9 - Work
/7 - Joy
/2 - Mask Mandates and the Church (Part 2)
/Part 2
Would the Real Caesar Please Stand Up?
Be Subject to Your Rulers (1 Peter 2:13-14; Matthew 22:17-21)
Sphere Sovereignty
Dangers to Guard Against
Being Defined by Masks
Vilifying Those Who Disagree
1 - Mask Mandates and the Church (Part 1)
/Part 1—Strength, Weakness, and Fear
Talking About Differences
Ephesians 4:15—Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,
Romans 12:10—Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
1 Corinthians 13:2—And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
The Stronger Serve the Weaker (Romans 14)
Fear Not (Deuteronomy 31:8)
Identity
/5 - Wisdom, Repentance, and Life (Job 42:1-17)
/Biblical wisdom teaches us that repentance is the road to grace and life.
Wisdom and Repentance (vv. 1-6)
Now I See (vv. 1-5)
The Way of Wisdom (v. 6; cf. v. 10)
Restoration (vv. 7-17)
The Recognition of God’s Friendship (vv. 2-6)
Restoration of Job’s Honor (vv. 7-9; cf. Job 29:6-30:15)
The Restoration of Job’s Wealth (vv. 10-17; Job 29:2-5)
The Restoration of Life (42:10ff)
Vindication
The Vindication of God’s Grace
Suffering and Wisdom
4 - Wrestling with God (Job 38:1-41:34)
/God finally gives Job his audience and demonstrates that Job’s words have been both foolish and sinful.
Round One (38:1-40:5)
A Battle of Wits (38:1-3)
God’s Wisdom Demonstrated…
…on the Earth (38:4-21)
…in the Heavens (38:22-38)
…in Animals (38:39-39:30)
The Silence is Broken (Sort of) (40:1-3)
Job Remembers His Place (40:4-5)
Round Two (40:6-41:34)
“We’re Not Done” (40:6-14)
A Battle of Champions (40:15-41:34)
3 - Why? (Job 2:11 - 3:26)
/Job loses his way (of wisdom) because he seeks to make sense of his suffering with the logic of this world.
Job’s Counselors (2:11-13)
Job’s Trials Continue
A Funeral for the Living (vv. 12-13; cf. 1 Samuel 31:13)
Preferring Death to Life (3:1-26)
The Despondency of Job (3:1-10)
Accusation Without Cursing (3:1-10)
Despising the Day He Was Born (3:11-19)
To Die is Gain? (3:20-22; cf. Philippians 1:21-26)
Finding Fault with God (3:23-26)