The Book of Job
Book of Job, 60
Christian Sympathy
Job 30:25
Pastor’s Opening
IN endeavouring to justify the ways of God, Job’s three friends came to the harsh conclusion that he would not have been so severely afflicted if he had not been a very great sinner. Among other accusations against the afflicted patriarch, Eliphaz the Temanite had the cruelty to lay this at his door, “Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.” Such a slander we may describe as “speaking wickedly for God,” for in his ignorance of the great laws of Providence towards the saints in this life, the Temanite had uttered falsehood in order to account for the divine procedure.
Scripture Citation and Verse(s)
Job 30:25
“Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor ?”
Main Theme(s)
I. HUMAN SYMPATHY, ITS COMMENDATIONS.
II. We speak now of THE HINDRANCES TO CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY.
III. A few minutes upon THE FRUITS OF CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY.
IV. I now conclude with an appeal for the special object of the collection this morning. I ASK YOUR AID FOR THESE NEEDY ONES IN LANCASHIRE.
