Have You Considered My Servant Job?

Name: Have You Considered My Servant Job?
Uploaded: 2025-12-07
Channel: Assoc. Pastor Chris Wilson
Description: Assoc. Pastor Chris Wilson examines the life of Job to show that God is sovereign over all trials and that believers must maintain their integrity and determina

Assoc. Pastor Chris Wilson Preached on 12/7/2025Job 1:1-12

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Summary

Assoc. Pastor Chris Wilson examines the life of Job to show that God is sovereign over all trials and that believers must maintain their integrity and determination to 'hold out' even when they do not understand the 'why' behind their suffering.

Key points

•God is completely sovereign and does not owe us an explanation for our trials; Job never knew about God's conversation with Satan.
•Integrity means holding fast to God even when your world collapses, your friends misunderstand you, and your family is hurting.
•We must be careful not to justify ourselves before God based on our works or religious status (tithing, serving, etc.), as our own right hands cannot save us.
•Acknowledge that God is the Creator of all things and His wisdom is too high for us to fully grasp, especially in the midst of the 'whirlwind.'

Scripture

Trials

Perseverance

Faith

Purpose

Life application

When facing a 'one-day' tragedy or a season of loss, resist the urge to list your good deeds to God; instead, surrender to His sovereignty and continue to 'hold out' in faith despite not knowing the plan.

Reflection questions

When you go through trials, do you tend to feel like God 'owes' you an explanation because of your service to Him?
How can we offer better comfort to friends in pain than Job's three friends did?
Job's wife was grieving her own massive losses; how does that change your perspective on her 'curse God and die' comment?
What recent 'whirlwinds' in your life or community (like loss or displacement) require you to trust God's character rather than His visible plan?

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0:00Yeah! [cheering] Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

0:00Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

0:00Yeah! Woo! Hallelujah!

0:07Hallelujah!

0:19Determined to hold out. Determined to

0:23hold out. Determined to hold out.

0:26Determined to hold out. Determined to

0:30hold out. Determined to hold out. Come

0:33on. Determined.

0:34>> Are you determined to hold out?

0:36Determined. Determined to hold out.

0:37[music] Determined.

0:38>> Hold out.

0:39>> Determined. Determined.

0:41>> Hold out.

0:42>> Determined. Determined. Hold out. Hold

0:44out. Determined

0:46to hold out. Determined to hold out.

0:49>> Hold out. Determined to hold out.

0:51Determined.

0:52>> Hold out. Hold out. Hold out. Hold out.

0:56Hold out.

0:57>> HOLD OUT. HOLD OUT. COMES ONE. HOLD OUT.

0:59HOLD OUT. HOLD OUT. STAY STRONG.

1:01>> HOLD OUT. HOLD OUT.

1:02>> HOLD OUT.

1:03>> HOLD OUT.

1:04>> Hold out.

1:05>> Hold out. Hold out.

1:07>> Hold out. Hold out.

1:08>> Determined.

1:09>> Hold out. Hold out. Hold out.

1:10>> Determined. Hold out. Hold out. Hold

1:12out.

1:13>> Turn out.

1:14>> HOLD OUT. HOLD OUT. Turn it. Turn out.

1:16Hold out. Hold out.

1:18>> Hold out.

1:19>> Hold out.

1:19>> Hold out. Turn out.

1:22>> Hold out. Turn out. Turn out.

1:24>> Hold out. TURN OUT.

1:26>> HOLD OUT. Hold out. Turn out.

1:28>> Hold out. Hold out.

1:30>> Hold out. Turn out.

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1:45>> HOLD OUT.

1:46>> HOLD OUT.

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1:49>> Hold out.

1:50>> Hallelujah.

1:50>> Hold out.

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1:53>> Hold out. Hold out.

1:54>> Hold out.

1:55>> Hold out.

1:55>> Hold down. Hold out.

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2:00>> Hold down.

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2:02>> Hold down.

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2:08>> Hold out.

2:09>> Hold out. Hold out. Hold down out Hold

2:12down.

2:12>> Hold down.

2:13>> Hold out.

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2:21>> HOLD OUT.

2:22>> HOLD OUT.

2:22>> HOLD OUT. HOLD DOWN.

2:23>> HOLD OUT.

2:25>> Hold out. Hold out. Hold out. HOLD OUT.

2:29HOLD OUT. HOLD OUT. HOLD OUT. HOLD OUT.

2:31>> HOLD OUT. HOLD OUT. HOLD DOWN. HOLD OUT.

2:33HOLD OUT. HOLD OUT. HOLD OUT. Hold out.

2:36Hold out.

2:36>> HOLD OUT. HOLD OUT. Hold down. Hold

2:39down. Hold down. Hold down. Hold down.

2:41Hold down. HOLD DOWN.

2:42>> HOLD DOWN.

2:42>> Hold down.

2:43>> Hold down.

2:44>> Hold down.

2:45>> Hold down.

2:46>> Hold down.

2:47>> Hold down.

2:47>> No matter what.

2:48>> Hold down.

2:49>> Hold [music] down.

2:49>> I'm sweating.

2:50>> Hold down.

2:51>> Hold down.

2:52>> Hold down.

2:53>> Hold down.

2:54>> Hold down.

2:55>> Hold down.

2:57Determined.

3:00Determined. Determined. Determined. Hold

3:04out. Hold out. Hold out.

3:06>> Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

3:09[music]

3:10Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

3:13Hallelujah. Yeah. Yeah. Hallelujah.

3:15Hallelujah. [screaming] Hallelujah.

3:16>> Hallelujah.

3:17>> Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

3:20>> Hallelujah.

3:20>> Hallelujah. Hallelujah. HALLELUJAH.

3:23HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH.

3:26HALLELUJAH.

3:27>> No matter what color. [screaming]

3:29HALLELUJAH.

3:30>> YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. HALLELUJAH.

3:44JESUS.

3:46JESUS.

3:48JESUS.

3:50JESUS.

3:53JESUS.

3:55JESUS.

4:06Glory God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

4:10Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus.

4:12>> Jesus. Jesus.

4:13>> Jesus. Jesus.

4:14>> Jesus. Jesus.

4:17>> Hallelujah.

4:19>> It's real.

4:22It's real.

4:26It's real.

4:27Oh, I know

4:31it's real.

4:34Praise God.

4:37All the doubts are settled.

4:41And I know

4:44I know

4:46it's real.

4:48It's real.

4:51It's real.

4:53Oh [screaming]

4:55I know.

4:57It's real.

5:00>> Praise God.

5:04All my doubts are settled.

5:07And I know

5:11I know.

5:15>> It's real.

5:19>> Thank you, Jesus.

5:21>> Thank you, Jesus.

5:24>> Thank you, Jesus.

5:27Thank you.

5:31>> Thank you.

5:34>> Thank you.

5:37Thank you.

5:47>> Yeah, Lord. Yeah, Lord. Yeah, Lord.

5:53Thank you, Jesus.

5:57Hey hey hey hey.

6:00If you If you're able to find your seat,

6:02find your seat.

6:06>> Jesus, Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus.

6:10Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

6:13Hallelujah. Want to thank the Lord for

6:16>> for Pastor Omar [music] and his wife,

6:20Dr. Michelle.

6:25for allowing me to come forth

6:30and minister the word to the people this

6:31morning.

6:34That's all right. Praise him.

6:37>> IT'S ALL RIGHT TO PRAISE HIM.

6:45>> JESUS.

6:50>> AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.

6:52Just want to reinforce an announcement

6:54that was made earlier today that we will

6:56be having services

6:58on the outside of the facility

7:01>> to um what we normally do with the

7:03community on the 21st of December.

7:05That's running outside of the sanctuary

7:07here. We'll be having services out there

7:09on the 21st of December.

7:12Hallelujah.

7:15>> I needed prayers this morning. I know

7:17you feel the presence of God.

7:20>> And I I I I really needed it after this

7:22morning because I I don't know how to

7:24preach halfway.

7:25>> I don't I don't know how to preach

7:27halfway. So, I really need your prayers

7:29this morning.

7:31>> Oh, Jesus.

7:34But I believe the Lord has something to

7:35be said to be said in the house of the

7:37Lord this morning.

7:39We we we just have to do what we got to

7:41do and let the Lord have his way. He is

7:45in control. We are not.

7:48>> Amen.

7:50>> Amen.

7:51>> Amen. So, if you have your Bibles,

7:56go with me to the book of Job.

8:00Go with me to the book of Job. And we're

8:01going to be doing some reading this

8:02morning. Is that all right?

8:05>> We're going to be reading the word of

8:06God this morning.

8:09We don't want any confusion. It's not

8:11about philosophies and what you think

8:13and what I think.

8:15We're going to go to the documented word

8:16of God. So Job chapter 1. Job chapter 1.

8:19There was a man in the land of whose

8:22name was Job.

8:24And that was man was perfect and upright

8:26and one that feared God and assued evil.

8:29And there was there were born unto him

8:33seven sons and three daughters.

8:36His substance also was 7,000 sheep

8:41and 3,000 camel and 500 yolk of oxen and

8:46500 sea asses or donkeys.

8:50And we were we and a very great

8:52household.

8:54So that the man was the greatest of all

8:58men of the east.

9:00And his sons went and feasted in their

9:03houses everyone his day.

9:07And he sent and called for their sisters

9:10to eat and drink with them. And it was

9:13so.

9:15When the days of the fasting or the

9:17feastings were gone about that, Job sent

9:19and sanctified them and rose up early in

9:23the morning and offered burnt offerings

9:25according to the number of all of them.

9:28For Job said, "It might be, just might

9:30be, that one of my sons have sinned and

9:34cursed God in their hearts." Thus did

9:37Joel Job continually.

9:41There was a day

9:44when the sons of God came to present

9:47themselves before the Lord,

9:50and Satan came also amongst them. And

9:54the Lord said unto Satan, "Whence comest

9:57thou?" Then Satan answered the Lord, and

10:00said, "From going to and fro in the

10:02earth, and from walking up and down in

10:05it?"

10:07And the Lord said unto Satan, "Hast thou

10:10considered my servant Job,

10:15that there is none like him in the

10:17earth, a perfect and an upright man, one

10:20that fearth God and assureth evil."

10:23Then Satan answered the Lord and said,

10:25"Dust Job fear God for not?

10:29Hast not thou made an hedge about him,

10:32and about his house, and about all that

10:35he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed

10:38his work of his hands, and his substance

10:41his increase in the land. but put forth

10:45thine hand now

10:47and touch all that he had and he will

10:51curse thee to thy face. And the Lord

10:54said unto Satan, Behold,

10:56all that he hath is in thy power. Only

11:01upon him put not forth thine hand. So

11:06Satan went forth from the presence of

11:07the Lord. Father,

11:10in the precious name of Jesus,

11:13we come to you one more time and we

11:16thank you for your presence that we feel

11:18this morning. We thank you for blessing

11:20us this morning. We thank you for the

11:22visitation that you had with us. There

11:24is no doubt, Lord God, that you're in

11:25this place. So my God, we ask Lord that

11:28you speak to us now through your holy

11:30road and we'll be careful to give you

11:33praise, glory, and honor for only you

11:36are worthy. In the name of Jesus Christ,

11:38we pray.

11:39>> [snorts]

11:40>> Amen.

11:43The Lord spoke to me a few weeks ago as

11:45I was sitting in church [snorts] next to

11:48Pastor O.

11:50And he spoke this thought into my mind

11:54that we've heard before. And the thought

11:57was the title this morning, have you

12:00considered

12:02my servant Job?

12:05Have you considered

12:08my servant Job? And I remembered years

12:10ago that I read the story of Job from

12:12from the beginning to the end.

12:15And it's important that we read the

12:17story of Job from the beginning to the

12:18end in order to understand the full

12:20context of what is going on. Because if

12:23you just take snippets of it, you can

12:26get a whole different other feel. So

12:27this morning, we're going to examine

12:29that book. Is that all right?

12:32The Bible says and in 13 and there was a

12:35day when the sons and do and his

12:37daughters were sitting and eating and

12:39drinking wine in their elders brother's

12:42house and there came a messenger unto

12:45Job and said the oxen were plowing and

12:50the asses feeding beside them and the

12:53Sebian fell upon them and took them

12:56away.

12:58They that have slain them the servants

13:00with the edge of the sword and only I

13:04Jesus only I am escaped alone

13:09to tell thee.

13:12The Bible says IN VERSE 16 WHILE he yet

13:16spake or while he was speaking

13:19they came also another AND SAID THE FIRE

13:21OF God is fallen from heaven and had

13:25birthed up the sheep. Now remember the

13:27number now there are those numbers. And

13:29the servants and consumed THEM AND ONLY

13:32I

13:34escaped alone to tell thee.

13:3717 WHILE HE was speaking,

13:42there came another and said, "Thy sons

13:45and thy daughters

13:49were eating and drinking wine in their

13:51elders brother's house. And behold,

13:54there came a great wind from the

13:56wilderness, and smoke the four corners

13:59of the house, and it fell upon the young

14:02men, and they are dead,

14:06and only I

14:10escaped alone to tell thee. Then Job

14:13arose and rent his mantle, shaved his

14:15head, and fell down upon the ground, and

14:17worshiped,

14:20and said, "Naked came I out of my

14:23mother's womb, and naked shall I return

14:27thither. The Lord gave, and the Lord

14:30taketh away. Blessed be the name of the

14:33Lord." In 22 it says, "And in all this,

14:35Job sin not nor charged God foolishly."

14:40That was Job chapter one. Everybody say

14:44chapter one.

14:44>> Chapter one.

14:46>> And just to make a synopsis of chapter

14:49one, basically Satan showed up

14:54in the midst of the sons of God to

14:57[snorts] report to God.

15:00To make sure you understand, everybody

15:02reports to God.

15:07And so GOD QUERIED HIM AS TO WHAT HE WAS

15:10DOING. Now God knows every time God asks

15:13you a question, they already knows the

15:14answer.

15:19He's setting him up. SO HE'S GOING TO

15:22AND FRO AS you know. He goes forth as a

15:24roaring lion seeking whom he may

15:29>> only who he may devour. [snorts] SO THE

15:32BIBLE SAYS HE ASKED Satan a question.

15:35Have you considered

15:38my servant Job?

15:41Now the enemy knew

15:44that Job had protection around him

15:48and knew that HE COULD NOT TOUCH JOB or

15:51his things.

15:53And if YOU'RE IN THE WILL OF GOD, IF

15:56YOU'RE SANCTIFIED AND SAVED, FILLED WITH

15:58THE HOLY GHOST, BAPTIZED IN JESUS NAME,

16:02THE ENEMY CANNOT COME TO you without

16:04going through God first.

16:07>> Hallelujah.

16:12>> He can't even touch your stuff

16:17>> without going through God first.

16:20SO THE BIBLE SAYS IN VERSE IN VERSE in

16:23chapter 1 verses 1- 12 [snorts]

16:29THAT AS SATAN WENT FIRST fourth in 13 he

16:33decided to start his entourage his

16:36barrage of issues

16:40JOB'S FIRST TRIAL began

16:44and as you read with me you saw that IT

16:48WAS JUST ONE day everybody Say one day.

16:56>> So when you think you've been through

16:57something,

17:02go through and read the book of Job.

17:06>> One day,

17:08one day. [snorts]

17:10AND IN ALL OF THIS, THE BIBLE says

17:13he sin not our charge God foolishness.

17:16That's only the first part of the story.

17:21The Bible says in Job chapter 2 again

17:26there was a day when the sons of man c

17:28came to God and presented themselves and

17:30before the Lord and the Satan came one

17:33more time

17:36AND THE LORD SAID TO Satan

17:40from whence cometh the Lord and said you

17:42know man I'm just paraphrasing I'm going

17:45to and fro in the earth walking up and

17:47down it and the Lord said,

17:51"Are you with me in the book?" AND THE

17:54LORD SAID UNTO SATAN, "HAST thou

17:59considered my servant Job, that there is

18:02none like him in the earth, a perfect

18:04and an upright man, one that fearth God

18:06and assued evil,

18:08and still he holdest fast his

18:11integrity." Everybody say integrity.

18:13>> Integrity.

18:15ALTHOUGH THOU MOVEST ME AGAINST him to

18:19destroy him without cause.

18:24Satan answered the Lord and said, "Skin

18:26for skin. Yeah, all that a man hath will

18:31he give his life, but put forth thine

18:35hand now and touch his bones and flesh,

18:39and he will curse you to your face." And

18:42the Lord said unto Satan, "Behold, he is

18:45in thy hand,

18:47but save his life."

18:54So Satan went forth from the presence of

18:56the Lord and smoked Job with sore boils

19:01from his foot to the crown of his head.

19:05And he took him a pot seared

19:08to scrape himself with all. and he sat

19:11down among the ashes.

19:16THEN HIS WIFE SAID UNTO HIM, "Dust thou

19:20still rem retain thy integrity?

19:26Curse God

19:29and die." But he said unto her, "Thou

19:31speakest as one of a foolish woman. What

19:34shall we give good? receive good at the

19:38hand of God, and shall we not receive

19:40evil? In all this, Job sinned not with

19:45his lips. Wow.

19:48Before you get all spiritual and heighty

19:51mighty heighty tighty about Job's wife,

19:56understand that she lost her children.

20:02>> THE HOUSE GONE, [screaming]

20:04>> THE FOOD GONE.

20:10EVERYTHING IS WIPED OUT.

20:14>> AND NOW [screaming]

20:15THE ONLY THING SHE HAS LEFT IS HER

20:17HUSBAND.

20:21>> I want to take you into the story this

20:22morning cuz sometimes you just read it.

20:27>> AND NOW HER HUSBAND takes sick

20:35You understand why she's saying what

20:37she's saying now?

20:41>> Enough [screaming] is enough.

20:45>> So he started to have problems with his

20:48wife.

20:50[snorts]

20:51NOW JOB HAD THREE FRIENDS. EVERYBODY SAY

20:53FRIENDS.

20:56AND THEY MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO COME SEE

20:58Job

21:02>> cuz they wanted to comfort him.

21:07Elias the Timite, Build the Shimite, and

21:10Zafur the Namite.

21:13[snorts]

21:16And when they came,

21:18they said, "Man, you must have really

21:20messed up for God to treat you this way.

21:26You need to watch your friends.

21:31You need to BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT YOUR

21:33FRIENDS BECAUSE THEY COULD BE YOUR worst

21:35enemies."

21:40[snorts]

21:42>> SEE, PAUL HAD A FRIEND. His name was

21:45Deeus.

21:51I'M NOT A friend

21:54who led him into incest.

21:57[snorts] AND JESUS HAD A friend

22:02whose name was Judas.

22:06WATCH YOUR FRIENDS.

22:08Be careful about who you call friends

22:12because sometimes they don't have your

22:14best in mind.

22:18>> Be careful about who you call your

22:20friends. [snorts] AS WE GO THROUGH THE

22:22STORY OF JOB,

22:24we get down to the situation now because

22:27we like to say, "Though he slay me, yet

22:30will I trust him." But you have to start

22:33from verse one all the way to the end of

22:35the book

22:36>> to get the full story because at some

22:39point Job had enough.

22:44>> AND HE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE HE STARTED

22:47TO TELL GOD. EVERYBODY say tell God

22:50>> who he was.

22:55>> And I'm going to paraphrase because it's

22:57too much for me to read to you. We'll be

22:59here all morning. was from 31 through

23:0238. He begins to tell God who he was.

23:05And I'm going paraphrase for you to

23:06bring it out to today. ALL RIGHT. HE

23:09TOLD GOD, "DON'T YOU KNOW I TITHE?

23:16I COME TO BIBLE STUDY.

23:20I'M ON THE USHER BOARD.

23:23I'M ON THE ORGAN.

23:25I SING IN THE CHOIR. I GIVE ALL MY ARMS

23:31I'M A THIRD GENERATION PENTECOSTAL.

23:37>> LET ME TELL YOU WHO I AM. [snorts]

23:41>> And he went on for a while doing this.

23:46And he went on for a while doing this.

23:49[snorts] And he went on for a while

23:51doing this. And then there WAS A MAN, A

23:55young man,

23:57a prophet

24:00that came on the scene and being

24:03respectful,

24:05he listened to what his friends had to

24:07say. Job's friends, Job's friends,

24:10because they were the senior of him. And

24:13he just sat by and listened to what they

24:15had to say.

24:19This prophet's name was Elleoo.

24:21Everybody say

24:23>> I need you to remember that name because

24:24it's a key character in this story that

24:26we don't talk about.

24:28So Elleoo

24:30in verse 32 verse chapter 32:1 says, "So

24:35these three men ceased to answer Job

24:37because he was righteous." Everybody say

24:39righteous.

24:41>> In his own eyes.

24:46Then was kindled the wrath of Elleu the

24:48son of Bel the buzzite of the kindred of

24:52Ram against Job was his wrath kindled

24:55because he justified himself

24:58rather than God. Also against his three

25:01friends was his wrath kindled because

25:03they had found no answer and yet

25:06condemned Job.

25:0936 Elio Elu also proceeded and said,

25:13"Suffer me a little while, and I will

25:16show thee that I have yet spake on God's

25:19behalf. I will fetch my knowledge from

25:22afar,

25:24>> and will ascribe righteousness to my

25:26maker.

25:28>> For truly my word shall not be false. He

25:32hath he that is perfect in knowledge is

25:35with thee. [snorts]

25:37OFTEN

25:39times

25:41God will send a prophet

25:44before your trials come.

25:48God will send a prophet to warn before

25:51judgment.

25:53It is IMPORTANT THAT WE PLUG OURSELVES

25:56INTO the word of God.

25:58IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU GO to Bible study.

26:02Is important that you go to church. is

26:05important because God will use his

26:09servants

26:11to minister to you to prepare you for

26:14what's coming next.

26:17SO ELLEU

26:19AFTER HE SPOKE TO JOB,

26:22I'M ASSUMING THAT JOB PONDERED A WHILE

26:25in his situation,

26:28NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT ELLEOO was

26:30preaching to him. BUT THEN THE BIBLE

26:33SAYS IN JOB CHAPTER 38, THE LORD,

26:37everybody say the Lord.

26:38>> THE LORD.

26:39>> THE LORD [screaming] ANSWERED JOB, WHERE

26:42OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND,

26:46>> OUT OF THE TURMOIL,

26:49OUT OF THE TROUBLE,

26:51>> OUT OF THE TRIALS, [screaming]

26:52GOD STEPPED OUT OF IT.

27:01Sometimes

27:03we need to watch what God is doing and

27:06analyze what God is doing.

27:09And he said, "Who is this that dkestth

27:13counsel by WORDS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE?

27:16GUARD UP THYSELF LIKE A MAN? For I will

27:20demand of thee, AND ANSWER THOU ME,

27:22WHERE WAS THOU WHEN I laid the

27:25foundations OF THE EARTH? DECLARE IF

27:27THOU HATH UNDERSTANDING.

27:29WHO HATH LAID THE MEASURES THEREOF, if

27:32thou knowest, or who stretcheth for the

27:34LINE UPON IT? WHEREUPON THE FOUNDATIONS

27:37THEREOF FASTENED? Or who laid THE

27:39CORNERSTONE THEREOF? WHEN THE MORNING

27:42STARS sang together, and all the sons of

27:45God shouted FOR JOY, WHO WHO SHUT UP THE

27:47sea with the doors, when it break forth

27:51as if it had issues out of the out of

27:53the womb, when I made the cloud of

27:55garment, therefore, the thick darkness

27:56and the swallowing board for it, and

27:58break it up for it, a decree, and placed

28:01the bars and doors, and said, Hereto

28:04shalt thou come, but no further. And

28:07here shall our proud waves be stayed.

28:14GOD WENT ON [screaming] FOR A WHILE

28:16DECLARING WHO HE WAS.

28:21God is sovereign. [snorts]

28:24In verse 40, moreover, Job answered, the

28:27Lord answered Job and said, "SHALL ONE

28:30WHO CONTENDS WITH THE ALMIGHTY correct

28:33him?

28:39HE WHO REBUKES GOD,

28:41LET HIM ANSWER.

28:44Job's response.

28:47Then Job answered the Lord and said,

28:49Behold, I am vile.

28:53What shall I answer you? I lay my hand

28:56over my mouth.

28:58Once I have spoken, but I will not

29:01answer. Yes, twice, but I will not

29:04proceed any further.

29:07Then God, he's not done with him yet.

29:10[snorts] Some people talk about they

29:11want God to speak to them. Let your

29:14pastor speak to you first.

29:20THEN THE LORD ANSWERED JOB OUT OF THE

29:21WHIRLWIND AND SAID, "PREPARE YOURSELF

29:25LIKE A MAN,

29:28and I will question you.

29:31YOU SHALL ANSWER ME,

29:35WOULD YOU indeed enull my judgment?

29:38Would you con condemn me that I MAY BE

29:42JUSTIFIED?

29:43HAVE YOU [screaming] AN ARM LIKE GOD?

29:47Or can you thunder with a voice like

29:50his? I'm in THE BOOK. THEN ADORN

29:53YOURSELF WITH MAJESTY

29:55AND SPLENDOR AND ARRAY YOURSELF WITH THE

29:58GLORY AND BEAUTY.

30:01Disperse the rage of the of your wrath.

30:04Look on everyone who is proud and

30:06humble. Look on everyone who is proud

30:09and bring him low. TEAR TREAD DOWN THE

30:13WICKED IN THEIR PLACE. Hide them in the

30:15dust together. Bind their faces in a

30:18hidden darkness. Then I will also

30:21confess to you

30:25that your own right hand can save you.

30:34>> Job in 42

30:36says this, I know that you can do

30:40everything

30:42>> and I know that no purpose of yours can

30:45be withheld

30:47from you. You ask, "Who is this who

30:51hides counsel without knowledge?

30:55Therefore, I've uttered what I did not

30:57understand.

31:00THINGS TOO WONDERFUL FOR me

31:03which I did not know." Listen, please,

31:07please, please, and let me speak. You

31:10said, "I will question you and you shall

31:13answer me. I have heard of you by the

31:16hearing,

31:17but now I see you.

31:22Therefore, I abhore myself.

31:26What a God.

31:29[snorts]

31:30What a God.

31:33JOB WENT THROUGH ALL THE EMOTIONS OF

31:35despair

31:37because he really had it dished out to

31:40him. And here's the thing, [snorts] God

31:43never clued him into the discussion that

31:45he had with Satan.

31:51HE NEVER REALLY KNEW WHY HE WAS GOING

31:53THROUGH WHAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH. He

31:56just knew that he was going through.

31:58Turn to your neighbor and ask them, "Are

32:00you going through

32:17You see, the truth of the MATTER IS, IF

32:19GOD WAS TO TELL YOU HIS PLAN, YOU

32:20COULDN'T handle it.

32:25>> And if you check the Bible, he told THE

32:27DISCIPLES ON MULTIPLE occasions that he

32:30would die. He told them and they said,

32:33"No, it's not going to happen." So,

32:36there's proof. If God was to lay out the

32:39plan for our lives,

32:42we couldn't handle it.

32:44So, whatever God keeps to himself, he

32:46keeps to himself.

32:52Jesus told the disciples, "This is going

32:54to happen. And if Jesus did not complete

32:58his mission, if he not if he did not GO

33:01TO THE CROSS OF CALVARY,

33:05we would not have the salvation today.

33:13We don't know the plan of God. [snorts]

33:17Everybody remember 2020?

33:21Let me let me let me remind you. Let me

33:23let me remind you. COVID

33:31[snorts]

33:3219

33:36took saints and sinners alike.

33:43[snorts] Then after COVID 19, we

33:44thought, man, we going to take a break.

33:47I'm just talking about our history now.

33:49I'm talking to us. [snorts] We talk we

33:52take a break and then one early Sunday

33:56morning [snorts] we got some bad news

34:01that our bishop was taken in our eyes

34:05much too early.

34:07[snorts]

34:12FAST [screaming] FORWARD

34:14A YEAR and a couple months

34:18[snorts]

34:19AND SOMEBODY RIDING A BICYCLE DOWN THE

34:21STREET SAID, "THE CHURCH IS ON FIRE."

34:24And I heard that somebody communicated

34:27to another person in Palm Beach and then

34:29I heard the person say, "How many souls

34:30got the Holy Ghost?

34:44>> [snorts]

34:44>> But unfortunately, it wasn't that kind

34:46of fire.

34:51[snorts]

34:53IT DISPLACED US FROM OUR SANCTUARY WHERE

34:56NOW WE have to have two services and

34:58you're sitting a little closer to your

35:00neighbor. That's probably not a bad

35:01thing though.

35:03[snorts]

35:09And I don't know about you, but I've had

35:12enough of funerals

35:15>> every week. It seems we got one

35:18every week. I know you you see the

35:21families out there and they're they're

35:22mourning and suffering and everything,

35:24but you have to realize there's there's

35:26500 of us and only one pastor.

35:36continue to pray for your pastor.

35:43>> GO A LITTLE FURTHER IN TIME

35:46AND A CATEGORY FIVE.

35:53Not four, not three, five.

35:56It almost was a six.

36:00RAN ACROSS JAMAICA and ravaged the city

36:04and killed some.

36:08THIS SEEMS LIKE A STORY OF JOB.

36:14CAN WE AT THIS MOMENT AND THIS season

36:18repeat what Job said,

36:21"Though he slay me."