Some things to keep in mind as we go through this final point of Job. We have covered the issue that God has raised about knowledge and now we are dealing with God’s power.

We have been covering the speeches of the Lord as He has talked to Job and the first thing that God has hammered on is the issue of Job’s knowledge.

This chapter begins with an extreme word of contrast “But...”. There is a massive shift that occurs here

Elihu comes to the conclusion of the debate between Job and his friends where at the end there is a stalemate since human wisdom cannot determine what is occurring in this specific situation.

Job has presumed that if he does this then God should do that. As if the only reason that God could cause calamity is judgment. Job doesn’t have this information but that is fundamentally wrong, think about James 1, it says count it all joy because it refines you.

For Job to think of himself so high and that it’s wrong for God to put him so low Job is still reasoning in the divine retribution principle.

Job is saying that he is the mediator, savior, and ultimate head. This is close but not quite right.

According to the Bible, your starting point has to be divine revelation; if you don’t start there you can’t know anything truly outside of that.

Job uses this chapter to point out that his friends are faulty.

Job’s point is if you really understood creation, it would lead you to know that you don’t know anything. You can’t explain anything and that is why God is so much greater than you.