Sermons from August 2020
God of the Storm
Elihu gives us his final words. They foreshadow God’s words to Job and Job’s response to God. God’s justice cannot be questioned. The trials and storms of life are gifts of love to his people. May we see that in this text that drives us to see God has high and exalted.
Don’t Waste Your Affliction
Elihu instructs Job on God’s instruction through the difficulties of suffering and pain. This is an important reminder for us to not waste the trials God sends our way but to strive for the holiness God is working in us through affliction.
Forgotten Grace
Elihu continues to answer Job and give a defense of God’s justice. However, Elihu, like the other friends, overlook grace and how integral it is to how God relates to his people–even in suffering.May we never forget God’s grace when facing adversity and trial.
Defending God against Questions of Justice
Elihu responds to Job’s questions in defense of God. Job has questioned God’s justice as he suffers. He cannot understand why God has brought this great calamity upon him. Elihu burns with anger as he desires to see God and his justice defended and exonerated. So Elihu takes up this task to explain why Job suffers. This helps us to think through this most profound issue of suffering and the justice of God.
The Discipline of Suffering
Elihu seeks to teach Job why God has brought such suffering in his life–for discipline. Elihu contends that God is not treating him as an enemy, but rather he is treating him as a son. Through Elihu we’re reminded that God does indeed use suffering to discipline his children. Through this God imparts holiness and draws us to look to Christ. May we grow in holiness and in treasuring Christ!