God Exalts the Humble 26 June 2022 PM – Job 42 – Job2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: In the horse and buggy days, a man was driving with his wife along a dangerous road. At a very narrow place, the wife became frightened and seized the rein nearest to her. Her husband quickly passed her […]
God’s Exceeding Power 19 June 2022 PM – Job 40-41 – Job2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: In Job 38-39, God questioned Job about his knowledge. God made it clear that Job’s knowledge about the physical world and about the animal world was very limited. God then asked Job if he was able to instruct the […]
Questions We Cannot Answer 12 June 2022 PM – Job 38-39 – Job2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: Job was distressed and becoming unstable. It seems that Satan almost accomplished his evil plot of getting Job to turn on God. Job longed to hear from God. God now answered him out of a whirlwind. Picture that […]
God’s Songs in the Night 5 June 2022 PM – Job 32-37 – Job2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: As you study the book of Job, a question you will inevitably ask is “Who was Elihu?” He was not one of Job’s friends. He was a young man. He seems a bit cocky. Why did God […]
Reflection 24 April 2022 PM – Job 29-31 – Job2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: Several months ago, I set about to reflect over events in my childhood and to record a series of short accounts for our grandchildren. I was amazed at the number of events that I recalled. Times of reflection can be very […]
God’s Inscrutable Wisdom 10 April 2022 PM – Job 28:1-28 – Job2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: In the chapter before us this evening, Job asks the questions, “Where shall wisdom be found?” and “Whence then cometh wisdom?” These are good questions. One commentator states, “But to man this wisdom [by which God made and governs […]
Answering Critics 3 April 2022 PM – Job 4-27 – Job2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: God introduced us to Job as a man who, by God’s statement, was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and eschewed evil. At Satan’s request, God allowed Satan to take away all that Job had except his wife […]
Lamentation 20 March 2022 PM – Job 2:11-3:26 – Job2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: Lamentation is a cry of sorrow and grief. It is an expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret. Lamentation is a passionate expression of grief or sorrow. It shows publicly that you feel sad or disappointed about something. Here in the […]
How should we respond to trials? 13 March 2022 PM – Job 1:13-2:10 – Job2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: The preacher George Mueller once said, “God delights to increase the faith of His children. We ought, instead of wanting no trials before victory, no exercise for patience, to be willing to take them from God’s […]
What Does God Desire of Us? 6 March 2022 PM – Job 1:1-12 – Job2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: The Bible character Job probably lived in the days of Abraham. His home was in the land of Uz, probably southeast of the Dead Sea. He was a very godly and extremely rich man, as we […]