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All right, my Bible in 365. 
Brothers and sisters, we're at 

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the tough one. 
We are at the book that I have. 

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Not been looking forward to 
going through and if. 

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You go through any of the other 
book summaries that I have done 

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over the last several years, you
might notice that I've never 

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done an actual Bible study 
through this book because it 

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bears some consequence. 
Now let me give you a little bit

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of history here by what I mean 
when I say this. 

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The last time I taught through 
the book of Job thoroughly, my 

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mom went to go be with the Lord.
I'm not going to go down the 

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list of moments where I have 
taught through this chapter, 

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through this book, where I have 
not seen immense consequences. 

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And I think it's because of the 
same thing every single time. 

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God wants me to learn the 
lessons that I am seeking to 

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teach the people that I minister
to. 

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And here's the thing, what God 
needs me to do is to obey His 

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word. 
What you need more from me, more

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than my ability to articulate 
clearly, more than my ability to

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give you answers to questions, 
More than anything else, what 

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you need from me is you need a 
man who loves God more than 

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He'll. 
Ever love you so with that? 

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Said. 
I got to obey God and I got to 

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go through this. 
And it's a bit emotional, quite 

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frankly, because let me just 
simply say, I'm reflecting. 

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On a lot. 
You know. 

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Today, the day that I'm tracking
this, this is going to be the 

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27th of January, is the day 
after my dad went to go be with 

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the Lord. 
Now, that was four years ago and

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every. 
Single time we come into. 

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These. 
Times of remembrance I'm often 

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times met with. 
Immense grief and sadness. 

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But there is anticipation in 
knowing that one day I will be 

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with all of those whom I love. 
Charlie is one of those guys 

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that I think about on a regular 
basis, but with all. 

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Of that said. 
I thought that it would be 

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really good to go through a 
section of Job Chapter 38. 

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Now I want to say this because 
this is really important. 

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I told the girls this was. 
Going to be a longer Bible 

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study. 
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not be super long like I thought
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Be. 
But I do think it's going to be 

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powerful. 
I think it's going to be 

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powerful. 
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Jeremiah, the word of the. 
Lord is absolutely burning in my

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heart, and I have this immense 
desire to be able to tell you 

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what is being. 
Said and why? 

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It is so important for you in 
your walk with God and in 

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everything that you pursue with 
Him. 

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You guys this. 
Is so critical. 

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So with that said, let's get 
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First and foremost, Job has just
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Through immense tragedy and when
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Say immense tragedy. 
I mean immense. 

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Tragedy. 
Lots of pain, lots of suffering.

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As a father, I could not imagine
thinking about what Job went 

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through. 
He had all of his children. 

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Taken away. 
That's the worst. 

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He had all of his money taken 
away, you know. 

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I've made lots of money over the
years and I've lost lots of 

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money and then I've made lots of
money and I've lost lots of 

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money. 
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Not the big deal, not not really
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Losing a child? 
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would look like. 
He lost them all. 

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He lost everything. 
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was his wife, but his wife was 
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die. 
No joke. 

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So by the time we get near the 
end of Job, Job finds himself in

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a place where he doesn't curse 
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doesn't put God down, but he 
does lay a series of questions 

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to the Lord, as in to, in 
essence, why he's going through 

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all of these things. 
And then God provides an answer.

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And it's not the type of answer 
that you would necessarily think

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of. 
And at the expense of sounding 

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very controversial at this 
moment, and I want you to hear 

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me, this passage means more to 
me than at any other time in my 

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history because of the liars and
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wicked, demonically inspired 
people that are laying 

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accusation at Erica and at the 
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I am dumbfounded at the type of 
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throwing out, saying is this 
what a grieving widow should 

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should do? 
Why is she going back to work? 

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Why is this happening? 
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Happening. 
I lost. 

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My mom. 
I taught the Bible. 

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The next day. 
I lost my dad. 

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I went right back to work the 
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Did a live show less than 12 
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Why? 
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Why would we put our hands to 
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Why would the expression of our 
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bring us to a place where we 
work harder, where we move 

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forward with a certain level of 
intention that we've never moved

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with before in our life? 
Why in the world can we be 

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motivated, or are we motivated 
to do these things in the midst 

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of such tragedy? 
You shouldn't act that way. 

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You should go into a hole and 
just sort of live in darkness 

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and obscurity for the rest of 
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You should just simply sit 
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do nothing and just Cry, Cry, 
Cry, cry, cry into eternity. 

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We don't do those things because
we are children of the true and 

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of the living God. 
And when the world asks the why 

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questions, and when the world 
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this is and who that is and why 
this person does that and why 

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that person does that, God says 
this. 

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Let me read it to you and. 
Boy is it powerful. 

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Look at what God says in verse 
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It says then the Lord answered 
Job. 

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Notice this out. 
Of the Whirlwind. 

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You know, people come to me. 
Oh, James, you're so loud. 

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You're so aggressive. 
Well, read the section where God

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responded to Job out of the 
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That is powerful stuff. 
This is the oldest book in the 

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Bible. 
It, it literally has a place in 

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the oldest portion of human 
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It's spectacular. 
What it represents is 

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spectacular. 
God begins to ask a series of 

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rhetorical questions. 
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questions, meaning the answers 
to the questions are so obvious 

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that they actually demand a 
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We ask rhetorical questions all 
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Something like this. 
What were you thinking? 

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Are you crazy? 
Are you nuts? 

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Those are rhetorical questions. 
Well, God is about to bring the 

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imposition of a series of 
rhetorical questions that are so

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literally emphatic that they 
demand the attention of the 

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people who are reading and 
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This is the functional beauty of
Hebrew poetry, and This is why 

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we call Job one of the books of 
poetry, because it is in essence

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the most beautiful expression of
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a, a, a method of what appears 
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But it is pure wisdom. 
It's pure knowledge. 

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It's beautiful. 
Look what he says. 

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I love this. 
Who is this that darkeneth 

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counsel by the words without 
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Boy, I sure want to ask all of 
these podcasters that are going 

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nuts, saying all kinds of 
things, who are you? 

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You're going to darken the 
wisdom of God by words that have

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absolutely no knowledge behind 
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Go ahead, say whatever you want 
about Erica, say whatever you 

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want about the turning Point 
people, say whatever you want 

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about the people that are 
putting their hands to the plow 

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and not looking back. 
Are you going to darken the 

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counsel of God's word by using 
your empty rhetoric which has 

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absolutely no knowledge? 
Good luck. 

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If you're going through a 
difficult time right now, you do

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what God wants you to do and 
don't care about what the world 

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says. 
Oh, I love this one 'cause he's 

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going to job and he's saying 
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He's saying girt up now thy 
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Man up, man up, Job. 
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Because I'm going to give you a 
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You want to run your mouth with 
empty rhetoric that has no 

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substance. 
I'm going to show you something.

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I'm going to ask you questions. 
And you know what, Job? 

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I demand an answer. 
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Can you imagine God saying I'm 
about to ask you questions, man 

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up and you better answer me. 
These are the questions I want 

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to ask those people. 
These are the questions that I 

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want to ask the people who say 
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And to walk against the against 
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accuse the people of God, and to
create expressions of deep, just

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demonic action. 
Let me ask these questions. 

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Here we go. 
Where was thou when I laid the 

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foundations of the earth? 
Job, where were you? 

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Tell me, where were you when I 
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Declare, if you have 
understanding, who hath laid the

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measures thereof? 
If you know, or who has 

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stretched the line upon it? 
Were you the one that put the 

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Plumb line on the earth when it 
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Were you there who hath laid the
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knowest, or who hath stretched 
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Whereupon are the foundations 
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laid the cornerstone thereof? 
In other words, reverse engineer

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the world. 
Tell me if you know how it's 

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Tell me if you know how it 

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works. 
Say that to the scientists that 

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think they understand God. 
When the morning stars sang 

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together, and all the sons of 
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there? 
Or who shut up the sea with 

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doors when it break forth as if 
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When I made the cloud the 
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darkness a swaddling band for 
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decreed place, and set the bars,
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Hitherto shalt thou come, but no
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proud waves be state. 
Are you the one who did that? 

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Are you the one that put all 
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Hast thou commanded the morning 
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dayspring to know his place, 
that it might take hold of the 

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ends of the earth, that the 
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it? 
Oh, this is so cool. 

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It is. 
Turned as clay. 

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To the seal. 
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As a garment. 
And from the wicked their light 

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is withholding, and the high 
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Imagine the God of heaven saying
that to you as you stand with 

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your fist waved against him. 
Imagine that hast thou entered 

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into the? 
Springs of the sea Or hast thou 

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walked in the search of the 
depth? 

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The last time somebody tried to 
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their submarine exploded. 
We can't even begin to 

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understand what the depth of the
sea even looks like because the 

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Creator, Almighty God, 
understands those areas that no 

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man will ever be able to 
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Hast thou? 
Perceived the breath of the 

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earth. 
Declare if thou knowest at all. 

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I stood outside of my house at 
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that space capsule enter back 
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It was spectacular. 
Spectacular to watch. 

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It in Southern California, even 
with the knowledge that we have,

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with the science that's taken us
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that this Earth provides for us,
do we really know the breadth of

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it? 
We don't. 

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Where is the way where the light
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And As for darkness, where is 
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Barely know anything. 
About the sun, and we can't even

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get over there, that thou 
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thereof, and that thou shouldest
know the paths to the house 

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thereof. 
Knowest it thou because thou 

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wast then born, or because the 
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Oh I love. 
The description that he 

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continues to go on with. 
He even talks about. 

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Daily living who provides even 
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That's how. 
Far he goes. 

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Starts asking him questions 
about animals. 

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He starts talking about 
creatures that most of us have 

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never even seen. 
God did it. 

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All and Job provides an answer 
here in chapter 40 I'll. 

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Start in verse. 
Three, it says. 

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Then Job answered the Lord and 
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I am vile. 
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Shall I answer thee? 
I will lay mine hand. 

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Upon my mouth. 
Once I have spoken, but I will 

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not answer. 
Yeah, twice. 

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But I will proceed no further. 
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amazing at that point. 
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Acknowledges the humility that 
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rewards him with things he never
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rewarded with. 
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anything in this study, listen 
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Why do we go out and continue 
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Why do we work harder than we 
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experienced such a loss? 
How is it that somebody so close

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to you can be murdered and as 
the mother of his children, you 

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immediately put your hands to 
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How? 
The same way that many mothers 

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before have done. 
The. 

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Same way that many widows before
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The same way that we continue to
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We have the true and living God.
Where were you when He spun the 

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earth into existence? 
You think because you have 

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millions of followers that with 
your words you can darken the 

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counsel of God. 
When your words have no 

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knowledge, you don't pay 
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folks. 
You don't pay attention to the 

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lies. 
You don't pay attention to the 

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naysayers that are in your ears,
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You serve the true and living 
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And guess what? 
His blessing is waiting around 

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the corner. 
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Because He's a God of goodness. 
He has wisdom we will never 

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have. 
He has knowledge we will never 

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have and we will never be able 
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That's what it means when it 
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We will never be able to destroy
His plans with our empty words 

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that have no knowledge. 
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with the understanding that 
God's wisdom is superior and we 

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trust in His plans. 
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Because God is good, and 
although we may lose the whole 

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world, God will always remain 
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and he loves us. 
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the commitment you're making to 
reading the Word of God is going

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to be useful for you in being 
able to understand the pain and 

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the hardship and the hurt that 
goes with the life that we live,

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the tragedies that we 
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If it's a mother losing a son, 
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baby girl or a baby boy losing 
their father, God is sovereign 

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and He knows exactly what He's 
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And we can find peace in it. 
And we can know that as we put 

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our hands to the plow and we 
don't look back, we find God's 

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wonder and God's blessing. 
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of it all. 
When you know God's Word, you 

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can find the confidence in 
understanding that as you move 

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forward, you will be blessed by 
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God bless you. 
Keep fighting the good fight. 

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And folks, do what you're called
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Know the word of God, understand
the word of God, discern the 

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word of God. 
Give yourself to the Word of 

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God. 
Read it, understand it, know it,

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and watch God do great things. 
I love you guys. 

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God bless you. 
You keep fighting the good 

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fight.