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May God bless you and save you any way.
-Tim A. Blankenship
A Prince Near to GOD
Job 31:35-37
1. Job has a longing to be heard in God’s court;
2. Job is willing and does sign his petition to have the Almighty answer him;
3. Job believes that if the Almighty has written a book, then he will be found guiltless of the charges against him;
4. He would present himself as a prince near to GOD.
I. HOW CAN JOB BE CONFIDENT OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE GOD? (v. 35).
II. THE BOOK HAS BEEN WRITTEN AND THE HUMAN RACE, EVEN THE “RIGHTEOUS” ARE FOUND GUILTY (v. 35).
III. WHEN GOD FINDS A MAN RIGHTEOUS WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHOW FORTH THE ONE WHO IS RIGHTEOUS – THERE IS A “CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS” (v. 36; 1:8; 2:3; 2 Timothy 4:8).
IV. WHEN WE ARE DECLARED “RIGHTEOUS” BY GOD WE HAVE THE RIGHT, THE POWER (John 1:12) TO COME NEAR UNTO GOD AS A PRINCE AND/OR A SON(v. 37).
Summary –
i. The only way of confidence of righteousness before God is knowing that God has declared one righteous before Him;
ii. Without the just righteousness of God we all stand guilty before sinless God;
iii. God has declare many righteous, by grace, through the work of His Son Jesus Christ;
iv. We have inherited all that belongs to Christ Jesus Himself (Romans 8:14-17).
-T.A.
The sermon points of a message preached at Carr Lane Baptist Church 07/31/11 by Tim A. Blankenship
The Fire and Hammer 