Sermon Title: The Lord gives and the Lord takes away!
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This Week’s Theme: Growing in the midst of Pain!
Memory Verse: Job 1:22 “22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.”
This Week’s Word is Suffering: The experience of pain or distress, both physical and emotional.
Essence of the Text in a Sentence: Job experience great loss with a godly perspective
Sermon Objective: I want those who are listening to respond to loss and suffering biblically.
Sermon Text: Job 1:13-22
13 Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house;
14 and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,
15 when the Sabeans raided them and took them away—indeed they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
16 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
17 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels and took them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
18 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
19 and suddenly a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped.
21 And he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.
Introduction:
Transition:
Big Idea of the Text:
As followers of Christ, we will suffer loss, but we must handle the loss with a godly focus
As followers of Christ, we will suffer loss, but we must handle the loss with a godly focus
I. You will have Uncontrollable Ruin
I. You will have Uncontrollable Ruin
Exposition (What does that mean? Explain it): Job was not looking for ruin to happen,
His possessions, His family, and his workers
FROM ADVERSARIES
FROM ADVERSARIES
14 and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,
15 when the Sabeans raided them and took them away—indeed they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
17 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels and took them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
JOB 1.3 “3 Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.”
FROM AN ACT OF GOD
FROM AN ACT OF GOD
16 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
18 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
19 and suddenly a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Application (What difference does it make? Apply it, what, where, why, and how): Positive Application: Describe the conditions if your solution is actually carried out. Picture the listeners in that situation actually enjoying the safety, pleasure, or pride that your proposal will produce. Negative Application: Describe conditions if your solution is not carried out. Picture the audience feeling the bad effects or unpleasantness that the failure to effect your solution will produce. Contrast Application: Combination of 1 and 2. Begin with the negative method (undesirable situation) and conclude with the positive method (desirable solution).
Are you prepared to lose family members?
Are you prepared to lose your wealth?
Are you prepared to lose coworkers?
Name a time when you experienced great loss.
II. You should have an Unusual Response
II. You should have an Unusual Response
Exposition (What does that mean? Explain it): People are looking for you to respond like them. The world responds to loss in a different way from Christians.
20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped.
IS THERE SORROWFULNESS IN YOUR ACTIONS?
IS THERE SORROWFULNESS IN YOUR ACTIONS?
20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped.
IS THERE SENSIBLENESS IN YOUR ATTITUDE?
IS THERE SENSIBLENESS IN YOUR ATTITUDE?
21 And he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
IS THERE SATISFACTION IN YOUR ADDRESS?
IS THERE SATISFACTION IN YOUR ADDRESS?
Application (What difference does it make? Apply it, what, where, why, and how): Positive Application: Describe
Are you prepared to lose family members?
Has your response in the past been in line with God’s Word?
How will you respond differently now in light of what the Word says?
Give the practical steps you will take now so you will respond biblical in the future.
In the lost
In the heartache
In the pain
In the anguish, agonize,
The sting of death
The agony of absence
The pain of a passing
The anguish of undoing
This DILEMMA HAS DESTROYED OTHERS, BUT GOD USED IT TO DELIVER me
This HARDSHIP has HANDICAPED others, but God used it to HELPED me
This CONDITION would have CRUSHED others, but the LORD fashioned it to COMFORT me
This ORDEAL would have OVERPOWERED others, but the LORD fashioned it to TURN ME
INTO AN OVERCOMER
This TEST would have THREW
Not too Big to Bow
Not too High to Humble
Not too Grand to Give
Not too Sovereign to Serve
THE DIDN’T COME CONDEMNING OR CRITICIZE
THE DIDN’T COME WHINING OR WHIMPER
THE DIDN’T COME ACCUSING OR ABUSE
THE DIDN’T COME DISCOURAGING OR DESPAIR
THE DIDN’T COME GRUMBLING OR GOSSIP
worship Him during a weary land
. . . praise Him during pain
. . . lift Him up during loss
. . . glorify Him during grief
. . . reverence Him during ruin
. . . celebrate Him during calamity
Dependable through every difficulty
Trustworthy through every trial
Competent in all circumstances
Somebody ought to testify that He is
Effective in every environment
Capable in every condition
Steadfast in every situation
III. You must produce an Unlikely Report
III. You must produce an Unlikely Report
22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.
Exposition (What does that mean? Explain it): Hear the confession of Joseph! After being presented before the king as a someone who could interpret his dream, Joseph did not allow the gravity of this situation to overtake his rational thinking.
YOUR WORKS
YOUR WORKS
YOU WAYS
YOU WAYS
Application (What difference does it make? Apply it, what, where, why, and how): Positive Application: Describe
Are you guilty of not shining as a light for God in the midst of pain?
What will you do differently today so that others will hear and see Christ in you?