PSALM 119:30 – I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me.” THEME OF THE DAY: OUR LIVES ARE SHAPED BY DAILY CHOICES. After we became Christians, the greatest power in our lives has been given – the power of choice. Prior to, we were dead in trespasses and sins. That included dead in our wills with…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Old Testament
This Lord’s Day, we begin looking at the man Elihu and his place in the book of Job. He will unfold four speeches in the form of rebukes to correct Job in his faulty view of God. His speech addresses Job’s lament that God does not speak to him. Elihu will reveal God does speak to His children and that loudly through at least two means.
PSALM 119:67, 71, 75 – 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word. 71 It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. 75 I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.” THEME OF THE DAY: THE SPIRITUALLY MATURE RESPONSE…
JOB 32:1–5 – So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God. He burned with anger also at Job’s three friends because they had found no…
This Lord’s Day, we continue our journey through the Old Testament book of Job observing the last of the human participants in Job’s story – Elihu. We will discern his character and the spiritual qualities in his rebukes of correction to Job and his friends. From these speeches of Elihu, we learn much about the character and ways of the Lord.
2 SAMUEL 22:17-20 – “He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support. He brought me out into a broad place; he…