Outline of Service 25th May 2025
Wisdom: God’s
Answer to Job
Leviathan – The Untameable
Monster
… and he shall slay the dragon
that is in the sea. Isa 27:1
Hymn 122: Overcoming
Through Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
(Luke 11:2-4)
Isaiah 12:1-6 – Jehovah is my Strength and Song
Bible Readings:
· God’s Words to Job: Job 40:6-8, 41:1-9, 18-34
· A Promise of Release: Isaiah 27:1-9
· The Continuing Struggle: Romans 7:14-25,
8:6-11
· The Sea of Glass: Revelation 15:1-4
· The Final Victory: John 4:10-15
Summary of Readings
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God’s
Wisdom is outlined in the response He gave to Job, in Job chapters 38-41,
showing that His Ways are higher than our ways, so why should we expect to be
able to understand them
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Since
the Fall in the Graden of Eden, the serpent (“the dragon, that old serpent,
which is the Devil, and Satan” Rev 20:2), has had power to attract each of us
and cause us to sin against God
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God showed
that the greatest challenge for us is the untameable monster, Leviathan, “the dragon
that is in the sea”
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Throughout
the Scriptures there is an analogy of the sea being the life of blood – blood being
the source of life in this present world (Lev 17:14)
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In Romans
Paul explains about “sin” that dwells within us, in our physical being, which
Satan attracts and causes us to transgress God’s Law
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Revelation
talks abut the sea of glass – analogous to when the evil is removed from the life
of blood, and there is nothing Satan can attract
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The final
victory comes when the life of blood is swallowed up by the indwelling Power of
the Spirit of God, and mankind is redeemed in spirit and soul and body (Jno
4:14); then Leviathan will be tamed!
Hymn 71: A Greater Power Can Overthrow
Message
Hymn 125: Freed
From Evil
Doxology
