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things that God told him. But look at chapter 42, verse 3 Job is speaking.
“I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can
be thwarted. Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?
Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, things
too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”
You say, well, I thought he knew them. Now he says he did not know
them.
“Hear, now, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You instruct me. I
have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees
You.”

I knew it! But I did not know it! I have heard of it! I had all the right
answers. I could quote it. It was in my doctrine; it was in my creed. I was
fundamental, Bible believing, blood bought, independent, Christ-
centered, four square. I had it right! “But I never saw Him”. I had all the
answers, but I never saw God. And then he says, “Now my heart sees
you”. The whole message is, He is God! And all you need when you are
in trouble, going through the problems of life, is to see God! And He is
the answer!

As far as the record goes, God never told Job about the devil coming up
and having that little discussion. We know that because we have the first
two chapters. Job never knew that. But notice what he does in verse
42:6,
“Therefore I retract, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

Now here is an amazing thing. The purpose of God was not to show Job’s
insignificance. But he saw his insignificance. The purpose of God was not
to show his ignorance, but he saw his ignorance. The purpose of God was
to show Job Himself. When I really see God, then I will repent in dust
and ashes. All of the doctrine of the depravity of man, never made him
repent. What he needed, he got. And that is a full vision of God.

The full answer to the problems of life is seeing God. Who is Behemoth?
Who is Leviathan? Why does He bring this up? Let me refresh your mind
about the book of Job. When it began, Job had gone through these
terrible things, and these three men who were his best friends came
from afar, and they saw him and wept. The Bible says they sat down and
for seven days they never said a word. They did not ask him any
questions; they did not accuse him of anything; they just sympathized.
And at the end of seven days, Job thought, at least I have somebody that I

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