The Book of Job
Book of Job, 24
Everywhere, and Yet, Forgotten
Job 12: 9-10
Pastor’s Opening
THESE verses occur in Job’s answer to Zophar the Naamathite. Job had his failings, but certainly he appears less faulty in this dialogue than those three men who sought to reprove him and convict him of error. Zophar the Naamathite had the very highest opinion of his own personal wisdom. He addressed Job as though he had been an inferior and in the eleventh chapter he used language which though extremely beautiful, must, have been very grating upon the ear of such a sufferer as Job; for it is a lecture full of high-flown language, abounding in poetry and noble images, but containing little solid sense, and less sympathy.
Scripture Citation and Verse(s)
Job 12: 9-10
“Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this ? In whose hand
is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.”
Main Theme(s)
I. The first doctrine is THE PRESENT HAND OF GOD,
II. Let me remind you of the second head OUR ABSOLUTE DEPENDANCE UPON A PRESENT GOD AT THIS VERY MOMENT,
III. I come to my third and last point, namely, THE LESSONS FROM THIS SUBJECT.
