https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/WhatIsMan.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\tby Jeffrey W. Hamilton<\/p>\n\t
Text: Psalm 8:3-9<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I. Job faced a severe trials as Satan tried to get him to turn against God<\/p>\n
A. It wasn’t just the suffering that Job wrestled with.<\/p>\n B. Trying to understand what lead to his plight also caused Job to raise other\nquestions as well.\n
C. One that Job asked is “What is man?”<\/p>\n
II. What is man that God should exalt him? – Job 7:17-20<\/p>\n
A. Job wonders why God bothers to notice him<\/p>\n
1. Such scrutiny is more than Job believes he can bear<\/p>\n
2. The call to righteousness seem difficult to reach – Job 14:1-6<\/p>\n
B. Eliphaz’s answer is that man is too dirty – Job 15:14-16<\/p>\n
1. It is a theme that he keeps repeating – Job 4:17-21<\/p>\n C. I’ve known people who take that attitude. Men are too wicked. They have to be\nbeneath the notice of God.\n
D. Or like Job that it is too hard to strive for.<\/p>\n
III. What is man that God should care? – Psalm 8:3-9<\/p>\n
A. In one sense, man is another part of God’s creation. <\/p>\n 1. We can examine all the intricate parts and marvel at their workings –\nPsalm 139:13-16\n
2. God cares for His creatures – Matthew 6:26, 28-30<\/p>\n
a. But Jesus’ point is that man in more than the animals and plants<\/p>\n
B. Man shares a commonality with God<\/p>\n
1. We are three parts – I Thessalonians 5:23<\/p>\n
2. Unlike the animals we were made in the image of God – Genesis 1:27<\/p>\n
3. Animals and humans return to the dust when we die – Ecclesiastes 3:19-21<\/p>\n a. But we can’t see the spirit. I can’t prove that the spirit continues\non.\n
b. But we believe because God said so – Ecclesiastes 12:6-7<\/p>\n
C. God cares because we belong to Him – Ezekiel 18:4, 20<\/p>\n
IV. God made us to be righteous<\/p>\n
A. God made man righteous, but they seek out sin – Ecclesiastes 7:29<\/p>\n B. Ephesians 1:3-6 – Before the foundation of the world to be holy, so He planned for\nour salvation \n
C. In that offer of salvation we see God’s love for us – I John 4:9-11<\/p>\n
D. He doesn’t want people to perish – Ezekiel 18:21-23<\/p>\n E. Nothing can come between us and God’s love, if we would just not turn our backs\non Him – Romans 8:30-39\nV. Given God’s care and great love for each of us, why should we seek any other but the one\nGod?\n
A. We cannot put one little star in motion,<\/p>\n
We cannot shape one single forest leaf,<\/p>\n
We cannot fling a mountain up, nor sink an ocean,<\/p>\n
Presumptuous pigmy, large with unbelief!<\/p>\n
\n
We cannot bring one dawn of regal splendor,<\/p>\n
Nor bid the day to shadowy twilight fall,<\/p>\n
Nor send the pale moon forth with radiance tender;<\/p>\n
And dare we doubt the One who has done all?<\/p>\n
S. A. Nagel<\/p>\n
B. God wants us to believe that He will welcome us – Hebrews 11:6<\/p>\n
C. That belief should spur us to do His works – Ephesians 2:10<\/p>\n D. Will you not accept that God loves you, cares for you? Will you put off your sins,\nand put on the Lord? – Romans 6:3-4\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Psalm 8:3-9 I. Job faced a severe trials as Satan tried to get him to turn against God A. It wasn’t just the suffering that Job wrestled with. B. Trying to understand what lead to his plight also caused Job to raise other questions as well. C. One that Job asked is “What…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,32],"tags":[90,65,1577,47],"class_list":["post-63685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-sermon","tag-god","tag-love","tag-man","tag-salvation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52101,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-did-elihu-tell-job-that-his-suffering-was-a-chastisement-from-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":63685,"position":0},"title":"Why did Elihu tell Job that his suffering was a chastisement from God?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: In Job 33:19 Elihu tells Job that his pain and suffering are a chastisement from God. What did Job do to cause God to put this sickness upon him to start with? Thank you. Answer: Elihu scolds Job for complaining that God has caused him to suffer without explaining\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32795,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-plea-for-a-daysman\/","url_meta":{"origin":63685,"position":1},"title":"The Plea for a Daysman","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jarrod M. Jacobs Job chapter nine records one of the speeches Job made when defending himself against Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. This speech in chapter nine is somewhat different from the others. Job does not spend much of his speech responding directly to Bildad and what he said in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":56057,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/elihus-discipline-and-correction-of-job\/","url_meta":{"origin":63685,"position":2},"title":"Elihu’s Discipline and Correction of Job","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"by Pat Gates via\u00a0Our Hope Online Job 34 Elihu's Charge Against Job Speaks without knowledge Words without wisdom Answers like a wicked man Is rebellious and multiplies his words against God \"Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom. Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost, Because his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10942,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-book-of-job\/","url_meta":{"origin":63685,"position":3},"title":"The Book of Job","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 30, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: Job 1:6-12 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If someone asked you what the book of Job was about, how would you answer? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Most of us would point out that it deals with the question of human suffering. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The book tells the story of a man who loses everything \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He suffers greatly and wrestles\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sermon"","block_context":{"text":"Sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/sermon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30961,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-does-integrity-mean\/","url_meta":{"origin":63685,"position":4},"title":"What does integrity mean?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What does integrity mean? Answer: Integrity means to be complete, upright, innocent of willful wrongdoing, a person with a clear conscience. For example, Job was a man of integrity. \"There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":63392,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-rights-of-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":63685,"position":5},"title":"The Rights of God","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 15, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Acts 11:1-18 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0When Peter returned to Jerusalem after the conversion of the Gentile, Cornelius, he met with opposition. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He was accused of associating with unholy people - Acts 11:2-3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Peter recounted the events that led him to Cornelius\u2019 house and the miracle that was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sermon"","block_context":{"text":"Sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/sermon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}