men who have aged and have been educated or have wealth and not always wise If they have not sought God, they haven't gained true wisdom. That's why The godly person doesn't go to the ungodly for advice We go to those who've known the Lord and have walked with the Lord Because if a person hasn't sought God, they haven't gained true wisdom in verse 10 He continues he says therefore I say listen to me. I also will declare my opinion indeed. I waited for your words I listened to your reasonings while you searched out what to say. I paid close attention to you and surely Not one of you convinced Job or answered his words. And so he's saying I've been here I've been listening to what you've had to say and not one of you has been able to convince Job of his error I've listened to your arguments But not one of you was able to answer what he had to say and so in verse 13 He says lest you say we have found wisdom God will vanquish him not man Now he has not directed his words against me So I will not answer him with your words And so he's speaking concerning that in verse 13 and he's saying lest you say we have found wisdom I'm afraid that you will think that you have vanquished Job with your reasoning, but you haven't The only one who can vanquish him is God and you have failed When he speaks in verse 14 and says now he has not directed his words against me I can deal with him because he hasn't spoken to me. He hasn't provoked my emotions. I've remained calm I'm untouched by him and his argument and therefore I have different arguments that I want to present And so I'm going to answer him not with your words, but with my own in verse 15 They are dismayed and answer no more words escape them I've waited because they didn't speak because they stood still and answered no more. I Also will answer my part. I too will declare my opinion for I'm full of words The spirit within me compels me Indeed my belly This guy is very poetic indeed my belly is like wine that has no vent. It's ready to burst like new wineskins I will speak that I may find relief. I must open my lips and answer Let me not I pray she'll partiality to anyone nor let me flatter any man For I do not know how to flatter else my maker would soon take me away And so he goes on very poetically and he's saying listen I'm dismayed. There's no answer Words are escaping me in other words these men have left have been left with no answer They don't know what to say and so he's saying in verse 16 So I waited I waited for you to respond you haven't been able to do so and since you haven't done a good job I I feel that I need to enter in now to this argument and I'm filled with words I have things that need to be expressed now all of this by the way as we look at it shows what has been called the impatience of youth I can't hold back. I can't resist. I must speak. It shows the impatience of youth He says in verse 17 you have given your opinion now. It's my turn to speak in verse 18 I have much to say my spirit inside me is agitated verse 19 it feels like I'm going to explain I Can't hold back any longer. I need to speak Verse 20 I have to get this off of my mind I need relief and so he he's sharing all these emotions He has and how he has to speak and so in verses 21 and 22 when he says let me not I pray show partiality to anyone No, let me flatter any man. I don't know how to flatter else my maker would soon take me away He says I'm gonna tell you like it is I'm not going to spare anybody's feelings My fear of God will not allow me to mince words. I must say what needs to be said I'm a young man filled with emotion Filled with experience with different arguments. I've listened to you older men I've come to realize just because your old doesn't make you wise not one of you has been able to Show Job the error of his ways and and seeing that you haven't it's time to bring the big guns in That's kind of what he's saying here. It's time for me to come in and step in where you guys couldn't complete the task So this shows you something and we'll see this and I'm looking at the time and I'm saying God you're the God of miracles I Will stop at a right as a reasonable time and then just pick up off. I need to but I'm gonna try and And give this whole study. I don't know why I did this and So he goes on verse 1 chapter 33. Please Job hear my speech Listen to all my words Now I open my mouth My tongue speaks in my mouth My words come from my upright heart my lips utter pure knowledge The spirit of God has made me the breath of the Almighty gives me life If you can answer me set your words in order before me take your stand Truly I am as your spokesman before God I also have been formed out of clay Surely no fear of me will terrify you Nor will my hand be heavy on you. Now. Do you hear the arrogance? Can you hear it? Can you picture? Can you picture a young man speaking to an older man like that now? Maybe you can maybe you're a young person You think yeah, yeah, he's saying it the way it should be said Maybe you are But see when I was reading this I Understand this because I'm an old man and I've had young men explain things to me and It's not that they haven't got good points. You'll see that he does But respect goes a long way And when you speak to an elder you speak to him as one would speak to a father is what Paul said to Timothy He said speak to the older men Speak to him like they're your father now some people don't understand what that means because perhaps they didn't have a dad Or maybe the father that they had they didn't respect But see I can't say that I had a father and I had a father. I respect it and so I Made my mistakes. I was the young man who spoke without respect on occasion Not always but on occasion and now I'm the older man and on occasion I have had the younger man speak without respect and I so I was reading this and preparing this and I was thinking There's an arrogant tinge to the voice of Ali you as he's speaking. He's telling them, you know, stand up like a man I'm I'm gonna treat you gently. I'm gonna speak to you, you know in a way And maybe hard for you to take but listen, I may be young And and you may be you may have personal feelings about me as in my youth, but I'm just asking hear me out Because listen, I have considered my words and I want you to know I have a pure heart when I speak And so he starts and I'll just touch the verses in verse 2 He's basically saying my tongue speaks in my mouth in other words I have carefully considered what I should say in verse 3 my words come from an upright heart I'm speaking with complete sincerity. My lips will pure knowledge. I Speak clearly. I state things just as they are so there will be no misunderstanding in Verse 4 the Spirit of God has made me and the breath of the Almighty gives me life That that is why I'm speaking and that is why joke. That's why you should listen You see I have a right to be heard after all God made me To he made you but he also made me So on one level, that's true We're both made in God's image But on a different level Ali Hugh's taking too much upon himself Just because they're both believers doesn't make Ali Hugh equal in wisdom or experience and remember what God had said concerning Job When God said to Satan there's no one like him. He is one of a kind He is upright. He's righteous. He hates evil This is the most upright man and yet you have Ali Hugh equating himself with Job I've had young pastors who have had their church going for a year Give me advice on how to run my church. I have had Young pastors who came to a pastors conference. We have the conference wrote on Facebook and other social media Well, we're at the Calvary Chapel Conference, I wish these dinosaurs would get out of the way so the younger men could lead And so I slapped him you just Emotionally you who you want to That's an attitude that we've encountered. I've encountered that get out of the way. I'm equal to you I've got experience too But I think you take too much upon yourself Ali Hugh in Verses five through seven if you can answer me set your words in order Take your stand My wisdom is about to humble you But if you think you can answer me well prepare to When he says in verse six, uh, truly I am your spokesman before God. I'm the answer to your request Well, remember Job in chapter nine verse 33 Had said if only there were someone to arbitrate between us to lay his hand upon us both He's saying I am the answer to your prayer Job I'm the one. I'm your spokesman in verse seven surely. No fear of me will terrify you Nor will my hand be heavy on you. I'm gonna take it easy on you as I correct you Do you see the arrogance of that? There's a lot of arrogance humility goes a long way when you correct somebody surely verse eight Surely you have spoken in my hearing and I have heard the sound of your words saying I'm pure without transgression. I'm innocent. There's no iniquity in me yet. He finds occasion Occasions against me. He counts me as his enemy. He puts my feet in the stocks. He watches all my paths So at that at this point he begins to paraphrase what he believes that he's heard Job say In verse nine, for example, you're saying that you're pure with no transgressions and and that you're innocent Well in chapter 10 verse 7 It reads you know that I am not guilty and no one can rescue me from your hand In verse 10, he says yet you find occasion against me in other words. You count me as an enemy Well in Job 13 24 the question was asked Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy in chapter 16 verse 9? God assails me and tears me in his anger. Nash is his teeth at me So he's simply repeating what he's heard in verse 11. He puts my feet in stocks and and watches all my paths Well in Job 13 27 he said that you fasted my feet in shackles in verse 11 He watches all my paths. Well in chapter 19 verse 8. He's blocked my way, so I cannot pass He shrouded my path in darkness and so he's speaking and repeating to him what he has said When he says in verse 12 and 13 look in this you are not righteous. I'll answer you. God is greater than man Why do you contend with him? For he does not give an accounting of any of his words. Well, this is what's wrong with you You're only a sinner You see God is not only greater in might and majesty But God is also greater in justice and so you're wronged. You're wrong in contending with him You have failed to to show him reverence and that alone reveals you're a sinner and that shows that you deserve What you're going through he says in verse 13 But why do you contend with him for he does not give an accounting of any of his words God doesn't owe you any explanations Concerning what he does Why he does it and by the way that is true Isaiah 45 verse 9 says woe to the one who quarrels with his maker an earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth Will the clay say to the potter? What are you doing or the thing? You are making say he has no hands No, so What he's saying there's there's truth to that obviously you're contending with him, but he owes you no explanation Verse 14 God may speak in one way or in another Yet man doesn't perceive it in a dream and a vision of the night when deep sleep falls upon men while slumbering on their beds He opens the airs of men seals their instruction in order to turn man from his deed and Conceal pride from man He keeps back his soul from the pit and his life from perishing by the sword This is this stuff is very interesting God is his own way. He's saying Speaking to man yet often man doesn't hear it Often man doesn't perceive it God reveals himself and we know that how does God reveal himself while God reveals himself through conscience Your conscience can accuse you or excuse you there in other words there are things you know that are right And there are things you know are wrong and when you do something that you know is wrong your conscience Accuses you so God uses conscience. There's something within man that tells us There is something that is proper and something that is not proper. God also reveals himself in creation You know every house is built by some man He who built all things is God the heavens declare your glory So you can see creation and you can say that that there is creation therefore there must be a creator Because houses don't just explode into existence. There was a designer an architect a builder There this all went together through the efforts of some mind and then the efforts of someone with strength And so God uses conscience. He awakens us to the reality of what is wrong Doesn't necessarily save you, but it makes you aware that there are things that are wrong and to creation Because you can look out there and you can say there's no way that this could just have happened and all But he also uses his prophets God used the prophets to speak forth his mind and declare himself to man God reveals himself in a variety of ways, but notice what he says in verse 15 He says in a dream in a vision of the night when deep sleep falls upon men will slumbering on the beds He opens the ears of men Seals their instruction in order to turn man from his deed and conceal pride for man He keeps back his soul from the pit and his life from perishing by the sword. That's an interesting thing Again, remember, this is the oldest written book And this is the oldest book in terms of events that are transcribed for us Taken place during the time of Abraham and a little bit after Moses came later and he collated these things and wrote it down And that's where you get the first five books of the Bible So what we have is ancient wisdom and he's saying The God and this is interesting. I'll say this quickly that God uses dreams That's what he's saying He says that again in a dream in a vision of the night when deep sleep falls upon man will slumber on their beds Then he opens the ears of men and seals their instruction. God uses dreams. Does he always use dreams? We'll look at that for a moment in just a second But read your Bible It acts chapter rather in in the book of Genesis chapter 15 God revealed himself Through a dream to Abraham Jacob had a dream of a ladder to heaven in Genesis 28 Joseph had a dream that his family would bow before him in Genesis 37 Solomon had a dream when God said ask of me anything and first Kings chapter 3 Joseph Mary's husband had a dream that Mary's pregnancy was of God and later He had a dream that instructed him to go to Egypt. You can multiply these many times in Scripture God used dreams and Can it happen to this day someone's asking? Well, there are people asleep in this room right now. I hope he is It's in it. There's an interesting scripture. It's found in Acts chapter 2 verse 17 I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams That was a prophecy found out in the book of Job rather in the book of Joel chapter 2 That is spoken of in the book of Acts chapter 2 after the day of Pentecost So God used dreams. Can he still use dreams? He does I have no doubt that he does Does is that it's normal way is a different question and the answer is no What is this normal way of communicating his normal way of communicating is through the word of God By the power of the Holy Spirit But God had a variety of ways in which he chose to reveal himself When you read the book of Hebrews in chapter 11 verses 1 and 2 it says in the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times in various ways in these last days He spoke into us by his son Whom he appointed heir of all things and through whom he made the universe So God used a variety of ways these ways are being spoken up here in the book of Job in Verses 15 following to verse 18 But God's normal way of revealing himself in our day is through his word and by his spirit so That ought to give you some comfort because sometimes you may have this dream and you wake up saying oh my God I don't know what's going to happen. You know my wife. My wife is going to have a horse's head. No that No, that's not the Lord So you always use the word of God you always use it a better hurry verse 19 A man is also chastened with pain on his bed with strong pain in many of his bones So that his life of horse bread his soul succulent food his flesh wastes away from sight His bones stick out which once were not seen. Yes, his soul draws near the pit and it's life to the executioners affliction God uses a variety of ways But Job he also uses affliction God speaks through pain When his warnings in other ways are ignored. It's been said. I believe it was C. S. Lewis. I May be wrong. I think C. S. Lewis said God is that that pain is God's megaphone that gets our attention In Psalm 119 verse 67 before I was afflicted. I went astray But now I've kept your word Psalm 119 verse 71. It's good for me that I've been afflicted that I might learn your statutes It's good for me to have gone through tough times Because I've learned how to live a life that pleases you and affliction pain Sometimes is the way the Lord has used life in our in our Circumstances to communicate himself clearly one of the things that many of us have seen in the recent times has been how God has used our circumstances our present circumstances to actually purge us and refine us in the COVID situation and all the misinformation and disinformation and the fear and other things that people deal with now Many of us have had our faith refined So we've come to believe deeper the essential things to trust more in Areas that that at one time perhaps we were weakened and I've seen that I've seen how the Lord can use affliction I've seen how how his word where it says all things shall work together for good to those who love God to those Who are the called according to his purpose how that scripture in Romans 8 28 how that comes alive How I can say now wait a minute how can all things mix together? How can they all work out to be good because these things that I'm going through right now and the series of things that I've Experienced recently these are things that seem to be tearing me down They're not building me up and the Lord is saying no Didn't you pray in a certain way that you wanted to know me in a deeper way? Didn't you pray that and then if you're honest perhaps you haven't and in my case. Yes, Lord I have I have said I want to know you I've said I want to know your ways I've said I want to be like you. Well, what do you think the process to be like me and to know me is what you're going through? Right now, I'm answering your prayer You say well, then you know what I really don't want that Or you say thank you Lord, that's exactly right Because the deeper the cut The greater the healing and I want to be deep. I Want to be deep with you. I want to know you And he said and this is how you'll learn me and so yes Pain can be God's megaphone. Am I saying let's pray for pain. No it comes. I don't have to ask for it What I asked for is the strength to not only endure but to learn and then to grow wiser To be able to help those who go through the same path So the Lord uses these things. He says to us that he uses them Someone once said the Lord does not measure out our afflictions according to our faults but according to our strength and Looks not what we at what and looks not at what we have deserved But what we are able to bear in verse 23 he says If there is a messenger for him a mediator one among a thousand to show man his uprightness Then he's gracious to him and says deliver him from going down to the pit. I have found a ransom Job you need an intermediary Someone to deliver you When it speaks in verse 24 and says he's gracious to him and says deliver him from going down to the pit I have found a ransom. It's been said. This is a pre-figurement of Messiah This is foretelling if you will God's grace through Jesus Christ The one who is going to deliver in verse 24 that word deliver is a Hebrew word that can also be translated Redeem and the idea in the word redeem is to purchase and set free And that's what Jesus Christ did for us guys as he redeemed us. He purchased us The book of Ephesians says it like this in chapter 1 verse 7 in him We have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace Redemption the way the word can be used speaks of going into a Into a marketplace and During this day slaves would be sold and someone could purchase the slave and That slave becomes property of the owner and What God has done is he went into the marketplace if you will where we were slaves to sin and imbondage to Satan and God paid the redemption price and now we belong to him. He purchased us with the blood of Christ And when he purchased us he set us free You know during that day someone may have bought a slave and then brought him home to work for him Not not not our savior. He bought us so that we could be set free So as bond slaves voluntary servants We would serve him with all that we have out of gratitude because of his purchasing us through the blood of Jesus Christ And so what he's speaking about here is this mediator He's speaking about a desire to have one who has been a ransom It says in verse 25 his flesh shall be young like a child's he shall return to the days of his youth He shall pray to God and he will delight in him He shall see his face with joy for he restores to man his righteousness Then he looks at man and says I've sinned and perverted what was right Did not profit me. He will redeem his soul from going down to the pit and his life shall see the light Behold God works all these things twice in fact three times with a man to bring back his soul from the pit That he may be enlightened with the light of life give ear job. Listen to me Hold your peace and I'll speak if you have anything to say answer me speak I desire to justify you if not listen to me hold your peace I'll teach you wisdom And it says in verses 25 and 26 his flesh shall be young like a child the one who's redeemed will recover strength will return Joy will overflow his relationship with God will be restored his prayers will be answered He's reconciled the God. He'll be made righteous In verses 27 and 28 he looks at men and says I've sinned and perverted what is right While God looks at the one who admits his sin the one who humbly confesses it and when a sinner says I've perverted what is right. It didn't profit me. It reveals that he truly is repenting and in verse 28 The result is going to be Salvation in verses 29 and 30 He said God works in all of these things twice in fact three times with the man God often works through visions and chasenings Sometimes it makes it takes two or even three, but he uses them to bring him back Well, he does this to bring men to a right relationship with him That's why Proverbs 3 11 and 12 would apply where it says my son did not despise the chasenion of the Lord Nor did he test his correction for whom the Lord loves he corrects Just as a father the son in whom he delights and then finally in verses 31 through 33 Give ear job. Listen to me. Hold your peace. I'll speak Listen to my wisdom. It will benefit. I am a great source of wisdom Don't put a lid on me There's a little air against there Hold your peace and I'll teach you wisdom Okay, I don't know maybe I'm a grumpy old man that that wouldn't sit right with me But anyway, he's not through He's got a few other things to see to say and we'll look at those when we get back But let's close with the idea of that that that what he said is right that God It's gonna bring a ransom that God redeems. There is a mediator. It isn't alley you. It's Jesus Christ God has purchased us. We belong to him. He took us out of the marketplace of sin He set us free. He has given us joy and in that we should serve him and those things are true Let's close with those things and father. We bless you And we thank you for how you work in our lives and Lord some of these things Are things that are absolutely correct and therefore we should listen But help us Lord also to learn what respect is And learn how to bring correction for sometimes we may have not been The kind of person we should have been when we tried to help someone and restore them So Lord as we look at this and there's so much to see I pray that Whatever it is that we needed to hear today that would help us I Pray that we've received that and even as our eyes are closed our heads are bowed There may be some right now perhaps in this room or online We need to get right with the Lord and you need prayer Perhaps you even need to be redeemed And if that's the case whatever the case and you need prayer I would like to pray for you before we close and if you need prayer would you raise your hand? Let me pray if you're right where your father you see these hands You know the reason why these hands are raised to you. You know exactly why and Lord I asked that you would just move in each in each heart that is being represented right now Have your way Lord Have your way and as we yield to you Changes from the inside Lord we give you praise for this We thank you. We turn to you. Thank you for Jesus and we will serve him so we give you praise and We thank you for the work that you are performing in us and we give you thanks for this Thank you. You can put your hands down. Jesus. I pray you keep moving in all of us in your name Amen