To Which...Will You Turn?

Job 4:20-5:1 – Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever. Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’ “Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Job 18:21 – Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”

Habakkuk 1:2 – How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save?

Job 9:33-34 – If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together, someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.

Job 19:25 – I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.

Application:

• ·         Having no intimate knowledge of God is synonymous with being wicked.
• ·         “To which…will you turn?” to plead your case with God.
• ·         God is so immense that Job feels he needs someone who can help him, someone who can argue his case in court.
• ·         Job’s call is not directly predicting the mediatorship of Christ, for Job is not looking for one to forgive him but for one who can testify to his innocence.
• ·         Job expresses confidence that ultimately God will vindicate His faithful servants in the face of all false accusations.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV