Ira Baptist Church
Sunday, March 3

      • Psalms 40.1-3NASB95

  • The Solid Rock
  • The Lord Almighty Reigns

      • Romans 5.1-3NASB95

      • Romans 5.4-6NASB95

      • Romans 5.7-9NASB95

      • Romans 5.10-11NASB95

  • Jesus Strong And Kind
  • Last time in Job, we saw that placing ourselves in the place of arguing against, or trying to find fault with God puts us in the dangerous spot of trying to be our own savior.
    Seeing that this is futile, we know that our only savior is God Himself.
    We didn’t look at this text last week, but it reminded me of the argument Paul is making in Romans 3.
    Romans 3:21–23 ESV
    But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
    God’s righteousness/holiness requires us to be righteous and holy.
    God is Holy, we are not - we need a substitute, we need a savior.
    No distinction, no advantage - Jew/gentile. In our context, we could say born and raised in church, born and raised in an atheists home.
    Why? For all - no distinction - have sinned and fall short.
    Romans 3:24–25 ESV
    and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
    No distinction could be discouraging, because it would place us at an equal standpoint of hopelessness.
    However, being made righteous and brought into God’s family is a gift that is given also without distinction to all who believe.
    Romans 3:26 ESV
    It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
    God - perfectly Holy, righteous, and just - can also be the justifier - the giver of this gift. His Holy character requires payment, his merciful nature makes that payment on our behalf.
    This is good news, and brings us back to Job’s conversation with God.
    I can’t be my own savior
    I can’t make my own sense of this world
    I can’t stand alone apart from knowing my creator
    Romans 3:27 (ESV)
    Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
    Pride in our relationship with God is a terrible stain. It doesn’t stain God, it stains our lenses.
    scratches on glasses
    Testing and sanctification - slow growth in discipleship and knowing God - cleans our glasses, as it were.
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    We must only open our eyes to see that we have no reason for boasting. May God give us grace to see, and Mercy to press on.

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    Two Great Beasts

    A. Behemoth

    B. Leviathan

    Two Great Lessons

    A. We are Part of God’s Creation

    We don’t know what we don’t know.
    in trade work
    in life
    in discipleship
    Romans 1:20 ESV
    For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

    B. We know Part of God’s Ways

    We do know what we can see
    General Revelation
    Like Behemoth and Leviathan
    Shows us more than meets the eye
    With God
    In the World
    Back to the beginning
    the scene of all these spiritual angelic beings, God over all. Satan walking in - more than meets the eye.
    Job didn’t get that conversation before the book like we did, but he’s getting it now in a different way
    Special Revelation
    Like God speaking to Job here
    Like God speaking to us in His Word
    2 Peter 1:3–4 ESV
    His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
    God has given us everything we need
    Through knowledge of Him
    Through his calling
    Through his promises
    Partnership
    not becoming Divine, but being let in to the Holy Place.
    New creation
    Us in God, God in is/with us.
    Escaping Corruption
    Isn’t that the question of Job?
    How do we escape corruption?
    Notice, Peter says we’ve already escaped the corruption, even though we’re surrounded by it.
    A promise
    A reality
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      • Romans 3:21–23NASB95

      • Romans 3:24–25NASB95

      • Romans 3:26NASB95

      • Romans 1:20NASB95

      • 2 Peter 1:3–4NASB95

  • How Great is Our God

      • Romans 8.38-39NASB95

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