<TITLE>10. Par 37-41</TITLE>L-37 Job, back there, I like to think of him; he lived back even before this was ever ordered... only in Eden. And I like Job. I just love to listen to him, as he's talking. He's a great man, a prince of the east. He'd go up to the east, and all the young princes would bow down to him, and he was a great man. He loved the Lord; he feared the Lord.
One day satan come up before God, before the sons of God and said--God said, "Have you considered My servant Job, a just man, perfect, none like him in the earth?"
Said, "Oh, sure. You're giving him every thing he wants, got him all hedged up, and everything," said, "no wonder." Said, "Sure, he can serve you, making plenty of money, got plenty of cattle, got everything in life." said, "Sure, he--anybody can serve You like that." Said, "If You'll let me have him, I will make him curse You to Your face."
God said, "I don't believe it."
Amen. I'll... Could He have that confidence in you and I tonight? See?

L-38 "I don't believe it." Said, "He's in your hands, but don't you take his life."
So he come down, Satan in a whirlwind, and he destroyed all the barns, and he burnt up the cattle and the horses, and everything. And Job, when he, being a good man, believing in God, the only way that he had to come was through the burnt offering, through the shedding of the blood of the lamb.
So now, he had several sons and daughters. And when he was--seen that his sons and daughters... He didn't know now, him being a man that could afford to buy them things, such as young folks would want, he didn't know whether they'd sinned or not, but he said, "Peradventure they might have sinned. I'm going to offer a sacrifice for them, 'cause that's the only thing I know to do, is to present before God, the shed blood of the lamb."

L-39 Oh, if we had more fathers and mothers tonight so interested in their children, that would offer the shed Blood of the Lamb for their child every night at the throne of grace, we wouldn't have so much carrying on as we have amongst young folks. So he said, "Peradventure they might've sinned. I don't know they have, but to make sure..."
Mothers, you know, it's a shame today, and fathers, to how uninterested we are in children, and the little juveniles. You let the kids go out, and just do as they please, run out all night long, and everything, and come in, and seem to be so unconcerned about it. Let your girls go out with boys that smoke and drink, and go to gambling devices, and dance all night, and come in. Then you say you're Christians and permit such stuff as that? That's not right. We should take them to the Lord.

L-40 Be waiting up for her to come in, put your arms around her, and say, "Now, sweetheart, come here, let's kneel down and pray. Mother don't know just where you've been, trusting that you've been a good girl tonight, but peradventure that you haven't, let's offer the sacrifice of praise to God, and give Him thanks."
I tell you: You'd have different children today, if they did that, we had more fathers like Job. See? The trouble of it is, mothers today go with daughters out in such places. And some of them belong to churches too. That's just a little bit hard, but you know that's what does you good. When it gets a little strong and stingy like, you know, it--it's good for you.

L-41 Now, so then Job said, "Now, to make sure of this, I'm going to offer the sacrifice of the burnt lamb, for each of my children, whether, if they have sinned... That's the only way I can present them, is upon the basis of the shed blood. That's God's only plan of redemption, through the lamb, so I'm offering it."
And did you notice when the fires come down and burnt up all he had, his children was all killed... I imagine Job thought, "Oh, I'm so happy, because I offered the sacrifice for them, 'cause I presented them before God, through the shed blood of the lamb, through God's provided way of redemption for my children."


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