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Our subject this morning is the man the Devil tried to brain from the Day that he entered this World. Doubtful the term "normal" could apply to any of the human family. He has put Man off the track and has derailed him physically, mentally, spiritually. Impossible to find a personality, a well-adjusted individual to all of us. We all err in one direction or another.
It was the Quaker who, one night after reading the paper about the happy day, said to his wife, "World, but and meul. My May I say to you that may be of all of us and comfort to our because we average, especially when we discover to how they arrive at normality. Certain tests are given and the place where the majority fall is called normal. Those that are out ahead of the crowd, supernormal. Those that don't quite keep up with the crowd, subnormal. Out front, "Gen Bee," "ABN CR." May I say to you, normal behind most people do. Abnormal behind do. Who depart from the major? Let me illustrate. Most of the human family walk on two legs. When they go down the of Los Angeles, down on walking, however you do that, the chances are you will be picked up. Are square? Other you be picked up a who is normal? May I say to you, "Cre man fras out of will spend some ation."
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"Been gracious to is come the world and God has placed around man certain props." WR e Chap 2. God has made man upr, but they have S out many inventions. God has clothed man with protection and godes to on just and unjust. And he given to all God andly certain aids and helps today to help them to stand. The wicked to get just as much sunshine as the godly. And those that are in rebellion to God have just as much air to breathe and just healthy as God people. Are God to man hold man up? AG was prominent col church, Jackson Ten Ten col. Before the sermon got up and prayed for. Said was the greatest pray he ever heard. He said, "Concluded praying and Lord, prop him up on the side he leans on." I Dev know man, he can. Those prop can man V of a can take the can man. God and so God done something for had do God own own. Today he says, "Greater is he in you than the one that's in the world." But the Devil is permitted to crash the gate. He's permitted to strip a man down to his naked soul. And God permits that for a purpose. And God permitted the Devil to brainwash this man, Job. And the book of Job presents that solution. Think you have the newest. Remember.
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May My you of J testest newest of and satis. And so we will the and I trust that we get adequate answer. We go to the new test. I want you this to the Dev as he brain J. Let me that little. I want you to J brain J.
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On first thing Dev did was my beloved. This was the place where he has to move, apparently. First he J of all the physical of life, material substance, and the needs of man. Here Los Angeles Dos today, food and clothing and shelter. These are the three things that make business deals with the necessities of man. And to we engaged in business of building barns and FL and and and all language.
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Spirit Spirit BL PR. Wrong bar to the danger. Of course, in depending upon these things and leaning upon these things, prop given to man D prosperity of America has since World War. America is more prosperous today than any nation has been in theory of the world. We tried sharing after World War. We given to practically all people on to sides of the notes but by millions today. And you know that hasn't eased our cons because right. I don't think that's the grave danger. I don't think there's anything wrong in America having all these wonderful possessions. Go my freer but go to.
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Our our conven. Our are actually creating a house in. We are living today. It was Richard Hoffman, a great medical doctor in the East some ago, said that there are three great kills America to the el and and ty of the is appr. We a world today. We to these and they have made a version house for man to. And my friend hour he trusting these things. God he leaning on these things of material un he looking to God actually to myed might be well to begin right here. We sugg.
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Overend children discour cfor America to for Christ. God have mercy on your soul. Cons does disturb. We let these material things today and we go in for wide scre but mind are getting n. My beloved J l. It all this man was the John Rock and Henry Ford of his day wrapped in one page. He was the greatest man all PR to and man. All that he had he was moved, but he was not removed from the foundation. When this man l every that he had, this man was disturbed, but he was not defeated by any means. The Devil has moved in on him. Of all al and God gives l to us. Child BN into this world has a right to both of parents and their love and their and their prot. Little devli and because he has somebody to go to. And as the child grows to ad his parents die, he grows away from them.
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Con for children you love. Man J all.
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And beau and I of aal like that. Many man fold up like an umbrella. This man J. Will you listen to this man? For what this man did, may I say to is trous to J and shaved his head, fell down upon the ground and worshiped and said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." This man went through this awful experience. And if there's anything that would crush a man, certainly what he's gone through will crush a man. But man has i Devil with him. The third thing that the Devil St this man of was Heal. And that's a great factor in the well-being of man today. When you're in good health, the world looks good. And you like to go out and serve the Lord. But when you get infirm body and you grow sick, you get a view of life, suicidal that fates for some reason. And these that take lives reason for man must be desperate. And I would say this without cheing my St iici do man J l. He to so from the presence of the Lord Jil from the soul of to ter mil and J l. Heal and of Heal. But theil not through with because that my friend did not in any ways wreck this man in testimony for God. He St this man of the sympathetic understanding of his wife. God given to man love and sympathy. Remember Cre put the ofed was God says he needs a help me and make help me for. And God has instituted marriage for the W and happiness of man. And to many a man stands at the for of life and and the battle and the daily grind, brave and true. But you to see him when he goes home. He pill his head upon the lap of a wife who understands and sympathizes. And he draws strength from her. I tell you my beloved noson was ever any weaker than that man. But the wife is no del. She do him good and not evil all the days of his life. Hollywood knows nothing about love. They know a great deal about sex, but nothing about love. Because there too many that get a divorce on this kind of grounds, mental cruelty. My beloved, when there's mental cruelty in a marriage, it's been defeated because it's to be the very obs fromental cruelty. It's to be the place of sympathy and of understanding.
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By good. Oh my friend, may I say to you, J lost the sympathy and the understanding of his wife. Then said his wife und him th still retain integrity. Curse God and die. Syp the through with. He stilling. He to him down to soul. He lost his friends. And they were true friends. I hear so many. Well, these people are like Job's friends. They're not true friends, my friend. Job's friends were true friends. They were real friends. Suppose you l you, how many friends you have? Come from the e and down with you. Days to with you. J bity man J had friend friend begins to cri. You find fault. You've lost your friend. And finally Job had to say, "Miserable comforters are all of you. No help to me." He lost his friends. Somebody juncture. What else can the Devil do to Job? He taken away from him everything that can be taken away from a man in this life. It S braining commun. My J. He getting now, really to take him. And you will see deterioration and disintegration of personality taking place. This man now, I want to mention three things. Now and you and own person. My.
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Man but happ to the one that Christ died for. Man man loss of his dignity and worth. He fold up every time. And job l that. Listen to him. After this Job opened his mouth and cursed his day. And Joke and perish. "I was born and the night which was said is a man con. Let that day be darkness. Let not God regard it from above. Nether let the light shine upon the man's going to pces." Friends, he not through. I turn over to the 10 chapter. Will you list to the anguish of man soul? Chapter 18. "Had seen what is the value of a human soul?" Lord Jesus, question. Man happ russ because of the dead st. My friend, communis have man because man is no value at according to that phos. Only Christ to man more. And he proved it because he shed the most precious, valuable thing in God's universe, his own blood on the cross, that he might R you not with corruptible things, silver and but with his own precious blood. Hees value to you today. Murit, one of the great scholars of the Middle Ages, was crossing France and hec was someputable m spoke out and said, answering them in Latin, he says, "Will you call a creature vile and valueless for whom Christ died?" Oh my friend, this morning, the Devil will seek to destroy the dignity and worth of your personality. But God has put tremendous value upon you. To and then the next thing the Devil attempted to strip this man of, and J lost sense of the justice of God. May I say that when a man reaches that place in his thinking, he is far gone, as far as disintegration is concerned of personality. It's no sign of smartness today to talk about the injustice of God. Ration of the own person, you of trouble. This man could speak like this, "Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this did not Job sin with his lips. But he soon got from that. When these things began to pull in upon him, and the Devil began to take out prop that was holding him up, and finally the Devil moved on. Question the jce of God. Could Cri to turn to the chap of J. List to him, for he break me with a temp and multi my wounds without cause. He will not suffer me to take my breath, but me bre trou com just all ver. This is one thing therefore I said he destroy the perfect and the Wick. God doesn't pay any attention. Just takes all and destroys them. If the SC slay suddenly, he'll laugh at the trial of the innocent. You don't think much of God, my friend, when you talk like that. It was a cry of a wounded spirit. It was the anguish of a soul that was in torment. And he raised questions about the justice of God. Abraham did too, you know. Abraham asked God the question, "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" And AB looked out upon the world in which he and he says, "You ca me to be in justice. Why thou show me iniquity?" A man's to the place to and get so mled ining, get a blurry view of this world, begin to talk about injustice. God is not just. Communis is good as any other. But he here disintegration of personality in. And I tell you the Devil wearing at this man's soul. The last thing that I would mention is this. J lost almost. I want you notice. Almost he lost almost his sense of the love of God. Compl S poss worship. Naked out of my's naked shall to Chap of J. Will l to man for ofin me. Poison drink my spirit terr.
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And not fear him. But not so with me. J say reach the place where afraid of God. Love. I don't hees any. And manes that of life. My beloved. When he than that God does not love him. He reached the very bottom. That is to disintegration of personality, to deterioration of the soul of man. When you reach the place and you God does not love me any. Now Job is naked soul. He exposed to the universe. May I that in the mid of all of this, he down deep in his soul, he was anch to this one. And the reason i he almost l his sense of the love of God. In the mid of all am he he SL me. Will I trust him? I lost my view of his justice. And I'm not too sure of his love. But in spite All that I'll hold on. Same thing Peter said, "To whom shall we go? Thou has the words of eternal." And so this man on. And I hear the cry of his soul. You list to. I don't he now to friend. I don't now he for you. Heing a part. He not acting. This happens to be real. Will you listen to him? Because the new test has the answer to this. I ne.
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J say, "I'm at a great disadvantage. I don't stand a chance before God. I wouldn't be able to state myself. I need somebody that knows God. I can see that. And I need somebody that understands me. I need somebody that take God hand and somebody that take my hand and bring us." You won't find to that. To the new test. Man CH Jus. He came from heaven glory. But God with one hand he took upon our fril humanity. Hand Jus Chr.
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25 to C of man soul. I My My D My i Shall God fai. But I have to go to the new test to get the answer. Having there bold to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he consecrated for us through the veil, that is to say his flesh. And a high over the house of God. Let us draw with a true heart and full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. And through the Centuri I hear that one who came giving to Job and those that have come after him. This trit all. I will rest you come. And he that come I will in no wise cast out. Shall we Head pray this morning? As briefly as we could, we showed you man on the page scripture whom the Devil tried to down to his. Man that trust and fai. I know that here those listen the Dev ATT brain you. Had bur ands that come to you and you wondered why. And some you let make and from Jus j j and work alone. That my beloved theb that comes because of the fact that Devil is brain wasing us troubles and trials like bir on our back today. Friend, today there's a cross where he bore it all. That is a pe that hees. That is a help he offers today. But you have to accept it. You have to accept it. You have to be willing.