We arrive at the third of Job’s miserable “comforter” – Zophar who i his self-righteous confidence about what Job needed to do wound up offering what Satan accused Job of. How do the genuinely righteous stand firm in their faith in the face of the smugly self-righteous.

Scripture Reference

Job 11-14, 20-21, 31

Complementary Reading: Psalm 120

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Sermon Notes

Don’t Let People Define Who You Are in Christ

• Resist the Temptations of the Smugly Self-Righteous
  • Zophar offers the temptation of Satan (chapter 11)
  • Zophar threatens the terrors of hell (chapter 20)
  • Job stands firm against this brutal assault on a righteous sufferer (chapters 12, 21)
  • Don’t ever be offering these temptations!
• Take Everything to God, Especially When People Fail You
  • Rejecting flawed human advice, Job finally takes everything to God (chapter 13)
  • As followers of Christ, we have confidence Job didn’t, that we’re invited to take everything before God
• Examine Yourself Like Job, but In Christ
  • As Job prepares for his encounter with God, he inspects himself (chapter 31)
  • We’re also called to examine ourselves (IN CHRIST) – 2 Corinthians 13:5
  • In Christ, we are justified, but we should share Job’s passionate pursuit of personal holiness