Sermon 1, Job 1:1
(1) God is in charge.
(2) Be like Job.
“The story written here shows us how we are in God’s hand, that it is he who orders our lives and disposes of them at his good pleasure…”
“Job, sustaining a good cause, argues it badly, and the others sustaining a bad cause argue it well…”
“So was Job’s heart upright and whole? His life was simple. That is, he walked and lived with his neighbors without harming anyone, without offending or troubling anyone, without contemplating fraud or malice, without seeking his own advantage at the expense of others.”
“Let us be aware, then, that we will never be able to order our lives as we should unless our eyes are fixed on God and our neighbors.”
“…[Job] remained pure and lived in innocence with his neighbors despite the fact that everything was seething with cruelty, breach of duty, extortion, and all kinds of excess.”
“…let us not…howl with the wolves…”