Job 4:6-8 - Homiletics

Affliction.

I. THE SOURCE OF IT .

1 . Negatively.

2 . Positively.

II. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF IT .

1 . Universal. It is the portion, not of one man, or a few, or even of many, but of the race. It forms a portion of the birthright of humanity.

2 . Certain. It is absolutely unavoidable. As surely as the sparks ascend, so surely will those sinful passions rage that entail suffering and misery.

3 . Perpetual. Meeting man upon the threshold of his birth, it accompanies him throughout life till its close.

III. THE ESCAPE FROM IT .

1 . Not by refractory rebellion . Not by behaving like the fool, or like Job, who cursed his day, and fumed and fretted against his misery.

2 . But by patient submission. "Humble thyself beneath the hand of God, and he shall lift thee up."