The Book of Job
Book of Job, 45
The Anxious Enquirer
Job 23:3
Pastor’s Opening
WE will say nothing at this time concerning Job, we will leave the patriarch out of the question, and take these words as the exclamation forced from the aching heart of a sinner, when he finds that he is lost on account of sin, and can only be saved by Christ. “Oh that I knew where I might find him,” — “my Saviour, — that I might be saved by his love and blood!” There are some who tell us that a man can, if he pleases, in one moment obtain peace with God and joy in the Holy Ghost. Such persons may know something of religion in their own hearts…
Scripture Citation and Verse(s)
Job 23:3
“Oh that I knew where I might find him!”
Main Theme(s)
I. First, then, observe that THERE ARE SOME, VERY HOPEFUL SIGNS IN THE CASE OF THE MAN WHO HAS BEEN SEEKING CHRIST, THOUGH HE MAY NOT HAVE FOUND HIM.
II. But now, for my second point, I SHALL ENDEAVOUR TO GIVE SOME REASONS WHY IT IS THAT A GRACIOUS GOD DELAYS AN ANSWER TO THE PRAYER OF PENITENT SINNERS.
III. SOME ADVICE TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SEEKING CHRIST, AND WHO HAVE NEVER POUND HIM, AS TO HOW THEY MIGHT FIND HIM.
