Humility Leads To Unity - [1 Corinthians 2:14-16]

Commonly Misinterpreted Bible Verses and the Need for Context

Thank you, Brian. I just kept thinking about Blake Shepard dying in the last week. And if it wasn't for the Lord and his word it would not be well with our soul. Maybe one of the best lyrics of all time not inspired is from that song.

My sin. Oh the bliss of this glorious thought. My sin. Not the part. But the what whole is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Oh my soul. One of my favorite things to do on no compromise radio ministry is to talk about commonly misinterpreted Bible verses.

I Mean, it's just so easy because there are so many commonly misinterpreted Bible verses. It's almost not fair to do a show on that because it's low-hanging fruit. Revelation chapter 3. Behold I stand at the door and knock Matthew 18.

Where that where two or three are gathered. John 3 16 for God so loved the world. So many verses that we know. Rightfully, so we know them, but we don't really know the meaning. My question this morning is why don't we know the meaning?

Why don't we understand the meaning of the text. After all, we're looking for what God meant when he wrote that right? Authorial intent. The meaning of God as he wrote this and You know, the reason why we don't understand commonly misinterpreted Bible verses is we don't understand the what?

The context that's right. Context means everything. The passage we're gonna look at today. All right. Let me just pretend like I'm a no-compromise radio ministry for a minute I'm nicer than I am. I've come across on the radio.

I would imagine that almost everybody in this room Goes to 1st Corinthians chapter 2 14 and Uses it for evangelistic strategy without ever considering why Paul wrote that verse. I Say that because I did it for a long time.

And so why don't we turn our Bibles to 1st Corinthians chapter 2 as I attempt to try to finish Chapter 2 today. 1st Corinthians chapter 2 verses 14 to 16. Why are these verses here? What is the context?

What is God trying to say as you know, the book of 1st Corinthians? Was written to address Problems chapters 1 through 6 and then answer questions chapter 7 through 16. We've got some problems. There are moral problems.

There are legal problems and So could you answer those questions Paul chapters 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 and there's some specific questions That the people had and they wanted to ask Paul after all Paul had been there for 18 months teaching Acts chapter 18 and so there are specific questions about marriage and divorce speaking in tongues.

But where we are right now Chapter 1 2 3 4 has to do with what and I've been beating this drum for what 30 weeks now. Unity church unity chapters 1 2 3 4 have to do with church unity. So we're going to have to make sure if we look at chapter 1 and chapter 2 that we see those things in the greater Context.

How do you keep a unified church? We just can't somehow drop in parachute in in chapter 2 verse 14 and say this is good presuppositional methodological Evangelistic verse it's true. It can be applied and we need to know that when we go evangelize, but why is it even here?

Paul is dealing with church unity and he says this if every one of you Corinthians and every one of you BBC ins if I will Follow Christ and his wisdom will be a unified church. If we all follow different philosophies and different wisdoms, we'll all split up.

I mean after all look at us. What keeps us together? Man and woman black and white. Pro homeschool pro public school. Pro birth control. No pro birth control. Smoke don't smoke drink. Don't drink. Colombians.

Peruvians Ukrainians Afrikaners Irish. Oh, how are we all together? How do you keep a group like this together? You keep a group like this together by focusing on Christ his work his person and his Word through the apostolic messengers and then we line up under that.

The converse is also true show me a church that is fractured and split apart and I'll show you people that have different ultimate authorities besides Christ in his word. And so Paul says let's all be together by being under Christ and his word through the apostolic messengers.

And he says we've got to follow the right wisdom in chapter 1 2 and then in chapter 3 and 4. He says we've got to make sure we understand leadership correctly. So what does chapter 2 verse 14 and 16 have to do with church unity.

That is the question that unlocks the original intent of this passage. And what Paul is going to do that we'll see today is he's going to try to make you walk down memory lane. To make you realize what was I like before I was a Christian and now look at what God has done.

Look at what God has done for me. Look at how God has given me the spirit to illumine my mind. If it wasn't for God many of us here who were English, we would still be running around in England worshiping trees.

If it wasn't for God some of us who are from India would be worshiping other kind of idols. But God has done something to us and therefore out of humility we ought to follow him. Now why do people quote why do preachers quote people?

Well, maybe they run out of information, but I like to quote people to Confirm and affirm in your heart that I'm not the only one that would come up with the crazy interpretation. DA Carson said this Paul wants to make sure his readers fully grasp their utter dependence on the Holy Spirit.

For nothing else will so quickly humble their endless pretensions to greatness and all the divisiveness self-centeredness and Lovelessness that follow hard on the heels of such puffery end quote. If you get that you'll get first Corinthians chapter 2 verses 14 15 and 16 now.

Let me read the passage and then let's talk about it a little bit in a way that Does not forget the context of church unity. First Corinthians chapter 2 verse 14 to 16 in the ESV. The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God.

But they are folly to him and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things but is himself to be judged by no one. For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?

But we have the mind of Christ. Paul is going to try to instruct the Corinthians and I'm going to try to instruct you through Paul. To stay humble and remember what you have received. You have not only received the Lord's death in your place With the confirming resurrection, but you've also received insight into that.

Isn't that amazing that God would do that? God could have his son die in the cross for sinners raised him from the dead and we would not know the details. We would not know the precision the interesting nuances the depth.

We would know Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so maybe but we wouldn't know about reconciliation forgiveness substitution Redemption propitiation we wouldn't know any of that. The only reason we know that is what God told us.

God told us and so if God told us what do we have that we have not received? Nothing. So why should we ruffle up our feathers kind of like peacocks and say, you know what look at us? We all have received the truth from God.

We've all been saved by God. Then. Let's just line up under God. I think it was Watson who said it's a good thing that peacocks have black feet. So that they can remember that they're not so pretty. Paul's gonna use chapter 2 verses 14 and 16 to say now.

I just want to remind you one last time. What you would have been like? So you can all line up under this wisdom from God that was decreed before the ages began. That has given to you freely. It used to be a mystery.

You couldn't figure out and now, you know. And if you've received wisdom from God How could you be bragging how could you say follow me let's go this way the leaders are going that way. We'll follow this way and Paul says no chapters 1 2.

We have the Spirit of God to teach us. Let's follow him. You say I get it already. I'm glad you do but there are a few that need to be reminded just in context. What is going on here? Listen to what Jonathan Edwards said?

Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as. Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as Humility. That's what Paul's after here. Humble people don't split churches. Those that follow God's wisdom through the Apostles don't split churches and the good news for Bethlehem Bible Church.

At least not that I know of at least not that the elders know of there's no impending split. This is not a You know better get in line sermon. This is let's remember this kind of wisdom. So we don't get in that situation.

My take on Edwards quote would be this nothing sets a church so much out of the devil's reach as humility. So I think here's what we'll do today for an outline. Let's look at chapter 2 verses 14 through 16 in a way that will help you remember the context.

Let me give you six motivations designed for you to stay humble so that the church remains unified and Again, we're gonna see Paul dabble with a little bit of what the unbelievers were like. So you will say and I think Carson is right.

Yes. That's what we used to be and we used to divide we used to say I am of Paul. I am of Apollos. I am of Socrates. I am of Plato. I am of this person. I'm of that person. There's a reason why you used to do that.

You had to do it we'll see. But we're going to have a mind that thinks properly. Let me give you six motivations designed for a church like Bethlehem Bible Church to stay humble and to stay unified. Motivation number one if it were not for the grace of God, you would never accept the things of the Spirit of God.

It's found right there in chapter 2 verse 14. The text gives the outline if it was not for the grace of God if it were not for the grace of God. You would not accept the things of the Spirit. Paul says remember what you used to do and you will be humble.

The natural person verse 14 does not accept the things of the Spirit of God. I used to like to do everything with. With alliteration, but why spend time on alliteration when I can just give you the outline point from the text point.

Number one from verse 14 the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God if it wasn't for God. That would be us matter of fact. What is a natural man? The one who doesn't have the spirit the one who's not born again.

He has no spirit dwelling in him. He's unconverted. Jude 19 says he's devoid of the spirit he has worldly wisdom and What does this worldly wisdom person do or not do does not accept the things of the Spirit of God.

I Wish the text would be a little bit different here in English because oh, I just don't accept that. No. Thank you. Could you please pass the salt? No, thanks. We kind of get this word where it just you know, it's no problem.

I just don't accept that. You know what the word really is in the force of the original language. Reject. I Reject that if I say can you please pass the salt or you say would you like some salt? And I put my hand out kind of a stiff arm kind of a linebacker kind of thing and I go I reject that.

That's what the word is implying. It's not just so I don't accept it. Can you remember when you were an unbeliever and people came to preach the gospel to you the first time the hundredth time? You know, you're a sinner and you need to be saved by God's grace and your self-righteousness is going to condemn you.

What did you do? Oh, thank you, sir. May I have another I? Didn't I thought this although I was sophisticated enough on the outside. How dare you talk to me that way I I Would fall right into this kind of you know, I'm religious.

I'm spiritual. I'm spiritually religious this means to rebuff to refuse to reject and the word has got a Meaning that means if someone comes to your door. You either welcome them or you reject them. This is the opposite of a welcome mat at someone's door.

Well, we used to go door-to-door at Grace Church for evangelism class and I've told you the story many times. I would remember the first time I went to somebody's door and Trying to remember the guy's name who I went with.

I know where he's teaching she's in a cornerstone seminary and I said, okay, I Knock at the first door you talk we were in seminary, but we were completely paralyzed With fear, so I'll knock and you talk and so it's like, okay not home go to the next door.

Hi, my name is Mike and we're with Grace Church and we have this concert. And I always remember to this day the big Hells Angel kind of biker guy like hey, come on in man. You want a beer? And I remember the older lady who looked like my grandma and I thought oh she opened the door.

This is gonna just be Sweet she's gonna have to say come on in for some cookies. She's going to receive us with a welcome mat. You've even seen welcome mat to sometimes say what on it. Welcome, we have some visiting pastors here today.

So and that lady took the door when I said hi, I'm with Grace Community Church and we're here slam the door. It's exactly the word here Corinth you should be doing the opposite because that's what you used to do when you were Unbelievers and pagans when I showed up in Acts chapter 18, but the Spirit of God has saved you regenerated you.

It's the Spirit of God who's applied Christ's work to your life. You see things differently. You understand that the Spirit of God uses Apostles like Paul to talk line up under that. This is what you used to be.

Don't do that anymore by the way, the original is a consistent and persistent Rejection. If believers in James are to receive with meekness the engrafted word. What do you think unbelievers do? With their rebellion and their rejection and their love of their own virtue.

We don't want the Word of God to rule over us. Now, of course these things help us in evangelism, but primarily that's not the point here. Why do people reject the word like that? Listen what Aldous Huxley said I had motive for not wanting the world to have meaning.

Did you get that I had a motive for wanting the world to not wanting the world to have meaning? Consequently assumed that it had none and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption.

The fuzzle philosopher who finds no meaning in the world is not concerned Exclusively with the problem in pure metaphysics. He's also concerned to prove that there is no valid reason why he personally should not do as he wants to.

Or why his friends should not seize political power and govern in the way that they find most advantageous to themselves. Listen to this show me an unbeliever and I'll show you somebody who's constructed this kind of worldview for this reason.

For myself Huxley said the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation sexual and political. I Want to sin. I want to live the way I want to win live. I want to do what I want to do and I want to sleep at night and not have a conscience that keeps saying Stop stop stop stop.

So I have to say to the Word of God when it comes to inform my conscience. I reject you. I Don't want that get it away from me. That's nice for you. And they kind of pat you on the forehead. I'm glad it's working out for you.

So Paul's saying remember what you were like, but we're the opposite now. We accept this truth from God and we line right up underneath it. We accept it as chapter 2 says given by the Spirit. Secondly the second motivation designed for us to stay humble and therefore unified is If it were not for the grace of God you would think that the Bible and Jesus are foolish.

You would think these spiritual things Spiritual truths of forgiveness and Jesus are folly the ESV says. First of all, you give the stiff arm and second of all you think it was folly. Now the flip side for us is we don't Think it's fall anymore.

We think it's wisdom. We think it's eternal. We think it's fabulous. We just think how we can know what God thinks in grammar. This is the reason for the first. Why don't you accept it? Here's the reason for they are folly to him.

Foolishness, I Like how Charles Hodges Interprets this they are absurd insipid and distasteful. Go back to chapter 1. We saw the same word didn't we verse 18 for the Word of the cross is what? Folly. It's moronic to those who are perishing Verse 21 for since in chapter 1 for since in the wisdom of God the world did not know God through wisdom.

It pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. Calvin rubbed people the wrong way and he meant to with this quote. Faced with God's revelation. The unbeliever is like a donkey at a concert.

But I don't think he went far enough there. Unless he means the donkey was using its hind legs to kick. To say this is just causing some kind of noise. I like donkey serenity and you're making noise and I'm going to stop the noise.

This is what we used to be like and Paul says remember you're not the natural man. He's just said in chapter 2 verses 6 through 13. Do you see God's holy wisdom through the Apostles inspired by the Spirit of God line up under that.

We're not like this natural man anymore this unbeliever. Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with Paul and said what does this babbler wish to say? This is stupid. Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead some mocked.

But since it's a matter of questions about words and names and your own loss see to it yourself. I refuse to be a judge of these things. Three different quotes from Acts. Thirdly Paul says remember this is what you were now.

Here's what you are and it's all by God's grace. So be a humble Church. The sixth the third motivation. So if it were not for the grace of God. Do you think you could come up with the next outline point by the way?

What's the outline point? You could not or would not understand the things of the Spirit verse 14 and He is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. I Reject them. They're foolish and here I Don't understand them.

Oh unbelievers can understand grammar can't they. They can put together lexicons and dictionaries and they can understand syntax. But they don't have the Spirit of God in them to illumine. To have some kind of decoder.

I remember the Enigma code remember the Enigma machine back in World War two. They don't have some kind of decoder ring as it were. Because these things these truths forgiveness redemption Christ substitution atonement resurrection bodily resurrection.

These things are spiritually discerned spiritually discerned by the way. Judicial investigation, that's where we get that word. It's an investigation. You see I'm gonna look at all these things in a court of law.

This is object number one. This is evidence number two and you look at them with the mind of a lawyer to say this is right. And this is wrong. The unbelievers say what I don't know works for you. It's okay with you.

Used of a pretrial examination in Acts 25 after we have examined him. I may have something to write said King Agrippa. For the unbeliever the scriptures are not difficult. They're not hard. They're not Able.

It's impossible for them to understand them. Martin Luther said the Bible cannot be understood simply by study our talent. You must count only on the influence of the Holy Spirit. And if the Holy Spirit has given you that insight Why would you run around and be?

Factional. Unless the Spirit of God has factions. One man said the best an unbeliever can do is gnaw the bark of Scripture without getting to the wood. Man is like a pillar of salt like lots wife. He's like a log or a stone.

He is like a lifeless statue which uses neither eyes nor mouth nor senses nor heart unless he is enlightened Converted and regenerated by the Spirit. Turn with me if you would do Ephesians chapter 4. I want to talk about the mind just for a second because I think we forget Ephesians chapter 4.

Truths are spiritually discerned. My question is going to be this. Why did God give you your mind? What is the ultimate purpose for your mind. You've seen the commercials haven't you a mind is a what?

Terrible thing to waste and that's exactly what every unbeliever does because the mind is given by God for one Primary purpose. What is that purpose? Look at Ephesians chapter 4 verse 17. Ephesians 4 17.

Paul again the author here. Beginning to tell the church how to respond to Christ. Work the Father's election and the Spirit's sealing ministry. And he says. With almost the same kind of idea of first Corinthians 2 14 and following.

Now this I say and testify in the Lord. That you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do. How do one believers walk in the futility of their minds. They have failed to attain the real and primary purpose of the mind and that is to what?

Mark this well to receive God's revelation about Christ Jesus and Respond with honor praise and thanks. That's why you have a mind. That is the primary reason you have a mind and what does an unbeliever do?

The text futility means useless. It means worthless. The original purpose of the mind one man said was to be able to comprehend God's revelation. It's exactly right. But now they have a mind that is an intellectual functioning thing, but they have aimlessness purposelessness.

Uselessness, it's not that people are stupid. It's not that they don't have higher IQs than we do. But the mind that is made to receive the revelation from God and respond with worship and praise and honor.

That says I will worship and praise and honor myself. God gives them over to a what kind of mind a depraved kind of mind. For as a man thinks within himself, so he is. Show me someone that's an unbeliever with a futile mind and I'll show you a lawless Immoral person.

That's what Paul's after here. Show me someone who says I'm not going to use my mind to exalt the triune God. I'm going to exalt myself and everything else and I'll show you someone that has. Unbelief leading to lawlessness then leads to immorality and that's exactly what Paul says here in Ephesians chapter 4.

They've got a defective mind. Sin leads to more sin. The punishment Augustine said of sin is more sin. So look at what verse 18 says. By the way, as we read this, I hope you say to yourself. I'm glad this isn't me anymore.

I'm glad it's not me driving down Santa Monica Boulevard. And I was going to church coming home from church one day and a guy who I wish I knew his name to this day I'd have forgotten his name. He looked at me and and everybody was going around telling their conversion stories.

And are you a Christian? Are you not? And I said, I'm a Christian and He looked at me. He goes you are. I wanted to just punch him because He made me look bad in front of other people but he knew my lifestyle and.

It starts with the mind and when the mind goes then it turns to lawlessness and immorality and look what happens verse 18 being darkened in their understanding. Doesn't that sound like first Corinthians?

They can't discern because they don't have the spirit. The first effect is they're darkened. The second effect is they're excluded from the life of God alienated. There's a source for that because of the ignorance that is in them because of the hardness of their hearts their hearts are calloused.

Our hearts were calloused Verse 19 and they having become callous have given themselves over to sensuality. See it starts with the mind the mind goes and doesn't worship God with heart soul mind and strength and then it turns into immorality.

For the practice of every kind of impurity and then don't aren't these words haunting to you with greediness. With greediness. It's never enough. These people have become callous. They've lost all sensitivity and they rationalize sin all as long as no one gets hurt and they give themselves over.

This is not God with a gun to the head sin more sin more sin more. These are them themselves. They have a mission they're sold out they have a hundred and ten percent involvement into this with greediness.

After all idols demand sacrifices and if the idol is a false God then that false God has to be worshipped back to 1st Corinthians chapter 2 so Bethlehem Bible Church. Since God has saved us. Because God has made you alive in Christ Jesus.

This isn't us. This isn't biblical wisdom. This is a worldly wisdom that says we're gonna follow people. We're gonna split. We're gonna run our own way. We're gonna do things like we used to do. And the fourth motivation.

It's found in verse 15. If it were not for the grace of God, you would never appraise things properly. You wouldn't appraise things properly verse 15. Isn't this fascinating? The spiritual person judges all things.

But is himself to be judged by no one. Now before you go, oh, that's great. Nobody can judge me. I've got a verse judge. Not lest you be judged. Well, I got a return verse. I'm judged to be judged by no one.

Let's take a look at this the spiritual person the natural person. No spirit the spiritual person and dwelt by the Spirit of God a Christian Judges all things. By the way, this is not a great translation because the word isn't really judge.

It's to investigate. It's not Creno. It's Anna Creno. It's to investigate. It's to examine. It's to discern. The spiritual person examines all things. But is himself to be examined by no one. Now let's think about this if unbelievers can't understand the things of the Spirit.

They don't accept them. They think it's folly. They can't spiritually appraise. Could they look at your life and say you're holy? You're godly. You're walking in tune with the Spirit. You're a Christian.

Could they look at your life without a decoder ring without a way to analyze without some kind of standard without illumination? Could they look at you and judge your life with an investigative judgment that says you are a Christian and you aren't a Christian.

You're a growing Christian, you're an immature Christian. You're some kind of Christian struggling with this sin your issue theologically is this your problem? Philosophically with religion is this can they do that?

Well. The text says they can't. Because they don't have it in them. Well, they could say, you know, you call yourself a Christian and you're living with your girlfriend. You ought not to do that. They could say that but with this deep investigation this examination.

They can't do it because how do you draw a conclusion about discernment without the Spirit of God? Just put my elbow on this thing and close my eyes for a second almost fell over. When have that been emphatic point that would have been a sign for you to pay attention to this sermon?

Pastor just slew himself in the spirit while he was preaching Nancy by the way, I love you. If I'm tired, you must be exhausted. I'm glad you're here to worship your Savior today in spite of all that.

We love you. We can't be judged by unbelievers When it comes to spiritual things because they're incapable of judging. But we're capable of judging. We have the standard we have the Word of God. We have divine wisdom.

We can make correct assessments because we have the objective standard called the Word of God number five. If it were not for the grace of God, you would think you could instruct God. Verse 16 a. First you wouldn't accept.

Then you'd think it's foolish. Then you couldn't understand then you couldn't appraise things. But for us, it's all the flip side is true for Christians. We do accept. We welcome the truth. We think it's wise not foolish.

We can't understand spiritual things. We can't appraise things. And if we've received all these things and just get in line. Why be prideful when every one of these has been received and then Paul says if it wasn't for the grace of God.

You think you can instruct God? Verse 16 for who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him from Isaiah chapter 40 the ignorance of an unbeliever now turns to Arrogance. It's not just ignorance, but it's arrogance and People say things like this and you can tell they're wanting to instruct the Word of God.

This is akin to Peter saying Jesus sit down shut up and let me tell you about your future and what did Jesus say to Peter? Get thee behind me Satan. This is the unbelieving mind. That says I'm gonna tell you who you are God.

And I'm gonna fashion a God in my own image out of my little idol-making factory called the heart and I'll tell you and people Say this well, and they're talking to you about you know, the God of the Bible.

Well, my God is like this. Well, my God, he wouldn't elect people before foundations of the world. Well, my God wouldn't damn people well, my God wouldn't just have Jesus as the only Savior and I think Your God is non-existent and it's a figment of your own imagination because there's only one God and You're trying to instruct God God.

I just you know, you're just too righteous for me. You're just too holy for me. You're just too just for me. What does the world do? I'll tell you who you should be God. I'm sick of all the holiness. I want love and Not by the way, not agape love.

I want the love that is Sentimental sappy superfluous when we were unbelievers. We thought we could teach God a lesson or two. Corinth you used to tell God who he was. Used to pick the gods that you wanted.

I'll never forget the one time I first time I went to India I met a young man and I was needed directions. I was lost someplace. I was by myself and and I told he said what are you doing here? And I said I'm here to teach the Bible to other pastors and he said oh.

He said that's good because you know, it's spiritual and everything and I said, are you a Christian? He said no. No, I said well, what gods do you worship? Now he's about 25 years old. And if you're a 25 year old young man, what gods do you worship?

I'll tell you what the three gods were. I don't know the names of many more. These were the gods the sex God the money God and the strength God and I said See that Sun up there. The one God in the universe made that Sun and put it up there.

And then he said the street that you're looking for is right. We've come from a position of we used to tell God what he could be like and then now we really are instructed by God. And Paul saying here again big picture show me a fractured church and I'll show you rival people and rival parties following truth in their mind.

Proudly, so be humble and say everything I have I've received from God. I'm no longer what I used to be by the grace of God. I am this way and I should act in concert with who I am my position in Christ.

Jesus should flow out into its practice. Can we use these verses for evangelistic knowledge ahead of time what will the unbeliever respond with. What is he capable to respond with? Of course we can but I don't want to run there too fast.

Who has understood the mind of the Lord so to its instruct him you can't figure God out unless he tells you. And he's told us through the Spirit of God in chapter 2 this was us. This is you and I can just sense I don't use this in a mystical way.

But I could just feel Satan driving this kind of theology that says we're gonna just tell God. What he's like did God really say the God of the Bible really say that? You can just feel the God of the world the powerful evil one driving this kind of thing.

Sometime we don't have time to read them right now, but I like Job 38. Who's the one who really should be asking the questions? People are God. Job thought he would instruct God. Can you imagine? Okay class?

I love teaching Sunday school classes and other classes. All right, everybody come in and here's the goal of the class today. I know something you don't know and I'm going to teach you. I might not say it that way, but that's what we do in Sunday school.

Right? I'm the teacher. I know something you don't know. I teach you and so can you imagine having? God listen to Job listen to Job listen to Job listen to Job. And then God said now it's time for class Job.

And I have a few questions for you. And if you get a few right, maybe I'll answer you some other questions, but I'm asking you the questions. This is the way it should be. Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Dress for action like a man. I will question you and you make it known to me. Were you there when I laid the foundation of the earth. Tell me if you have understanding who determines its measurements.