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That is his opinion, Job is just scoffing at God. Mocking God. And here
comes this little upstart, Zophar. And he comes to Job and says, “Job, your
heart is not in it. You are a liar. You are just a mocker.” Poor Job. My heart
really goes out to him. He is touching problems so deep he cannot even
express them. He is a Godly man, longing to trust in the Lord, and his
attitude through all of this is, “Though He slay me, yet shall I trust Him.”
And now he is accused of lip service and lying and scoffing and mocking
and harboring secret sins. And most of all, in Zophar’s attack he is accused
of ignorance of the omniscience of God. Ignorance of the wisdom of God.
Verses 7-12 are wonderful verses on omniscience. Job did not debate those
truths. As a matter of fact, Job is insulted that Zophar thought he was
ignorant in this area. Job knew those things. Here is an amazing thing. This
tickles me a little bit. Job walked with God through the years. He was
testified by God before angels that he was righteous, upright, God- fearing, a
perfect man on the earth. Then Zophar comes along. This young kid is a
little snot. He is just a brat. He comes up to Job and he says, Job, I have got
it! You have all these problems, and I know the answer. God is wise! Job
says, hey, that is really good. Duhhhh! That is why I think he wrote in
chapter 12:2,
“Truly then you are the people, and with you wisdom will die!”
That is what Job’s response was. Oh, that is so wise, Zophar! You come up
and tell me that God knows more than I do. What do you think I am? Some
kind of a Kindergarten kid? I know God knows more than I do! But he
thinks he has some big answer, and comes up with the omniscience of God.
And he says, “I’ve got it, Job!” This is what we have been missing! God
knows!” And Job says, “Yeah, and wisdom will die with you. When you
die, it is all over for us. Good ideas die with you”. 12:3,
“But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who
does not know such things as these?”
Zophar, what are you offering? A,B,C’s. I know all this! This debate of
Zophar stung Job very deeply because it implied that he knew nothing about
God, even the most basics. I don’t think Job could have been cut more
deeply than to be this misunderstood as an ungodly man. Verse 4
“I am a joke to my friends, the one who called on God and He answered
him; The just and blameless man is a joke.”

I love the Lord! I cling to the Lord! I trust in the Lord! I have committed my
family to the Lord. I am not an ungodly man, and now I have become a joke
to you, and you think I am despising the Lord. As if Job did not know that
God was wise. He knew it more than these three miserable comforters. You

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