Job 9:33
The sermon explores the need for a mediator between God and man, highlighting the role of Christ as the answer to Job's cry for a daysman.
Chuck Smith explores the profound struggle of Job, who, stripped of all he held dear, questions how a mere man can be just before God. He emphasizes Job's cry for a mediator, recognizing the vast chasm between God's greatness and human frailty. Smith reveals that the answer to Job's plea is found in Jesus Christ, the one mediator who connects humanity with God through His own experience and sacrifice. This sermon highlights the essential need for a relationship with God, which is fulfilled through Christ, who bridges the gap and offers access to divine grace.
Text
I TIMOTHY 2:5
I. THE MAN JOB.
A. Stripped down to bare individuality.
1. First his possessions, oxen-Sabeans
sheep-servants-fire camels-Chaldeans.
2. Next his children.
3. His wife.
4. His friends.
5. The sense of the greatness of his own personality.
"Naked came I."
a. Cursed the day of his birth.
6. Sense of God's justice.
B. Background for text.
1. Bildad argued that God is lust.
a. Job began his reply by agreeing, "of a
truth I know that is so."
2. Job then responds "How can a man be just with God?"
a. How can a man argue his case with God so
as to justify himself?
II. THE CRY FOR A DAYSMAN.
A. The realization that the only way a man could have dealing
with God.
1. Double consciousness.
a. Greatness of God "He moveth mts." etc.
b. Littleness of self.
c. Expressed also by David.
"When I consider the heavens."
How can so great a being deal.
with man. How can so little deal with God.
2. Out of double consciousness sense of need.
a. One who could stand between - touch us both.
b. This cry of Job Elemental cry of nature and
expresses an abiding need.
3. Man cannot have life in the full sense of the word
without conscious dealings with God.
a. God has dealings with every man.
1. Belshazzar.
2. "In Him we live . . ."
Ill. THE ANSWER TO THE CRY OF JOB.
"There is one mediator between God and Man."
A. "There is no daysman." "There is one mediator."
1. One who can lay His hand on God for He is one with
God. Yet -
2. One who can lay His hand on man because of His own
humanity. He knows human nature not only by divine
omniscience-by experience.
B. "The Man Christ Jesus" "who gave Himself for our sins."
1. Revelation of that which separates man from God.
a. "God's arm not short."
C. Job 11:7, 8 - To try to comprehend God intellectually has
always ended disastrously.
D. Christ by becoming a ransom for sin removed barrier and
made access.
Sermon Outline
- The Man Job
- The Cry for a Daysman
- The Answer to the Cry of Job
- A points: - There is one mediator between God and Man
- B points: - Background for text - Bildad argued that God is lust
Key Quotes
“Naked came I.” — Chuck Smith
“There is one mediator between God and Man.” — Chuck Smith
“Christ by becoming a ransom for sin removed barrier and made access.” — Chuck Smith
Application Points
- Recognizing the need for a mediator between God and man is essential for a meaningful relationship with God.
- Christ's role as the mediator makes access to God possible, removing the barrier of sin.
- Understanding the complexity of the human-God relationship is crucial for a deeper faith.