“1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: 2 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me. - Job 38:1-3 29 “Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? 30 Behold, he scatters his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea. 31 For by these he judges peoples; he gives food in abundance. 32 He covers his hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark. 33 Its crashing declares his presence;” - Job 36:29-33 21“And now no one looks on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them. 22 Out of the north comes golden splendor; God is clothed with awesome majesty. - Job 37:21-22 "a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!’” - Matthew 17:5 God is powerful. God is powerful. God is personal. …the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: Job 38:1 2 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? - Job 38:2 Job is righteous and wrong. 3“Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, A man is conceived.’ 4 Let that day be darkness! May God above not seek it, nor light shine upon it. 5 Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. - Job 3:3-5 Job is Resenting God’s Decisions in Creation 7Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power? 8 Their offspring are established in their presence, and their descendants before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them. 10 Their bull breeds without fail; their cow calves and does not miscarry. 11 They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They sing to the tambourine and the lyre and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. 13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol. - Job 21:7-13 Job talks about the wicked as enviable, not accountable. It’s easy to forget our blessings when envying the ‘material’ But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God. - Job 13:3 3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know what he would answer me and understand what he would say to me. - Job 23:3–5 35 Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!) 36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown; I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him. - Job 31:35–37 Job errs in believing he can justify himself before God. 4 ““Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. 5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, 7 when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? - Job 38:4-7 ““1 Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does? - Job 39:1 26““Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars and spreads his wings toward the south? 27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high? - Job 39:26-27 12”“Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, 13 that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? 14 It is changed like clay under the seal, and its features stand out like a garment. 15 From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken. - Job 38:12-15 “1 Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord? 2 Can you put a rope in his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? 3 Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words? - Job 41:1-3 Then Job answered the Lord and said: 2 “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 3 ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 4 ‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.’ 5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; 6 therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” - Job 42:1-6 “10 And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. - Job 42:10 “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. - John 14:6 “1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. - Hebrews 1:1-2 Have you personally encountered Jesus?