Ignoring the Lord
Job 19: 14-17
I)
His
Cry.
Vs. 15 Cease to treat me as the head of the
house.
A) The
cry of sorrow. Matthew
27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
B) The
cry of supping. Revelation
3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock:
if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will
sup with him, and he with me.
C) The
cry of service. Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I
send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
II)
His
Call.
Vs. 16, Proverbs 1:24 Because I have called, and
ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
A) The
call of relationship. Isaiah
65:11-14 But ye are they that forsake
the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop,
and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. Therefore will I number
you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I
called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before
mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. Therefore thus
saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry:
behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants
shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: Behold, my servants shall sing for joy
of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of
spirit.
B) The
call of redemption. Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith
the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
C) The
call of rejection. John 1:9-11
That was
the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in
the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came
unto his own, and his own received him not.
III)
His
Claim. Vs. 16. 144 times the Bibles mentions the exact
phrase “my God”.
A) Moses
cried “my God”. Exodus 15:2 The LORD is
my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I
will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
B) Joshua
cried “my God”. Joshua 14:8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart
of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
C) Ruth
cried “my God”. Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to
return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where
thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God
my God:
D) David
cried “my God”. Psalms 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of
my salvation, and my high tower.
E) Isaiah
cried “my God”. Isaiah 25:1 O LORD, thou art
my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful
things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
F) Jeremiah,
the weeping prophet cried “my God”. Jeremiah 31:18 I have
surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and
I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me,
and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
G) Doubting
Thomas cried “my God”. John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
H) Apostle
Paul cried “my God”. Philippians 4:19 But my
God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
IV)
His
Child. Vs. 16
A) Christ
is the Word. John 1:1,14
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and truth.
1. The
Word will not return void. Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it
shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and
it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
2. The
Word shall stand forever. Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass
away.
B) Christ
is the Way. John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
C) Christ
is to be worshiped. Revelation
15:3-4 And they sing the song of Moses the
servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are
thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of
saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou
only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for
thy judgments are made manifest.
1. Worship
in Spirit and Truth. John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers
shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to
worship him.
V)
His
Church. Vs. 17 God breath –
Inspirational. 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness: The word strange means foreign.
A) His
Word is foreign. Revelation
22:18-19 For I testify unto every man that
heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these
things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And
if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God
shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and
from the things which are written in this book.
B) His
Doctrines are foreign. Colossians
2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through
philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of
the world, and not after Christ. Hebrews 13:9 Be not carried about with
divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be
established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have
been occupied therein.
1. Through
the ignorance of self-righteousness. Romans 10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going
about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto
the righteousness of God.
2. Through
the ignorance of spiritual-blindness. Ephesians 4:18
Having the understanding darkened, being
alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because
of the blindness of their heart:
C) His
Presence is foreign. Jeremiah
8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her
appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time
of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. Jeremiah
9:3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but
they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil
to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
1. Without
the presence of God there is no conviction.
2. Without
the presence of God there is no conversion.
3. Without
the presence of God there is no communication.
4. Without
the presence of God there is compromise.
VI)
His
Cost.
Vs. 17
A) Leaving
the glories of Heaven. One night He spent in the palace of
Glory....the next night He spent in a stable.
One day He wore the purple robe of royalty....the next He wore the garb
of a poor peasant. Philippians
2:5-8 Let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal
with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion
as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of
the cross.
B) Lonely
life on earth. If you left your home a few years and
then came back and no one recognized you, surely life would be empty and
disappointing for you. He was lonely in
another way. He loved a prefect life
among imperfect people. This was natural
source of loneliness, even the loneliness of Spirit, which is harder to bear
than any other type of loneliness. Matthew 8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds
of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his
head. John 1:11 He came unto his
own, and his own received him not.
C) Long
suffering on Calvary. This old world has seen some dark
days. It was a dark day when the flood
swept mankind off the face of the earth.
It is a dark day when the earth trembles with an earthquake and
thousands are killed. It is a dark day
when fire sweeps over an area and leaves death and destruction in its
wake. It is a dark day when war is
declared and men go forth to do wholesale murder. But the day when Jesus died on the cross was
the darkest day this world has ever seen. Luke 23:33
And when they were come to the place, which
is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the
right hand, and the other on the left.
1. There’s
the suffering of the great drops of blood at Gethsemane.
2. There’s
the suffering of the great strips of battle at the Government.
3. There’s
the suffering of the great pierces of brutality at Golgotha.
When the
nails pierced His hands, He was buying our hands with all their power to work
and to serve Him. When the nails pierced
His feet, He was buying our feet with all their power to go, and to run errand
of mercy and to work for Him. When the
jagged crown of thorns pierced his brow, He was buying our brain with all its
power to think and plan for the progress of the Kingdom of God. When the spear went into His heart, He was
buying our hearts with all their power to love and to lift and to serve. We are His...every bit of us...He died for
you....Will you live for?
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