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JOB 9:1, 2, 32, 33

"GOD AND MAN"

Intro: Bildad has been declaring the justice of God, and saying in effect
       if Job will only  plead his cause before God, God would help him
       if he were right.

I. "HOW CAN A MAN BE JUST WITH GOD?" OR PLEASE HIS CAUSE BEFORE GOD, IN
    ORDER TO BE JUST."
        A. Job conscious of the greatness of God.
                1. This consciousness born out of his observation of
                   nature.
                        a. "He spreads out the heavens, He made Arcturus,
                            Orion, and Pleiades."
                        b. His presence is obvious, by His work, but I
                           can't see Him.
        B. Job conscious of the sovereignty of God.
                1. Who can hinder Him?
                2. Who can say, what are you doing?
        C. Job conscious of the nothingness of self.
                1. Could not answer one out of a thousand questions.
                2. Rather than try to argue his case Job would cast
                   himself upon God's mercy.
                        a. Yet God seems so far away.
                        b. The suffering is so close.
                3. Talk of my strength is absurd.
                4. In trying to justify myself I would only condemn myself.
                5. If I said I were perfect He would prove my words
                   perverse.
        D. Job Conscious of the great gap between.
                1. All wise, almighty, sovereign God .
                2. Foolish, weak, nothingness of man.
                        a. How can an ant communicate his problem or his
                           suffering to you?
                        b. How can a man plead His case before God?

II. JOB'S POSSIBLE SOLUTION.
        A. A daysman or mediator between us.
                1. One who could bridge this gap.
                2. One "who could lay His hand on us both."
        B. Man through the ages has been conscious of this gap.
                1. David in our Ps. 8.
                2. Man has attempted to build a bridge.
                        a. This religions of the world reflect this
                           attempt.
                        b. The philosophy of existentialism is just that:
                           You must take your leap of faith, build your
                           bridge from this side and hope when you get out
                           there you can find something to anchor to.
                        c. Man's attempts to build his towers to God have
                           all failed and ended in confusion. Why? The
                           gap is too great.
                                1. We need a daysman , a go-between.
        C. God is conscious of this gap, He has created a bridge.
                1. "For God so loved the world."
                2. "For there is one God and one mediator between God and
                    man."
                3. Our great High Priest who has gone into heaven for us
                   was in all points tempted like we are so that He can
                   help us & minister to us and understand our trials.
                4. He was God, one with the Father He became man, one
                   with us. He can lay His hand upon God. He has laid His
                   hand upon me, and has joined me to God.

Through Him I can touch God. Through Him God touches me.