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Job 17:10


- What a fighting spirit!

- Job is down mentally and physically!

- But he keeps fighting!

- And he tells his opponents that they are not wise!

- They can say whatever they want!

- It won’t change anything!

- Their speeches are empty talks!

- And for him, it is an obligation to tell them again and again!

- He has nothing to lose, nothing to win!

- He is not afraid of telling them the truth!

- He tells them what he thinks he has to tell them!

- He speaks directly and frankly!

- There is no hesitation!

- That’s the way he does it with everybody!

 

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Job 17:11

- We see a combative Job!

- But he has no more hope!

- But everything he has in mind has collapsed!

- Because he can’t find comfort in God’s relationship!

- Because he can’t communicate with him anymore!

- Because of the devil!

- Let no one prevent us from depriving us of our relationship with God!

- And above all, ourselves!

- We are the only ones who can help us build it up!

- And we must keep doing it whatever may happen!

- We must never abandon!

- We must always keep in mind the prize!

- job will always be an incredible example!

- Especially if we are on the verge of collapsing!

 

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Job 17:12,13


- NIGHT!

- DARK!

- GRAVE!

- DARKNESS!

- Well, these four words are clear!

- I hope that you will never have these four words in your mind at the same time!

- Because then it is really dark inside!

- Even if everything is dark inside, we need light and it can only come from our relationship with God!

- BUT AT THIS MOMENT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR JOB!

- BUT THAT’S THE ONLY WAY HE KNOWS!

- SO WHAT CAN HE DO?

- He doesn’t accept death!

- Why should he die?

- He hasn’t done anything wrong!

- Thus he keeps fighting for survival!

- He keeps calling for Yah.weh’s help!

- He is indestructible!

- He will fight till his last breath!

- What about us?

- What a source of encouragement for us!

 

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Job 17:14


- Do you hear Job’s words?

- He can’t communicate with God!

- He doesn’t know why!

- God is the only reference he has!

- God is his only hope!

- God is his only lamp in the darkness!

- And even in the pit, he will call out saying: “You are my father!”

- Do you really understand the type of relationship Job has with God?

- It is an INDESTRUCTIBLE ONE!

- The more we study, the more we can understand Yah.weh!

- Yah.weh’s time is not man’s time!

- Yah.weh’s justice is not man’s justice!

- Yah.weh has no beginning and no end!

- We have a beginning and we have an end!

- If we keep thinking as human beings, we will never understand Yah.weh!

- By getting into the process of the relationship between Yah.weh and his faithful servants, we can understand Yah.weh!

- They are not different from us but they could develop a special relationship with Yah.weh!

- And the first vital element is to have continually in mind God’s name and its implication!

- Just keep in mind the God of the promise or of the promises!

- The one that always keeps his promises!

- But of course, we need to do our part!

- Think about the hebrews who didn’t get into the promised land because they didn’t do their part!

- Do we want to get into the next promised land or stay out, that is to die!

- Do we do our part or not?

- Do we say like Job: “you are my father”?

 

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Job 17:15,16

- NO HOPE!

- JUST BARRED GATES!

- WE ALL DESCEND TOGETHER INTO THE DUST!

- And Job will keep calling for God!

- Is that a small light in the darkness of pain and suffering?

- Or a big one?

- Job keeps speaking about hope!

- When you get hope there is still a light in the darkness!

- Even when you get a small one!

- When there is no more hope, then it is finished!

- And death gets closer!

- ONLY DUST!

- HOPE IS VITAL FOR SURVIVAL!

 

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Job 19:1-3


- It is incredible!

- Each time his opponents want to strike Job it only makes him more combative!

- Think about:

- “IRRITATING MY SOUL”!

- “CRUSHING ME WITH WORDS?”

- “TEN TIMES YOU HAVE REBUKED ME”

- “YOU ARE NOT ASHAMED TO DEAL HARSHLY WITH ME”!

- We definitely know what they are doing against Job!

- It is not possible to think the contrary!

- We just need to hear Job’s own words!

- And what WORDS!

- Those who keep criticizing Job keep such a tradition!

- These words are also for them!

- But they can’t hurt him anymore!

- And above all, the best comfort for Job is Yah.weh!

- The rest doesn’t really matter!

- It is always possible to criticize!

- There is no problem!

- As far as someone can answer you back!

- It also shows who you are!

- That’s what we call freedom!

- Even when people speak nonsense, it can help people understand the subject better!

- As long as you don’t forget your main point and go ahead!

 

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Job 19:4-6


- “If you insist on exalting yourselves over me”!

- Is that not EMPTY WORDS!

- It reminds me of the religious leaders!

- But if you don’t give PROPER ARGUMENTS, it is just EMPTY WORDS!

- Job is clear about that!

- They can’t expect him to let them say EMPTY WORDS without fighting back!

- It’s the same for us: we can’ let people say EMPTY WORDS without fighting back!

- And he knows he has been misled not by God but by the devil who has caught him in his hunting net!

- Job doesn’t have all the facts!

- And because of that he goes to the wrong conclusion!

- It’s nothing new!

- Today many people accuse God about what’s going on on the earth whereas the one responsible is man!

- The difference today is that we have the Bible!

- But having the Bible is not enough!

- It is necessary to study it carefully with patience again and again because our life or death depends on that!

- But as usual the majority doesn’t care or let others do the job for them!

- It has never worked and it won't either!

- Why does man always repeat the same mistake?

- He probably thinks he is intelligent enough!

- And it is written in the Bible!

- It is a joke!

- But when time comes, Jesus will come back as a warrior and it won’t be a joke!

- It won’t be a question of life or death!

- The question of life or death is now!

- it’s like cancer!

- if we don’t do anything before, then it’s often too late!

 

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Job 19:7


- And Job is used to God answering him!

- So he keeps crying out!

- And he will keep crying out!

- And yes, for him there is no justice!

- And there will be no justice before God answers him!

- Because that’s the only way he knows!

- In the same way, we can say there won’t be any justice before Jesus comes to restore it on earth!

- Because human justice isn’t justice!

- It is only a bad copy of Yah.weh’s justice!

- But we can say the same with any part of human society!

- It is only a pale copy of what comes from Yah.weh!

- That’s why it is necessary to act and prepare for the next promised land!

 

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Job 19:8

- Yes, the devil is blocking him with a stone wall!

- Yes, the devil is covering his roadways with darkness!

- And more than that!

- Because there is no one like him on earth!

- And think of each attack by the devil!

- And Job keeps faithful!

- And the more he attacks him, the more Job resists and keeps faithful!

- What A SMACK in the devil’s face!

- Job is proving he is A LIAR!

- What a shame for all who criticize him because there is no one like him on earth!

- They don’t care going against Yah.weh!

- He won’t care either!

- Simple balance!

 

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Job 19:9


- Yes, Job is proud of who he was before!

- When he used to help people!

- Or give them advice!

- And thinking of his past life may help him to rejoice a bit in his misfortune!

- And encourage him to keep fighting!

- And yes, he won’t forget!

- He will always remember!

- WHATEVER MAY HAPPENS!

- It’s good to find pleasure in what we have achieved!

- But of course it’s not good when we can’t achieve anything anymore!

- That’s why we must keep building ourselves physically and mentally!

- And we must do it regularly, not when it’s too late!

- And it is never too late to start studying the Bible daily and seriously!

- But when we start, we mustn’t stop!

- Because then we can’t build up our relationship to Yah.weh!

- If we stop going ahead, we go backwards!

- Remember Lot’s wife!

 

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Job 19:10,11


- Oh yes, that's what the devil thinks!

- And he is in RAGE!

- How is it possible that a MERE MAN can resist him?

- And he strikes him with all the weapons he has!

- So think about it!

- It is not a small business!

- Because all the angels are watching!

- And the devil is showing himself RIDICULOUS!

- He is against a mere man!

- He must be kidding!

- But he is not, that’s the problem for him!

- Because all the angels are watching!

- And there are NUMEROUS!

- WHAT A SHAME FOR HIM!

- And shame is far away from what he really feels!

- Yes, Job is a living proof that not all men will follow the devil!

- There will always be faithful servants of Yah.weh!

- And the angels can see that!

- Even if the majority follows him!

- And Yah.weh through his son will clean the earth and human society to make the earth a paradise completely different from what we know!

- We can’t even imagine what it will be!

- But what is incredible is to think about the possibility of having a share in this transformation!

- And when we participate in something we value it more!

 

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Job 19:12-20


- Is it possible to be more VICIOUS?

- The devil has been closing all the doors, one after one!

- Enjoying himself when closing each one!

- Enjoying each blow!

- And leaving some hope to Job before taking it away!

- And repeating the action again and again!

- Everybody has left Job, even his own family!

- He can’t even recognize himself!

- Even his body has left him!

- And the devil has well organized everything!

- When Job takes note of all his problems, it helps him to organize himself for survival!

- He perfectly understands that he can only count on himself!

- Nobody will come and rescue him!

- So he must keep being strong!

- Or better said, he must get stronger and stronger!

- And in fact, as this human world is collapsing faster and faster, we need to get stronger and stronger!

- There is no room for weakness!

 

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Job 19:21,22

- Why are they acting as if they were his enemies?

- They were supposed to help him!

- If they are sent by the devil, everything is clear!

- Because he uses all the weapons he can to destroy Job!

- Because he is insidious!

- They act as the devil does!

- His word is clear: they persecute him!

- And no letup!

- Definitely his enemies!

- When you are a friend, you help your friend!

- When we see how someone acts, we can easily understand for whom he works or who his father is!

- Being a faithful servant of Yah.weh means a lot!

- He doesn’t mean you are perfect!

- But it is possible to see the differences with others!

- If there aren’t any differences, you aren’t a faithful servant of Yah.weh!

 

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Job 19:23-29

- Job keeps thinking that sooner or later he will see God!

- And he warns the three individuals!

- Because he knows they act badly against him!

- How right he is!

- They are judged!

- And they are condemned by God!

- Job is sure that God will prove him right!

- And he will put them into his hands!

- Such a clairvoyance!

- Those who criticize Job should remember these verses!

- Everybody is against him!

- He is alone against everybody!

- He is right and everybody is wrong!

- The number doesn’t count!

- What counts is your motivation to tell the truth and fight for it!

- Thus it will prove your real value!

- The majority is usually wrong!

- They usually choose the wrong way!

- It has always been so and it is not going to change!

- It indicates the real degree of man’s intelligence!

 

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Job 21:1-3

- Job uses the word carefully!

- It means they should listen to him!

- It means they are wrong!

- He also uses the word consolation!

- It means that he doesn’t want anything from them!
- He knows they are not here to help him!

- He knows they are not his friends!

- Your words tell who you are!

- He can only count on him!

- And he will keep fighting!

- They can mock him!

- He doesn’t care!

- Job knows who he is!

- He knows his abilities!

- He knows the deep relationship he has with Yah.weh!

- No one can discuss it!

- If we want to do the same, we must do our part!

- We must study the Bible daily and seriously!

- We must let it penetrate us as deep as possible!

- No one else will do it for us!

- It’s now or never!

 

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Job 21:4-6

- Job keeps complaining toward God!

- He is his only reference!

- There is nobody else who matters for Job!

- And he will not stop!

- Because he is used to communicating to God!

- And he will keep expressing his pain and suffering!

- He has not changed his mind!

- His partner is God and nobody else!

- He wants to express himself!

- He doesn’t want to listen to the three men!

- Because he feels bad!

- And he needs to say it with his own words!

- For him, it is a necessity!

- Others can’t express themselves when they suffer!

- Job can!

- Everyone is different!

- Sometimes you get crazy when you speak!

- Sometimes it is necessary to let time reduce pains!

 

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Job 21:7-15

- Job suffers and feels bad!

- This enhances that the bad ones enjoy life!

- For him, life is not fair!

- When he had a good life he could have said the contrary!

- We are influenced by our own living conditions!

- We know that in this world life is not always fair!

- We also know that anything can happen!

- We must always be ready to fight!

- Many people think that God is responsible for our situation!

- Whereas men are responsible!

- They have always said they could do it without God!

- The Hebrews did the same!

- But they were destroyed!

- And the world is getting into pieces!

- And it goes faster and faster!

- And they can’t find any solution!

- And they won’t find any solution!

- All indicators are red!

- And anxiety rises and rises!

 

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Job 21:16-18

- We see many questions from Job!

- He is perplexed!

- He is lost because of his personal situation!

- He had a normal life!

- And now everything is upside down and he doesn’t know why!

- Who wouldn’t feel the same in such a situation?

- Especially when you feel alone!

- But he knows that at the end the bad one has a bad end!

- Just think about someone who smokes a lot!

- Apparently, he may not have health problems!

- But sooner or later it happens!

- And many get cancer and pain and suffering!

- We can say the same with those who are drunkards!

- What about those who take drugs!

- When you live dangerously for your health or your life, you pay the consequences!

- And the list of examples is a huge one everywhere in the world!

 

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Job 21:19-21

- Job expresses his incertitudes!

- But once again it tells about his own feelings!

- About his stress!

- As he can’t communicate anymore to God, that’s how he expresses himself!

- But he tells how much he needs such communication!

- That’s why it is unbearable!

- It is like breathing and eating and drinking and sleeping!

- When you have a routine, it is difficult not to have it!

- And for Job, his relationship is like a routine!

- But a positive one!

- Something which makes you stronger each day!

- Nothing is easy in this world!

- We need to build up our minds!

- The Bible contains examples of faithful servants of Yah.weh!

- We need this source of spiritual growth!

- We need this spiritual training to penetrate our minds deep inside!

- We should be able to see them in front of our eyes!

 

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Job 21:22-26

- A man can have a good or bad life!

- But for Job one thing is clear!

- When a man dies, his end will be the same: dust and maggots!

- Before, he was looking for death!

- Because for him it was a relief!

- But now he doesn’t say that anymore!

- Only that death is the same for all people, that is the void!

- When Job speaks, everything is clear!

- He never dreams!

- He always speaks directly!

- He has nothing to do with human tradition!

- Only what Yah.weh taught him!