FRIDAY AUGUST 9, 2013
“I know that my
redeemer lives.”
JOB’S CREED (1)
The patriarch Job survived boils, bankruptcy and bereavement
and came out with his faith intact. Let’s look at the creed he lived by: (1) “I know.” When you can say, “I know,” you’re
and exclamation point in a world of question marks. Job didn’t say, “I have
been told.” What he knew about God, he knew through experience and personal
revelation. Is such a life possible? Yes, “You have an anointing from the Holy
One, and you know all things” (1 Jn 2:20 NKJV). You can “know” things about God
in your heart that you can’t fully understand or explain. Why? Because they’re
spiritually discerned. (2) “That my
Redeemer lives.” Through Christ was not yet born, Job caught a glimpse of
our pre-existent Redeemer whom Scripture describes as “the Ancient of Days” (Da
7:22 NKJV); the One Micah referred to “whose goings forth are from of old, from
everlasting” (Mi 5:2 NKJV). He existed before He was born, and He outlived His
pallbearers. Paul says, “He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that
you through His poverty might become rich” (1 Co 8:9 NKJV). (3) “And that he shall stand at last on the
earth.” Job saw what Zechariah the prophet saw: “In that day His feet will
stand on the Mount of Olives” (Zec 14:4 NKJV). The truth is, the first time
Jesus came, He came to save. The next time He comes, He comes to reign. His
first coming was to be our Redeemer; His second coming is to usher in His rule
as King of Kings. “Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appealing of our
great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Tit 2:13 NKJV).
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