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The Mystery of Suffering

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  • His subject throughout is the text's own mystery: who authors suffering, and how faith holds under it.
  • He opens by reading Job — not from a named text, for he never names a chapter or verse: there was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, perfect and upright, one that feared God and eschewed evil, the richest of men; and there came a day when the sons of God presented themselves before the Lord and Satan came among them — from going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it — and the Lord said, hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth; Satan answered that God had made a hedge about him and about all he had, and blessed the work of his hands, but put forth thine hand now and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face; and while one messenger was yet speaking there came another: thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house, and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead. He says he reads this one because it is going to stand out in the message tonight. His subject is the mystery of suffering: everybody that lives on this earth suffers, saint and sinner; the question is, where does it come from — does it come from God, or does it come from the devil, the cause of all of it? Job was a perfect and honest and truthful man, who rose up early in the morning and offered burnt offerings for his children according to the number of them all, fearing it may be that his sons had sinned and cursed God in their hearts; his mistake, in the telling, was marrying a foolish wife. The devil, who walks to and fro in the earth and up and down in it, organised the eldest son's drunken party, the fire on the sheep, the stolen camels, and the wind — for the devil is the author of storms: he is the prince of the power of the air, he serves up the hurricanes and cyclones, and he fixed the storm that meant to drown Christ and his disciples, which Christ rebuked — he would never have rebuked it if it had been the Father's will. The house fell flat down on the whole crowd, and one servant was left to carry the message. Then Job arose and rent his mantle and shaved his head and fell down upon the ground and worshipped — take everything, still gonna worship.
  • The devil came the second time. Skin for skin — all that a man has he will give for his skin; let me at him and he will curse thee to thy face. The Lord permitted it — all right, but spare his life — and the devil went out loaded with deadly germs, and in the night the boils broke out all over his body, from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet, until he scraped his body with a piece of crockery, still looking up. And here is the secret he wants noticed: God didn't kill one sheep, he didn't kill one camel, he didn't kill one of the children, and the Lord did not put the boils on him — Satan left the presence of God and went out and did it all; all he wants is permission to get you, and Satan has the power of death once God withdraws his hand. Job made one mistake, and he reads it so they will never forget: he said, the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away — he missed it on the last one; the Lord gave over all he had, but the Lord didn't take it away, the devil took it away; the devil goes about doing evil and the Lord goes about doing good, and the two need to be separated. Then came his wife, twisting around, mad: why don't you curse that God you've been serving all these years and die. He said, you talk like a foolish woman — you don't curse God for anything, because we're not getting hardly anything down here; we're going to get all ours on the other side. God turned the captivity of Job — not the devil — when he prayed for his friends: God restored his wealth, gave him a younger wife and seven more children. God never lets the devil walk on you and get away with it: if you've been being walked on, your day is coming. And God appeared in the whirlwind: I laid the foundations of the world; I'm the one that created Lucifer, and that little boy is on a leash — I only let him do this. The friends came with their accusations — confess it, maybe you stole some of those camels — sitting fifty yards away from a man whose life stank, and he still said, I'm doing the right thing, hallelujah.
  • He calls the musicians — the story is so beautiful — and turns to the altar. The devil can send a cyclone and blow your business away, if God permits. Somebody here the devil has been watching day and night; they're just about to step over the deadline. And the unforgiving heart is the devil's door: he turned his back on him, I hate him, because he's talked about me before, he ran me down — then they will never forget; you don't know how to forgive. You need to go back and say, I want to repent, I'm sorry I talked about you — when you step inside the gate, boy, he'll fix it all. You don't know the great struggle between two worlds; the battle is raging, the forces of God and the forces of hell. He testifies: the Lord appeared to him years ago, and just a while back a supernatural being stepped into his room as he lay trembling, the night before he was to preach — Michael and Gabriel — because he has been ordained to pray for the Jews, and Michael is the angel that is set up to fight for the Jews; and today, while he was praying, something hit him that Michael needed his help: there's a few things Michael doesn't have — he's a great warrior, but he doesn't know what it is to be saved by the blood, baptised in the name, filled with the Holy Ghost; those are things the angels desire to look into — so, he said, Oh Lord, I'm going to release my prayers to Michael; I'm going to let him use my prayers in the name of Jesus, to go forth with power, with the blood, because of me and because of the church. And the angels were there in the services, moving across the audience, working together with him — he would speak the word of faith in Jesus' name and they would administer. His good brother Ken — lately hit by a stroke, the author of great and mighty books on the name of Jesus and one God, visited often with many mighty angels, with whom he has sat for hours and shared experiences — agrees: it's the end time, the angels have come down to work with the church. I sense their presence on the platform, battling demonic powers. I don't know what you want tonight; I preached to you the mystery of suffering tonight — but God didn't say; and the close trails off into the music.

Scriptures: Job 1:1; Job 1:6-11; Job 1:18-19; Job 1:21

Scripture index: Job 1:1; Job 1:6-11; Job 1:18-19; Job 1:21.

Transcript

go first captain rather the man in the land of oil his name was Zul nut man was peppered and upright and one that feared God and eschewed evil and nothing to read at all the richest he had a lot of them he had a lot of camels and he had 7,000 heaping butter he-he-hey he had everything in the world but how about all in the Bible tells us over here that there came a certain day now that was the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord and Satan came among them and the Lord said unto Satan put stomach stop Billy straighten Nancy the Lord and said from going to and fro in the earth and from walking up and down honey and the Lord said unto Satan hast thou considered my servant job that there is none like him in the earth a perfect and upright man one that fears God and truth evil and Satan answered the Lord and so just build prayer God for milk and fell not made a head without him and a body falls and about all that he has on either side that great gulf fills ahead your honor those who love even Iran the Sheep hey now the working of hands and he substance is increased from the rain but put forth thine hand now and clip to Albany happen he'll curtsied you die face alright we will read the entire structure but I'm going to read this one because this is going to stand out in the message tonight and they see person while he was speaking though came another and said thou turn from dad daughters were eating and drinking wine and the elder brother house and the whole that came a great wind from the wilderness from smoke the four corners of the house and it fell upon the young men and they are dead and alloy i'ma

straight to long detailed read I want to talk to you tonight on the subject the mystery of the mystery of second this world is packed and jammed full of stuff one everybody that lives on this earth pepper I don't care who you are sir our sink we all suffer in this world but there is a difference between the city under think we have somebody to help of that understand bass hero but I will talk about probe tonight and let us look into the mystery of suffering the question is or or what is exploring does it come from God or does it come from the devil he's the cause of all of it you hear a picture taken and a fella just lived a righteous life and if he go on the church 40 years ago he wants to go to land is a little bit good light all their life and there he was Godman coming along cooking that little blonde headed girl a little boy that he's gone to put encounters on people TV all the horrible things that come upon the human race the mystery of suffering breakfast

course others where in the world does it come from now the Bible cameras had jobs tasered

Yvonne who didn't like it if you love God girl always hating if you love me he says you will keep my Commandments you hate sin but don't read only thing on he was perfect man but that don't mean that he couldn't make a mistake in the Old Testament he was of honest man he was a truthful man leave Adam and Liz and walk uprightly but he made a new face we married a fool oh what a tragedy digger tried it with somebody don't love God I see people as laughing Mary from new words fabric and expect to be a preacher just for the bugs you better watch he stop you better choose the right one our hero lay on you in the back wow they're gone and I'm a little pallet paint shop barbershop for some of the time itself and that's all he lives five million night let's see how pretty he can be to her husband but everybody else's husband that walks down the street that's the thing that's a friend God hates that kind of attitude God hates this evil ungodly well generation but he married this old girl Jill was a business man he must her did a lot of traveling his wife had the ring the treble hook and he didn't do too good a dog every time so crazy he'd get out and he'd pray and where was his prayer he said you they may have back clean and he would talk to God and praying and our God some way or another to take care of those kids where they wasn't could ever go up now he fared and it was told a joke tip and cock-up i under for them rose up early in the morning and offered by offerings according to the number on them all but joel pett it may be that my son's have pinned and cursed God in their heart dude living right here the wasn't doing right and he was appraised and cursed God their heart and here that plus the fire to did a father and mother clans only goes so far then things are take care of the rest of it now Joker mayor just three children with a wife that were foolish foolish and it makes it hold home you got the one who you marry man or woman it takes a lot of wisdom to figure it out drugs come buddy next American iron days they came back dressing ninety degrees the boys I said you already whipped made rip he gathered a few years back refuses to get mad and angry little nobody mind a very merry it pays to hang around and watch and listen you know look never once in a while amen

now I know there sometime waters hurting our bed they had a good beginning I know that too but I'm looking over here the devil goes to carry the sons of God had met them they were shouting and praising God and worship on the Lord and there was heaven of however their life and who do you think raineesha Prince all coming in the devil the devil didn't need to go to some of the churches the whole reinforcement this is a boo-boo the one's got one and the Lord looketh so uncommon as he walked in they were having the time and he put cold it's only 30 they was all working from the Lord and having a good good time and they looked up in all of them knew him all those things was knew him I was he coming him huh yeah we remember the fight we had we remember the spin he committed but he comes in and he just walks around it just fits through hell God said what are you doing here lose good boy you been he said well he said I've been down on earth he said I'm gonna walk around up and down the earth that's what he said that's exactly what he did he said to do this and then Satan answered the Lord I said no this girl or that which cometh

down Satan answered from going to and fro in the earth and walking up and down any my friend he's up walking you know what's the matter what didn't he he'd have a nervous breakdown they didn't walk he knows what he's going you got a walk you ever see somebody awesome everything up separate it's all keyed up go off it's got a walk got a walk here here and then heaven here he is walking walking effect right into the presence of Almighty God and the Lord decided to give him a little bit oh I wish we could find a lot more people around on earth begin with and he said well since you've been walking around all of the earth looking the place over have you run into go oh yeah I know joke yes sir I know him and I know something else you got a hedge around him you know have any time that old rascal called around that hedge listened for a whole but ain't a whole Godhead hallelujah praise the Lord don't hold anything hand us but he said

I thank you what God he said old job who was heard he got seven thousand sheets three thousand camels and he's got money in the bank and he's wealthy and everything and you got him all melted they didn't get to one of his feet I couldn't get to one of his talent I hate he'd be to Tama on the heels and make him picture throwing you throw a ball I'm just a plain habit I can't get to it but you've been so good to it if you would let me do it my god get to other man you know Kirk using your face he just had you right off God said I don't baby I don't beat it well devil tell you're gonna have to prove it God said I'll do it because I'll write this down make a fool out of you the rest of the time of there I ain't gonna let you do this you'll do everybody I know old old man and I'm gonna let the end go ahead but don't you touch him he had ordered us to tip him but he's talking about his wife that wasn't sure you'll touch Harry tonight you'd ever sell for her at old gal she's just a big old food and I'm gonna use her a little later on you just laying over her don't wonder one of you touching her no he got it organized and he looked the crowd over and he saw that buck of Pitt the oldest son and he said here's what I'll do and he got that oldest son to give a big blowout drunken party and invite all of these brothers and all of these sisters to come come on we're gonna have a knock-down drag-out we're gonna have wine like you ain't never seen before we're gonna have a time we're gonna get some musicians and we gonna dance all night all in well the devil knows how to organize it you know he knew he could talk to the old boy he's been talking to those boys all times they've been drinking wine a long time before now but this was a real battle devil could beautiful and the devil was going to make it a real go out because he had fans but he wanted job to hear that his kids it all died drunk yeah he's got it all fixed up and then he went it he goes out and he costs part of all burnt up all his he hold a long fella left to come running in and said hey yo I'm out man fire failed and ever forever sheep he got burned up and I'm the only fella left of the rest of them got here and about the time he got through here come another run and he said hey dope all you don't get they're gone and all your camels and owns that they're gone you just do bad shock and here come the other one was a sad story about the kids let's go back to that take a look at and

tongues in those dollars were eating and drinking wine and the elders brother's house and behold I came a gray wind from the wilderness and it smoked the four tuners brother this was a new type most of the winds hit just one side two corners but honey this has come straight down and hit all four of them at one time and flattened it right flat down on the whole crowd now the picture I want you to see and don't forget the devil is the author of storms don't forget that one of these liens means the prince of the power of the air all the hurricanes and cyclones the devil serves them up that's why you need to pray when you hear there's one in the community because the devil stirred it up can you see it the Lord Jesus Christ terrible storm hit them the devil fixed that storm up he said we'll gonna drown that Christ we're going to drown him and his

disciples this hill and the church so he got him a great big storm and here he came Jesus stepped out he didn't say now this is the father's will liver st. Schwimmer die it's a father's will the storm is hitting no he rebuked if it had been God the spirit doing it he'll never rebuke him he reduced miss gone and he lay down because he knew the prince of the power there had taught the storm to think this hill I want you to watch the party's going thrown and the devil really is working it up now he's got the storm coming out of the willory he's working her up all the principalities to the spiritual wickedness in high places brother they had a howl and wind coming sons of Goldman and another ball jung-han me another bottle bill have another oh boy this is some of the best you ever drink in all of your life Mike did you think up over there born hey the winds bullet must be coming up arraign pay no attention to the rain are we going to have a time around here but one of the girls said listen have you noticed that howling howl and win out there it's blowing a little bit I'll give her another drink give her another drink I let her drink our troubles away we've had porn before the winds wrong before and the houses stood everstorm but funny funny man you better listen here this is not the kind you've had before this is a devil send storm a devil plan storm and he's going to thank you he's going to kill the last one of you you better be on your knees to pray in and spit drinking wine and dancing but all the sudden the lights went out Handa roof begins to cave in and some of them are screams in the night as the roof fell like a death trap right up on top of every one of them and custom all except one he said to the storm just don't bother that serveth there he's got to take a message the devil can kill seven and leave the one he wants they probably were some more servants they're all died Satan had one picked out to carry the message in it strange how he always picked out one to care the sad news around town that the church is falling apart and old dad's dying and all that and can you hear the old Helder son they're just before the roof caved in said boys just way too old Paul dies when I am here when we in here all is well we're gonna have a boy out like you ain't never heard about and about the time it blew hell judgement judgement day he had gone dad you prayed a lot of prayers and you kept the devil off a long time they didn't know that because dad prayed and dad live for God they'd had a hedge around the bottom all those years they'd have been dead a long time ago but the father that prayed and kept the head jump protected his boys and his daughters along with it until finally God said okay everything's at your hand he knew they was rotten he knew the kind of life was in and he said all right it's in your hands but don't touch the joke and he said it fell upon the young man and they are dead and I only am escaped alone I only am escaped alone to tell me then job arose and read his mouth shaved his head and fell down upon the ground and worshiped he worshiped take everything of Gallup still lunar worship still all only young and him

still gonna worship I'm gonna hang in that then they was having church again

how all of a sudden here comes the devil the second time and the Lord was really going and he said now what do you think Satan my server job you took everything he had and he bared all of his children and he still worshiping me yeah but he said Jehovah you know that job knows as long as he's healthy you'll give it all back to him in time he knows that if you let me at him because all the man's got he'll give for his skin he's almost right but not right and the Lord knew this was the last straw and he said all right but you spare his life the devil left Church that day he was if a devil could be happy he was happy he was loaded down with the most deadly germs and he hated for jobs house and he found job setting there somewhere dreaming about his children heavy taxes with glee around Joba and he sprinkled some of that deadly terms of homies night he didn't know what was going on but doing the night he began to eat singing and bird and for the next day balls it broke out all over his body oh he hadn't put the top of his hands in the bottom of his feet great big old ball he couldn't sit out he couldn't lay down without stubborn he got him an old brush like made out of crockery scraped his body with it straightening off the corruption still looking up still looking at the corruption as it runs out of boils and he lifted up his eyes and move heaven oh oh oh oh well I tell you it's tough to be thick but God loves you and this is the secret I want you to notice that God didn't kill one sheep he didn't tell one camel he didn't kill one of the children the Lord did not put the balls on him Satan left Church the presence of God and went out and did it all all he wants his permission to get you if you ever see him long enough and before the from God until he gets permission to get him you're liable to wake up your teeth will be falling out you liable to wake up whether it be balls all over your body because the devil kids tired just like he can start the storm he touched you tonight and you'd wither away and be in the morgue but they like Satan has the power of death once God with all his hand so they said though you slay God permitted

Satan to test you now Joel made one mistake I want to read it to you now they want you to never forget he said the Lord gives and the Lord taketh away he missed it on the last one see he didn't know what was going on Lord gave over all he had but the Lord didn't take it away devil took it away the Lord is old good health the Lord

didn't take it away the devil took it away this is the mystery of suffering the devil goes about doing even the Lord goes about doing good we need to get the two separated here tonight all right he was permitted to test him now I want you to notice it Satan organized did God have a saint planned and ready and finally I don't read about him going back to church in a moment he knew he was quipped I won't you listen that tonight when you want to quit the devil oldest thing that he's only about remember Jesus resisted him in the third time he left remember this is the last Bowl had the devil came back domina threw him out and he did later threw him out of the heavens I've tested job I've tested him he lived for me when he was prosperous some people can't do that you give him a little money they'll back tried but job live for God while he was yet the richest man in all the land and what he lost it all he still lived for God he lived by God when he was healthy he lived for God now when he was sick and so about the time they've got the

news here comes this little old wife or his probably all painted up ministered on so one of the world go around here job well just beers the last one of our youngest what what are you doing stepping that pile of active where's our cows cheap house why you can see her twisting around they're mad she said why don't you curse that God you've been starving all the years and die I just bless me the Holy Ghost I just crushed him and lay down and die honey he wouldn't have been in no shape to lay down and die he being a cursed God I want to tell you one thing if you're not ready to die if you're not born again you better not die you better not pick that pistol up blow your brains out just go ahead and choose the vowel but don't suit yourself you ain't ready to die you ain't going worth people one there black sister they had written on her husband's tombstone that rest he said he did rest and we're the ones at rest he lived like the devil he beat us he drank a ball we had he rest that means this family's at rest my friend that's the way it is you go your brains out you ain't addressed you ain't no rest you down what the Devils are you down what the other maniax are all right she said go ahead and curse God die he said you talk like a foolish woman that's exactly what she was just a great big old fool because you don't curse God for anything because we're not getting hardly anything down here we're gonna get all ours on the other side hallelujah all my life piling up some gold bar and die leave it to the

Antichrist I'm going where they walk on that junk they don't use backed up up there they're gonna use pure gold all the free or we walk

all right now I want you to notice something the Bible tells us that God turned the captivity of joke not the devil God he Oh Joel back when he prayed fries still call friends God restored his well doctor devil he'd never give him a plug nickel he hated Joel man God gave him a younger why well you say we reckon that and didn't get converted the Bible doesn't say I'm about it she was a food and she's already too old to have kids so Jove add seven more God given my young one hallelujah so he gave him all spices like if you had before God never met the devil walk on you and get behind with it I want you to mark that down your little book if you've been being walked on your day is coming your day will roll around and you elusive or him old him oh we are tested in pride sometimes but thank God it don't last always the sun's gonna shine hallelujah there's a rainbow in the sky God gonna calm me wild over set naina Lal him boys telling how bad he was and all of a sudden God appeared in a whirlwind got to talking I want you to

know it was quite you're gonna hurt a pin drop why I would do it when I laid the foundations of the world I'm the one that created Lucifer that little boy is on a leash I only let him do this I want to tell you when I get through taking the Lord's hand I want to hunt old brothers over I'm going to say boy you never know how much that story has meant to me Manley's I said whenever everything was sweeping out from under and the devil pull the rug out you hung in there and worship I like - hallelujah praise God when it look like the Sun will shine Zamora death the book adieu Bree lord have mercy what I what a story what an encouragement you can live it you can do it now you know the devil was there he sent me a special train me they say job now come on get back you better bundle out on your wife or maybe you stole some of those camels come on Gophers confess it because everybody rethought their soul and boy hi we never heard a little I can't clean like you the Lord cleans your plow you ain't got a go flat you smell too bad we have to say 50 yards away man a life and you still gonna say you own the right time yeah he said I'm doing the right time hallelujah hallelujah I like that kind of pain I like that kind of determination God give us a wheel like that the never question but please God who

fix man well I love the story it is it

so beautiful musicians come you know the devil kitty is godly the devil can sell a cyclone and blow your business if God permitted somebody maybe pipe down the devil's been watching day and night they've just about to step over the deadline counting the days count the albers called a slowly turn from that person I won he turned his back on him I hate him because he's talked about me before he backside he run me down get up said old thank God protect your over old sue foot he called me super then they will never forget you don't know how to forgive you need to think you can go back to say that mr. su foot I mr. Luthor I want to repent I'm sorry I talked about you I saw her like to get on your side he opened up his chicken room they step inside boy will fix it all when you step inside the gate for the way you say I just like to kiss that I changed when you do me wrong Table one please it'll give me any satisfaction have to see you in hell cause if I forgive you fool around and go back to the Pentecostal church and repent again be running me down oh I think I'll take care of you before you get another chance you don't know the great struggle between two worlds the battle is raging

the forces of God and the forces of hell you know I got to pray in the other day but the Lord appeared to me years ago I knew I joined the drugs in some day when I got there I never told that so just while back all of a sudden the supernatural being stepped into my room and I leapt out of the bed I stood trembling I was to preach the next night I don't know I had the feeling I had let my crow the are the modest means old the two breakers Michael and Gabriel because I have been ordained to pray for the Jews and Michael is the angel that set up to fight for the Jews and today while I was praying or something hit me that Michael needed my help there's a few things that Michael don't have he's a great warrior but he know what it is to be save of the blood baptized in the name and he'll will the Holy Ghost Angels is our to look into this and I said Oh Lord I'm gonna release my prayers - Michael I'm gonna let him use my

prayers in the name of Jesus to go forth again power with the blood because of me and the cause of the church we're gonna add to him I felt good about I felt good about trains being lately I'm gonna get to meet Michael and know who you know that Jerome's and 14 stores huh I believe I'm gonna meet a people going to work again hey Ben you build a party stump my peepers in the battle against hell over there I'm going to fight him something he don't have before and heating services judge no one they were there I knew that we're moving across the audience contesting people we were working together I would speak the word of faith in Jesus name they do administer Street so crippled to stand up you know the Angels team was here so we can they Street with him angels preached to this human being laughs filed in many times my good brother Ken agrees that the devil has hit with a stroke lately it's written those great and mighty books on the name of Jesus and one God has been visited often with many mighty angels we have set for hours have shared our experiences he is known to be able to communicate with many angels that come and visit him mightily use of God yes it's the end time the Angels have come down the work with the church hallelujah I sense their presence on the platform I sense their presence in the older who were battle demonic powers amen but I don't know what you won't tonight I preach to you I listen on the inside the mystery of suffering tonight but God didn't say

Scripture references as spoken: Job 1:1; Job 1:6-11; Job 1:18-19; Job 1:21.