The Book of Job
Book of Job, 37
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
Job 19:25-27
Pastor’s Opening
The hand of God has been upon us heavily this week. An aged deacon, who has been for more than fifty years a member of this Church, has been removed from our midst; and a sister, the beloved wife of another of our Church-officers, a member for nearly the same term of years, has fallen asleep. It is not often that a Church is called to sorrow over the departure of two such venerable members—let not our ears be deaf to such a double admonition to prepare to meet our God.
Scripture Citation and Verse(s)
Job 19:25-27
“For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.”
Main Theme(s)
I. First of all then, with the patriarch of Uz, LET US DESCEND INTO THE SEPULCHRE.
II. Now, having thus descended into the grave, and seen nothing there but what is loathsome, LET US LOOK UP WITH THE PATRIARCH AND BEHOLD A SUN SHINING WITH PRESENT COMFORT.
III. And now, in the third and last place, as THE ANTICIPATION OF FUTURE DELIGHT.
