1. Job 19

2. Review Pop Quiz What happened to Job? (a) Family, crops, etc. wiped out (b) Afflicted with boils over body (c) Wife turned back on him (d) All the above

3. Review Pop Quiz Where did Job live? (a) Judah (b) Israel (c) Uz (d) Babylon

4. Review Pop Quiz Who were Job's “friends”? (1) Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross (2) Abraham, Martin, and John (3) Crosby, Stills, and Nash (4) Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar

5. Review Pop Quiz What did Job's friends tell him? (a) Stitch in time saves nine (b) Quick brown fox jumps over... (c) God will comfort you (d) Confess hidden sin & everything will be better

6. Review Pop Quiz How did Job respond to his friends? (a) Agreed he needed to confess (b) Aimless, friendly chatter (c) Sports talk (d) Defended himself

7. Review Pop Quiz What was the purpose of Job's suffering? (a) Some of it beyond searching out (b) Seek and find God (c) Repentance (d) All the above

8. Job 19 Job Job 19:1-2 He knows his friends are wrong But that doesn't make him right He also has wrong concept of God Light breaks in every now & then

9. Job 19 Job Job 19:3 Job alienated from friends Should have shown them the door Instead tried defending himself

10. Job 19 Job Job 19:4 If there is an error, it's my biz But he's not aware of any error We often are blind to our own errs

11. Job 19 Job Job 19:5 Bildad says Job walked into trap Job says God did it w/o explaining

12. Job 19 Job Job 19:7-22 Must be an explanation for all this God's purpose must be different Still don't know God's purpose Brothers, acquaintances estranged Maids, servants avoid him

13. Job 19 Job Job 19:7-22 Wife is a stranger to him Even young kids despise him So thin that bone cleaves to skin Asks friends for pity, mercy

14. Job 19 Job Job 19:23-24 Wants his story written in a book “This is what my enemy says” “And he has to praise me”

15. Job 19 Job Job 19:25-27 Job expresses great faith Friends trying to break him down Devil using his friends Job not humble, defending himself Job has not hit rock bottom yet

16. Job 19 Job Job 19:25-27 Job not broken down completely Still has living faith in God One of great statements of Bible Not the only one in Bible But great because of who said it

17. Job 19 Job Job 19:25-27 Job not broken down completely Still has living faith in God One of great statements of Bible Not the only one in Bible But great because of who said it

18. Job 19 Job Job 19:25-27 Circumstances under which said Said by sick man about to expire Lost everything Under discipline of Almighty God Feels scourge upon his back

19. Job 19 Job Job 19:25-27 Still able to say Redeemer lives Longing for death that relieves Believes in resurrection of dead

20. Job 19 Job Job 19:25-27 “Friend, these bodies of ours are going to return to the dust. The bodies of the dead in Christ will be put to sleep, but the spirit will go to be with Christ immediately. How wonderful that is!”

21. Job 19 Job Job 19:28-29 “Don't you fear the judgement of God for the things that you have been saying to me? In spite of all their accusations, Job has kept his faith. He believes that the Redeemer is coming...”

22. Job 19 Job Job 19:28-29 “... and that he himself is numbered with the redeemed.”

23. Song Still I Will Trust You by Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir from CD: Favorite Song Of All Words and music by Vonnie Ewing Lopez

24. Still I Will Trust You I've climbed a mountain, I've walked a valley low And there's a hand guiding me where go to So I will not qustion when storm clouds come my way for I have placed my trust in You and You alone

25. Still I Will Trust You Chorus Still I will trust You Still I will follow Still I will listen to Your every calling While the storm rages on and I can't find my way Still I will trust You Lord

26. Still I Will Trust You When in my dark hour You restored my weary soul You led me to that resting place and made me whole Now I cannot question Though stormy billows roll My faith is secure, safe is my trust in You alone

27. Still I Will Trust You Chorus Still I will trust You Still I will follow Still I will listen to Your every calling While the storm rages on and I can't find my way Still I will trust You Lord

28. Job 19 References J. Vernon McGee Commentary