The Book of Job
Book of Job, 16
False Justification and True
Job 9:20 & Rom 8:33-34
Pastor’s Opening
THE great question for the human race to answer has ever been this, “How can man be just with God?” It is clear to every conscience that is at all awake that the thrice-holy God demands obedience to his law, and that disobedience to the divine law will certainly entail punishment. Hence the grand essential for each one of us is to be right towards God, — to be accounted just even at his judgment-bar. This is a most important matter at all times, but it appears to increase in importance as we advance in years, and get nearer to that great testing time when the Lord shall put everyone into his unerring balances, to weigh him, and so to prove what he really is.
Scripture Citation and Verse(s)
Job 9:20
“If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me.”
Rom 8:33-34
“It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth?”
Main Theme(s)
I. First, for a few minutes, let us consider THE SELF-JUSTIFICATION OF WHICH JOB SPEAKS: “If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me.”
II. Our second text reveals THE DIVINE JUSTIFICATION OF WHICH THE APOSTLE PAUL SPEAKS: “It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth?”
