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</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>OCT
21 - JOB 38-41 - GOD’S CLOSING INTERVENTION</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>1.
38:1-2 (38:1-40:2, ESV) JEHOVAH’S FIRST DISCOURSE. <font size="3">Then
the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">2
</font><font size="3">“Who is this that darkens counsel by words
without knowledge?” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">It
is our wisdom in time of fiery trial and testing to hold our peace!
But Job’s comforters should have done likewise, and not provoked
him with faulty reasoning. </span><b><i>Hallowed be your :name!</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>2.
40:3-5 JOB’S REPLY TO JEHOVAH. <font size="3">Then Job answered
the LORD and said: </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">4
</font><font size="3">“Behold, I am of small account; what shall I
answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">5
</font><font size="3">I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice,
but I will proceed no further.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Thank
You Father, for the answer of Job. O in temptation’s hour, may
Your will be done in us in this same manner! </span><b><i>Your
:kingdom come.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>3.
40:6-7 (40:6-9) JEHOVAH: QUESTIONS JOB. <font size="3">Then </font><font size="3">the
LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">7
</font><font size="3">“Dress for action like a man; I will question
you, and you make it known to me.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
we are but dust; we are but clay. We will not seek to instruct You as
the Potter. </span><b><i>Your :will be done, As in heaven, so on
earth.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>4.
4:10-11 (40:10-14) JEHOVAH: CHALLENGES JOB. <font size="3">“Adorn
yourself with majesty and dignity; clothe yourself with glory and
splendor. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">11 </font><font size="3">Pour
out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud
and abase him.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">O
forgive us Father, for speaking out of weakness, and human
perspective! Teach us to humbly wait upon You for answers for the
trials of this life. </span><b><i>Our :daily :bread Give us this
day.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>5.
40:15, 19 (40:15-24) JEHOVAH: DESCRIBES BEHEMOTH. <font size="3">“Behold,
Behemoth, which I made as I made you; he eats grass like an ox. </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">19
</font><font size="3">He is the first of the works of God; let him who
made him bring near his sword!” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Your
power in creation Father, is </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">mighty</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
Restrain our lips from premature judgment. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
41:10-11 (41:1-14) JEHOVAH: DESCRIBES LEVIATHAN. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">No
one is so fierce that he dares to stir Leviathan up. Who then is he
who can stand before me? </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">11
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Who
has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the
whole heaven is mine.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">You
Father, are the Creator, and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">infinitely</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
greater than Your creation. Teach us to reason wisely in these areas.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And bring us
not into temptation!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
41:33-34 (41:15-34) JEHOVAH: ENLARGES ON LEVIATHAN. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“On
earth there is none like Leviathan, a creature without fear. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">34
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">He
sees everything that is high; he is king over all the sons of pride.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
power You demonstrate in creation, Father! How awesome! Yes, </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Yours</span></u><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
</span></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">is
the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
40:1-2 (38:1-40:2) JEHOVAH: ANSWERS JOB. </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
the LORD said to Job: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">2
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Shall
a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let
him answer it.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Here
is the end of the matter. Silence in the mi</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">d</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">st
of testing is our wisdom!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Quote
from A.W. Tozer - </span></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">“The
victorious Christian neither exalts nor downgrades himself. His
interests have shifted from self to Christ. What he is or is not no
longer concerns him. He believe</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">s</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
that he </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">has
been crucified with Christ and he is not willing either to raise or
deprecate such a man.”</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Psalm for the Day: 111:9-10 (111) GREAT ARE THE LORD’S WORKS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“He
sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever.
Holy and awesome is his name! </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">10
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">The
fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice
it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
bless You Father, for this word! We commit ourselves to walk in it!
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed be
your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt">There
is no title to this Psalm, but it is an alphabetical hymn of praise,
having for its subject the works of the Lord in creation, providence,
and grace. The sweet singer dwells upon the one idea that God should
be known by His people, and that this knowledge when turned into
practical piety is man’s true wisdom and the certain cause of
lasting adoration. Many are ignorant of what their Creator has done,
and hence they are foolish in heart and silent as to the praises of
God: this evil can only be removed by a remembrance of God’s works
and a diligent study of them; to this, therefore, the Psalm is meant
to arouse us. It may be called “The Psalm of God’s Works,”
intended to excite us to the work of praise.</font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">111:1.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Praise ye the Lord.
</b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">All you saints,
unite in adoring Jehovah, Who works so gloriously. Do it now; do it
always; do it heartily; do it unanimously; do it eternally. Even if
others refuse, take care that you have always a song for your God.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">111:2.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>The works of the
Lord are great. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">In
design, in size, in number, in excellence, all the works of the Lord
are great. Even the little things of God are great. In some point of
view or other, each one of the productions of His power or the deeds
of His wisdom will appear to be great to the wise in heart.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">111:3.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>And His
righteousness endures forever. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">The
bearing of guilt by our great Substitute proved tha</span><span style="text-decoration:none">t</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
not eve</span><span style="text-decoration:none">n</span><span style="text-decoration:none">
to effect the purposes of His grace would the Lord forget His
righteousness; no future strain upon His justice can ever be equal </span><span style="text-decoration:none">t</span><span style="text-decoration:none">o
that which it has already sustained in the bruising of His dear Son;
it must henceforth assuredly endure forever.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">111:9.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Redemption. Praise
our Triune Jehovah for His redemption. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Write
it down where you may read it. Affix it where you may see it. Engrave
it on your heart that you may understand it. It is a word big with
importance. In it is enfolded your destinies and those of the church
to all future ages. </span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Holy
and reverend is His name. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Well
may He say this. The whole name or character of God is worthy of
profoundest awe, for it is perfect and complete, whole or holy. It
ought not to be spoken without solemn thought and never heard without
profound homage. His name is to be trembled at; it is
something terrible; even those who know Him best rejoice with
trembling before Him. How good men can endure to be call “reverend,”
we know not. Being unable to discover any reason why our fellow-men
should reverence us, we half suspect that in other men there is not
very much which can entitle them to be called reverend, very
reverend, right reverend, and so on. It may seem a trifling matter,
but for that very reason we would urge that the foolish custom should
be allowed to fall into disuse.</span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">111:10.
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>The fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they
that do His commandments. </b></span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">Practical
godliness is the test of wisdom. Men may know and be very orthodox;
they may talk and be very eloquent; they may speculate and be very
profound; but the best proof of their intelligence must be found in
their actually doing the will of the Lord. </span><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>(From
“The Treasury of David” by C.H. Spurgeon, abridged by D.O.
Fuller</b></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>)</b></span></font></font></p>
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