The Book of Job
Book of Job, 28
Out of Nothing Comes Nothing
Job 14:4
Pastor’s Opening
JOB considered himself to be unclean in the sight of God; yet, if we speak the plain truth about him, we must say that he was as clean as any man who lived in that age, or, indeed, in any other. We have the witness of the Holy Spirit, in this very Book, that he “was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.” We have also the practical confirmation by the devil of the same fact; for, when the Lord said to him, “Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?” he could not deny it, but could only insinuate that there was an evil motive at the back of the patriarch’s uprightness: “Doth Job fear God for nought?”
Scripture Citation and Verse(s)
Job 14:4
“Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.”
Main Theme(s)
I. Now, coming to our text, I want first to speak of SOME MATTERS OF IMPOSSIBILITY IN NATURE, — the bringing of clean things out of unclean ones.
II. Now, in the second place, let us notice CERTAIN SUBJECTS FOR PRACTICAL CONSIDERATION, FOR EVERY ONE OF US, that arise out of a right contemplation of this subject.
III. The last point I am going to deal with is, THE PROVISION THAT IS MADE TO MEET THIS HUMAN IMPOSSIBILITY.
