We are all well acquainted with that which befell Job. So these three men, apparently the wisest men of the day in which they lived, attempted to solve the problem of the sufferings of Job by their combined wisdom, but they were utterly unable to find the key to it. They are utterly beyond the natural intellect of the men of this world. That is why these things are called mysteries, to be understood only by those who have the Holy Spirit of God as Teacher. It is all a problem so far as human wisdom is concerned, and God intended that it should be so but in His wonderful grace He has given us the ability by His Spirit to understand these Divine mysteries. Beloved, everything in the Divine circle is a mystery. The outstanding feature of the book of Job is the introduction of a Divine problem to which three men, searching human wisdom, endeavour to find a solution. With a view to both contrasting and building up a little on that line, I have ventured to read these well-known verses to you. We know that the assembly will have her part in the new heaven in that day which Scripture calls "the day of God," (2 Peter 3:12). We are thus enabled to walk here in the light of that administration - a word which means the house-law - whilst we have in prospect the day of the display of the glory and ultimately the eternal day. Through infinite grace we are called to have part in the assembly, the vessel formed to contain the light of that revelation. We were affected, too, by the grace of our God in calling the great apostle Paul in order that he might be the vessel to pass on to us the administration of the mystery, that we might be enlightened in relation to the realm where God is working for His glory by Christ Jesus. In turning to these Scriptures I have in mind to pass on a complementary word with regard to the vastness of the scope of the Divine revelation which came out so remarkably in our Bible reading this afternoon.
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