2016 4th Quarter Lesson 12, December 10-16, Job’s Redeemer Wednesday, December 14 For today, let’s consider the sufferings of Job to that of the Son of Man. Remember, Christ died for the sins of the whole world, making exceedingly great provision for even those who would reject His offer of Grace. “For Job hath said, I am […]
2016 4th Quarter Lesson 12, December 10-16, Job’s Redeemer Tuesday, December 13 The necessity of Christ’s death for the human race is very apparent in the book of Job. Early in the story we see Job offering sacrifices on behalf of his children peradventure they blasphemed God during the rounds of their feasts. In one sense, we […]
2016 4th Quarter Lesson 12, December 10-16, Job’s Redeemer Monday, December 12 Job has a complaint that he would put before God. This was his argument that he thought God ought to answer. “I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou […]
2016 4th Quarter Lesson 12, December 10-16, Job’s Redeemer Sunday, December 11 As God speaks to Job out of the whirlwind, His words are not for Job alone. What Job hears as addressed to his ears and for the edification of his faith is also heard by all present. And the fact that they are written in […]
2016 4th Quarter Lesson 12, December 10-16, Job’s Redeemer Sabbath, December 10 “Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.” KJV, Isaiah 53:4. This week we are studying precisely how God reveals Himself as Creator and Redeemer in the story of Job. However, we must also understand […]
2016 4th Quarter Lesson 11, December 3-9, Out of the Whirlwind Friday, December 9 “The teacher may understand many things in regard to the physical universe; he may know all about the structure of living things, the inventions of mechanical art, the discoveries of natural science; but he cannot be called educated unless he has a knowledge […]
2016 4th Quarter Lesson 11, December 3-9, Out of the Whirlwind Thursday, December 8 When considering how God answered Job out of the whirlwind, we ought to keep this Scripture refreshed in our minds: “Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he […]
2016 4th Quarter Lesson 11, December 3-9, Out of the Whirlwind Wednesday, December 7 As we contemplate God’s questions to Job today, let us not fall into the trap that we know so much more than the ancients of Bible times. We are so much further from the Tree of Life from which Adam derived much length […]
2016 4th Quarter Lesson 11, December 3-9, Out of the Whirlwind Tuesday, December 6 Today we must ask ourselves two questions: 1) What do I know? And, (2) What does God know? The hubris of the post-modern mind is summed up in the idea that we are somehow wiser, that we are better than our forefathers. We […]
2016 4th Quarter Lesson 11, December 3-9, Out of the Whirlwind Monday, December 5 Beware what the Sabbath School author says about the silence of God. No mention is made of God being silent when He appears. On Sunday’s lesson we are introduced to the sudden appearance of God in Job chapter thirty-eight. The transition from Elihu’s speech […]