"TRIED & TESTED" '" IS THE GOD WE SERVE A GREAT GOD?"

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Oct. 14, 2026

 Pastor Kevin Willis
 Job 36:1-33
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'TRIED & TESTED'

"IS THE GOD WE SERVE A GREAT GOD?- JOB 36-37



Elihu has laid out the case that God is just. Now he helps Job understand the greatness of God: "Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him" (36:26).



Job 36:1-12 “Elihu also proceeded and said: 2“Bear with me a little, and I will show you That there are yet words to speak on God’s behalf. 3I will fetch my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4For truly my words are not false;
One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. 5“Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding. 6He does not preserve the life of the wicked,
But gives justice to the oppressed. 7He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But they are on the throne with kings,
For He has seated them forever, And they are exalted. 8And if they are bound in fetters, Held in the cords of affliction, 9Then He tells them their work and their transgressions That they have acted defiantly. 10He also opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they turn from iniquity. 11If they obey and serve Him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures. 12But if they do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.”


*The Mind of God Is Great- Job 36:5, 22; 37:16


Elihu offers three verses that relay how awesome is the mind of the Creator. Job 36:5 says that God "is mighty in strength of understanding." Job 36:22 asks, "Who teaches like Him?"

37:16 describes God as "Him who is perfect in knowledge."


*The Mercy of God Is Great-Job 36:6,15




Job 36:13-21 “But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them. 14They die in youth, And their life ends among the perverted persons. 15He delivers the poor in their affliction, And opens their ears in oppression. 16“Indeed He would have brought you out of dire distress, Into a broad place where there is no restraint; And what is set on your table would be full of richness. 17But you are filled with the judgment due the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.
18Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with one blow; For a large ransom would not help you avoid it. 19Will your riches, Or all the mighty forces, Keep you from distress? 20Do not desire the night, When people are cut off in their place. 21Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, For you have chosen this rather than affliction.”


Job 37:5 says that "God thunders marvelously with His voice;

He does great things which we cannot comprehend.”



Job 36:22-33 “Behold, God is exalted by His power; Who teaches like Him? 23Who has assigned Him His way, Or who has said, ‘You have done wrong’? 24“Remember to magnify His work, Of which men have sung. 25Everyone has seen it; Man looks on it from afar. 26“Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; Nor can the number of His years be discovered. 27For He draws up drops of water, Which distill as rain from the mist, 28Which the clouds drop down And pour abundantly on man. 29Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds, The thunder from His canopy? 30Look, He scatters His light upon it, And covers the depths of the sea. 31For by these He judges the peoples; He gives food in abundance. 32He covers His hands with lightning, And commands it to strike. 33His thunder declares it, The cattle also, concerning the rising storm.”



Job 37:1-3 “At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place. 2Hear attentively the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that comes from His mouth. 3He sends it forth under the whole heaven, His lightning to the ends of the earth.”



Job 37:4-24 “After it a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard. 5God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend. 6For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’; Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength. 7He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His work. 8The beasts go into dens, And remain in their lairs. 9From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind, And cold from the scattering winds of the north. 10By the breath of God ice is given, And the broad waters are frozen. 11Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds; He scatters His bright clouds. 12And they swirl about, being turned by His guidance, That they may do whatever He commands them On the face of the whole earth. 13He causes it to come, Whether for correction, Or for His land,
Or for mercy. 14“Listen to this, O Job; Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God. 15Do you know when God dispatches them, And causes the light of His cloud to shine? 16Do you know how the clouds are balanced, Those wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge? 17Why are your garments hot, When He quiets the earth by the south wind? 18With Him, have you spread out the skies, Strong as a cast metal mirror? 19“Teach us what we should say to Him, For we can prepare nothing because of the darkness. 20Should He be told that I wish to speak? If a man were to speak, surely he would be swallowed up. 21Even now men cannot look at the light when it is bright in the skies, When the wind has passed and cleared them. 22He comes from the north as golden splendor; With God is awesome majesty. 23As for the Almighty, we cannot find Him; He is excellent in power, In judgment and abundant justice; He does not oppress. 24Therefore men fear Him; He shows no partiality to any who are wise of heart.”


Here Elihu offers a picture of the majesty of God. In verses 14-21, no human being can control the weather, the storm, or the lightning; but God does.


What was the difference between what the others saw and what Joshua and Caleb saw?


So how do we get to where Joshua and Caleb were?