My Redeemer Lives3/31/2024 ![]() Job 19:25 ~ "For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth." What do you know? In the continual strife that Job faced, and the onslaught of accusations from his three friends, under the perpetual suffering of his lamentable condition, Job said "I know that my Redeemer lives." There must come that moment when all those who hold to faith in Christ will have to know. Much of modern Christianity is mere speculation upon the summary facts of the case concerning the Lord Jesus. Those who have such an abstract faith whittle away at life, with a fairly passive desire for Christ while offering Him some modicum of praise that is more perfunctory than the full force of the expression of who they are. But that moment will come when what they know of the LORD will be evidenced. In Job 19 we read the lamenting of a man whose life is filled with suffering. And, in the midst of that suffering the ancient patriarch offers this grand assessment of God Almighty--He is "Redeemer." If you were to sit with Job for a moment, without knowing the remaining part of his story, you might want to ask him about this. How can Job say with confidence that God is his redeemer? Simple--Job's confidence in God was not based upon his circumstances, but upon God's character. Let's start with the right focus--the LORD Jesus is the living Redeemer. Job, in all his travails and the malicious attacks of friends, saw God correctly. He was confident that God's hands were upon all things and the LORD does nothing that is not right. Consider the words of Job in Job 1:21-22, "And he said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.' In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong." Job did not understand the reasons behind what was happening, but he never once considered that God was in the wrong. Not only did Job see the LORD as Redeemer, but he saw the Almighty God as "my" Redeemer. I know that my Redeemer lives. Though God had allowed this testing of Job's faith to take place, and though Job had no comprehension as to when or if it would ever end, he looked upon God and embraced with his whole life that God was his Redeemer. Never once in the testimony of Job did he cry out for another to come and rescue him from his troubles. There is no place where Job sought the foreign gods of the pagan world. Not once did he inquire of his three friends if they might offer him a way out of his plight. Job looked to the LORD alone--and no one else. So I ask again--what do you know? Do you know Christ Jesus as Redeemer? Do you know that your sins are forgiven in His name and that all the trouble of this world will be overrun in the redemption promised to all who look to Christ? When it seems as if God has abandoned you, beloved, can you say with confidence, "I know my Redeemer lives?" This is the tested faith of Job. James 5:11 illuminates this, "Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful." When you, my friends, can say with Job--in the midst of your tests and trials--"I know my Redeemer lives," then you stand upon the solid foundation of the Savior. Look to Jesus, beloved, even when the way is hard and it seems that there is no relief in sight. He is Redeemer--and He will stand upon the earth. And all who trust in Him will stand with Him in full redemption. In His Grace, Pastor Michael
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