Job 32-37 - 31st May 2026

and open them up to Job chapter 32.

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Please take your Bibles and open them up

to Job chapter 32. And this morning

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we're going to be looking at the

highlights of Job chapter 32 to chapter

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37.

Let me pray

as we prepare our hearts to consider

God's word.

Romans chapter 5 verse verse 6 says,

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"For while we were still weak, at the

right time Christ died for the ungodly.

For one will scarcely die for a

righteous person, though perhaps for a

good person, one would dare to die." But

God shows his love for us in this, that

while we were still sinners, Christ died

for us.

Lord Jesus, we thank you this morning

for your death on the cross for our

sins.

As we have sang already this morning,

how marvelous,

how wonderful, my savior would die for

me.

And so, Lord, I pray that you'd help us

to remember this truth this morning as

we look at your word. Thank you for

giving us the gift of your word. I pray

that you would speak into each one of

our hearts. I pray even for the children

as they stay here and hear your word.

Speak to their hearts. We pray.

And for everyone here, Lord, we need to

hear from you. So Lord, we ask that you

would speak for your servants are

listening.

In Jesus precious name, I pray these

things. Amen.

There are two um events that happen in

the book of Job that really shape the

book of Job in a kind of secret and

silent way.

The first event you already heard of and

that was um Job's what I call Job's

silent sadness. And I gave you that

picture. You know that picture when um

you might be standing with your children

in the playground and they'll be running

and playing and you see one child and

they will run and they will hit

something

and then everything stops.

The mother stops.

The mother calms everybody down as they

look at the child who's just smack

something.

Pause for a second. You're hoping they

don't blow. You're wondering will they?

And in the silence

you're waiting

and suddenly

the child screams,

but there is that moment

of sad silence before the scream. And

we've seen that in the book of Job. Job

was hit by the suffering of life and

everybody stops at the start of the book

of Job and for seven days his friends

are standing with him and for seven days

there's silence

until Job speaks.

Silence until he speaks. So that's

silent sadness. But here in this

chapter, what you're going to see is

silent rage.

And there is silent rage or silent

anger. Have you ever been looking on at

something and it starts to annoy you? It

starts to bug you. Maybe, for example,

you like a clean house or something like

that, and you go to one room and it's

not clean. The anger comes up. You go to

the next room and it's not clean and the

anger comes up and you come to the next

room and it's not clean. You're silent

but you're angry. But eventually when

you get to the final room, what happens?

You blow.

Silent anger leads to blowing up. And

what we see in the book of Job is this

new man. His name is Elihu.

And Eliu has been watching on at Job and

his friends speaking together and having

this conversation trying to understand

Job's suffering. And as he's been

watching on, do you know what's been

happening? He's been getting more and

more angry at the conversation that he's

seeing. He's getting more and more

frustrated. He's silent in his anger.

He's been watching on as we have. Eliu's

been watching on for 28 chapters.

He's been watching on in silence and his

his anger has been kind of bubbling up.

This young man, he's younger than the

three friends. He's younger than Job.

And his anger has been bubbling up for

these 28 chapters. And now it's time for

Elihu to do what? To blow up. So what

we're going to see is Eliu blow. That

was good timing. Eliu blowing up for a

number of chapters from chapter 32.

Sorry. from chapter 32 to chapter 37.

And what we're going to see at the start

as we look at Eliu, you're going to see

Elihu's rage,

Eliu's reason and Eliu's rebuke in the

first two chapters. Eliu's rage, it

finally blows. Chapter 32:1.

So these three men ceased to answer Job

because he was righteous in his own

eyes. Then Elihu the son of Bar Rachel

the the buzzite 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 answer although they had

declared Job to be be in the wrong. Now

Eliu had waited to speak to Job because

they were older than he. And when Eliu

saw that there was no answer in the

mouth of these three men, he burned with

anger.

What is the emotion that Eliu is

experiencing at this time? Did you hear

it? In case you didn't hear it, it said

it three times. He burned with anger. He

burned with anger. He burned with anger.

Guess what? He is angry. And not only is

he angry, but he is raging. And it's

been bubbling up for these 28 chapters.

And now he's waited because he's like,

"Look, I'm a young man. These are old

wise guys. Maybe they'll kind of sort it

out." And he sees at the end of the

conversation that they haven't sorted

out. So what does he do? He steps in and

he wants to speak. But the question is,

is his anger truly justified?

Is Elihu right to burn with anger? Is

his anger right? And I will say his

anger is yes and no. Yes, in a way his

anger is right. And no, in a in a way

his anger is not right. And that's

exactly what we'd expect of the book of

Job. It's complicated.

Suffering is complicated. We are

complicated.

And so, is his anger right? Well, yes,

it is kind of right in a way because

listen to these verses. In Job 42,

Job admits that he was wrong. In Job 42

verse verse three, he says this, "I have

uttered." He says this to God. He's

repenting before God. He says, "I have

uttered what I did not understand,

things too wonderful for me which I did

not know." And then in verse six, he

says, "Therefore, I despise myself and

repent in dust and ashes." So is Eli who

right to be angry at Job? In some sense,

yes. Because Job comes to the place in

understanding where he realizes his

words are in fact wrong. And so he

repents before God. So was Eli who's

burning with anger, right? Well, in a

sense, yes. But also the answer is no.

Because as the Lord responds to Job, the

Lord says in Job 42:7,

Job 42:7

"My anger burns against you and against

your two friends." He's talking to

Elephas. "My anger burns against you and

against your two friends. for you have

not spoken of me what is right as my

servant Job has.

So the Lord when he burns with anger, he

burns with anger towards the friends,

but he does not burn with anger towards

Job.

So what we're seeing here is in some way

the anger that Eliu is experiencing is

justified. Job wasn't right in all that

he said. But in another way, the anger

that he's experiencing is not justified

because the Lord burns with anger, but

he doesn't burn with anger against Job.

And so this is where we see his rage. It

is bubbling up. He is burning with

anger. But then he gives the reason for

his rage. He gives the reasoning behind

why he is speaking. Verse six. And Eliu,

the son of Barachel, the buzzite,

answered and said, I am young in years,

and you are aged. Therefore, I was timid

and afraid to declare my opinion to you.

I said, let days speak and many years

teach wisdom. But it is the spirit in

man, the breath of the Almighty, that

makes him understand. It is not the old

who are wise, nor the aged who

understand what is right. Therefore, I

say, listen to me. Let me also declare

my opinion.

And so, he is declaring the reason by

which he is speaking. He is raging with

anger. And now we hear his reasoning.

And it seems to be that he is humble at

the beginning. He said, "I was young in

years and you are aged and I was timid

and I was afraid. So, I didn't declare

my opinion. I stood back." And there are

some scholars who read him positively

that this guy, okay, he was young, he

was timid, he held himself back, he did

a good thing, he was wise.

But he says in verse 8, it is the spirit

in man, the breath of the Almighty that

makes him understand. And in verse 10,

in that culture as a young man, here is

what he says. And I believe this man has

got a bit of an attitude. And you'll see

it throughout the verses. He says this,

"Listen to me.

Let me also declare my opinion. I've

heard your opinion, all your opinions,

and let me tell you something. Though

I'm young, you're wrong. Now it's time

for me to speak." So the young guy

stands up and he speaks. And he gives

all this reason for why he's speaking

from verses 11 down to verse 19. And

then in verse 19, he says this, "I I

have to speak. Behold, my belly is like

wine that has no vent, like new wine

skins ready to burst. I must speak that

I may find relief. I must open my lips

and answer.

I will not show partiality to any man or

flattery toward any person, for I do not

know how to flatter,

else my maker would soon take me away.

It's time for me to speak. It's bubbling

within me. My belly is about to burst. I

have to speak. And know this, old men.

When I speak, I'm not going to flatter

you.

No flattery is coming out of me. You are

going to hear the truth.

And he's going to give a speech that is

longer than most of the other speeches

in the book of Job.

And so, he begins with his rage. And

then from verse 6 down to verse 22, he

gives his reasoning. This is all a

buildup before he speaks. He takes so

long to build up his speech. And then

finally, he comes to the place of

rebuke, rage, reason, and rebuke. And in

chapter 33, he rebukes Job for many

things, but the main thing that he

rebukes Job for is this, that Job thinks

he is innocent. Verse N. You say, he

gives out to Job. He says, you say, I am

pure without transgression. I am clean

and there is no iniquity in me. Behold,

he finds occasions against me. He counts

me as his enemy. He puts my feet in the

stocks and watches all my paths.

He rebukes Job for Job claiming this

reality. He rebukes Job for Job claiming

that he is innocent.

And the reason he rebukes Job is because

of his bad theology. We know, we've been

told in the book of Job over three times

that Job is blameless, that he is

upright, that he turns away from evil,

and that he fears God. We do know that

Job is blameless. We do know that Job is

innocent. But Eliu comes in and says you

can't be innocent. And the reason he

says you can't be innocent is because

Eliu believes the same bad theology that

the friends believe. And the bad

theology is this. Good things always

happen to good people and bad things

always happen to bad people.

And Job, bad things are happening to you

because of your sin. You can't be

innocent, Job. No one has all this

suffering. There's no such thing. They

believe in their bad theology. There's

no such thing as innocent suffering.

You're not innocent. And so, he rebukes

him. And in this way, the friends nor

Eliu have any room for the gospel.

Because if you cannot believe in

innocent suffering, you cannot believe

in the gospel.

He knew no sin.

And yet he suffered and he died and he

was innocent and he was crucified.

That's good theology.

Whereas these guys they believe there

cannot be a suffering innocent man.

And so he rebukes Job and at the end of

his rebuke in verse 31 he says this.

Pay attention oh Job. You get his

attitude here. Pay attention, oh Job.

Listen to me. Be silent and I will

speak. If you have any words, answer me.

Speak for I desire to justify you. If

not, listen to me. Be silent and I will

teach you wisdom.

Some people read this guy positively. I

can't read him positively. Basically,

what he's saying is this. Job, old

suffering man, shut your mouth. It's

time for me to speak.

Be quiet. I have all the wisdom. I am

going to teach you now. You sit down in

the chair and let me be your teacher.

So what we see in this rebuke,

in this rage, in this reason, what we

see is a lie whose anger bubbling up.

And it forces us maybe to ask the

question about our own anger.

As we think of anger and rebuke and and

correcting people,

should we be angry?

Is it right to be angry?

Well, there's two things I would say to

us.

Two things I'd encourage us in relation

to our anger.

Number one,

be angry.

There is a right sense in which we're

called to be angry.

And number two, repent of your anger.

So some of us we need to be angry and

some of us we need to repent of our

anger. Why do I say we are called to be

angry? Well, in Ephesians 4 26 it says

this, be angry and do not sin.

There is a call in scripture to be

righteously angry at things and yet be

careful at the same time that we do not

sin.

So what type of things should we as

Christians be rightfully angry at?

Well, I think we should be rightfully

angry at the way people in our country

are starting to treat life.

We should rightly be angry. At the

beginning of life, people in our country

want to control that and say, "If you

don't want to have this precious baby,

you don't have to have this precious

baby. You can abort this baby." We

should be rightfully angry at that. That

is not right.

That baby is made in the womb by God,

precious and wonderful. We should be

rightly angry at people trying to

control the beginning of life. And we

should also be rightfully angry at

people trying to control the end of

life. Now what is trying to be brought

into this country? Euthanasia.

Let's just end the life now.

And this is why it is so important for

Christians to have a good theology of

suffering.

Because if you don't have a good

theology of suffering, here's what's

going to happen at the end of life.

You'll just you'll logically say this,

which is happening over in churches in

Canada right now, where people are kind

of saying, "Ah, let's just put them out

of their misery.

Isn't it the good and righteous thing

not to let anybody suffer anymore?"

In other words, what they're saying, and

they'll change the name of it, but what

they're saying is this. Let's just kill

them.

Wouldn't that be good? Wouldn't that be

more gracious? Wouldn't that be kind?

No. Because life doesn't belong to you.

It belongs to God.

And God always has a purpose in our

suffering.

This is what we see in the book of Job.

Suffering isn't without purpose. God has

a purpose. God has a plan in suffering.

This is why he crucified his son. He had

a purpose. He had a plan in the

suffering. And it was painful for the

son to suffer.

And so we should be angry at certain

things.

But we should also repent of our anger.

It is it is hard to determine and we

need to be careful because in our anger

you seek to justify it all. So so so

don't run around saying, "Well, my anger

is justified."

Um I heard a kid saying one day, "I have

righteous anger."

you know, a good Bible church believing

kid, it's righteous anger.

It's hard for us to determine righteous

anger sometimes.

But in scripture, what it says about our

anger in Ephesians as well, later on in

Ephesians 4:26, he says, "Be angry and

Ephesians 4:26

do not sin."

And then later in Ephesians 4:31, he

Ephesians 4:31

says this, "Let all bitterness and

wrath, all bitterness

and wrath and anger and clamor and

slander be put away from you along with

all malice.

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted,

forgiving one another as God in Christ

forgave you.

So if you feel bitterness and anger

raging up against you like this guy Eliu

has, what should you do? Repent of that

anger.

Forgive. Why should I forgive?

Because God in Christ forgave

you.

How can I stand in judgment over anybody

else

when I truly know and understand my own

sin

forgiven by Christ and therefore I

forgive others.

This is a lie whose anger this is his

rage. In some way it's right. In many

ways it's wrong.

And then he turns from himself to his

from his rage and his reason and his

rebuke. He turns from himself and he

turns to God. And he tries to rebuke Job

by focusing on God and noticing the

difference between Job and God. And so

what he's going to focus on in the next

few chapters as he focuses on God, in

chapter 34 and 35, he's going to focus

on God's righteousness. In chapter 36,

he's going to focus on God's greatness.

And in chapter 37, he's going to focus

on God's majesty.

So in chapter 34 and 35, he focuses on

God's righteousness.

He's going to rebuke Job. And he's going

to rebuke Job by pointing out, "Job,

God's right. You're wrong. Deal with it.

Sit down. Be quiet. God's right. You're

wrong." So what he does is he approaches

this argument by saying, first, "Job,

you're wrong." Then Job, God is right.

And then he's going to come back again

and say, Job, you're wrong. So it's that

kind of sandwich. Job, you're wrong.

God's right. Job, you're wrong.

Chapter 34:1

Job, you're wrong.

Then Eliu answered and said, "Hear my

words, you wise men, and give ear to me,

you who know, for the ear tests words,

as the pallet tastes food. Let us choose

what is right. Let us know among

ourselves what is good. For Job has

said, "I am in the right, and God has

taken away my right. In spite of my

right, I am counted a liar.

My wound is incurable,

though I am without transgression."

What man is like Job, who drinks up

scuffing like water, who travels in

company with evildoers, and walks with

wicked men.

What's he saying here in these first

verses? Job, you're wrong. You think

you're right, but you're wrong. And part

of what he's saying is true. In verse 5,

he says, for Job has said, I am right.

And God has taken away my right. So part

of what he is saying is true. There is a

point in which Job says, I'm right. I

haven't done anything wrong. I'm

blameless. And Job does accuse God. And

God rebukes Job of it later. We'll see.

God rebukes Job of that and Job repents.

So in some way he's right. Eliu is right

and saying that Job is wrong.

But then Eliu goes too far.

In verse 7 he says what is false? What

man is like Job who drinks up scoffing

like water who travels in a company with

evildoers and walks with wicked men?

Job's not like that.

He's not a scoffer. We know that. He

doesn't travel around with evildoers and

he doesn't travel around with the

wicked.

Job is wrong, but he's not that wrong.

And then he turns. So he says, "Job,

you're wrong." Now he's going to turn

turn and say, "God is right." Verse 10.

Therefore, hear me, you men of

understanding. Far be it from God that

he should do wickedness, and from the

Almighty that he should do wrong. For

according to the work of a man, he will

repay him, and according to his ways, he

will make it befall him. Of a truth, God

will not do wickedly, and the Almighty

will not pervert justice.

Job, you're saying that you are right,

but you're wrong. And when it comes to

the Lord the Almighty, he says in verse

10, he will not do wickedness. In verse

10, he will not do wrong. And in verse

12, he will not, the Almighty will not

pervert justice.

Meaning God, he is righteous.

So Eliu is not right about a lot of what

he says. But Eliu can be right when he

talks about God. God the Almighty, he

does not pervert justice. God the

Almighty, he is always right.

And then in the sandwich, Eliu goes from

Job, you're wrong. To God, he is right.

To again in verse in chapter 35, Job,

you're wrong.

Chapter 35:1.

And I want you to listen. And as you

listen to these first few verses of 35,

when he's saying, "Job, you're wrong." I

want you to listen to how he accuses

Job. How he points the finger at Job.

How he shines uh the light, the

spotlight on Job's sin, the reality of

Job's sin. Look how many times he says

you at him.

Job 35:1. And Eliu answered and said,

Job 35:1

"Do you think

this to be just or right? Do you say it

is my right before God that you ask what

advantage have I? How am I better off?

How I am better off than if I had

sinned?

I will answer you and your friends with

you. Look at the heavens and see and

behold the clouds which are higher than

you. If you have sinned,

what do you accomplish against him? And

if your transgressions are are

multiplied, what do you do to him? And

if you are righteous, what do you give

to him?

Or what does he receive from your hand?

Your wickedness concerns a man like

yourself and your righteousness, a son

of man.

He begins by accusing Job

by saying, "Job, you're you're right

only in your own eyes."

And then he answers Job in verse four,

"I will answer you and all your friends

with you.

Look to the heavens and see. Behold the

clouds which are higher than you."

As you look at Eliu

and as you look at this sandwich of Eliu

saying, "Job, you're wrong. God, he's

right. Job, you're wrong."

We see in many ways Eliu's attitude.

Eliu's attitude is all over the place.

It's prideful. Listen to me.

But

what he says about God is right. and his

inclination to think about most people

is right. It is true to say that God is

right and we are wrong.

It mightn't be true to say of Job in

this moment because Job we are told he

is blameless.

But if we are to have a relationship

with God, if you are to have a

relationship with God this morning,

here's what you need to realize.

God, you are right

and I am wrong.

That's how a relationship with God

actually begins.

God, I am wrong and God, you are right.

Do you know what it's like?

It's like walking into the classroom

every day

and the teacher, she writes the answer

on the board.

You sit down and you get your place and

you see the answer. You put up your

hand.

Teacher calls your name. You say,

"You're wrong."

And you walk in the next day. You walk

into the classroom and the teacher

writes the answer on the board. You sit

down. You look at the answer in the

board.

You put up your hand. Teacher calls your

name and you look and you say, "You're

wrong."

Every day you walk in. You're wrong.

You're wrong.

This is what we do with God.

We walk around this world

and we say to him, "You're wrong. I'm

right.

You're not the creator of the universe.

You don't own me. I don't own anything

to you.

You're wrong.

If that's you this morning,

you need to repent.

Your sin, it is wretched before God.

Your sin in thought and word and deed.

Your secret sin, he sees it.

And if you would say this morning to

God, I'm wrong and you are right. Here's

what happens.

Forgiveness,

mercy, and grace.

Jesus Christ, he came into this world

to die for your sins

that those who are sinners

might be declared right before God, not

because of their works,

but because of the righteousness of

Christ. So that when I believe in him, I

am in Christ and I am counted as

righteous.

And so Eliu

when he is rebuking Job, he is right to

rebuke Job about the righteousness of

God, but he doesn't understand who he is

talking to, the one who is truly

blameless.

And so we must understand that God, he

is righteous. And then Eliu moves on to

rebuke Job even further.

He doesn't talk about God's

righteousness. He moves on to talk about

God's greatness in chapter 36.

But before he gets to God's greatness in

chapter 36. Do you know what Eliu wants

to talk about? This is the great old

Eliu standing up. I don't know how some

scholars see him as positive. They make

good arguments, but this one is hookline

and sinker.

Joe uh Eliu before he stands up and

mentions the greatness of God, do you

know what he starts to talk about,

before I get to the greatness of God,

let me talk to you about the greatness

of me.

Chapter 36:1. And Eliu continued and

said, "Bear with me a little, and I will

show you, for I have yet something to

say on God's behalf.

I will get my knowledge from afar and

ascribe righteousness to my maker. For

truly my words are not false.

One who is perfect in knowledge is with

you.

My words are not false

and I am perfect in knowledge.

What kind of guy is this guy? A guy who

thinks he's great.

He's not right in his attitude.

He's not right when he talks about Job

mostly,

but he is only right. This prophet is

only right when he talks about God. And

he moves from talking about his own

greatness to talking about God's

greatness. He says this in verse 24,

"Remember to extol his work of which men

have sung.

All mankind have looked on it. Man

beholds it from afar. Behold,

God is great,

and we know him not. The number of his

years is uncarchable, for he draws up

the drops of water. They distill his

mist in rain, which the skies pour down

and drop on mankind abundantly. Can

anyone understand the spreading of the

clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?

Behold, he scatters his lightning about

him and covers the the roots of the sea.

For by these he judges peoples.

He gives food in abundance. He he covers

his hands with with the lightning and

commands it to strike the mark. Its

crashing declares his presence. The

cattle also declare

that he rises.

What declares the greatness of God? I

find this verse amazing.

The lightning, it declares the greatness

of God. The lightning, it declares how

good and glorious God is.

We've had a couple of days of sunshine,

haven't we? Do you remember that day? We

all remember the day when the rain came.

The first day the rain came, the dark

clouds came in, the lightning flashed,

and the thunder clapped.

What does that speak to you?

It speaks of the greatness of God.

The glory of God.

Isn't it amazing to think that there is

a a flaming ball hanging in the sky

like hanging there and if it moves even

the slightest bit we're all dead.

God holds it there. The beauty and the

glory and the majesty of God.

Every flash of lightning

moves at his command.

Every crash of thunder at his command.

Verse 37 is amazing and hilarious.

The thunder it crashes.

Crashing declares his presence

and the cattle declare that he rises.

Even the cows speak of his greatness.

This is our God.

Eliu

is a bad prophet and a good prophet.

He's a bad prophet because he talks

about his greatness.

He is a good prophet because he is

preparing the way of the Lord and he's

speaking of the Lord's greatness. What's

happening in the book of Job? It's

silent anger. As you're reading, you're

hearing the friends and you're getting

more angry. Could somebody wise speak?

You're hearing Job and you're getting

more angry. Could somebody wise speak?

And you're hearing Elihu and he's saying

how great he is. And you're saying, can

somebody wise speak? And what it's

preparing us for is this. The Lord is

going to step in and he is going to

speak. And so Eliu is preparing in a way

the way of the Lord by declaring his

greatness. But he is a flawed prophet.

You see, a good prophet like John the

Baptist doesn't point to his own

greatness. A good prophet points to the

greatness of God.

John said in John 3:30, he said, "He

John 3:30

must increase

and I must decrease."

That's a good prophet.

John, when he saw Jesus, he didn't say

to the followers, "Hey, follow me.

Behold me. Look at my greatness." No.

What did he say to his father followers

as Jesus walked by? He said this,

"Behold

the lamb of God who takes away the sin

of the world."

May we

not be like Elihoo. May we be like John.

I think as Christians, you know,

sometimes if you're not a Christian here

this morning, I think I can guess that

you don't really like Christians

because you look at them and you might

be thinking they just think they're

great.

That's wrong. They're not great. They're

sinners.

What Christians should be doing is

saying this,

he is great.

Don't look at me. I can't take away any

sin. Don't come and confess your sin to

me. I'm with you in this. Don't come to

me. We as Christians, here's what we

should be saying day after day in our

evangelism. Behold the lamb of God who

takes away the sin of the world. If you

want to become right before God, look at

his greatness. Don't look at mine. Look

to Jesus for the forgiveness of your

sins.

That's what we should be doing.

And that's what I think Eliu is missing.

Let us in our lives

always always be shining the light on

the greatness of Christ, who he is and

what he has done for us. And so Eliu

moves from talking about God's

righteousness and God's greatness to

finally in chapter 37,

he talks about God's majesty.

He's trying to correct Job

and he's wrong in his attitude, Eliu.

And he's wrong in most of his

accusations.

But he's right when he talks about God.

And he ends his speech,

teeing it up for God's speech

by talking about the majesty of God.

Chapter 37 21 he says this.

And now

no one looks on the light when it is

bright in the skies when the wind has

passed and cleared them.

He's been talking about the weather. And

what has he been talking about in the

weather? The thunder, the lightning, the

clash, but now he comes into the camp.

And now verse 21. When no one looks on

the light, when it is bright in the

skies and calm, when the wind has passed

and cleared them, no more lightning, no

more thunder. Now

out of the north

comes golden splendor.

God is clothed with awesome majesty.

The Almighty, we cannot find him. He is

great in power,

justice, and abundant righteousness.

He will not violate. Therefore,

fear him.

He does not regard any who are wise in

their own conceit.

Everything is calm.

The lightning has stopped.

You know when the sun comes up

he's saying the majesty of God appears.

The almighty has come.

Do you see him?

Do you see God for who he is?

Righteous,

great,

holy, majestic,

powerful,

the almighty.

There is a word used of God in Job more

than any other book. It is almighty.

The word almighty comes up in the

scripture speaking of God about 48

times. I think it is

31 times it is used in the book of Job

of God. He is God the Almighty. He is

powerful. He is the maker of heaven and

earth. Therefore, what should we do?

Eliu's answer in verse 24 is this.

He's righteous. He's great. He's

majestic.

Therefore,

fear

him.

live your life

in reverence and awe of God.

That when you walk on this planet, you

walk not alone.

Every step is in the presence of the

Almighty.

Every step you take is in front of him.

Will you fear him? And what does it mean

to fear him?

Give all of your life over to him.

Trust him as your king.

Don't speak about your greatness.

Speak about his greatness. To God be the

glory. Let's pray.

Lord God, we thank you for who you are.

majestic and holy, righteous and good.

Lord, forgive us at times when we are

like Elihu pointing to ourselves,

rebuking others when they are not wrong,

standing in judgment over others. May we

bow the knee before you,

our holy God.

In your precious name, Jesus, I pray

these things. Amen. Could we actually

stand and sing uh Behold our God? Let's

stand and sing that in response if

that's okay. Um

stand