Pride Surgery

INTRO: Before I begin this morning, I want us to bow our heads for a word of prayer. I’m going to ask you to pray a very simple prayer. I want you to ask God, that if He sees a need in you, you want Him to speak to you this morning. Do not think of others and their need to hear this message. Ask God to speak to you if there is a need. And then promise Him that if He speaks to you, you will respond to Him this morning (Prayer).

It was nine years ago, I think, that I preached through the book of Job. I titled the series, “Job: Man of God.” When I was done, I said that if I should redo the series I would call it, “Job: Pride Surgery.”

Now, the name Job means something like, “persecuted”. Job 1:1 says he was perfect and upright. The word perfect can speak of moral purity, but it may also speak of one who lacks nothing in physical strength and beauty. I think the thought here may be that Job was a handsome and godly man. I do not find in this book a man who had no spiritual problems.