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Old Testament Survey – “Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms

Old Testament Survey – “Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms. Sound Baptist Bible College Fall 2002 Lesson Eleven. Old Testament Survey – “Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms. I. THERE WAS A MAN The writing style of Job is that of a Hebrew poetic style called “chokmah.”

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Old Testament Survey – “Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms

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  1. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms Sound Baptist Bible College Fall 2002 Lesson Eleven

  2. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • I. THERE WAS A MAN • The writing style of Job is that of a Hebrew poetic style called “chokmah.” • W.A. Criswell, Criswell Study Bible, pg 603 • This style was popular in the days of Solomon and is also the style of writing used, for instance in Homer’s Iliad and Odessey. • J Vernon McGee, Through the Bible, Vol 2 pg 580 • There are several unknowns about the book: Ø We do not know the author. Ø We do not know when it was written Ø We do not know where the land of Uz was • Matthew Henry Commentary, Vol III, pg 1-2

  3. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • I. THERE WAS A MAN • Job was, as far as we can tell, about as good of a man as you could ask for. But in the end, when standing before God, he still needed to repent. • The book of Job exposes the inner sins of a man that is in a hundred ways, far more righteous than any of us are. Yet Job is led to the place of repenting before God by the end of the book.

  4. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • I. THERE WAS A MAN • A. The character of Job • Job 1:1-5 • My, wouldn’t I love to have the eternal perfect word of God say something like this about me! • 1. Job was perfect • Now that does not mean he was sinless. The word is one that means morally good. • Job fits into the category of Eccl. 7:20 • For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. (KJV) • Probably the best description of this type of perfection is found right in the verse. • a. He fears God • b. He eschews evil

  5. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • I. THERE WAS A MAN • A. The character of Job • Job 1:1-5 • 2. Job was faithful in worship • Vs 5 • He was right there when it came time to give offerings and sacrifices to God. • 3. Job was a father to his children • Vs 5 • We see not only this great character in the first five verses, but really throughout the book. • He never cursed God the whole time • He never turned from God the whole time

  6. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • I. THERE WAS A MAN • B. The occurrence of trials • Job 1:6-12 • We may not like the fact that God allowed this to happen to Job. • But God is God! • And He has every right to do with us AS HE PLEASES! • God is sovereign and He can do what He chooses and it will serve no good for us to get mad at Him about it! • God delivered Job to the devil, with restrictions.

  7. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • I. THERE WAS A MAN • B. The occurrence of trials • Job 1:6-12 • And the trials he faced come in three waves: • 1. The loss of his family • Job 1:13-19 • I cannot imagine the pain he must have been facing at this time. • But his reaction is wonderful • The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

  8. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • I. THERE WAS A MAN • B. The occurrence of trials • Job 1:6-12 • 2. The loss of his health • Job 2:7-8 • His children have all been violently taken from him and now his health is wrecked.

  9. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • I. THERE WAS A MAN • B. The occurrence of trials • Job 1:6-12 • 3. The loss of close companionship • a. His wife taunts him to curse God and die. • Job 2:9 • When your mate hasn’t got the same relationship to God you have, it tears you up inside. • b. His friends can’t comfort him • Job 16:1-2 • Then Job answered and said, I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. (KJV) • Here is where Job’s testimony begins to break down; • The friends are not the ones to blame here. Job is the one who gets crosswise!

  10. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • I. THERE WAS A MAN • B. The occurrence of trials • Job 1:6-12 • [1.] Job came to hate life. • Job 3:1-11 • Job 10:1 • So often when things get tough the first thing that comes to the mind is’ “I wished I weren’t alive.” • Let me tell you- when God wants us in heaven, He will get us there Himself. Ours is to fight for life.

  11. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • I. THERE WAS A MAN • B. The occurrence of trials • Job 1:6-12 • [2.] Job tried to defend himself. • He defended himself with each of his friends Ø Eliphaz in chapters 4-7, 15-17, and 22-24 Ø Bildad in chapters 8-10 ,18-19 and 25-26 Ø Zophar in chapters 11-14 and 20-22 and Ø Elihu in chapters 32-37 • In each case, while I imagine the friends would have been wiser not to have said what they said, Job was in error to defend himself. • Job would have been better off appealing to the Lord than defending himself against the words of his friends.

  12. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • I. THERE WAS A MAN • B. The occurrence of trials • Job 1:6-12 • [2.] Job tried to defend himself. • But the real problem comes in chapters 38-42 when Job begins to defend himself against God. • Job 42:1-6 • Job demanded the right to defend himself before God (vs. 4)

  13. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • I. THERE WAS A MAN • C. The result of this conflict • Job 42:4-6 • The book of Job reveals a man who was very conscious of God but who could find nothing wrong with himself, one who was very egotistical about his own righteousness and maintained it in the face of those who were around him. Job felt that before God he was all right. In fact he wanted to come into the presence of God to defend himself. When Job did that he found he needed to repent! • J Vernon McGee, Through the Bible, Vol 2 pg 581 • Whenever we think we deserve anything better than what God has given us we are not right with God!

  14. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • The book of Psalms consists of 150 Psalms or songs written by at least eight different composers over a huge number of years. • The Psalms were originally five shorter books, but were placed together as we have them today around the time of Ezra and Nehemiah • W.A.Criswell, Criswell Study Bible, pg 640

  15. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • One of the most common ways to divide the Psalms is into categories based on the content of the individual Psalm • The six categories are; Ø Messianic Psalms (predict a truth about the Messiah) Ø Penitential Psalms (confession of sins) Ø Praise Psalms (worship to God) Ø Songs of degrees (sung while the Jews traveled to Jerusalem) Ø Imprecatory Psalms (pronounce curses on enemies) Ø Alphabetical Psalms (arranged in Hebraic Alphabetical order) • C.W. Slemming, The Bible Digest, pg 285

  16. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • A. Meet Christ in the Messianic Psalms • 2 Peter 3:18 says we should, “. . . grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” • There is no place in the Bible a person can get to know the Lord better than in the Psalms! • 1. We meet Christ the Saviour in Psalms 22 • Vs 1 says • “My God, My God why hast thou forsaken me?….” • The exact words Jesus cried on the cross as He died for your sins and mine! • Read through Psalm 22 and you will find a detailed description of the suffering of Jesus Christ for our salvation!

  17. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • A. Meet Christ in the Messianic Psalms • 2 Peter 3:18 says we should, “. . . grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” • There is no place in the Bible a person can get to know the Lord better than in the Psalms! • 2. We meet Christ the Shepherd in Psalm 23 • The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want…. • I take that literally. • When we get to know the Shepherd we lose the desire for the things of the world!

  18. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • A. Meet Christ in the Messianic Psalms • 2 Peter 3:18 says we should, “. . . grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” • There is no place in the Bible a person can get to know the Lord better than in the Psalms! • 3. We meet Christ the Sovereign in Psalm 26 • Ps 26:1-2 • Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. • Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. (KJV) • He has the right to judge and try and examine us. • He has the authority to do as He pleases!

  19. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • B. Confessing sins with the Penitential Psalms • Ps 51:1-3 • Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. • Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. • For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. (KJV) • There are, of course many of these penitential Psalms. • But to my thinking, Psalm 51 is the most poignant

  20. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • B. Confessing sins with the Penitential Psalms • Ps 51:1-3 • I Jn 1:9 • If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (KJV) • The way to keep our fellowship sweet and close is to confess to God our sins. • God is not interested in our telling Him how good we are. God wants us to tell Him how good He is! And He wants us to be honest before Him concerning our sins.

  21. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • C. Read the Bible like the Alphabetic Psalms • Ps 119:11-16 • Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. • With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. • I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. • I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. • I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. (KJV) • The most well known of the Alphabetic Psalms is Psalm 119.

  22. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • C. Read the Bible like the Alphabetic Psalms • Ps 119:11-16 • And among other things it teaches us that the Word of God is • 1. Better than food • Ps 119:103 • How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (KJV) • 2. Wiser than teachers • Ps 119:99 • I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. (KJV) • 3. More powerful than sin • Ps 119:11 • Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. (KJV) • Whenever someone wants help to overcome sin – here is the answer; memorize the Bible!

  23. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • D. Worship God as does the Praise Psalms • The very last words of the Psalms are • Ps 150:6 • Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. (KJV)

  24. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • D. Worship God as does the Praise Psalms • 1. The Person of Praise • Should be irrelevant. • There are ten Praise Psalms in the Bible and all of the composers are anonymous! • C.W. Slemming, The Bible Digest, pg 290 • The person offering the praise is not important, the One who is receiving the praise is!

  25. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • D. Worship God as does the Praise Psalms • 2. The Cause of Praise • Ought to be everything! • In the Psalms • There is praise for the blessings • There is praise for the beatitudes • There is praise for the benefits

  26. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • D. Worship God as does the Praise Psalms • 3. The Subject of Praise • Is, of course, the Lord.

  27. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • E. Live for the Lord demonstrated with the Songs of Degrees • Ps 122:1 • I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. (KJV) • These songs of degrees were sung by the Jews as they traveled towards Jerusalem for their annual feasts. They did not have church three times a week like we do today. Sabbath Synagogue worship did not begin until the Jews went into captivity and could not go to Jerusalem.

  28. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • E. Live for the Lord demonstrated with the Songs of Degrees • Ps 122:1 • And we get together in a church like this • 1. For Companionship • We can encourage one another in the way. • 2. For Safety • 1 Pet 5:8 • We gather together in the church because there is strength and safety in numbers. Show me a Christian who has gotten out of church and I will show you a Christian who is also backslidden and a prey of Satan! • 3. For Joy • That is the singing of these songs at church.

  29. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • F. Contend for the faith as implied in the Imprecatory Psalms • Ps 35:1 • Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. (KJV)

  30. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • F. Contend for the faith as implied in the Imprecatory Psalms • These may be some of the most confusing Words of the Bible for us to put in context. We know the New Testament tells us to love our enemies but here is the Psalmist praying that God would stomp on them! • The issue is easily settled when we remember that there are some differences between Christians and Jews. The Jews were promised an earthly kingdom. For them defeat of physical enemies was a must. But Christians are told that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal. We don’t fight a physical battle but a spiritual one. • And as long as we remember that our enemies are spiritual ones, these Psalms come alive with meaning for us today.

  31. Old Testament Survey –“Poetical Truth” Job, Psalms • II. THE BOOK OF PRAISES • Psalms 92:1-15 • F. Contend for the faith as implied in the Imprecatory Psalms • We have some enemies to conquer today too! • 1. We need to defeat the Devil • James 4:7 • 2. We need to mortify sin • Col 3:5-6 • When it comes to sins we commit our policy ought to be NO MERCY! • 3. We must advance the cause of Christ • Luke 14:23 • That is just taking new territory for the Lord. Go out and win souls just to have that many more who are; living for God, worshipping God, and serving God.

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